I stubbornly shook my head, \"No, if you don\'t promise to help me today, I won\'t get up.\" Now that I’m pregnant, Cristin wasn’t aware that I knew of her servitude to Zach. Still, I have not treated her badly over the years, otherwise, she would not have cooperated with me in that play just now. But I wasn’t at ease, so I had to ask for a guarantee. Seeing that I refused to get up, Cristin simply knelt down in front of me, her eyes were red, and her voice cracked, \"My lady, what\'s the trouble with you? You are the body of thousands of gold. You are the master of the maidservant. If the master has an order, how dare I not follow?\" She really was such a wise person. In fact, she instantly knew what I wanted to ask her the moment I knelt down to her, but unfortunately, her master was not me. \"Zach is your master,\" I looked up at her, my eyes burning, \"isn’t he?\" Cristin raised her head suddenly, her eyes were shocked, \"My l
\"Well, I, Cristin, swear to the heaven that I will never tell others about my lady’s pregnancy. If I violated it, I will pierce my body with arrows and die!\" Seeing her so dedicated, I couldn’t bear it. I quickly pulled her up from the ground, \"All right, Cristin, from now on, you and I will be on the same boat. Don\'t worry, I will protect you. As long as I am here, no one will dare bully you.\" Not even Zach. Cristin didn\'t reply to me, but rubbed my knees heartily, and asked me, \"Does it hurt, my lady?\" I smiled and shook my head, reached out my hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and comforted her, \"It doesn\'t hurt. It’s an old disease, it doesn\'t get in the way.\" But Cristin refused to believe it. She insisted on digging out the ointment left by Doctor Hu, and carefully applied three layers on the back and front of my knees before she was willing to give up. In the next few days, my pregnancy sympto
It was a long night. My brother decided to implement the plan in three days. During that time, he would try to hold Zach back, and I would need to change into the clothes of a court lady and go to the west palace gate, where someone would send me out of Yecheng overnight. After leaving the city, another person would pick me up, and then they would follow the route set by my brother to send me to a safe place. I read the plan back and forth many times and was relieved to know that it was foolproof. When things got to this point, Cristin probably also knew that I was determined to leave, so she didn\'t persuade me again. She kept silent day by day, I thought she was just worried about me. The night I left, the palace was exceptionally quiet. Cristin knelt down on the floor and helped me change clothes while telling me about the things I needed to pay attention to on the road. When she was talking, I saw her eyes become red, so I hugged her a
After looking around, I didn\'t see Zach. At this moment, my brother\'s people surrounded me. If I guessed correctly, my brother is probably also under their control now. I knew I couldn\'t retreat, so I had to raise my head to meet her gaze, \"What do you want?\" \"It’s a capital crime for the Concubine to escape without permission. Naturally, this palace was ordered by the Emperor to arrest you,\" Lucille looked at me with a look that says she has won. I laughed, \"The Empress is very serious. The Concubine has not left the city nor has she resisted. I just went out of the palace privately during the confinement period.\" She caught me and I had nothing to say. If I couldn’t escape, I would definitely not involve the entire Lin family. \"Elisa Lin, you really won’t give up until you reach your goal, huh?\" Lucille snorted, then clapped her hands. \"Bring the servant up.\" In fact, I have long thought that someone must have betra
I was shocked. I suddenly raised my head, my whole body seemed to have been struck by lightning. Lucille\'s eyes were also shocked, and her voice spoke a little louder, \"What did you say?\" Cristin didn\'t answer, but just bowed her head, \"I will leave now.\" During the whole process, she moved forward and retreated rationally and calmly, completely different from the lively and irregular appearance she had in front of me. So, was this her true face? I suddenly realized that after she has been with me for so many years, I have never truly known her. \"Then I want you to swear. Swear it with your life. Promise me that no one will know that I am pregnant!\" \"Well, I, Cristin, swear to the heaven that I will never tell others about my lady’s pregnancy. If I violated it, I will pierce my body with arrows and die!\" The old vows were ringing in my ears, but just now, in front of me, she told the whole world about my pregnan
\"But what?\" Lucille asked with a stunned expression, her hand on the armrest of the seat clenched involuntarily. It was a cold winter night, but the Imperial doctor’s forehead was sweating profusely, \"It\'s just that Concubine Lisa is emotionally unstable and there seems to be a sign of fetal irritability.\" He spoke the last few words very quietly, but I heard them clearly. Lucille was obviously relieved. She waved her hand, her expression was a little impatient, \"Okay, I understand. You can leave now.\" The Imperial doctor wiped his cold sweat and retreated. It may be because I have been kneeling for a long time that my knees have started to faintly hurt again. However, I paid no mind to it because all I could think about was the baby in my stomach. The Imperial doctor said I have began to have signs of fetal irritability, but Lucille clearly dismissed the Imperial physician and made it clear that she wanted the baby in my w
The Eastern Kingdom doesn\'t need the Lin family\'s help to fight the world, and Zach doesn\'t need me anymore, so this has all just been a game from beginning to end. Cristin served Zach. Perhaps he knew I was pregnant a long time ago, but he pretended to be ignorant. He knew that according to my temperament, I would do everything I possibly could to keep this child at all costs. He forced me to do this. He watched me every step of the way until I unknowingly stepped into the trap he had set up long ago, but he kept silent in order to wipe out the entire Lin family! Was that right? \"No… That’s impossible… It can’t be...\" I couldn\'t help but tremble. I feel like I’ve fallen into an ice cellar for days. It was so cold. \"Actually, you’ve guessed it a long time ago, haven’t you?\" Lucille squatted down in front of me, with a little pity in her eyes, \"With your ingenuity, when the Emperor asked you to drink the black soup again and again,
She spoke it so casually, as if in her eyes, she was just playing with two dolls and not with two innocent lives. Lannie was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she backed away in panic, even her words became uncomfortable, \"No! I don’t want to drink! I won’t drink!\" Lucille\'s face sank when she heard the words, and she said coldly, \"Lady Lannie won’t drink? Perhaps you need the palace to help you?\" Lucille held up her hand, she didn\'t even need to give an order, someone immediately stepped forward and held Lannie\'s arm. In shock, I spoke, \"Lucille! Whatever your business is with me, my brother\'s family has no grievances and no enmity with you, so leave them alone and punish me instead!\" My ten-year-old brother, Edward, burst into tears with fright. Kneeling beside him, Beth, an old housekeeper, climbed up and pulled Lucille\'s skirt, and pleaded with tears, \"Empress, in Lady Lannie’s womb is the only blood of the gener