The Empress Conceived Before Entering the Palace

Jiang Ning, an unmarried young woman, entered the second branch of the Jiang family pregnant and limping, just as the emperor was selecting a consort for Prince Yu.

The noble ladies from eminent families threw themselves into the consort selection, but the position fell to Jiang Ning, who had only been watching the spectacle.

Jiang Ning: "???"

She did not dare let Prince Yu become a man raising another man's child, so she tried every possible way to tell everyone she was pregnant, but no one in the world believed her.

She ate and vomited, and they laughed that she was pretending to be ill.

She felt sleepy, and they laughed that she was pretending to be delicate.

Her belly grew bigger, and they laughed that she had eaten too much.

Jiang Ning wanted a doctor's proof, but all eighteen doctors she found gave the same verdict: You simply ate too much!

Prince Yu was a dashing and carefree young man, raising his cup with disdain as he gazed at the blue sky, as radiant as jade beneath the breeze.

That was how the people of Chang'an described the emperor's fifth son.

But the real Prince Yu was cold and brutal, using women without ever falling for them.

He knew that the Second Madam of the Jiang family was his imperial father's white moonlight, and he also knew that the daughter the Jiang family had just found looked exactly like the Second Madam had in her youth.

Thus, even though the girl was limping, he still tossed the embroidered flower in his hand into her arms.

After their marriage, he knew perfectly well that he was raising another man's child, but for the sake of the throne, he had to pretend to dote on her despite detesting her completely, until...