Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 122

Qin Shaoze also clearly favored her. He stayed at Weixia Courtyard for eight out of ten days, and whenever she and Yao Sujuan quarreled, Qin Shaoze always sided with her.

As a result, Liu Manman became arrogant and smug again in the Yongning Marquis's residence.

See, she's definitely the better one; she won this battle in the end!

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Shen Lingjun hasn't been paying much attention to Liu Manman lately. Ever since she learned that her father and brother might not be dead, she's been preoccupied with that matter.

She waited anxiously, hoping that Mo Zhonggui would bring her new news.

Shen Lingjun didn't tell Wen Shi, intending to wait until she had definite news. Otherwise, if she gave Wen Shi such high hopes and then things fell apart, Wen Shi couldn't afford such an ordeal.

These tense days were really hard to bear. Not long after, Shen Lingjun went to the palace again to see Consort Jing, which was a way to distract herself.

Consort Jing has started experiencing morning sickness; her nausea is severe, she feels nauseous at the sight of anything, and vomits everything she eats.

The good complexion she had recently achieved has vanished, and she looks much thinner. It's fortunate that she's currently pregnant; she's the only pregnant concubine in the palace, so the Emperor still values ​​her highly.

Shen Lingjun also prescribed medicine to relieve Jingpin's morning sickness and wrote two recipes for making candied fruit. He told the palace maids to make them according to the recipes and to suck on a piece of candied fruit when they felt nauseous, which would be better than taking medicine.

As Shen Lingjun wrote the prescription, Consort Jing sat beside him, rubbing her chest and sipping tea: "Lingjun, it's so good to have you. I had no idea pregnancy was so painful..."

Shen Lingjun smiled and said, "At Your Majesty's age, pregnancy is more difficult than for other women. After the first three or four months, the morning sickness will not be so severe."

She put down her pen and glanced at Consort Jing: "What kind of tea is Your Highness drinking?"

Consort Jing handed her the teacup to see: "This is fruit tea, it has a little effect in relieving nausea. I've had the imperial physician examine it."

The teacup contains common dried fruits such as dried red dates, dried goji berries, and dried hawthorn. The resulting tea has a sweet and sour taste, which is indeed more appetizing than tea made from tea leaves.

Shen Lingjun smelled it, then picked out the dried fruit inside and examined it carefully. His expression gradually became serious.

Seeing her expression, Consort Jing realized something was wrong, and her heart sank: "Lingjun, is there a problem?"

Shen Lingjun picked out a piece of dried fruit that looked very similar to thinly sliced ​​hawthorn and showed it to Consort Jing.

"This is a Yelu fruit, from southern Xinjiang. It's not poisonous and won't cause much harm to the mother or fetus. The only effect is that if a pregnant woman eats too much of it, the baby will be born with extremely dark skin... as dark as coal."

After Shen Lingjun finished speaking, Consort Jing's face turned completely pale.

If she were to give birth to a child who was as dark as a monster, in Bei Yi, this would signify misfortune, bad luck, and calamity. She, the child, and even the entire Wen family would face annihilation!

In the previous dynasty, it is said that a concubine gave birth to a severely deformed child, causing panic throughout the palace. At that time, the child was regarded as a demon incarnate, and the concubine was the mother of the demon. Both mother and child were tied to a fire platform and burned alive. Even the concubine's maternal family was secretly wiped out and completely erased!

This situation differs from typical palace intrigue and assassination cases, where there is still a chance to uncover the truth and prove innocence.

People's fear of calamities and evil spirits is overwhelming. She will be unable to defend herself and will not even have the chance to cry out that she is innocent. She will be dealt with immediately!

What a vicious plot!