Chapter 44: The Cat Substitutes for the Prince (Please Collect and Read)
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"It is a blessing for Dayu that the queen gave birth to a dragon son!"

"Your Majesty has a successor! Your Majesty has a legitimate son!"

"The future prince..."

The eunuchs, palace maids, imperial doctors and others around her congratulated her, and the empress dowager smiled extremely happily.

"Look, I'm happy today, everyone, look!"

"promise……!"

The female official beside the empress dowager bowed and said, the news that the queen had given birth to a prince spread quickly, and countless people followed to congratulate her.

As for Zheng Yi himself, he felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave and could not believe his ears.

Prince?

How could he be a prince?
What he transferred into Queen Lu Lin'er's body was the innate pure yin energy, which could only give birth to a princess.

Just like Concubine Shu and Concubine Bi, she is unable to give birth to a prince!

How can it be?

"stop……"

"His Majesty?"

"I said... stop!"

At the command, everyone stopped what they were doing.

The nanny who was originally handing the gift to Prince Zheng Yi stopped in the air out of fright.

The eunuch who was originally running out to congratulate others also subconsciously stopped.

Even the Queen Mother looked over in surprise.

"Emperor, what's wrong?"

"Give me the child."

Zheng Yi took the child from the nanny's hands and looked at her with a frown.

The child is very small, with a wrinkled face, and looks like a little monkey.

After unwrapping the swaddling clothes, it turned out to be a boy, a prince!

But he did not have the pure yin energy that lingered around Zheng Yuyao and Zheng Yuxia when they were born.

This prince... is fake!

In other words, it is not their own child.

The civet cat...changes the prince!

"emperor?"

The Queen Mother asked curiously, "Are you overjoyed? By the way, this is your first legitimate son, the future crown prince of Dayu..."

"Queen mother?"

Zheng Yi turned around, his eyes slightly cold.

The Empress Dowager was from the Lu family, and the Empress Lu Lin'er was also from the Lu family.

The only people who dared to deceive him in this huge palace were the Queen Mother and the Empress.

He doesn't like children, but he can't raise children for others!
and……

This also concerns the inheritance of Dayu and the power to find immortals in the future.

If the imperial power falls into the hands of others, his greatest supporter will be gone!

"Emperor?"

"Is this child...really Lin'er's?"

The Queen Mother's heart tightened, and she subconsciously said, "Of course it's true, how could it be false?"

"Lin'er worked so hard to give birth to a dragon for you, and you..."

Zheng Yi interrupted him and said, "I once dreamt of a deity who called himself 'Zhenwu Great Emperor' when I was sleeping a few years ago. He said that he would have countless children in this life, but most of them would be girls."

"Men are rare, so I ask this question."

He closed his eyes and meditated carefully.

That pure yin energy came from himself, and he could clearly feel that the pure yin energy was still in Kunning Palace and was slowly dissipating.

Yes.

Even if the Queen Mother and the Empress wanted to replace the Crown Prince with a cat, they had to bring other pregnant women into the palace.

The production dates are similar, or almost similar.

When the queen gives birth, give the pregnant woman some medicine to induce labor.

And to be on the safe side, at least three to five pregnant women must be brought into the palace.

Otherwise, what if all the babies are girls?
"Cheng En."

"The servant is here."

"Order people to seal off Kunning Palace. No one is allowed to leave the palace, and no one is allowed to spread the news that the queen gave birth to a prince."

"promise!"

Liu Chengen took the order and ran out quickly, arranging the Jinyiwei and the Imperial Guards to seal off the Kunning Palace.

And he held the child in his arms and said to the Queen Mother, "Mother, come with me to see Lin'er."

"Everyone else, stay here." "This, Emperor, you..."

Before the Queen Mother could say anything, Zheng Yi had already walked into the Queen's bedroom carrying the child.

The Queen Mother looked flustered, but she gritted her teeth and followed him in.

The current Emperor Zhengyong has been the emperor for more than four years. He has experienced the rebellion of Prince Tang and the rebellion of Yang Xiang, both of which were suppressed with bloody means.

