My husband, who abandoned his father and kept his son, actually wants me to be his concubine.

Chapter 122 She thought she was pregnant again.

Lu Jinshi frowned and looked at Wu Ke, saying, "Senior Brother! You've seen the suffering Senior Brother Liang Wen endured before. He has two children at home, right? Don't you want to seek justice for him? What exactly do they have against you?"

"I can promise you that, but if the Prince of Yan has any leverage over you, I will take care of it for you!"

Wu Ke glanced at Lu Jinshi, then lowered his head in shame and said, "We have no reason to complain."

As Lu Jinshi watched Liang Wen leave on Wu Ke's back, a tear slid down his cheek.

In just a short time, Princess Qingyun died, and Senior Brother Liang also died.

Rong Yi walked to Lu Jinshi's side and pulled her into his arms.

Lu Jinshi wrapped his arms around Rong Yi's waist and said, "Senior Brother Liang Wen is dead..."

Rong Yi patted Lu Jinshi's head and said, "One day I will be able to avenge Senior Brother Liang."

Prince An coughed lightly and walked to Lu Jinshi's side, saying, "Wonderful."

Lu Jinshi looked up at Prince An and said, "Uncle."

Prince An said, "Good and evil will eventually be rewarded, so don't be too sad."

"Yes, Uncle."

Prince An said, "Then I'll take my leave now, Uncle."

Lu Jinshi said, "Uncle, please take care."

After everyone had almost dispersed, Jiang Yin stood up energetically, showing no signs of being stabbed in the abdomen.

When Lu Jinshi saw Jiang Yin stand up, he said, "Young Master Jiang, you are willing to die to protect the imperial power today, which shows your loyalty. You should stay at home and recover from your injuries these next few days. There is no need to rush to the academy. Recovering from your injuries is the most important thing."

Jiang Yin feigned weakness and said, "Yes, Mr. Lu."

After everyone had left, Rong Yi picked up the knife that Jiang Yin had used to commit suicide, and said to Lu Jinshi with one hand, "Go back to the palace and get a good night's sleep. Don't think about unhappy things anymore."

Lu Jinshi nodded and said, "Yes."

Upon arriving at the Jade Palace, Rong Yi ordered his guards to destroy the knife Jiang Yin had used to commit suicide earlier. This knife was a telescopic blade used by martial arts practitioners to deceive people, and they couldn't let the others discover it.

Upon entering the bedchamber, Lu Jinshi was quite unhappy.

Rong Yi sat down next to Lu Jinshi and let her lie in his arms.

Lu Jinshi said, "Rong Yi, I really don't understand the difficulties faced by Senior Brother and Senior Brother Liang. Senior Brother Liang is not even afraid of death, so why would he help them? Senior Brother Liang's wife and children are all relying on him. If the pillar of the family is gone, doesn't he think about his wife and children?"

Rong Yi said in a low voice, "What if there is a punishment more severe than death?"

Lu Jinshi said, "Could it be that someone is using the lives of his wife and children to coerce him? Then Senior Brother Liang can completely trust that I can protect his wife and children. If he helps you become the crown prince, then what is there to fear from the Prince of Yan's faction?"

Rong Yi asked, "What if the crime committed is punishable by the extermination of nine generations of one's family?"

"What do you mean?" Lu Jinshi looked into Rong Yi's eyes.

Rong Yi said, "Don't forget, the matter of the Princess of Qingyuan was also inseparable from the Prince of Yan's handiwork."

Lu Jinshi said, "Are you saying... that my senior brother Liang, like Prince Qingshan, might also have an affair with Consort Rong?"

Rong Yi said, "If he doesn't even care about his life, he must have committed a crime that is more serious than losing his life, which is punishable by the extermination of nine generations of his family. And having an affair with a concubine is also a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of his family."

Lu Jinshi suddenly felt a wave of nausea wash over her. Before the palace maid could even bring in a spittoon, she vomited directly on the ground.

Rong Yi hurriedly said, "Summon the Imperial Physician."

Lu Jinshi vomited for a while, and Rong Yi patted her back gently with concern. After a while, Lu Jinshi said, "I'm fine. It's probably because the weather is too hot, and I was drunk yesterday."

