The night when north cen heard this, dared not urge her to eat more.
Although he wanted a robust prince, Yu Yao is also very important to him in his heart, and naturally, he doesn't want her to have any issues.
The two of them didn't continue this topic, but talked about something else instead.
Time went quickly, before long it was time for noon.
After the noon meal, Yè Běichén returned to the Imperial Study Hall to handle official business.
After all, he is the emperor, with numerous things to attend to every day. It's already good that he can spare some time to visit her during the day and sleep in her palace at night.
To say this here, since she found out that she was pregnant, Yè Běichén never turned over the slips again.
Every evening, after dinner, he would come to Yuexian Palace at a fixed time and would sleep here at night.
He was just sleeping, with no other activities.
Because Yè Běichén did not turn over the slips.
Due to Yè Běichén not turning over the slips, the whole palace is filled with complaints, with countless people secretly cursing her as a fox spirit, cursing her for taking over the emperor's bed even after becoming pregnant.
Even the Empress Dowager had some complaints, but because of her concern for Yu Yao's pregnancy, she didn't say anything.
Though she didn't say much, she still sent two grandmothers to keep an eye on her.
She was worried that Yu Yao and Yè Běichén might be unable to control themselves at night and cause harm to the baby.
On this point, Yu Yao was naturally very embarrassed, but she couldn't refuse.
Yu Yao could only let the two grandmothers stay in Yuexian Palace and treat them well, for they had come from Cining Palace and were associated with the Empress Dowager.
With the news of Yu Yao's pregnancy spreading, various harmful methods were also introduced.
Things that seem normal but actually contain musk accessories and pouches.
And things that appear to be harmless but, when placed together, can produce highly toxic plants.
If Yu Yao did not know the medicinal properties and had the system alert her, she might have really been duped.
"Qingtan, throw all those dirty things out of the palace for me, and then find out who is behind this!"
Yu Yao coldly said to the side, "Qingtan, speak to me."
"Yes, My Lady."
"Understood, My Lady," Qingtan replied respectfully and went to handle the harmful items.
Yu Yao returned to the inner room and asked the system: "Who sent those dirty things?"
Although she told Qingtan to check it out, why not ask the system directly?
As it concerns the host's childbirth mission, the system naturally wouldn't keep it a secret and quickly replied: "The poisonous flowers are from Empress Xian's hand, and the jade jewelry and pouches with musk are from Concubine Xian sent in.
Yu Yao frowned. It was understandable that Concubine Xian would harm her; the two had had several arguments and mutual dislike.
It's not strange for that woman to harm herself.
But she doesn't seem to have offended Empress Xian before.
They haven't even spoken to each other, let alone have anything to offend about.
She really doesn't understand why Empress Xian would want to harm herself.
The system seemed to know of her confusion and explained: "Empress Xian doesn't have night North Chén's favor, only by giving birth to the eldest prince she could sit on the position of the concubine, and with no one else in the palace pregnant, she looks more unique than others."
Yu Yao nodded slightly, continuing to listen to the system.
The system quickly responded: "Now that the host is pregnant, she has broken Empress Xian's uniqueness, and naturally, Empress Xian has grown to hate the host. Additionally, Empress Xian is afraid that the emperor will forget about the eldest prince when he has other children, so she naturally tries her best to prevent the host from giving birth."
With the system's explanation, she understood it as well.
Subsequently, she couldn't help but laugh at Empress Xian's logic.
She didn't mind, but she was just too surprised. Is this because only she is allowed to give birth in the entire palace while others are not?
She understood that Empress Xian wanted Yè Běichén to remember the eldest prince, but that wasn't a reason to harm her.
Qingtan is Yè Běichén's person, and Yè Běichén will know soon. He will definitely send Fu Gong to investigate at that time.
As long as she subtly leads the clues to Empress Xian and Concubine Xian, it will be enough.
Sure enough, after Qingtan dealt with the dirty things, she secretly went to the Imperial Study Hall to report.
Yu Yao watched it all happen, but pretended not to know anything.
