Having grown up in a difficult and chaotic backyard, Xu Qingshu knew that Jiang Tian's situation was actually very difficult.
She didn't have a distinguished family background and was a divorcee, making her seem utterly inferior to those from wealthy and noble families.
Even if the emperor favors her, when it comes to dividing up the spoils, who can see the worth of a woman of lowly status?
But it's different when you're pregnant.
In the inner palace, a mother's status rose with her son's; this was never just a saying.
Moreover, she was carrying the emperor's first child.
Xu Qingshu was genuinely happy for her mother.
Jiang Tian smiled and nodded, stroking her daughter's hair: "When you have younger brothers and sisters, you won't be all alone anymore."
Xu Qingshu's life was too difficult from childhood, and she always hoped that she had other relatives.
She couldn't count on her father anymore. After Jiang Tian left, her father married a new woman and never paid any attention to his daughter again.
Every time Xu Qingshu went to visit her father, she wondered what she was that was. His expression towards her was always filled with disgust.
Xu Qingshu had nowhere to complain about the grievances she suffered. If it weren't for her mother leaving behind her dowry and forcing her father to promise not to touch a single piece, leaving it all to Xu Qingshu, she would have been in no way able to escape the humiliation.
She might have been tortured to death long ago.
Having suffered so much since childhood, how could Xu Qingshu believe that her biological father would care about her?
But her mother was different.
Every time her mother looked at her, her eyes were full of tenderness, and Xu Qingshu drew unparalleled warmth from her mother.
She was quite certain that even with younger siblings, her mother wouldn't forget her.
The thought of having other siblings made Xu Qingshu happy.
She silently prayed to God that her mother would conceive a boy this time, and that her sister could come later, but her mother's position needed a boy to secure it.
After the mother and daughter finished catching up on their family ties, they started talking about Xu Jingxiu.
"The Xu family has been closed to guests for a long time, but the news of my father kneeling before you has already spread. Many people in the community are mocking him for being able to bend and stretch. I heard that Madam Wei is about to give birth, but I don't know the specifics."
Xu Qingshu lived a very good life after she could no longer see the Xu family. As she was just a child, she couldn't find out much about them.
But even a child like her knew that Xu Jingxiu had knelt down to Jiang Tian, let alone others.
Jiang Tian simply nodded: "You don't need to worry too much about these things. He's just a source of amusement for us now. Don't worry, I won't let you suffer anymore, nor will I let myself suffer anymore."
Xu Qingshu felt relieved after hearing these words.
During the Chinese New Year, Yan Heng brought Jiang Tian to the palace banquet.
When he told Jiang Tian the news, Jiang Tian was shocked.
She asked, somewhat surprised, "Are you drunk?"
Now, every time Yan Heng enters the palace, he first kisses Jiang Tian and then touches her belly.
As an inexperienced father, Yan Heng did not hide his affection for Jiang Tianhuai's child.
Hearing Jiang Tian's words, he lazily replied, "What's wrong? Did going to the palace banquet tire you out?"
Jiang Tian rolled her eyes at him: "You're deliberately misinterpreting me. Palace banquets aren't for people of my status, so please don't make things difficult for me."
Yan Heng realized that Jiang Tian was really not tired enough.
As he touched her stomach, he casually asked, "What is your identity?"
Jiang Tian was uncharacteristically slow to react: "I don't know what my identity is either."
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