Bai Yuzhi looked at Concubine Rong and thought that one day he would see Concubine Rong and the Queen join forces. In order to find some faults in her, these two women would really do anything to achieve their goals.
The Queen Mother, however, didn't see the subtlety of this and said cheerfully, "Noble Concubine Heng is indeed blessed. It's been five months, and the child hasn't bothered her at all. She enjoys everything she eats."
Concubine Rong's eyes flickered, and she felt that Bai Yuzhi's fake pregnancy was almost certain. She agreed with a few words, saying that Concubine Heng was indeed different, and then let it go. The Queen also noticed something and looked at Bai Yuzhi's belly, which was not far from her. There was a natural curve there, and the belly looked fine, but Bai Yuzhi didn't react at all as she should...
The queen wanted to test it out again, hoping to gain more evidence for her bold guess, but was interrupted by a cold look from Emperor Qin Huan.
"Don't disturb the concubine while she's dining."
While a few people were testing each other, the banquet had already officially begun.
An envoy from a small border nation stood up and toasted Emperor Qin Huan in the not-so-fluent Great Qin language: "A toast to His Majesty the Great Qin Emperor!"
He then saw Bai Yuzhi, who was sitting next to Emperor Qin Huan with a bulging belly, and a look of sudden enlightenment appeared on his face. "Since your country's queen is pregnant, I will not offer a toast! Congratulations to the emperor on the birth of his precious son!"
The envoy was not fluent in Chinese and did not know that the celebration of the birth of a baby should be announced after the child is born. However, no one paid much attention to this because everyone realized that the envoy had mistaken Concubine Heng for the queen.
At the once lively banquet, the officials of the Great Qin Dynasty fell silent. The other envoys, confused, looked up at Emperor Qin Huan, hoping to read his expression for clues.
The queen's face had already turned ashen, and she almost lost her composure even at the palace banquet.
In silence, Emperor Qin Huan slowly drank the wine in the glass, then looked at the envoy who had toasted him.
He obviously realized that he had said something wrong and now knelt on the ground trembling.
Emperor Qin Huan said something, and the envoys relaxed a lot, but the officials of the Qin court were all furious.
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