Mind reading, I used the concubine system to become the empress

In Yaohua Palace, the imperial concubine was teasing Prime Minister Qian's son on the couch.

Her expression was gentle and warm, as if the person in her arms was her own biological son.

When she was about to bend over and wipe the baby's saliva with a handkerchief, the nanny hurried over and whispered something in her ear.

The imperial concubine paused, her eyelashes trembling, and asked in a low voice: "Did His Majesty really stop him? Then what is Madam Wan's situation now?"

The personal nanny nodded and whispered, "He was caught by His Majesty and his jaw was removed on the spot. He didn't even have a chance to commit suicide."

When the imperial concubine heard this, she twisted the handkerchief in her hand.

She bit her lip and asked, "Does the Prime Minister still have a chance to get rid of her?"

Madam Zhou shook her head. "We don't know yet. Madam, we have to stay calm and wait for news from the Prime Minister."

The imperial concubine nodded and suppressed her panic. As long as Nanny Wan died, there would be no evidence and His Majesty would certainly not do anything to her.

As she thought about it, her mind was filled with the emperor's deeds since he ascended the throne.

Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has wanted to cleanse the old political system and many ministers have been purged in recent years. There was even a time when the execution ground was so bloody that it was daunting. Many people privately said that he was a tyrant.

Thinking of this, she trembled and hurried to comfort herself.

If His Majesty doesn't die, Shicheng will be the one to die, and she can't let anything happen to Shicheng.

Even if this plan fails, there is still the siege in the hunting ground. Only if she keeps calm can Shi Cheng be safe.

She still has a chance.

The personal nanny's eyes were filled with worry. Her queen was kind-hearted and never fought for anything, which was why the emperor favored her and made her a noble concubine.

I didn't expect that such a queen would go this far for her lover before entering the palace.

I just hope that Her Majesty won't reveal the truth, and I also hope that the Prime Minister will treat Her Majesty sincerely after the matter is accomplished.

"Your Majesty has arrived."

The eunuch's message interrupted their thoughts. The imperial concubine took a deep breath and sorted out her expression.

When the imperial concubine saw the emperor step into the room, she was overjoyed and immediately got out of bed to greet the emperor.

She was delighted but also a little resentful. "Your Majesty has been on a southern tour for several months. I thought Your Majesty didn't want to see us have a child."

Lin Shu was stunned.

[Such a good acting? It would be unreasonable if he didn't win an Oscar for such acting. ]

[If I didn’t know the original plot, I would have thought that Daddy was her true love. ]

Lin Shu, who was complaining, was suddenly stunned. His body stiffened and he couldn't help but increase his strength in holding the emperor's hand.

The emperor immediately lowered his head and looked at Lin Shu, somewhat worried. What happened to this girl?

Could it be that he is afraid of seeing the imperial concubine?

The emperor was a little hesitant about whether to send Lin Shu away first, but he was worried that Qian Xiang might have other backup plans in the palace.

Seeing that Lin Shu's expression became more aggrieved, he suddenly felt at a loss, because he didn't know how to take care of the child.

He stiffened and shook himself, his ears turning red.

His voice was a little low, "Be good, don't be afraid, Daddy is here."

The imperial concubine was simply left aside by the emperor.

Lin Shu was still thinking worriedly.

[Will Daddy be deceived by the Imperial Concubine? What if he is fooled by her in just a few words? ]

The emperor's slightly shaking body completely froze and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Why am I like this in my daughter's mind?

He had to punish this little girl.

So he pinched Lin Shu's little feet.

The imperial concubine walked in front of the emperor and looked at the interaction between the two, feeling very disappointed.

Is this the bond between father and daughter? They are so close without any explanation.

The imperial concubine's eyes darkened for a moment.

Nanny Zhou at the side quickly and calmly pulled the imperial concubine.

The imperial concubine suddenly woke up, looked at the emperor hesitantly, and her words were full of resentment.

"Your Majesty, whose baby girl is this? I see that Your Majesty loves her so much, could it be that Your Majesty has a new lover during your tour?"

"No wonder you don't even have eyes for me."

The imperial concubine spoke in a coquettish tone and gently hit the emperor's arm.

Lin Shu's body froze again.

[Too, too corny. ]

[How could she do this to someone she didn't love?]

The emperor pinched Lin Shu's feet again.

This girl's words are a bit hurtful.

The emperor thought this in his heart and smiled gently.

He did not miss the loophole in the imperial concubine's words, "My beloved concubine, how can you be so sure that the baby in my arms is a girl?"

The imperial concubine's eyes trembled slightly, but her mind was not slow, "That's how I feel. People say that women who have just given birth have particularly accurate intuition about babies."

"Look, I guessed it right."

Lin Shu was so angry that he groaned and kicked his hands and feet hard.

[You beep——beep——]

[How would you know if you hadn't seen it? I still remember your disdainful tone at that time! ]

[You are biased towards boys over girls. Humph, you can spend your whole life with your good son with webbed toes.]

