In the next few days, the empress Liang Zhao frequently favored the concubine and stayed at the Joan of Arc Palace at night.
Many maids and eunuchs were talking about it, and all kinds of rumors spread throughout the harem.
The status of the Concubine Xian began to rise. The servants in the harem were all masters of the harem. Seeing that the Concubine Xian was favored, they started to please her in every way. There was a vague feeling that the Concubine Xian was about to be promoted to the queen... ...
Naturally, the changes in the harem cannot be hidden from those who are interested.
The ministers above the court also heard about this.
Many ministers discussed it and carefully inquired about the reason for Emperor Xuan's move.
Of course, future generations are related to the foundation of the country. Emperor Xuan took such initiative, and the ministers were naturally happy to see the results.
In fact, the matter of future generations has been mentioned by courtiers very early...
It's just that Emperor Xuan had just come to power, reorganized the court, dealt with the Queen Mother Party, and sent Zhou Zhenwen, leader of the Qingyi Party and chief minister of the Dahuang Cabinet, to Qingzhou... This series of events caught the ministers off guard and made it difficult to raise the matter. .
However, some ministers already wanted to advise Emperor Xuan to expand the harem, get the ladies pregnant, and give birth to princes and daughters as soon as possible.
A symbol of national prosperity must be for future generations...
An emperor without descendants is undoubtedly not stable enough.
After more than ten days, Concubine Xian was pregnant.
"My beloved, thank you for your hard work."
Empress Liang Zhao held Concubine Xian's hand with a gentle attitude and soft tone.
Concubine Xian stroked her belly, with a loving light in her eyes, and said with a happy face: "I don't have to work hard. As long as I can share your Majesty's worries, I am willing to do anything..."
"I am very pleased that Concubine Xian understands the general situation so well." Empress Liang Zhao nodded slightly and gently touched Concubine Xian's forehead, "My dear concubine, I still have some memorials to deal with, so I will go to the Imperial Study Room first."
"Your Majesty has a lot of things to do, so hurry up and deal with it! I can take care of myself. Besides, there are eunuchs and maids..." Concubine Xian said quickly.
"Yes, I understand. Concubine, please take care of yourself."
Empress Liang Zhao nodded slightly and told the palace maids and eunuchs: "Take good care of Concubine Xian. If anything goes wrong, please come to see me."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The maids and eunuchs saluted respectfully.
Empress Liang Zhao strode away.
.......
Royal study room.
"Physician Qin, how is the condition of the Concubine Xian?" Empress Liang Zhao put down the memorial, looked at the gray-bearded old minister in front of her, and asked.
Doctor Qin's brows were furrowed, looking rather entangled and hesitant. He hesitated for a full moment without saying anything.
"What worries does Imperial Doctor Qin have?"
“Just tell me the truth!!”
"I forgive you for not being guilty..."
Empress Liang Zhao's expression was dull and her tone was indifferent.
"Your Majesty, I dare not say..." Doctor Qin knelt down directly, his tone was trembling, and he lowered his head and remained silent.
"I have forgiven you, why don't you dare to say anything?"
Empress Liang Zhao stood up directly, stared at Imperial Doctor Qin, and asked coldly with the majestic tone of a superior.
"I...I am...I am afraid of being beheaded..." Doctor Qin finally couldn't help but say what he was thinking.
"What exactly did you see?" Empress Liang Zhao snorted coldly and walked slowly to the side of Qin Yuyi, condescendingly.
"I...I feel that there is something wrong with Concubine Xian's pulse..." Doctor Qin said cautiously.
"What's wrong?"
Empress Liang Zhao said calmly, neither sad nor happy.
"Although there are signs of pregnancy, the pulse is erratic. It seems... it seems..." Doctor Qin seemed to have something unspeakable and never said it.
"What does it seem like?" Empress Liang Zhao asked.
"It seems...it's a false pregnancy..." Doctor Qin gritted his teeth and said what he was thinking.
Empress Liang Zhao narrowed her eyes slightly and said coldly: "Raise your head and look at me!!"
Hearing the emperor's words, Doctor Qin trembled, raised his head, saw the emperor's cold eyes, and couldn't stop trembling all over. At this moment, he seemed to see his great-grandfather waving to him... .
"I didn't hear clearly just now, what did you say?"
"Tell me again..."
Empress Liang looked at Doctor Qin and spoke word by word.
"I...I said...the Concubine Xian...she is in good health and everything is normal..." Qin Yuyi finally dared not Repeat what you just said.
"Well, remember what you just told me. If anything happens to Concubine Xian, or if I hear any rumors, you will be deceiving the emperor. The crime of deceiving the emperor will be punished by the Yi tribe." Empress Liang Zhao The tone was cold.
"Yes, I understand." Doctor Qin immediately kowtowed and thanked him.
"Go down." Empress Liang Zhao waved her hand and ordered.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Doctor Qin knew that he had escaped, and he quickly bowed and left.
After Qin's imperial doctor left, the empress Liang Zhao called the dragon guards.
"From now on, two dragon guards will be sent to "protect" Imperial Doctor Qin day and night. If he is found to have secret contact with others, he will be captured directly for interrogation and reported to me as soon as possible."
Empress Liang Zhao ordered.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The dragon guard bowed and left quickly.
Empress Liang Zhao looked at the memorial on the table, with thoughts swirling in her mind: Tianjiyuan's elixirs would still have big flaws if they were not coordinated with secret techniques. A more experienced imperial doctor would still be able to see the flaws if they checked the pulse for a long time... .....
As time goes by, there will be more and more flaws, whether it is the pulse, the fake appearance of pregnancy... and how to deceive palace maids, eunuchs, imperial doctors, and midwives, all are problems...
"But I have to make this move..."
"I'll wait for a while, but if it doesn't work, I can only ask the imperial sisters to help. First, I can create a child, and then adopt it to me. Of course, in the name of my concubine..."
Empress Liang Zhao was thinking about various methods, her mind spinning.
"However, the royal sisters must get married, right... The closest one at the moment... is the eldest princess pregnant?"
After empress Liang Zhao thought of this candidate, she was stunned for a moment before she realized what she was doing.
Good guy, if the eldest princess Huaizhen marries Zhou Zhenwen, and then adopts the eldest princess's child as a prince, doesn't that mean that Zhou Zhenwen's child will have the opportunity to directly become the emperor in the future?
So who is Zhou Zhenwen?
Zhou Zhenwen, the chief minister of the cabinet?
The Supreme Emperor Zhou Zhenwen?
Good guy.......
"No, no, absolutely not, this is absolutely not okay..."
Empress Liang Zhao shook her head desperately. She refused this option.
With such a prince, she might not even be able to sleep, for fear that one day, Zhou Zhenwen would appear at her bedside and whisper: His Majesty was suffering from a serious illness and would not recover for a long time, and passed away... The prince... XXX, who is gentle by nature, has both political integrity and talent, should inherit the throne...
Then...
At the thought of this possibility, Empress Liang Zhao trembled all over, feeling terrified in her heart.
"It is still necessary to find a biological father who is easy to control. It is best to leave the father and keep the son, so that the father does not know that the child is still alive. This would be the most perfect..."
Empress Liang Zhao was thoughtful and kept thinking about the possibility of this matter.
