At the end of the first month, Empress Lu was anxious, because Wang Meiren and Yu Meiren both gave birth in mid-March, and once the prince was born, he was made the crown prince, and Empress Lu was anxious that Empress Zhang Yan had no signs of pregnancy. If the heirs of either Wang and Yu were made princes, it would be harmful to Empress Lu and Zhang Yan, so Empress Lu stayed in Changxin Palace for a long time to think about a solution. Liu Ying did not go to Changxin Palace to worship Empress Lu once since she tried to eat it, and Empress Lu did not have any attitude towards this, and she had mixed feelings in her heart. Knowing that Emperor Hui was not in the palace of Wang Meiren these days, he was very angry, and ordered Emperor Hui to be sent to Changxin Palace, Empress Lu reprimanded Emperor Hui for snubbing Zhang Yan, Emperor Hui listened with a cold face, and after listening to it, he gave Empress Lu a hand out of the palace, without saying anything, and there was obviously a disdain in his eyes. Looking at Emperor Hui's strange and hurried back, Empress Lu's chest rushed to his head with anger, and with a shout, he pushed down several cases around him, the fruit fell to the ground, and the palace people knelt on the ground, and no one dared to pick up the fruits scattered on the ground. Empress Lu thought about it all night, and finally came up with a good way, and called Zhang Yan the next day.

Zhang Yan sat on the seat, not daring to move at will, knowing that Empress Lu was not in a good mood in recent days, and often lost her temper and punished the palace people, Zhang Yan also knew that Empress Lu was in a bad mood all because Emperor Hui did not share the room with her, the queen, so she had no heirs, Wang and Yu were about to give birth, which touched the key point of Empress Lu, so Empress Lu was unhappy all day. Zhang Yan must have been called to Changxin Palace for this reason.

Empress Lu came out of the back room, couldn't see the joy, anger and sorrow on her face, and sat directly opposite Zhang Yan. Zhang Yan hurriedly bowed, and Empress Lu said directly to Zhang Yan with a wave of one hand, "The emperor has never gone to you, and there is no way to mourn the family, but the prince must be you, otherwise your position will not be guaranteed in the future." ”

"The concubine can take the heirs raised by Wang Meiren or Yu Meiren as her own, and the concubine is still the mother-in-law." Zhang Yan was planning for a long time and said to Empress Lu.

"You have to give birth to your own to keep your position." Empress Lu looked at Zhang Yan and said categorically.

Zhang Yan frowned and was puzzled, and said no more. Empress Lu gestured to the palace people next to the pillar, and the palace people went to the inner room and gave a belly pillow to Empress Lu. Empress Lu pulled Zhang Yan up and asked her to take off her coat, Zhang Yan was puzzled and did so, and Empress Lu personally tied the abdominal pillow to Zhang Yan's waist and abdomen, and wrapped Zhang Yan's coat around her, so from the appearance, Zhang Yan's body was almost like being pregnant. Zhang Yan saw that there was more such a thing in her waist and abdomen, and knew what Empress Lu meant, so she blushed suddenly, and her hands were reluctant to touch her waist and abdomen. Empress Lu let out a low sigh and asked her to touch her waist and abdomen like a pregnant woman, and told her to pretend to be pregnant like this in the future until Wang Yu and the others gave birth to an heir. Zhang Yan didn't dare not agree, and in front of Empress Lu, she shyly followed the example of a pregnant woman and touched her waist and abdomen. Only then did Empress Lu smile. Zhang Yan's eyes lit up, and she said to Lu Hou, "The concubine has never had any signs of pregnancy, if the concubine is in May or June at the moment, who will believe it?" ”

"Don't worry about this, the mourning family said that you are eight months pregnant, and they have to believe it." Empress Lu attached her hand to Zhang Yan and said, "The mourning family will let the emperor accompany you in the Jiaofang Hall in the next few days." ”

Zhang Yan nodded, saluted and went back. At night, Emperor Hui went to the Jiaofang Hall and saw the pot-bellied Zhang Yan, and his heart was sour. Zhang Yanyan is unparalleled, jade and bright, she is a petite and cute girl, but she is Emperor Hui's niece, Emperor Hui can only be affectionate and polite to her, his niece is pure and jade, sacred and inviolable, Emperor Hui does not want to desecrate the pure Zhang Yan, but she is 'pregnant'. Hui Di found it both ridiculous and sad. Zhang Yan, who was practicing writing, saw Emperor Hui in front of the door, and beckoned to Emperor Hui with a smile, "Uncle Huang, come on, is Ah Yan's handwriting good?" ”

