The Salted Fish Empress Dotes on the Harem

Chapter 21
Fu Meiren was still kneeling on the floor tiles of Fengwu Palace at this time, the queen was chatting with other concubines on her own, and when everyone saw this, they knew that the queen was supporting Zhao Cairen. Zhao Cairen's words were kept in his stomach, no one dared to attack Zhao Nuoqing again.

The queen's actions completely confirmed the rumor that Zhao Nuoqing was her man.

Zhao Nuoqing sighed silently, with a heavy heart.

No one on Fu Meiren's side dared to speak for her, and everyone lowered their eyebrows and said nothing, but Concubine Shu was full of disdain. She put the tea cup in her hand aside and reminded the queen: "Your Majesty, Fu Meiren is still pregnant." As for the dragon species, if any accident happens in Fengwu Palace, I'm afraid you won't be able to explain it to the emperor and queen mother, right?"

Fu Meiren looked at Concubine Shu gratefully, and hated the queen even more in her heart. She thought that the queen could not conceive a dragon heir herself, so she couldn't see other people getting pregnant. Maybe the emperor's weak heirs were the queen's ruthless hands behind her back!

Thinking of this, Fu Meiren's heart suddenly felt horrified.

The emperor is now twenty-three, and he has been on the throne for five years. There are no dozens of pregnant concubines, but only Concubine Jin and Concubine Shu have given birth to dragon heirs. Especially in the past three years, since the empress conceived However, the concubines in the harem either had miscarriages or were never pregnant. Until now, among the concubines in the harem, except for herself, none of the concubines was pregnant.

The more Fu Meiren thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of dread in her heart. She was proud of the queen just now, but now she just wants to go back to her palace quickly and not come out again until the child is successfully delivered.

At the moment, Fu Meiren no longer dared to look directly at the queen sitting there.

The queen said coldly: "Miss Fu, go back to rest earlier, it's better not to move around if there is nothing wrong, the fetus in the womb is the most important thing, if there is any problem with the fetus, I will ask for you!"

After finishing speaking, Qing Yan immediately stepped forward, helped Mei Fu up with a smile on her face, and then called the maid beside Fu Mei to come over and helped Mei Fu away.

Fu Meiren bid farewell in a hurry as if she was about to receive an amnesty, and returned to her palace.

After Fu Meiren left, Concubine Shu snorted coldly, and directed the cannon fire at Zhao Nuoqing, but she pointedly said: "I heard that Zhao Cairen didn't do anything in bed last night? Like it? That’s right, it’s strange that the emperor is interested in being coerced and favored by others!”

Concubine Shu is the daughter of the first-rank Taifu in the current dynasty. She was selected into the palace as the empress who restrained the daughter of the prime minister. On weekdays, the fathers of the two empresses did not deal with each other in the court, and Concubine Shu gave birth to the empress. The eldest son, the only prince in the palace!Therefore, Concubine Shu is not afraid of the queen.

Hearing Concubine Shu's words, there were whispers in the room, and the eyes that looked at Zhao Nuoqing were also full of sarcasm.

In order to ensure the purity of the blood of the emperor's heir, the concubines would be registered in the register after going to bed every day. Zhao Nuoqing knew early in the morning that she would have to endure this humiliation, but fortunately she didn't care too much and let them laugh away.

Lin Cairen at the side wanted to say something to Zhao Nuoqing, but he thought that his elder brother was just a new official in the court. Although he was loved by the emperor, he was still not as good as the Taifu who had been in the court for more than 30 years, so he decided to I could only lower my head, unable to bear to look directly.

When Xu Cairen heard what Concubine Shu said, he immediately swept away the haze of being bombarded by Concubine Shu, and was overjoyed in his heart. The emperor is really not the kind of person who is greedy for appearance, even though Zhao Nuoqing has the support of the queen, the emperor still doesn't like her !
The queen frowned slightly and stared at Concubine Shu coldly. At this moment, Concubine Yi who was quietly drinking tea suddenly said: "It's just that we haven't received Long's grace all night. Our emperor is not a foolish king who lingers on the bed every day. We must restrain ourselves a little bit." , the first three days were occupied by Xu Cairen, the emperor must restrain himself for the sake of his body! It is also Zhao Cairen who is sympathetic to the emperor, if other foxes get on the dragon bed, I am afraid that he will not let go of any chance to seduce the emperor Look at this palace, Zhao Cairen deserves to be rewarded!"

