The Queen Mother is old and has limited energy, so she usually rests at this time.
Now, because Xu Lingyi was pregnant, she was able to hold on until this late, and the Queen Mother had already returned to the palace.
But the emperor did not leave. He hugged Xu Lingyi and placed his hand gently on her belly.
"My beloved concubine." The emperor called her tenderly, "We are pregnant."
Xu Lingyi smiled and nodded. "Yes, Your Majesty."
She was actually very annoyed in her heart. The emperor had said this many times, and he didn't find it annoying, but she found it annoying just to hear it.
"I still can't believe it. It all feels like a dream. I normally don't have anything to fear, but now I'm afraid that when I wake up, all this will be an illusion."
Xu Lingyi didn't say anything, she was too lazy to deal with it.
She originally wanted to pretend to be asleep, but perhaps because of her pregnancy, she actually fell asleep.
The emperor heard the faint breathing sound beside his ear and realized that Xu Lingyi had fallen asleep.
He carefully picked her up and put her on the bed, covered her with a quilt, and then climbed up quietly himself.
When Chunhua saw this, she immediately lowered the bed curtain and went downstairs with Nanny Zhang.
"Mammy, I am really happy today. The master will have someone to rely on in the future."
Chunhua had long accepted Qiushi's betrayal, and she was not surprised by Qiushi's outcome.
But she was really surprised today that her master was pregnant.
Nanny Zhang thought to herself, this silly girl is really sincere to her master.
This is good, much better than a girl like Qiushi.
The next day, before Qiushi was punished, Xu Lingyi went to see her in person.
"Master, please spare my life. I was confused for a moment. Master, please forgive me. I have followed you for more than ten years. Even if I have no merits, I have worked hard, Master."
Qiushi's tears at this moment overlapped with her arrogant and domineering face in her previous life.
"You are the master, and you are of noble birth. If you can't please men, you will be trampled under my feet."
Xu Lingyi still remembered her hand on her belly, showing off her power, her foot on her face. "Miss, you look so pitiful now, but I feel so happy. From childhood, I could only serve you and please you. My whole family were slaves of the Xu family, but now, in just a few decades, the Xu family has been executed, and the few who remain have become slaves. But our family has been honored by His Majesty, and my father and brother have both started official positions."
Qiu Shi said proudly, "It's all your fault for not knowing how to please a man. Even though the Xu family has done so much for His Majesty, you still can't win His Majesty's favor. Even your child died."
Qiushi's smile widened as she touched her belly. "But I'm pregnant. My lady, for the sake of our relationship as master and servant, I originally pleaded with His Majesty to spare your life, asking him to spare your life for the sake of our past relationship. I wanted you to stay by my side and serve me day and night. But His Majesty said that for a lowly servant like you, sparing your life was too easy. So, my lady, I have no choice. Please don't blame me. Who made His Majesty hate you so much?"
Qiushi was so arrogant and smug at that time.
Xu Lingyi still remembers that she once wanted to cut Qiushi into pieces, and now letting her be beaten to death is not too easy for her.
"Qiu Shi, you know we've been master and servant for over a decade, so how dare you betray me? You've probably forgotten that if it weren't for me, you would have died many years ago. When I saved you, you held my hand and said you would be loyal to me forever, even if it meant death. If you betray me, you'll die a miserable death."
"Do you think you can succeed? The people behind you will make you a concubine? You are too stupid and too greedy. The imperial concubine has been deposed, and that noble lady Li has also been sentenced to death. Your dream is shattered. I originally wanted to cut you into pieces, and I wanted to do it myself, but now, for the sake of my child, I don't want to dirty my hands for a lowly servant like you."
Xu Lingyi looked down at her, like a water chestnut, and she stepped on Qiushi's face.
"Qiu Shi, if you succeed, my fate will be even worse than yours, but this time you will be the loser. Even after you die, I will not forget your family. I will ask my mother to take good care of them."
"Xu Lingyi!!" Qiu Shi's eyes widened. It was the first time she called Xu Lingyi by her name. "You bitch, don't bring disaster to your family!"
Xu Lingyi sneered: "Are you only thinking about your family now? It's too late. Your family will die even more miserably than you."
"Madam Zhang, cover her mouth and start the caning. Let everyone come and see."
After slaves come to power, they will not only not remember the old friendship with their masters who helped them in the past, but will be even more cruel than others.
Qiushi’s family in his previous life was like this.
After dealing with Qiushi, Xu Lingyi clearly felt that the palace maids in her palace had become more well-behaved.
Xu Lingyi just wanted them not to betray her.
"Madam Zhang, give the palace maids some more rewards to appease their hearts."
Nanny Zhang nodded, and she went downstairs to give another round of ideological education.
All you have to do is not betray the Queen, and nothing will happen, and the reward will not be small. The Queen is the most generous.
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Princess Minghua returned to the princess's mansion. Initially, she expected the Queen Mother to make the decision, but after waiting for two days without any response, she knew that the Queen Mother could not help her either.
She just thought that her grandmother was unable to persuade her father, but until the empress dowager sent someone to pass on the message, her words were consistent with her father's position, saying that her mother had done many evil things, and now this end was a special mercy from them. She was asked not to hate them or the Xu family, because Xu was innocent this time.
The emperor even told her not to enter the palace without being summoned.
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