The enchanting beauty is pregnant, and the heirless male protagonist is overjoyed!

Gu Yunyan woke up at the right time and touched her belly in panic, "Baby! Where's my baby?"

The lower abdomen is flat and soft, which doesn't look like a baby.

Gu Yunyan looked at Banxia, ​​who turned her head away with tears in her eyes, not daring to meet her eyes.

“Where are my children?”

"Banxia, ​​tell me! Where is my child?"

Banxia covered her mouth and cried, her eyes were red and swollen.

Xiao Ce'an hurriedly sat down beside the bed and hugged Gu Yunyan, trying to comfort her: "Don't be sad, Yan'er, we will have another child."

He knew that having one was a gift from God.

It was difficult to have another one, very difficult. But he couldn't show it.

Gu Yunyan lay in Xiao Ce'an's arms and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, our child is gone! He is really gone!"

"He will never come back! The next child born won't be him, not him!"

Xiao Ce'an felt a dull pain in his heart, his eyes were red and bloodshot.

He also knew that his eldest prince would never come back.

He felt the same as Gu Yunyan.

..........

Mingyue Palace.

Qiu Shui walked in quickly with a happy look on his face.

The Imperial Concubine asked, "Qiu Shui, what are you so happy about?"

Qiu Shui didn't say anything, but looked at the other people in the room.

The Imperial Concubine understood and waved her hand, saying, "All of you get out."

Among them was Hong Tao, who deliberately walked at the back and couldn't help but prick up her ears to listen carefully to what was being said inside.

Qiu Shui curved her eyebrows and said, "My Lady, it's done."

The Royal Concubine's eyes lit up, and there was joy in her eyes and eyebrows: "Is the tail cleaned up?"

"Don't worry, madam. I guarantee those people won't be able to say anything."

What can the dead say?

Hong Tao frowned in confusion. What was he talking about? It was like a riddle and she couldn't understand a word.

Hong Tao was afraid of being discovered, so she had to walk out quietly.

The Imperial Concubine and Qiu Shui did not notice.

Having solved her biggest worry, the Imperial Concubine was in a very good mood and ordered:

"Qiu Shui, bring out that bottle of pear blossom wine. I suddenly want to have a few drinks."

"Yes, my lady, I will get it right away."

Qiushui turned around and went out, and came back with a white porcelain bottle a few minutes later. Hongguo followed behind him, holding a few dishes in her hands.

Hongguo put down the side dishes and turned to leave, while Qiushui accompanied the imperial concubine for a drink.

"Manager Wei Yu, what are you doing?!"

"You cannot enter without permission before reporting to the Imperial Concubine!"

As soon as Hong Guo came out, she met Manager Wei Yu and a group of people walking straight into the house, and hurriedly stopped them.

Chief Steward Wei Yu frowned and said in a cold voice: "Catch her!"

"Your servant is ordered by the Emperor to invite the Imperial Concubine to the Yangxin Palace." Chief Steward Wei Yu strode in and said with a forced smile.

He looked at the food and wine on the table.

He also recalled the smile on the Imperial Concubine's face when he first came in.

General Manager Wei Yu felt a surge of anger in his heart. Concubine Yuan had just suffered a miscarriage, and the Emperor and Concubine Yuan were heartbroken.

The Imperial Concubine actually celebrated secretly in her bedroom.

The Imperial Concubine and Qiu Shui looked at each other and suppressed their panic. The Emperor should not have noticed what she had done.

After all, she had finished it.

Thinking of this, the Imperial Concubine felt relieved. She smiled and said:

"General Manager Wei Yu, please leave quickly. We cannot let the emperor wait for me."

..........

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

"Your Majesty, this can't be an accident. You must avenge our child."

Gu Yunyan burst into tears.

Xiao Ce'an patted her back and said gently, "I have asked Wei Yu to investigate. I believe the truth will be revealed soon."

"Find out the culprit behind this and avenge our prince."

As soon as the Imperial Concubine came in, she felt that the atmosphere was not right. Everyone had a sullen face and no one was smiling.

Especially Gu Yunyan, who was lying on the bed, looked pale, weak and sad.

The Imperial Concubine suppressed her smile and bowed: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you."

Xiao Ce'an looked at the Imperial Concubine with cold eyes.

