The Salted Fish Empress Dotes on the Harem

In the early days, the Empress Dowager wanted to give Concubine Jin's daughter to the Empress to raise, but the Empress refused, and now she wants Zhao Cairen's child. Could it be that she has a simple family background?
"Who else have you told about this?" Shen Bochen asked.

Zhao Nuoqing lowered his head and said softly: "Concubines are not stupid, how can they tell others about such a good thing? If others find out, wouldn't everyone have to send the heir to the empress to be raised? How much energy does the empress have to take care of her?" Too many heirs? At that time, the concubine's child will not be the most important one!"

"Good thing?!" Shen Bochen suddenly turned up the volume, scaring her into a shudder.

Shen Bochen was in a hurry, if her child was sent to be raised by the queen, that child would be the legitimate son, the future emperor of Dazhao!
And how could Zhao Nuoqing, a biological mother of low birth and low status, survive to the day when she saw her child ascend to the throne of the king?

I'm afraid that when the baby is born, it will be the day when she dies in Huangquan!
Even if the queen promised to spare her life, the prime minister behind her would never agree!
She still thinks it's a good thing? !

Zhao Nuoqing was taken aback, and asked timidly, "No...isn't it?"

Seeing her nervously flushed eyes filled with tears again, he couldn't bear to tell her the truth.

So he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, calmed down the anger in his chest, pulled her up from the ground, and said softly, "It's a good thing!"

Shen Bochen pulled her back on his lap and sat down, whispering in his ear: "If you want to conceive a dragon heir, Qing'er will have to work harder from today on!"

Zhao Nuoqing suddenly felt shy, and buried his head in the emperor's neck.

Shen Bochen chuckled, looked at the woman in his arms, and gradually withdrew the smile on his face, his eyes became heavy and deep.

And Zhao Nuoqing, who was lying on the emperor's shoulder, also suppressed his shy smile, and a thin layer of sweat could not help but appear on his forehead.

Before she decided to dedicate herself to the emperor, she had already figured it out that she must not be reduced to the queen's pawn, threatened and manipulated by him, she wanted to find a way out for herself and her family!
And this road is destined to be given only by the emperor!
That's why she told the emperor about the "deal" between herself and the queen in this way, and the emperor seemed to believe her...

It was already past noon, but the two of them hadn't eaten yet.

Han Mingde ordered the imperial dining room to be ready at any time early in the morning. After the emperor ordered the meal to be delivered, it didn't take long for countless delicious food and wine to be served on the table. Along with the delicious food, there was also a bowl of dark soup.

The maid directly placed the bowl of soup in front of Zhao Nuoqing, she looked at the emperor with doubts, and saw the emperor smiled slightly, and an imperceptible coldness flashed in her eyes.

"Didn't Qing'er say that she wanted to conceive an heir soon? This bowl is a fetal medicine, drinking it will help you conceive!"

Zhao Nuoqing was stunned for a moment, the emperor would give her fetal medicine?

Could it be that the emperor wanted to help the queen?
Seeing the emperor's gentle smiling face, Zhao Nuoqing didn't dare to hesitate, pretending to be shy to thank the emperor, took the medicine bowl and drank it down in one gulp.

However, she kept an eye out, and deliberately sprinkled some on her lips while drinking the medicine, so she hurriedly wiped it with a handkerchief, and the medicine stain remained on the handkerchief.

She wants to find out what the medicine is!
She didn't believe that the emperor would be indifferent when he heard about the queen's actions!

But if it is really a fetal aid, I am afraid that the emperor can no longer count on it!
Then, what should she do?

Zhao Nuoqing's heart suddenly turned cold.

Shen Bochen didn't notice her small thoughts, but just smiled reproachfully: "Why do you look like a child!"

There was no talking about eating or sleeping, and the two quietly ate the food that the maids and eunuchs put in the bowls.

After lunch, the emperor suddenly said: "Do you still like the reward I gave you?"

