He conspired against her in his previous life, and he flirted with her on their wedding night again

Eunuch Yuan also felt that Prince Ling's visit to the palace to pay his respects to the Emperor was fake, and that he was really looking for him.

This feeling made Eunuch Yuan feel very bad.

The emperor is very jealous.

He will have a hard time.

Isn't Prince Ling harming him?

Eunuch Yuan's legs felt weak when he left the imperial study, and he wanted to know why Prince Ling wanted to see him.

After leaving the imperial study, Eunuch Yuan walked towards a deserted place. As expected, he was right. Prince Ling was looking for him, and Prince Ling followed him.

Eunuch Yuan, "..."

If Prince Ling wanted to see him, he could just send someone to tell him to go to Prince Ling's mansion.

He would rather make the trip than be glared at by the emperor.

What if I get really angry and use a real knife?

Eunuch Yuan had a bitter face, "Does the prince have any instructions for me?"

Xie Jingyan asked, "Eunuch Yuan, do you know if anyone saw the Queen Mother on the day when the Emperor issued the decree to execute the entire Yan family?"

Eunuch Yuan, "...???"

It's been six or seven years, how could he still remember this?

The Queen Mother lived in Shoukang Palace. Not many people outside the palace saw her, but the concubines in the palace would occasionally show up in front of her. But when it comes to the day when the Emperor ordered the execution of the entire Yan family...

Eunuch Yuan said, "That day the Queen Mother went to the cold palace to meet your mother, the Concubine Chen."

Xie Jingyan frowned, "Why would the Queen Mother go to the cold palace to see my mother?"

Eunuch Yuan said, "The Queen Mother originally did not want to go. The Concubine Chen asked me to bring a message to the Queen Mother, so the Queen Mother went to the cold palace."

Xie Jingyan asked, "What?"

Eunuch Yuan remembered that sentence very clearly. He replied, "The Concubine Chen asked me to tell the Queen Mother that when she married the Emperor, she would never forget the words the Queen Mother taught her..."

Xie Jingyan's brows were tightly knitted together, "What did the Queen Mother say to my mother?"

Eunuch Yuan shook his head. He didn’t know. “When Concubine Chen married the Emperor, on the second day after the wedding, the Emperor accompanied Concubine Chen to pay respects to the Empress Dowager, and I was there with them. The Empress Dowager didn’t say anything special at the time. She just asked Concubine Chen to have children for the royal family. But after the tea, the Empress Dowager asked Concubine Chen to talk to her alone for a while. Maybe she said that at that time…”

Because the Empress Dowager went to see the Concubine Chen because she asked him to convey the message, Eunuch Yuan found it strange and became cautious.

He said, "The Queen Mother went to the cold palace to see the Concubine Chen, but she returned to Shoukang Palace after a short while, and then summoned the Minister of Justice."

From refusing to see his mother to asking the Minister of Justice to protect the Yan family's bloodline, the empress dowager only went to the cold palace once during this period.

The one who made the Queen Mother sincerely help the Yan family was not someone else, but his mother? !

At that time, my mother herself could hardly protect herself, how could she convince the Queen Mother to willingly help the Yan family?

Just because he has been keeping the Queen Mother's teachings in mind for more than ten years?

What did the Queen Mother admonish my mother for?

Xie Jingyan's trip to the palace solved one doubt, but also created a bigger one.

His intuition told him that the Queen Mother disliked his mother, and therefore disliked him, which had a lot to do with this admonition.

Eunuch Yuan told Xie Jingyan everything he knew. Fearing that the emperor would be angry, Eunuch Yuan withdrew and hurried back to the imperial study.

Just as Eunuch Yuan guessed, he felt the emperor's dissatisfaction as soon as he entered the imperial study.

The emperor was reading memorials, but the temperature around him was very low.

Eunuch Yuan waved his hand and asked the palace servants in the imperial study to leave. After everyone left, he stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Prince Ling just asked me who the Queen Mother met on the day you issued the decree to execute the Yan family..."

The emperor was holding a memorial, and when he heard this, his hand froze, "Why did he ask the empress dowager?"

Eunuch Yuan shook his head, "I didn't dare to ask more..."

"Where is Yan'er?" asked the emperor.

"……gone."

The emperor's face had just turned a little bit, and then it returned again, and it looked even uglier than the first time.

