The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 1172 - 1166: Why Isn’t She Pregnant Yet?

Chapter 1172: Chapter 1166: Why Isn’t She Pregnant Yet?

Lin Qianqing glanced at Consort Zhang and continued, "Madam Zuo is not favored, and the food she eats is all grown by herself in the courtyard.

As far as I know, Madam Zuo’s mother died early, and her stepmother did not like her. During her time at her parental home, her life was very difficult, surviving only on the food she and her maid grew in the courtyard. She is used to this kind of life, so even in the Prince Jin Residence, she lives the same way, and that’s why she was not poisoned."

"Is that so?" the Empress raised an eyebrow.

She naturally did not have so much leisure to understand the matters of the back residences of her officials’ families. Hearing Lin Qianqing say this, she felt that Madam Zuo seemed somewhat pitiable.

No wonder she developed such a timid nature.

Then at this moment, Consort Zhang indifferently said, "Does the Princess mean to say that if it wasn’t Madam Zuo, then it must have been me who did it?"

"Humph, whether it was you, you know it best in your heart," Lin Qianqing bluntly retorted.

Consort Zhang’s face changed color, but only for a moment, then it normalized.

The Empress, suppressing the anger in her heart, sternly asked Consort Zhang.

"Then you should also explain, why weren’t you poisoned?"

Consort Zhang calmly bowed to the Empress and whispered, "Replying to Your Majesty, perhaps it’s because I have always been a vegetarian."

"Vegetarian?"

Consort Zhang slightly smiled and said, "Yes, my father said that bodily desires, what are there to exhaust? Being frugal is also a way to cherish blessings and prolong life. Although I have married into Prince Jin Residence, I dare not forget my father’s teachings and have always kept them in my heart and acted on them."

"Huh..." the Empress scoffed coldly, saying, "So what you mean is, there’s a reason for you three who were not poisoned?"

Consort Zhang remained silent, saying nothing.

But she still stood neither servile nor overbearing.

This kind of person is indeed talented, but what a pity...

Jin Yushu has been able to hold her position today, standing unshaken in this position, and is not a fool either.

Among these people, who benefits the most?

For other women, even if one of them gave birth to a son, given their status, even if only they had a son, the outcome would most likely be to leave the child but remove the mother, while her own son would have to be adopted by a woman with a strong background.

But for Consort Zhang, if she has a son, Lin Qianqing’s position as the principal wife would likely be over.

Yet the Empress still has some doubts, since she wasn’t poisoned, why hasn’t she conceived?

The person who knows the most about this would be King Jin.

The Empress turned her head and asked King Jin, whose gaze seemed a bit dull, "Xiaoran, what do you think?"

"Ah?"

"What?"

King Jin, discovering two doubts in succession, couldn’t even listen clearly.

Out of impatience, the Empress angrily said, "I’m asking you what’s going on, these three women were not poisoned, so why don’t they have children?"

King Jin hesitated, then said, "That youngest one, she has just entered the residence, doesn’t count. As for Madam Zuo... I only saw her today, I hardly ever notice such a person!"

Madam Zuo was so ashamed she almost wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

The Empress angrily said, "She has been in the residence for two or three years, and you haven’t even seen her?"

This foolish son, Madam Zuo hasn’t been poisoned, if you had paid a bit more attention, maybe there would already have been offspring.

It seems Lin Qianqing was right, Madam Zuo is certainly low-profile.

"And what about her?" the Empress angrily pointed at Consort Zhang and said.

King Jin’s face flushed as he spoke, "Previously... I called for her a few times, found it dull, so I didn’t call on her again. But lately, I mostly stay in her room and still, she hasn’t become pregnant, which is indeed strange."