In the main hall, everyone was sitting with bated breath, and a sound of retching suddenly came out, which seemed so harsh.

I covered my mouth and tried my best to swallow the sour water in my throat, but I couldn't. I made another sound of retching.

This time, everyone’s faces changed.

Shen Rou put the wine glass in her hand on the table with a snap: "What's going on?"

She had been grounded by the queen for two months and was only released from the Chonghua Palace today. She already felt that she had lost face among the many concubines, and now she even showed displeasure. Xu Cairen stood up hurriedly and said: "I belong to my concubine.

The maid has lost her manners."

After saying that, she turned to look at me and said softly: "Qingying?"

I hurriedly stood up and walked to the center, knelt down and said, "This slave has violated your decency before the Emperor. I hope that the Emperor and the Queen will forgive me."

He did not speak, but the queen next to him smiled and said: "Forget it, you are working too hard to serve your master. If it weren't for you last time, Xu Cairen would have suffered a big loss. Come on down."

"Slave, please retire."

I bowed to them, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and prepared to turn around and walk out.

But just when I turned around to leave, the man's deep voice suddenly came from behind. In the empty hall, it sounded like thunder——

"Stop."

My steps stagnated, and I turned around stiffly to look at him.

He sat on it and looked at me condescendingly, his eyes flickering: "Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

When I heard this, I suddenly felt uneasy.

The expressions of the surrounding concubines also changed. The emperor actually asked a maid in person what was wrong with her body. They all looked at each other, and when they looked at me again, there was a hint of hostility in their eyes.

"..." I groaned and was speechless, and he spoke again: "Since you don't know, let the imperial doctor come and take a look!"

The queen glanced at me and said nothing. She turned to the little eunuch behind her and said, "Send the message to the imperial doctor quickly."

"Yes."

The little eunuch got the order and hurried out. I stood alone in the middle of the hall, listening to the whispers of the people around me. Everyone looked at me with a somewhat frivolous look, but Shen Rou was the only one who was calm and composed.

Yes, she looked at me while drinking, with a cold look in her eyes.

I clasped my hands together and trembled gently in my sleeves.

After a while, the old doctor from the Imperial Hospital came over. After kneeling down to the emperor, he walked up to me and said cautiously: "Please reach out."

"..." I bit my lower lip, gently rolled up my sleeves, and raised my wrist in front of him.

The old doctor covered my wrist with a silk handkerchief, and then began to take my pulse. At this moment, everyone was staring at us, and Pei Yuanhao was watching intently.

The old doctor was suddenly startled. He looked up at me, then turned to look at the emperor. His face changed a lot in an instant. My heart was beating hard. I saw him walking to the center and heading towards

The emperor knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this maid - she is already two months pregnant."

"What?!"

There was an uproar in the hall. Everyone looked at me in shock. Pei Yuanhao suddenly opened his eyes wide and stood up: "What did you say?"

"She is already two months pregnant. Judging from the pulse, the fetus is fine."

……

The main hall fell into dead silence for a while, and then immediately seemed to explode.

"What, she-she's pregnant?"

"Whose?"

"Don't panic, let's see what the emperor says."

Everyone was talking a lot, but when they looked at Pei Yuanhao's face that was slowly cooling down, they all became quiet again. Suddenly, the hall became eerily quiet again, as if you could hear a pin drop on the ground.<

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But all this seems to have nothing to do with me.

From the moment the imperial doctor announced that I was pregnant, my whole body felt empty. I stood there stupidly, my trembling hands slowly touching my lower abdomen. Until now, I still can't believe it.

I have a child?

Belongs to him...and my child?

I slowly raised my head and saw Pei Yuanhao slowly sitting down again. He was silent for a moment, but then he turned to Eunuch Yu behind him and said, "Yu Quan, please register that night in the royal study."

Eunuch Yu seemed to smile and immediately said: "Yes."

When he said this, everyone understood what was going on. At this time, Chang Qing leaned towards Pei Yuanhao and said, "Since the emperor favors her, why should he be canonized?"

