The Salted Fish Empress Dotes on the Harem

Chapter 72

On the way back, Zhao Nuoqing was full of doubts.

Why did the queen suddenly apologize to her?
Could it be that because the prime minister was dismissed and investigated, the hatred in the queen's heart disappeared, so her conscience was discovered?

Just as he was thinking, suddenly, a heavy and deep bell rang through the entire palace.

Zhao Nuoqing froze on the spot, turned around stiffly, and looked towards the direction from which the bell sounded.

Jin He and Jin Miao who were following were also taken aback for a moment, and then Jin He suddenly said in a deep voice, "It's the death knell!"

Jin Miao asked in surprise, "Who is it...ah?"

Apart from the emperor, queen and queen mother in the palace, no one is qualified to let the death knell ring.

The bodies of the emperor and the empress dowager are extremely tough, and the rest is...the empress alone.

……

The queen...is dead!
Things happened one after another, causing the entire harem to fall into a deathly silence.

The Empress Dowager also fell ill because of her sadness, and the Emperor was also depressed. He didn't enter the harem for a long time, and only occasionally went to Lingyun Pavilion to sit.

Concubine Yi and Concubine Jin have been assisting the empress to manage the sixth palace, and the empress' funeral is still arranged by the two concubines.

Until the queen's coffin was carried to the imperial mausoleum, Zhao Nuoqing was bored.

Now that the queen is dead, and no one threatens her life anymore, she should feel relaxed and happy.

However, she didn't have such thoughts in her heart, on the contrary, she felt very sad.

Whether it is Concubine Shu or Empress, if she has never known them, or if she is still a forgotten young talent, Concubine Shu and Empress are just aloof to her, and maybe she will never be able to get along with a person who will never get a word in her life, then Nor would she have such an idea.

However, these people, they have really appeared by her side, or they were arrogant, or domineering, or threatened her. Even so, she couldn't manage to scream up to the sky and laugh heartily. She only felt extremely sad in her heart. Very sad.

However, she also knew that Concubine Shu deserved what she deserved, and because of the resentment in her heart, the Empress threatened the life of her father's younger brother, so she only felt a little sad for a few days before recovering.

Doctor Xu said that if he is in a bad mood, it will affect the child in his stomach.

Ever since she had no heavy burden on her body, Zhao Nuoqing only felt that her mood had improved a lot, and the days went by very quickly. Summer solstice and autumn came, and in a blink of an eye, it was time for her to give birth.

Before that, Xu Cairen first gave birth to a princess, and Lin Cairen and Guan Cairen were each three months pregnant.

There was no such person as Concubine Shu in the palace, and all of a sudden, there were more children, and no new life was born in the palace for a long time.

Whenever this matter was brought up, the Queen Mother would gnash her teeth with hatred, thinking that only giving poisoned wine to Concubine Shu was really taking advantage of her!
Zhao Nuoqing didn't know when she gave birth to the child, she only remembered that the second before she fainted, her lower abdomen felt like being stabbed by a knife, her eyes were blackened from the pain, and she passed out from the pain.

After waking up again, she saw that the mattress and bedding on her body and under her body had been changed into clean ones, and she had been scrubbed and changed into clean clothes.

Then I saw Jin Miao, Jin He, Yue Ying, and Yue Xia, several maidservants coming in and out busy.

Suddenly, Jin He found that she was awake, and while going to check, excitedly sent someone to notify the emperor and queen mother.

Zhao Nuoqing opened his mouth to say something, but his voice was already hoarse, and the voice he made was like an old man.

Seeing this, Jin He hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him: "Master, don't worry, our second prince is healthy! Now he is breastfeeding at the nanny's place. The emperor originally wanted to stay here to guard you, but was forced to The Empress Dowager rushed back, saying that you are weak after giving birth, the Emperor's Dragon Qi is too strong, it will hurt you, and now the Empress Dowager is watching the Second Prince in the side hall!"

Zhao Nuoqing nodded, Jinhe said a lot, but she only heard the first few words.

She gave birth to a little prince, and he was very healthy!
As soon as the words fell, there were noisy footsteps outside, Zhao Nuoqing looked up, and saw the emperor suddenly appeared at the door, and then strode in, his eyes were full of joy and distress.

Zhao Nuoqing asked suspiciously: "Didn't you get kicked out by the queen mother..."?

She stopped talking just in time, and didn't say the remaining few words.

Seeing that Shen Bochen's cheeks were slightly flushed, he said: "The queen mother won't let me stay in the hall, saying that before you wake up, I'm afraid I will hurt you, so I will wait outside the hall, isn't it a problem? Send Su Quan to guard outside the house, and immediately report to me when you hear the news of your waking up, and I can't wait to rush in! Qing'er, you have suffered! You have made great contributions to me and my Dazhao !"

Zhao Nuoqing's face turned red, so she wanted to change the subject. She hasn't seen her child yet!
"Your Majesty, my concubine wants to see the child!"

After speaking, there was another sound of footsteps outside the house, and Mother Lan said with a smile: "Here we come! The second prince is here!"

The empress dowager walked in the front with the second prince who had just had a meal in her arms. When she entered the door, she was not surprised at all when she saw the emperor sitting by the bed.

That's right, the emperor walked back and forth outside the Lingyun Pavilion, fearing that he would trample down those bluestone bricks one after another.

How does the Queen Mother not know?Just let him go!

The queen mother walked to the bed lovingly, and put the newborn baby in Zhao Nuoqing's arms.

She looked down, and saw that fat doll whose skin was slightly flushed and whose small mouth opened and closed, which seemed to be the size of an adult's arm. She thought, was that born by her?

He is so good looking.

As soon as the little doll saw Zhao Nuoqing, it started babbling and calling. Zhao Nuoqing immediately retracted the hand he had just stretched out, and looked awkwardly and panicked at the people standing all over the room.

Nanny Lan is an experienced person, and the emperor was brought up by her alone.

Mother Lan said with a smile: "The second prince is so smart, he recognized her mother at a glance! Look at our second prince, he is still smiling!"

Zhao Nuoqing looked at the little baby who was babbling, and found that he really didn't seem to want to cry, presumably, that meant happiness.

She couldn't help being a little proud, and thought: That's natural, she gave birth to it herself!

In the Qingran Pavilion, the little princess Jia Le had just nursed and was sleeping peacefully in the cradle when Yan'er came in from outside the house lightly.

Seeing this, Xu Cairen called Xiyue to come and take care of Princess Jiale, while he went outside and listened to Yan'er inquiring about her return.

When she heard that the emperor had been waiting outside Lingyun Pavilion until Zhao Nuoqing woke up safely, a pair of slender hands clenched tightly again!

She thought bitterly: Why is Zhao Nuoqing so lucky to be born a prince!But what she gave birth to through all kinds of hardships was just a princess!

Then I thought about it, the princess is also good!

After the child was born, she also looked away. Now that she is accompanied by the princess, she will no longer be alone!

Shen Bochen named the second prince Jing An, Jing was derived from the word Jing of the eldest prince Jing Xiao, and An meant to wish him well.

Zhao Nuoqing likes this name very much. In this world, there is nothing more important than peace and safety!
After Zhao Nuoqing finished confinement, the Mid-Autumn Festival is not far away.

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival is different from previous years, because too many unpleasant things happened in the first half of the year, but the good things gradually continued in the second half of the year, so the emperor and the queen mother discussed to add some happy events.

So it was decided that on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the concubines in the entire harem would be promoted uniformly according to their merits and demerits.

Zhao Nuoqing was naturally among the recipients.

(End of this chapter)