Daughter of Hou's Mansion

August, Kunning Palace

Although it is already the weather of autumn, the sun in Shangjing is still very strong, but there is not a single sound of cicadas in the leafy Kunning Palace.

The queen's belly has become bigger. With the progress of pregnancy, Empress Jiang, who has always been graceful and luxurious, seems to have a bad temper. It is probably because the child in her stomach can toss. This has entered the second trimester of pregnancy. Empress Jiang's body is still Did not feel comfortable.

The emperor glanced at her, and said indulgently: "Nonsense, why is my emperor's son so lazy?" He reached out and touched Empress Jiang's belly, but after waiting for a long time, he did not feel the legendary fetal movement. There was also some disappointment on the emperor's face.

Empress Jiang paused for a moment with the hand holding the teacup, and then said, "I'm afraid this child is lazy. He sleeps most days and moves lazily."

The emperor laughed and said, "Don't blame them, empress, it's because I see that the empress rarely sleeps soundly, so I can't bear to disturb you."

Xu was stimulated by the cold wind, and the emperor coughed violently after he got up to the dragon carriage.Hearing this, Eunuch Wang's face changed slightly. He is the emperor's personal attendant, so naturally he knows the emperor's physical condition best. It seems that he often hears the emperor coughing so violently during this period of time. Should he ask the imperial physician to give him a diagnosis and treatment.

Eunuch Wang squinted his eyes and carefully helped Shangguan Rui onto the dragon chariot.

Before the rain had completely fallen, the emperor's dragon chariot stopped, and the wind blew up the sun-shading curtain, revealing Shangguan Rui's solemn face inside.

"My maidservant heard that there is a folk saying called "sour children and spicy women", which means that after pregnancy, a woman who likes to eat sour is pregnant with a son, and a woman who likes spicy food is pregnant with a daughter. The empress did not like to eat sour before. Yes, the taste has changed now, so don’t you just say that the queen’s belly is the little prince.”

The emperor's complexion really darkened, he took a look at the sky, and said: "It seems to be raining heavily, so I will go to the Qionghua Hall ahead and let Xian Zhaorong come to see me."

After the queen became pregnant, although the emperor reduced the time to go to the harem, he didn't stop going at all, but he didn't know what that Xian Zhaorong from the Qionghua Palace thought, and even reported that he was not feeling well. , directly asked the respect room to withdraw her green head card. It has been several months, and the emperor has not gone to Qionghua Hall.

When she appeared in front of the emperor again, she was dressed in a bright yellow summer gown with a hundred birds facing the phoenix, and a phoenix hairpin with a ruby ​​in her head, showing the luxury of a queen everywhere.

Empress Jiang was lying on the beauty's couch, wearing only a moon-white thin gown. A young court lady knelt by the couch and fanned Empress Jiang. Empress Jiang seemed to be fast asleep. The emperor stood beside her couch without noticing it.

And this hot weather has added a touch of anxiety to the impetuous people. Even the cicadas in Kunning Palace have suffered. Almost every day, dozens of court ladies and eunuchs are in charge of twirling the cicadas. Make sure not to let those The annoying cicada disturbed Empress Jiang.

"I don't know what's going on. The empress has liked to eat sour food since she was pregnant. This jujube cake is also the same. The empress didn't like to eat it before."

Originally, Xian Zhaorong was favored in this harem, but the emperor still thinks of her from time to time, but in this harem there are only concubines who try their best to pull the emperor into their own palace, and there is no one who will directly push the emperor to other places Concubine Gong, this Xian Zhaorong is really a miracle. Of course, what Eunuch Wang didn't expect is that there are people in this world who would not want the emperor's favor.

When the emperor passed, he would be addicted, and Empress Jiang took advantage of the maid serving snacks to force the emperor's hand away without a trace.

When they walked out of Kunning Palace, the originally sunny weather was covered by dark clouds, thick clouds had accumulated in the sky, and it seemed that there would be a heavy rain coming soon.

When the dragon chariot passed through the Imperial Garden, the sky was getting darker, the trees rustled in the wind, and the light dust rolled up fell on the emperor's face.

Wei Xin'er didn't seem to notice the displeasure on the emperor's face, she stepped forward to salute politely.

When the maids and eunuchs of Kunning Palace saw that the emperor was about to come out to greet him, he stopped them.

It took a long time for the emperor to chew two mouthfuls and barely swallowed it down, saying: "It's too sour." 13acv.

When the emperor's dragon chariot arrived at the Qionghua Palace, the eunuchs and maids of the Qionghua Palace hadn't understood what was going on. From the favored concubine to the neglected concubine, the servants of the Qionghua Palace can be regarded as having experienced this palace. The warmth and coldness inside.

The emperor wiped it with his hand, but the dust was the traces of paper burnt to ashes.Jiang Yue Ning joined.

Empress Jiang didn't sleep well, which directly led to her lack of energy. The emperor directly let the queen dowager take charge of the harem temporarily, even if he spent less time in Kunning Palace every day, it was because of himself As soon as he arrived at Kunning Palace, the empress would be busy entertaining him, the emperor couldn't bear the fact that the empress was tired now.

