The maidservant is too charming. I want to help her become the queen.

Seeing Li Xuansheng and Lu Qingqing excited, Erxi and Xiaotao beside them also felt happy.

However, the emperor suddenly picked up his young lady and spun her around, which scared them both. They were afraid that the emperor had hurt the young lady.

Xiao Tao said hurriedly:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please put the young lady down!"

"My lady is still very young, and the fetus is at its most unstable right now, be careful not to get hurt!"

After hearing what Xiaotao said, Li Xuansheng gave up and reluctantly put Lu Qingqing carefully on the bed.

He gently scratched the tip of Lu Qingqing's nose, and his deep eyes flashed with a tiny light.

"I was reckless, but I was just too excited!"

"Qingqing, we are going to have our own child!"

Lu Qingqing lowered her eyebrows shyly, stroked her belly and nodded.

Li Xuansheng was in a very good mood and turned around to reward the people in the Ouxie Courtyard.

"Erxi and Xiaotao, you two are Lu Qingqing's personal maids. You were right to remind me just now. You should take better care of Qingqing in the future."

"You two will each be rewarded with twenty taels of silver!"

"The other palace ladies in Ou Xie Ting will be rewarded with half a year's salary!"

Twenty taels!

Xiaotao and Erxi's annual allowance is only eight taels of silver, which is equivalent to three times their salary this year.

They both kowtowed to express their gratitude.

"Thank you for the reward, Your Majesty! We will do our best to take care of you!"

After rewarding the palace maid, Li Xuansheng gently placed his strong and powerful hands on Lu Qingqing's delicate and soft buttocks.

He whispered softly, close to the ear of the beauty in his arms:

"Qingqing, you are pregnant with a child for me, and I intend to make you a concubine."

Lu Qingqing was very surprised at the news of being promoted to concubine.

She knew that in the palace, any concubine who became pregnant would be promoted, but this was only done after the concubine safely gave birth to a prince.

She had been pregnant for only a month, and it was too eye-catching for Li Xuansheng to make her a concubine at this time.

Currently, besides her, the only pregnant person in the harem is the queen.

Naturally, other concubines did not dare to murder the queen's fetus. If others were jealous of her reward, she would probably have countless eyes staring at her belly in the future.

Lu Qingqing was worried and quickly declined.

"I am grateful for the emperor's grace."

"But I'm afraid it's inappropriate for me to be rewarded before I give birth to a prince. It's inevitable that someone in the harem will complain about me."

"I don't want to be a bother to the emperor, and I hope the emperor can help me."

Lu Qingqing's sensible words touched Li Xuansheng's heart.

He looked at the gentle little woman in front of him and his heart was overwhelmed with emotion.

In the past, he only thought that Lu Qingqing was lively and lovely. Now that she was pregnant and became a mother, she had added a bit of tranquility and peace, which made him intoxicated.

He just felt a little bit sorry.

"Qingqing, your pregnancy is a great joy. I wish I could make you a concubine right away so that everyone in the palace can celebrate for you."

Lu Qingqing leaned to one side, gently holding Li Xuansheng's arm and leaning into his embrace. Her black hair was like a waterfall, her skin was like cream, and she exuded a faint fragrance.

"Your Majesty, I only hope that the baby in my belly can be born safely."

"I hope you won't mention my pregnancy to anyone else until the fetus is stable. It won't be too late to reward and congratulate me on the day I give birth~"

Li Xuansheng couldn't resist, so he had to suppress the joy in his heart and agreed to her request.

He could only say:

"Okay, I promise you."

"It's just that I'm worried about your health. You've been living in Ouxie Courtyard for the past few days and have been plagued by ghosts, so I decided to advance our departure schedule so that you can change your living environment. Let's get to Mulan Paddock as soon as possible."

Lu Qingqing nodded obediently.

In fact, in her heart, she didn't want to stay in the palace for too long. She wanted to finish the autumn hunting in Mulan Paddock as soon as possible and return to the Forbidden City to take care of her pregnancy.

After all, outside the palace, her exclusive imperial physician was Meng Qi.

In the eyes of outsiders, Meng Qi is a rookie in the Imperial Hospital, but only Lu Qingqing herself knows that Meng Qi's achievements in medicine are like Darwin's achievements in table tennis - nothing at all.

Therefore, Lu Qingqing wanted to return to the Forbidden City as soon as possible so that the imperial physician Dou, whom she had always trusted, could help her to maintain her pregnancy.

Li Xuansheng had an appointment with ministers to discuss matters today. He was already delayed on his way back to Ouxie Courtyard, and when he learned that Lu Qingqing was pregnant, he spent an extra long time being affectionate with her.

Lu Qingqing knows Li Xuansheng.

Although he was lustful, he was never addicted to beauty. Li Xuansheng tried his best to be a wise ruler, and he would never give up the affairs of state.

So Lu Qingqing started to persuade them.

"Your Majesty, you said this morning that you had something else to do at court."

"You have been here for a long time. You don't need to worry about me. I will take good care of myself. Your Majesty should focus on state affairs."

Hearing this, Li Xuansheng was grateful for Lu Qingqing's wisdom. He was very pleased. He gave her a gentle kiss on the head and got up to go to Mingzheng Hall.

After Li Xuansheng left, Lu Qingqing thought of what he had just said.

He planned to set off for the autumn hunt as soon as possible, which meant that Lu Qingqing didn't have much time to deal with Lu Panpan in the palace.

She said, "Xiaotao, Erxi, the news of our early departure will probably be known to everyone in the palace soon."

"Lu Panpan will definitely come and play tricks again in the next few days. She wants to scare me before I leave."

"So you have to pay more attention these nights, and catch them if you see them."

Having said this, she paused, thought for a few seconds, and continued:

"You two can bring a few trusted guards with you. Don't disturb the Xuguan women about the feud between me and my sister."

Erxi and Xiaotao nodded happily.

"Don't worry, my lady. If she dares to come and cause trouble again, we will be able to capture her alive on the spot."

Night falls quietly.

Tonight Li Xuansheng stayed up all night in Mingzheng Palace again and did not stay overnight with Lu Qingqing.

Lu Qingqing finished washing up early and lay on the couch waiting for the female ghost to arrive.

Sure enough, when it got dark, familiar movements appeared in the Ouxie Courtyard again.

"I feel so wronged——"

"I feel so wronged——"

"I want everyone here to pay for my life!"

The moonlight was like water, and the vague moans were so miserable and sharp that Erxi and Xiaotao couldn't help but shiver.

Lu Qingqing was suddenly awakened from her sleepiness.

She stood up calmly, sat firmly in the main room, and calmly commanded the guards who had been lying in ambush early in the morning.

Suddenly, there was a plop, followed by another woman's scream.

A moment later, the guards dragged a sack into the inner room and threw it heavily on the floor.

"Your Excellency, the person causing the haunting has been caught."

Lu Qingqing made a gesture and ordered the guards to retreat, leaving only Xiaotao and Erxi.

"Open the bag."

At her command, Xiaotao and Erxi untied the rope tied to the mouth of the sack and dragged out a slender woman in white.

The woman had disheveled black hair and a pale face.

Sure enough, it was Lu Panpan!