Chapter 620: Chapter 620 The Reason
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Empress, according to this servant’s knowledge, Consort Shu prepared a batch of tonics for Consort Kang, so she took three months of her allowance in advance.”
“Advance allowance? When did the Prime Minister become so poor? Has anything major happened in the Prime Minister’s Residence recently?” the Empress asked.
“Other than hearing that Seventh Young Master Su was struck by lightning, I haven’t heard anything else.”
“But Seventh Su wasn’t seriously injured. How could it affect the Su family’s wealth?” The Empress paused for a moment before continuing, “Investigate this, but be careful in case it’s a trap.”
“Yes.” At this point, Nanny Yu whispered, “I have received reliable news that Consort Rui is really pregnant, and it’s almost been three months.”
When the Empress heard this, jealousy flashed in her eyes. Her son was the eldest and the first to get married.
But five to six years had passed, and neither the princess consort nor the little vixens under her were pregnant.
On the contrary, the third and fourth princes had children one after another.
No, she couldn’t let them have children earlier than her son.
Especially the Third Prince. If he were to get a son first, the Emperor would most likely be biased toward him. At that time, the Third Prince would take revenge for what happened back then, and she would be in a bad position.
Thinking of this, a fierce look flashed across her eyes. “Think of a way to get rid of it. Remember to be careful and not leave any evidence.”
“Yes, I will arrange it now.”
“Also, make arrangements for the Fourth Prince. Don’t let them get pregnant again.”
“Yes.” Nanny Yu bowed and left.
After she left, the more the Empress thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong. Even if her daughter-in-law could not give birth, what about the other women in her son’s residence? Why was there no news of pregnancy from any of them?
Thinking of this, she immediately got up and summoned Imperial Physician Chen, who specialized in gynecology, to accompany her to King Hui’s residence.
She called the women of King Hui over and said to Imperial Physician Chen, “I’ll have to trouble you to check their pulses one by one and see what the reason is. Why haven’t they gotten pregnant yet?”
When the women heard this, they immediately became nervous. After that, they started to discuss softly, but the Empress’s gaze quickly quieted them.
“Yes.” Imperial Physician Chen took out a pad from his medicine box.
He looked at Consort Hui and asked, “Consort Hui, the order…?”
“Let’s start with me.” Consort Hui Wangfei walked over and said.
After saying that, she walked over and sat on the chair.
She was so calm because she had found a doctor to check up on her before she got married. There was no problem with her body at all.
In addition, there hadn’t been a single child in the residence these past few years, so she had always thought that the problem was His Highness. This was also why she couldn’t be bothered to fight for his attention.
Today was the perfect opportunity to pass the news of His Highness’s failure to the Empress so she wouldn’t have to deal with her constant disdain.
The room was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop; only the sound of everyone’s breathing could be heard. At the same time, the atmosphere was getting heavy.
The concubines felt their legs go soft.
A moment later, Imperial Physician Chen stopped checking and did not reply. Instead, he called a concubine over.
After passing them one by one, Imperial Physician Chen’s legs went soft, and he kneeled and said, “Empress, all the womenfolk in the residence of Prince Hui have been sterilized, so…”
After saying that, he directly kowtowed to the ground and dared not even raise his head.
“What? What did you just say? Say it again?” The Empress asked in disbelief..