Chapter 157 Seeds of Doubt
Chen Mianmian seemed to be startled when she heard Li Meiren's words, then she laughed dryly and said, "It's nothing interesting. I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave now."
Her attitude made Lady Li feel that she must be in trouble. Lady Li immediately said, "Stop."
Chen Mianmian looked helpless.
If he was really afraid, he wouldn't have mentioned it at the beginning. How could he have come to the point where he had to decide whether to leave or not?
Lady Li had not expected this. She asked Chen Mianmian to tell her, and she would feel uncomfortable if she didn't ask clearly.
Chen Mianmian didn't leave, but she didn't say anything either.
Lady Li felt even more uncomfortable: "Just tell me."
Chen Mianmian seemed helpless and said, "The beauty is out for a walk now. If she walks more, there will be no problem with her health."
Lady Li was thinking about the two palace maids who stopped her when she was leaving the house today: "What do you mean? Why is it okay to walk a little more?"
Chen Mianmian spoke of this with some concern: "My beauty, you must have never seen anyone pregnant around you, right? Although you should be careful in the first three months after pregnancy, you can't just stay in the room and not move. After three months, you should walk around more, so that the delivery will be smoother. I see that my beauty is plump, so she must be raised in luxury in this palace. But although it is good to be raised, I have also seen that if the child is too big... it is not easy to give birth..."
She said it very tactfully and didn't mention it directly as a difficult delivery. But Concubine Li was a pregnant woman. Although she was immersed in the joy of pregnancy, how could she not be afraid of giving birth? She was naturally nervous. Now that she stopped at this point, it was enough to make people imagine.
Concubine Li also suffered the loss of not having a maid to serve her. She was of low status, and the people around her were arranged by the palace when she entered the palace. Now that she was pregnant, the people around her were arranged by the queen. No one told her these things at all. How could she, a virgin before, know these things?
"It will be a difficult delivery, right?" Concubine Li asked Chen Mianmian.
Chen Mianmian seemed to be extremely scared: "My beauty, please don't talk nonsense, it's unlucky, and don't think too much. The palace is different from the outside world. The imperial physician is taking care of you. There's nothing wrong. I think your baby is born very well. As for your body, it will naturally return to its previous state after the baby is born."
"Can I go back to the way I was before?" Lady Li felt her heart go cold and her throat dry. No, should I say, can she give birth to this child safely?
Chen Mianmian looked really scared and didn't dare to say a word.
But she didn't need to say anything more. She only said the right things, which was enough for Lady Li to imagine. Sometimes others might not believe what you said with good intentions, but she only said the right things, allowing her to come up with the answer herself, an answer that she would firmly believe.
This is exactly the case with Lady Li.
Her thoughts were scattered at this moment, and everything she thought about was wrong.
The servants around her were all arranged by the Queen, as were the imperial physicians. No one had ever told her that she needed to move around more after three months so that the baby could be born more easily. She only knew that eating day by day and walking around more would make the delivery smoother. However, the maids in her palace kept asking her to rest, and it would be best if she ate and slept, and slept and ate all day long.
Lady Li suddenly felt like a pig waiting to be slaughtered, being fed and raised so that she could be killed and eaten.
The thought made her turn pale.
No wonder Chen Mianmian showed an incomprehensible look when she first saw her. She knew something was wrong at first glance, right?
"You have seen such a person, right?" Lady Li stared at Chen Mianmian.
Chen Mianmian was so scared that she seemed to cry: "I, I dare not say it."
Lady Li said sharply, "Speak."
Chen Mianmian was 'forced' to say, "I have seen it. The third branch of the Chen family had a beautiful concubine. She was favored but not liked by the third branch's first wife. But after she became pregnant, the first wife sent someone to take good care of her every day. Later, the concubine had a difficult delivery and died."
When Lady Li heard this, she thought, "Isn't this her?"
But she still felt it was impossible. The queen wanted a child very much. No, no...
Chen Mianmian said appropriately: "I really shouldn't have said this. I made Lady Li worried. This is the palace, not outside. There are imperial doctors taking care of us. How could such a thing happen?"
These words were said with a certain degree of tension and relaxation, which had originally aroused Lady Li's suspicion. Now, the consolation had the opposite effect, making Lady Li even more suspicious. She always felt that something was wrong: "If the fetus is large and difficult to deliver, can the small one survive?"
Chen Mianmian didn't dare to say anything, but looking at Li Meiren, she said: "This adult is not like a child. If we want to save the child, I believe the imperial physician will have a way, right?"
Concubine Li suddenly understood what the Queen had in mind.
She doesn't want her biological mother. She only wants the child, not herself.
Thinking about the queen's kind face in the past, she felt really frightened now. She just wanted to have a child and wanted the child to have a good future. If the child was given to the queen, he would be nominally a legitimate son in the future, but the queen wanted to kill her.
Chen Mianmian seemed to finally be unable to stay any longer at this moment: "I have to go back to accompany the Queen Mother. I'll take my leave now."
Chen Mianmian left Li Meiren alone to think about this horrifying thing.
She put away the frightened expression on her face and looked somewhat silent.
She was not afraid at all that Concubine Li would tell the Queen about this, because the Queen wanted to take Concubine Li's life. No matter how stupid Concubine Li was, she would not question the Queen after knowing this. That would be asking for her life in advance. She did not dare to tell anyone, after all, she was surrounded by the Queen's people. Before she was sure that the Queen really wanted to do this, she did not even dare to complain to the Emperor.
Because the Queen just wanted Concubine Li to feel better, why would she complain?
Concubine Li found out about this, but she could only keep it to herself. But now it was just a secret in her stomach. But in the future, when she really gave birth, it would not be a secret anymore.
There are still several months before Li Meiren gives birth, so there is enough time for her to think about it.
If Concubine Li is less lucky, she will give birth to the child safely and save her own life, but she will bear a grudge against the Queen from then on. If she is more lucky, Concubine Li will not dare to say anything at the moment, but will make a fuss when the Queen attacks her. By then, the Emperor will know that the Queen wants to kill the mother and keep the child, and he will definitely be disgusted and will never give her a child in the future.
Of course, there is also the possibility that she will not survive or the child will not be born.
But this has nothing to do with Chen Mianmian, right?
This happened casually, by chance.
Chen Mianmian has no children at the moment, but she is a member of the Chen family. What if? What if she becomes favored in the future and the queen suddenly wants her child? What should she do?
In Chen Mianmian's heart, she must become the emperor's woman.
She always remembered the day she saw Shen Qing being promoted to concubine. One day, she would also be as glorious as him.
Chen Mianmian left after finishing her work, hiding her achievements and fame.
Concubine Li sat in the pavilion for a long time. Of course, she didn't dare to question the Queen. Now that she knew what happened today, she could only keep it to herself and dared not tell anyone. But once she started to suspect something, it was out of control.
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