Childbearing system: The royal family is shocked to see their offspring wither away!

However, Zhou looked much older. She was pretty, but her face was sallow and she wore no makeup. Her eyes were lifeless and her lips were bloodless. She looked more than ten times older than Yun.

"..."

After seeing such a comparison, the emperor was furious!

If Zhou hadn't said anything before, the matter might have remained that way. But since she cried before the emperor, he would definitely make the decision.

The emperor immediately said coldly, "It seems that Earl Yingwu, you want to deprive me of more than just three years' salary?"

"Forget about your salary for the next five years!"

"I heard that your manor has some farms and gardens. I think we should send all the harvests from these farms and gardens directly to Zhou's courtyard this year, so you don't have to carry them yourself."

"Zhou should just fill up the private treasury and use the money to buy some cosmetics."

"It doesn't matter if you behaved inappropriately in front of the emperor. You are the biological mother of the ninth wife, and we are all family."

"If you don't take good care of yourself and your complexion doesn't look good, Lao Jiu's wife and Lao Jiu will be worried about you."

"These two little grandchildren will be born soon. You will have to take good care of them when the time comes."

When the Emperor and the Empress talked about the little grandson and granddaughter in Chen Zhining's belly, they immediately showed a gentle smile.

The smile looked... even a little weird.

After all, the two of them are in high positions, and showing such a smile really seems a bit inappropriate for their status.

But then I thought, they are my grandparents, so their identities become much more appropriate.

Zhou immediately said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Queen!"

"You two have done this for me, and I shall repay you with gratitude."

"I will never refuse death in the future."

"..."

The queen couldn't help but twitch her lips when she heard these familiar words. Isn't this what Chen Zhining said to her at the beginning?

It seems that Zhou may appear to be cowardly and indecisive on the surface, but he also has his merits—like Chen Zhining, he is an honest man.

Then, Zhou said slowly, "Your Majesty, Queen, I have arrested all the people in the medicine shop and brought the prescriptions they had spread. Please understand, Your Majesty and Queen!"

"This prescription may not seem like much, but in fact, it contains an additional ingredient called borneol."

"I have specifically asked the people at the medicine shop. This borneol is a medicine that promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis. Because its aroma is too strong, if it is used in medicine for pregnant women, it will cause discomfort to pregnant women and lead to miscarriage!"

"However, currently, no doctor in Kyoto dares to add borneol to medicine for pregnant women, so the princess would not prescribe medicine with this borneol. This prescription that is circulating must be wrong."

As soon as these words fell, Feicui beside him immediately knelt down and said to the emperor and empress.

"Your Majesty, in reply to the Queen, there is absolutely no borneol in the prescriptions issued by the Imperial Hospital."

"When we go to get medicine, we will never get borneol! Although we do get a few other herbs to cover up our tracks, we will never get borneol!"

"Because we know that Concubine Li is pregnant. If we give her some suspicious medicine at this time, it will be bad!"

"I didn't go to get borneol. Instead, I mixed up the normal abortion-preserving medicines and went to several pharmacies to get them. I also got some commonly used medicines for wind-cold and wind-heat."

"These drugs are mild in nature. Normal people would never think of causing miscarriage or premature abortion!"

"It is obvious that this prescription is fake! The prescription that was circulated must have been deliberately framed by someone else, so they deliberately added borneol."

"Your Majesty and the Queen, please understand. Your Majesty and the Queen, please make the decision for our Princess!!!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the emperor and the queen became furious!

"It's actually a frame-up?!"

"The Queen and I knew something was wrong!"

"The rumors have been circulating in the capital for so long. The Queen and I are aware of them, but we have never taken them to heart before... After all, rumors are just rumors. We originally thought that after the Ninth Daughter-in-law is pregnant, the rumors will disappear on their own."

"But I didn't expect that before the baby was even born, rumors would turn into sharp swords and rush towards my ninth daughter-in-law. Our Zhining is really miserable!"

"Queen, this matter is left to you to investigate! Since Zhou has already passed the evidence to you, you can investigate further."

The emperor turned to look at the queen, who immediately said solemnly, "I obey your orders."

Naturally, it is not convenient for Zhou to investigate this matter.

After all, Zhou is Chen Zhining's biological mother. If she investigates, she might be suspected of shielding her own relatives.

So in order to avoid suspicion, it was the Queen who came to investigate.

In this case, if someone deliberately framed Chen Zhining or something, it can be found out.

Besides, those who did such things were none other than the royal family, so it would be effortless for the queen to investigate the clever tactics used by those royal family members.

Otherwise, it would be too much for Zhou, an unfavored lady of the baron, to investigate this matter, as her parents' home was far away in Yongzhou.

Zhou's face lit up with joy: "Thank you, Your Majesty and the Queen, for being willing to make the decision for the Princess of the County. Thank you, Your Majesty and the Queen!"

Chen Zhining also bowed, "Thank you, Father and Mother!"

"Get up quickly, get up quickly."

When the emperor and the empress saw Chen Zhining and her belly, they immediately became much happier.

They relaxed their faces and asked her to sit down quickly with a smile. "Your belly is so big. It's been six months. And you're carrying twins... Pregnant women are already unable to move around easily. Why are you going through so much trouble?"

"We are all family, so let's stop being polite."

The emperor even said directly: "For the next four months, until you safely give birth to a grandson, you can ride in a carriage when entering and leaving the palace, and you don't have to bow to anyone, including me and the queen."

"At most, I will go to the Queen Mother and pay my respects."

"It's just that the Queen Mother has been staying in the Summer Resort recently and hasn't been back for a long time. I don't know if she will be able to come back when you give birth."

Speaking of the empress dowager, it is quite interesting. The empress dowager is the emperor's biological mother, and also the queen of the previous emperor.

The Empress Dowager was playful and always liked to travel. During the reign of the previous emperor, she was confined to the palace and had no way to go out. After the emperor ascended the throne, no one could restrain her, so she began to travel around the country.

As for the imperial palace, I basically don’t come back once for a year or two.

If she came back, it would at most be to celebrate the birth of a royal grandson, or the birthday of the emperor or empress.