Koala Reads

"When a wet nurse passed by Noble Consort Lin with the young prince in her arms, Noble Consort Lin's eyes were a bit bloodshot, and her eyebrows knitted together as if she was enduring something. She bit her lips and looked at the baby in the swaddling clothes. Her hand on her bulging pregnant belly trembled slightly. The slight pain from her womb made her frown involuntarily."

"Now, she was actually eight months pregnant... but in the eyes of outsiders, the fetus in her womb was only about seven months old."

"On normal days, she stayed in her palace and rarely went out. However, tomorrow was Chinese New Year's Eve. Yesterday, the queen had kindly pleaded with the emperor to allow her to come out, presumably for the sake of the prince. So she had to endure the discomfort and use a girdle to make her belly look like that of a seven - month pregnancy."

"Looking at the chubby and cute baby in front of her, she felt it was absurd. Why wasn't the baby in her womb a prince? Why did she have to hide it..."