“Why would imperial mother do this?” asked Jun Qian Che in slight anger.
Yang Shi Han toyed with the teacup in her hand while saying, “It’s simple! She wanted you to get rid of the Empress’ child, but you couldn’t bring yourself to. Aunt is afraid that the child the Empress is carrying will bolster Mo Clan’s power, in the future. By then, it’d be too late for us to do anything about it. She also feared that you has completely fallen in love with Mo Qi Qi and has lost your sanity in the process. You already fell for Mo Qi Qi’s beauty trap. Aunt didn’t want Hua Chen Kingdom to fall to other people’s hands, so she told me to get pregnant as well. It’d be fine if the child that Mo Qi Qi is carrying is a princess, but if it’s a prince, Aunt would like for me to have a boy that she could support later on, to make him the Crown Prince. So that’s why chenqie is ‘pregnant’ right now, with a boy to boot.”
“How could imperial mother do this? And as for you, never mind you not talking her out of this, why on earth are you joining her in this mess? What are you going to do once 10 months have passed?” Jun Qian Che struggled to contain his anger.
Yang Shi Han casually replied him, “This will depend on Your Majesty’s performance. You should take advantage of this couple of months to sleep with your other concubines and pray that they get pregnant as well. Once they give birth, you can just give the baby to chenqie. If none of them gets pregnant, that’s fine as well. We can just take a baby from outside. A child takes more than one day to grow and you are still young. You still have 20 to 30 years to get children. You still have a lot of opportunities to instate your heir. Everything is fine as long as the Crown Prince isn’t someone from the Empress’ line.”
“Nonsense! All of these are nonsense! Imperial mother shouldn’t have done this!” Jun Qian Che clenched his fists in anger.
Yang Shi Han shrugged, “There’s no other way. She beats you to it. News about my pregnancy should have spread in the palace by now.”
“Zhen will not let imperial mother do something so senseless!” Jun Qian Che got up and left angrily.
Yang Shi Han sighed theatrically, “Everyone became senseless in the face of love, ah.”
The news of Yang Shi Han’s pregnancy spread like wildfire inside the palace. In time, it reached Mo Qi Qi’s ears.
“Bad news, Your Ladyship! Bad bad news!” huffed Ban Xiang as she ran inside Mo Qi Qi’s chamber.
Mo Qi Qi who was already lying in bed, sat up angrily, “It’s the middle of the night! What are you doing kicking up such a fuss instead of going to bed? Did Chun Fei’s dead body come back to life or what?”
Ban Xiang’s spirit almost left her when she heard Mo Qi Qi’s scary words. She shook her head, “No, Your Ladyship. It’s Yang Guifei—“
“What’s wrong with Yang Guifei? Did she die from a mysterious illness like Chun Fei?”
“That’d be better, actually,” muttered Ban Xiang softly.
“What is it, then?” asked Mo Qi Qi impatiently.
Ban Xiang replied her angrily, “Yang Guifei is pregnant.”
“She’s pregnant?” Mo Qi Qi could feel her heart sinking, but then she forced herself to smile. “This is great news! Why are you making it out to be so horrible? They say good news come in pairs. His Majesty must be ecstatic.”
“What good is that for us? You were originally the only one pregnant in the harem, so His Majesty constantly came over to keep you company. Your relationship has improved so much. Now that this has happened, it will be a blow to your relationship with him!”
Mo Qi Qi disagreed with her, “How could you say that, Ban Xiang? His Majesty does not belong to me, he is to be shared with the rest of the harem. Now that Yang Guifei is pregnant, we should be happy for His Majesty. When Qian Er came earlier, didn’t you challenge her to have Yang Guifei pregnant too? Your mouth is so glib. Your words have come true and those people should really be thanking you.” To be honest, Yang Guifei getting pregnant was not surprising. She was the Emperor’s favorite consort. She herself got pregnant after just one night, much less Yang Shi Han got visited practically every other night. Her not being pregnant would be weirder, honestly.
Ban Xiang slapped her own mouth, “This stupid useless mouth. It came through if it’s bad, but never did if it’s good.”
Mo Qi Qi laughed, “Alright, stop angering yourself. Bengong getting pregnant is a good news, and so is Yang Guifei getting pregnant. Let’s stop minding other people’s business. It is late, go to bed.”
She went back to bed and turned over so that her back was facing Ban Xiang.
Ban Xiang looked at the silhouette of her back, her heart suddenly aching on Mo Qi Qi’s behalf.
Mo Qi Qi forced herself to keep smiling, telling herself: this is good. Jun Qian Che loved Yang Shi Han so much, he must be overjoyed now that she’s pregnant. That’s good. It would take his attention off of her. Who knows, now that Yang Shi Han is pregnant, he might stop paying so much attention to her child. Once the time comes and she really could not return back to her world, she would definitely leave the palace and take her child with her. And Jun Qian Che wouldn’t mind.
She forced her eyes shut and told herself to go to sleep.
Serene: I feel like Yang Shi Han is their biggest shipper and anti-fan at the same time lolz.
