In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Qin Wanrong and the other concubines sat in silence in Empress Cao's Cining Hall drinking tea. The news of Zhang Wanyi's usurpation of favor last night had already spread throughout the entire harem. Even if Concubine Zhao Shufei had a good temper on weekdays, she was very angry at this moment. She was holding back her anger and was waiting to confront Zhang Wanyi face to face when paying her respects. For this reason, Concubine Zhao Shufei deliberately came half a cup of tea earlier than usual, just to inform Empress Cao in advance and ask her to make the decision for her.

There is really nothing worth saying about Qin Wanrong's method, but the world view of "Knowing" emphasizes propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame. Zhang Wanyi's actions do not conform to the mainstream social requirements for women, so she will naturally be condemned.

Empress Cao had long been fed up with Zhang Wanyi's arrogant and complacent look, and had always wanted to find an opportunity to severely punish her, but she had been protected by the emperor before, so Empress Cao could not find an excuse. Now that Zhang Wanyi and Concubine Zhao Shufei had a conflict, it was an opportunity for Empress Cao.

After all, Concubine Zhao Shu was also the emperor's favorite. Just because she couldn't compare to her, didn't mean Concubine Zhao couldn't compare to her either, right? Unfortunately, Empress Cao waited for a long time with expectation, but Zhang Wanyi didn't come. Seeing that everyone in the harem had a strange expression, and some of the shallow-minded people looked at her with doubt in their eyes, Empress Cao couldn't bear it anymore, "Madam Wang, send someone to check, why didn't Zhang Wanyi come to pay her respects today?"

Qin Wanrong lowered her head and drank tea silently. To everyone in the harem, Qin Wanrong always behaved like a non-living person and would never speak unless it was necessary. Such a personality, coupled with the face of a banished fairy, and the rumor that she once wanted to become a nun, naturally made everyone in the harem think that Concubine Rong was a cold person who didn't care about the world.

Relying on this impression, Qin Wanrong believed that as long as she was not caught on the spot, no matter what conspiracies or jealousies occurred in the harem, no one would suspect Qin Wanrong at the first moment.

With the help of the imperial physician, Zhang Wanyi used secret medicine to seduce the emperor and damaged his body. No matter how Zhang Wanyi cried out, the emperor, who had lost his kidney water, could no longer feel any sympathy for her. He coldly ordered Liang Duzhi to drag Zhang Wanyi away.

"Zhang Wanyi was born in a humble family. She misbehaved in front of the emperor and was banished to the cold palace. She was given a white silk."

Liang Duzhi followed Zhang Wanyi to the cold palace with a cold sweat. He couldn't help but feel lucky along the way. If there wasn't something wrong with Zhang Wanyi, he might have been in trouble this time. Who would have thought that the emperor was actually sincere to Zhang Wanyi? Even though he found drugs in Zhang Wanyi's palace, he was still willing to believe that Zhang Wanyi was innocent.

Soon after Liang Duzhi left, Nanny Wang, who was sent by Empress Cao to look for Zhang Wanyi, returned to the Cining Palace in a panic, "Your Majesty! Something happened. Zhang Wanyi was banished to the cold palace because of her misbehavior in front of the palace!"

"What on earth happened? How could it be..."

Concubine Zhao Shufei was the first one who didn't believe it. Not to mention that Zhang Wanyi had behaved unruly in front of the emperor many times in the past, according to the emperor's temper, he would never banish a concubine to the cold palace for such a reason.

There must be something wrong here!

The concubines present, including Empress Cao, immediately thought of the key. However, in order to prevent people from knowing his physical condition, the emperor quickly and decisively silenced all those who knew about it, so Nanny Wang naturally couldn't find out anything.

Now the emperor is still asking the imperial doctors whether his body can still recover. In order to save his life, the imperial doctors dare not say no, but they still emphasize that it will take a long time to recuperate and the effect will be slow.

After hearing the words of the imperial physician, the emperor breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the condition could be cured, it would be fine. It didn't matter if it took as long as he could. He still wanted to give birth to his own child.

Not long after, Empress Cao received news that Zhang Wanyi had been sentenced to death. Everyone was furious. Empress Cao no longer had the heart to force the concubines to demonstrate her virtue and magnanimity, so she waved her hand for everyone to leave.

After everyone left, Empress Cao asked the spy who stayed at the emperor's place to inquire about the inside story. However, what happened last night was too sudden, and the emperor or Liang Duzhi sealed it too quickly, so they really didn't know much. But the spy still left a clue for Empress Cao.

"Did the emperor summon all the imperial doctors late last night?"

Could it be that the emperor has a health problem? Empress Cao's eyes were strange and her heart was beating wildly. She was somewhat expectant but also somewhat scared. If only Zhao Zongshi was still under her care...

I didn't expect Zhang Wanyi to be killed so easily. Thinking about how Zhang Wanyi had sent people to hunt her down several times and was forgiven by the emperor, Qin Wanrong felt ironic. She thought that this future "Empress Zhang" was really the emperor's true love, but she didn't expect that she would be abandoned so easily. Sure enough, for someone like the emperor, he would never take it seriously unless the knife stabbed him.

The emperor will not be entering the harem for a long time. I'm sure there will be a lot of people laughing at him behind his back for falling out of favor just after entering the palace, right?

Qin Wanrong had already prepared herself mentally, waiting to shock everyone by announcing her pregnancy. But before that, she had to find out what Empress Cao had done to the emperor. Qin Wanrong didn't want to give birth to a child after all the hard work, only to have the child raised by Empress Cao.

Qin Wanrong's guess was correct. After Zhang Wanyi's incident, the emperor was busy recuperating and had not entered the harem for more than half a month. It was only then that the love poison took effect and he thought of Qin Wanrong and came to Ronghua Palace to have lunch.

Through comparison and observation during this period, Qin Wanrong discovered that the same love poison had very different effects on Guan Jia and Liang Duzhi. The love poison on Guan Jia could only make him not forget Qin Wanrong, but it was not like Liang Duzhi who really took it to heart.

Qin Wanrong guessed that the effect of the love poison might be related to the initial favorability when infected. On the surface, Guan Jia was more gentle and affectionate than Liang Duzhi, but in fact, he was much colder than Liang Duzhi. For Guan Jia, only he was the most important. Liang Duzhi was the type who would fall in love once he fell in love.

With Liang Duzhi's secret care, even though Qin Wanrong had fallen out of favor, her quality of life had not changed much, and in some ways it had even improved. If it weren't for Qin Wanrong's aloof behavior and her short time in the palace, she hadn't made friends with other concubines, any concubine who came to visit Ronghua Palace would have discovered something fishy.

As the emperor entered Ronghua Palace again, the ridicule from the concubines in the harem disappeared. Qin Wanrong had been in the palace for three months now, and the baby in her belly was also three months old.

It's time to reveal the pregnancy.

So today, when Qin Wanrong was having dinner with the emperor's family, she retched because of the fish soup. After all, the emperor's family had several children, so she was naturally familiar with this situation. As the imperial physician left, the news that Qin Wanrong was three months pregnant also spread.