Marrying Wife and Concubine Together: After Rebirth, I Remarried the Scumbag's Father on the Sp

She cried and said, "Your Majesty, I never expected my father to have such thoughts. I originally intended to conceal the news of my pregnancy, but my maidservant spread the word. I have already punished her and banished her from the palace!"

Xiao Ling nodded: "Get up first, I don't blame you!"

Upon seeing Lin Yiwan arrive, he immediately exclaimed, "Aunt? You've come?"

Lin Yiwan walked to his side, took his pulse, and gave him some pills to take.

After he finished eating, she said, "Grand Scholar Chen went to the Marquis of Zhanyi's residence before, and he told me that Consort Chen is pregnant!"

Consort Chen's face turned pale and ashen. She murmured in a trembling voice, "What exactly is he trying to do? Does he really want to make this known to everyone?"

Lin Yiwan reassured him, "The Emperor has a bloodline to continue, which is a joyous occasion worth celebrating. You don't need to be too nervous!"

"But!" Consort Chen glanced at Xiao Ling in a panic, her expression uneasy.

Xiao Ling said coldly, "It seems that Grand Secretary Chen has failed to understand my meaning. He still harbors illusions about the child in Consort Chen's womb. In that case, the Chen family need not remain in the capital any longer!"

Consort Chen trembled and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, please calm down. My father is just being stubborn for a moment. Please let me go out of the palace to persuade him. He will surely change his mind!"

Xiao Ling frowned and asked, "Do you think he'll listen?"

A fierce struggle flashed in Consort Chen's eyes. Yes, his hope had been ignited, how could he be so easily persuaded?

Just as she fell silent, Xiao Ling asked in a hoarse voice, "Imperial Consort, are you of one mind with me?"

Consort Chen quickly replied, "Your Majesty is my person, and naturally I am of one mind with Your Majesty!"

Xiao Ling said, "Since that's the case, then you should completely sever your father's hopes. That's the only way for them to stay in the capital!"

Consort Chen subconsciously looked at her lower abdomen: "Does the Emperor no longer want to keep this child?"

Xiao Ling frowned and said, "Of course we'll keep it, but you'll have to put on a show, let your father's hopes be destroyed by his own hands!"

He asked Consort Chen to lean closer so he could tell her the plan.

After hearing this, Consort Chen immediately nodded: "Very well, Your Majesty, I am willing to act in this play!"

Xiao Ling then asked Lin Yiwan for the pills to change her pulse, and also stuffed a blood pack into Consort Chen's waist.

Once everything was ready, she immediately left the palace with great fanfare and returned to Grand Secretary Chen's residence.

Grand Secretary Chen was in a very depressed mood. He was discussing countermeasures with his staff when he heard the gatekeeper report that Consort Chen had returned to the residence.

He quickly told everyone to go out and greet them properly, making sure they were treated with the utmost respect.

Consort Chen was helped into the warm pavilion. She first distributed the gifts to everyone, and then spoke with a grim expression: "Father, why did you go to the Marquis of Zhanyi's residence to cause trouble? Do you know that you have angered the Marquis's wife?"

Grand Secretary Chen retorted impatiently, "So what? It's only because you're afraid of her that she's become so arrogant, not even putting me, a Grand Secretary, in her eyes!"

Consort Chen pleaded, "She is of noble status and has been kind to the Emperor. How can we not show her respect?"

Grand Secretary Chen interrupted in a deep voice: "Alright, can we not mention her? Since you've come back to visit us, tell us something that will make us happy. Has the Emperor already agreed to withdraw the imperial edict of abdication?"

Consort Chen answered without hesitation: "No, not only did he not intend to retract the imperial edict, he also said that he would take me and the child in my womb to the mausoleum to live in seclusion!"

Grand Secretary Chen suddenly stood up and said, "What? He actually made such an absurd decision? Is he going to completely hand over the country and the throne to someone else?"

Consort Chen sneered: "Even if he were to give it away, it would be to his great-uncle. In the end, this empire still belongs to the Xiao family. What does it have to do with you?"

Grand Secretary Chen stormed out, exasperated: "No, I have to stop him. If he goes to the mausoleum, will he ever be able to come back?"

He left in a hurry, prompting Consort Chen to grab his arm in a panic: "Stop right there! What right do you have to lecture him?"

Grand Secretary Chen was furious. Without even looking at the person who had come from, he immediately waved her away.

"Ah!" Consort Chen let out a shrill scream.

She collapsed to the ground, and blood immediately soaked through her skirt, trickling out.

Madam Feng's face changed drastically with fright. She screamed, "Oh no! Her Highness the Imperial Concubine is bleeding! Someone, hurry and fetch the royal physician!"

Grand Secretary Chen also suddenly stopped in his tracks. He turned around abruptly, and his eyes were stung by the blood on the ground.

He rushed over and asked, "Your Highness, how are you feeling? How are you? Please speak!"

Consort Chen murmured, her face pale, "It hurts, it hurts so much! Father, please save me! I can't lose this child! This is the Emperor's only bloodline!"

Grand Secretary Chen roared angrily, "Are they all dead? Why aren't you fetching the imperial physician right away?"

Before long, the physician arrived in a hurry, carrying his medicine box.

He first took Consort Chen's pulse, and then said with a grim expression, "The situation is very bad. She has miscarried and is bleeding. I'm afraid she won't be able to save the baby!"

Before Consort Chen could say anything, Grand Secretary Chen jumped up: "Protect him! You must protect him! This is the imperial heir! If anything happens to him, you won't survive either!"

The physician was drenched in sweat; he had never shouldered such a heavy responsibility before.

Consort Chen comforted him, saying, "Don't be afraid. To know me is my fortune, to lose me is my fate. Just do your best!"

The physician calmed down and used all his skills to save her pregnancy.

However, the bleeding was too profuse, and ultimately it was unsuccessful.

When Grand Secretary Chen heard the news, he was so frightened that he stumbled. At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind: the Chen family was doomed.

He asked in a panic, "What should I do? It's my fault that the Imperial Concubine lost her heir. How can I explain this to the Emperor?"

Old Madam Chen looked at Consort Chen through tears: "Your Highness, please don't blame your father. He didn't mean it. He longed for the birth of your child more than anyone else!"

Consort Chen smiled bitterly: "I don't blame him, but I wonder if he knows he's wrong?"

Grand Scholar Chen crawled on his knees before her: "I know I was wrong, Your Highness. I am not afraid of dying, but your grandmother and your mother are innocent. Please, for their sake, keep this a secret!"

Consort Chen bit her lip and murmured, "Father, you should know very well that this is the Emperor's only bloodline!"

Grand Secretary Chen slapped his own face repeatedly, crying as he said, "I must have lost my mind to pull you away, I deserve to die!"

Madam Chen hugged his arm tightly: "My son, the Imperial Concubine has respected you since you were a child, and she will protect our Chen family!"

Consort Chen squeezed her eyes shut and said, "Resign. This is the best outcome for you. If I take the blame for this alone, the Emperor will certainly not let it go easily. To avoid implicating you, you must leave the court!"

A fierce struggle flashed across Scholar Chen's face; the feeling of falling from heaven to hell was truly unbearable.