Reborn as Powerful Minister's Beloved-Chapter 702 - 649: Another Update

"The Empress is inside..." Xue Liu pointed toward the room, and before she could finish her sentence, Nian Xia had already rushed in.

"Nian Xia, what are you... " Nanny Yun didn’t get to finish either, as Nian Xia had already charged up to Zheng Nianru.

"Empress, they say that The Emperor, he..."

Nanny Yun couldn’t stop her even if she wanted to, anxious about how Nian Xia came to know.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Nianru turned to look at Nian Xia. What had happened to Zheng Congyuan? Nanny Yun was pulling at Nian Xia, signaling her not to speak, and Zheng Nianru saw this.

"Nanny Yun, let her speak." Zheng Nianru looked towards Nian Xia. "What happened?"

Nian Xia didn’t know whether she should speak or not at this moment. Why didn’t Nanny Yun want her to speak? This was a matter of great importance to the Empress.

"Empress, I heard those eunuchs say that two women entered Chenyuan Hall. They also said that it won’t be long before both of these women become empresses," Nian Xia relayed what she had heard.

Zheng Nianru was slightly stunned; she truly hadn’t considered this possibility.

Now, Zheng Congyuan was the Emperor of Nanzheng State. In her previous life, even though Ju Nanyi held the position of Regent Prince, he never had other thoughts regarding these matters.

Therefore, she naturally assumed that Zheng Congyuan would not...

However, given Zheng Congyuan’s status, what emperor has only one empress?

Zheng Nianru suddenly became unsure. She hadn’t thought about this problem until now; she had naturally and completely overlooked it since regaining consciousness.

"Nian Xia, could you have heard it wrong?" Nanny Yun said anxiously, glad that the Empress’s mood had improved somewhat over the past two days. She hadn’t been idle herself, making many attempts but unable to get any news from Chenyuan Hall.

It was only then that Zheng Nianru turned to look at Nanny Yun, guessing from the way Nanny Yun was pulling at Nian Xia and preventing her from speaking that Nanny Yun was aware.

"You knew all along?" Zheng Nianru’s voice dropped a tone, and upon hearing her words, an anxious Nanny Yun immediately knelt down.

"Empress, this servant has not found any concrete evidence; it’s just those little eunuchs talking nonsense. Fu Dong only told me when..."

"It seems that Fu Dong also knows." Zheng Nianru felt that she indeed couldn’t quite understand Zheng Congyuan’s thoughts. Sometimes he could be very obstinate, and in her past life, he confined himself because of ancestral teachings.

So, as a man, entrenched in tradition, to Zheng Congyuan, maybe this whole affair seemed trivial.

"Empress, don’t overthink it. Perhaps..." Nanny Yun became desperate. If it were before, she might have been pleased with this outcome, but now things were different. The Empress had attained such an exalted status, and even Prime Minister Ju couldn’t change anything. It would only bring unbearable rumors to Zheng Nianru.

"Have Fu Dong come in as well..." Zheng Nianru felt incredibly calm. The events had already transpired, so by clarifying and then going to Chenyuan Hall to see for herself, she would know if it were true.

...

Eunuch Du was somewhat surprised; The Emperor had not mentioned that matter again.

"Your Majesty, as per your instructions, a few eunuchs were sent to make contact with the two ladies in the side hall. These two days have passed without any issues." The Emperor had no issues, but Eunuch Du did not dare to delay, as he was concerned about another important matter: the issue of an heir. If these two women were to bear children before the Empress, it would be greatly detrimental to her.

Eunuch Du was unwilling to see such a thing happen; after all, he was one of the Empress’s people.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Congyuan turned his head and gave Eunuch Du a nervous glance, the lack of problems filling him with some expectation, yet he dared not hope too much.

"Are you sure there’s no issue at all?" Zheng Congyuan asked again.

The two women had been brought to the palace with utmost secrecy, chosen personally by Zheng Tianxin, reliable and from unblemished backgrounds, with no handle to grasp for any accusation, easy to dispose of when the time came.

The key point was that he did not want Zheng Nianru to know.

Another point was that he was currently in a covert struggle with Ju Nanyi. Ju Nanyi naturally would not welcome an imperial heir, as the existence of an heir would mean the courtiers would be more inclined to side with him.

But Zheng Congyuan hoped even more that the legitimate imperial heir would not come from these disorderly women.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the Imperial Physician has examined them, and everything with these two women is normal." Eunuch Du said, "Shall I make arrangements for tonight, my liege?"

Zheng Congyuan fell silent for a moment. Although there had been intentional contact arranged with some little eunuchs, the fact that these two women were not a problem didn’t mean anything. And the people brought back by Qi Jin and Qi Yu had yet to arrive at Zheng Capital.