He really came to look for Eunuch Yuan. If it wasn't difficult to find someone directly, he probably wouldn't even have entered the imperial study.

Eunuch Yuan stood aside cautiously. Prince Ling was investigating the case of Concubine Chen and was asking about the day when the Emperor ordered the execution of the Yan family. It would be strange if he was in the mood to see the Emperor.

This case happened so long ago that probably half of the people in the palace have been replaced. It's not easy to investigate it.

Eunuch Yuan hoped that Concubine Chen was wronged, but he was also afraid that she would die unjustly.

The Emperor was already in great pain because of Concubine Chen's betrayal. If Concubine Chen was really being plotted against, not only would the Emperor fail to help her get revenge, he would also execute the entire Yan family and demote Prince Ling to guard the imperial mausoleum for four years. The Emperor's pain must be more than ten times what he is feeling now.

Eunuch Yuan has served the emperor all his life, and he really doesn't want to see this happen.

But if Concubine Chen cannot overturn the verdict, Prince Ling cannot be made the crown prince...

Eunuch Yuan sighed inwardly.

At this time, there was a knock on the door of the imperial study, and Xiao Xizi came in and reported, "Your Majesty, Prince Cheng's concubine is pregnant."

Normally, if a prince's concubine is pregnant, the emperor will not be informed.

After all, the emperor is busy enough with all kinds of affairs.

But the pregnancy of the concubine in Prince Cheng's mansion was unusual, for Prince Cheng was the emperor's biological brother from the same mother. For so many years, Prince Cheng had only one sickly prince, who was sick and taking medicine for ten months out of the twelve months of the year. He might die one day. Without his only son, Prince Cheng would have no descendants.

Over the years, the Cheng Palace has been working hard to cure the illness of Prince Cheng, but Prince Cheng has not rested. The Queen Mother has given him women, and the Emperor has also given him women, but none of them succeeded in getting pregnant.

The emperor and the queen mother had no hope, but unexpectedly, the condition of the Crown Prince Cheng improved significantly and the concubine became pregnant.

But this is a good thing. One son is always less. If something goes wrong, there will be no one to inherit the Chengwang Mansion.

The Emperor was happy for the birth of a new baby in Prince Cheng's mansion, but his joy faded a lot when he thought of the people he sent to Wangzhou to investigate the iron mine, who had no news since they left.

Shoukang Palace.

The Queen Mother leaned back on the chaise longue, resting her eyes.

A palace maid stepped forward quickly and said happily, "The Queen Mother is very happy, the Prince Cheng's concubine is pregnant!"

The Queen Mother opened her eyes. Before she could say anything, Aunt Zhao asked, "Are you really pregnant?"

The maid said, "She is really pregnant. Concubine Zhao vomited when she woke up this morning. We asked the imperial physician to come to her house to check her pulse. She is already more than two months pregnant."

Nanny Zhao looked at the Queen Mother and said, "The Queen Mother is going to have another grandson..."

Nanny Zhao's happy voice faded when she saw the empress dowager's bleak expression.

It's a good thing that the concubine of King Cheng is pregnant, but this good news comes too late...

Fengyi Palace.

Queen Song was feeding fish in the pavilion.

Ever since Xie Jingyin's attempt to murder the eldest prince failed and he lost the possibility of competing for the position of crown prince, Queen Song lost her motivation to compete.

In addition, Concubine Qi and Concubine Liu died in Fengyi Palace, so those concubines did not dare to come to her.

The Phoenix Seal was never taken back and is still in the hands of Concubine Wang Shu.

Now she only has the title of queen.

Thinking that this was the first time in twenty years since she entered the palace that she had lived such a leisurely life and became lazy, Queen Song raised the corner of her mouth in a sarcastic and cold smile.

It was really boring. Queen Song was ready to go back to the bedroom. However, just as she stood up, a palace maid ran over and said, "Queen, the concubine of Prince Cheng is pregnant..."

Queen Song was stunned and blurted out, "Prince Cheng's concubine is pregnant? How is this possible?!"

The palace maids who reported the matter were a little confused.

Isn’t it normal for Prince Cheng’s concubine to be pregnant?

It's abnormal that no one has been pregnant in King Cheng's inner palace for so many years.

Queen Song's face looked ugly.

A bad premonition flashed through her mind.

When she thought of something else, her face turned pale and she seemed to be unable to stand.