They are all concubines, so of course they choose the future emperor.

"Are you sure you saw that person go in?"

At daybreak, in the Liangyi Palace, Jiang Wanyue listened to Mi'er's report and immediately became alert.

Mier nodded vigorously: "Captain Ma and his two men were guarding nearby, and saw with their own eyes that man in guard uniforms climbed up to the second floor and entered Concubine Xin's room. As soon as he left, Captain Ma and his men followed him. However, the man was quite skilled, so they didn't dare to follow too closely. Finally, they gave up when they saw him enter the North Yamen."

"Beiya..."

Jiang Wanyue repeated the word in a low voice.

Bei Ya is one of the government offices of the imperial guards.

When Zhu Zhiwen was the commander, he mainly stayed in the North Yamen, where most of the people were his confidants. After General Fan took over the position of the commander of the imperial guards, he naturally wanted to cultivate his own confidants. He valued the people in the South Yamen more and moved his daily office to the South Yamen.

The Bei Ya has been idle for the past two months.

The guards of the imperial palace are present in both the South and North Courtyards. Except for the personal guards around the emperor, the guards in other places are on duty on a daily basis. The personnel are not fixed to prevent someone from figuring out the pattern and doing something secretly.

The same is true for the Sanqing Temple.

It was obviously not the first time that the "guard" sneaked into Ling Lan's room, which showed that he must have help.

There was a gleam in her eyes.

General Fan is an expert at leading troops to fight at the border, but this may not be the case in the capital.

To find out the internal situation of the Imperial Guards, we have to find Zhu Zhiwen.

Thinking of this, Jiang Wanyue calmed down and gave orders.

"Go tell the imperial concubine later that I want her to come over for lunch."

"Yes."

Mier bent her knees and stepped back.

Jiang Wanyue waved to Xing'er, and Xing'er let the little palace maids guarding the door come in and help Jiang Wanyue wash and dress up.

The morning passed quickly.

Zhu Yan arrived early and said to Jiang Wanyue with a smile as soon as she entered the door.

"It's been a few days since I last saw you. Yin'er misses you!"

After she said this, Li Chengyin beside her ran to Jiang Wanyue and hugged her thighs.

"Aunt, Yin'er misses you so much!"

Jiang Wanyue couldn't help but touch Li Chengyin's head, then sat down with her in her arms.

"Aunt misses Yin'er too. What have you been doing these days? Have you been studying calligraphy?"

Yin'er nodded vigorously: "Yin'er is very well behaved. She eats well, learns to read with her mother, and goes to her elder sister's place to play with her every day."

She counted the things she had done on her fingers, blinking her big eyes, very seriously. At the end, she suddenly wrinkled her nose again.

"It's just that recognizing characters is difficult, and writing characters is even more difficult. Yin'er's handwriting is not as beautiful as that of big sister."

When Jiang Wanyue heard this, she knew that Li Chengyu was definitely making fun of her sister.

That girl is really...her personality will never change.

Jiang Wanyue held Li Chengyin's little hand to comfort her.

"Your elder sister is many years older than you! Yin'er has just started learning, so it's normal that she can't compare to her. But Yin'er, don't be discouraged, and don't pay attention to what she says."

Zhu Yan also said, "That's right! When she was your age, her handwriting might not have been as good as yours!"

Jiang Wanyue laughed.

"Sister, you should take Yin'er out more often and get to know other children of your age."

Zhu Yan frowned slightly, a little hesitant.

"Isn't this not good?"

Now that you’re in the palace, how can you go out often?

Jiang Wanyue understood her concerns and said with a smile, "It's just taking the child out to play, what do you have to worry about? If you are worried about the emperor, I will talk to him for you. The emperor has always liked Yin'er and will not disagree."

Since she said so, Zhu Yan put aside his worries.

"Okay, I'll do whatever you want."

Zhu Yan also sat down.

At this time, the food had not been delivered from the kitchen yet, so Jiang Wanyue took Zhu Yan aside to chat.

