"Nothing is impossible in the palace..." Li Xiaoxin seemed to be very emotional about her words, "The emperor has stopped touching women for a long time. The queen's children will naturally not be the emperor's."
"how do you know?"
"..." Li Xiaoxin was silent, glanced at Liu Ruyan a few more times, then suddenly sighed and whispered, "This is a secret in the palace. Only the oldest and oldest people in the palace know it. This may be because of the secret of the palace."
Is it some kind of curse for the royal family? It’s related to the royal bloodline. Didn’t you notice something very strange?”
"whats the matter?"
"Have you ever thought about the princes living today and who their mothers are?"
Liu Ruyan was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Li Xiaoxin meant.
"Why is the current queen so young? Why are there so few concubines in the harem? Who are the mothers of the princes?"
Liu Ruyan thought for a moment and seemed to have grasped something, but she couldn't explain it clearly, so she could only wait for Li Xiaoxin to explain in more detail.
"The royal family has a royal curse. I don't know why. The survival rate of the emperor's heirs is very low. So far, the only people who have truly survived are the eldest prince, the second prince, the third prince and the little prince Li Zijin. The first three are
The emperor's first three princes, and all subsequent heirs did not survive. Some of the reasons for the death of these princes were congenital death, some suffered from strange diseases, and some died unexpectedly. In short, the ultimate fate of these princes was death. Moreover, all the heirs
All their mothers died in childbirth, without exception. Therefore, the princes did not have mothers when they were young. The emperor was also a very affectionate person when he was young. Seeing that the concubines around him died due to childbirth, he no longer forced it.
I have never touched a woman again."
Liu Ruyan's face changed after hearing this. She felt that the matter was too unbelievable and even unbelievable. Such a strange reason was somewhat untenable in the face of reality. But looking at Li Xiaoxin's very serious expression, she could not find her expression.
There were flaws in the story, and Liu Ruyan couldn't think of a reason why the other party made up such a complicated story.
But she looks like she is only twenty years old. How did she know the secret? And what about her mother? Could it be because...
"You can believe it or not, it doesn't matter. What's important is that this queen... I don't like her. This woman married at such an age.
To join the royal family and be able to occupy the position of queen without caring about the age of the emperor shows that this person is greedy for vanity and power. I think she must want to use the child in her belly to threaten my husband."
"I can still understand this most basic truth, but now our discussion here is completely baseless. We will only know when my sister talks about it."
…
At this time, the atmosphere in the small pavilion was not as harmonious as before. In an environment without outsiders, there was less superficial hypocrisy.
“Mrs.
?”
"It is true that women will feel anxious during pregnancy. This is a common thing. Queen, you don't have to worry, things will fall into place naturally."
"I have been in the back position for five years, but within this centuries-old palace, I am just a drop in the ocean. How can you and I know how many bones are buried under this palace? Although I have not had much experience,
Wei has heard many tragic things that happened in the palace. Among the many disasters here, the most fatal is simply being pregnant with a dragon heir..."
"Even if what your Majesty says is true, how can I, a womanly woman, help your Majesty solve her problems?"
"Please Madam Xia, please inform Mr. Xia..."
As soon as the Queen Mother said these words, Qin Huairou stood up immediately and said seriously: "Your Majesty is the Queen, and my husband is just a foreign minister. He is not related to the Queen Mother, so I am afraid it is inappropriate to communicate the news privately."
"I have had a lot of contact with Mr. Xia. If Mr. Xia knew my situation, he would definitely not refuse to save me! Besides, the child in my belly..."
"Your Majesty, please respect yourself. Your Majesty is pregnant with a dragon. If anyone dares to mistreat your Majesty during the birth, the Emperor will naturally uphold justice for your Majesty. There is no need for outsiders to intervene."
"But the person who wants to harm me is the emperor!"
"The common woman couldn't understand a word the empress said."
The Queen also stood up, with tears hidden in her persistent eyes: "I can't hide it anymore! Otherwise, I wouldn't beg your Xia family so lowly! I saved his life! But he hurt me.
The palace is like this! If the emperor had not come in and felt unwell, the matter would have been exposed long ago. Now I am about to give birth.
, the window paper will be punctured soon, and both me and the child will die! You can ignore my life or death, but the child in your belly is innocent. I don’t want you to do anything, as long as you tell Xia Shang! Okay? Forget it.
I beg you!"
The queen gradually became excited and was about to kneel down to Qin Huairou.
Qin Huairou was startled by the queen's behavior and hurriedly supported the queen: "Mother, what do you mean? How can a civilian woman bear this?"
The queen held Qin Huairou's arm tightly, pinching Qin Huairou painfully, but the queen's fingers began to turn white.
This scene made Qin Huairou feel a little unbearable.
After thinking for a long time, Qin Huairou said: "It's not that I don't want to convey it to you, it's actually that this matter will also put my husband-in-law in danger."
"I understand, but this is his child and he has to do something!"
Qin Huairou's beautiful eyebrows furrowed into a line: "Empress, you have made a mistake. The common woman does not understand what you said?"
"We are all mothers of children, so you can't pity me? At least... at least save my child's life!"
"...How many more days...are there?"
"About ten days."
"Then please allow me to think about it, my wife. I'll take my leave first."
"Okay! Okay! Okay! You must bring my words to me."
Qin Huairou did not respond and left the pavilion quickly.
Outside the small pavilion, the women of the Xia family watched Qin Huairou running quickly, and they all gathered around curiously, wanting to know what was going on.
Qin Huairou's face was ashen and bloodless. She lowered her head and said to everyone: "Go home right away!"
In the carriage coming out of the palace, three women were crowded into one carriage.
Liu Ruyan and Li Xiaoxin were both very concerned about what the queen said, and asked impatiently: "Sister, what did you say? Is the queen's child..."
Qin Huairou nodded heavily: "The baby will be born in ten days. She can no longer hide it and wants me to tell my husband."
After hearing this, the two women felt their hearts skip a beat, thinking that something was seriously wrong.
They all know their men well. If Xia Shang knew about this, God knows what trouble would happen?
I'm sure Xia Shang was so hot-headed that he wanted to compete with the emperor for the queen. What if he had to take the queen home?