Chapter 11 I Saw Her Die
Xu Liuyi's pregnancy grew more and more stable, and the Empress also raised her rank.
Now she too was a Lady of Excellence, standing equal with me.
Because of that she grew even more arrogant, and seemed to look at no one.
I overheard by chance the nanny from Chen beside her urging her to be more careful with her words. After all, I was still above her, and once my child was born he would be the Crown Prince, someone she could not shake.
She did not care. "Nanny, I will tell you the truth. Xie Yuying will not live long. The day her child is born will be the day she dies."
The nanny was startled. "Princess, how do you know that?"
She spoke of the palace's secret law, and said she had helped Li Yuancheng choose me to bear his first child.
The nanny was still worried. "Princess, if the child in Lady of Excellence Xie Yuying's belly is lost, then this pregnancy of yours will be the first. The one in danger will be you."
The older nanny was more perceptive.
Yet I also wondered why Xu Liuyi would not think of this.
The next moment I had my answer.
I heard her say with confidence, "Xie Yuying will definitely give birth to the child.
"Because I saw it with my own eyes.
"I saw her give birth. I saw her die.
"The future Empress of Great Zhou can only be me."
I finally understood. She had been reborn too.
That was why she had been so reckless, so fearless.
After I returned to my bedchamber, I kowtowed to the heavens.
I thanked the heavens for taking pity on me, that they had actually let her be reborn as well.