Stepmother Shaoguang

Chapter 93 Appease
He Shaoguang doesn't like to enter the palace, and although she has an imperial order now, generally no concubine, queen, or queen mother will ask her to enter the palace to talk, because she has not yet reached the position where they need to curry favor .

But the queen mother heard that she was ransacked by bandits on the way back to the mansion from the suburbs of Beijing, so she asked her to come into the palace and talk back to show her comfort.

So He Shaoguang also got up early today to dress up a little bit, and will go to the palace to "entertainment" later.

Since she was frightened by bandits, she didn't have to look too rosy today, so she put on her lip balm very lightly, almost none, and she seemed to be lacking in energy.

With the experience of the last New Year's Eve palace banquet, when I arrived at Yongfu Palace, I found that Qiao Yuping was also in the main hall, sitting on a small stool embroidering flowers.

The Empress Dowager watched from the side, talking to her from time to time.

Although Qiao Ping is the queen mother's niece, she is of the same generation as the saint.But she is the youngest child in the family, so she is almost the same age as the saint and can be a father and daughter.

He Shaoguang is sure that if it wasn't for the age difference, the Empress Dowager would have persuaded the saint to let Qiao Yuping enter the palace as a concubine...

However, when the sage bestowed a marriage on King Qi, the reason why he didn't choose Qiao Yuping was that she was the elder of King Qi, and it didn't sound good to hear about it.

The Queen Mother didn't say anything.

But obviously he doesn't plan to assign his niece to any prince.

What Qiao Yuping is embroidering today is a set of screens with four seasons.

He Shaoguang never dared to do this kind of big piece, at most she only dared to embroider a sachet or a small piece like wiping the forehead.

"Ah, Mrs. Lu is here."

Qiao Yuping put down her needlework, her temperament has become much more active now, she no longer shrinks back when she sees acquaintances coming, but dares to go up and say hello to them.

Exercise still pays off.

"My child, Ai's family hasn't asked you yet. I heard that you met bandits a few days ago. Did you get hurt?"

The queen mother pulled her affectionately, not allowing her to salute, and checked her up and down for any injuries.

He Shaoguang: Empress Dowager, when did we become so familiar?
"Let the empress dowager worry about it, but the minister's wife was not hurt. Thanks to my husband's quick response, fortunately, his injury is not serious."

He Shaoguang took it lightly.

But the queen mother obviously didn't believe it. She looked at He Shaoguang's face for a while, and said angrily:

"You kid still refuse to tell the truth to Aijia? Aijia really wants to blame you.

Look, your complexion is still so bad.Come on!Take some medicinal materials for nourishing qi and blood from Aijia's warehouse and give them to Mrs. Lu. "

How dare He Shaoguang argue, anyway, he will be rewarded sooner or later, so he accepts it with a low eyebrow.

Qiao Yuping heard about it now, and her eyes were full of worry.

She hurriedly said, "Second Madam Lu, is everything okay?"

He Shaoguang could see that the worry in Qiao Yuping's eyes was real, this girl was kind and simple, and she liked it very much.

So she responded with a smile: "Of course it's fine, otherwise, can I still stand here and talk to you?"

Seeing that Qiao Yuping likes to get along with her, the Queen Mother was even more satisfied.

As the weather gets warmer, the flowers in the imperial garden bloom more and more beautifully under the careful care of the craftsmen.

The queen mother suddenly wanted to go for a walk in the garden, so she asked Qiao Yuping and He Shaoguang to accompany her.

I don't know if they were lucky or unlucky.

As soon as she arrived at one place, the Queen Mother was in high spirits when she heard a mocking female voice from around the corner.

"Concubine Zheng is very lucky. In the past, when King Zheng was the eldest prince, there was no movement under her knees. You will be pregnant after Lord Zheng leaves..."

"You!" Princess Zheng was furious when she heard that she deliberately slandered her innocence, she couldn't support herself for a while, and fainted.

Prior to this, the two had already met in the Royal Garden and had an argument.

At first Concubine Xiao Shu was trying to resist, but Concubine Zheng was outraged, and because the other party was a concubine, she dared not reciprocate.

Later, she couldn't help but defend herself a few words, and Concubine Xiao Shu went online, and her words were even worse.

Then there was the one that the three of them heard.

The queen mother led the two of them out from around the corner.

Concubine Xiao Shu wasn't very scared at first, she was angry with Princess Zheng, anyway Princess Zheng didn't dare to say anything afterwards.

She didn't say anything, she just said a few gossips, and it was her guilty conscience that Princess Zheng fainted.

But it is different if the Queen Mother hears it with her own ears.

Concubine Xiao Shu glanced at the Queen Mother with flickering eyes, and pulled out a smiling face: "Your Majesty the Queen Mother."

She is the biological mother of the prince, and the queen mother would not shame her in front of others, so she nodded slightly.

"Aren't you going to teach the imperial physician? What do you people who serve the princess do?"

Nanny Ning, who was beside the queen mother, stood up and scolded them, but she secretly warned Concubine Xiao Shu that she had gone too far.

The little maid next to Concubine Zheng was crying and quickly got up to ask the imperial doctor, and Concubine Zheng's body was just so weak just now, she was always healthy, and she woke up by herself after a while.

Seeing a large group of people sitting around her, including the Queen Mother, with anxious faces, she couldn't help being puzzled.

Concubine Zheng stood up and wanted to say hello, but suddenly she felt a pain in her lower abdomen, and a warm current gushed out, her eyes went dark again, and she almost fainted.

"It's about to give birth! Hurry up! Carry it back to the nearest palace!"

The Empress Dowager is rich in experience, and Concubine Xiao Shu has also given birth, so she can tell at a glance that she has activated it.

The closest one is Concubine Yu's Xueyang Palace. She watched in bewilderment as a group of people carefully carried Concubine Zheng into her palace, and the Empress Dowager who rushed over asked her anxiously if she had a clean one. Palace?Princess Zheng is about to give birth.

Concubine Yu opened her mouth wide, feeling indecent, and immediately closed it again.

"Go, Hanxiang Palace is empty now. Wanhe! Go and lead the way."

Concubine Yu hurriedly directed, ordering people to boil hot water, and inviting the imperial physician, everything had to be prepared.

But she had never given birth to a child... So she looked at Concubine Xiao Shu confidently.

Concubine Xiao Shu: ... Did I say I don't want her to be born?
Of course it won't work, with so many people watching, it's not easy for Concubine Xiao Shu to intervene, so she can only help Concubine Yu arrange it together.

When the imperial physician arrived, the stable lady whom Prince Zheng's mansion had hired early in the morning also rushed into the palace.

King Zheng hadn't informed yet, Xiao Yan was the only one in the mansion who hurried into the palace: the concubine gave birth, and she had to watch over it.

"Yan'er!" Concubine Xiao Shu called out to her.

Xiao Yan turned her head and saw that it was her aunt who loved her all the time, so she had a bad feeling.

Concubine Zheng's pregnancy... still a few days away.

"Auntie, but you..." Xiao Yan searched for an empty corner and asked her in a low voice.

Concubine Xiao Shu shook her head: "What does it have to do with me? It's her own failure!"

Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't want to commit another crime because of herself, not to mention Princess Zheng is also a pitiful person.

"I just said a few words. She is going to die. I don't think she can give birth! From now on, the child you give birth to in the mansion should be the eldest son."

The heart she had just let go was swayed by Concubine Xiao Shu's words, and Xiao Yan said anxiously: "Auntie! I said I don't want you to do this for me!"

(End of this chapter)