The emperor just doesn't treat everyone equally, and it's none of my business!

Neither Gu Shijin nor Lu Junze are indecisive people. Once they have made a decision, they will do it.

Lu Junze was afraid that another accident would happen, so he added a few more people to Chenhua Palace.

"Your Majesty, there will be fewer secret guards around you." Tianlin said hesitantly after hearing Lu Junze's order.

It’s not that Tianlin was unwilling to send the secret guards to Chenhua Palace to protect the imperial concubine, but for them, protecting the emperor was their top priority.

Lu Junze waved his hand and said, "I stay in the palace all day. There are imperial guards and palace guards here, so I don't need so many secret guards. Just do as I tell you."

Tianlin thought about it and it made sense. The wise king who was far away in his fiefdom was now keeping a low profile and would not come to the capital to cause trouble. And the officials in the capital were all very quiet now.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Gu Shijin didn’t know that there were more secret guards around her, even more than those around Lu Junze. She still lived her life as before.

In order to avoid any accidents after announcing her pregnancy, Gu Shijin has been paying close attention to her health during this period, striving to make the fetus more stable, and following the instructions of Doctor Song every day.

The Imperial Concubine's frequent requests for the imperial physician to go to Chenhua Palace naturally did not escape the eyes of the many concubines in the harem. Everyone was wondering if something had happened in Chenhua Palace again.

Many concubines sent their confidants to the Imperial Medical Service to investigate, but unfortunately the medicines prescribed by Song Jibai were not taken from the Imperial Medical Service's pharmacy, nor were they recorded in the Imperial Medical Service's files, so basically no one found out.

Only the Queen asked a little. After all, Shangguan Yan was the Queen, and she had been in the palace for so many years, so she had many more channels than ordinary concubines.

"Are you sure there is Atractylodes macrocephala in Concubine Chen's medicine?" Shangguan Yan asked the kneeling young eunuch. This young eunuch was her eyes and ears in the Imperial Hospital. Since he was an inconspicuous eunuch and did not attract attention, he was doing quite well in the Imperial Hospital.

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true. I saw with my own eyes that the medicine prescribed by Imperial Physician Song for Imperial Concubine Chen contained Atractylodes macrocephala," the young eunuch affirmed.

A trace of panic and fierceness flashed in Shangguan Yan's eyes. Most women in the harem knew the medicinal effects of Atractylodes macrocephala, which can replenish qi and stabilize the fetus. Could it be that Concubine Chen is pregnant again?

If it's true, Concubine Chen is so lucky!

"Your Majesty, Atractylodes macrocephala has more than just one medicinal effect. Maybe it's not that." Yunzhi tried to comfort the queen, but her tone lacked confidence.

Because she also felt that Concubine Chen was most likely pregnant.

"Heh." Shangguan Yan sneered. If she could lose one child, she could lose a second one. She wanted to see if the imperial concubine could give birth to this child.

"You go down and look after Doctor Song for this Queen." Shangguan Yan was very annoyed with Doctor Song. This man only listened to the Emperor, and even she, the Queen, could not order him around. But now he was running around for the Imperial Concubine, which really slapped her, the Queen, in the face.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll take my leave now." said the young eunuch.

Yunzhi escorted the young eunuch out and gave him a purse when they parted. The young eunuch weighed the purse and smiled with satisfaction.

Although the young eunuch was arranged by Shangguan Yan to work in the Imperial Hospital, people die for money and birds die for food. Only money is the most useful. Shangguan Yan never lets her subordinates work for her in vain. After all, loyalty is a rare thing.

"Empress, what should we do now?" Yunzhi went back and saw that the Empress was still in deep thought, so she asked cautiously.

After the imperial concubine's miscarriage last time, she must have protected this child very closely, so it would be difficult for them to do anything.

In fact, Yunzhi felt that it didn't matter whether she attacked the baby in Gu Shijin's belly or not, after all, Gu Shijin already had two sons.

But Yunzhi didn't dare say this to Shangguan Yan. Shangguan Yan was obsessed with pregnancy and would naturally feel unhappy when seeing others getting pregnant.

Anyway, whenever Shangguan Yan encounters something like a concubine in the harem getting pregnant, he becomes uncalm.

Alas, Yunzhi sighed quietly. In the final analysis, it was because the Queen herself had no prince. If she had, so many things might not have happened.

"Let's make plans after it's confirmed." Shangguan Yan said.

Yunzhi looked at Shangguan Yan with some surprise. This was not like the way their queen would do things. Their queen would rather believe it than not believe it.

"I'm afraid this is a trap set by the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine. It's only been a short time since the Imperial Concubine had a miscarriage, and she's pregnant so soon. How can I not believe it?" Shangguan Yan said with a sullen face.

Yunzhi nodded, thinking that what the Queen said made sense.

It seems that after what happened last time, the Queen has become much calmer. Yunzhi breathed a sigh of relief.

She was afraid that the Empress would be so angry that she would do something irreversible. In Yunzhi's opinion, nothing was more important than the Emperor's heart. As long as she could keep the Emperor, wouldn't everything else be easy to handle? Unfortunately, the Empress had given up on the Emperor.

Before the people Shangguan Yan sent to investigate could find out the truth, the emperor directly released the news that Concubine Chen of Chenhua Palace was pregnant again.

The emperor was overjoyed and brought the reward to the Chenhua Palace free of charge.

If it weren't for the fact that the title of Imperial Noble Consort could not be given so easily, I'm afraid Gu Shijin would have been given the title of Imperial Noble Consort.

"Sure enough, I am still a step late." Shangguan Yan said with some regret after hearing the news. If I had taken action before, it would be much easier than now.

"I didn't expect that Concubine Chen would have such good luck to get pregnant again so soon." As he said that, Shangguan Yan threw the teacup in his hand to the ground with a bang, which made people's hearts skip a beat.

Shangguan Yan became angrier and angrier, not only because Gu Shijin was pregnant again, but also because of the emperor's attitude. The emperor's endless rewards irritated the queen. She felt that if she, the queen, could not be deposed easily, the emperor would have promoted Concubine Chen to the queen.

"I have done so many things, why can't you see it, Your Majesty?" Shangguan Yan murmured to himself.

If the emperor could pay the same attention to her as he did to Concubine Chen, Shangguan Yan would not ask for all of it, but just one tenth of it.

"Your Majesty..." Yunzhi looked at the Queen with some concern.

"I'm fine." After a long while, Shangguan Yan waved his hand.

She is really fine. Even if she is in trouble, she has to be fine. If she is in trouble, won’t it make room for the imperial concubine? Don’t even think about it.

If Gu Shijin knew what Shangguan Yan was thinking, she would really cry out that she was wronged. She had never thought of becoming the queen. She felt that her current position as a noble concubine was good enough. She had power and favor, but she didn't have to worry about the troubles in the harem. How wonderful it was.

Why do you have to make yourself suffer?

It’s a pity that there are very few people in the harem who can have such thoughts, otherwise they wouldn’t be fighting to the death.

"Yunzhi, prepare the things. I will go to Chenhua Palace in person to give gifts to the imperial concubine." Shangguan Yan stood up and said.

"Yes, ma'am."