Who said the heir would die out? The concubine is pregnant again!

"Spread your legs!"

"Lie still and don't move!"

Granny Li was the steward of Prince Rui's mansion. All the female relatives sent to the young masters of each household had to be verified by her to prove their innocence.

"I'm not responsible if you expose me!"

Heavy snow blanketed the rear building of Prince Rui's residence. With a somber face, Granny Li lifted Shen Yingzhu's skirt.

"You were chosen by the Taoist priest to have a good fertility. To ensure the continuation of the lineage for a childless heir, you must be clean to guarantee the purity of your bloodline."

Shen Yingzhu, stripped of her clothes, was as white as snow. Granny Li examined her teeth, discerned their color, and then pinched and rubbed them.

This woman has a plump and well-proportioned figure, with a round upper body and a curvy lower body. Such beauties are often promiscuous.

"The young master doesn't like sluts. Be reserved when you serve him tonight. Don't pose or scream too loudly!"

"Remember to put a pillow under your lower back afterward. You only have three months. If no one in the Crown Prince's household becomes pregnant, Prince Rui will choose a different Crown Prince, and then you will be driven away!"

Being stripped naked and scrutinized was extremely shameful, but Shen Yingzhu felt a surge of passion, simply because it was a scene from a year before her death.

The Taoist priest said that her birth chart was compatible with the prince's, indicating that she was destined to have many children and be blessed with good fortune.

She must conceive within three months in order to stay in Prince Rui's residence and seek revenge!

Shen Yingzhu respectfully agreed. She was putting on her dress when her maid Qiuhe hurriedly entered.

"The snow is falling so heavily! The Crown Princess was worried that your hands would be cold and might displease the Crown Prince when you serve him, so she specially asked me to bring you a hand warmer."

Crown Princess Seo Fang-lin is Shen Ying-zhu's half-sister.

Xu Fanglin stole the marriage contract that belonged to Yingzhu and married into the Prince Rui's mansion as the heir apparent's wife, but she did not bear any children for three years.

In order to preserve the marriage alliance with the Prince Rui's mansion, Xu's father actually sent Yingzhu to the Prince Rui's mansion!

Xu Fanglin wanted to use her to bear a child, but he was also worried that she would steal the prince's favor, so he tampered with the hand warmer.

In her past life, Shen Yingzhu believed that the Crown Princess truly cared for her, and gratefully brought a hand warmer to see the Crown Prince.

That night, the prince was so infatuated that he took her three times. Afterwards, it was discovered that there was a sleeping potion in the hand warmer!

The prince despised her as a wicked vixen and never visited Shen Yingzhu throughout her pregnancy.

The servants served her whatever was offered to her. Shen Yingzhu had no interest in vying for favor; the reason she was forced into becoming a concubine was because she was coerced by the Xu family.

The Xu family said that once she gave birth to the child, they would give her mother the status of a secondary wife.

On the day she gave birth, Yingzhu longed to go home and reunite with her mother, but Xu Fanglin threw her mother's memorial tablet at her instead.

"So what if your mother was the first wife? As long as my mother is alive, she will never be a second wife! Don't even think about getting a title. A restless person like you only has one path: death! Since you have filial piety, go to the underworld and reunite with your mother!"

Xu Fanglin took Shen Yingzhu's child away and claimed that she had died in childbirth.

Shen Yingzhu tightly embraced her mother's memorial tablet, her eyes wide open in death, yet she was reborn with resentment!

Since Xu Fanglin has sent her to the Crown Prince's tent, Shen Yingzhu will fight for the status, the child, and the favor that Xu Fanglin cares about!

Only by seizing the emperor's favor can Shen Yingzhu save her mother's life and make those who harmed her and her mother pay for their crimes in blood!

She knew there was something wrong with the hand warmer, but she couldn't refuse it, otherwise Xu Fanglin would try to harm her again.

Shen Yingzhu calmly accepted the hand warmer, thanked Qiuhe, and then walked through the wind and snow to Tingsong Garden.

The north wind whipped up snowflakes that pelted her face, and Shen Yingzhu squinted as she walked.

Even when she was far away, she couldn't throw away the hand warmer, because Qiuhe was watching her from not far away.

As she walked to the edge of the cypress, Shen Yingzhu slipped and fell suddenly onto the snow.

The copper hand warmer rolled into the foliage, where another hand warmer was hidden. She quickly switched them.

This is the hand warmer that Shen Yingzhu prepared in advance after discovering that she had been reborn today.

Qiuhe saw her pick up the hand warmer from afar and had no suspicions.

To change her neglected fate from her past life, Shen Yingzhu must not use drugs in this one. She will find another way to pique the prince's interest in her…

Upon arriving at Tingsong Garden, Shen Yingzhu pushed open the door and entered. A brocade tiger cat stood with its tail raised, watching her warily.

