Chapter 1029: Background (1)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

On the way back, Shen Miao thought about what Empress Xiande said and couldn’t calm down for a long time.

In the end, Consort Jing and her child were safe, and Empress Xiande did not get into trouble because of this. It looked like a very perfect result, but Shen Miao felt that something was wrong. When they returned to Prince Rui’s mansion, the sky was almost bright. It was already very late to sleep. Moreover, Shen Miao was not in the mood to rest.

Seeing this, Jingzhe and Gu Yu instructed the kitchen to make some sweet soup for the two of them. Shen Miao and Xie Jingxing returned to the room and closed the door. Shen Miao sat at the table and looked at Xie Jingxing. “Consort Jing is pregnant. What about the Lu family now?”

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Emperor Yong Le did not have any other children, so the child Consort Jing was pregnant with was the most precious. If she was pregnant with a son, as long as nothing went wrong, the position of the future crown prince would naturally belong to the child in Consort Jing’s stomach. Logically speaking, that should be the case, but Empress Xiande did not seem to agree. This was a little puzzling. Could it be that Emperor Yong Le had other children? Because of Consort Jing’s pregnancy, the Lu family was now fearless. Would Emperor Yong Le’s plan to deal with the Lu family be put on hold?

Shen Miao didn’t think so.

When Xie Jingxing heard that, he said indifferently, “Brother has already made a move on the Lu family. It doesn’t make a difference if she’s pregnant or not.”

What he meant was that the child in Consort Jing’s stomach was one thing, but the ending of the Lu family was another. At most, Consort Jing would be spared death because of the child, and the rest of the Lu family would be wiped out according to the original plan.

Shen Miao frowned. “I talked to the empress for a while and found it a little strange. I heard that the empress once had a miscarriage because of Consort Jing. Let’s not talk about whether she did it on purpose or not, but no matter how magnanimous the empress is, she won’t let Consort Jing live safely for so many years.”

Xie Jingxing was pouring tea for her when he heard this and paused.

Shen Miao stared at him. “Tell me the truth. Why hasn’t the emperor had any children yet? Did he do it on purpose or because he had no choice?”

After thinking about it, she felt that it was too strange that Emperor Yong Le did not have any children. Every emperor, be it a wise emperor or an incompetent emperor, wanted to have as many children as possible. The more princes there were, the more stable the situation in the dynasty would be. Even someone like Fu Xiuyi had never lacked children. Previously, Shen Miao was puzzled. Emperor Yong Le’s political achievements were so outstanding, and the people lived in harmony. Why was the imperial court still unstable? Later, she understood. This was because Emperor Yong Le did not have any children. Emperor Yong Le was already very capable. If it were any other emperors, they would probably have been removed from the throne and become an ordinary person.

Xie Jingxing looked at Shen Miao with a strange gaze. “Do you really want to know?”

“When you fell unconscious after returning from the royal hunting ground, I had a feeling that some things would change. However, at that time, I just came to Long Ye and didn’t know much about the situation in the Daliang Dynasty, so I couldn’t do anything. Apart from going to Phoenix Head Garden to look for that person, I couldn’t help with anything else.” Shen Miao said, “I don’t like to be in this passive state. If you are going to do something big one day, I hope that I will not be useless. However, I don’t know anything. Even if I want to help, I can’t.”

Xie Jingxing looked at her for a while and suddenly sighed. He patted her head and said, “Not only is Jiaojiao smart, but she’s also considerate..”