Zhao Nuoqing hurriedly put down the chopsticks in his hand, looked at the emperor, and asked him, why did the emperor give her a cat when all the other concubines the emperor gave were gold, silver, or rare treasures?

Shen Bochen replied with a smile: "You have no shortage of gold, silver and jade, so I want to give you something different. I think you are just like that kitten, very cute!"

Zhao Nuoqing blushed again at what the emperor said, and asked, "How do you know that concubines are not short of gold and silver?"

Shen Bochen smiled lightly, and teased: "Zhao Cairen made a move and rewarded that slave with 30 taels. With such a generous move, there must be no shortage of gold and silver!"

Zhao Nuoqing was stunned, why did she reward any slave with 30 taels?
It was just Chang Wei's dog slave back then...

She suddenly widened her eyes, and looked at the emperor in disbelief. Could it be that the news of her confrontation with that evil slave that day actually reached the emperor's ears?

That's why Chang Wei suddenly angered the emperor and was fined to work in Xinzheku?

Zhao Nuoqing asked what was in his heart, but the emperor said that he was outside the door that day.

Zhao Nuoqing was very surprised, so he heard the emperor chuckle, he seemed unwilling to continue this topic, and asked instead: "So, Qing'er likes the reward I gave Qing'er?"

Zhao Nuoqing nodded vigorously, "Yes, my concubine has liked cats and dogs since she was a child, but my concubine's stepmother is allergic to cat fur, so she couldn't raise it well!"

Recalling his stepmother, Zhao Nuoqing's face changed slightly.

Her biological mother died not long after giving birth to her younger brother, and her father remarried within a year, giving birth to a younger sister who was four years younger than her.

Her father doted on her and her younger brother very much, and never treated her badly. Although the stepmother was not particularly enthusiastic about the two of them, she still had a good face.

Life has been going smoothly, until last year when the Imperial Palace held a draft, all women of the right age could apply, and her stepmother quietly handed her name in.

After the incident came to light, the father beat the stepmother severely, and sent her back to her natal family with a letter of divorce.

However, it was a done deal, if she did not go to the palace to participate in the draft, she would be regarded as despising the emperor, and the whole family would be beheaded at that time, so she could only enter the palace.

Shen Bochen saw Zhao Nuoqing's sudden depression, so he asked, "Did Qing'er think of something unpleasant?"

Zhao Nuoqing paused, and hurriedly said: "The concubine just suddenly thought of my mother who died young!"

This topic is really heavy, and it is obviously not suitable for talking with the emperor. Zhao Nuoqing quickly changed the subject, picked up the soup cup in front of him, looked at the emperor with a smile and said: "The emperor fulfilled the concubine's childhood wish, and the concubine respects the emperor. A cup!"

Looking at the soup bowl as big as a teacup in front of Zhao Nuoqing, the emperor smiled helplessly, and raised the wine glass in front of him to collide with it. When the cup collided with the bowl, there was a crisp "ding bell" sound, which was pleasant to the ear.

After lunch, Zhao Nuoqing got up and went back to Lingyun Pavilion when courtiers asked to see him.

Because Lingyun Pavilion was far away, the emperor sent her a soft sedan chair to take her back. She wanted to decline, but she was afraid that the emperor would be angry, so she took the sedan chair anxiously.

Fortunately, the sun was high in the afternoon, and the sun washed after the rain was even hotter, so all the concubines stayed in the house and did not want to come out, but there were very few people on the palace road, Zhao Nuoqing was sitting on pins and needles in the soft sedan chair Also relaxed a little bit.

After returning to Lingyun Pavilion and getting out of the sedan chair, Jin He, Jin Miao and Su Quan came forward with worried faces.

Jin Miao's eyes were red and swollen, obviously she had cried, and seeing that she was safe, Jin Miao was relieved.

Zhao Nuoqing smiled slightly, and went back to the bedroom surrounded by the three of them.

Su Quan stopped at the door, Zhao Nuoqing glanced at him, and said softly: "Su Quan also come in, I have something to do for you!"