"Long live the emperor! Long live the emperor!"

The Queen took An Lingrong to the gate to welcome the Emperor. When she spoke, she had a smile on her face and her voice was full of energy, without showing any dissatisfaction at all.

"You don't have to be so polite, Queen. Lady An is pregnant, so please get up too!"

Accompanied by Su Peisheng, Yongzheng walked into Jingren Palace. As soon as he came in, he saw the Queen, An Lingrong, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the yard. He immediately waved his hand and exempted everyone from the formalities.

In fact, the reason why Yongzheng suddenly visited Jingren Palace this time was not a spur-of-the-moment decision.

Just before, when Jianqiu ran to Yonghe Palace to convey the Queen's order and asked An Lingrong to go for questioning, Su Peisheng's apprentice Xiao Xiazi happened to run into the two of them.

At that time, Xiao Xiazi was filled with worry when he saw that An Lingrong did not take the sedan chair, but walked all the way from Yonghe Palace to Jingren Palace with Jianqiu.

Everyone in the palace knew that An Lingrong was pregnant. Moreover, because An Lingrong's dealings with others were usually impeccable, Xiao Xiazi often received tips from An Lingrong when he met her.

Because of this, after Xiao Xiazi returned, he felt more and more that something was wrong, so he told Su Peisheng about his chance encounter with An Lingrong and Jianqiu.

Su Peisheng is an old eunuch serving the emperor. How sharp is his sense of smell?

As soon as he heard what his disciple said, he immediately knew that the Queen was likely to make things difficult for An Lingrong!

If it were under normal circumstances, Su Peisheng, who is always good at protecting himself, would certainly not care about this matter.

Not only would he not care, he wouldn't even let Xiao Xiazi let any word of it leak out.

But not long ago, Cui Jinxi had just talked to him about how the current situation of Zhen Huan and the other three might not be very safe.

Su Peisheng and Cui Jinxi are old acquaintances and have known each other for decades.

But now Cui Jinxi is highly valued by Zhen Huan, and Zhen Huan is loved by Yongzheng. Su Peisheng and Cui Jinxi not only serve their respective masters, but it will also be of great benefit to him to follow these two.

In addition, Su Peisheng understood the emperor and knew that Yongzheng was extremely fanatical in his desire to have a child.

Earlier, Noble Concubine Fucha had a miscarriage, and Yongzheng was very sad about it. It took him a long time to adjust before he finally recovered.

Now, Noble Lady Wan is on good terms with Noble Lady Shen and Noble Lady An, and Shen Meizhuang and An Lingrong are pregnant, so she can be said to be the "most important" of the trio.

After some thought, Su Peisheng "inadvertently" mentioned while serving the emperor that Xiao Xiazi saw An Lingrong and Jianqiu "walking" towards the Queen's Jingren Palace on the palace road.

Yongzheng didn't think much of it. He just followed Su Peisheng's words and remembered that he hadn't seen the queen for some time.

He had just promoted Zhen Huan's position, and he simply sent a servant to inform the Queen.

An Lingrong has always been on good terms with Zhen Huan. Now the Queen wants to see An Lingrong. Could it be that she is dissatisfied with this matter and wants to take the opportunity to vent?

Although in the emperor's heart, the queen has always been virtuous and kind, he would often only give some advice to the emperor about his favoritism for other concubines, but would not really do anything.

But Yongzheng has always been very confident in his intuition. Since he thought that An Lingrong might face a beating when the Queen called her to Jingren Palace this time, he had to come and see it in person no matter what.

Hence, there was a scene where Yongzheng came here.

The queen didn't know that she had been suspected by the emperor before, so she stepped forward with a gentle smile and asked, "Why did the emperor come at this time?"

"I thought it's been a while since I last visited the Queen, so I came to take a look."

Yongzheng walked in surrounded by the crowd and asked casually, "Why, Concubine An is also here with the Queen?"

"Your Majesty, you may not know that although I have already exempted Lady An from the formalities of paying respects, I am still thinking about her and the dragon fetus all the time. Therefore, I asked Jianqiu to go to Yonghe Palace to invite Lady An over. First, I wanted to inquire about her recent situation. In addition, the emperor just issued an order for Lady An to move to Yonghe Palace. As the master of the six palaces, I naturally have to care about her and see if she has any other needs..."

The queen had already prepared a speech. Facing the emperor's questioning, she did not show any strange expression and answered the question easily.

As they were talking, they had already entered the main hall, and Yongzheng sat on the throne.

"The Queen has always been thoughtful. I am relieved to have you take care of Concubine An and the others for me."

Yongzheng asked, "Mrs. An, are you still used to living in Yonghe Palace?"

An Lingrong had been keeping her presence low, but now that the emperor had personally called her, she could no longer play dumb, so she stepped forward and replied, "Your Majesty, Eunuch Su has taken care of everything. I thank your majesty for his grace, and thank the queen for her concern!"

An Lingrong's words directly praised Su Peisheng. Su Peisheng immediately bowed and thought to himself that he was right to help this time. This noble lady An was really flawless in treating people and things!

"It's fine as long as you get used to it. The Queen also said that if you need anything, just come to the Queen and she will help you."

Yongzheng nodded to An Lingrong first, and then said, "Empress, I have promoted Concubine Wan to a higher position. Now that Concubine An has moved to Yonghe Palace, she will be the only one living in Suiyuxuan. You can relax a little more now."

"Yes……"

The empress was completely confused by Yongzheng's words. She didn't understand how she could relax after all this trouble. But these words came from the emperor's mouth, and she always presented herself as "virtuous" in front of him.

At this time, the queen had nothing else to say except to smile and agree.

Yongzheng was not used to staying in Jingren Palace. He felt uncomfortable after just chatting with the empress for a while.

The Queen was also very eager to send Yongzheng away quickly. Seeing that Yongzheng seemed to have the intention to leave, she was secretly happy in her heart but remained expressionless on her face.

"Would Your Majesty like to stay for dinner?"

The queen knew that the emperor no longer wanted to stay with her, and she felt both happy and bitter.

She was happy because the sooner the emperor passed away, the smoother her search for an imperial physician would be. Her bitterness came from the fact that as a wife, she was not favored by her husband, and he even felt uncomfortable staying with her for a while. This was truly a complete failure.

No matter what he thought in his heart, the queen's acting skills made Yongzheng not notice anything wrong.

"No, I just came to see you. It's still early now, and I'm going back to the Yangxin Palace."

Sure enough, just as the queen thought, Yongzheng rejected her "invitation" without even thinking about it.

Originally, when things had come to this point, everything that followed would be easy.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Jianqiu also rushed over from the Imperial Hospital with the imperial physician.

They returned to Jingren Palace just before Yongzheng left, which naturally made Yongzheng stop.

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