After giving up being the wife of a powerful official, Ling Yunlu became a concubine

"Since you want to return to the prince so much, I will grant your wish."

"Fulu, send the two beauties back to the prince and tell him that I am not worthy of them and I have failed the prince's kindness."

Fulu responded, and he and Mo Yi dragged one person out each.

"Your Majesty, will this arouse the Crown Prince's suspicion?"

Although Shen Yunjin was scared, he was still worried that Xiao Minshen would lose his composure in anger.

"I want to make the Crown Prince suspicious. This way, those who have ulterior motives will be deterred from making any move."

Some things have to be brought to light so that those who want to frame him secretly will not dare to act rashly.

They just thought he wouldn't expose the matter, but he did the opposite.

"It's you. I guess you're going to have to endure some criticism for a while."

Xiao Minshen took Shen Yunjin into his arms.

"It's okay. Anyway, I'll stay in the house and won't go out. I can't hear what others say about them."

Shen Yunjin smiled at Xiao Minshen.

However, I didn't expect that the slap in the face would come so quickly.

The Queen issued an imperial decree, summoning Shen Yunjin into the palace.

When someone came from the palace, Xiao Minshen was not in the mansion.

"Empress, what should we do?" Jinzhi and others were extremely anxious.

Jinzhi had been into the palace with Shen Yunjin and knew that there were dangers everywhere in the palace.

Shen Yunjin stroked her belly and tried to calm herself down.

"Yang Liu and Jin Zhi will accompany me to the palace. Yu Zhi, go inform the prince. Hong Liu, stay in the mansion. If the prince comes back early, ask him to pick me up."

Hongliu hurriedly took out the palace dress for Shen Yunjin to wear and re-combed her hair.

By the time Shen Yunjin came out, the eunuchs from the palace had become impatient.

Jinzhi handed over a purse and said, "Thank you for keeping me waiting."

The eunuch shook the light purse in his hand, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"No problem, we will always wait until we return to the palace together."

Shen Yunjin watched him take another sip of tea, "Yuzhi, pack a packet of this Mingqian Longjing tea to moisten the father-in-law's throat."

The eunuch's smile became even more satisfied.

He walked to the carriage with Shen Yunjin and watched Shen Yunjin get on.

He suddenly said, "The population of Prince Qi's Mansion is really small."

Shen Yunjin sat in the carriage, thinking about what the eunuch had just said.

If people in the palace want to live longer, they must keep their mouths shut and mind their own business.

Therefore, the eunuch would not have said such seemingly casual words for no reason.

The population of Prince Qi's Mansion is small? What does that mean?

Before the crown prince was demoted, the queen was very quiet for a while.

This time, after the prince returned, the queen acted much more forcefully than before.

When the prince first came to power, he not only made great use of the queen's family members.

The queen also began to marry her nephews and nieces from her mother's family to ministers.

Could it be that the Queen also wanted to marry her niece from her mother's family to Xiao Minshen in order to win him over to support the Prince?

The more Shen Yunjin thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

In the Prince of Qi's mansion now, she is the only concubine, and there is not even a maid or a maid.

It turned out that Concubine Shu and Concubine An were still there, but once Xiao Minshen sent them out, the Prince Qi's Mansion became empty.

Did the prince fail to frame someone, so instead he tried to win them over?

At this time, Xiao Minshen had the rare opportunity to meet the emperor in the Yangxin Palace whom he had not seen for many days.

The emperor at this time looked very different from when he celebrated his birthday.

His whole body was swollen and his face was pale, but his spirit was extremely excited.

Xiao Minshen frowned slightly, but recovered in a moment.

He stepped forward and saluted the emperor, "Your Highness, I greet you."

The emperor was in a good mood. "No need to be polite. Please take a seat."

"I asked you to come here today because the Queen mentioned that there has been no one in charge in your mansion. She wants me to appoint a princess for you. What do you think?"

Xiao Minshen's heart tightened, but he remained expressionless.

He walked to the center of the hall and saluted the emperor.

"I think the current concubine is very good. Not only does she manage the palace very well, but she also gave birth to my eldest son. She is now pregnant again."

"I wanted to report to the emperor before that I wanted to promote Concubine Shen to the principal wife."

The emperor stared at Xiao Minshen, who was sitting below him, trying to get clues from his expression.

Xiao Minshen was very calm and let the emperor look at him.

After a while, the emperor withdrew his gaze.

"The Shen family's family background is a bit poor."

"It is enough for me to be with you."

The emperor was silent for a while, then waved his hand to let Xiao Minshen leave.

As soon as Xiao Minshen walked out of the palace, he met Yuzhi.

When he heard that Shen Yunjin was summoned to Kunning Palace by the Queen, he immediately returned.

On this side, Shen Yunjin also arrived at Kunning Palace.

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Queen. May you be well and at peace."

"No gift."

The queen looked at Shen Yunjin and paused for a moment at her slightly protruding belly.

"How many months has this been?"

"To answer the Queen, it's been four months."

Shen Yunjin stood up from the chair.

"Sit down and talk. We are all family. There's no need to be so reserved." The queen waved her hand lovingly.

Shen Yunjin leaned half of his body back on the chair, folded his hands on his abdomen, and sat with his back straight.

"You are pregnant, please take care of yourself."

"You are responsible for taking care of such a huge palace. You have worked so hard."

"To answer the Queen, it is not hard for me. This is what I should do."

"We are all women. I understand your hardship. Old Five has never had a mother to teach her since she was a child. She really doesn't know the difficulties of a woman managing such a large palace."

"To be honest, it was my negligence. If the Crown Prince hadn't reminded me a few days ago, I wouldn't have remembered that I should have asked the Emperor to find a wife for Old Fifth."

It seems that I guessed it right.

Shen Yunjin had an appropriate smile on her face, as if what the queen was talking about had nothing to do with her.

"It just so happens that my mother's family has a niece who has been following her mother in managing the rear house since she was a child. She is very capable and her age is about the same as Old Five."

After the Queen finished speaking, she looked at Shen Yunjin who was listening carefully with a smile on her face.

"Concubine Shen, what do you think of my niece?"

Shen Yunjin stood up and bowed.

"The niece of the Queen must be absolutely amazing. I wonder which son of a wealthy family will be lucky enough to marry her home?"

The Queen glanced at her.

"What I mean is that I want to marry my niece from my mother's family to the fifth brother."

Shen Yunjin didn't say anything.

The maidservant beside her shouted angrily, "The Queen asked you a question, Concubine Shen, why didn't you answer?"

Shen Yunjin stood up in panic.

"Please forgive me, Madam Queen. I have been in a trance since I became pregnant with this child."

"What did you say just now? I didn't hear it clearly."

A trace of worry appeared on the queen's face.

"I have decided to appoint my niece to be the principal wife of the King of Qi. What do you think?"

Shen Yunjin squatted down and bowed.

"Reporting to the Queen, I am only the prince's concubine and cannot be the prince's master."

"As long as Your Majesty agrees to this matter, I will be happy."

"Are you really happy and have no complaints?" The queen looked down at Shen Yunjin.