A Crossover of Film and Television: Miao Miao's Life Transmigration

When people in the palace learned that Zhen Huan was pregnant, they all said that Zhen Huan was really lucky.

Zhen Huan can only trust Imperial Physician Wen and Liu Zhu now. Even after using the scar-reducing gel, the musk in her body was still not completely cleared up because Imperial Physician Wen used a gentler method, which took longer to clear up.

Zhen Huan, who had just been diagnosed with pregnancy, had a very bad pulse. She asked Imperial Physician Wen to conceal her pulse condition. If the Emperor knew that her pregnancy was not good, he might not have any expectations for the child. This child was the only hope of the Zhen family.

The Empress was ordered to take care of Zhen Huan, and the Emperor had already hinted to her that she had no choice but to help keep this pregnancy.

Even if Zhen Huan miscarries, it cannot be related to her. Unfortunately, the Emperor has already confined Zhen Huan to her quarters, so she cannot leave at all. Now she must protect Zhen Huan's pregnancy even more.

Time flies, and Zhen Huan's pregnancy has lasted for eight months with great difficulty. During these eight months, the Emperor still keeps Zhen Yuandao imprisoned and does nothing to deal with him.

Consort Qi, not wanting Zhen Huan to have an easy time, received a hint from the Empress and found an opportunity to arrange for someone to put a sick rat into Zhen Yuandao's cell.

After Consort Qi finished handling the matter, she reported it to the Empress. The Empress was very satisfied with Consort Qi's actions. If the Emperor heard that Zhen Huan's difficult childbirth was due to fright, it would not be Consort Qi's fault.

For the past few months, Zhen Huan had been behaving herself, and the Emperor generously lifted her confinement. During this time, Shen Meizhuang, despite her weakened state, would come to comfort Zhen Huan. She also knew that the Emperor favored Zhen Huan because of her face, which resembled that of Chun Yuan.

Shen Meizhuang lamented the Emperor's ruthlessness once again. Unfortunately, this time she had no Empress Dowager to rely on, and Cunjutang was about to become a cold palace.

The servants of the Imperial Household Department are masters at judging people by their appearance, but fortunately, Shen Meizhuang's family is wealthy, so she hasn't encountered any major problems yet.

After Zhen Huan was released from confinement, she went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation with her pregnant belly to beg the Emperor to investigate her father's affairs, assuring him that her father would never rebel.

Zhen Huan knelt on the ground and pleaded, "Your Majesty, I do not understand the affairs of the previous dynasty. Does Your Majesty not understand my father's loyalty?"

The Emperor looked at Zhen Huan and softened, but the fact that Zhen Yuandao had taken in the daughter of a disgraced official was undeniable.

The Emperor decreed: "I have investigated the matter of Zhen Yuandao thoroughly. Considering that Zhen Yuandao and his wife are old, I will give them a lenient sentence. Zhen Yuandao and his family will be exiled to Ningguta. As for the daughter of that disgraced official, I order her to be executed."

Upon hearing the Emperor's decree, Zhen Huan wanted to plead again: "Your Majesty, my parents are old and cannot be sent to such a cold place as Ningguta. Although Huanbi is the daughter of a disgraced official, she knows nothing. Can Your Majesty spare her life? Is Your Majesty still holding a grudge about what happened between Nian Gengyao and Prince Dun back then?"

Upon hearing Zhen Huan's question, the Emperor became furious. He irritably flung his hairpins, accidentally knocking the papers off the table. He still doted on Zhen Huan too much. He shouted, "Do you know what you're saying?"

The Emperor only spared the Zhen family's lives out of respect for Zhen Huan. Even after Zhen Huan became pregnant, he only imprisoned the Zhen family to await their fate. Why is Zhen Huan so ungrateful that she expects the Emperor to forgive a guilty official without distinguishing right from wrong? Wouldn't he be a foolish ruler?

Zhen Huan was hit in the face by a flying piece of paper. She picked up the scattered pieces of paper, stared wide-eyed, and couldn't help but read it aloud: "To my beloved wife Wanwan, I grieve for her passing... Even if I have Wanwan, Wanwan is like you. This temporarily relieves my bitter thoughts and dispels the illusion that Wushan is not a cloud."

