I was given the contraceptive soup and became the emperor's white moonlight

That night, in the hall of Gu's mansion, the lights were on, and two figures stood facing each other, arguing.

"Father, you are confused! How could you privately order people to trap my younger sister in the palace?" Gu Lingtang looked at his father in disbelief and asked in confusion.

"You are confused!" Lord Gu scolded fiercely, "Don't you see what your sister has done? She thinks she has a higher status and becomes arrogant and insolent!"

"She actually dared to do such a thing, and even hid it from the family. If I don't stop her, I'm afraid my great Gu family will be destroyed in her hands!"

"Father, this matter is not as excessive as you say." Seeing his father getting angry, Gu Lingtang's momentum suddenly weakened.

"Excessive? The start and end times are too excessive, it's simply lawless!" Lord Gu was so angry that he slammed the rosewood table.

"My son thinks that what my sister did was not wrong. Even if there really was a palace maid who was pregnant with the prince, she was just of lowly status, and His Majesty might not look down on her."

"You are so confused!" Master Gu pointed at his nose and was so angry that he couldn't speak for a moment, "How could your father give birth to such a fool like you!"

"Father, you..." Gu Lingtang's face immediately turned cold after being insulted. "My son is stupid, but I also know that my younger sister's current status is different from before. It is not something that you can do whatever you want with me."

"You!" Lord Gu was so angry after being teased by him that he was about to scold him, but he lost his temper when he saw that he was not moved by his clothes.

"What a fool!" Lord Gu sighed helplessly and slumped down on his chair. "Don't you want to think about it? How many years has Your Majesty been on the throne? Do you have any children?"

"The Su family incident was such a big deal before, but in the end, wasn't it all for the children?"

"If there is a palace maid who is favored by His Majesty and becomes pregnant with a prince, whether it is a boy or a girl, it will be His Majesty's first child. You should think carefully about it. It's your first child!"

"Even so, the child's background..." Gu Lingtang was still a little dissatisfied and muttered a few words in a low voice.

"Birth? How important is birth?" Lord Gu knocked his wooden head hard: "This world belongs to your Majesty, what's the big deal about birth? Can you be more noble than your Majesty? Can you be more noble than the royal family?"

"Even if what you said is right, and His Majesty is concerned about the child's origin, there are so many concubines with good origins in the harem, wouldn't it be better to just foster the child under any concubine? In this way, the child will have both status and reputation."

"But if something happens to that child, His Majesty will definitely investigate it thoroughly. With your sister's ability, it will only take a moment to find out what happened to her. What will the consequences be then? Do you still need your father to tell you word for word?"

"Do you really think your father's life in the court is so easy?"

"But, but we still have to rely on my little sister to get around in the palace!" Gu Lingtang asked worriedly, "Aren't you afraid that my little sister will become alienated from you if you do this?"

"I gave birth to her and raised her, but she wants to break away from me? Did I give birth to an ungrateful person?"

Lord Gu vented his anger before softening his tone and speaking: "Ling Tang, you have been in the court for some time now. You have to see these things clearly in the future. Although your sister is a concubine in the harem, she is just a woman after all. Girls have long hair and short knowledge. You must not let her do whatever she wants. If she does, not only will she get into trouble, but it will also endanger the family."

"It should have been a big deal that someone had died inexplicably in Taiji Palace, but Your Majesty has been keeping it to himself. Isn't that enough to show how much you value the unborn prince?"

"You've also seen that the Dali Temple Minister who was supposed to stir up trouble at the morning court every day has been absent every day in the past few days. I'm afraid he's gone to investigate that case."

"It doesn't matter how the maid died. What matters is whether this incident will threaten the safety of the prince. So as long as your sister stops now, no one will find out about her. But if she continues to act on her own, something bad will happen sooner or later!"

"Could it be that the previous rumor is true?" Gu Lingtang asked in a low voice, "The one about the Queen?"

"There have been rumors in the court these days that the Empress caught His Majesty visiting a palace maid, and was punished by His Majesty to be confined for three months."

"Father, could that maid be..."

"No matter whether she is or not, we must treat her as if she is! Even if it turns out to be just a groundless rumor, we must treat it as if it is true, do you understand?" Lord Gu said in a more serious tone, "Minister Wen has been so worried these days that his hair has turned white. I'm afraid everyone in the court is worried now."

"Everyone who has a daughter in the palace wants to wade into this muddy water, but no one dares to take the first step. I'm afraid they are all waiting to compete for the position of raising the prince!"

Gu Lingtang looked at his father's face and asked tentatively, "Father, do you mean... to let my little sister fight for it as well?"

"It would be best if we could succeed!" Lord Gu sighed and said, "Go to the palace sometime in a few days and explain to her my painstaking efforts. When I am gone, you two siblings can support each other!"

"You must persuade your sister. She has always been stubborn. This is a big taboo in the palace!"

"Don't worry, father. I will go back!" Gu Lingtang nodded and agreed, "It's just that the position of Zuo Sima..."

"Father, I really can't wait any longer! You know that there are many talented people in this exam. I'm afraid His Majesty has other ideas about this. If I don't fight for it now, I'm afraid I won't have a chance!"

"That position is not something you can touch now!" Lord Gu frowned and said, "How many times has your father told you to seek peace and stability? Why don't you listen?"

"But my son has been an official for several years after all. He must have more experience than those new officials, right?" Gu Lingtang argued unconvinced.

"But those people were chosen by His Majesty himself! At that time, His Majesty was training his own people! Naturally, he had to give them power and status, but it's different for you. You can enter the officialdom because of your father! If you don't make some achievements, you will never have a chance to succeed!" Lord Gu waved his hand tiredly to stop him.

"It's getting late. We have an early court tomorrow. Let's go back quickly!"

"Father..." Gu Lingtang was about to say something, but when he saw the dark circles under his father's eyes, he swallowed his words back and said, "Father, go to bed early. I won't disturb you."

"Well, let's go!"

Lord Gu looked at his son's back and sighed fiercely, "Alas, how can I, as a father, feel at ease handing over such a huge Gu family to you!"