"Yes, Your Highness." Knowing that she didn't want to say, the palace maid didn't press further. She was only thinking about how to perfectly complete the task assigned by Her Highness.
…
On the third day, less than half a month before Yunmei's birthday, rumors began to circulate in the harem.
According to rumors, the message was leaked by the young prince's personal nanny, who said that the young prince pleaded with the emperor on behalf of his birth mother.
So on the fourth day, when the sisters were admiring the flowers in the Imperial Garden, they started talking about this topic.
"Have you heard? The young prince asked His Majesty to celebrate his birth mother's birthday."
"You have to say our beautiful sister is lucky. She was a concubine in the Crown Prince's residence, and now she is the only one who is pregnant with the imperial heir."
You all say that he was in the palace when His Majesty was still the Crown Prince, and later he had an heir. How come His Majesty became Emperor, yet he only gave her the rank of Beauty, not even a Zhaoyi.
Of all the women who came to the palace from the Crown Prince's residence, the lowest rank was Zhaoyi. She was the only beauty, and she was also the only one who conceived a royal heir.
"Who knows? The little prince has always been by the side of the Noble Consort, but he cares so much about his birth mother. I don't know if it's because blood ties can't be severed, or if our beautiful sister is just so capable."
“We never attend our usual gatherings, not even to pay our respects to the Imperial Concubine. Our beautiful sister is truly extraordinary.”
After being reminded like this, the other concubines seemed to finally realize that something was wrong. It seemed that the other party would only appear on certain important occasions, and at other times he was like an invisible person.
If it weren't for the matter of the young prince that attracted their attention, they would have even forgotten that the young prince's birth mother was a beautiful woman, not the current imperial concubine.
The emperor doted on the imperial concubine, spending almost the entire month in her palace except for a few days. Yet, none of the other concubines became pregnant, and she was the only one to conceive. This is something worth pondering!
Moreover, if it weren't for this little prince, some people would even doubt whether the emperor was impotent. But there was this little prince, and the little prince looked almost exactly like the emperor. Therefore, no one questioned the emperor's incompetence; they only questioned the imperial concubine and the other concubines.
As for the Imperial Concubine, it's because the Emperor often stayed overnight in her palace. As for the other concubines, the Emperor also stayed overnight there, so why didn't they get pregnant?
One of the concubines spoke up, "I see these peonies are blooming beautifully. Why don't we pick a few and give them to our beautiful sister?"
“Sister’s suggestion is excellent,” Zhaoyi, whose rank was lower, immediately agreed.
Wan Ge touched her forehead and slowly said, "I've caught a cold recently and I'm a bit tired, so I won't go with my sisters. You may go."
"Alright, Consort, please take good care of yourself." Upon hearing Wan Ge's words, the others bowed and left, casually picking two peonies before heading to the palace where Yun Mei was.
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They had just arrived outside the palace, and before they even went inside, they heard voices from within, including a woman's voice with a hint of coquettishness: "Don't do this, it's still daytime, it's not right for you to be like this..."
All the concubines' expressions changed instantly upon hearing such a voice. Consort Li, who was standing at the front and was one of the four consorts, whose rank was only below Wan Ge, was immediately filled with anger.
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