I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

When the news came back that Concubine Chun was pregnant, the emperor's face became extremely solemn.

He was sure that he had taken sufficient contraceptive measures, and the dishes he sent to Liu Zhirou were mixed with many ingredients that were not conducive to pregnancy, but she still got pregnant.

This was also a helpless move. After all, Liu Zhirou had always been in good health, almost never took medicine, and rarely used things like incense. In order to maintain his image of favoring Concubine Chun on the surface and paralyze the empress dowager, the emperor naturally could not go against the wishes of this favorite concubine.

In the past, the emperor would have hoped to have several princes. This was not because he cared about his children so much, but simply because he needed princes to consolidate his rule.

Now that the emperor has an heir and the country has a crown prince, the royal relatives will not dare to cause trouble, and the ministers in the court can also follow him diligently and conscientiously.

Otherwise, the ministers would always worry that if the emperor died and a child from another royal family was adopted as the emperor, would the emperor's previous policies be overturned? Would the ministers favored by the emperor be punished? Would the country be in chaos?

As a son, being able to follow his father's ways is considered filial piety. However, if the child is adopted, this restriction is less severe. It is often said that it is precisely because the small clan is in charge of the large clan that such an emperor is more willing to support his family, which is the policy of the original emperor.

The more you think and worry, the less energy you will have to focus on your work.

The emperor truly hated this, but compared with the instability of the country, the panic of the people, the great changes in the imperial capital, and the extinction of the royal family, it seemed to be nothing.

The emperor thought for a while and called in his personal eunuch, Eunuch Lu.

"How is things in the palace lately? Nothing serious has happened, right?" The emperor asked quite ambiguously.

"In reply to Your Majesty, everything is fine." Although Eunuch Lu had served the Emperor personally for a long time, he still had no idea what this fickle master was thinking, so he just replied with a meaningless sentence.

"Where is the baby in Concubine Shen's belly?" the emperor asked immediately.

"The imperial physician said that the mother is healthy and the child is also healthy, so the delivery will be smooth." When Eunuch Lu heard this, he felt relieved and immediately started to praise. What he said was not false, so he naturally did not feel guilty. Although he did not see that his majesty had any special feelings for Concubine Shen, since he valued the child in Concubine Shen's belly, it was a good thing.

The more favored Lady Shen and her children are, the greater the possibility of the Shen family's turnaround.

"No matter what, this child must be saved. Do you hear me? Concubine Xian's child probably can't be born, and Concubine Chun's child can't be born no matter what. Concubine Shen's child must be saved." The emperor didn't mind giving Eunuch Lu a little hint. After all, Eunuch Lu has always been very smart and has served him for so many years. Even if he didn't say some things, he could guess them more or less. He said this now largely just to reassure Eunuch Lu and let him not have to worry too much.

The Emperor also found Concubine Chun a very difficult situation. He did not want to go through the incident that happened in Lianmeng Palace again.

It almost cost him his life once. If it happened again, he might not live to see the day his son was born.

What's more, the previous accident happened in Lianmeng Palace, a place where he had relatively firm control, yet it still turned out like this. If he went to Cining Palace, the home ground of the evil Buddha, it would be unknown how much destructive power he could unleash.

Perhaps as soon as he led his troops into the Cining Palace, the soldiers would immediately turn against them and shoot him into a sieve.

Only at times like this, the emperor would not boast about his status as the Son of Heaven, because he knew that even if he called himself the Son of Heaven a hundred times or ten thousand times, it would not be able to stop the evil Buddha's desire to kill him.

"You should find a reason to warn those ghosts wandering around in the palace. I can turn a blind eye to them attacking others, but if they dare to attack Concubine Shen's child... think about their master!"

When the emperor said this, his voice was particularly eerie. Eunuch Lu did not dare to look up, and quickly lowered his head and replied "yes".