The deposed empress married a prince, and the dog emperor wept with regret!

Chapter 135 Poisoning and Childlessness

This is hardly good news; it's a complete shock!

Li Wei stared blankly at the young eunuch, his fingers trembling, and asked him incredulously, "What did you say?"

"Consort Song is pregnant!" the little eunuch exclaimed, slapping his thigh. "I've come to deliver the good news to the Emperor!"

Consort Song just gave him a reward, so the Emperor must also give him a reward!

You should know that apart from the emperor's five princes and four princesses, there have been no newborns in the entire harem for almost ten years!

Li Wei's ears were ringing, and he felt a sharp pain in his chest. He wondered what way he could escape the palace quickly. But he was the emperor's man and knew so much about him; the emperor would never let him leave the palace alive.

"Godfather! What's wrong?" The young eunuch helped Li Wei up, his face full of confusion. Consort Song's pregnancy was a good thing, so why did it seem like the sky was falling in his godfather's eyes?

Li Wei clutched his chest, thinking that no concubine in the harem had conceived in ten years. Didn't Consort Song know why? How dare she use such a trick to win favor? Wasn't she afraid of dying a horrible death?

The censorate had submitted memorials regarding the emperor's lack of children among the concubines in the harem. Initially, everyone assumed the emperor was too busy with official duties to attend to the harem, but over time, the officials in the censorate also noticed something amiss and stopped mentioning the matter of offspring.

If so many women couldn't handle it, it can only mean that the emperor was incompetent!

"Which imperial physician took your pulse?"

"Physician Zou!"

"Go to the Imperial Hospital and summon the chief physician; I'll make the trip myself!"

Li Wei personally went to the palace and returned to report to the Emperor. When Yuwen Wuji heard this news, his first reaction was not joy, but deep suspicion.

He dismissed the servants in the hall and asked in a deep voice, "Is the Chief Justice confident?"

The judge's back was soaked with cold sweat. He replied with a pounding heart, "The Consort's pulse is indeed slippery. I have also inquired about the Consort's period, and she has indeed not come for half a month."

Li Wei chimed in at the opportune moment: "This servant has checked the records of the Imperial Household Department, and the timing matches up."

Upon hearing this, Yuwen Wuji's furrowed brows relaxed, and he said, "Quickly, take my pulse!"

He was poisoned more than a decade ago and has been unable to have children ever since, which has always been a source of great distress for him! Now that another concubine is pregnant, how could he not be overjoyed!

The imperial physician, trembling with fear, took the emperor's pulse and said, "Your Majesty, your health is excellent! Your vital energy is at its peak!"

Yuwen Wuji was very happy, but then asked in confusion, "Then why is it that only Consort Song is pregnant?"

Although he could no longer impregnate women, he was unrestrained in his sexual affairs and favored many concubines in the harem.

The judge wiped the sweat from his brow. He couldn't very well say that the emperor was weak when the emperor was in a good mood, could he?

"Your Majesty, based on the pulse of Consort Zhaoyi, it is clear that she is highly fertile and that her yin and yang are perfectly matched with Your Majesty's, which is why we have a son."

Li Wei chimed in from the side, "The Consort Zhao's birth mother gave birth to five sons!"

These words reassured Yuwen Wuji, and he immediately prepared to set off to see Song Wenyue.

Song Wenyue was overjoyed to learn that she was pregnant. Although she was not very smart, she knew that there must be something fishy about so many women in the harem who had not had a newborn child for so many years. But she was lucky.

Because of what happened at the Summer Palace, he lost favor and thought he had little hope of making a comeback. But unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better, and his belly proved him right!

After Yuwen Wuji visited her, a flood of gifts was sent into the palace. These included gifts from his palace, those from the Imperial Concubine's palace, and those from the Dowager Consort outside the palace. For a time, she was once again enjoying immense prestige!

The Imperial Concubine couldn't sleep day or night in her palace, constantly thinking of Mo Yu. Upon hearing that Song Wenyue was pregnant, she froze, completely stunned.

"Go and send an invitation to the Prince of Xiaoyao's residence, and have Song Yaozhu enter the palace tomorrow!"

Song Yaozhu received the invitation, but she claimed to be ill and didn't go. Now that she and Gao Ping had openly broken off their relationship, why should she offer herself up to Gao Ping to bite?

Gao Ping was furious that she would be so disrespectful, and she threw a huge tantrum in the palace.

The servants in the palace were all silent with fear, and only Eunuch Gao dared to say a few words in front of her.

"Your Highness, please don't be angry. The Prince Yong's wedding day is just around the corner. Are you worried that the Princess Consort will not leave the residence?"

Speaking of her second son, Gao Ping couldn't help but feel a headache. It was all Song Wenyue's fault; if it weren't for her, her son wouldn't have been forced to take Zhao Ying'e as a concubine, and she even entered the mansion before the principal wife, causing Grand Secretary Zhai a great deal of anger.

"How could Consort Song be pregnant?" Gao Ping asked, seemingly to herself.

Eunuch Gao dared not respond to this. He was indeed the Consort's man, but his status in the Consort's eyes was not as high as Mo Yu's. There were many things the Consort planned with Mo Yu without informing him. Therefore, he could guess some things, but he pretended to know nothing about them.

"Go and make a trip to Prince Yong's residence to see what's missing. Make sure the wedding is a grand and spectacular affair!" We can't afford to upset the Zhai family again because of the wedding.

"Your servant obeys!"

After Eunuch Gao left, the Imperial Concubine summoned Physician Zou, who had taken Song Wenyue's pulse, and asked him many questions before letting him go. She wondered to herself, "Could it be that after so much time has passed, the toxins in the Emperor's body have been eliminated, so he can have children again?"

In short, this is not good news for her.

Her eyes flashed with malice. Even though this unborn child posed no threat to her whatsoever, she would not allow it to be born into this world!

In the most secluded courtyard of the Prince of Xiaoyao's mansion, Mr. Wang was extremely annoyed, glaring and berating his master.

He admitted that his profession was very low-class, and if it weren't for the prince's patronage, he wouldn't have been able to turn his hobby into what it is today and shine brightly in the industry he loves!

but!

He has been working through the night for five consecutive days!

He's not like Ji Ming, who only gets inspiration late at night! He's a person with a normal sleep schedule!

"Your Highness, my orders are already booked until the end of the year, I really can't let you cut in line!"

"Then you should take on two more apprentices. After all, one person's energy is limited."

Mr. Wang said with a serious expression, "Taking on apprentices will only slow me down!"

It's not like he's never taken on apprentices before; those people even passed the tests to get in, and what happened?! He was so angry he almost collapsed!

The apprentice, because he dozed off, added an extra herb to the ointment he was making, causing his employer to suffer from itching in that area for half a month. The first thing the employer did after recovering was to come and wreak havoc on his restaurant!

No one can ever imagine how much trouble an apprentice can cause!

"Ah, that's not right. As long as you teach diligently, there will always be someone to carry on the tradition."

Mr. Wang, sporting enormous bags under his eyes, glared resentfully at Xie Liwei. "Take your men and get out of here! I'll work overtime tonight to make ten! Only ten!!!"

Xie Liwei left satisfied, and even instructed the kitchen to prepare a refreshing ginseng soup for Mr. Wang.