Madam Ping felt very bitter. If her body were infirm or the Imperial Physician had said she could not conceive, she would have resigned herself to the fact, but her health was clearly fine, and the Imperial Physician had also said there was no problem with her body, yet she could not get pregnant. Her mother-in-law had always wanted to hold a grandchild, but she was not willing to give in. If she let a concubine give birth to a son now, when the time came for her to bear a son, her son would no longer be the legitimate heir.
Madam Ping could only be thankful that her husband had always stood by her side, insisting that only after having a legitimate child could concubines be allowed to have children. Just when things had quieted down for a while, the mother-in-law started causing trouble again after the New Year. Now it was even worse, not just talking about stopping the medication but directly mentioning that a second branch should be taken for the Heir Apparent.
