"Mistress, I have heard that Honored Lady Cheng seems to be pregnant!"
"Mistress, I've heard about it too. Sigh... With Honored Lady Cheng pregnant, I'm afraid no one dares to speak of it openly!" To speak out, isn't that just waiting to be harmed!
Xia Ruqing didn't even lift her head. "So she's pregnant, what's there to be so shocked about! Having served the Emperor, isn't pregnancy normal? It's not like she cuckolded the Emperor. Anyway, there's no drama to watch! To harm someone and cause a miscarriage, that's not considered drama!"
Xia Ruqing was very calm, but others were not. This included the Empress, Consort Ning, and all the concubines in the Harem. Those with higher rank were somewhat better off; at least their days without favor weren't too difficult. But those of lower rank, especially those Honored Ladies who entered with the same batch of Fine Ladies, were all feeling resentful.
