Selling wife for fame? Kick out the scumbag and marry the new emperor to enjoy the harem of favors

Chapter 239

Wei Jieyu lowered her eyes, looking rather unhappy.

"Mother, it's not easy for us to sit down and have a private chat, and you don't even care about me, you just ask me these questions."

In front of her mother, Wei Jieyu was still more like a little girl, and she no longer had her usual poised demeanor.

Madam Feng sighed, "Why don't I miss you? I came today and saw that you looked rosy and healthy, neither fat nor thin. I suppose you haven't suffered any grievances in the palace. Your father sees the Emperor every day in the court and often asks about you indirectly. The Emperor always says you're doing well. Now it seems that you are indeed doing quite well on your own, but you just don't want to go to the Emperor's side much!"

After she finished speaking, Wei Jieyu pulled her hand back, looking somewhat sullen.

“Mother, the Emperor doesn’t like me, so why would he come to me? I have no intention of trying to please him. The Emperor treats me with respect every day, which is good enough. Why do I have to compete for his favor? I see some concubines in the harem who have ruined themselves. They look really pathetic.”

The reason is simply that Consort Wei no longer has any feelings for Zhao Xingjin.

Otherwise, someone who liked Zhao Xingjin wouldn't have said such a thing.

Madam Feng, being an experienced woman, could easily see her daughter's state of mind; she was living a Buddhist-like life in the palace.

However, the Wei family did not send their daughter into the palace without any ulterior motives. They hoped that someone would speak up for Wei in front of the emperor in the future. Given Wei Jieyu's current state, it would be ineffective to persuade her to compete for the emperor's favor. They knew their own daughter well; she was very stubborn.

Then
"Even if you don't want to compete for the emperor's favor, you should at least put some effort into having a child, whether it's a princess or a prince. Having your own offspring means you have someone to rely on. Even if the emperor completely abandons you in the future, having a child will give you more face than others," Madam Feng advised softly.

Wei Jieyu had no rebuttal to these words.

Indeed, having a child in the palace has many advantages. Putting aside everything else, even if one doesn't receive imperial favor in the future, having a child by one's side will prevent one from being too lonely.

Now that Consort Wei has experienced the loneliness of the palace, she gradually becomes closer to Consort Liu and Xie Jiu.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Madam Feng knew that she had taken some of the information to heart, and then she asked a question.

"How long has it been since His Majesty last stayed overnight at your palace?"

Consort Wei thought for a moment, "About three months. The Emperor doesn't come often, and when he does, he just sits for a while or has a meal and then leaves."

Hearing this, Madam Feng's expression became even more serious.

After a moment of silence, he said in a low voice, "But the Emperor did come. After you served him, were you given any medicine?"

"Give medicine?" Consort Wei looked at her mother in confusion.

Lady Feng lowered her eyes and explained, "Has His Majesty forbidden you from becoming pregnant?"

This was also a concern of the Wei family, who feared that Zhao Xingjin was wary of Wei Zhang's growing power and therefore did not want any children born to the Wei family to be in the palace.

After understanding her mother's meaning, Consort Wei shook her head, "No, after serving the emperor, everything was as usual."

After speaking, he paused, then lowered his head somewhat forlornly.

"Perhaps I was just unlucky and never got pregnant. When I first entered the palace, the Emperor came more often, but it gradually became less and less later."

"It's alright. As long as the Emperor is still willing to come, and you put in the effort yourself, you'll still be able to conceive," Madam Feng comforted her. Then, as if suddenly remembering something, she lowered her voice and whispered in Consort Wei's ear, "As long as you're surrounded by clean people, no one will want you to be pregnant."

These words immediately cheered Wei Jieyu up. She turned her head and stared wide-eyed at Madam Feng in surprise.

"Mother, what do you mean?"

“I’ve embroidered a few clothes for you, Consort. Why don’t you go into the inner room and try them on? If there’s anything that doesn’t fit, I’ll take them back and alter them, then send someone to deliver them to you later,” Madam Feng suddenly interrupted her.

He then pulled Wei Jieyu to her feet and led her into the inner room.

Siwei and Nianci, who were serving Consort Wei, realized that their mistress had something to say, so they used the excuse that Consort Wei needed to change her clothes to send everyone else out of the room.

At this moment, inside the room, Madam Feng immediately instructed a familiar-looking nanny who was standing beside her to carefully examine the items in Consort Wei's room.

"Is Mother worried that someone has sabotaged my health, making it difficult for me to conceive?" Consort Wei frowned. "Could it be that she's overthinking it? I'm not favored by the emperor, so who would want to harm or guard against me like this?"

Lady Feng said, “Your Highness is carefree, but this is the palace. It’s always good to be extra careful. This nanny is a doctor I specially invited. She is very experienced. Let her check the furnishings in the room and take your pulse. It will put my mind at ease. Even if we don’t compete for the emperor’s favor, we can’t let ourselves be harmed without even knowing it.”

To be honest, Madam Feng was very suspicious of the Hidden Plum Pavilion because before Consort Wei entered the palace, Madam Feng had specially prepared her body, and Consort Wei's body was in a very favorable state for pregnancy, but unexpectedly there had been no progress for so long.

"Madam, everything in the room is fine," the nanny reported after checking.

Wei Jieyu immediately glanced at her mother with a helpless look, but Madam Feng still insisted that the nanny take Wei Jieyu's pulse.

Unexpectedly, this pulse diagnosis revealed something unusual.

"What's wrong?" Wei Jieyu asked when she saw the old woman frowning. "Is there something wrong with my health?"

The old woman withdrew her hand. "Jieyu's pulse indicates that she has been using contraceptive medication."

“Impossible,” Wei Jieyu retorted instinctively. “I never did.”

Madam Feng's face immediately darkened. "Silly child, someone is trying to harm you! Quickly think about what you eat every day, and bring them all that can be examined."

Wei Jieyu nodded and immediately told Nianci to prepare.

Finally, something unusual was found in the tea.

"It seems the people around you are dishonest," Madam Feng said gravely.

However, she could not stay in the palace for long to take care of her daughter, so she could only give her detailed instructions and then anxiously hoped that Consort Wei could resolve the crisis on her own.

"What does Jieyu intend to do?" Nianci asked, worried and angry. "I never imagined there would be such a traitor in Yinmei Pavilion!"

Nianci was also anxious. "We must catch this person as soon as possible. There aren't many people who have daily access to the Consort's tea. Why don't we summon them all and interrogate them one by one?"

The two maids chatted back and forth, but Consort Wei remained silent.

After a long pause, he finally spoke, “No, doing this will only alert the enemy. It’s easy to catch the treacherous servant, but it won’t be easy to find out who’s behind him. Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so let’s hold back for now. After the festival, I’ll think carefully about how to find out who this disloyal person is.”

She doesn't hold grudges, but she's not that magnanimous.

Moreover, Wei Jieyu already had someone she suspected.