A eunuch walked in and passed by the imperial concubine without even glancing at her:

"Your Majesty, those people in the torture chamber have all confessed."

"It is said that the Imperial Concubine sent someone to the cold palace."

"After that, commoner Hu gradually went mad and became a lunatic. She was deliberately released today by the old maid in the cold palace."

"It was because of Hu that Concubine Yuan had a miscarriage."

"I checked and found that the old lady had been pushed into a dry well and died."

The imperial concubine's heart was pounding and her pupils shrank.

She subconsciously clenched her handkerchief, but quickly reacted and loosened it, scolding the eunuch:

"You are talking nonsense, you little dog slave!"

"Your Majesty, I have never sent anyone to the cold palace."

"Perhaps someone in the harem doesn't like me and has harmed Concubine Yuan to frame me."

The Imperial Concubine sighed.

Everyone in the harem knew that the one who was at odds with the Imperial Noble Concubine was Concubine Yi.

This is saying that Concubine Yi did this.

The eunuch said quickly:

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely true. It was said by two palace maids named Hongguo and Hongtao, and the commoner Sun in the cold palace."

The Imperial Concubine was very calm: "You are such a slave who confuses right and wrong."

"How did a mute like Sun speak?"

How could Sun know? She asked Qiu Shui to deliver medicine to the dead old lady in secret, so no one would know.

The eunuch was afraid that the emperor would blame him for his incompetence.

He didn't want to be unlucky enough to lose his life because of the emperor's anger.

The eunuch said, "Your Majesty, I have ordered someone to bring those people here so that they can confront the Imperial Concubine face to face."

The Imperial Concubine still looked calm and composed.

Xiao Ce'an said sternly, "Bring the person in."

Soon Sun, Hongguo and Hongtao were brought in.

Sun has lost a lot of weight, her face has no flesh, and her figure is flat. You can tell at a glance that she is living a miserable life.

Hongguo and Hongtao were not injured.

The eunuch said coldly: "Repeat what you just said to the emperor."

Hong Guo spoke first, "Your Majesty, it was Qiu Shui who was beside the Imperial Concubine who asked me to deliver poison to the old maid in the cold palace half a month ago."

Hong Tao continued:

"I heard with my own ears the Imperial Concubine cursed Concubine Yuan that she would not be able to give birth to a child, and that if she did, she would not be able to raise the child and it would not grow up."

Hong Tao obviously hesitated for a moment, then continued:

"I also heard the Imperial Concubine and the First Prince say that Concubine Yuan must not give birth to the child."

The imperial concubine was panicked and her eyes flickered a few times. She didn't expect that Hong Tao would tell her all those things.

If I had known earlier, I should have killed her right away.

Although Sun could not speak, he could write, so he wrote down everything he knew and saw.

After reading it, Xiao Ce'an threw it at the Imperial Concubine's face.

"Don't try to quibble, just look for yourself!"

The Imperial Concubine had a hurt expression on her face and picked up the paper to look at it.

After reading it, she said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, how could I do such a thing?"

"I wish Anle could have his own brother, and the emperor could have his own son to inherit the throne."

"These two slaves and Sun must have been bribed by someone with threats of family members' lives or gold and silver."

I heard the words "family and lives".

Qiu Shui's heart trembled, he gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and knelt down with a plop:

"Your Majesty, I did it all."

"The eldest prince and I are both willing. The heir in Concubine Yuan's belly has been confirmed by the imperial physician to be a prince."

"If the baby is born, it will only threaten the eldest prince's position."

"The eldest prince will never be able to become the crown prince and ascend to the throne. I will never let that happen!"

Qiu Shui's face was full of anger and he didn't think he had done anything wrong.

The Imperial Concubine heaved a sigh of relief.

Her face was filled with disbelief and grief: "Qiu Shui, you disappoint me so much."

"No matter how much you adore the eldest prince, you can't do such a thing."

After saying this, the Imperial Concubine knelt down in shame:

"Your Majesty, it's all my fault. I didn't take good care of the people around me and the eldest prince. Please punish me."

Gu Yunyan laughed twice in her heart.

Looking at the performances of the imperial concubine and her servant, if they were to live in modern times, they would both be movie queen-level talents.