Xu Cairen lowered her head in fear, because she was favored by the emperor for three days in a row, Concubine Shu was upset with her, and insulted her without reason in front of all concubines. Now Concubine Yi, in order to speak for Zhao Nuoqing, actually Involving her, who did she provoke?
The queen smiled slightly, nodded to Concubine Yi, and said with a smile: "Concubine Yi is right, she deserves a reward!"

As he spoke, he rewarded Zhao Nuoqing with a translucent jade bracelet.

Zhao Nuoqing hurriedly knelt down to thank her.

Concubine Yi and the Empress have always been on good terms, and now both of them are partial to Zhao Cairen, and the fact that Zhao Cairen is being shielded by the Empress is a solid one. Although Concubine Shu is dissatisfied, if she continues to argue, she will be detained for molesting the Emperor Regardless of the crime of the dragon body.

Concubine Shu glared at Concubine Yi bitterly and stopped talking.

Zhao Nuoqing, who was originally the center of the storm, not only did not suffer any harm at this moment, but even received a reward, with an appearance of staying out of it, which made many concubines jealous.

Xu Cairen's sadness and jealousy were even worse, and he looked at Zhao Nuoqing with a faint hatred.

So, is she the only one injured today?

Standing behind Zhao Nuoqing was the queen, so no concubine dared to say anything to Zhao Nuoqing. The concubines in the palace had different thoughts, some were jealous and some were envious.

The concubines and concubines chatted indifferently for a few more words and then dispersed.

Zhao Nuoqing went out of Fengwu Palace with everyone, because the palace she lived in was relatively remote, so no one came along with her, and she felt at ease.

However, after walking a few steps, from a distance, he saw a well-dressed Xu Cairen accompanied by a maid named Xiyue, standing not far away, waving at her, obviously waiting for her.

Ever since Xu Cairen was in bed, whenever he went out, he had always been accompanied by court ladies and eunuchs to show his status, but now he only brought a court lady with him when he went out, so I don't know if he changed his temper.

Zhao Nuoqing was puzzled in his heart, but on the surface he walked to Xu Cairen's side calmly.

The two greeted each other, and Zhao Nuoqing asked, "Sister is here waiting for me?"

Xu Cairen nodded, with a worried look, he took Zhao Nuoqing's hand and said: "Sister, sister only found out last night... Hey, don't be sad, the emperor will definitely summon you again!"

Zhao Nuoqing couldn't figure out what Xu Cairen meant. Was she caring about her or deliberately mocking her?

So he slowly pulled out his hands, bowed his knees halfway, and said with a slight smile, "Thank you, sister, for caring!"

Seeing Zhao Nuoqing's seemingly alienated appearance, Xu Cairen gritted his teeth secretly, but said with enthusiasm and envy on his face: "Although my younger sister is not officially serving the bed, but she has been taken care of by the queen. I am really envious! Look at today How much does the empress protect you?"

Zhao Nuoqing listened, feeling bitter in her heart. Others only knew that the queen was protecting her, but they didn't know the price she had to pay for it.

It's just that these can't be understood by outsiders.

Xu Cairen didn't notice Zhao Nuoqing's strangeness, and complained to himself: "You don't know, when you were away a few days ago, my sister was bullied by Concubine Jin and Concubine Shu, but the empress didn't even reprimand her." !"

Zhao Nuoqing didn't know how to answer, and thought to himself: Xu Cairen is waiting for her here, is it just to complain and express his envy?
Just as he was thinking, Xu Cairen suddenly changed the subject, covered his red lips halfway, and whispered: "You can see that today's Concubine Jin, seeing the queen is like seeing a cat, sister, do you know why?"

(End of this chapter)