Emperor Hui walked over with a smile and looked at the words written by Zhang Yan on the bamboo slip, Zhang Yan looked at Emperor Hui with a smile, waiting for his praise. Emperor Hui nodded to her, and suddenly hugged Zhang Yan in his arms, Zhang Yan's petite body was submerged in Emperor Hui's wide and warm chest. Emperor Hui hugged Zhang Yan for a while and didn't speak. Zhang Yan said, "The Queen Mother asked Ah Yan to do this, and Ah Yan didn't dare to refuse." Ah Yan's like this makes the imperial uncle feel sad. Emperor Hui shook his head and did not speak. Zhang Yan felt that there was a drop of Emperor Hui's tears on her forehead, Zhang Yan didn't dare to speak, leaning on Emperor Hui's arms and listening to his uneven breathing.

In March, the grass grows and the warbler flies, the frozen water flows, and the warm sun shines on Chang'an. On the twelfth, Wang Meiren had just given birth to a prince, and before she could take a look, she was taken away by Zhan Shi of Changxin Palace. Regardless of her weak body, Wang Meiren tried her best to run out of the house to chase after Zhan Shi of Changxin Palace, but was blocked by two eunuchs and was carried back. A eunuch quickly took out a small bottle from his sleeve, pinched Wang Meiren's mouth and poured it into his mouth, Wang Meiren struggled non-stop, and the other eunuch held her hard, unable to move. In the blink of an eye, she didn't move at all. A eunuch put his hand in front of her nose and was sure she was dead. They put Wang Meiren on the couch intact, sorted out the traces of their hands a little, and hurriedly walked out of the house.

In the Jiaofang Palace, the atmosphere is more tense than ever, and Empress Zhang Yan is about to give birth. Empress Lu and the midwife guarded Zhang Yan tightly, and Zhang Yan, who was lying on the couch, was covered with beads of sweat on her forehead, not knowing what to do. The midwife whispered a few words in Lu Hou's ear, and Lu Hou bent down and said to Zhang Yan, "Ah Yan, your stomach hurts, and you cry out in pain." ”

"Ah Yan won't." Zhang Yan said embarrassedly.

"Just shout loudly," Empress Lu attached her hand to Zhang Yan's hand, staring at her with threatening eyes, "If not, someone will die." ”

Zhang Yan was worried that Empress Lu would be angry with others, so she had to shout out, and Empress Lu breathed a sigh of relief. Zhan Shi came in through the back door, holding a newborn sleeping baby in his arms, and hurriedly handed Ying'er in his arms to Empress Lu, and said that it was a baby boy. Empress Lu hugged the baby boy and looked at it carefully, and the baby boy looked like Liu Ying between his eyebrows. Lu Hou patted the baby boy, and the baby boy cried 'wow'. The midwife shouted outside, "Empress Zhang gave birth to a dragon son, and the mother and child are safe." The eunuch hurriedly told the good news of Zhang Yan's birth of a dragon son to Emperor Hui, who was dealing with the government, and Emperor Hui knew that all this was arranged by his mother, and he was innocent with Zhang Yan, how could she have a child? Even so, no matter which concubine he was born to, he was finally his own child. Emperor Hui put down the court affairs in his hand and hurriedly walked to the Jiaofang Palace.

"Ah Yan—" Emperor Hui couldn't wait to shout outside the hall, full of excitement and joy. After entering the palace, the palace eunuchs went to Emperor Hui to congratulate, "Your Majesty is happy and happy, and I wish Your Majesty and the queen a happy dragon." Emperor Hui waved them up happily, and said that everyone in the palace was rewarded. Emperor Hui hurriedly went to the apse to visit Zhang Yan, at that time, Empress Lu was also in the palace, Emperor Hui lightly saluted his mother, Empress Lu was in the head, did not blame his son for his cold attitude, and still said happily to Emperor Hui, "Come, this is your child, hug it." Hui Di took the child and hugged it, looking at the sleeping baby, the eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth were more like himself, and Hui Di kissed his son's forehead happily and lovingly. A fresh little life in his arms, he is his own child, Hui Di thought of this, and couldn't help but smile happily. Empress Lu reminded Emperor Hui that Zhang Yan was still lying on the couch, and Emperor Hui felt that he loved his son, and forgot Zhang Yan for the time being, so he gave the child to his mother again. Emperor Hui came to Zhang Yan's bed, held Zhang Yan's hand, and said lovingly, "Ah Yan, it's hard work, the child is very beautiful." Zhang Yan smiled and said, "Let's choose a name for him." Emperor Hui thought about it, and his eyes lit up, "Gong is humble and polite, it is better to call Liu Gong." Zhang Yan nodded in response.

