QT: TPE Chapter 38.2

The golden finger that brought her back from the dead was indeed very useful. Just one fertility pill was enough to make the Empress Dowager’s attitude toward her change drastically, and the Empress Dowager and the Emperor no longer valued Princess Minghua as much as before.

The Empress Dowager was very fond of Xu Lingyi: “I am a woman just like you. When a woman is pregnant, it is best if her mother is by her side. The Emperor is a man and cannot consider these things. Your mother can stay in the palace for a long time to take care of the baby in your womb.”

Xu Lingyi hesitated: “But wouldn’t it be inappropriate for Mother to live in the palace… Outsiders will inevitably speculate and gossip.”

The Empress Dowager smiled and shook her head: “What’s wrong with that? As long as you’re happy, that’s all that matters. Now that you’re pregnant, you should be even more cheerful. As I’ve said before, if you want anything, I’ll do everything in my power to help you. Even if you want the stars and the moon, I’ll do my best to make it happen for you. So you can rest assured and let your mother stay in the palace. Even if outsiders have any guesses, they’ll only think it’s because you’re favored by the Emperor. They won’t think that you’re pregnant.”

In the eyes of the people in the capital, the Emperor can’t possibly have any more children.

Even if they have suspicions, they won’t have considered the possibility that the concubines are pregnant.

Xu Lingyi was overjoyed; she missed her mother and father the most.

The Emperor, reminded by the Empress Dowager, also thought of General Xu on the frontier, so he said, “The frontier is relatively stable now. Your three elder brothers are young and promising, and guarding the frontier is no problem for them. Why don’t we let General Xu return to the capital to see you?”

Xu Lingyi lowered her head and hesitated for a moment.

She also missed her father very much. After being reborn, she met and spent time with her mother, but her father was from two different lifetimes ago.

Previously, she was always wary of that wretched Princess Minghua, but now that the Emperor had already assigned secret guards to monitor her, she should be safe from further trouble.

Moreover, after this incident, even if Princess Minghua was foolish, she should have realized that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor’s attitude toward her had changed. At this moment, she was overwhelmed with worries and probably didn’t have the energy to do anything else, nor would she dare to be as audacious as before.

Besides, in her past life, Princess Minghua mainly had her eyes on her brothers, as her father was getting old.

“Don’t worry, since the Emperor has spoken, there will be no problem. Let General Xu come back as well. Your father has been stationed on the frontier for many years, serving the country loyally. Now that you are pregnant, he can certainly come back to see you. You don’t need to have any worries.”

When the Empress Dowager saw Xu Lingyi hesitate, she knew that she also missed her father very much.

“Thank you, Empress Dowager and Your Majesty.”

This expression of gratitude was Xu Lingyi’s first truly heartfelt statement of the day.

After she became pregnant, the Empress Dowager treated her even better than the Emperor; this change was truly drastic.

“I am willing to do anything for you, as long as you can safely give birth to my grandson. I know that childbirth is not easy for women, so there is no need to be polite with me. If I really want to say something, it’s that I am grateful to you. No one in the palace has been pregnant for many years, except for you. I wish I could do more for you. So if there is anything you want, just tell me.”

The Empress Dowager’s words were so sincere that Xu Lingyi outwardly declined, but inwardly she was very pleased.

To be fair, the Empress Dowager truly treats those she favors with utmost sincerity. In the past, she was kind to Princess Minghua, and now she is kind to her.

Despite the many bad things Gui Fei had done, she was able to overlook them for Princess Minghua’s sake.

Even if she does something in the future, the Empress Dowager will not do anything to her because of her child.

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