As soon as Feng Qianchen left, noble imperial concubine Li came with a group of people.

Ling Shuang could not see, but could only hear the sound of many falling boxes in the bedroom.

"Sister, these are all Empress dowager's gifts for you." Noble imperial concubine Li held her hand affectionately and asked her to touch the boxes one by one. "Although you can't see anything, it's good to feel it and hear the sound."

This wasn't a gift, it was just a way to sprinkle salt on the wound. Ling Shuang did not hesitate to throw away her hand. "My mother died young. She was the only daughter in the house and had no sisters. Noble imperial concubine Li, please go back!

Ji Yuanli was not angry because she had expected that she would react this way. Instead, she laughed even more happily. "Tsk tsk, someone pregnant with the emperor's cub has confidence in her words!"

"Look, you can't see and still have such a big temper right now. If you annoy the people in the palace, who can casually tamper with these gifts, do you think you can still protect this child?"

Her voice was so soft that only the two of them could hear her and it was as if two sisters were whispering to each other.

But it fell in Ling Shuang's ear like a drumstick on her heart, heavy and pain-causing.

"What do you want?" She was alert and wanted to keep distance from her, and her fingers that were holding the silk handkerchief turned pale.

Ji Yuanli did not answer. She just laughed and then left.

The sharp laughter pierced through Ling Shuang's ears into her heart like a sword. She knew that it was a provocation, but she couldn't help but take it to heart.

She reached out and stroked her bulging belly. She finally made a difficult decision. "Men, go tell the emperor that I am not able to move at the moment, so it is not suitable for me to place too many items in my bedroom, and I beg your majesty to allow me to move everything except the bed in the main hall to the side hall."

When the words reached Feng Qianchen, Ji Yuanli was grinding the ink stick for him.

She frowned and sighed seemingly unconsciously, "Eh, my sister has been living in the Qiwu palace for quite some time now. Why is it that the empress dowager's gifts have just been sent over today and she finds it inconvenient to move around?"

Feng Qianchen thought that she really had trouble in moving around. After all, he had seen her almost fall with his own eyes. However, hearing Ji Yuanli's words, he felt that something went wrong.

Why didn't she tell him herself at that time? Why did she wait until the empress dowager's things were sent to her? This was not an inconvenience, it was clearly a disrespect for the empress dowager!

"Alright, since she resents the influence of the gifts on her movement, then I will order someone to move everything to the side palace as she wishes. As for the bed, there's no need to leave it. The bedding is directly laid on the floor, and she doesn't need to bother to get on and off the bed."

"Your majesty, my sister is pregnant while the ground is cold. Isn't it not good?"

Ji Yuanli's "kind" reminder made Feng Qianchen's cold eyes darken. "Relying on the emperor's heir and even the empress dowager was disregard by her, I am not being hard to her."

Touching the mattress on the hard floor, He Lingshuang silently made a bitter smile, "Ji Yuanli, you won this round again." The news of her spoiled arrogance and utter disregard for the Empress dowager would spread throughout the whole palace before tomorrow.

She reached out and gently stroked her lower abdomen, feeling the faint heartbeat of her baby. "Child, your father doesn't understand me, but you do understand, right?"

The two gentle movements of the fetus instantly cheered her up. "Good baby, what a good baby!"

The afterglow of the sunset shrouded her, and the way she stroked her lower abdomen and whispered and her gentle smile made her exude a motherly radiance.

Feng Qianchen watched this scene through the window. For the first time, he had doubts. Would such a gentle woman really have such a cold and vicious heart?