On the night that Nian Shilan returned to the palace, Concubine Chun, who was ten months pregnant, went into labor. Zhen Huan waited in front of the delivery room from dusk to dawn, and from dawn to dusk.

"Wow-wow-"

"It's born! Congratulations on giving birth to a little princess!" The midwife smiled happily, cleaned the little princess and carried her out to show Zhen Huan.

"Congratulations, Queen Consort Wan! Concubine Chun has given birth to a princess!"

"Hurry up and get up. Let me take a look. How cute is Concubine Chun?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Concubine Chun is doing well. She is just a little exhausted after giving birth and has fallen asleep now."

"That's good, Liu Zhu, come and see!"

"Ugh!"

"Thank you very much for your reward, Madam."

"Jinxi, go tell the Emperor the good news! Oh, and send someone to the Imperial Concubine as well."

Now that the queen is only in name, Nian Shilan is the rightful vice-queen, and any childbirth of a palace concubine must be reported to her.

"Yes, slave, come over right away."

After arranging the trivial matters, Zhen Huan summoned the midwife and the imperial physician to her side and asked in detail, "Didn't they say Concubine Chun was giving birth to a prince? Why is it a princess?"

Wen Shichu wiped his sweat and replied, "Your Majesty, although I can roughly infer the sex of the fetus based on the pulse, it is not absolute. Whether it is a boy or a girl can only be truly confirmed when the fruit is ripe."

Although the gender of the dragon fetus was not something he could control, he knew Huan'er's expectations for this child. Now that Zhen Huan's expectations were dashed, Wen Shichu also felt guilty.

"You are right, I am possessed by a demon. Go down. Imperial Physician Lao Wen is still with Concubine Chun to look after her."

Although Zhen Huan was disappointed, she still had the Fourth Prince, and the Emperor had already agreed to let Hongli be her adopted son. So this result was acceptable to her.

It was a pity for Chun'er. Ever since the imperial physician diagnosed Chun'er's baby and said it was a prince, the empress had been doing bad things to her every day. She even took action at the empress dowager's funeral and accidentally injured Prince Guo's wife.

"I dare not. This is my humble servant's duty, and I will do my best. Your Majesty has endured a long day, so please take care of yourself. I will take my leave."

The midwife was bewildered. Seeing Doctor Wen leave, she followed suit and said, "I'll take my leave."

Yikun Palace——

"gave birth?"

"Yes, the chief eunuch of Yongshou Palace just reported that Concubine Chun gave birth to a princess."

"Princess, hello, Princess." Zhen Huan already has an adopted son, the Fourth Prince. If Concubine Chun, who is on good terms with her, gives birth to another prince, she will be so proud!

"What does the emperor say?"

"The Emperor had Eunuch Su deliver a number of gifts to Yongshou Palace, and also granted Concubine Chun the right to personally raise the Fifth Princess."

"Didn't the Emperor say he wanted to promote her?"

"How could that be, Your Majesty? Concubine Chun just gave birth to a princess, what's so great about that? Concubine Wu gave birth to a princess even earlier than her, and isn't she still a concubine now? Concubine Chun is already a noble lady, what is there to be dissatisfied about? Besides, the harem is full of concubines now, so there is no place for her even if she wants to be promoted!"

After the Queen's fall, the wrongly accused Fei Yunyan, Chen Lingyi, and Fucha Yixin were restored to their original titles and positions, so the number of concubines in the harem is now over-represented. (Ningpin, Huipin, Lipin, Yipin, Xinpin, Zhenpin, Yupin)

Fei Yunyan was fine. Although the emperor thought it was unlucky for her to come out of the cold palace and no longer favored her, she was still a concubine and a lackey of the imperial concubine, so her life was naturally not bad.

However, Chen Lingyi was killed by the Queen's men. The Emperor, for the sake of the Third Princess, posthumously named her Consort Fang and buried her in the Consort Mausoleum.

As for Fucha Yixin, due to the previous dynasty's Fucha clan, the empress did not dare to do anything too extreme, and only had someone dress up as a ghost at night to scare her to death. Now that she has been released from the cold palace, she is being held captive in the palace and cannot easily leave. Although she is a concubine, her life is also miserable.

"Hmph~" Nian Shilan was upset for a while and then let go of Fang Jiachun's intention. She only ordered Songzhi to reduce three points of the emperor's reward and send it to Concubine Chun.

After Songzhi agreed, Nian Shilan asked again, "How is the task I asked you to do yesterday going?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. The two Imperial Physicians Jiang dare not be perfunctory in fulfilling your instructions. The medicine is already being prepared, and the servants in Jingren Palace and the Imperial Kitchen have also arranged for it. In two days at the latest, the one in Jingren Palace will enjoy the great gift Your Majesty has sent her!"

Songzhi pinched Hua Fei's shoulders and smiled wickedly.

Yixiu, who was far away in the small Buddhist temple of Jingren Palace, felt a chill down her spine. "Who is thinking about me?"

After Yixiu was confined to her house, the emperor punished her by making her copy Buddhist scriptures every day and kneel for two hours to confess her sins to the Buddha.

She was used to doing these things. Long after her eldest brother died and her hands were stained with blood again and again, Yixiu became accustomed to copying Buddhist scriptures and atonement to the Buddha.

Of course, she didn't think she was wrong to harm others. She was just afraid that her evil deeds would be punished on her son Honghui, so she sought psychological comfort from the Buddha.

After Feng Ruozhao learned of Nian Shilan's actions, he simply said, "Since the Imperial Concubine wants to vent her anger, let our people help her."

"Empress, oh Empress, you've been in this position for too long, so long that everyone in the palace wants to pull you down! So, you won't blame me for taking advantage of you one last time, right?"

Nian Shilan has set her sights on your position as Queen, but I am not greedy. For now, I am content with the position of Imperial Noble Consort.

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