Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

Ling Qiqi has been very annoyed these days, having to deal with the true and false concern of the emperor and his women from time to time.

So she simply resorted to the same old trick and started pretending to be sick, hiding herself from the public.

I thought everyone was busy with their work and would ignore me after this excitement. I never thought that the staying power of her fame was so strong that everyone was competing to increase her popularity or take advantage of her popularity.

Ling Qiqi felt speechless. She accidentally fell asleep on the shoulders of a giant, and when she woke up, she was pushed to the top of the food chain. Her case was not a big deal. It seemed that the people in the harem had not seen much of the world. Or maybe they had not had a stage to perform for a long time. It couldn't be because they were too idle.

Now Ling Qiqi can only hope that there will be someone in the harem who is more favored by the emperor so that she can overshadow herself.

It's true that when you want to sleep, someone will give you a pillow. Less than a month later, another person really became famous in the palace.

That day, Ling Qiqi accompanied the Grand Empress Dowager and the Queen to talk. At the end, the Queen mentioned that Jing Zhaoyi was pregnant with a dragon seed, but she had been hiding the fact of her pregnancy. As time went by, her belly gradually became too big to be hidden, and was discovered by the rough palace maids and reported. Jing Zhaoyi's two close palace maids had already dealt with it according to the palace rules. In view of the fact that Jing Zhaoyi was about to give birth in two months, she was exempted from the crime of concealing the fact and allowed to rest assured to take care of the baby and wait for the birth.

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager said nothing but nodded.

The Queen thought the Grand Empress Dowager was tired and was about to leave, but the Grand Empress Dowager suddenly spoke:

"For so long, there has been no successor to the throne. Now there is finally hope."

"The Queen must take good care of Jing Zhaoyi. The servants must be selected by the Queen herself, and the food and drink expenses must be checked by the Queen herself. There must be no more miscarriages of concubines or premature deaths of princes."

The queen naturally agreed readily and then retreated respectfully.

Ling Qiqi listened to every word and couldn't help but start thinking about it after returning to her room.

Why did Jing Zhaoyi conceal such a happy thing as pregnancy? There are many people in the harem who use pregnancy to consolidate their favor and advance their positions. Such an opportunity to advance one's position is not easy to come by. Moreover, there has been no childbirth in the palace for so many years, which makes this pregnancy even more precious. Such a good bargaining chip is not used, but hidden instead, which shows that being pregnant in this palace is not a good thing.

This queen may appear virtuous on the surface, but she is by no means a good person.

It is said that Jing Zhaoyi was pardoned, but only two close palace servants were prosecuted. In fact, it was a warning to others. I am afraid that Jing Zhaoyi is now sitting on pins and needles, feeling like a thorn in the back, and having a lump in the throat. How can she feel at ease to wait for the birth of her baby? What's more, during the period of pregnancy, childbirth and confinement, when the body is inconvenient, there is no one around to help. It is like being on the edge of an abyss, walking on thin ice, and entering a tiger's mouth. Even if you are not depressed before giving birth, you will be depressed after giving birth.

Besides, this Jing Zhaoyi is also a brainless person.

The pregnancy was concealed for so long. The question is, can it be concealed? If it was concealed for two or three months, it would be easy to explain. At most, you can argue that it was irregular menstruation and you didn't notice it in time. Now it's only two months away from the birth. Who would believe it if it wasn't concealed on purpose?

Who is this being concealed and guarded against on purpose? Isn't this obviously an attempt to deceive the Queen?

If someone with ulterior motives secretly attacked during the period of concealment, two lives would be lost. Or if someone accused him of being restless and having a secret pregnancy, not only would he die in vain, but he would also be the one who cuckolded the emperor. Of course, such a shameful and conspicuous matter would be difficult to handle and could not be made light of, otherwise there would be more people who would dare to take risks for "love" and the emperor would be cuckolded even more. But it could not be publicized, because that would be like announcing to the world that their emperor had been cuckolded, and the shame would be spread abroad.

The words of the Empress Dowager are also truly thought-provoking.

Obviously, she was no longer satisfied with the Queen and even distrusted her. She was asking the Queen to take good care of Jing Zhaoyi and not to make any mistakes. In fact, she was tying the Queen and Jing Zhaoyi together.