Then she quietly observed the situation at the Imperial Study Hall.
The Imperial Study Hall!
Yè Běichén heard Qingtan's report and knew that someone dared to harm the royal heir, naturally he was extremely angry, with an expression that was very unsettling.
"Bang!"
A tea cup flew off the desk, landing and shattering into pieces.
Seeing the emperor's anger, Fu Gong was also terrified and couldn't get up from kneeling on the ground.
He really courted death, the emperor was desperate for a child.
It's fortunate that Consort Yu has finally become pregnant. Yet, there's someone so oblivious to dare harm the royal heir.
It's like they can't stand living anymore.
While Fu Gong was muttering inside his mind.
Yè Běichén's voice, filled with anger and coldness, echoed in the Imperial Study Hall.
"Search for it, go and investigate for me. I want to see who dares to harm my royal heir."
Upon hearing the emperor's order, Fu Gong quickly got up from the ground, his face serious and said: "Yes, your slave will immediately order people to investigate!"
After that, he quickly left the Imperial Study Hall and promptly arranged for personnel to investigate the matter.
Yu Yao had been paying attention to the movements in the Imperial Study Hall.
Since the system told her that Yè Běichén had already dispatched Fu Gong to investigate, she also took action.
She didn't do much, just casually revealed the clues told to her by the system to Fu Gong in a subtle manner.
Let Fu Gong think that he discovered it himself.
He didn't suspect Yu Yao at all.
In just a few days, Fu Gong thoroughly investigated the matter.
As Yu Yao had predicted, the investigation led to both Concubine Xian and Empress Xian.
Even the process of causing harm was thoroughly investigated and recorded in detail. Finally, it was presented to Yè Běichén.
In the Imperial Study Hall.
Yè Běichén sat on the dragon chair, staring at the folder presented by Fu Gong, his face was extremely dark and even difficult to look at.
He could understand Concubine Xian's attempt to harm Yao'er. That woman is just an idiot, overly jealous, and capable of doing such things. He wasn't surprised by this.
But Empress Xian...
Yè Běichén thought of Empress Xian and his expression became complicated.
To be honest, he didn't like Empress Xian, but neither did he dislike her.
Empress Xian was able to become Empress Xian solely because of the elder prince who passed away early.
Because of the fact that she gave birth to the eldest prince, even though the eldest prince eventually did not survive.
He also always went to Zhongxu Palace to visit her, despite his lack of fondness for her.
In his heart, Empress Xian had always been an image of a caring mother. Whenever he visited her palace, he saw her pining for the elder prince who had died young.
As a result, he also had a vivid memory of the son who had died young.
Whenever he thought about it, he felt very regretful.
Yè Běichén brought his thoughts back, closed the folder in his hand, and coldly ordered, "Issue my edict: Concubine Xian plotted against the royal heir with malevolent thoughts and is unworthy to be a concubine. Strip her of her title and demote her to a commoner, and confine her to the Cold Palace."
Upon seeing the emperor only spoke about the punishment of Concubine Xian but did not mention Empress Xian, Fu Gong was unsure for a moment whether he should speak up.
"Your Majesty..."
He couldn't help but remind him.
Yè Běichén looked at him and knew what Fu Gong meant. After a long silence, he finally said: "Empress Xian attempted to harm the royal heir. She should be demoted to a commoner and confined to the Cold Palace. However, considering that she bore the eldest prince, I will treat her leniently."
He paused and then said, "Empress Xian's title will be stripped, and she will be demoted to an agreement and moved to Huizhu Pavilion!"
That last sentence was the actual punishment that Yè Běichén imposed on Empress Xian.
Fu Gong muttered to himself, "Women who have given birth are indeed different."
Even though the eldest prince had died long ago, in the emperor's heart, it was still different.
Even though Empress Xian had committed such a grave mistake, her only punishment was a demotion in rank.
This punishment is relatively lighter than the one for Concubine Xian.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Fu Gong replied respectfully and then retreated after receiving the edict.
