More than a month after Xiao Yuan replaced Emperor Kang He, Anning suddenly felt unwell one day and vomited during a meal. Xiao Yuan hurriedly summoned an Imperial Physician to take her pulse, and was told that Anning was pregnant.
This instantly shook the entire harem and the previous dynasty alike.
At a time when everyone believed that Your Majesty had no hope of siring a Prince, the Empress, who had not conceived for many years, was actually pregnant.
The Empress Dowager was so happy she almost lost her head; all the good things from her palace were sent to Changle Palace like running water.
The concubines in the harem all quieted down as well.
Now, not a single one of them dared to jump out and make trouble, afraid that if anything went wrong and the Dragon Son in the Empress's belly suffered the slightest mishap, it would be blamed on them.
Everyone thought Anning's fate was good, that it was her and no one else who had ended up pregnant.
