Su Yun's child ultimately could not be saved; the impact was too great, and the baby died in the womb—there was no hope of recovery. Upon waking and hearing the news, Su Yun was shocked, followed by an overwhelming wail.
"Your Majesty, my child is so young. He didn't even have a chance to see the world. How could he be gone? Your Majesty the Empress is so cruel! If Your Majesty is dissatisfied with me, you can take it out on me. Why did you have to hurt my child?"
She wore a snow-white undergarment, her face ashen from blood loss, almost blending into the garment. Tears streamed down her face like broken pearls, her shoulders heaving as she sobbed.
Su Yun clung tightly to Emperor Liang Yuan's clothes, threw herself into his arms, and burst into tears. Her voice was hoarse and breathy, and in the end, she could no longer make a sound.
"Yun'er, don't cry. It breaks my heart. You'll have children in the future." Emperor Liang Yuan felt a surge of tenderness and tenderness, gently stroking Su Yun's shoulder with his right hand.
Because of Su Yun's deliberate actions, Emperor Liang Yuan had high hopes for the child, and he was also very sad when the child died. He was also heartbroken when the Empress's child died, and in the following years, his children also died one after another. He gradually got used to it and just thought that they were not meant to be.
"Your Majesty, it was the Empress who harmed my child with yours! You must avenge our child!" Su Yun's small body trembled, and she cried like a fallen leaf in the wind, helpless and alone.
Emperor Liang Yuan paused slightly. Although he was furious and even considered deposing the empress, it was only for a moment. The empress was the mother of the nation, the foundation of the country; how could she be easily deposed?
He broke his promise and took the blame for taking a subject's wife for Bai Yiran. Now that he has deposed the empress, isn't that telling the world that he was wrong? How can an emperor make mistakes? Even if he is wrong, he must never admit it and become a laughing stock.
"Consort Rou, you know perfectly well what happened just now. You know I did nothing to you, yet you still cried and made a scene. Could it be that you wanted the Emperor to depose me and make you Empress? I never expected you to be so treacherous. I truly misjudged you."
Bai Yiran's face was ashen. This woman's heart was utterly black. She had deliberately framed him for the false accusation on the table, and now she was deliberately provoking the Emperor's anger. She deserved to die!
"Your Majesty, you are also a mother. How could you possibly harm your own child? I am but a lowly concubine. How could I dare to covet the Empress's position, let alone frame her? Your Majesty, this is a wound that cuts deep into my heart!"
Su Yun was no pushover either; her words were filled with anguish, her eyes instantly filled with bloodshot veins, her cheeks turning red, and she looked as if she was about to vomit blood from anger.
In his heart, the Empress was the enemy who killed his son. If the Empress hadn't coveted the child in her womb and wanted to take away the child he had carried for ten months, he wouldn't have taken this risk.
His true intention was to get the Empress to harm her, thereby demonstrating that she wouldn't treat the child well and harbored treacherous intentions. He was simply trying to win her over, hoping the Emperor would keep the child with him and spare him the pain of separation from his child.
Unexpectedly, she used too much force, and the charade turned into a real pregnancy, resulting in the loss of the child. The imperial physician said it was a fully formed male fetus.
It's all the Empress's fault. If the Empress hadn't harbored ill intentions, his child wouldn't have died in the womb. He wants to avenge his child.
"You're talking nonsense! The child in your belly will be my legitimate son in the future. How could I harm my own child? You're clearly using the child to frame me—" Bai Yiran shouted hoarsely. This woman was too wicked. She really wanted to kill her.
"Your Majesty, why should I let you raise my own child? How could I possibly know Your Majesty's intentions? You are clearly making baseless accusations—"
"Enough, stop arguing!" Emperor Liang Yuan said with an annoyed expression, rubbing his throbbing temples. He scolded them, and the two women immediately fell silent, not daring to say another word.
"The Empress has neglected her duties, resulting in Consort Rou's miscarriage. She is to be fined half a year's salary and confined to the Phoenix Palace for half a year. Consort Rou is to be promoted to Consort Su, and the investiture ceremony will be held on an auspicious day."
Having said this, Emperor Liang Yuan didn't want to get involved in the entanglement between the two women. He waved his sleeve, turned around and left, leaving the two women staring at each other.
"Su Yun, I will not let you go. You just wait." Bai Yiran gritted her teeth and said this before turning and leaving. She was afraid that if she stayed any longer, she would not be able to help but strangle the other party.
Su Yun was extremely dissatisfied with this outcome. It was clearly the Empress who had harmed his child, yet the Emperor was so biased towards him, only punishing him with a salary deduction and confinement. How could that possibly compensate for the pain of losing his child? Was it simply because he was the Empress?
Even Emperor Liang Yuan himself probably didn't expect that his attempt to appease the situation would not quell his anger, but instead add fuel to the fire.
The news quickly spread throughout the entire palace, causing an uproar. Everyone was baffled as to why the Empress had gone against Consort Rou.
After this incident, the Empress completely lost favor. Emperor Liang Yuan was unwilling to even grant her basic courtesy, freely favoring his concubines on the first and fifteenth of each month according to his own whims, causing the Empress great embarrassment. The Empress was confined to Fengyi Palace, where she smashed and destroyed things every day, causing chaos and unrest.
In this unexpected turn of events, the biggest beneficiary was undoubtedly Su Yun. Although she lost her child, she was promoted to the rank of Consort, dealing a heavy blow to the Empress. With Su Yun's qualifications, reaching such a height in less than a year after entering the palace was truly an extraordinary achievement.
It would probably take another two years to become Consort Su, given her seniority. But this time, she's soared to great heights, experiencing a qualitative change in status.
But the person in question didn't think that way at all. He harbored resentment towards the emperor, resenting that he didn't cherish him, that he favored the empress, and that he was heartless towards the children.
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