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

In Zhongcui Palace, Su Luyun leaned lazily against a chair, her elbows resting on a soft pillow on the table, while Kexin quietly stayed beside her.

Ke Qing was worried that Su Luyun was hungry, so she went to the small kitchen to get some pastries.

It wasn't lunchtime yet when a sound came from outside, and then the Emperor walked towards Su Luyun.

Su Luyun lazily glanced at the Emperor, her expression indifferent.

The Emperor was delighted. He stepped forward, embraced Su Luyun, and said gently, "Luyun, do you know how happy I am? You are finally pregnant with my child."

"I feel happy whenever I think about having a child who looks like Lüyun. I must think of a good name for him."

Su Luyun watched the Emperor's delighted expression quietly, without saying a word.

After the Emperor finished speaking, Su Luyun said softly, "Your Majesty, Consort Jia and Sister Wan are also pregnant. Would Your Majesty like to go and see the two sisters?"

The Emperor was completely unconcerned and said, "I will have Wang Qin deliver things to them later."

When the Emperor is in front of Su Luyun, he will not sometimes address her as "朕" (zhen, meaning "I" or "the Emperor") when he is in a friendly or happy mood; instead, he will use the title "我" (wo, meaning "I" or "myself").

The emperor then sent someone to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to fetch the memorials, as he was to review them at the Zhongcui Palace that day.

Chen Wanyin, who was pregnant with three children, calmly accepted the Emperor's visit to Su Luyun, as the child was a matter of fate.

Jin Yuyan was not convinced. She asked around and found out that the emperor went to Zhongcui Palace as soon as court was over, which made her even angrier.

Jin Yuyan beckoned Zhenshu over and said, "Now that we've failed to hide my pregnancy, and with three people pregnant at the same time, the Emperor is focusing on Consort Mu. He goes to Zhongcui Palace as soon as court is over. With Consort Mu around, what's the point of caring about my child?"

Zhenshu frowned slightly, then offered a suggestion, saying, "Your Highness, why not join forces with Sulian, who serves the Empress? I believe the Fucha clan certainly wouldn't want a favored concubine's child to appear, and then..."

Jin Yuyan finally cheered up and said, "Hmph, Zhenshu, go and make the contact. Come closer in a moment."

Jin Yuyan whispered a few words to Zhenshu, who nodded to indicate that she understood.

The next day, Jin Yuyan spoke to Gao Xiyue about something. On the way back from paying her respects, Su Luyun overheard Jin Yuyan saying that eating fish and shrimp was good for the baby, and that she had started eating fish and shrimp every day. Gao Xiyue chimed in with agreement.

Su Luyun was full of questions. Was this the same method used against Bai Ruiji being used against her?

Su Luyun outwardly said she would give it a try, but secretly she had hardly ever eaten fish or shrimp, and even told Chen Wanyin not to eat them.

But Su Luyun was not convinced. Why should she be allowed to scheme against her while she had to endure it? Su Luyun gave Jin Yuyan a drug to induce morning sickness. Whenever Jin Yuyan had the thought of harming someone, she would start vomiting. After several such episodes, Jin Yuyan lost ten pounds.

A month later, when Jin Yuyan saw that there was still no news of Su Luyun eating fish and shrimp, and Chen Wanyin was not fooled, Jin Yuyan knew that her plan had failed.

Jin Yuyan used another trick, borrowing Fucha's people to mix mercury with candles and melt them into a single candle, which was then delivered to Su Luyun by Ulanara's people.

Su Lian told Jin Yuyan that this person appeared to be from the Ulanara clan, but was actually from the Fucha clan.

Before Su Luyun had even finished using a single candle, she understood Jin Yuyan's methods. This woman was truly resourceful; even after drugging her, she still had time to come up with ways to harm people.

Su Luyun instructed Keqing to handle the matter, to collect the candles containing mercury, and then to secretly go to the Imperial Household Department to obtain some candles of lower rank than nobles. After all, in ancient times, without candles, one could hardly do anything at night.

Su Luyun then had Chen Wanyin invited to sit in the main hall. She brought out the candle that someone had tried to harm her and told her to be careful. She also told her to be careful with the charcoal used in the spring cold. Although it was almost early summer, people with cold hands and feet would still use some charcoal left over from winter.

Chen Wanyin looked at Su Luyun with gratitude. Su Luyun was the only person in the harem she was willing to give her all for.

Seeing that Su Luyun was not making any move and that the candles were being used, Jin Yuyan thought that her little trick had succeeded.

She started to focus on her pregnancy, but she had severe morning sickness, vomiting everything she ate and losing a lot of weight, which prevented her from properly caring for the fetus.