Pregnancy Revealed

Grace couldn't help but sigh—she really had guessed right.

This Sophie Sun sure has a hefty family fortune!

Thirty-five million taels of silver isn't a small sum—and she just handed it over like it was nothing!

I wonder if her family has any Spirit Jades?

If they do, it wouldn’t hurt to swindle a few...

......

Blue Moon Royal Palace.

Kevin Zhuo entered the palace, and the three siblings gathered together.

"...They say that since Jason Zhuo married the princess, he can't just have the Princess Residence as his place to stay—that's the princess's private home, after all. So, they connected Bamboo Grove and Jason Zhuo's original courtyard, merging them into one. Every corner was renovated to royal standards, and now it's the biggest and best place in the estate!" Kevin Zhuo said indignantly. "He's just a bastard—what makes him so special?"

Wendy Zhu looked gloomy and remained silent.

Cindy Lawrence, on the other hand, looked dazed, as if her soul had left her body.

Zhuo Jingkang talked for ages, but realized neither of his sisters responded. He finally noticed something was off and asked, "What's wrong with you two?"

Wendy Zhu glanced at Cindy Lawrence and said, "Cindy is pregnant."

"What?" Zhuo Jingkang's face lit up. "How many months?"

"Four months," Wendy Zhu replied. "Her belly is getting bigger by the day—there's no hiding it anymore."

"Four months? How could it be this far along and I've never heard a word about it?"

"I've been trying to keep it a secret," Wendy Zhu said. "I wanted to wait until we could tell if it's a boy or a girl."

"So... is it a boy or a girl?"

Cindy Lawrence lifted her eyes and suddenly burst into tears: "It's a boy! A prince! What do I do? My child and I will definitely be sent off to the Upper Kingdom! I don't want to go! I don't want to go! Waaaah!"

"Cry, cry, cry! All you know how to do is cry!" Wendy Zhu snapped. "We even gave you contraceptive decoction, and you still got pregnant! I really don't know what you were thinking!"

"I have no idea how it happened..." Cindy Lawrence said. "The emperor only came to see me once—on the night Grace entered the palace to become the Empress of the Eastern Palace. The emperor visited me, and somehow I ended up pregnant!"

"Grace..." Wendy Zhu's eyes narrowed. "It must be her doing! I heard she actually passed the Spirit Alliance exam, so her medical skills must be extraordinary! Who knows what kind of fertility potion she secretly gave you. Besides, it's suspicious that the emperor would just show up at your place that night. The whole thing reeks!"

"So it was her! Grace—again! I hate her so much! I wish I could tear her to pieces!" Cindy Lawrence fumed.

"Listen to me," Wendy Zhu took a deep breath and said, "Even though Mother is in trouble, we mustn't panic. No matter what, I'm still the Empress. I can still protect you both, at least for now."

"Sister, then what should we do?" Cindy Lawrence asked.

"There's no way to hide your belly anymore. Today, I'm going to report it to the Empress Dowager and the emperor," Wendy Zhu said.

"No, no, no! Sister, don't send me and my child to be hostages! I don't want to go!" Cindy Lawrence cried. "I'm begging you!"

"Let me finish!" Wendy Zhu interrupted. "Even though I'll report it, this child... can't be kept."

"Can't be kept?" Cindy Lawrence was stunned. "You mean... abort the child?"

A cruel expression flashed across Wendy Zhu's face. "Otherwise, what, you want to give birth? Deliver the emperor's firstborn son and have him named Crown Prince? If you're willing, you'd be doing Blue Moon Kingdom a big favor! I should be thanking you!"