Chapter 257 It won't harm the child in her womb
The Empress understood, and Song Zhuran naturally understood as well. "But this doctor is unwilling to enter the palace. I have already inquired about it on behalf of my elder sister."
“It’s alright, it’s just for a while,” Jiang Wan Ning said. “Then Your Majesty can give him some money and let him go.”
"Can..."
"I also think that Princess Langya's suggestion is excellent."
"Bring the person over so that I can meet the Emperor. If he is really as capable as you say, I will not only give him the position of Imperial Physician, but also the position of Director of the Imperial Hospital."
Since the Empress had said so, Song Zhuran naturally couldn't say anything more.
"Alright then." Song Zhuran pouted and said, "By the way, elder sister, grandfather asked me to bring you a letter."
As Song Zhuran spoke, she took out the letter and gave it to the Empress.
The Empress opened the envelope, her brows furrowing slightly. "I understand my grandfather's meaning."
"Ranran, did your grandfather talk to you about it?"
Song Zhuran shook her head. "Grandfather just asked me if I was willing to go to the palace to accompany my elder sister, and I said I was."
"What if I were to send you to the palace to become a concubine?"
"Sister..." Song Zhuran looked bewildered, "Is this what Grandfather and Father meant?"
"Sister, Ranran wants to stay with you, but Ranran doesn't want to be a concubine and doesn't want to compete with you for your brother-in-law." Song Zhuran looked innocent and aggrieved. "Ranran doesn't want to get married."
"But my grandfather and father have already stated in their letter that if I am not healthy enough to conceive, then you will be allowed to enter the palace."
The Empress did not avoid mentioning Jiang Wan Ning when she spoke these words.
“Sister, you will definitely have a child, you definitely will,” Song Zhuran said.
“Silly child, having a child isn’t something that happens overnight,” Song Zhuyi said tentatively. “Ranran, if you really don’t want to, then let your older sister step in.”
"Let the Emperor arrange a good marriage for you. It's easy to get into this palace, but it's very difficult to get out in this lifetime."
"I don't want you to end up like me, spending your whole life for the family, without any sense of self, living like a puppet."
As Song Zhuyi spoke, she thought to herself that if Song Zhuran agreed today, she would never doubt her again; if she did not agree, then that last glimmer of hope would be shattered.
Song Zhuyi looked at Song Zhuran quietly.
After a while,
Song Zhuran said, "Sister, I know you have sacrificed a lot for the Song family."
"So I feel sorry for you, but sister, I don't want to be protected by you all the time. Now it's my turn to protect you. The burden of the family shouldn't be on your shoulders alone."
“Sister, I am willing to enter the palace so that I can stay with you forever. Not only that, I can also help you.”
"As for this deep palace and high walls, I've lived for so many years and I still don't leave the Song family mansion."
“What my older sister can do, Ranran can do too.”
"But sister, don't worry, Ranran will not try to steal your brother-in-law. Ranran will only go to the palace to accompany you, and will not have anything with your brother-in-law."
Song Zhuran looked troubled and aggrieved, yet also stubbornly unyielding.
Those unaware of the inside story would surely think that Song Zhuran and her sister had a very deep sisterly bond.
Despite all that Song Zhuran had said, Song Zhuyi's heart grew colder and colder.
"Sister, what's wrong?" Song Zhuran asked tentatively when she noticed that Song Zhuyi's expression was off.
Empress Song Zhuyi gently shook her head, "It's nothing, my sister is just thinking about some things." As she spoke, the Empress felt dizzy and lightheaded, and her vision went black.
"Sister!"
"Your Majesty!"
When the Empress woke up again, she was already lying in bed.
"Sister, you scared me to death!" Song Zhuran rushed to the Empress's bedside and held the Empress's hand tightly. "Sister, you were really scared just now."
The Empress looked at Song Zhuran with comforting eyes, then glanced around at everyone, "What's wrong with me?"
"Sister, you're pregnant! I'm going to have a little nephew!" Song Zhuran said excitedly, wiping away her tears.
"Ahem... You may all leave now." Emperor Xiao Yu waved his hand, signaling the concubines who had come to visit to leave.
"Someone, take Miss Song downstairs to rest."
"Brother-in-law, I want to keep my sister company." Song Zhuran sniffed.
"Your older sister is weak and needs to rest. Come back when you're well," Xiao Yu said softly to Song Zhuran.
The Song family was one of the important pieces in his strategy to consolidate his throne. Besides, Song Zhuran was usually well-behaved and cute, so he hadn't thought much of it. But why was she so foolish today...?
Even the Empress's maid knew that her pregnancy was a secret, yet Song Zhuran blatantly revealed it to everyone.
I fear that the dangers around the Empress will only increase in the future.
Having achieved her goal, Song Zhuran did not linger. After everyone had left, the Empress said, "Your Majesty, I would like to speak with the Princess of Langya alone."
"Then A-Chuan and I will wait in the side hall. If you need anything, just call me."
"Alright." Empress Song Zhuyi nodded weakly.
After everyone had left, Empress Song Zhuyi finally spoke, "How did Ranran find out?"
"Her Majesty fainted due to emotional distress. Miss Song went to find His Majesty and was introduced to the physician she brought with her."
Empress Song Zhuyi already knew what would happen next without Jiang Wan Ning needing to tell her.
"It's all my fault. I didn't want to believe that Ranran was that kind of person, and I didn't want His Majesty to have any suspicions about the Song family, so I didn't tell His Majesty about these things."
"If I had explained this to the Emperor earlier, Ranran would not have succeeded today."
After Empress Song Zhuyi finished speaking, she couldn't help but tear up. Her most beloved younger sister actually wanted to kill her.
She wanted to ask why, but seeing that innocent face, she couldn't bring herself to say such hurtful things.
"Ningning, what should I do now?"
The empress did not refer to herself as "this palace," but rather as "I."
“Your Majesty, hesitation only leads to trouble,” Jiang Wanning said calmly. “Although Jiang Wanru and I are not related by blood, I once treated her like a sister.”
"Whether Your Majesty believes it or not, I once died at the hands of the person I trusted most."
"Perhaps I am lucky to have survived, but Your Majesty, not everyone has such an opportunity. I do not wish for Your Majesty to experience what I have suffered as if I were dead."
"May Your Majesty live a peaceful and happy life in every lifetime, and never be harmed by wicked people."
Empress Song Zhuyi took Jiang Wanning's words about being reborn as a spiritual rebirth after enduring the great changes of the past.
"Ningning, I once had schemes and methods against you, but none of them were what I wanted."
"Now only you are willing to say these things to me."
Jiang Wan Ning comforted the Empress, "As long as Your Majesty understands some things and is not entangled by family ties, I believe Your Majesty will be fine."
"As for the safety of Your Majesty and the child in your womb, you can rest assured." Jiang Wan Ning took out a small bottle of pills. "This is the Hundred-Cure Pill that I have researched."
"If there are any problems, Your Majesty only needs to take it immediately, and it will ensure that the poison will not spread within half an hour and will not harm the child in your womb."
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