As Zhen Huan read, tears welled up in her eyes, and her voice choked with emotion. Zhen Huan had previously known that she resembled the late Empress Chun Yuan, and her heart was filled with complex emotions. However, the Emperor was unaware that she knew this. She never expected that the Emperor would unveil this secret in front of her.

Zhen Huan repeated a sentence: "To remove the clouds from Wushan, it is not clouds at all. What a wonderful phrase, 'To remove the clouds from Wushan, it is not clouds at all'."

Unable to suppress her anger and embarrassment any longer, Zhen Huan questioned the Emperor: "Is everything I have gained these past few years solely because of Empress Chun Yuan? What am I, really?"

Looking at the furious Zhen Huan, the Emperor calmly said, "It's your good fortune to resemble Wanwan to some extent."

When Zhen Huan thought of her parents' experiences, her first child whom she never had, and her sister Mei, her eyes flashed with anger.

"Is this a blessing or a curse?"

Then, with tears streaming down her face, Zhen Huan said bitterly, "It's not just the Emperor who was wrong, I was wrong even more. All the love and time I've spent these past few years have been wasted."

The Emperor glanced at Zhen Huan, not understanding the source of her anger, since she had been enjoying his favor for the past few years.

The next moment, Su Peisheng entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation, knelt down and reported: "Someone from the prison has come to report that Lord Zhen has contracted the plague and is on the verge of death."

Upon hearing the news, Zhen Huan lost her balance and fell to the ground.

Su Peisheng quickly helped Wan Changzai up. Wan Changzai was pregnant and he couldn't let this incident cause her to have a premature birth.

Zhen Huan dodged Su Peisheng's hand, crawled to the Emperor's feet, and pleaded bitterly: "Your Majesty, please save my father. Please, for the sake of our past friendship, save my father. I will bear all the blame."

The Emperor coldly replied, “Take responsibility? How can you take responsibility? The evidence against Zhen Yuandao is irrefutable. If it weren’t for your resemblance to Empress Chun Yuan, Zhen Yuandao would already be a corpse.”

The 500,000 taels given by the Qi family and the money confiscated from the Zhen family over the past few months have been used to repair Suiyuxuan, and Zhen Huan has moved back to Suiyuxuan.

Finally, the Emperor ordered that Zhen Huan be sent back to Suiyu Pavilion, and forbade the concubines from visiting her before she gave birth.

Zhen Huan stumbled out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and before she even returned to the Broken Jade Pavilion, she was overcome with anger and fainted on the palace road. She was then carried back to the Broken Jade Pavilion.

The Emperor received the news that Zhen Huan had gone into premature labor. Childbirth is inherently a life-or-death situation, and Zhen Huan had even fainted. Fortunately, Imperial Physician Wen was able to help, and Zhen Huan finally gave birth to a princess with great difficulty. The Seventh Princess was weak and sickly and needed to be carefully cared for.

After giving birth, Zhen Huan leaned against the bed and silently shed tears, while Shen Meizhuang comforted her.

"Huan'er, the Zhen family is now counting on you. The Seventh Princess has just been born. You must pull yourself together."

Zhen Huan knew what to do, but she still couldn't control her emotions. The Emperor lifted the last veil, revealing that she had become a substitute. How could she accept this? If she had failed to be chosen in the first place, would this situation have been avoided?

Zhen Huan thought about many things, but she still couldn't convince her own heart. She wanted to leave this oppressive palace and escape to the outside world, but when she thought of her parents and sister, her child, and her enemy, she felt unwilling. Her heart was already dead.

Zhen Huan said blankly, "Sister Mei, I understand. I need to think about it carefully."

The next day, the Emperor learned that Zhen Huan had given birth to a princess, and he came to Suiyu Pavilion to see the Seventh Princess.

Zhen Huan spoke a few words coldly to the Emperor, who then turned and left. Zhen Huan had only mentioned wanting to name the Seventh Princess Wanwan, but the Emperor directly bestowed upon her the name Longyue.