Shen Meizhuang is very clever. She and Wen didn't tell anyone after they had a baby. She endured the disdain to please the emperor, served in the bedroom aboveboard, and found a suitable birthright for her child.
The adultery of empresses is a scandal, which will lead to their heads falling to the ground and even implicate the whole family. Naturally, the less people know, the better. Besides preventing Zhen Xuan from leaking secrets, it is also to protect Zhen Xuan. After all, once caught, those who cover up will not come to a good end (perhaps Wen once liked his scruples).
What has happened, what Shen Meizhuang can do is to fight to the death, to survive in danger, and to fight for that one percent chance of survival.
Shen Meizhuang succeeded, but she was still walking on thin ice. Only the parents of the child know the inside story. When the child is born, she and Wen will try to protect the child.
However, she did not calculate that she was "wronged" by Wen, who was the two most important people in her palace! I didn't expect An Lingrong to secretly inform Shen Meizhuang's fetus in order to disturb her. I didn't expect to arrive at the scene and just heard the news of Wen's accident.
Dystocia, massive bleeding, Shen Meizhuang has entered the dying moment. Wen's self-harm also made his role in protecting his daughter from small to smaller. At this point, telling the truth is the best way to protect your daughter and Wen. She believes that Zhen Xuan will take good care of her daughter, hide everything for herself and arrange the life of a "fake princess".
Before he recovered from the grief of Shen Meizhuang's death, Zhen Xuan took on the heavy responsibility. And all the strange practices before Shen Meizhuang suddenly made sense.
Why does she have to go to the Empress Dowager every day to do her filial duty? Because I don't like the emperor, and I don't want to compete in the harem. After being wronged as a "fake pregnancy", Shen Meizhuang's admiration and attachment to the emperor has long since vanished.
But women live in the harem, and their family background is not enough to protect themselves. They have to rely on one person and don't want to contact the emperor. Then they should take good care of the emperor's mother, be filial to the queen mother and stay away from the harem disputes. Naturally, they have people to protect themselves and don't have to deal with emperors they don't like.
Why did she suddenly make up with the emperor? Not because of the queen mother's persuasion, but because of Wen's children.
Zhen Xuan, as clever as Shen Meizhuang, naturally knows these things. Especially in the end, Shen Meizhuang insisted on leaving Wen's children, which confirmed that her eyebrow sister had no feelings for the emperor.