When Yinzhen came to Lanqi Valley that night, he passed by Changchun Palace and heard several palace maids and eunuchs mocking her, saying things like "Princess Lan is not valued by the emperor and has suffered so much, but the emperor is still reluctant to punish Concubine Hua."

Yinzhen immediately dealt with these servants and reprimanded Concubine Qi, the mistress of Changchun Palace, blaming her for not being able to discipline the servants in her palace and allowing them to gossip about their master.

Concubine Qi was terrified, but she also felt aggrieved. The servants were just telling the truth about what the emperor did, so it had nothing to do with her.

"I beg Your Majesty to forgive me. I will discipline them strictly in the future and will not let them do it again. Your Majesty, the Third Prince has grown taller recently. I was busy making clothes for him and I was not careful. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me this time."

Yinzhen's face was full of displeasure. The Third Prince was already so old but still growing taller. The Third Prince must have inherited his brain from Concubine Qi, which was why he was so stupid and unworthy of being reused.

But then he thought that he only had this one living son, not counting the two in the Old Summer Palace, one of whom was of questionable bloodline and the other was a sickly and naughty child, Yinzhen sighed.

In the end, he raised it high and put it down gently, and only fined Concubine Qi three months' salary.

Su Peisheng saw that Yinzhen was upset, and immediately thought of what the emperor was thinking, and put on a flattering but not annoying smile, "Now the three ladies in the palace are pregnant, and when the little princes are born, the palace will be lively."

"You old bastard." Yinzhen thought of the cloudy scene and smiled, pretending to kick Su Peisheng, "Go to Lanqi Valley, I'm going to see Concubine Lan."

"Oh, Concubine Lan will be happy to know that Your Majesty is visiting her."

Su Peisheng knew that the Emperor felt that Ye Bingshang had been wronged because of Concubine Hua's restoration, so he wanted to comfort her and say things that the Emperor wanted to hear.

When he arrived at Lanqi Valley, Su Peisheng wished he could travel back in time and smash his own mouth. There was no joy on Concubine Lan's face at all. She was so cold that she could freeze a person to death.

"My concubine pays your respects to the Emperor."

Yinzhen quickly reached out and supported Ye Bingshang who was about to perform the ceremony, "You are pregnant and your body has always been weak, so you don't have to care about these empty formalities."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. However, as a concubine, I should abide by the palace rules and dare not overstep my bounds."

Ye Bingshang's face was still dignified and kind, but without the trace of a smile. She stared at the ground with her eyes slightly lowered, not looking at Yinzhen, and her tone was a little more indifferent and distant than usual.

She stood there quietly, not asking Yinzhen to come in. Yinzhen touched his nose, not wanting to leave, and looked at Su Peisheng beside him.

Su Peisheng was disheveled in the wind.

Just ask yourself, which lady in this palace doesn't try to please the Emperor? Even Concubine Hua, who was jealous and had a bad temper, was trying to make things difficult for the concubines. How could she show the Emperor's displeasure just because of a momentary emotion?

Thinking that Concubine Lan and Concubine Wan, who looked like Empress Chunyuan, were tied to the same boat, and that Jinxi, whom he had ulterior motives for, was still on Concubine Wan's side, Su Peisheng kept winking at Ye Bingshang, asking her to say something soft and conciliatory.

Ye Bingshang simply pretended not to see it. Since the show had started, she had to play it full-on. Besides, Yinzhen just fell for it. Breaking up and getting back together made their love seem deep and lasting, and their entanglement was sad.

She was pregnant now, so she wasn't afraid of Yinzhen getting angry at all. Moreover, her love had dissipated very quickly during this period, and she estimated that after giving birth to this child, her love would be completely consumed, so she had to make the most of it at this time.

Ye Bingshang had thought it through. Although she might fall out of favor because of this, it would only be temporary. Instead, it would divert other people's attention to Concubine Hua and the other two pregnant concubines, and she would just wait for the baby to be born safely.

