"What can I do!" her system said coldly and impatiently. "It's all because you're stupid! You clearly got fifty points of luck, but Yun Chaoxi managed to take them back."
Lin Zhirou was taken to the Imperial Prison and locked in a cell alone. On her way in, the cold, damp atmosphere and the stench of blood permeated the prison. In all her years of life, Lin Zhirou had never seen such a terrifying scene.
She called out to the system again, "Quickly, think of a way for me to escape!"
"Your current luck is insufficient to exchange for the item to escape. If you insist on exchanging it, your luck will be reduced to 0 and you will be eliminated. Please think carefully."
Lin Zhirou shouted angrily, "Why should I be killed just because my luck is zero? I lived a good life without this luck before! I think you're just trying to lie to me!"
"Because these are the conditions you agreed to when you were bound to the system," the system said curtly.
Lin Zhirou was in despair. She had no connections to save her and no ability to escape. Was she just going to wait to die in this prison? Yun Chaoxi knew her secret. What would she do to her?
Yun Chaoxi had no intention of going to the imperial prison for her sake. He left everything to Chu Xiao, knowing that Chu Xiao would not let Lin Zhirou live.
Sure enough, An Yi arrived at the imperial prison that very day to interrogate Lin Zhirou.
Since Chu Xiao "passed away," An Yi had no missions for a long time and thought that the emperor did not intend to give him important responsibilities. After waiting for a long time, he finally got a new mission, which turned out to be interrogating a woman in the imperial prison.
An Yi was adept at guessing the emperor's thoughts and understood his intentions. No matter what kind of torture was used, she would make him reveal his purpose for entering the palace and who had instructed him.
So he started by inflicting torture.
Lin Zhirou was tormented to the point of collapse. She wanted to reveal the system, but when she opened her mouth, she couldn't utter a single word and could only cry out loud.
She regretted it! She shouldn't have gone to the palace! If she had stayed obediently in the nunnery, she would still have sixteen points of luck left, and there would always be a chance for her to leave the nunnery in the future!
Seeing that she was still stubborn, An subjected her to several more forms of torture.
Lin Zhirou was too exhausted to even cry anymore.
Just then, the system, which had been silent, suddenly spoke in a ruthless voice: "Host's luck value has decreased by 1 point, and the current luck value is 0. Annihilation is about to be carried out."
Lin Zhirou trembled with fear, "No...no! Where did my luck points go?"
"I don't want to die!!!"
The system coldly explained, "A host who has failed in their mission has no reason to exist in this world."
As the last word fell, the system initiated the elimination procedure. Lin Zhirou's struggling movements abruptly ceased, her head lolled to the side, and she was lifeless. At the same time, the Luck System used the last bit of Luck value Lin Zhirou had left to detach from its host.
It is a product of the high-tech world. It came here to use the host to steal the high luck value of people in this world and transfer them back to the technological world to increase the luck of specific people.
When Lin Zhirou's luck value is only 1, it will take the initiative to seize Lin Zhirou's remaining luck and break away from the host to find a new host to continue seizing luck.
The Qi Luck System had just emerged and hadn't even had time to find a new host when it was suddenly controlled by a powerful force. This unfamiliar energy, powerful enough to annihilate it, alerted it, and it instinctively tried to escape, only to be mercilessly devoured by this energy in the next instant.
Not even a crumb was left.
When An Yi saw that Lin Zhirou was not moving, he was stunned for a moment. He reached out to check her breath and found that she was dead.
It's dead already? Wasn't it just squealing and screaming a moment ago?
There was no other way but to go back and report.
Chu Xiao listened and gave a faint "hmm". Although he didn't get a result, he still made arrangements to send all his brothers and nephews in the capital to their fiefdoms.
He has children now and doesn't need these younger generation members who are eyeing his throne to get in his way in the capital.
Upon hearing that Lin Zhirou was dead, Yun Chaoxi felt a sudden sense of relief. The heavy burden that had weighed on her heart because of the tragic deaths of her entire family in her previous life vanished, and her mind became clear.
The baby in the womb seemed to sense the mother's feelings and gently kicked her belly.
Yun Chaoxi touched her belly with curiosity and excitedly called Chu Xiao over, "Your Majesty, the baby just moved inside my belly!"
"Let me see!"
Chu Xiao quickly dropped the folded document in his hand and came over, holding Yun Chaoxi as she sat on his lap, his large hand resting on her protruding belly.
After waiting for a long time, the baby in her belly didn't move at all.
Yun Chaoxi glanced at the emperor. "He's probably asleep."
Chu Xiao withdrew his hand in disappointment. However, the next moment, his stomach was gently touched again.
Yun Chaoxi exclaimed, "He moved!"
Chu Xiao quickly moved closer again, and the boy quieted down once more.
Chu Xiao: "?" Is this targeting him?!
...
When Yun Chaoxi was five months pregnant, the imperial physician diagnosed that she was carrying a prince. This delighted the Empress Dowager.
Finally, the throne has a successor!
During this period, the Empress Dowager was as energetic as if she had taken a magic potion. In addition to visiting Yun Chaoxi every day, she was also keen on preparing clothes and toys for her unborn grandson.
The child wasn't even born yet, but there was already a room full of clothes and toys.
Five months later, Yun Chaoxi gave birth.
Chu Xiao ran straight out of the court, losing one of his shoes in the process. Luckily, Eunuch Liu chased after him to retrieve it.
Arriving outside the delivery room of Zhaoyang Palace, Chu Xiao felt anxious and worried as he watched the busy midwives going in and out.
The Empress Dowager was the most "calm" one, and kept comforting Chu Xiao, "Your Majesty, there's no need to worry. Consort Zhao has always been in good health, and the imperial physicians have also said that the fetus in her womb is healthy and there will be no problem with childbirth."
"You're in your thirties and you still haven't learned my composure."
The nanny beside the Empress Dowager joked, "If the Empress Dowager's hands weren't shaking like this, I would really believe it!"
The Empress Dowager glared at her, feigning anger.
Inside the room, Yun Chaoxi was not panicked. She had taken pain-relieving pills and recovery pills before entering the delivery room and pushed down as instructed by the midwife.
The feeling of heaviness in her belly became more and more obvious, and Yun Chaoxi could feel that the baby was about to come out.
An hour later, she successfully gave birth to a prince.
The midwife gently patted the baby's tiny, tender soles, and the baby's loud cry instantly echoed throughout the delivery room.
The Empress Dowager and the Emperor outside the room both relaxed and their faces lit up with joy.
The midwife cleaned the baby, wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and brought him out, saying happily, "Mother and child are safe! Mother and child are safe! Congratulations to Your Majesty on the birth of your son!"
Chu Xiao smiled and stepped forward to look at the child. Unlike other babies who were born wrinkled, this child was born with the same milky white skin as Yun Chaoxi. The little eyes were tightly closed, and the mouth was unconsciously humming. Chu Xiao liked the child very much after just one look.
The midwife asked, "Would Your Majesty like to hold me?"
Chu Xiao said, "Let the Empress Dowager hold him. I'll go see the Imperial Concubine."
After saying that, she strode into the delivery room.
The Empress Dowager happily took the child, liking him more and more as she looked at him. "Oh, my dear grandson."
The female healers and midwives had almost finished tidying up and were about to leave when they saw Chu Xiao enter.
Chu Xiao entered the room and saw Yun Chaoxi lying quietly on the bed. He hurriedly asked, "Why hasn't the Imperial Concubine woken up?"
"Your Majesty is too tired and has fallen asleep."
Chu Xiao was relieved and sat down beside the bed.
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