"My lady, on my way back just now, I heard from two maids that a niece from one of the families had entered the mansion and was very favored by the male master. She even gave birth to a concubine's eldest son, who will compete with the legitimate son born to the main wife and get the upper hand. And I heard that the male master of that family actually intended to let the concubine's eldest son inherit the family business."
After Xiefeng said this, he added a little more.
Ji Youran's face darkened, his eyes fell on Xie Feng's face, and he asked coldly, "What do you mean?"
"Your Majesty, I think why don't you give birth to a child first, so that you will have the confidence when facing the principal wife." Xie Feng knew that Ji Youran didn't understand, but she asked her to explain it more clearly. She gritted her teeth and didn't dare to beat around the bush anymore. The concubine in front of her was a shrewd person.
"Offspring?" Ji Youran asked with a smile.
"Yes, give birth to a child first. If the concubine gives birth to a child, she will be one step ahead, and he can also become the legitimate son." Xie Feng said again. She had thought it through clearly when she came here just now.
"Legitimate son?" Ji Youran gave her a cold look and suddenly waved at her. "It's been so long since I entered the Eastern Palace, and I still don't have any children. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't!"
Before Ji Youran entered the palace, she had been involved with Pei Luoan. After entering the palace, they had no taboos. What made Ji Youran very satisfied was that, no matter before or after, Pei Luoan did not ask her to drink medicine afterwards, and did not mean to use contraception, but just let her give birth.
This was her sad story. Thinking about the fact that her belly had not shown any signs of improvement since she entered the Eastern Palace, Ji Youran secretly hated herself for not being good enough. If she had had a child earlier, she would not have ended up in such a disadvantaged situation.
Xie Feng bringing this up now is like rubbing salt into her wounds!
Xie Feng took two steps forward and put her ear close, thinking that Ji Youran was going to tell her something intimate, but she didn't expect to be greeted with a hard slap in the face, which made Xie Feng take two steps back and fall heavily to the ground.
"Do you think I can't have children?" Ji Youran asked with a gloomy face and gritted teeth.
This is her sad story and she doesn't want anyone to mention it.
"I... I don't think so... I think there is something wrong here." Xie Feng covered his face and knelt on the ground, feeling very aggrieved. "I am sincerely doing this for the queen. The queen couldn't have children before because the timing was not right. After all, the Crown Princess had just passed away at that time, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had deep feelings for her..."
Xiefeng didn't say anything else, just covered his face and started crying.
Her words stopped at that point just right, a point that Ji Youran had to think more about.
For a moment, Ji Youran's face changed drastically. He stared at Xie Feng in disbelief. His fingers holding the chair rail trembled slightly, and his eyes slowly turned red.
Whether or not you can have a baby and whether or not you should have a baby are two completely different things!
"Then... were you pregnant before?" Ji Youran asked almost word by word, staring at Xie Feng fiercely, with hatred in her eyes.
She herself was not pregnant, how could a lowly maid be pregnant? She was not sure about the matter at the beginning, but now she wanted to ask a real question.
If I could give birth to a baby now, I could put it under the name of that dead bitch Ji Hanyue.
That is the real legitimate son, more legitimate than any child Liu Jingyu will have in the future, with infinite possibilities in the future...
This thought made her almost unable to control her excitement...
"I... I did have it at that time, but... but that was all I had.
"It's gone, it's really gone, it's gone all right. This is the Eastern Palace, my lady, this is the Prince's Eastern Palace. If someone has bad intentions, and... do you really know nothing about it?"
Xiefeng burst into tears uncontrollably and fell to the ground.
No matter whether it is true or not, she will stick to it.
This is the East Palace. If something really happened, how could the prince be unaware of it? Even Xie Feng himself was confused in the end and didn't know whether it was true or false. Even Ji Youran couldn't have done it so perfectly.
At this moment, Xie Feng really felt that she was pregnant, and this child was aborted by the prince. It was inappropriate at that time, and she should not have had this child.
Her words expressed exactly this meaning, so she had the abortion even if she was pregnant, but Ji Youran couldn't have a child, even if she didn't take the medicine afterwards.
"Maybe... I was acting like that... just for the Concubine to see, to reassure her... I got pregnant, and then I lost it, it was all my own fault, I can't blame it... I can't blame anyone else."
Xie Feng continued while crying, looking sad and desperate. He did not mention the title of prince in his words, but every word pointed to that.
Ji Youran sat on the chair with cold hands and feet, feeling cold and trembling all over.
In just a moment, she believed what Xie Feng said. In order to gain her trust and make her believe that he did not do anything, the prince allowed Xie Feng to get pregnant, and then he did it himself. Did he really know nothing about it
At that time, even if she did nothing, Xie Feng would not be able to keep the child. She had only suspected it at first, but now it has been confirmed by Xie Feng's words. Later, Xie Feng became ill due to physical weakness, and there was nothing else. No one knew what had happened.
Even she wondered at the time if she was overreacting.