Its owner, dressed in a violet robe, stood tall and elegant, painting at the table. The flickering candlelight shrouded half of his face in shadow, making his clear and smooth profile appear even more handsome.

The tall, imposing man before her was the one she had to win over tonight—Prince Rui's heir, Liang Yunqian.

Shen Yingzhu curtsied, but Liang Yunqian didn't even raise his head. "Ten steps away, do not come any closer."

His voice was bright and clear, but his tone was as cold as snow.

Liang Yunqian was indeed averse to women.

Shen Yingzhu silently stepped back, keeping her distance from him. She did not brush the snow off her body, but simply stood silently to one side.

The room was heated by an underfloor heating system, and the snowflakes melted into water, gradually soaking Shen Yingzhu's clothes. She couldn't help but sneeze.

Painting requires concentration, and her sneeze made his hand tremble, causing the lines to suddenly become crooked.

Liang Yunqian raised his eyebrows in displeasure and saw a woman in pink standing silently at the door.

Snowflakes fell into her hair and turned into water droplets, dripping down her black hair. Her deer-like eyes, moist with tears, blinked softly, looking helpless and pitiful.

Two slightly curled strands of hair fell beside her temples, adding a touch of charm.

Her clothes, soaked by the snow, clung to her body, perfectly outlining her exquisite curves.

Such a naturally alluring face could not stir Liang Yunqian's heartstrings; his dark eyes held only defensiveness.

"Who told you to dress so frivolously?"

His upturned eyes glanced at her, exuding a sinister aura. Her eyes welled up with tears, and she hurriedly raised her hand to cover them.

"It snowed on the way here. I was afraid that Your Highness would have to wait too long, so I braved the snow to come. That's why my clothes are wet. Please forgive me if they are not presentable."

As she spoke, Shen Yingzhu sneezed again, hugging her slender arms and trembling.

The snow outside was getting heavier and wouldn't stop anytime soon. If she kept wearing wet clothes, she would catch a cold and keep sneezing, disturbing his peace.

Thinking of this, Liang Yunqian frowned impatiently, "Go to the wardrobe behind the screen and find some clothes to change into."

Shen Yingzhu was waiting for him to say those words. She just needed him to see her in wet clothes; she didn't want to wear wet clothes all the time.

After searching for a while, Shen Yingzhu said in a soft voice, "Young Master, there are no women's clothes to change into in this wardrobe."

Liang Yunqian forbade maids to serve him in the bedroom, so there were naturally no women's clothes in the room. "Just find one of my clothes and wear it."

With a soft "hmm," Shen Yingzhu picked up a moon-white long gown.

She stood sideways behind the screen, slowly removing her wet clothes.

The dim candlelight cast her graceful figure onto the silk screen; though she couldn't see clearly, her silhouette was faintly visible.

With its curves perfectly rounded and pert, its alluring figure is sure to evoke all sorts of fantasies.

Shen Yingzhu seemed oblivious to the burning gaze, continuing to change her clothes slowly, her every move elegant and graceful.

The hazy shadows, indistinct and unclear, only fueled Liang Yunqian's endless reverie. Outside, snow fell heavily; inside, only the crackling of the candle wick and the man's increasingly disordered breathing remained.

After dressing, she walked around the screen, her lotus-like steps light and graceful, casually smoothing the black hair that was covered by her clothes.

It was a simple action, yet it was so alluring and seductive that it stirred a strange restlessness in the viewer.

Liang Yunqian subconsciously lifted the tea lid, only to find that there was only half a cup.

Shen Yingzhu walked towards him step by step, breaking his limit of ten steps, and poured tea in the process.

"Young Master, have a cup of hot tea to refresh yourself."

Liang Yunqian's brows furrowed slightly. "Doesn't the Crown Princess know that the Prince prefers peace and quiet? Why did he choose someone as noisy as you?"

When the Crown Princess was mentioned, a hint of hatred flashed in Shen Yingzhu's gentle eyes.

Driven by her desire for revenge, Shen Yingzhu seduce Liang Yunqian. "The Crown Princess asked the Taoist priest, the doctor, and the nanny to carefully select a servant, saying that I have good blood circulation, am tall, have a full bust and a pert bottom, and am very fertile..."

As she spoke, Yingzhu's voice became as soft as a mosquito's buzz, and her cheeks were flushed with a rosy blush.

Her seemingly casual remark caught Liang Yunqian's gaze falling precisely below her willow branch.

His clothes enveloped her petite figure, and the belt that Shen Yingzhu casually tied accentuated her round and curvaceous body.

Recalling the alluring curves behind the screen, a surge of energy quietly rushed into Liang Yunqian's heart!