His prestige was unparalleled in the entire court, and his authority was as heavy as a prison.

It is what is commonly known as the domineering aura of a king.

No one dared to disobey Zheng Yi's orders.

In the queen's bedroom, Lu Lin'er was lying weakly on the bed, with a personal maid serving her.

"Your Majesty~Mother~!"

Seeing Zheng Yi and the Queen Mother coming in holding the child, he struggled to sit up.

"Lin'er, lie down quickly. You just gave birth and your body is weak. You must rest well..."

The Queen Mother quickly came over and sat beside the bed, taking her hands in hers and pressing them slightly.

"aunt?"

Lu Lin'er sounded a little confused, not knowing what was going on.

"Lin'er, I want to ask you."

Zheng Yi stepped forward and asked, "Do you know whether the child you gave birth to is a prince or a princess?"

Lu Lin'er blushed and said, "I haven't seen it yet, but I just heard from Madam that it's a boy."

"I have fulfilled the emperor's orders and finally gave birth to a prince for your majesty!"

"My son, what has possessed you that you are willing to believe in an illusory dream?"

The Queen Mother also chimed in, "Lin'er gave birth to your child. Look how hard it was for her. You must treat her well in the future."

Looking at the two women, Zheng Yi sighed slowly.

The baby in her arms is definitely not her own.

There was no way he would be a sucker and raise a child for someone else.

The Queen Mother must be one of the main messengers.

Whether it was for the reputation of the empress dowager, to protect Lin'er's position as queen, or for the power of the Lu family.

But to set your sights on him is really... outrageous!
As for Lu Lin'er, she may know or she may not know.

After all, she couldn't get up to see whether her baby was a boy or a girl during delivery, and she could only rely on the midwife and nanny who were delivering the baby next to her.

But so what?
"call……"

He let out a long sigh and said, "Cai Lin!"

The Empress Dowager and the Queen were completely confused. Who was His Majesty calling?

Who is Cai Lin?

Soon the two knew the answer, but saw a maid quietly walked in from the door, half-knelt in front of Zheng Yi and said: "Shadow Guard Cai Lin, meet your majesty!"

"You are... Mo Yu! Why are you here, Your Majesty?"

The queen was completely confused because Mo Yu was a maid in her palace.

Although she was not a personal maid, she was also a close person.

Usually I wait outside the palace, why today...

The Queen Mother immediately became flustered when she learned the woman's identity.

Shadow Guard?
How come the organization of death squads directly under the emperor is here?

As the empress of the previous emperor, she certainly knew about the existence of the Shadow Guards.

"Cai Lin, tell me about this child."

"promise!"

Cai Lin said, "Your Majesty, a month ago, Aunt Fangcao, the chief lady-in-charge of Kunning Palace, secretly accepted three pregnant women into the palace. I don't know where they are hidden."

"Among these three people, two are women outside the palace, and the third is a pregnant woman from the Lu family branch."

"I have been searching for more than a month, but I still cannot find out where the three pregnant women are hidden. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Lu Lin'er was surprised and said, "There is a pregnant woman in my palace? How is it possible? And Aunt Fangcao, how could she do such a thing?"

The Queen Mother was also anxious: "Emperor! Don't listen to the woman's nonsense... The reason why Aunt Fangcao brought the pregnant woman into the palace was to learn how to take care of Lin'er."

Fang Cao, the lady-in-waiting of Kunning Palace, was arranged by the Empress Dowager herself to take care of the Empress in Kunning Palace.

"What about those three?"

"Alas, I don't know..."

Lu Lin'er's face turned pale. She looked back and forth between the baby in Zheng Yi's arms and the Queen Mother's face, and finally she thought of something.

"Aunt, you..."

The Queen Mother quietly squeezed her little hand and gritted her teeth and said, "Emperor, I am the Queen Mother and Lin'er is the Empress!"

"you……"

Zheng Yi put the child in his arms into the hands of his personal maid and said coldly: "I am the emperor!"

"Xuan, fragrant grass!"

(End of this chapter)