The situation was frozen, neither going any further, and all the smiles disappeared from everyone's faces.

Su Peisheng was complaining in his heart. Caiyue and Caixing looked at Shen Meizhuang with worry and anxiety, hoping that she would quickly submit to the emperor. Especially Caiyue, who had a look on her face that said, "It's over, the young lady's old illness has come back again."

"Cough cough." Yinzhen coughed twice awkwardly and artificially.

Cai Yue made up her mind, "Your Majesty, please come in. Cai Xing, go serve tea. My lady, you are pregnant, how can you stand all the time? You have to consider the young master."

The last sentence was spoken very softly, close to Ye Bingshang's ear, so no one else heard it.

Ye Bingshang had a look of compromise on her face, her expression still cold. She secretly sighed that Caiyue was really worried about her, but she had never been more stubborn than Shen Meizhuang in her previous life.

Yinzhen took a sip of the tea from Caixing and sighed.

The joy in his heart caused by Ye Bingshang's pregnancy was replaced by a pain like a blunt object crushing his chest, making him taste the bitterness of guilt and grievance.

Yinzhen thought that he had always been a calm and self-controlled person, so he should just walk away and not suffer such humiliation, and he shouldn't care so much about Ye Bingshang's feelings and reactions.

But he didn't want to leave, just like he didn't want to admit defeat. Seeing her so cold and frosty made his heart beat even more. Yinzhen thought of the day when the fake pregnancy was exposed, and it was the same.

He was already very upset at the time. His long-awaited child was gone, and there were concubines in the room begging for mercy, watching the show, gloating, and that broken hairpin. He was so angry that he wanted to vent his anger on the spot.

But when he saw her crying with tears falling one by one but still holding her back straight stubbornly, looking at him with a fragile and aggrieved look, he couldn't help but feel sympathy.

At that time, Concubine Hua and Zhen Huan, who looked very similar to Wanwan, were by his side, but he paid special attention to her. He wanted to look at her, but he didn't dare to look at her.

This emotion was so intense that Yinzhen always felt it was strange. But now that he thought about it, he just couldn't figure out the reason, so he stopped thinking about it.

Ye Bingshang didn't know that Yinzhen had so many dramas in his heart. Even if she knew, she wouldn't care. The love had almost dissipated. She just wondered why Yinzhen didn't leave or say anything. Could this drama continue?

"Your Majesty, someone from Noble Lady Fucha's palace said she was feeling unwell and would like Your Majesty to come over to see her." Su Peisheng's eyes were filled with relief. How much he hated this kind of embarrassing thing of intercepting favors in the past, how much he liked it now.

Ye Bingshang also breathed a sigh of relief, but Yinzhen replied: "If you feel uncomfortable, go find the imperial physician. I can't treat illnesses."

Su Peisheng: “…”

Ye Bingshang: “…”

When it comes to dogs, you’re the best dog.

The situation fell into a stalemate again. Su Peisheng accused with his eyes, "Your Majesty, you really don't want to step down when there is a way out."

Yinzhen glared back, feeling annoyed, very annoyed. He was annoyed that Noble Lady Fucha was being so coquettish while serving her, and he was also annoyed that Ye Bingshang had not spoken to him just now, and even looked like she wanted him to leave quickly.

Before, only Noble Lady Fucha was pregnant, and with the death of the royal heir, he was willing to coax her patiently. But now that Ye Bingshang and Zhen Huan were pregnant one after another, each of them was more important than Noble Lady Fucha, and he didn't want to spoil her anymore.

What's more, Ye Bingshang has already been talked about by the palace people for the matter of restoring Hua Fei. If he is intercepted by someone, no one knows what the palace will say about Ye Bingshang.

"Noble Lady Fucha is pregnant. Your Majesty should go and see her." Ye Bingshang said casually while counting the tea leaves in the cup.

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