In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Just after the Chinese New Year, Wen Yuan disliked the weather being too cold. She neither wanted to serve the emperor in the palace nor go out. It happened that the emperor was having a hot affair with some lady named Miaoyin, and Wen Yuan wanted to be lazy. During her ovulation period, she did not go to compete for favor. After simply reporting her illness, she hid in Chuxiu Palace, reading storybooks and listening to the news from outside the palace.

When Wen Yuan heard that her sister Yu Yin had met Shen Beile, she couldn't help but be curious: "Nuanchun, Xiuxia, what do you think Shen Beile looks like?"

"He didn't come to the previous banquet either. Prince Guo did come, but he just asked me to watch. That's all. He's not as easily admired by the young ladies in the capital as the rumors say."

"Don't blame my sister for not choosing him, he really doesn't look that good!" During the night banquet, Wen Yuan sat above Zhen Huan, diagonally opposite the place where Prince Guo came in. She saw with her own eyes that Prince Guo looked at Zhen Huan more than once during the banquet.

In Wen Yuan's opinion, what is most annoying is that Zhen Huan is so scheming and pretentious. If she hadn't known that the fact that Zhen Huan looks like Queen Chun Yuan is a secret that cannot be told, Wen Yuan would have been so angry that she would have stepped forward to expose Zhen Huan's arrogant mask. To Wen Yuan, she is much more beautiful than Zhen Huan, and Prince Guo must be not a good person like Zhen Huan because he doesn't look at her but instead looks at Zhen Huan.

How can a man who likes a woman he hates be a good man?

Wen Yuan's topic went off topic, and when she realized what was going on, she no longer had the curiosity about Shen Beile's appearance. "Forget it, what's so good about a twelve-year-old kid? Even Yu Yin said he was too young after seeing him, so she doesn't plan to continue to have any contact with him."

In Chuxiu Palace, Wen Yuan was nestling comfortably in her quilt reading a storybook. Outside Chuxiu Palace, Xin Chang, who lived in the same palace with Wen Yuan, was being locked up in the Ministry of Punishment by Madam Miaoyin. The Emperor didn't know about it yet, but the Empress Dowager, who got the news, issued an order to deprive Yu Ying of her title.

In order to regain the emperor's favor, Yu agreed to kneel outside the Palace of Tranquil Longevity for half a night, singing Kunqu Opera loudly. Although his singing did not soften the emperor's heart, he caught a cold due to disturbing his rest and fell ill for several days.

After the emperor recovered from his illness, Yu Da Ying, who originally had a lot of plot to play, was sent to the cold palace in advance. In this life, the relationship between the emperor and Zhen Huan progressed too smoothly, without many twists and turns, and the situation in the harem developed in the direction that the queen wanted most.

Without the hot springs palace and the red candles behind the walls, Zhen Huan had no chance of being the emperor's favorite. Wen Yuan successfully took advantage of this period of time left over by plot changes to grab the emperor's favor and became pregnant.

But no one knows about it now, only Xiuxia, who is a medical practitioner, has some doubts. These days, Wen Yuan not only feels weak and sleepy, but also often feels hungry and wants to eat. Xiuxia told Wen Yuan her guess, and Wen Yuan wanted to write a letter to Yuyin as soon as possible, but was stopped by Xiuxia.

"Your Highness, I am just guessing. It is still early and I cannot tell from your pulse. Why don't you wait a few more days? Your period will come in a few days. If it doesn't come by then, wouldn't it be better for you to write to Princess Yuyin?"

"Yes, you are right. I'd better make sure before telling my sister. Then my sister will be able to tell me what to do to give birth to the prince safely."

In fact, Wen Yuan was a little scared. Since entering the palace half a year ago, some harmful things would appear in her residence from time to time. Although she had known what kind of person the Queen was and had been prepared, she was still unable to relax because of Yixiu's endless tricks. If it weren't for the help of Nuanchun and Xiuxia, and some Guarjia people secretly controlling her, Wen Yuan believed that she might have been harmed by the Queen long ago with her own brain.

It was fine before she was pregnant. At most, she would be mentioned as a target by the Queen during the greetings or ridiculed by Concubine Hua. In the end, it was not a big deal and had no effect on Wen Yuan.

But it was a different story when she was pregnant. Images of miscarriage, poisoning, and death kept flashing through Wen Yuan's mind. She couldn't help but start to worry whether she could protect her pregnancy and give birth to the child successfully under the tactics of the people in the harem.

Seeing that Wen Yuan had been talking about writing a letter to her sister, but had not mentioned the father of the child, the Emperor, Nuanchun could not help but ask, "Your Majesty, are you not going to tell the Emperor? When the Emperor finds out, he will definitely be very happy. He might even give you a nanny who knows how to give birth to a baby to help you protect the fetus. With a nanny, Your Majesty will definitely be able to give birth to the little prince smoothly!"

Tell the emperor and expect him to help save the fetus?

Wen Yuan said that the emperor was not as reliable as her sister. Although the emperor was in the palace and her sister Yuyin was outside the palace, after spending so much time with the emperor, Wen Yuan had long realized that the emperor was unreliable. It was not only because the emperor was indifferent to the women in the harem, but also because she did not trust the emperor for not discovering the queen's true identity for so many years.

"My sister has been smart since she was young. If I do as she says, I will definitely be able to keep the child. I'll see what my sister says when the time comes. I'll tell the emperor when she tells me to!" Wen Yuan did not explain Nuanchun's problem, but emphasized that he had to listen to his sister.

Wen Yuan was suspected of being pregnant, so she naturally did not dare to continue to sleep with him, and again reported illness and withdrew from the emperor's bedchamber.

Without Wen Yuan, the emperor's favor either went to Zhen Huan or Shen Meiyu. The two sisters cooperated very well and firmly controlled the emperor's favor. Everyone in the harem was not satisfied with this, especially Concubine Hua, who loved the emperor deeply. She was already dissatisfied with the reduction of her favor because of the entry of new people into the palace. Now she was forced by Zhen Huan and Shen Meiyu not to see the emperor for ten days or half a month. She was so angry that she called Concubine Cao and forced her to find a way to punish the two.

Soon, the classic incidents of Shen Meizhuang falling into the water and Zhen Huan being poisoned happened one after another. The hatred between Concubine Hua and Zhen Huan grew deeper and deeper, reaching the point where they could not be resolved until one side died.

In order to fight back, Zhen Huan used Xiao Yunzi to pretend to be a ghost and scared Concubine Li so much that she revealed the truth that Concubine Hua was the mastermind behind the scenes. The two forces confronted each other, and finally it was the Queen Mother who stepped in to put an end to this situation. Concubine Li was deposed and sent to the cold palace, and Concubine Hua was temporarily deprived of her power to assist in managing the six palaces by the Emperor's order.

Wen Yuan was hiding in Chuxiu Palace and enjoying herself by eating melons. When the due date came, her period did not come. Everyone in Chuxiu Palace knew the reason. Nuanchun was a well-behaved person and had already gone to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get the menstrual belt on time. The Queen had not yet discovered that all the arrangements she had made in Chuxiu Palace had already been cleaned up by the maids brought by Wen Yuan, and she did not doubt Wen Yuan's situation. What the palace people were discussing most now was the various methods used by Zhen Huan and Concubine Hua.

Her period didn't come, and Xiuxia took Wenyuan's pulse and confirmed that she was already one month pregnant. Wenyuan smiled brightly. The two annoying gangs were fighting each other and both were hurt, but she was pregnant. The more Wenyuan thought about it, the happier she became, and she happily went to write a letter to Yuyin.