After a few words, she casually asked about Zhu Zhiwen's situation.

"How are you doing, uncle?"

Zhu Yan had no doubt and started talking.

Since Zhu Zhiwen resigned from the position of commander of the imperial guards, he has spent most of his time at home and rarely goes out. He has been a lone minister for decades with the emperor, and he doesn't even have many friends.

Now that I'm idle at home, I can't sit still and have to practice martial arts every day.

Zhu Yan naturally disagreed.

"His leg was broken before. Although the bones were healed after treatment by the imperial doctors, he is old after all. He has only just recovered after such a long period of recuperation. Why would he practice martial arts?"

Zhu Yan was furious.

Jiang Wanyue laughed: "Habits that have been formed over the years cannot be changed in a short time. How about this! Invite uncle to the palace to sit down some other day, and I will help you persuade him, how about that?"

Zhu Yan's eyes lit up.

"That's great!"

She stood up quickly.

"Don't postpone it to another day, let's do it tomorrow!"

Jiang Wanyue nodded with a smile and looked at Zhu Yan who ordered someone to pass the message outside the palace.

It is somewhat troublesome for people in the harem to leave the palace, but there are not so many strict rules when summoning relatives into the palace.

Plus the Liangyi Hall here doesn't belong to the inner palace, so things will go even more smoothly.

So, the next day, Jiang Wanyue met Zhu Zhiwen.

She didn't say much to Zhu Zhiwen, but just hinted that something had changed in Beiya. Zhu Zhiwen understood what she was saying and went back without making any noise and asked someone to investigate.

Zhu Zhiwen had been the commander of the imperial guards for so many years, and most of the people in the Northern Yamen were his former confidants, so he could easily find out anything he wanted to investigate.

In just two or three days, Jiang Wanyue knew the identity of the "guard".

What Jiang Wanyue cares about is not this man’s identity, but the power behind him.

But this will take some time to find out.

Jiang Wanyue could only wait patiently.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, Ling Lan suddenly announced that she was pregnant.

The incident happened so suddenly that not only Jiang Wanyue but even Li Ce was alarmed and rushed to Sanqing Temple as soon as possible.

The rear hall of Sanqing Hall.

The emperor was overjoyed. Ever since he found out Ling Lan was pregnant, the smile on his face has never stopped.

Li Ce and Jiang Wanyue came in one after another and just happened to see him giving instructions to the imperial physician.

"Take good care of Concubine Xin and make sure she gives birth to the baby safely."

Jiang Wanyue raised her eyes and saw the two imperial doctors standing outside the screen responding in unison. She was moved and winked at Mier.

Mi'er understood and followed the two imperial doctors when they left.

Although Li Ce was surprised, he didn't know what to say seeing his father was so happy.

Jiang Wanyue quietly tugged at his sleeve.

Li Ce cleared his throat immediately.

"Congratulations, Father! Congratulations, Father."

Jiang Wanyue also congratulated him, and spoke immediately after he finished speaking.

"This Sanqing Palace is a bit remote after all, and there aren't enough staff. Why don't we ask Fairy Ling to return to the palace to take care of her pregnancy? There are many vacant palaces in the palace, Fairy Ling can live anywhere she wants."

The emperor stroked his beard, very satisfied.

"My daughter-in-law is really thoughtful. I'll do as you say."

"I don't deserve such praise from my father. This is what a daughter-in-law should do." Jiang Wanyue said modestly, and then said, "There are many people here. Fairy Ling needs to rest. Your Majesty, can you take my father out first?"

Jiang Wanyue blinked at Li Ce.

Li Ce didn't quite understand what she was going to do, but he did it anyway.

After the group left, only Ling Lan, Jiang Wanyue and Xing'er were left in the room.

Xing'er obediently walked out the door and waited.

Jiang Wanyue walked step by step to Ling Lan's bed, and saw her lying on the bed with her eyes closed, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Fairy Ling is very capable."