"Yes, yes, yes."
"But if she doesn't get pregnant, how will she explain herself a few months later? Is she just going to find any child? Wouldn't that confuse the royal bloodline?"
"Alright, stop talking. His Majesty hasn't said anything about such a big matter. Do you think something like this can be kept from His Majesty? He must already have a plan."
Others thought it made sense, and since the emperor didn't say anything, they just waited and saw what would happen.
…
However, none of the concubines expected that on their way back to the palace, they would suddenly see a person dressed in black running into Consort An's bedroom.
For safety reasons, they quickly summoned people to capture the assassin, and also curiously followed the guards inside.
However, I didn't expect to see someone lying on a rocking chair with a slightly protruding belly, looking very comfortable when I entered Consort An's palace.
One of the concubines spoke up: "How dare you, Consort An, defile the harem! Do you know your crime?"
They never expected that Consort An would dare to have an affair and even get pregnant. Was she insane?!
Upon hearing this accusation and the guards who wanted to arrest her, An Shuke immediately retorted, "How dare you! I am carrying His Majesty's child! How dare you!"
"What nonsense are you spouting? His Majesty has never touched you, how could you possibly be pregnant? Seize her at once!"
Just as the guards were about to make their move, a man's voice came from behind them: "Stop!"
Upon hearing that familiar voice, everyone else instinctively made way for him.
When An Shuke saw the person who came, she immediately smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you've arrived. She wants to harm our prince."
An Shuke pointed directly at the concubine who had just ordered the guards to arrest her.
Everyone else watched silently, waiting for the emperor's reaction.
The concubine who had just spoken up also spoke up directly: "Your Majesty, Consort An has been corrupting the harem and having affairs with others, yet she dares to claim that her child is yours."
"Shut up." Ye Zhaobai gave the other person a cold look, and the other person immediately stopped talking.
The imperial concubine gently waved her fan, squinting as she looked at everything before her; she seemed to have already understood.
To become a Noble Consort, one must have a very powerful background; she would also know something about the current situation in the court.
Ye Zhaobai is now nothing more than a puppet emperor, so she has long been vying for his favor. Only those women who are still completely unaware of the situation are foolishly trying to win the emperor's affections.
It's just unexpected that the child who should have come from the Empress's womb is now being conceived by someone else.
It's unclear whether the Empress was infertile and thus had to find someone else to bear children, or whether the Empress was merely a shield from beginning to end.
All she wanted to know was who this emperor, whom others considered so deeply affectionate, was truly in love with.
"Consort An is carrying my child, do you have a problem with that?" Ye Zhaobai clenched his fists tightly.
At the same time, I wondered if this was just an accident, or if someone deliberately led people here?
The Empress did not appear. Was it because she had set a trap for him not to appear, or was she currently indulging in a passionate affair with Shu Qingmu?
An Shuke saw the coldness in Ye Zhaobai's eyes and his thoughtful expression, and her heart sank even further.
…
In the end, the emperor punished the concubine who spoke ill of An Shuke by confining her to her quarters for a month, while An Shuke was directly promoted to Consort An.
"You seem very happy?" Shu Qingmu looked at the person in front of her and said this.
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