I, the one in the heavens, am here to protect my bottom line in all realms.

Jiang Siyou's eyes suddenly lit up: "Really?"

Zhang Chengyuan pinched his face and said, "Can I still lie to you?"

Jiang Siyou happily hugged her neck and gave her a quick kiss before letting go. Zhang Chengyuan looked at him lovingly and did not do anything inappropriate. After all, Jiang Siyou's body was only of age, so he could not bring himself to do anything to her.

In addition, the appearance of his body was too immature. If she had any romantic thoughts on his face, she would have the illusion that she was leading a child astray. Therefore, when she faced him, she did not have any ambiguous thoughts.

The two talked for a while and then went to see their daughter together.

The days passed quickly, and the emperor, who had not come for more than a month, suddenly came.

After having dinner with him, they got straight to the point. Zhang Chengyuan also followed the procedure expertly, laying the man down on the bed and waiting for him to vent his energy.

Afterwards, she let him clean up by himself and asked him to get up and take a shower so that the bed could be freed up for changing.

This time there was still only a reward but no promotion, but she was not in a hurry, as boiling a frog in warm water would take time.

Now the emperor does not trust her and does not hold her in any esteem in his heart, so everything has to wait.

She planned to use psychological tactics, combined with her non-competitive personality, to make the emperor offer himself. Only when the emperor gave more, would he trust her more. Even if he vaguely guessed something in the future, he would find excuses for her and convince himself to believe her.

After all, the sunk cost effect applies everywhere, and it is also a human choice.

After that it basically became a regular thing. I would come to her place to rest on the last day of every month. After half a year it had almost become a habit.

From eating, bathing and sleeping at the beginning, to coming earlier now, sometimes I accompany her to read books, draw, play chess, play the piano, etc., before eating, bathing and sleeping.

The emperor has accepted her specialness, and even secretly regards her place as a place to relax and relieve fatigue.

Because of their lukewarm response, Yu Qingyuan gradually stopped paying attention to Jiang Siyou and only asked him to go back and give reports every half a month. However, he himself often did things in a mysterious way.

One year later, Zhang Chengyuan and her family of three met again in the middle of the night. She put forward her idea: "Siyou, I plan to fake pregnancy once. If you hear that I have miscarried one day, don't panic. Xiao Jiangbao, you should remember this too."

Zhang Yijiang nodded obediently, looked at his mother curiously and asked, "Mom, why does a false pregnancy lead to miscarriage?"

Zhang Chengyuan patiently explained to her: "Because it's fake, I have to make its disappearance seem very reasonable, otherwise the fact that I faked my pregnancy will be discovered."

Zhang Yijiang nodded thoughtfully, indicating that he understood.

Zhang Chengyuan and Jiang Siyou continued to discuss the details of the incident, and suddenly Zhang Yijiang said, "Mom, does it matter whether this happened or not? As long as people can't find any loopholes in the evidence, it can be true?"

Zhang Chengyuan pulled Zhang Yijiang into his arms, bent down and scratched her nose, and said with a smile: "My little Jiangbao, people need to be flexible, but they can't be so flexible. Let me tell you this, fake is fake, and it will never become real, just like my fake pregnancy plan, it's fake, and I can't really get pregnant because of this.

This false fact can only be concealed for a while, not forever, and will eventually be exposed."

Zhang Yijiang murmured to himself: "Fake is fake, it will be exposed eventually..."

After thinking for a while, Zhang Yijiang looked up at his mother and said, "Mom, can this be used to deceive outsiders?"

Zhang Chengyuan followed her words and asked, "Why do you want to deceive outsiders?" Zhang Yijiang answered honestly, "Mother, the emperor and his people are outsiders. We three are our family. Mother, you are deceiving outsiders."

Zhang Chengyuan held his daughter's face and rubbed it gently, causing her to shrink her neck and laugh: "Little rascal, are you pointing at me, your mother?"

"Mother...Mother...I was wrong, please let me go."

Zhang Chengyuan wrinkled his nose and said childishly, "Hmph, I wonder if you dare to slander your mother again in the future."

Zhang Yijiang hugged his mother's waist flatteringly and said with a smile: "Mom, I don't dare anymore."

Zhang Chengyuan touched her head and continued to talk to Jiang Siyou: "Now, it won't be too abrupt to get promoted again. When you get pregnant, you will definitely get promoted."

Jiang Siyou also agreed. In more than a year, three or four people have been promoted.

After discussing it, the few people separated and continued their lives as usual.

A few months later, the imperial physician who came to check Zhang Chengyuan's pulse diagnosed that she was pregnant. The news spread throughout the harem in just a quarter of an hour.

After the first three months passed peacefully, the emperor conferred titles on the concubines in the New Year's Eve banquet. She successfully obtained the imperial edict and was promoted to Jieyushi.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when people went to pay respects to the Queen, someone wanted to poison the child of Concubine Shu, one of the four concubines. Concubine Shu was really pregnant, and in the first three months, Zhang Chengyuan saw the opportunity and winked at Jiang Siyou, asking him to contact the palace maid, using the excuse that she liked the cakes on the table.

Jiang Siyou seemed to casually stop the palace maid who had poisoned the concubine and asked her to get another portion of the cake for Concubine Jieyu, and then went back without any contact.

When the palace maid brought one poisonous dish and one non-poisonous dish over, Zhang Chengyuan quietly used his mental power to influence her cognition, making her put the poisonous dish on her table and give the non-poisonous dish to Concubine Shu.

She took a lot, and the effect of the medicine took effect faster. After taking the pills she had prepared in advance, she soon felt a stomach cramp. Cold sweat quickly soaked her clothes. The next second, she fainted on the ground with a pale face. Red blood flowed out from under her body, forming a pool of blood.

She closed off most of her consciousness, retaining only a little clarity, and watched the development of the situation.

As she fell to the ground, an area around her was vacated and Jiang Siyou caught her body. He knelt on the ground, hugged her body, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Jieyu Zhang fainted."

Then, seeing more and more blood under her body, he cried out in surprise: "Jieyu...Jieyu is bleeding from her lower body, someone come and call the imperial physician."

As his voice rang out, the Empress on the throne reacted and immediately shouted, "Someone, go call the imperial physician."

She quickly stepped down from the high seat and came to check. When she saw the pool of blood, she was shocked and realized that the child in Concubine Zhang's belly might not be saved. However, the words she said were calm and rational: "Give the order, no one is allowed to leave Fengyi Palace without my permission..."

As her orders were passed down, the panic slowly subsided, and everyone returned to their seats, waiting for the emperor to arrive.

Shufei's personal maid whispered a few words in Shufei's ear. Shufei's face changed rapidly, and finally she was still frightened. She touched her belly in fear.

The look he gave Zhang Chengyuan was no longer one of displeasure, but instead one of sympathy and pity.

The imperial physicians arrived very quickly, and they all knew what was going on after taking Zhang's pulse. As expected, the child was gone, and Concubine Zhang was half dead. If she was not taken good care of, it would shorten her lifespan, and she would never be able to have children again.

(End of this chapter)