"You are so lucky, Concubine Hui. If Your Majesty hadn't been unwell..."
Before Xing'er could finish her words, Lin Chunhuan gave her a look that immediately stopped her from talking. Nanny Jiang came in from outside and saw this scene. She just shook her head helplessly, "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui is here."
Changning twisted his waist and walked arrogantly to Lin Chunhuan and sat down.
Xing'er became even angrier when she saw this.
"Empress Hui, my queen is the Imperial Noble Consort. Even though you are a concubine, you should still bow when you see my queen!"
"oops."
Chang Ning covered her mouth in feigned surprise, "Look at my memory."
"Yesterday, the Emperor came to see me. He was concerned about my severe morning sickness and specifically exempted me from formalities. I didn't even have to bow when I saw the Empress Dowager. I dare not disobey the Emperor's orders. Sister... you won't blame me, will you?"
Holding the furious Xing'er, Lin Chunhuan said with a faint smile, "It's a great joy that Concubine Hui is pregnant with the heir. Some privileges are only natural. I naturally don't mind."
Afraid that Xing'er would say something inappropriate and arouse Changning's vigilance, Lin Chunhuan sent her out directly and replaced her with another young palace maid to serve her.
"It's so sunny outside, Concubine Hui should be resting in the palace to take care of her pregnancy. Why did you come here? What's the matter?"
"It's nothing." Chang Ning stroked her belly proudly, "I'm just thinking that from now on, the Imperial Noble Consort will no longer be the only concubine in the harem with children."
"I'm worried that you might be in a bad mood, so I came here to comfort you."
That expression doesn't look like comforting at all.
He knew that Changning couldn't help but show off in front of him.
Lin Chunhuan didn't buy her trick at all. She smiled and took Changning's hand, "Sister, what are you talking about? I, as your elder sister, am so happy that you can give birth to many children for the emperor."
"Why are you in a bad mood?"
Chang Ning seemed to have punched cotton. Although Lin Chunhuan didn't get hurt, her own expression turned ugly. "That's enough."
Pulling his hand away with disgust on his face, Chang Ning snorted coldly, "There's no outsider here, so stop pretending."
"You did those dirty things behind my back because you were afraid that the other concubines would give birth to children. What a pity... Lin Chunhuan, now that I'm pregnant, your wishful thinking is doomed to fail!"
"As long as I give birth to a prince, it's not certain who will take the throne!"
As soon as she entered the room, Changning saw the phoenix hairpin on Lin Chunhuan's head, and her eyes became red with jealousy.
This thing is only in the hands of the Empress Dowager in the entire palace. There is no empress in the Central Palace. Even if the Emperor favors Lin Chunhuan much, he will never give her something that is exclusively for the Queen.
But the Queen Mother... has this right!
But the news of her pregnancy had already spread for two or three days, but the old witch hadn't made any movement at all, and hadn't even gone to Xianfu Palace to take a look.
Not to mention any reward.
I didn't expect that he would secretly give Lin Chunhuan such a good thing!
They are both pregnant, so why is the treatment of that bitch Lin Chunhuan so much better than her!
The more Changning thought about it, the angrier he became, and even his tone of voice was filled with a hint of hostility.
But Lin Chunhuan, who was standing in front of her, still had that indifferent look on her face. She didn't care about being stared at by Changning. She just calmly sat back in her chair and sipped the Lingnan specialty that Xing'er made for her.
There was a hint of sneer in her eyes, "Are you so sure, Concubine Hui, that you're pregnant with a son?"
Changning's face turned pale instantly when he heard this.
But she quickly smiled nonchalantly, "Royal Concubine, since you are so calm, can you be sure that this baby of mine is not a prince?"
"Don't say you don't have the ability. Even if you could really tell, if this baby isn't pregnant, the next one will definitely be. As long as I can still give birth, you have no say in this harem!"
"What a pity! I'm afraid my sister won't have this opportunity anymore."
The Lingnan warm soup in front of him was a little hot, so Lin Chunhuan lifted it up and blew on it.
Changning didn't understand what she meant, and felt inexplicably uneasy in his heart.
Just as he was about to speak, the old eunuch beside the empress dowager rushed in.
Without saying a word, he ordered Changning to be taken away on the spot, and then respectfully saluted Lin Chunhuan, "Don't blame me, Imperial Noble Consort. The Empress Dowager has ordered that Concubine Hui be taken to the Cining Palace immediately."
"I disturbed the queen, and I deserve to die."
"You are an old man by the Empress Dowager's side, so there's no need to be so polite. I just don't know...what mistake did Concubine Hui make to cause the Empress Dowager to make such a fuss?"
Lin Chunhuan acted anxious, and Changning wanted to say something when he saw this.
Unfortunately, the old eunuch had her mouth blocked at the beginning, so she couldn't utter a single word except for making some humming sounds.
The old eunuch snorted coldly, "Of course it's a crime worth losing your head!"
When Changning was taken to the Cining Palace, she was still completely dazed. Those people didn't even care about the baby in her belly and were extremely rough.
But after being escorted all the way here, she already felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen.
The whole person was thrown to the ground, and the cotton cloth stuffed in his mouth was torn off. It took a while before Changning noticed the emperor's ashen face.
There is also the Queen Mother who is reciting Buddhist scriptures with her eyes closed.
"Your Majesty." Changning crawled to the emperor's feet weakly and helplessly, and gently pulled at the hem of his clothes.
She was in a state of panic.
But she also knew that her only hope now was the emperor in front of her, "What on earth have I done wrong? These people have made my stomach hurt so much. Our child..."
It would have been fine if Chang Ning hadn't said that. As soon as the child was mentioned, Wen Yunxiao's face darkened to the point of dripping water. He stretched out his foot and stomped hard on Chang Ning's face, causing her to curl up uncontrollably on the ground. "How dare you mention a child to me?"
"Come here, bring the person up."
Just as Changning was about to protest, she saw Xier, who was supposed to be in Prince Jin's Mansion, walking into the inner hall under the escort of the guards.
Suddenly, the whole person froze.
Even though the emperor had released his feet, he could not move at all.
Of course, Xier was not the only one who came in. There was another person who looked familiar. Changning knew that this person was also a palace servant in Xianfu Palace, but she couldn't even call out the other person's name.
"Your servant Xi'er."
"My servant Mingyue."
"Greetings to the Emperor, and to the Empress Dowager."
The two maids knelt together, and the Queen Mother also stopped chanting at this time, "Everyone is already here, Your Majesty, please ask yourself. After all, this matter is of great importance, and I don't want to wrongly accuse Concubine Hui."
The facts were clear. The records of the guards entering the palace had not even been cleared. With the testimony of two maids, Xier and Mingyue, Changning had no way to defend herself. She was slapped by the emperor until the corner of her mouth bled.
"You slut, what else can you say!"
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