The Queen is now in a dilemma. If Jing Zhaoyi has any accident this time, the Queen will be blamed. But if Jing Zhaoyi keeps the baby, the credit will go to Jing Zhaoyi, and the Queen will just do her part and will not get much benefit. Not only that, if Jing Zhaoyi gives birth to a prince, then he is the only prince at present. Not only will Jing Zhaoyi be honored as a mother because of her son, after all, the position of Queen cannot be taken away easily. But she will have added a strong competitor to her future son in advance, and it will be hard to say whether she will be the Queen Mother in the future.

The Queen would not be that stupid. So Ling Qiqi felt that the Queen would definitely let Jing Zhaoyi give birth to this baby safely.

If it was a girl, the queen would be blameless and safe. If it was a boy, the queen would kill the goose that lays the golden eggs and keep the prince by her side. The best time to do it would be when Jing Zhaoyi had just given birth, so that postpartum hemorrhage would not arouse suspicion.

It seems that the Queen has a sure win. But even Ling Qiqi can see the Queen's plan, so can others, so it is easy for the mantis to stalk the cicada and the oriole to be behind. Preventing Jing Zhaoyi from giving birth to this child can not only eliminate Jing Zhaoyi as a future trouble, but also make the Queen take the blame and lose the Queen's favor. And the best time to kill two birds with one stone is now.

This was the first time that Ling Qiqi had felt the intrigues of the harem since she traveled through time. In the past, she had only seen the excitement on TV and in novels, but now she was watching it in person, and the feeling was completely different. It was so exciting.

It used to cost your eyes, now it costs your life.

But on the other hand, this incident also served as a reminder to Ling Qiqi. Even a palace maid dared to tell tales. It seemed that the Queen had planted many spies in the palace. She had to be careful with the people around her in the future and not to be nepotistic.

Haha, just as Ling Qiqi expected, not long after, news came out that Jing Zhaoyi had an unexpected miscarriage, and it was a baby boy.

I heard that the queen's face turned green.

The Emperor and the Empress Dowager also looked unhappy, not only because of the loss of the prince, but also because of a strange rumor that had been circulating recently: the royal family being heirless was a punishment from heaven.

If the rumors of divine punishment were deliberately spread by someone who took advantage of the situation, then what was this person's purpose?

Is it to cover up the murderer's crime, to discredit the image of the royal family, or to kill two birds with one stone?

There is only one word difference between not being able to have children and not being allowed to have children, but the nature is completely different. The former is God's will, while the latter is a man-made disaster. However, ordinary people all leave their fate to God and depend on God for their livelihood, so in their eyes, God is the boss and the emperor is the second.

Ling Qiqi, a former senior netizen, is well aware of the power of rumors. Moreover, this rumor concerns imperial power. If it is not quickly debunked, there will be endless troubles.

The emperor naturally understood the stakes and ordered the empress to find out the truth about Jing Zhaoyi's miscarriage as soon as possible. The empress did her best, but after half a month of torture, interrogation of many people, and searching several places, she still couldn't find out the truth.

As a result, the rumors about divine punishment spread even more fiercely, and it was said that even people in the streets outside the palace began to discuss it secretly.

The emperor was furious and publicly reprimanded the queen for her incompetence in managing the harem. The queen had no way to defend herself and could only bite the bullet and continue the investigation.

Everyone in the palace was in danger for a while, and all the palace ladies stayed indoors for fear of offending the emperor or the empress.

Ling Qiqi felt that this matter was becoming more and more complicated.

With all this commotion, they didn't find any clues? Could this really be a punishment from God?

How is it possible? Ling Qiqi was born in New China, grew up under the red flag, and is connected to the Internet, so she doesn't believe this.

There are only two possibilities:

Otherwise, this person can cover the sky with one hand in the harem.

Or, this person wants to change the country.

Or both.

The former is still in the harem and is an internal problem.

The latter would be an external threat with disastrous consequences.

This is either an internal or external threat. Ling Qiqi feels that this matter must be brought to light as soon as possible in order to rectify the palace's morals and reassure the people.