I just want to live a happy life

After Chen Shuyi's pregnancy was stable for three months, the emperor could not wait to announce the good news to the harem and the court.

In the harem, not to mention how envious and jealous the concubines were, but the Empress shared the same idea as the Emperor and was very happy about Chen Shuyi's pregnancy this time.

Seeing that the emperor is getting older, no one knows how many years he can last. As the queen, even if the future emperor is not born from her womb, he is still the emperor's biological son. She is also the legitimate queen mother and empress dowager, and no one is more honorable than her.

Even if he is close to his biological mother in his heart, she has watched him grow up and taken good care of him. Her care for him is seen by others. How could he treat her badly?

If other royal family members were chosen to inherit the throne, she would be in an awkward position. After all, the adopted one did not grow up in her lifetime, and her relationship with him was neither close nor distant. He probably did not have much respect for her in his heart, and might even use her as a target in order to stabilize the court.

The latter situation was not what she wanted to see, so since Chen Shuyi became pregnant, she had taken extra care of her. No matter what she ate or wore, it was the best, and she was not treated unfairly at all.

She also sent people to protect Chen Shuyi, making sure she gave birth to the baby safely.

In fact, at the beginning the queen also had the idea of ​​​​separating the mother and keeping the son, and taking the prince to her palace to raise him, but in the end she decided not to take it. After all, this method was too risky. Even if she did it perfectly, the truth would eventually come out.

If they were discovered in the future, not to mention that their relationship would be broken, she could even foresee that the future emperor would hate her because she killed his biological mother, and the scene would be ugly.

Of course, she also had a secret thought in her mind, that is, Zhao Shuyi was arrogant because of her pregnancy, she did not respect the concubines who were higher in rank than her, looked down on the concubines who were lower in rank than her, and even did not respect her as the queen. There was a lot of tricks involved.

She could also add fuel to the fire and make those concubines who were bullied by Zhao Shuyi unable to resist attacking her, and frame her death after giving birth to a child on other concubines. Then she, as the queen, would be innocent and no one could find any fault with her.

After all, it was not she who was responsible for Zhao Shuyi's death after giving birth. It was because Zhao Shuyi took advantage of her pregnancy to bully too many people, and those people were unwilling to be bullied by her, so they took action. It had nothing to do with her.

But the Queen could only think about such a development. Zhao Shuyi was chosen by Qingyue with great difficulty, and Qingyue knew her character very well. She would not do such an irrational thing. Zhao Shuyi was always calm and sober.

So, after everyone knew that she was pregnant, her attitude was not much different from before she was pregnant. She still respected the empress and concubines of higher rank than her as always, but apart from paying respects to the empress, she seldom came out, and spent most of her time staying in the palace to take care of her baby.

Be cautious in everything you do.

When the news of this matter spread outside the palace, most of the ministers in the court were obviously happy. Although they had previously thought of letting the emperor adopt a son of the royal family to succeed to the throne, that was only when the emperor had no biological son. If the emperor had biological sons, they would definitely support the emperor's biological son to succeed to the throne.

Not to mention the royal family, even families like theirs would not be willing to let the foundation they laid be inherited by people who have little blood relationship with them. They care a lot about blood relationship.

But the mood of those ambitious royal family members and ministers who were won over was not so good, especially Prince Yong and Prince Yan. They saw that after the emperor's death, they had the possibility of ascending to the throne, but their way up was blocked by this sudden bad news. How could they control their temper?

So after congratulating the emperor with a smile on his face, he turned sullen when he returned to the palace, and he couldn't help but smash a number of valuable tea cups.

Only then did he let out a sigh of relief.

But if these members of the royal family were allowed to take action, except for Zhao Shuyi's baby in the harem, no one would dare to do so. Not to mention that the ministers in the court were watching, even the empress would not tolerate them taking action.

If they were discovered, nothing good would happen to them, the royal family, so the safest thing to do was to hope that Zhao Shuyi's baby would be a princess.

For this reason, the royal family members who had the potential to rise to the throne secretly set up a small Buddhist temple in their homes, burning incense every day and begging various immortals to help the emperor have a princess.

Not to mention that the news of Zhao Shuyi's pregnancy had caused turbulent waves in the former dynasty and the harem, but at this time the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion was as peaceful and calm as ever.

That night, the maids lowered the curtains as usual, wiped the floor, and went downstairs after finishing all the work.

The moon is very bright tonight. The water in the small pond is sparkling with tiny lights, which are reflected on the floor, making it sparkle and very quiet.

In the main courtyard, Qingyue, with the help of several personal maids, took a flower petal bath and changed into a set of soft and close-fitting inner clothes.

After cleaning up, according to her habit she should lie down on the bed and prepare to sleep, but she did not do so tonight. Instead, she sat on the couch in the room, flipping through a book, waiting for someone to come.

After about a cup of tea, Qingyue heard footsteps outside the door.

After a while, the footsteps became clearer and clearer, and finally entered her room.

The maid next to Qingyue saw someone coming in and immediately knelt down to salute: "My Lord."

The man was wearing dark clothes, had a stern face, and had his hands behind his back. He looked like someone who was not to be messed with.

But Qingyue still saw a hint of fear deep in his eyes.

After the maid went out, they closed the door at Qingyue's instruction. They all knew that every time the marquis entered the main courtyard, the lady would not ask them to keep watch, so that night, these personal maids returned to their residences to rest.

Qingyue and Gu Yankai were the only two people left in the room.

After a period of silence, Qingyue finished reading two pages of the book and looked up. Gu Yankai was still standing about five steps away from her.

Not moving at all.

Qingyue didn't speak to him either. After all, he was just a puppet. Without her orders, he couldn't move, let alone speak on his own initiative.

She stood up, walked around the brocade screen with mountains and rivers, went to the cabinet beside the bed, and opened it.

Instead of putting the clothes she usually wears in there, she put whips and sticks made of different materials and in different shapes and patterns.

These were specially made by her and are used exclusively by Gu Yankai.

In the original plot, Gu Yankai often beat Gu Tingye without knowing the truth or listening to any explanation.

They say high-sounding things and find all kinds of excuses, saying that they are doing this for your own good and that they have high hopes for you.

For some things, it’s not about what you say, but what you do.