Zui Gu🔞 ( mtl)

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　　 Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

　　As soon as the news of the bleeding in Chuxiu Palace came out, the six palaces could no longer sleep peacefully. They all got up and dressed up and rushed to Chuxiu Palace.

　　The expressions on the faces of those concubines were extremely wonderful. In the Great Sheng Dynasty, concubines of low status did not even have the qualifications to be pregnant. After being favored by the emperor, they would drink the contraceptive soup sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prevent pregnancy.

　　There was no other reason, because the palace rules of the Great Sheng Dynasty had always been like this. If the status of the birth mother of the royal heir was low, it would be despised and laughed at, just because the birth mother was not of good origin. Even lower-ranking concubines were not qualified to raise the royal heir. Even if they gave birth, they would only be wedding clothes for higher-ranking concubines.

　　In addition, the emperor was romantic, and there were countless concubines in the harem. As long as they did not sleep with the emperor for nearly a month, they would be completely forgotten by the emperor. How could those concubines dare to get pregnant, for fear that they would be disliked by the emperor if they got pregnant, and then even if they had a prince, it would be useless.

　　There was no heir in the palace, and the emperor was in his prime, so he had no intention of appointing a crown prince, so he was not in a hurry. The queen mother paid attention to blood, and wanted Yan Zhaozhao to be pregnant with a legitimate son, so that she could naturally appoint her prince as the next crown prince, so she had no objection to the fact that the concubines in the palace had no children.

　　In the eyes of the queen mother, the only person in the palace who was qualified to give birth to an heir was the queen Yan Zhaozhao.

　　When the news reached Fengyi Palace, Yan Zhaozhao had already gone to bed. But everyone had already gone to Chuxiu Palace, and if the queen was not there, people would gossip about it. Considering the pros and cons, Biluo did not dare to delay and hurriedly woke up Yan Zhaozhao. Yan Zhaozhao, who

　　understood the ins and outs of the matter, also woke up instantly, got up and changed her clothes, and got on the sedan chair and went to Chuxiu Palace.

　　In front of Chuxiu Palace, the emperor stood in front, and all the concubines stood behind him and lined up, constantly looking up to peek into the palace, but the palace door was closed tightly, and nothing could be seen. Some even turned themselves into eloquent women in order to make the emperor remember them again, and approached the emperor from time to time, speaking softly and comfortingly. However, the emperor seemed to turn a blind eye, with a listless expression, as if he could not muster up interest.

　　Compared with these concubines, the ones who were out of tune with them were Chunpin, Yan Zhiman, who were supposed to be in the limelight tonight. She stood in a corner with a dull expression, wearing thin clothes, and her figure was a little unstable in the cold wind. Her face was a little pale, biting her lip and looking in the direction of Chuxiu Palace, her eyes were dim.

　　Yan Zhaozhao sighed secretly. After all, she was still young and could not hide her emotions. But after all, what happened tonight did make her feel wronged. It didn't matter whether Yanpin had her period today intentionally or unintentionally. What mattered was that she was pregnant now, and the child she was carrying was the first child after the emperor ascended the throne. Once she gave birth to a prince, her status would be invaluable.

　　But unfortunately, Concubine Yan had an accident on the night when Concubine Chun was sleeping with her, causing the emperor to come on the way. This was obviously a slap in the face of Concubine Chun. No matter how favored she would be in the future, as long as she was not summoned by the emperor again, she would become a laughing stock of everyone. If she was thin-skinned, she might become depressed and die in the palace.

　　But Yan Zhaozhao believed that the person her father had taken great pains to send was definitely not a harmless soft persimmon, so just wait and see.

　　She walked forward and heard the voices of the concubines greeting her. Yan Zhaozhao nodded to signal them to get up, and bowed respectfully to the emperor. "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

　　The emperor glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, said nothing, and did not let her get up. He just stood there and looked at Chuxiu Palace motionlessly.

　　He was a little annoyed and had no time to pay attention to other people. He had only been on the throne for a few years, and he had not yet enjoyed the wealth and beauty of the world. How could he have the heart to give birth to an heir? Therefore, he always had people send contraceptive soup to the concubines below the rank of concubine after they slept with him, because he did not want to have a child. There were no women above the rank of concubine in the palace, except Yan Zhaozhao.

　　He thought about it and thought that it was only because he neglected to let Concubine Yan drink the contraceptive soup when he was in Longju Temple, but he never thought that it was that negligence that made her pregnant.

　　Seeing that the emperor ignored her, Yan Zhaozhao had no expression. She stood up straight and stood quietly a little further away from the emperor.

　　About a quarter of an hour later, the door of the Chuxiu Palace finally opened, and the imperial physician knelt on the ground tremblingly. "Your Majesty, Concubine Yan had a miscarriage, so she had a miscarriage. Fortunately, the heir in her belly was saved. Please rest assured, Your Majesty."

　　Upon hearing this, the emperor's eyebrows did not relax at all, but frowned even tighter. After a long while, he said, "Take good care of Concubine Yan." As soon as he finished speaking, the imperial physician quickly responded.

　　The emperor turned around and stamped his feet when he saw Yan Zhaozhao. "Concubine Yan is now pregnant with my first heir. I am very happy and I value her very much. I don't want Concubine Yan to have any mishaps with the heir in her belly." He looked down at Yan Zhaozhao in front of him, with a dark look in his eyes. "Does the queen think so too?"

　　Yan Zhaozhao bowed, her attitude neither humble nor arrogant. "Of course."

　　The emperor suddenly raised the corner of his lips slightly. "If that's the case, then please pay more attention to Concubine Yan's pregnancy."

　　After that, he left without even a glance at the concubines standing behind him.

　　Yan Zhaozhao still stood there, but her heart was blown a little colder by the cool breeze at night.

　　Even a tiger will not eat its own cubs, but this emperor is three times more cruel than that beast. Judging from his expression, the emperor clearly did not want this child, but he deliberately said that he valued this child and involved her in it, just to use this matter to pull her down from the position of queen.

　　The women in the harem were narrow-minded, and if the emperor really valued the heir in Yanpin's belly, he would not put her in the spotlight in public, so that everyone's arrows would be aimed at Yanpin. The emperor even emphasized that Yanpin's belly was his first heir, which was to remind him of the nobility of the first child.

　　And which woman in the palace did not want to hold this nobility firmly in her hands. The emperor did not need to do it himself, and the women in the harem would not let go of the child in Yanpin's belly. But he deliberately involved her, so that when the heir in Yanpin's belly was aborted, he could punish her for mismanagement and pull her down from the position of queen.

　　Yan Zhaozhao looked in the direction where the emperor left, and her eyes darkened a little. She lowered her eyelids to hide the fierceness in them.

　　The emperor is really good at calculating.