I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

Chapter 124: Haste Makes Chaos

It's not that Zhao didn't understand that this matter couldn't be spread outside, but she was different from Liu Ming who only cared about his own interests. She was worried about her little daughter and inevitably panicked. She even flustered and brought Liu Zhirou out to put pressure on Liu Ming, but she didn't expect it to backfire.

In the end, Liu Ming did not act according to Zhao's idea, nor did he intend to give Zhilan the dignity of a legitimate daughter.

Zhao had never been able to argue with her husband on such a major matter. It was precisely because of this that she could only return to her room and cry in secret, lamenting her bad luck, marrying such a man and having such a daughter.

Liu Zhirou was in the deep palace and had no idea what was happening outside, but even if she knew, she probably wouldn't be able to spare the energy to check it out.

Princess Chen is about to give birth.

This information was obtained by her using ghosts from the harem, and it was very credible. She was worried that the information obtained from one place might not be accurate, so she specially sent ghosts to other places several times and obtained some evidence that could be used as supporting evidence.

However, she found it hard to believe the news she received.

This is something that is completely, extremely unreasonable. From the time when Chen Fei was revealed to be pregnant to now, it has only been 6 months at most.

Babies born during this period may not be able to survive without any sequelae even in modern society with all kinds of high-tech help, not to mention that this is ancient society where there is nothing.

The infant mortality rate is already very high, and it is even more difficult for a premature baby to survive to adulthood in a palace full of dangers.

Liu Zhirou didn't believe this at first. At least she felt that based on Chen Fei's brain, she would never gamble with her own life and her child's life for some possible crisis.

You know, she was almost seeking death by doing this. Although there is a folk saying that "seven months old and eight months old", it is difficult to say for sure about such things, not to mention that Chen Fei's child is less than 7 months old.

Liu Zhirou suddenly didn't dare to think about it anymore. Perhaps there was another possibility. Her child was not the emperor's, but was born to her with an adulterer, much earlier than the time she revealed. So maybe she was about to give birth now. It was for this reason that Concubine Chen asked her followers to find a suitable midwife and a trustworthy wet nurse.

After all, there were quite a few concubines in the harem who did this kind of thing. Liu Zhirou alone knew of Concubine Xian, and there should be many other concubines who tried to ask the emperor to give them adopted sons.

But is this really the case?

Liu Zhirou's spirit was giving her a subtle warning, telling her that Chen Fei's pregnancy problem this time was very, very serious, and if not handled properly, it might even be life-threatening.

But the problem was that she was in the Empress Dowager's palace, not in the harem. No matter what problems occurred when Concubine Chen gave birth, whether the child was born smoothly or not, in theory, she had no right to interfere.

How could Liu Zhirou, who was in the Empress Dowager's palace, remotely control the people in the harem? As for bribing the midwives around Concubine Chen, that was even more nonsense.

Liu Zhirou herself did not have a good family background, and she was a new concubine in the palace. Even if she really wanted to do it, she did not have the ability. If it really came to murder, it would be more like the other way around. After all, Concubine Chen was always narrow-minded and had great malice towards concubines who were more favored than her. Moreover, she had been operating in the palace for many years, with deep roots and many allies. It was very easy for her to murder a new concubine in the palace.

If the Queen Mother admired Liu Zhirou so much that she was willing to help her murder Concubine Chen, that was impossible. Liu Zhirou had only been serving the Queen Mother for a few months, and the two of them hadn't even gotten to know each other yet, so how could there be any deep feelings between them?

Likewise, Liu Zhirou's miserable background was not enough to make her and the Queen Mother an ally of interests. Emotionally and rationally, it was impossible for them to team up to murder Concubine Chen. Everyone knew this. The Emperor, who had the darkest heart in the entire palace, certainly knew this too. Even if someone really framed her, it would never be believed.

No matter what, Concubine Chen was originally a maid from the Queen Mother's palace, and there was a natural relationship between her and the Queen Mother. Although the relationship between the two faded later, after all, the relationship was there, and the Queen Mother would not kill Concubine Chen, her former subordinate, for Liu Zhirou, who had only been here for a few months and whose future prospects were unknown.

But Liu Zhirou was still uneasy.