After the palace maids finished cleaning up the filth, the imperial physician came to take Lu Jinshi's pulse.

After a moment's consideration, the imperial physician said, "The Seventh Prince's Consort is feeling depressed and also has some gastrointestinal discomfort. I will prescribe some medicine for her to take care of herself for a few days."

"Thank you very much, Imperial Physician." Lu Jinshi gestured to Caiyun to give the Imperial Physician some silver.

After the imperial physician left, Rong Yi breathed a sigh of relief and hugged Lu Jinshi, saying, "I thought you were pregnant again, but thankfully you aren't."

Lu Jinshi looked at Rong Yi and said, "Isn't it bad that I'm pregnant?"

Rong Yi said, "Zhang'er is not even a year old yet. You should rest for another two years before you can get pregnant."

Lu Jinshi touched his lower abdomen and said to Rong Yi, "With Consort Rong and Prince Yan still not eliminated, I dare not have any more children."

Rong Yi reached out and tucked a stray hair from Lu Jinshi's forehead, saying, "It's probably difficult to find evidence of Consort Rong's affair with another man. After all, Consort Rong is still one of Father Emperor's concubines. Having an affair with a concubine is a heinous crime that would result in the extermination of nine generations of one's family and the destruction of one's reputation. No one dares to come forward to testify about this matter."

Lu Jinshi said, "Let's not talk about this anymore, it makes me want to throw up again."

Rong Yi chuckled as he stroked Lu Jinshi's back, "Then let's talk about something happy. When you go to pay your respects to your mother tomorrow, you shouldn't call her 'Mother Consort,' you should call her 'Empress Mother.'"

Lu Jinshi smiled gently and said, "This can be considered a good thing."
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Inside the Prince of Yan's residence.

Inside the Buddhist hall.

Consort Rong stared intently at the Prince of Yan kneeling on the ground. She slammed the Buddhist prayer beads in her hand to the ground and slapped the Prince of Yan across the face, saying, "Useless trash! Useless piece of trash!"

"How can you be so incompetent? How could you let that lowly Rong become empress?"

"Do you know that once that slut surnamed Rong becomes Empress, your brother's position as Crown Prince will be in jeopardy! Once that bastard becomes the legitimate heir, His Majesty will have every right to appoint him as Crown Prince!"

Consort Rong was extremely angry and said, "Truly a useless thing, utterly useless!"

Consort Rong smashed all the offerings that had been placed before the Buddha statue to the ground.

"Mother." Seeing Consort Rong's angry appearance, Prince Yan knelt down and hugged her leg, saying, "Mother, it is my incompetence, but it will not be so easy for Qi Yi to become the crown prince. I will definitely not let him become the crown prince so easily."

"Mother, please don't be angry anymore."

Consort Rong said, "Not angry? How can I not be angry! What right does that woman surnamed Rong have to become Empress! I will not allow her to become Empress... I will not allow it! The position of Empress should have been mine, it should have been mine!"

Consort Rong was so angry that she was almost insane.

Prince Yan rose and pulled Consort Rong into his arms. "Mother, I can give you the Empress's position... I can give you the Empress's position..."

Consort Rong burst into tears in Prince Yan's arms.

"Your Highness, Mother Consort."

The voice of the Princess Consort of Yan County could be heard from outside.

Prince Yan released Consort Rong and frowned as he walked outside the Buddhist hall, saying, "What are you doing here so late?"

Princess Consort of Yan said, “Your Highness, a eunuch came to the gate and gave me this imperial edict. I looked at the contents of the edict and it demoted you to a county prince and confined you to your quarters for a month... What did you do to displease Father? I went back to my parents’ home early this morning and asked my father to find a way to plead for you.”

The Prince of Yan frowned and looked at the Princess of Yan with disdain, saying, "What use is your father? Get out!"

Princess Consort Yan was scolded by Prince Yan, and she left in grief and indignation, biting her lower lip.

Consort Rong snatched the imperial edict from Prince Yan's hand and scoffed, "His Majesty isn't even willing to wait one night. I'm afraid that at dawn, the entire Chang'an will know that the woman surnamed Rong has become the Empress!"

The Prince of Yan said, "Mother, I will also make sure you sit on the throne of Empress. You must believe in your son..."