Although Zhao Yurou did not give birth to a son as she wished, the child was born from her belly, so how could she just ignore it?

"Sister Xiren, please go to the mistress and bring the child over. I haven't seen the child yet and I am really worried about him."

Xiren said, "I forgot to tell you, the Madam has brought the child into the palace."

"What?! Entered the palace?!" Zhao Yurou's eyes widened. "I haven't even seen the child yet. How could Madam bring the child into the palace without telling me?"

Zhao Yurou really thought that Mrs. Wang's behavior was very strange. How could she take the child away without letting the child's mother take a look at him?

What's more, it was a newborn baby, how could he bear it?

Zhao Yurou's thoughts were all on her face. Xiren said with a smile, "Young lady, you are too surprised by what you have seen."

She smiled in an especially gentle and virtuous manner, "Our eldest daughter is now a noble concubine, and her status is noble. Not to mention wanting to see my little niece, even if she wants to see the old lady, she can't delay for a moment. As soon as the madam received the decree from the palace, she didn't even have time to have breakfast, and she left with the child. How could she wait for you to wake up?"

Zhao Yurou still felt something was wrong. "How did the queen know that the child was born when she was in the palace?"

Xiren paused for a moment. She had heard Yuchuan in the Madam's courtyard say this, so how could she know so much?

But she couldn't show any fear in front of Zhao Yurou.

Xiren's expression remained unchanged, with contempt for Zhao Yurou in her eyes, "Miss, you are confused. How could the queen not know about such a big happy event in our family? You'd better stop talking about it, lest people hear and laugh at our family for being ignorant."

Zhao Yurou could only shut up in dismay.

Xiren was embroidering flowers in her hands as if to show off, and she kept talking, "Young lady, just keep it in your belly. The child is yours, but it is also Master Bao's child, and the Madam's granddaughter. Can the Madam treat her badly?"

She raised her head and glanced at Zhao Yurou. Seeing that she didn't react, she continued, "When the Madam left, the carriage was already tightly surrounded. Not even a gust of wind could get in. The child certainly wouldn't be frozen."

Mrs. Wang carried the child all the way to the palace. When Jia Yuanchun saw the child in her arms, a hint of surprise appeared on her face.

"This is?"

"This is the Empress's little niece. Didn't the Empress say some time ago that once the niece is born, she will bring her to the palace for you to see?" Mrs. Wang spoke as if she was deliberately speaking for the palace maids to hear. Her voice was a little loud, and it woke up the sleeping child in her arms.

Mrs. Wang coaxed her and then gave Jia Yuanchun a wink.

Jia Yuanchun asked all the palace maids to leave.

Mrs. Wang moved the child closer, opened the swaddling clothes and let her have a look.

Jia Yuanchun saw it clearly, but she was even more confused, "Didn't they say she was my niece?"

Mrs. Wang wrapped the baby in the swaddling clothes again and said, "I have something to say. Your Majesty may not like it, but you should be patient and listen to it."

"Mom, just say whatever you want to say. There's nothing we can't talk about between women."

Madam Wang said, "Your Highness, think carefully. If you give birth to two children in the future, and neither of them is a prince, what will you do?"

"If there is no prince, it means I am not blessed. What else can I do?" Jia Yuanchun looked at Mrs. Wang's expression and suddenly seemed to think of something. Her expression suddenly changed and she looked at the child in her arms in disbelief. "Mother means..."

Madam Wang nodded and said, "If the queen gave birth to a prince, it would be fine. She could bring the child into the palace to see the world. If not, then this is already a ready-made one."

She hadn't thought about it so much before, but when she held the child last night, she suddenly thought of a lot of things.

If the queen fails to give birth to a little prince, wouldn't she be trampled on by that vixen?

Jia Yuanchun's heart was beating like a drum. She had never known her mother was so bold. "If she is found out, it will be a crime of deceiving the emperor."

Madam Wang said, "Then be careful not to be discovered."

Jia Yuanchun was feeling very upset, and her well-maintained white hands kept touching her belly.

What her mother said made sense. If there was no prince in her belly, Fuqiu would have stepped on her head to show off her power.

But this matter is of great importance. If you are not careful, your family will be confiscated and your entire clan will be exterminated. It is really frightening.

Jia Yuanchun said, "Let me think about it, and then I'll say it."

Mrs. Wang did not urge her to make a quick decision. She just hoped that Jia Yuanchun's pregnancy would not take too long, otherwise even if she had a ready-made baby, it would not be of any use when the time came.

Mrs. Wang thought of another thing and asked, "When I came here, I overheard a few palace maids saying that the Prince of Linhuai was reprimanded by the Emperor again today, and that he was to hand over his military power and return home to reflect on his actions."

Jia Yuanchun really didn't know about this. "I didn't expect things to develop into what they are now. It's really puzzling. The emperor used to value Prince Linhuai so much that even his own son couldn't compare to him. It's only been a short time, but he seems to have become a different person."

Madam Wang said as a matter of course: "The emperor and the Prince of Linhuai are not brothers, so how could they be sincere to each other? It is rare that they have come this far."

Do we have to wait until Prince Linhuai develops ulterior motives?

It will be even more difficult then.

This is probably what the emperor is worried about.

Mrs. Wang thought she had guessed the emperor's thoughts and couldn't help feeling very pleased with herself.

After staying in the palace for a long time, my mind seems to have become much clearer.

"Fortunately, the marriage proposal with the Lin family did not come to fruition. Otherwise, when the King of Linhuai fell, the Lin family would be implicated, and I'm afraid our family would also be implicated."

"We are relatives of the Lin family, but the marriage didn't work out. We are all in the same boat." Jia Yuanchun's thoughts moved slightly, "We must find a way to make it clear with the Lin family."

Madam Wang agreed very much. "Your Majesty is absolutely right. We must let the emperor know that our family is the most loyal and righteous, and we are different from the evil-minded Lin family. When the emperor punishes us, please don't implicate our family."

But things are not that simple.

Everyone knows the relationship between the Jia family and the Lin family. If you want to completely break off the relationship between the Jia and Lin families, Jia Min must not be a member of the Jia family.

Jia Yuanchun now truly regrets that in order to get ahead, she repeatedly revealed her relationship with the Lin family in front of the emperor. Now she has shot herself in the foot.

But it's too late to regret now.

Now I can only think carefully about whether there is any way to remedy the situation.

As they were talking, the emperor arrived. As soon as he entered the room, he saw the child in Lady Wang's arms. He walked up to her with great interest and teased her for a while.

"This child is lively, but he looks like he was born not long ago."

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