But even if she doubted herself at that time, she never doubted His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. She always felt that the Crown Prince was sincere to her. Even at that time, the Crown Prince did not give her medicine. Everything he said indicated that if she was pregnant, she should just give birth!
He could even be the eldest son!
But what was the truth? Was it the right time to give birth to a child? If I gave birth to a child, would that break the prince's affectionate appearance that he always showed in front of others
I entered the Eastern Palace to take care of Ji Hanyue. Although Ji Hanyue was dead, I had entered the Eastern Palace after all. How could I get pregnant at that time? But the prince did nothing and seemed to be looking forward to me giving birth to a child.
But in fact, there is nothing, not only at that time, but also now...
"In a few days, I will go back... back to Ling Anbo's Mansion!" Ji Youran's voice was almost trembling and she couldn't even form a sentence...
The lights of the New Year's Eve illuminated the entire city. Qu Moying sat on a boat and sailed along the moat.
Through the window, you can see the lights on both sides of the river.
The shore was full of people and very crowded, so taking a boat was much more convenient and there were no such things to worry about.
There was a light in the cabin and it was very warm. No matter how strong the wind was outside, it could not disperse the warmth in the cabin. Qu Moying leaned against the window and looked at the scenery outside.
"Want to go up and take a walk?" Seeing that she liked it, Pei Yuanjun smiled and raised his eyebrows and asked.
After they came out of the teahouse, they boarded the boat that was waiting by the river.
"Yes!" Qu Moying nodded, looking eagerly at the people on the shore. It was more convenient to sit in the boat, and the view was also beautiful, but in the end,
I feel a little further away.
"Later, your hand hasn't healed yet, so you can't overwork yourself." Pei Yuanjun directly rejected her request and looked at her tightly wrapped hands.
"My condition isn't serious." Qu Moying felt that she could still be saved. She really wanted to go and see these lights nearby. Although they were not as good as the lights in her hands, they were more in number. It was rare to see Ji Youran in such a condition today, and she was in a good mood.
"It still won't work. How can you walk around freely when you are injured like this? If you get tired or sick, it will be my business." Pei Luoan said slowly. He reached out and touched the teacup in front of Qu Moying. It felt a little cold, so he nodded and called Ji Hai over.
Ji Hai quickly changed the teacup, made another cup of tea, placed it carefully in front of Qu Moying, and then retreated respectfully.
"When we got off the boat just now, was it the prince we saw?" Qu Moying did not drink it immediately. After taking it, he gently touched it with his uncovered fingers. It was a little hot, so he quickly retracted his fingers.
But just like that, the white and tender fingers turned red.
Pei Yuanjun reached out and grabbed her hand, looking at her delicate fingers. Fortunately, it was just a touch and no injury.
"How can you be so careless!" He frowned and glanced at Qu Moying, saying unhappily.
Qu Moying's hand fell into his big palm, and for a moment she felt as if it was scalded. Her face turned red and she reached out to pull her hand back, but Pei Yuanjun's hand was put down, but he still held her little hand, and he had no intention of letting it go.
The slender fingers scratched Qu Moying's palm wrapped in a scarf from time to time, making her laugh involuntarily. She tried to hide backwards, but her hands were held tightly, so she couldn't hide even if she wanted to.
"The prince is obsessed with the throne and is very busy. He has married princesses to the Eastern Palace one after another, but looking at the current one, she is not that much help to him." Pei Yuanjun said leisurely.
In one sentence, Pei Luoan's thoughts were fully expressed.
The position of the crown prince is unstable, so he has been very busy. He does not act like a crown prince, but more like an ordinary prince who has not yet been made a crown prince, so he is very busy running around.
But this actually makes people feel that his position as crown prince is more unstable. He tries desperately to appear to be a man of profound background, but his actions only show that he is weak and powerless.
The Crown Prince was originally superior to all the other princes, so why did he need to argue with King Jing all the time? The position of the crown prince was a legitimate one for him.
"Crown Prince... is it really so legitimate?" Qu Moying bit her lip and blurted out the words.
"What is legitimate?" Pei Yuanjun suddenly chuckled.
"He is the legitimate son of the Empress Dowager and the eldest son of the Emperor. I heard that he is favored by the Empress Dowager. It was the Empress Dowager and the Emperor who jointly agreed to establish him as the Crown Prince. It can be said that he is very stable, but... why is there Prince Jing... why does he always make people feel that he is not right?"
Qu Moying asked doubtfully.
On the surface, this matter does not seem to be inappropriate, but when you think about it carefully, you always feel that Pei Luoan is not only impatient, but also very panicked. The emperor's health is not good, and no one thinks that the emperor will be in power for long. He might as well do nothing and wait to succeed to the throne.
Why is there any need to make such a big fuss? Besides, why does Prince Jing have such great power? The Emperor would not make Prince Jing the Crown Prince instead of the legitimate eldest son. Doesn't the Emperor really want to do that