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Chapter 1115 - 1019: Speak! What is your purpose in doing this?

Chapter 1115: Chapter 1019: Speak! What is your purpose in doing this?

The Empress carried the dragon spawn within her, almost bringing the entire civil and military court to celebration!

Though the concubines of the royal court bearing children brought joy to the ministers as well, since the more descendants the Imperial Family had, the better. Yet no matter how many children those concubines could bear, none could compare to the sons borne by the legitimate Empress.

The court was filled with unending congratulatory voices, and Qin Yi was overjoyed, immediately ordering an amnesty for the whole kingdom, exempting taxes for three years to bless the prince in the Empress’s womb.

Once the Imperial Edict was posted, everyone on the streets began discussing the prince inside the Empress’s belly.

Now that His Majesty had no children, this pregnancy of the Empress truly came like timely rain, most opportune indeed.

While there was universal celebration, Mrs. Su-Hua of the Su Family’s Mansion and Qin Yueshi of the Qin Family’s Mansion both moved into action immediately, submitting memorials to enter the palace to visit the Empress.

Without mentioning their submitted memorials, Qin Yi had already planned to allow them to enter the palace to see Su Pan’er.

Yet with some rejoicing, naturally, there came distress!

Yesterday, Liu Jieyu, who had strutted around the Imperial Palace "carrying dragon spawn" like a crab walking sideways, was utterly stunned!

She simply couldn’t believe her own ears, confirming the news three times over, still unable to trust what she had heard.

"You’re saying... the Empress is pregnant? And three months along at that, carrying twins?"

Liu Xuan’er asked word by word, every time she questioned, she glared at the maid who had come to report, as if her gaze could devour this person whole, without hesitation.

"Yes, yes... the Empress is pregnant, not only that, but she is already three months along, and it’s twins. Several Imperial Physicians have said it is a difficult pregnancy, fearing... she might not have an easy childbirth..."

The young maid was shaking like a sieve, yet had to force the words from her scalp.

"Pregnant, she’s actually pregnant..."

Liu Xuan’er muttered to herself, collapsing to the ground.

She gently placed her hand on her own belly, there, beneath her hand, was the stomach she had pretended was five months pregnant, stuffed with a layer of cotton.

She had originally thought that by faking a pregnancy to help His Majesty through a difficult time, he would henceforth pay her more attention, thrusting her into his line of sight. She didn’t seek His Majesty’s love, but at the least, she could secure a stable position within the palace, provided for life without any worries.

Reality, however, had cruelly played a joke on her!

If the Empress was pregnant, what then was "inside her belly" supposed to be?

A laughingstock?

That thought made her want to bite down and shatter her silver teeth.

After contemplating for a while, suddenly, she let out several cold, maniacal laughs, "Su Pan’er! Do you think this will defeat me? You underestimate me, Liu Xuan’er! If I, Liu Xuan’er, could escape from your clutches to live before, I certainly won’t submit just like this now! Someday, someday, I will make you pay back a hundred, a thousandfold!"

Enraged, she swept her sleeve across the table, causing all the items to clatter down in a great noise.

One of the tea cups suddenly flew up and straight onto the maid kneeling before her, causing her to cry out in shock and quickly cover her forehead. Fresh blood quickly seeped through her fingers, dripping down incessantly.

She let out a frightened scream, "Young lady!"

But in Liu Xuan’er’s glare, there was not a trace of pity, only a mocking sneer.

Suddenly, she reached out her hand, smeared some of the fresh blood onto her skirt hem and, under the maid’s horrified gaze, deliberately collapsed onto the ground, screaming in terror.

"Someone! Come quickly..."

With her loud cry, Shuiyan Park was immediately abuzz.

Qin Yi was at the Purple Zen Hall, attending to state affairs, surrounded by a few historians from the Hanlin Imperial Academy and several ministers. They were all speaking their minds from time to time, occasionally engaging in disputes, dealing with a thick stack of memorials to the Emperor.

Outside the hall, a eunuch hurried in, saw the Emperor engrossed in reading memorials, and quickly, with great caution, threw a glance at Eunuch Wang beside him.

Eunuch Wang silently stepped down, and in a moment, he returned, leaning over to Qin Yi’s ear to whisper something.

Qin Yi’s hand, busy reviewing the memorials, came to an abrupt halt, his face suddenly darkened. Writing a large "Read" character on the memorial, he stood up.

"We are somewhat weary, let’s end it here for today," he said.

These ministers, having attained their positions, were naturally all shrewd figures.

They had all noticed the subtle exchange between Eunuch Wang and the Emperor, followed by the Emperor’s sudden change of expression, and they quickly excused themselves, claiming tiredness and hastened out, full of thanks.

But Qin Yi rushed off towards Shuiyan Park.

Just a few days ago, the Empress had issued a ban on Shuiyan Park, and the imperial guards had tightly sealed it off, completely isolating those inside from the outside world. Unexpectedly, it was now the scene of turmoil again not long after.

Qin Yi strode in, followed by his attendants, heading straight for the inner courtyard of Shuiyan Park.

Upon entering the house, a strong stench of blood assailed his nostrils. Liu Xuan’er was lying weakly at the head of the bed, crying her heart out, her eyes as red as peaches.

"What happened?"

Qin Yi’s voice was a stern rebuke as he scanned the surroundings. Although the room had been cleaned, one could tell it had been in disarray. A screen was broken, the desk bare, and even the copper candlestick beside it was snapped in two. Everything indicated that something had happened here.

"Your Majesty..."

As soon as Liu Xuan’er saw Qin Yi, she disregarded everything in her feeble state to get off the bed. "Your Majesty, our child... our child is gone..."

Her words made Qin Yi’s eyebrows twitch involuntarily.

He quickly stepped aside, silently retreating a couple of steps to avoid Liu Xuan’er’s approaching figure.

"What exactly happened? Explain it to me properly!"

Qin Yi demanded with a stern voice.

Everyone clearly understood the nature of the child Liu Xuan’er had been carrying.

It was nothing but a play, and now what was Liu Xuan’er intending to stir up?

"Your Majesty, the child in your concubine’s womb... is gone..."

On the surface, Liu Xuan’er was sobbing uncontrollably, but underneath, she watched Qin Yi closely. Qin Yi raised an eyebrow, which met Liu Xuan’er’s gaze, and he was momentarily taken aback.

After a while, he slowly looked away.

"All of you, leave us!"

He casually commanded the servants by his side.

Eunuch An and the others, daring not neglect, quietly withdrew after acknowledging the order. Before leaving, they silently swept their gazes over Liu Xuan’er.

It seemed, this Liu Xuan’er was really ruthless!

Her supposed "pregnancy" of five or six months was suddenly nonexistent, without hesitation—a striking example of her cunning!

After Eunuch An and the others had left, only Qin Yi and Liu Xuan’er remained in the house. Qin Yi couldn’t be bothered to keep up the act anymore, his expression became serious and he leisurely shook out his dragon robe before sitting down on a chair nearby.

"Now that there are no others here, speak! What is your intention behind all this?"

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