Xia Dongchun from Legend of Zhen Huan: I want to live till the last episode

When the queen learned that Xia Dongchun was pregnant with twins, the news that Yinzhen wanted to promote Xia Dongchun to a concubine was nothing in her eyes.

Xia Dongchun already had a daughter, and was made a concubine by Yinzhen's decree. If the twins in her belly were born, as long as one of them was a son, Xia Dongchun's foothold would be secure.

It won’t be so easy to touch her again.

"Your Majesty, what should we do?" Jianqiu looked at the Queen with great concern.

The Queen thought for a moment and slowly smiled: "Wanpin lost her child because of Huafei. She is now depressed and silent all day long. I feel very distressed when I see this. Princess Lingyuan of Zhao Guiren is still young and is pregnant with twins. I am afraid that she will not be able to take care of them in the future..."

Jianqiu quickly understood what the Queen meant: "Your Highness wants to give one of Concubine Zhao's children to Concubine Wan to raise?"

"No matter whether the child can be born or not, or whether she can be raised by Wanpin, as long as I reveal this intention, it will be enough to turn the two of them against each other." The Queen took a sip of tea, "The Emperor loves Wanpin, so I think he will not disagree."

"Your Majesty is wise."

……

There is no news that can be kept secret in this palace. On the first day, Xia Dongchun was found to be pregnant with twins in Shoukang Palace. Everyone knew about it when she paid her respects to the Queen on the second day.

"Noble Lady Zhao is so lucky. Not everyone can have such a good thing." Concubine Qi said sourly, "The sisters in the harem are so envious of her."

Xia Dongchun glanced at her and said, "Madam Qi's Third Prince is so motivated and hardworking, and he is also the emperor's eldest son. As the Third Prince's biological mother, Madam Qi is the one that the concubines envy."

With just one sentence, he fought back neither hard nor soft, which made Concubine Qi happy and she stopped talking.

"It's just a pity for Wanpin," Noble Lady Fucha said in a sarcastic tone, "Right now, everyone in the palace is only congratulating you on your pregnancy. Who remembers Wanpin's pain of losing her child?"

When Noble Lady Fucha was pregnant, Xia Dongchun didn't want to argue with her, but now she is making trouble again and again, and Xia Dongchun doesn't want to tolerate it anymore: "Although Concubine Wan is sad about losing her child, she loves her son. After all, not everyone is like Noble Lady Fucha, who dresses up all day long to go out not long after losing her child."

"You——" Noble Lady Fucha leaned forward, wanting to argue.

Xia Dongchun continued, "Besides, Wanpin's loss of her child has nothing to do with me. I have already sent people to visit her and have done my duty. But Noble Lady Fucha has not even asked about Wanpin's situation."

"Alright." The Queen interrupted their quarrel, looking impartial, selfless, and extremely kind. "I know what Noble Lady Fucha said, but this matter has nothing to do with Noble Lady Zhao. Why do you insist on making it up?"

After a pause, the Queen continued to speak when everyone looked at her: "But Lady Zhao, Princess Lingyuan is still young, and you are pregnant now. When you give birth tomorrow, you will have three children with you. I am afraid you will not be able to take care of them all at once. It just so happens that Wanpin is grieving over the loss of her child. The Emperor feels bad seeing this. What I mean is that after you give birth to the child, I will adopt one to Wanpin's side. This will not only ease Wanpin's grief, but also help you share the burden."

The faces of everyone present changed, but their expressions were different.

Xia Dongchun raised her eyes and met the Queen's gaze. Okay, is it obvious now? The child hasn't been born yet, and the Queen has already planned to get pregnant in her belly.

However, it seems that the Queen has not mentioned this matter to Yinzhen. Xia Dongchun has her own way of dealing with it: "I shouldn't have refuted the Queen's words, but Wanpin is still young, and the Emperor has always doted on her. Sooner or later, she will have her own children. I think Wanpin is sad now, and she probably doesn't want to see other people's children."

Xia Dongchun didn't say whether he was willing or not, but his words and actions implied that he was unwilling to agree.

The Queen had expected this reaction: "That's fine. I'll ask the Emperor later. If the Emperor agrees, I'll have someone tell Wanpin. I don't think she will reject the Emperor and me."

This time it was almost an open targeting, and anyone present who was not a fool could see the Queen's intention.

Xia Dongchun nodded: "Then I will wait for the Queen to ask the Emperor before making a decision."

The Queen is very powerful now, and Xia Dongchun really can't afford to offend her, but if someone wants to snatch the child from her, she has to make her attitude clear, so that people don't think she is really like a soft persimmon that can be bullied by others.

If she takes one step back this time, the Queen will ask her to take ten steps back next time.

So Xia Dongchun will definitely not give in on this matter.

What's more... Xia Dongchun was also betting that Yinzhen would not agree in the end. It was said that Yinzhen was taken away from the current Empress Dowager and sent to be raised by Empress Xiaoyi Ren. Although Empress Xiaoyi Ren treated him well, he had always been brooding over the matter, and he also disliked the Fourteenth Prince, who was favored by the Empress Dowager.

Xia Dongchun wanted to give it a try. If she was tougher this time, she might be able to win some sympathy from Yinzhen.

Besides...even if she didn't have this purpose, she couldn't allow her child to be taken away like this.

Seeing that Xia Dongchun could not be convinced by her, the Queen could not force her to give up her child in front of all the concubines in the palace, so she had to give up for the time being and planned to talk to Yinzhen about this matter later.

The Queen thought about how much Yinzhen doted on Concubine Wan, and then recalled how sad Concubine Wan was when she had just had a miscarriage. She was sure in her heart that Yinzhen would definitely agree.

Even if it fails this time, this incident has planted a seed in Xia Dongchun's heart. I think she will be on guard against Concubine Wan in the future.

This is good for the queen.

"Well, if you have nothing else to do, you can all go back first." The queen kept smiling, as if she didn't take Xia Dongchun's attitude to heart.

Everyone stood up and left, but Xia Dongchun knew that the Queen would never let her go so easily.