The emperor held Lin Shu and sat on the couch, wondering in his heart, what is this beeping noise? It completely drowns out his daughter's words. Is there anything he can't listen to?

What is webbed toes disease? Since it contains the word "toe", it must be a disease of the feet.

The emperor had a smile on his face, but did not respond to the imperial concubine's words.

Instead, he said to the imperial concubine, "Bring the child on your couch to me. I have never seen him before."

Upon hearing this, Nanny Zhou quickly brought Prime Minister Qian's son over.

The emperor was holding Lin Shu tightly and naturally would not take the child. He just stretched out one hand to open the swaddling clothes, exposing the child's feet.

The emperor's pupils suddenly shrank. There was indeed something wrong with the second and third toes of the child's left foot. They were fused together like a duck's webbed feet.

Fortunately, he lowered his head to check so no one else noticed the shock on his face.

When the emperor looked up, his expression was filled with worry. "What's the condition of this child's toes? Has the imperial physician been asked to take a look?"

There was a look of shyness and happiness on the imperial concubine's face.

"Not yet. I didn't expect Your Majesty to be so attentive. I didn't even notice it."

[yue~How does she stay so calm? ]

Lin Shu thought about it and soon figured it out.

[That's right, at this time she didn't understand anything about genetic inheritance, she was just taking advantage of Daddy's ignorance and fooling him like this.]

[This disease is inherited through the Y chromosome, and all males in the same family will inevitably have this symptom. ]

[All the male members of the Qian Xiang clan have feet like this, and you can tell if you look carefully.]

[Unfortunately, in this era, this probably can't be used as any evidence. ]

Lin Shu paused for a few breaths, then suddenly uttered a sound.

[However, Prime Minister Qian does have other evidence that he can obtain.]

[There is a secret compartment under his bed, and the mechanism is the candlestick at the head of his bed. Turn it 2 times to the left, 4 times to the right, and then pull the candlestick up. Then press it hard to the bottom, and it will open! ]

[It contains a secret letter of collusion with the imperial concubine. It not only contains the plan for this incident, but also the plan for the assassination. The evidence of all the events he planned in the future will be hidden in it. ]

[If this person didn't have a special hobby, we really wouldn't be able to find any evidence against him. ]

[That guy likes to quietly admire his masterpiece in the dead of night. When he thinks that everyone else is just beeping, he will feel a strong sense of satisfaction.]

The emperor silently kept the clues provided by Lin Shu in his mind.

Even though webbed toes could not be used as evidence before, it does not mean it cannot be used in the future!

When the girl fell asleep, he asked the secret guard to check. If everything was true, he would ask the imperial physician to record the disease in the medical book.

This must never happen again.

The emperor was still thinking about finding evidence when he heard Lin Shu sighing softly.

[I don’t know if my father wanted to verify with the imperial physician whether this was a genetic disease, or if he simply wanted to treat his fake son.]

The emperor gently touched Lin Shu's little face and smiled somewhat dotingly.

Of course it's the former. He doesn't have the habit of raising children for others.

The imperial concubine was very unhappy when she saw the emperor interacting with Lin Shu all the time.

He immediately acted very weak and pitiful, squeezed next to the emperor, put his head on the emperor's shoulder, and glared at Lin Shu fiercely where the emperor couldn't see.

The tone of her voice was very different from her expression, it was charming and a bit coquettish.

"Your Majesty, why don't you hug our son? Instead, you hold this girl tightly. I will stand up for our son."

Lin Shu watched as the imperial concubine's eyes shrank towards the emperor's arms.

[Daddy, wuwu, I'm so scared, this bad woman is glaring at me from where you can't see.]

The emperor felt very distressed by the sight of Lin Shu's small body curled up in a heap.

He said to the imperial concubine in a cold voice: "Why are boys so delicate? They always want to be hugged. What kind of person is that?"

"You are the same as a mother. If you spoil your child like this since childhood, you don't know what the child will become."

Lin Shu was extremely happy after listening to the emperor's lecture on the imperial concubine.

[That's right, this child has been raised by her to be in love. Not only is he extravagant and dissolute, he also ignores state affairs, and together with his father, he has made a mess of the country. ]

[The soldiers in front of him were fighting the barbarians desperately on the battlefield, but he opened the city gates to welcome the enemy army into the city just to make the heroine smile. He handed over the country to her. ]

[It's a pity for those soldiers, who fought bloody battles to the last moment. Even when they knew that the emperor was welcoming the enemy into the city, they still fought to the death.]

[Finally, the heads of those generals were chopped off and hung on the city walls by the enemy army for three whole months.]

The emperor felt a surge of blood boiling when he heard Lin Shu's words, even though it could not be proven yet that what Lin Shu said was true.

The emperor gritted his teeth in anger and glared at the baby boy.

After calming down a bit, he said, "You are an adult, so stop competing with the child for favor. This girl is my child."

"Her biological mother is a woman from outside the palace. You also know that I was assassinated when I was out for fun ten months ago. It was the child's mother who saved me. At that time, I had her with her mother while I was unconscious."

