So what if she's my sister-in-law? You seduced me first.

What a heartless bastard! Does he even care if she has his child? There are so many women in the world, anyone can have a child. He doesn't necessarily need her.

Enraged, Xie Xun lost all reason, threw her onto the bed, and pried her legs apart.

Didn't she not want the child? Didn't she want him to abort it? He can take his anger out on her now and kill her alive.

madman.

"Let go, Xie Xun, let go of me."

Ning Yu was startled and reached out to strike his face, but Xie Xun grabbed her wrist, his arms tensing with excessive force as if he wanted to crush her. "You think your skills are enough to hit me?"

"Don't you have any women left? Are you crazy?"

His body was suddenly thrown aside, and Xie Xun straightened up. His figure standing by the bed was cold and sinister. The moonlight shone on his evil eyes, and his disdainful gaze was frightening.

"You're right, there are plenty of women out there. There's no point in sleeping with a woman like you who doesn't know what's good for her."

Ning Yu was also quite angry with him. "Then please, Your Majesty, go and sleep with other women. Stop bothering me and let me leave the palace."

"Leave?" He twirled his wrist, smirked, "You'll die in the palace for me, no matter what. Leave? Dream on. You deserve to be locked up here until you die."

"Get out! Get out of here!"

Ning Yu picked up a pillow and threw it at him. Xie Xun paused as he turned around, caught the pillow, and threw it at the foot of her bed.

The noisy and angry sounds from inside came out intermittently. The palace servants guarding the palace gate exchanged a few trembling glances, not daring to gossip.

A short while later, the man strode out, and the palace servants hurriedly saw him off, not daring to utter a sound.

After Xie Xun left Changxin Palace, he summoned more than a dozen women to the Imperial Study. There were plenty of women in the palace without titles or status, and soon all kinds of women appeared in the Imperial Study's bedroom.

There were plenty of women of all ages, with ample breasts and plump hips, delicate and charming, all swaying gracefully as they approached. Some even possessed the allure of mature women, kneeling delicately on the ground, revealing large expanses of fair and tender skin.

Xie Xun looked at these women, unable to calm the anger in her chest. Which one of them wasn't more sensible than Ning Yu? Aren't they all women? They have everything they need, and she was no exception.

"come over."

Not knowing which one His Majesty was calling, the beautiful woman kneeling in front boldly took a few steps forward and slightly raised her face.

Her waist was suddenly lifted up, and Meiji gasped in surprise. Before she could react, the man had picked her up and carried her into the bedchamber.

The overwhelming masculine scent made her heart flutter instantly. The arms holding her were strong and powerful, and she could feel the solid muscle lines that exuded strength.

She glanced cautiously at His Majesty's face, feeling as if her heart was about to leap out of her chest.

With a thud, her body was slammed onto the bed without any mercy. She felt no pain at all, but rather a strange excitement. Her cheeks flushed, and she looked up nervously, panting.

Looking at Meiji's appearance, Xie Xun wondered if she was too angry to sleep or what, but she really couldn't concentrate on sleeping. Her mind was filled with the woman's face and her infuriating words.

The invisible pressure emanating from the man made Meiji feel like she couldn't breathe. She trembled and looked over shyly, only to meet his sinister eyes. In an instant, she was so frightened that she lost all her sense of reason.

"I don't want to have your child, and I don't want to have your child, no matter whose it is. I hate you."

She was lying to him. Saying that the child was fate was just to appease him. She had been taking contraceptives all along.

Thinking about it, Xie Xun calculated the time and realized that she became pregnant when she was brought back to the palace. She didn't have any contraceptives, so she got pregnant.

She loathed him. What did he do to make her loathe him so much? He pampered her with gold and jade, never letting her suffer a single hardship. He didn't even hold it against her when she ran away, and even wanted to elevate her to the position of empress. What exactly did he do wrong?

He shouldn't have spoiled that heartless wretch.

"Your Majesty~"

"Shut up."

The chilling voice made Miki's face turn even paler, and her legs went weak. She forced herself to sit up and crawled down.

The air was very quiet. Meiji didn't know whether she should leave or not. Her body, kneeling on the ground, was stiff and cold. The palace was clearly warm, but her limbs trembled as if she were very cold.

"What exactly do you women like?"

Suddenly, a questioning voice came over her head, carrying a chilling aura that sent shivers down her spine.

Meiji didn't dare to look up. After thinking for a moment, she replied with trembling lips, "This servant likes pretty faces and figures."

There was no sound from above, so she continued, "This servant also wishes to marry a suitable husband."

She doesn't care about marrying a perfect husband; she wants money, lots of money. If she could enter the harem, she could also have power. Money and power are what she wants most.

Marry a perfect husband? So she doesn't want to marry him, doesn't want to have his children, because she wants to marry the husband she desires?

Xie Xun narrowed his eyes, his gaze filled with deep mockery. "Don't even think about marrying someone else," he thought, "I'll kill them."

"go out."

This afternoon, imperial edicts bestowing rewards were issued from Shaoluwei. Everyone in the court and the harem knew that the lady kept in the harem was pregnant. The Empress Dowager, who lived in the Grand Palace, naturally received the news as well, and almost vomited.

Soon after, rumors of the two arguing loudly in the palace reached her spies, and she was so angry that she couldn't sleep all night.

Absurd, utterly absurd! Ning Shi is pregnant!

"Princess, why worry? His Majesty's favoritism towards the Ning family's daughter is merely a passing fancy. But the future is long, and beauty fades quickly. Who knows how long this favor will last?"

The one speaking was her dowry maid, who had served her all her life and never married.

The Grand Princess rubbed her forehead. "If that's the case, it's fine, but how do we appease Ayan? How can he be willing to accept this?"

"If they are used by someone with ulterior motives, brothers will turn against each other, and the Ning family's identity will be exposed. Wouldn't that scoundrel Xie Xun be condemned for eternity? What emperor has ever had such an absurd infamy? The historians of the previous dynasty would definitely make a big deal out of it."

What's more?! The Grand Princess worriedly thought of her good nephew, whose whereabouts were still unknown. The rebellion had been suppressed, but officials from the previous dynasty were still secretly investigating the matter.

If the new emperor, who hasn't even secured his throne yet, is burdened with such infamy, what will he do?

"His Majesty and the Crown Prince have no children yet, so it is a good thing for the Princess that Lady Ning is pregnant."

She didn't care for the children born to those femme fatales; without her, she would have countless imperial grandchildren to hold in her arms long ago.

The Grand Princess frowned, as if she had suddenly remembered something, and sat up to ask, "You just said the two of them had a fight?"

The old woman massaged her legs. "Yes, it was Guard Zhang who reported it. He overheard someone mentioning it while he was on duty."

"How audacious and arrogant! He even dares to argue with the emperor!" The Grand Princess was furious again.

Recalling the way the Duke of Dingguo acted when he was young, she spat and said, "Men are all cheap things."