On the other side, in Concubine Shu's palace.
Concubine Shu was so excited as she watched the treasures being brought into the storeroom one by one. Eunuch Gao, who served beside Jimer, came over personally and said, "Madam Shu, please take a look at these things to see if they suit your taste. If not, His Majesty, please have some more delivered another day."
Concubine Shu was fiddling with a piece of fine jadeite when she heard Eunuch Gao mention her. She said hurriedly, "I think this is enough. Your Majesty, please don't bother with any more."
Eunuch Gao was also a sensible man. He knew that Concubine Shu's belly was a matter of concern to everyone, so he naturally treated Concubine Shu better. "This is not a bother at all! Your Majesty is pregnant with the dragon seed, so any extra things are what she deserves."
Eunuch Gao's words touched Concubine Shu's heart. She exchanged a few polite words with Eunuch Gao and asked Ah Huan, who was serving her, to send Eunuch Gao out.
Ah Huan received the order from Concubine Shu, and when Eunuch Gao was about to leave, she stuffed a purse into his sleeve and said, "My queen will still rely on you for care in the future."
Eunuch Gao shook the purse in his hand, realizing the considerable weight of the silver inside. He then smiled and said, "Young lady, you are right. Your Majesty has taken a liking to the dragon seed in your belly, so naturally, we servants would not dare to treat your majesty unfairly."
Seeing that the matter was settled, Ah Huan bowed to Eunuch Gao and said, "This servant would like to thank you on behalf of my queen. Goodbye, eunuch!"
After seeing off Eunuch Gao, Ah Huan returned to Concubine Shu's side. Concubine Shu had put down the jade material she had just held and was looking at the blue and white porcelain vase that Jime had asked someone to send over.
Seeing Ah Huan coming back, she touched her belly and said with a smile: "Your method really works. So what if Su Yuanyuan becomes the queen? In the end, she still loses to my belly. When the baby is about to be born, you can ask Ah Niang and the others to bring in a boy from outside the palace..."
Ah Huan listened to Concubine Shu's words and became less and less attentive. He coughed twice and reminded her, "Your Majesty, you should be more careful with your words in the palace."
Only then did Concubine Shu realize that she had let the cat out of the bag. She glanced at Ah Huan again and felt that bringing Ah Huan into the palace was a wise decision. "I was wrong just now."
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After the rumor of Concubine Shu's pregnancy spread, the palace was peaceful for a rare half month, which allowed Jimer to breathe a sigh of relief. Rong Chengxuan had taken over all the affairs of the previous dynasty, and all that was left for him were the trivial matters of the concubines in the harem.
As Rong Chengxuan and Yun Wanwan's wedding day approached, Yun Wanwan began to get busy. This was her first time getting married, and she had no idea there were so many rules and regulations. She felt overwhelmed just by learning all the miscellaneous rules from her nanny every day.
Rong Chengxuan saw that Yun Wanwan was unwilling to learn those rules, so he took her into the palace under the pretext of wanting to discuss the details of the wedding day with her.
Yun Wanwan had a rare chance to take a half day off, so she was naturally happier than anyone else as she no longer had to learn etiquette from the nanny. Without waiting for Rong Chengxuan to come to the house to pick her up, she took Xiaokui to Prince An's Mansion first.
After getting off the carriage, he happened to meet Concubine Shu and her maid passing by. Rong Chengxuan just glanced at Concubine Shu and left with Yun Wanwan.
Unexpectedly, Concubine Shu had Rong Chengxuan and Yun Wanwan stopped and walked over with a smile, "Why are Prince An and Miss Yun planning to not greet me?"
Rong Chengxuan scoffed, "I won't even bow to the Queen. Do you think you can make me bow?"
Concubine Shu immediately understood what Rong Chengxuan meant. He was mocking her for not having a higher rank than that bitch Su Yuanyuan.
She stroked her belly and smiled faintly, "Your Highness, I am pregnant with a dragon seed. You should respect me no matter what."
Rong Chengxuan glanced at Concubine Shu's belly. It was still early in the pregnancy, and she hadn't shown any signs of pregnancy yet. It would be extremely easy to kill her. "Your Majesty, it's best for you to be content. Whether this dragon seed can be born is still up to me."
The color on Concubine Shu's face instantly drained away. She looked at Rong Chengxuan with a pale face, protecting her belly, "You...you...you..."
He kept saying "you" for a long time but couldn't utter a complete sentence. He looked like he was scared silly.
Concubine Shu took a deep breath, left a sentence "I will not disturb the prince and Miss Yun anymore", and hurried away with her people.
Yun Wanwan stood next to Rong Chengxuan and witnessed the whole process. No matter how she looked at it, she felt that Shufei looked a little abnormal, so she immediately let go of Rong Chengxuan's hand and chased after her.
Rong Chengxuan looked at Yun Wanwan's back as she chased after Concubine Shu, and told A Kui to follow Yun Wanwan closely and not let her get into any accidents in the palace, and then went to the imperial study to handle government affairs first.
Yun Wanwan caught up with Concubine Shu. From the moment she asked Rong Chengxuan to bow to her, she knew that Concubine Shu was an extremely vain person. The moment she caught up with her, she bowed to her and said, "Your Majesty, I greet you."
When Concubine Shu heard Yun Wanwan bowing to her, she stopped in her tracks. Perhaps because she had just been upset by Rong Chengxuan, her attitude towards Yun Wanwan had also become unfavorable. "Miss Yun, is there something you want to talk to me about? If not, I'll excuse myself."
Yun Wanwan stood up, walked forward, and stood in front of Concubine Shu. "I see that your Majesty and I are destined to be together, so I came to ask about your birth date and fortune and to tell you your fortune."
Concubine Shu looked at Yun Wanwan suspiciously, "You can also tell fortunes?"
Yun Wanwan nodded. "Yes, I know a little about fortune-telling. Would Your Majesty allow me to tell your fortune?"
Yun Wanwan spoke very sincerely, and Concubine Shu also felt that there was no harm in asking Yun Wanwan to calculate her life, so she told her birth date and eight characters.
After Yun Wanwan finished her calculations, she looked at Concubine Shu's pregnant belly and frowned.
She had calculated three times in a row that Concubine Shu was destined to be childless, but now she was pregnant again, and nothing seemed right. There was no way she could have been wrong, so the one who was causing trouble could only be Concubine Shu.
Thinking of this, she casually chatted with Concubine Shu about some irrelevant things, then said that she had something else to do and had to leave first. After paying her respects to Concubine Shu, she turned around and left.
On the way back, they happened to run into Ah Kui, who had just caught up with them. Seeing Yun Wanwan's frown, Ah Kui assumed that Yun Wanwan had been bullied by Concubine Shu, and hurriedly asked, "Miss, did Concubine Shu give you a hard time just now?"
Yun Wanwan was stunned for a moment, then shook her head calmly, "No."
She knew that it was the serious expression on her face that made A Kui think about something else. She was afraid that A Kui would not be able to do it, so she added, "Don't worry, with your prince here, no one in this palace dares to bully me."
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