"Canonize him as—" He started for a moment, then stopped, and looked around with flickering eyes. Finally, he landed on Xu Cairen, who had been standing next to me, and then said, "Let's canonize him as a talented person."

, the canonization ceremony will be held three days later."

"Yes."

Chang Qing nodded, turned to look at me, and said, "Yue Qingying, why don't you kneel down to thank me?"

I was still standing there dumbly until I heard Chang Qing call my name, and then I seemed to wake up from a dream. I looked up at him, and finally slowly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to him: "Slave.

,Thank you for your grace."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Cairen whispered: "Qingying, you can't talk about slaves anymore."

"..."

Can't we say slave anymore? I knelt there in confusion. It took me a moment to realize that I was no longer a slave, but a "concubine". Just like the women around me who were wearing gold, silver, and jewels, she was him.

One of many women.

I can't leave...

"Concubine, thank you for your grace."

This Double Ninth Festival family banquet ended in a hurry because of my sudden pregnancy. Pei Yuanhao put down his chopsticks and left after a while, but Chang Qing ordered me to stay because Xu Cairen and I have similar temperaments.

I live in Fangcaotang and ask people to clean out the house for me immediately.

When I left the main hall, the concubines around me all looked at me with frivolous smiles, and I even heard Lu Shuyi deliberately loudly saying from behind: "Look at her, she looks so charming, she knocked down Liu Ningyan, it turns out she is

For your own sake!”

Someone next to him immediately echoed: "Yes. The emperor originally didn't even allow her to join the register, but now it's great. She's pregnant with a dragon seed, and she can reach heaven in one step."

I listened with a pale face, said nothing, and slowly walked out.

Xu Cairen walked beside me along the way. When we reached the lake, there were no many people around, and she said: "Qingying."

"Huh?" I came back to my senses and looked at her blankly.

"It was that night, right?"

"..."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Are you and I going to end up like this?"

Looking at her concerned eyes and sincere eyes, I was speechless for a moment. Just when I was about to speak, I heard a burst of footsteps behind me, and I saw Shen Rou walking with a large group of palace maids and eunuchs behind her in an imposing manner.

Come over here.

The two of us hurriedly saluted her: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

She slowly walked up to me, lowered her head and looked at Xu Cairen's belly, then looked at me, and said with a smile: "It's interesting, speaking of which, my Chonghua Palace is really a prosperous one. The two people who came out are pregnant."

Become a dragon."

Xu Cairen hurriedly said: "Thank you for your great blessing."

Shen Rou turned to look at me and smiled charmingly: "Congratulations on your promotion."

"..." I really wasn't in the mood to talk, so I just lowered my head and said, "Thank you for your blessing."

"Don't talk about the great blessings you owe me. There are still many places where I will rely on you in the future." As she said that, she lowered her head and glanced at my still flat belly, and said with a smile: "Keep your dragon seed well.

."

After saying that, he turned around and left, leaving behind a fragrant breeze.

I slowly raised my head and saw that even her back was still looking domineering. My heart became more and more depressed. I turned to look at Xu Cairen. Her face didn't look very good either, so I said lightly: "Go back."<

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I returned to Fangcaotang with her, only to find that the queen's words were indeed useful. In such a short period of time, someone had already cleaned out the room on the other side of Fangcaotang. A nun and two maids stood at the door and greeted me politely.

Salute: "Servants and servants are ordered to serve talented people."

I stood at the door with no reaction at all, but Xu Cairen smiled and said: "That's great. Sister, if you see something missing, just come and ask me for it."

I wanted to thank her, but at this moment I didn't even have the energy to raise my lips and smile. I just said softly: "Taito, I--I want to rest for a while."

"Oh, then I won't disturb you."

After saying that, she turned around and went back to her room. From a distance, I heard Yuwen say displeasedly: "Look, talented person, I've already lost face with you before I was officially canonized..."

I can't smile on my face, I can only smile bitterly in my heart.
To be continued...