Chapter 89: If It Were Her, the Child Would Be Noble Because of the Mother

Xue Meiren sneered, “Concubine Shu has been pregnant, she can understand. But Ning Jiejue hasn’t been pregnant, what does she understand?”

“Ning Jiejue has been taking care of Concubine Shun, so although she hasn’t been pregnant, it’s almost the same as being pregnant once.” Wen Meiren explained seriously.

In fact, she was deliberately trying to make Ning Wanyin look bad.

Xue Meiren immediately seized the opportunity, “Wen Meiren, what you said, having a royal heir or not, how can it be the same, it’s completely different! Some people, even if they want to have a child, if they haven’t had one, they haven’t had one, do they want to pretend to be pregnant?”

“Your concubine didn’t mean that, your concubine misspoke…” Wen Meiren looked remorseful, but she was secretly laughing.

Being pregnant was her biggest advantage over Ning Wanyin.

So she used pregnancy to put Ning Wanyin down.

Ning Wanyin glanced at the two of them, but didn’t argue with them, instead, she looked at Helian Qi, her eyes filled with three parts self-blame and two parts hope:

“It’s all because your concubine is useless, your concubine will definitely work harder in the future.”

As soon as she said this, Wen Meiren’s heart sank.

You’re already the most favored concubine in the harem without working hard, if you work harder, will anyone else be able to see the emperor?

The next moment, Wen Meiren felt resentful gazes shooting at her from all around.

The concubines: Why did you have to provoke her with pregnancy?

Helian Qi looked at the beauty’s pitiful appearance, his heart softened. She had just stood up for him against Prince Yu…

But she was crushed by the two words “pregnancy.”

“Wanyin, you don’t need to blame yourself, whether you have a child or not, I love you.” Helian Qi looked at her, his eyes gentle.

The entire hall fell silent.

Although everyone knew that Ning Wanyin was the emperor’s favorite concubine.

But this was the first time the emperor had publicly and clearly announced to everyone: He liked Ning Wanyin, he liked her even though she didn’t have a child.

Others were noble because of their children.

But in Ning Wanyin’s case, whoever could be reborn into Ning Wanyin’s womb would obviously be loved by the emperor, and the child would be noble because of the mother.

Ning Wanyin was startled, the emperor was really exceptionally fond of her today…

He was so supportive of her, it seemed that he was very satisfied with her actions just now.

“Your Majesty is so kind to your concubine, your concubine is overjoyed, words cannot express it.” Ning Wanyin looked moved, her eyes filled with tears, she held the jade pendant the emperor had just given her, her hands trembling with joy.

Wen Meiren was so angry that her head was spinning.

She wanted to step on Ning Wanyin with her pregnancy, she wanted the concubines to see how glorious she was, but in the end, it was Ning Wanyin who was glorious.

The emperor loved her so much…

The concubines finally understood, the emperor’s favorite concubine and the concubines who needed to be pregnant to have status were simply not the same thing.

Countless people were envious and jealous of Ning Wanyin, while they were angry at Wen Meiren for stirring up trouble.

Ning Wanyin rarely went to Qianxin Palace before, now if she were to pester the emperor for pregnancy, wouldn’t you let everyone else live?

The clan members also looked at each other.

They had heard about Ning Wanyin’s status as the most favored concubine, but seeing is believing, they realized that she was even more favored than they had heard.

The banquet continued.

With Wen Meiren as a warning, no one dared to gossip in front of Ning Wanyin.

After three rounds of drinking.

Palace maids served various dishes and wine.

“Clang!” When the palace maid was serving Tang Miaoling the wine pot, she accidentally knocked it over, spilling wine on her clothes.

Her skirt.

The palace maid’s face turned pale with fright, she hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, “This servant is guilty! Please, noble mistress, calm down!”

“It’s okay, you can go…” Tang Miaoling waved her hand casually, then stood up and said, “Cui Ping, help me change my clothes.”

Cui Ping accepted the order.

Ning Wanyin heard the commotion from behind, she turned her head and glanced at the palace maid, remembering her face.

She then glanced at the little eunuch beside Tang Miaoling.

This little eunuch was the one Xia Zi had arranged for Tang Miaoling, his name was Xiao Qingzi.

Tang Miaoling trusted the people Ning Wanyin had sent, and she kept him by her side.

“Mistress, this servant will lead the way, please take your time.” Xiao Qingzi was clever, and he followed closely behind.

Ning Wanyin retracted her gaze and continued to listen to the music and watch the dance.

Spilling wine was a common accident.

But Ning Wanyin was always cautious, she would always be wary of any accident.

…

Tang Miaoling returned to the palace and changed into a new dress.

Then she returned to Tinglan Palace.

As she approached the palace, she suddenly stepped on a jade pendant and almost fell.

“Mistress!” Xiao Qingzi was already on guard, he quickly reached out to support her.

Cui Ping hurriedly shone her lantern on the ground, picked up the jade pendant, and handed it to Tang Miaoling:

“Mistress, there’s a jade pendant on the ground.”

“Look at this dragon pattern, it’s the emperor’s personal item. Could it be that the emperor dropped it?” Tang Miaoling picked up the jade pendant, curiously.

At that moment, a master and servant pair walked over from afar.

The servant was holding a lantern, anxiously saying, “Your Highness, you must have dropped your jade pendant when you went out to sober up just now. Don’t worry, this was a gift from the late emperor, no one would dare to keep it, we’ll definitely find it!”

The young man was not yet of age, he was only eighteen or nineteen years old, his face was pale, his body was weak, and his handsome face was full of annoyance:

“My mother left it to me, but I accidentally lost it… cough cough cough…”

Tang Miaoling heard this, she wasn’t sure, so she asked loudly, “I picked up a jade pendant, did you drop it?”

The young man, upon hearing this, immediately walked over quickly, his eyes fixed on the jade pendant in Tang Miaoling’s hand, his face full of joy:

“This is my jade pendant!”

Tang Miaoling handed the jade pendant to Xiao Qingzi, asking him to pass it on.

The young man took the jade pendant, as if he had found a treasure, he bowed gratefully to Tang Miaoling:

“Thank you, Tang Meiren. This king is Yihe Junwang, this jade pendant was a gift from the late emperor to my mother, and my mother left it to me, it’s very precious to this king.”

Tang Miaoling slightly avoided his bow and said, “You’re too kind, Your Highness. I just happened to pick it up, even if I hadn’t picked it up, you would have found it yourself…”

Then she asked curiously, “Do you know me?”

How did he know her surname was Tang?

“At the palace banquet just now… This king saw a palace maid spill wine, I thought she was going to be punished, but I saw that you were kind and compassionate, considerate of your servants. So I asked a few more questions, and I learned that you are the daughter of the Changping Marquis’s Mansion… No wonder, a noble lady, your bearing is naturally extraordinary.” Yihe Junwang praised.

This was the first time Tang Miaoling had been praised like this.

She had always been a spoiled and arrogant young lady, she had nothing to do with kindness and compassion.

It was only after she died once that she dared not offend anyone easily, she dared not make enemies easily.

Even if it was just a palace maid.

“Your Highness is too kind…” Tang Miaoling suppressed the corners of her lips that were about to turn up, she put on a serious expression and bowed, “I’ll go in now, farewell.”

Yihe Junwang politely returned the bow.

Tang Miaoling entered Tinglan Palace.

Yihe Junwang watched her retreating figure, his eyes filled with an unclear expression.