Empress, she is rising step by step

Chapter 75 You really don’t feel sorry for me at all

Her answer surprised Bai Xinrui. She actually took the anti-child medication on her own initiative? Why would she do this!

"Why are you doing this? I have never asked you to take it, so why do you take the initiative? Do you know that taking too much of this medicine will cause damage to a woman's texture, and it will be difficult for you to get pregnant in the future? ”

The corners of Zhu Ci's eyes were scarlet, and she smiled bitterly and said, "Of course I know that. I'm afraid of pain, and I'm even more afraid that even if I have a child, I won't be able to protect him and my heart will be broken."

She paused, and her tone became more helpless, "I just want to be loyal to the imperial concubine."

She only needs to let Concubine Bai know that she will take the anti-pregnancy medicine again. It is not clear whether Concubine Bai will take it after she goes back. Concubine Bai only needs to be loyal to her.

"Hey, why are you bothering? With your intelligence, how could you not be able to protect your child?"

Bai Xinrui was dubious. Any woman in the palace who doesn't want to give birth to an heir will give birth to more than just a child. It is also my reliance and hope for the rest of my life.

With a background like Zhu Ci's, no matter how much the emperor's favorites were, they would only be Jieyu, which would be the highest level.

If you want to climb higher, you have to give birth to a prince. She has never met anyone who doesn't want children except Concubine De, but she is the eldest princess of the Great Song Dynasty. Even if there is no emperor heir, the emperor will not neglect her with the support of the Song Dynasty behind her.

But Zhu Ci is different. She should understand this truth. Is she really that loyal to herself?

Suspicious in her heart but not showing it on her face, Bai Xinrui took Zhu Ci's hand and held it tightly in her palm.

"Forget it, just think it over for yourself, don't let yourself regret it. If one day you want a child again, just tell me, I won't be unkind."

Zhu Ci agreed, talked to Bai Xinrui for a while, and then left on the pretext that there was something going on in the palace.

Liu Yan arranged the dishes for Bai Xinrui, "Master, do you think Princess Zhu is really taking birth control pills?"

"I'm not sure. Do you think she is really that loyal to me?"

Bai Xinrui drank the soup. She always liked to drink a bowl of soup and use her chopsticks before eating.

"Even in ordinary people's families, in order to stabilize their status, a woman has to provide children for her husband's family. Let alone the royal family. If God is really kind, she may become the future prince. She will not know this truth. .”

"But Zhu Yunu's background is not good. Since the founding of the Yan Dynasty, no one with a palace maid background has sat on the concubine position."

Liu Yan said: "Although Shen Xiurong is the dowry of Concubine De, she is also of serious royal blood, and her background is not bad."

She thought of something and sneered, "The blood of the royal family cannot be tarnished. Even if a person who was born as a palace maid is pregnant with a child, she is probably useless. The prince's biological mother is a humble palace maid. Saying it is embarrassing. I'm so panicked. Even if it's for the sake of the child, I wish you the best, but you also know you shouldn't give birth."

"Even if she was born in a bad place, she is still the emperor's concubine. She has a higher status than ordinary women. And it is not without precedent in the past dynasties, but there has never been an example of a palace maid as a concubine in Dayan. But that is not what the emperor said. What's wrong? Who dares to make irresponsible remarks?"

Bai Xinrui put down the bowl and chopsticks and thought for a moment, "No matter what, there is always no harm in being on the defensive. Zhu Yunv has not yet established a firm foothold, so she has to rely on me, but there is no guarantee that one day she will not have a big appetite. I am an enemy of this palace. If one day you find signs of something wrong, you must take action first."

Zhu Ci didn't sleep much last night. She went to Yongfu Palace and acted with Bai Xinrui for more than an hour. Because of the cold wind, she couldn't help but feel a little tired, and she was very sleepy and lacked energy.

Zhuying noticed it and asked with concern: "Master, are you feeling unwell?"

Zhu Ci shook his head and blinked his sore eyes, "I'm fine, I'm just a little sleepy. I'll be fine if I go back and take a nap." Seeing Zhu Ci and Zhuying come back, Xiao Yinzi, who was talking to Cui Lan, came up to them. .

"Master is back, and just now Yan Baolin came. I heard from the servant that Master went to the concubine of Yongfu Palace, so Yan Baolin went to look for Master. Didn't he meet Master?"

Zhu Ci picked up the shawl on her arm and said, "It's such a coincidence that I didn't meet him on the road. Maybe he went astray. But Yan Baolin didn't think it was a big deal to come to me. I guess he can't be found. I'll be back."

She looked around the yard, "Where is the man in red sleeves?"

Xiao Yinzi looked around and said, "Just now, my servant saw Hongxiu drying the quilt. He might have gone to Shangshi Bureau. Hongxiu said he wanted to get some red dates, glutinous rice flour and the like, and come back to make cakes for the master."

Zhu Ci nodded, "When she comes back, ask her to come see me. I'll see her if I have something to do."

Xiao Yinzi responded, and Zhu Ci opened the curtain and entered the room. She walked to the Arhat couch by the window and sat down, looking around the room.

"The color of this curtain seems a bit boring after looking at it for a long time. Let's ask them to change it to the curtains of Xizi and Ouhe some other time."

Zhu Ci leaned back and lay on the couch, her eyes half-squinted.

"It's time for them to prepare supplies for summer. I saw snakeweed growing in the corner of the palace, so I told people to pull it out quickly to avoid attracting snakes and insects."

"My master doesn't know that when the wind blows the seeds of something like snakebite grass, it will spread out everywhere, and it will grow again when you pull it out. I saw that Xiao Yinzi had just been pulled out a few days ago, so I might as well just remove that area." It's built with stones, so people don't have to worry about it."

"Okay, it's all up to you. Just tell Xiao Yinzi."

Zhuying placed the shoes that Zhu Ci had kicked off carelessly. Seeing her lying casually without any concubine's attitude, she immediately couldn't laugh or cry.

"Master, you are the emperor's concubine now, so you have to be careful. You can't be as casual as before. Your legs are exposed."

Zhu Ci hugged the soft pillow in her arms and turned over, "There are only two of us here, and others don't know. I have to put up an airs in front of outsiders and pay attention all the time. Do I have to act like a follower in front of you?" Is it the same as the one carved in the mold? You really don’t feel sorry for me at all."

Zhuying was dumbfounded, "You know I don't mean this. I don't feel sorry for you. I feel more uncomfortable when you are cold or hot than you do."

Zhu Ci was just joking at first. She reached out and patted the place next to her.

"Then why don't you come over and lie down for a while? You have nothing to do, so what are you going to do if you don't rest? Hey, it's so comfortable to lie down."

Zhuying also walked over and imitated Zhu Ci's posture and lay down. She remembered the time at Yongfu Palace. The heat in midsummer was unbearable, so she and Sister Zhu would lie on the mat like this at night wearing bellybands.

It didn't take long obviously, but now it seems like several years have passed when I think about it.

(End of this chapter)