Forced Into the Palace: Becoming the Emperor's Favorite-Chapter 499 Extra Story 4: Waiting to Rebuild the Old Mountains and Rivers, Facing the Heavenly Palace (5)

Chapter 499: Chapter 499 Extra Story 4: Waiting to Rebuild the Old Mountains and Rivers, Facing the Heavenly Palace (5)

The Crown Princess Consort often used the layer within the jewelry box, placing a few Sakyamuni leaves there.

Those leaves had no scent.

Usually, there was nothing special about them.

But they were an excellent contraceptive.

They were placed in the jewelry box.

The scent of the item was carried by hairpins and worn on the head every day.

Over the years, the Crown Princess Consort would certainly become infertile if used continuously.

The person who put this thing there truly had malicious intentions.

And the strong reaction the Crown Princess Consort had.

Was likely due to a fetus already in her womb, which clashed with the Sakyamuni leaves causing it.

When Wen Lan found the item and reported it to the Crown Princess Consort.

Her complexion immediately turned bad.

The people serving around her, including Zhong Xia, also associated it.

"When Meng Dong served around the Crown Princess Consort, she was in charge of managing the Crown Princess’s hairpins, jewelry, and sumptuous clothes, claiming she was unaware is something we maids don’t believe!"

Wen Lan did not shy away in the slightest.

Her words also silenced Zhong Xia and others.

After all, Meng Dong’s actions had made several sisters feel cold-hearted.

Clearly, they had promised to serve the Crown Princess all their lives.

But she was someone who could not withstand matters.

Having not been in the palace long, she saw the Crown Princess and Crown Prince were not in harmony and wanted to intervene.

But all she got was a frail and sickly Fourth Princess.

What use was it?

Thinking of this, they couldn’t help sighing.

The Crown Princess Consort was silent.

She touched her slightly protruding stomach.

Her complexion was not good.

A moment later, she calmly instructed.

"Spread the word out that this palace’s fetus cannot be sustained, so I need to rest quietly. As for this Sakyamuni leaf, send it back to where it came from."

"Yes."

Probably Meng Dong didn’t anticipate that her scheme hadn’t even begun to take effect.

And it was quietly sent back by Wen Lan after being discovered.

By the time she found out, there was no help to call for, from heaven or earth.

All she had in this life was the Fourth Princess.

Who died of illness before reaching six years old.

These are a story for another time.

This pregnancy of the Crown Princess Consort was difficult, everyone knew.

Thus, when the news was sent out that she needed rest, no one doubted it.

Only the Empress personally came to visit twice.

But she didn’t see her.

Continually filled with worry.

Not till the fruit was ripe, with everyone standing in the Eastern Palace awaiting the news.

The Crown Princess Consort inside bit a kerchief, refusing to make a sound.

The Crown Prince and Empress paced anxiously outside.

With a few of the Crown Prince’s favored concubines, who also wore anxious looks, listening and accompanying.

But none dared to say a word.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Finally, after two hours, they heard the baby’s cry.

"Born, born."

The Empress at this moment couldn’t care about anything else.

Hurriedly rushed in and immediately asked.

"Is it a prince or a princess?"

The midwife smiled and said.

"Congratulations to the Empress, it’s a healthy little princess."

Hearing this, the smile on the Empress’s face could hardly be sustained.

In the Eastern Palace, five children were born consecutively.

Yet each was a princess.

There was no news of a prince, and the Emperor’s illness worsened.

When would they be able to have this rightful grandson in their arms?

Despite the disappointment in her heart, for the mood of the Crown Princess Consort, she feigned a smile and said.

"Princesses are good, princesses are caring, you are more fortunate than I am, having two princesses, in the future, will certainly be smooth and happy."

Perhaps the Empress didn’t sincerely mean these words when she said them.

As such, the second half of her life was neither smooth nor happy.

But filled with challenges, and by late life, she even turned against both princesses.

Truly pitiful and lamentable.

She then continued.

"It’s a bright night outside, let’s call her Hui Yue, what does the Crown Princess Consort think?"

Hui Yue, Hui Yue.

It indeed maintains its charm.

Therefore, the Crown Princess Consort did not object.

The month of confinement, the Crown Princess Consort lived quite comfortably.

After the Sakyamuni leaves were discovered, the feeling of nausea vanished.

Since then, she has been taking good care of her pregnancy.

Now that the child is born, although not as she wished, a prince.

But for the future of her two daughters, the Crown Princess Consort did not lament her fate.

She was nursing her health well.

But she internally knew that having a third child was impossible.

So she made a resolution.

No matter whose child becomes Emperor, she will ensure her two princesses have a safe, carefree lifetime.

Unlike her, bound and helpless.

Before Hui Yue turned two, the Emperor of Da Wei passed away.

In the same year, the Crown Prince ascended to the throne, setting the state title as Jianwu.

He honored his mother as the Empress Dowager and provided her residence in Cining Palace.

He honored the Crown Princess Consort, of the Zhang family, as Empress Zhang, with a residence in Changchun Palace.

As for the other favored concubines, most also received ranks.

As for Meng Dong, she obtained the status of a noble.

Though in the harem, she wasn’t particularly noticeable.

Yet she did shed the dust of the mortal world, rising to take her place, not remaining a maid.

On the first day of moving into Changchun Palace, Wen Lan still recalls accidentally breaking a teacup.

The nearby Sister Zhong Xia chuckled and said.

"Peace year by year."

Then she bent down to pick up the broken porcelain pieces.

Her hands were even more tender and smooth than those of ordinary young ladies from wealthy families.

As time passed, her appearance became more pleasing and natural.

It’s unfortunate that every time the Crown Prince (now the Emperor) visited, she respectfully kept her head down.

Her actions and speech seemed soullessly dull.

Initially, Wen Lan didn’t understand.

Later, she realized it was concealing her talents.

Many people said the best path for a palace maid is to become part of the Royal Family’s concubines.

But Zhong Xia did not think so.

Before entering the palace, she already had feelings for someone from the General Mansion.

Her family was aware of this, and so was the other party’s family.

Including the Crown Princess Consort.

Therefore, once she reached the age of twenty-five, she could be allowed to leave the palace and marry.

As a result, Zhong Xia, seeing how capable Wen Lan was in handling matters, decided to train her.

The Crown Princess Consort (now Empress Zhang) was also of that mind.

So, in a few short years.

She went from being the tormented Lamei in the third courtyard of the General Mansion to the future Chief Nun Wen Lan in Changchun Palace.

And she hadn’t even turned twenty.

After national mourning, the Emperor began the selection of maidens.

But once the novelty wore off, it was merely over ten more lonely women in an empty garden within the harem.

The Empress quietly watched, without saying much.

After all, everyone in the palace knew, the relationship between the Empress and Emperor had also grown quite distant.

But the turning point happened during the Eastern tour.

The Emperor, who was lacking in spirit upon departure, returned brimming with life.

Just because by his side was a gentle woman like water.

Upon entering the palace, she became extremely favored.

And her rapid ascent was astounding.

She was someone whose womb was extremely fortunate.

In the second year of Jianwu, she gave birth to the first Prince, Yu Wenhong.