I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

Liu Zhirou didn't know what to say. Her mind told her that she should find a good place again to continue comforting Ai Ziyi, so as to prevent Ai Ziyi from losing the hope of living because of the loss of her child. But emotionally, she understood that this kind of pain could not be healed by just a few words, and the more she said, the more serious the consequences might be.

A kind word warms you through the winter, while a harsh word chills you through the summer. This is true, but no matter how clever the words are, they will pale in comparison to reality.

It is a fact that Ai Ziyi has lost her first child, it is also a fact that she has no way to avenge her child, and it is even a fact that she has no way to ensure that this incident will not happen again.

What can really drive a person to death is not bad words, but the cruel reality.

Ai Ziyi was not a woman who was madly in love with the emperor, nor would she necessarily suffer a physical and mental breakdown because of a child she had never even met.

What really made her collapse was the bleak future and the future that did not need to be saved at all.

The education she had received in the past ten years before entering the palace was shattered in just one year after entering the palace. She thought that if she served the emperor carefully, had a good relationship with the concubines, and followed the steps of the virtuous concubine closely, she could stay in the palace safely and even become a concubine with a high status and great favor.

But the facts gave her a hard blow, telling her that things were not as good as she had imagined. Even if she tried her best to do everything according to the palace rules, even if she was always careful to be kind to others, the accidents that were supposed to come would still come, and would even come more ruthlessly.

Even if she escaped the calculations of other concubines, she might trigger the emperor's taboo because of her unconscious actions. Even if she escaped the emperor's reckoning because of the fetus in her belly, she might be attacked by other supernatural creatures in the following period of time.

So what can she do next?

There was no hope in life, so she naturally thought of dying. She was like a small insect caught in the middle of a millstone, constantly being crushed by several major forces, but without any way to resist.

Even Liu Zhirou had to admit that if she didn't have her own plug-in, she would never be able to face her fate so easily and calmly.

But she couldn't let Ai Ziyi despair. Whether for public or private reasons, she had to bring her good friend back.

Liu Zhirou hardened her heart and said, "Have you ever thought that this matter may not be as simple as it seems?"

"Of course I know the water here is very deep." Ai Ziyi answered with some surprise.

"That's not what I mean. Isn't the emperor's reaction to this matter a little too indifferent?" Now that things have come to this, Liu Zhirou no longer hides anything. She believes in Ai Ziyi's character and understands that she is not someone who is particularly afraid of imperial power.

"The emperor was already angry with me because of the Xiruo Bridge incident, so he doesn't care much about the child in my belly. This is normal, right?" Ai Ziyi's tone was light, but Liu Zhirou still heard some sorrow in it. She was not indifferent to this matter. After all, she had been in love with the emperor before, so it was even more painful for her to face the emperor's ruthlessness.

"Maybe he is feeling relaxed and happy right now and doesn't need to be hypocritical to me for the sake of the child." Ai Ziyi said with a wry smile.

"That's not how it works. No matter what, you are carrying his own flesh and blood. The emperor is already thirty years old, but he still has no children. Both the court and the harem are very worried about this matter."

"If this continues, it will be difficult to enjoy the happiness of family life, but it will also shake the foundation of the country. The late emperor himself did not have much time to live. If the current emperor has no children, the ministers will surely advise and request that the son of the younger clan be adopted as the heir."

"To be frank, I don't think your Majesty will remain indifferent to this."

Liu Zhirou said affirmatively, indeed, for an emperor, the most unacceptable thing is to shake the supreme power in his hands, especially for an emperor who has paid a lot for the throne.