"My queen, my queen, look what you found!" Caiwei ran in panting.

Shen Nianshu stopped her sewing and raised her head.

Caiwei 's little face was slightly red with excitement, and she was holding a colorful pheasant tightly in her hand. Its legs were still struggling slightly, and it was obviously that she had just captured it.

When Shen Nianshu saw this, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, and then turned into a soft smile.

"Miss, guess where you caught it?"

"Could this pheasant be the one you two encountered when picking wild vegetables?" she asked softly, with a hint of disbelief in her tone.

Caiwei smiled proudly and nodded, "My dear, I am also lucky. I happened to see it looking for food in the bushes, so I approached quietly, but I didn't expect that I actually caught it!"

As she spoke, she lifted the pheasant higher so that Shen Nianshu could see it more clearly.

The pheasant's feathers shine with a metallic luster in the sun, making them look particularly beautiful.

Shen Nianshu couldn't help laughing.

Caiwei jumped up happily, her face filled with childlike innocence, "Mother, we really have meat to eat today!"

With that said, she couldn't wait to run over, preparing to clean the pheasant and stew it into a pot of delicious chicken soup.

Shen Nianshu looked at Cai Wei 's busy back.

Although their lives were miserable in this forgotten cold palace, Caiwei 's liveliness and optimism always brought her a touch of warmth.

Shen Nianshu gently touched the unfinished embroidery in her hand, thinking a lot.

After a while, the aroma of stewed chicken came from the kitchen, mixed with the freshness of wild vegetables, which made people want to eat.

The three of them sat down to eat. When Caiwei handed a bowl of golden chicken soup to Shen Nianshu, Shen Nianshu's eyes immediately lit up.

She took the bowl and blew it gently...

Shen Nianshu frowned slightly, and an indescribable smell hit her nostrils.

She tried to hide her discomfort, but the weird taste spread in her mouth, making her stomach churn.

"What's wrong, empress?" Caiwei noticed Shen Nianshu's abnormality and asked with concern.

Pearl also noticed something was wrong, "Are you okay, miss?"

Shen Nianshu waved her hands and tried to stay calm, "It's nothing, it's just that the chicken soup tastes a bit..."

She tried to taste it again, but the strange smell became stronger and stronger, as if there was an indescribable fishy stench dancing on the tip of her tongue.

Suddenly, Shen Nianshu couldn't bear it anymore. She stood up, walked aside in a hurry, and covered her mouth with her hands.

With a sound of "vomit-", she almost spit out all the chicken soup she just drank.

Shen Nianshu's face turned pale instantly.

Caiwei looked at her and felt panicked, but immediately forced herself to calm down.

Suddenly, she thought of something, and a glimmer of understanding flashed in her eyes.

"Mother, have you had your period this month?" she asked cautiously, with a hint of nervousness in her voice.

Shen Nianshu was stunned for a moment. She recalled her physical condition this month, with a confused expression on her face.

"It seems... not." She said softly, with a hint of uncertainty in her voice.

Caiwei 's heart sank suddenly.

When Pearl heard this, she immediately held Shen Nianshu's hand nervously. Her eyes were full of worry, "Miss, it can't be..."

Caiwei nodded silently, with a look of anxiety on her face. She looked up at Shen Nianshu, her lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but she was afraid that saying it would make Shen Nianshu even more worried.

Seeing the nervous expressions on the two people's faces, Shen Nianshu felt uneasy in her heart.

"Empress, give me your hand." Caiwei 's voice was trembling. She carefully stretched out her hand and touched Shen Nianshu's pulse with her fingertips.

Shen Nianshu looked at her, her eyes even more uneasy. She felt as if she was placed in an unknown deep sea, surrounded by unknown and fear.

Caiwei frowned, a variety of emotions flashed across her face, and finally turned into a sigh.

"Mother..." Her voice was trembling, "You...may be pregnant."

"Ah!" Shen Nianshu was also shocked.

Pearl was also stunned, her face was full of worry, "Should we find someone to tell the emperor?"

Shen Nianshu shook her head, her eyes full of disbelief.

"Stop talking yet," she whispered.

Caiwei and Pearl looked at each other, and both saw confusion and worry in each other's eyes.

"Empress, why can't you tell the emperor?" Caiwei couldn't help but ask, with a hint of urgency in her voice.

Shen Nianshu didn't answer. She just lowered her head silently and looked at her belly, with a trace of complicated emotions flashing in her eyes.

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew through, and the window creaked, breaking the silence in the room.

Shen Nianshu raised her head and looked out the window. This child came at the wrong time.

Shen Nianshu's words caused Caiwei and Pearl to fall into silence.

There was a brief silence in the room, with only the wind outside the window gently blowing the curtains, bringing a hint of coolness.

Shen Nianshu gently touched her belly, with complicated emotions flashing in her eyes. Her mood was like the unpredictable weather outside the window. Sometimes the sky was clear and sometimes it was covered with dark clouds.

Caiwei and Pearl looked at her, their hearts full of worry, but they didn't dare to say anything. They knew that Shen Nianshu needed time to digest the sudden news.

Suddenly, Shen Nianshu raised her head, a trace of determination flashed in her eyes.

"Stop talking now, I'll think about it later." She said softly, with an unquestionable determination in her tone.