Seeing the emperor's appearance, Empress Jiang didn't say anything, and let the palace servants come in to wait on her, and she went into the inner room to change clothes and adjust her makeup.

"In this case, I will thank the emperor first." Empress Jiang thanked with a smile.

After waving his hand to signal the people behind him not to follow, Shangguan Rui walked slowly into Kunning Palace by himself.

The queen smiled sweetly, put the remaining half into her mouth and said, "Really? I don't think so at all, this taste is just right."

The emperor couldn't help frowning, and said: "The empress really doesn't have to be like this. You and I are husband and wife, so you really don't need to care about those virtual images. The empress can just take care of the fetus."

No matter which palace the emperor goes to, the concubines in this palace must be well-dressed, but the current emperor really only wants to see the empress and the child in her belly, and has no intention of torturing her.But these words he said didn't seem to have much effect. Every time he went to Kunning Palace, Empress Jiang would still be fully dressed, which was one of the reasons why he came to Kunning Palace less often.

Eunuch Wang answered yes, and hurriedly waited on Long Jia and entered Qionghua Hall.

However, after only one bite, the emperor frowned deeply, the empress's complexion remained unchanged, and the palace goddess beside the empress looked a little nervous, lest the emperor would be dissatisfied, the empress would not just give food to the emperor before, so she just She took it, and the emperor would not eat it casually for his own safety.

Eunuch Wang responded immediately, he had already seen those ashes blown up by the wind, this is absolutely not allowed in the palace, and I don't know who is so short-sighted, breaking the palace rules is not allowed , and happened to bump into the emperor just like that.

The court lady's words were flattering, and Shangguan Rui was obviously in a good mood. He directly rewarded the court lady with silver coins, and then said with a straight face: "The empress has worked hard. After my emperor's son is born, I will definitely take care of you." Taught."

Empress Jiang jumped up from the couch almost immediately, and then saw the emperor next to her couch, a trace of uneasiness flashed across her face, but it took only a moment for her to return to her usual elegance, and she casually settled down. He straightened his clothes and said: "I have seen the emperor, but no one has reported why the emperor has come, it is too neglectful."

Wei Xin'er was dressed plainly, except that she didn't wear any red hairpins on her head. She only tied her hair with a wooden hairpin, and even pinned a small white flower between her hairpins. She looked very clean. It's cute, but the emperor's heart is still displeased. The empress is still pregnant with a child. The whiteness of this body is not intentional to cause trouble, and the burning paper worship, who is she burning paper for? Who is it for worship.

Suddenly the emperor felt itching in his throat. Although he tried his best to suppress it, he still couldn't help coughing. The sound woke up Queen Jiang.

However, when the palace people of Qionghua Palace saw their own mother in plain white appearing in front of the emperor, they still broke out in a cold sweat.

"The emperor is sympathetic to the ministers and concubines, and the ministers and concubines understand, but the concubines are the mother of a country, so they can't appear in front of the emperor with unkempt hair and dirty hair." Empress Jiang said with a smile, walked slowly to the emperor and sat down, covered by the phoenix robe The belly was already obvious, and the emperor became interested for a while, and said, "Queen, I heard that the baby in the belly can gradually feel the fetal movement after five months. I don't know if this baby has any movement."

Shangguan Rui didn't stay in Kunning for a long time, and left after speaking for another half a quarter of an hour.

After a while, Eunuch Wang came back to report: "My Majesty, it is Mrs. Xian Zhaorong who burned paper to worship in the pavilion in front." To make an auspicious picture.

The emperor snorted coldly and said: "Don't you know that you can't burn paper casually in the palace? You violated the palace rules. I have always regarded my concubine as a sensible one. The queen is still pregnant. Deliberately embarrassing the queen."

With Jiang's back facing the emperor, her body looked a little bloated, Shangguan Rui's expression relaxed slightly, and his eyes slowly fell on the no longer slender waist.

Eunuch Wang, who was standing behind the emperor, moved. Under normal circumstances, all food for the emperor has to go through a poison test. Even the emperor would not use food indiscriminately in the harem, but most likely the emperor's heart is in the empress's stomach. On the child in the house, he took a bite of the Queen's chopsticks.

The emperor's eyes turned cold, and random burning is not allowed in the harem, "Wang Youde, go and see who is burning paper in the imperial garden."

"Is this what your empress eats?" Seeing that the empress seemed to really eat the sweets, the emperor couldn't help asking the palace servants around the empress.

When the emperor arrived at Kunning Palace, it was the afternoon when the sun was at its strongest, and the entire Kunning Palace was silent without a single sound.

"Your Majesty, this is the jujube paste cake just out of the oven. You can try it." The queen twisted a piece of red pastry to the emperor.

These words of the emperor made the palace people in Qionghua Palace tremble with fear. No one knows that the most honorable person in the Great Xia Dynasty is the Empress Empress, and they don’t know what their own empress thinks. Worship, no wonder the emperor would be furious.

Wei Xin'er lowered her head and said, "Don't dare!"

Seeing her relaxed expression, the emperor suddenly felt an inexplicable anger in his heart. He overturned the teacup on the coffee table with a "snap" and said angrily, "Don't dare? I think you are very courageous."