"I also intended to bring back the mother and daughter during my southern tour, but who knew that the girl's mother died of a difficult childbirth."

"So I sent this girl back first, but who would have thought that someone would actually do something to this child? I am very sad."

The emperor finished the story without blushing or beating his heart, leaving Lin Shu and the imperial concubine dumbfounded.

Imperial Concubine: If this baby wasn’t born by me, I would believe it.

Lin Shu: If I had not been conscious when I was born, I would have believed your nonsense.

The emperor looked at Lin Shu with a sad expression, and even leaned over to kiss Lin Shu's forehead.

The emperor's appearance made Lin Shu doubt whether he had remembered it wrongly. Could she really be the emperor's child with another woman?

The imperial concubine was a little panicked at this time, as she had no idea what the emperor was up to.

He actually helped her and cleared her of all the blame. Could it be that the emperor loved her so much?

She suddenly hesitated about her future plan, but when she thought of Qian Shicheng, she quickly made up her mind.

The emperor chatted with the imperial concubine for a few words, then hurriedly left with Lin Shu.

He muttered to himself, wondering if Manager Zhao had found a wet nurse, otherwise his little baby would go hungry.

Fortunately, Manager Zhao was as tactful as ever when the emperor returned.

Three wet nurses were already waiting, and not only that, there was also a delicate crib for the baby to sleep in.

There is also a small rattle in the crib.

The emperor handed Lin Shu over to a wet nurse and asked someone to find the child's safety lock from the storehouse. He did not go to the side hall until all the things that a newborn baby should have were prepared. Then he called the secret guards.

The emperor gave instructions on the two matters concerning the webbed toes and Prime Minister Qian's secret room, and then returned to Lin Shu.

When he came back, he saw Lin Shu lying on the small bed and fast asleep after eating and drinking. Manager Zhao was still holding the rattle and gently rocking it with a doting smile on his face.

The emperor shook his head helplessly. This girl was quite capable as she managed to take down Manager Zhao so quickly.

The emperor lowered his voice and asked the wet nurse about the precautions for raising a child, and also asked how to hold a child.

He had been envious when he saw the wet nurse carrying Lin Shu away.

He had never held Lin Shu in his arms before. Before that, he had always been holding the small basket that Lin Shu was holding. He could only feel the joy of being a father through the basket.

After hearing this, the wet nurse was about to pick up Lin Shu and let the emperor give it a try, but the emperor frowned and told her not to touch Lin Shu.

"She finally fell asleep, don't disturb her."

The nurse laughed, "Your Majesty, the princess is sleeping soundly and won't wake up. Besides, babies prefer to be in the arms of their parents."

"If Your Majesty hugs the little princess more, the little princess will rely on Your Majesty more."

After hearing what the wet nurse said, the emperor felt itchy and eager to try.

He still asked tentatively: "Really?"

The wet nurse nodded and held Lin Shu in her arms.

The emperor saw that Lin Shu showed no signs of waking up, and his brows relaxed a little. He no longer looked as nervous as he had in the crib.

The emperor held Lin Shu in his arms as the wet nurse had instructed. Only then did he feel the baby's softness and fragility.

Lin Shu in his arms looked even smaller, more like a little kid.

Lin Shu felt the familiar breath and subconsciously shrank towards the emperor's chest.

The emperor's heart melted when he saw this, and he held Lin Shu tightly and refused to let go.

He suddenly thought of Lin Shu's pitiful appearance when he was almost suffocated to death, and he wished he could kill those bastards with his own hands.

At this time in Yaohua Palace, the imperial concubine was sitting on the couch, looking at Nanny Zhou with shock on her face.

"What do you mean the palace is unsafe today? No one is allowed to enter or leave as they please?"

"Your Majesty was fine when he left, and he even tried to make amends for me and get me out of this matter."

"Why are you putting me under house arrest now?"

Madam Zhou sighed deeply, "Madam! You shouldn't have gotten involved. You...ah, you are still too naive."

"You actually thought that His Majesty wanted to protect you. What he wanted to protect from the beginning to the end was the little princess!"

"The emperor wants the little princess to sever her relationship with you. If there is a reckoning, the little princess will not be dragged down. The emperor even gave her a mother who had protected him. Even if she has lost her mother now, who dares to neglect her?"

Nanny Zhou sighed repeatedly, and finally advised the imperial concubine: "Your Highness, if the truth is revealed, you must insist that you knew nothing about it. Originally, you could still rely on your status as the little princess' biological mother to beg for mercy."

"Now, all our escape routes have been cut off by His Majesty."

A trace of confusion flashed across the imperial concubine's eyes, and soon the confusion turned into envy and sadness.

"If my father could plan for me like this, how could I have entered the palace, and how could I have come to this point with Shi Cheng?"

Nanny Zhou didn't care about anything else and suddenly covered the imperial concubine's mouth.

"My queen! Be careful with your words!"