Two days later, because Empress Lu insisted that Emperor Hui stay in the Jiaofang Palace, Emperor Hui did not have time to visit Wang Meiren, so he sent eunuchs to reward Wang Meiren. Emperor Hui asked them if Wang Meiren's health was healthy, but the eunuchs did not dare to speak. Emperor Hui's heart sank, and he realized that Wang Meiren had died.

"Let's bury it." Emperor Hui gave a low order, and the eunuchs immediately left the palace. Emperor Hui, who was holding Liu Gong, could not hide his sadness, and felt that Wang Meiren had made sacrifices for him and Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan knew that Emperor Hui was sad because of the death of Wang Meiren, and thoughtfully comforted Emperor Hui, saying that she would definitely take care of Liu Gong and not let Wang Meiren down. Emperor Hui gave Liu Gong to Zhang Yan to hold, and he hugged Zhang Yan and Liu Gong in her arms, Emperor Hui snuggled his chin against Zhang Yan's head, looking out of the window sadly, the flowers outside the window were blooming brilliantly, competing for beauty; The birds in the trees are chirping, which is very festive and beautiful.

At the beginning of April, Yu Meiren gave birth to a dragon son, and Emperor Hui named his son Liu Shan. Because Wang Meiren died innocently, Liu Gong was already a prepared prince, and Yu Meiren guessed that Empress Lu probably wouldn't attack her, but this idea was not very firm. In the month of early May, Emperor Hui ran to the poppy four times. Empress Lu learned that she ordered Shaofu to reward Yu Meiren, and after a few days, she ordered the palace people to bring her delicious desserts. The poppy was already speculating because Empress Lu asked Shaofu to reward her for the first time, and she was frightened, thinking that Empress Lu was unhappy to do so, and this time she sent her desserts, and the poppies were afraid that the dessert was poisonous and refused to eat it. For half a month, the poppies spent their time in fear and worry, and Liu Shan was even more hungry and waiting to be fed. The poppy was delirious and curled herself up in a corner all day long, and as soon as Emperor Hui came, she pulled Emperor Hui's sleeve and shouted loudly, Empress Lu wanted to kill her. Emperor Hui didn't know what Empress Lu was thinking, but he knew that Yu Meiren was afraid all day long, so he comforted her, "It's okay, I'm here to accompany you." ”

The next day, the people of Changxin Palace went to the palace of the poppy and said that the queen mother rewarded her with a beautiful hairpin. The poppy screamed and fell into a state of madness, at this time she had been mentally tortured by Empress Lu, thinking that Empress Lu was doing this to her and wanted her to die. The people of Changxin Palace reported the matter to Empress Lu, and Empress Lu sighed, "If she dies, the mourning family will be unjustly killed by the emperor." ”

At night, someone reported to Empress Lu that Yu Meiren committed suicide by hanging a beam in his palace, and Empress Lu sighed, closed his eyes and said nothing, and asked them to bury Yu Mei. The next day, Emperor Hui went to the palace of the poppy beauty, opened the door and saw the poppy woman hanging from the beam and committing suicide, a stream of blood gushing out of her chest, Emperor Hui spit blood from his mouth, and fainted to the ground. Empress Lu hurriedly asked Imperial Physician Qin to rescue him. Emperor Hui in his illness did not see anyone, drank all day long, slept when he was drunk, and refused to wake up.

In the Jiaofang Palace, Liu Chang, who was only eight years old, often went to play with Xiao Liu Gong, and then Empress Lu asked Princess Lu Yuan to enter the palace to accompany Zhang Yan and Xiao Liu Gong for a period of time. Empress Lu dealt with the government for Emperor Hui day and night, very busy, whenever she had free time, she repeatedly thought about her contradictory and difficult life, thinking about it, but she had firm confidence in her eyes, and she was stronger.