My husband is pure and has few desires, but I gave birth to three children in a row

In the current emperor's harem, the position of empress is vacant.

There were four concubines, namely Noble, Virtuous, Shuo and Defei, and six imperial concubines. In addition, there were about thirty or forty noble ladies, beauties and maids without any official status who were employed by the emperor.

The number of women in the harem totals almost half a hundred. Even so, when people talk about the current emperor, they still say that he is not interested in women.

Shufei was an old woman who served His Majesty when he was in the Qiandi Palace. She served His Majesty for many years and gave birth to two sons and two daughters for His Majesty. Unfortunately, both princes did not live past the age of five.

Now that she is old, although the emperor's favor is not strong, she is still an old woman, and she has given birth to children for Your Majesty, and has two princesses. She also controls a quarter of the palace power, so her position is naturally stable.

What's more, the emperor is also nostalgic. Most of the concubines in high positions in the palace today are the old ones who lived in the palace back then, and those who entered the palace when he first ascended the throne.

Even though the elderly were old, the emperor would still take time out every month to visit the palace and treat them with respect.

Although this concubine was given the title of Shu, she actually had a hot temper and could not tolerate any sand in her eyes.

It is said that after hearing this, Concubine Shu lost her temper on the spot, rushed into the room, dragged Concubine Cheng, who had just had a miscarriage, off the bed, and dragged her all the way outside, intending to confront Concubine Cheng face to face in front of the emperor.

Concubine Cheng didn't expect Concubine Shu to be so fierce and was frightened on the spot.

When asked if she had any evidence, she couldn't produce any.

She only said that her baby looked fine and the imperial physician diagnosed her as a prince.

She said she heard from the palace maids that Concubine Shu failed to raise her own two princes, so she did not allow other concubines in the harem to raise their princes.

No prince was born in the harem in these years because Concubine Shu had been having abortions everywhere behind the scenes.

She also had a meal in Concubine Shu's palace, had a stomachache halfway through, and then had a miscarriage when she came back. If it wasn't Concubine Shu, who else could it be?

She also said that her family had offended the relatives of Concubine Shu, and Concubine Shu must have aborted the little prince in order to avenge her family on behalf of her relatives.

She cried bitterly and begged the Emperor to seek justice and avenge the little prince.

Then, just as she finished speaking, Concubine Shu slapped her twice in the face.

If the emperor had not been unable to bear it anymore and stopped Concubine Shu, I'm afraid Concubine Shu would have ridden on Concubine Shu and beaten her up.

When Lu Zhenzhen heard this, she had a subtle feeling. Could this Concubine Shu be Hu's cousin who was one of the four concubines?

When I asked Grandma Lan, it turned out to be true!

Lu Zhenzhen immediately became concerned and asked, "What happened next? Did they find out what the cause was?"

Second Mistress Lan curled her lips. "Of course it has nothing to do with Concubine Shu. After Concubine Shu left the table with stomachache in the middle of the meal, she became very alert and took control of everyone. Everything on the table, especially the wine and food on Concubine Cheng's table, as well as the utensils, was sealed away."

"Shufei calmly handed these people over to His Majesty's men for interrogation. The wine, food, and utensils were all checked by the Imperial Hospital. In the end, of course, there was nothing wrong! There was no problem with the wine, food, and utensils used."

"Instead, we found something wrong with the medicine that Concubine Cheng was taking. After investigating further, we soon discovered that it was a medicine that Concubine Cheng's family had secretly sent to the palace to ensure the pregnancy of a prince."

After hearing this, Lu Zhenzhen could guess it without Second Grandma Lan saying anything.

I'm afraid there's something seriously wrong with this so-called sex-changing drug.

As expected, the result of the investigation was that this medicine was obtained by Cheng Guiren's family from an old Taoist priest at a high price. It was said that if it was taken before three months, if the fetus was female, it would be changed to a male, and if it was a male, it would stabilize the fetus.

This medicine contains musk, safflower, and cinnabar. If a pregnant woman takes it, no matter how big the fetus is, it will probably turn into a pool of blood.

Lady Cheng had taken three doses, but even if she was pregnant with a baby, she couldn't bear it and had a miscarriage.

To be honest, it was all Cheng Guiren's own fault. He was too clever.

She did not trust the imperial physician in the palace, but believed in the so-called folk remedies of her mother's family, which ended up costing the life of her unborn child.

But Lu Zhenzhen frowned, another old Taoist.

It's this so-called superstitious talk again, and there are elixirs.

It's similar to how the third master was cheated.

They all precisely target the psychological needs of customers.

For example, the third master wanted to find a concubine who could bear children, and paid a large sum of money to have a child.

The Yu family, on the other hand, hopes that Cheng Guiren will give birth to a prince so that the whole family can prosper.

It’s a pity that every beautiful dream was shattered midway.

If this is a fraud gang, I think they must be well-informed and at least have a precise grasp of the needs of their customers.

If they don't get fooled, who will?

You know, the third master went to look for the Taoist priest later, but couldn't find him.

I don’t know if he escaped early because he was afraid of being exposed, or if he is no longer alive.

I don’t know whether this old Taoist has been caught or escaped again?

Lu Zhenzhen silently took note of this matter and planned to have a good talk with Fu Zhiyi in the evening, asking him to pay more attention to it.

Perhaps it was because she came from the modern era and had seen too many fraudulent methods and too many disclosed fraud cases, all of which involved the shadow of fraud gangs.

So she also vaguely felt that these things were not individual, but connected in series, and there was some connection between them.

Of course, this is just her guess. What the result will be depends on whether Fu Zhiyi can find any clues.

However, Lu Zhenzhen soon put the matter behind her because Grandma Lan San told her a more explosive piece of gossip.

The romantic affairs in a certain prince's backyard immediately caught everyone's attention.

At the same time, in the main courtyard of the Lan family.

Uncle Lan, Minister Lan, just sat there with his usual smile on his face, but opposite him, Mrs. Lan was holding her head and wishing she could crawl into the ground.

Then, Minister Lan said slowly, "Since that's the case, starting tomorrow, I'll copy one chapter of the Augmented Collection of Wise Sayings every two days."

Lan suddenly raised her head, a look of surprise on her face. "Brother, it's fine if you punish me by making me copy a book, but why this one? Isn't this for children's enlightenment? How about you punish me by making me copy the Analects of Confucius?"

At least it sounds better when said out loud.

Minister Lan smiled slightly and said, "I think your current intelligence is quite suitable for copying the 'Enlarged Collection of Wise Sayings'. When your intelligence is a little more mature, I will let you copy the 'Analects of Confucius'."

No matter how stupid Lan was, she could tell that her elder brother was mocking her.

Her old face turned red, and she dared not argue anymore, for fear that if he begged again, she would know her brother well. By then, he would not only be copying the "Zeng Guang Xian Wen", but would also have to start from the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic".

Nuonuo agreed, sat aside obediently, and didn't dare to speak.