The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 87
When the concubines heard that Mrs. Xiao was pregnant, they whispered again. The queen said with a smile: "It turns out that you are pregnant. This is a great joy. Why didn't Mrs. Xiao report it to me before?"

Xiao Guiren hurriedly got up and replied: "The concubine didn't intend to hide it, it was also because she was uncomfortable last night. It was only after the imperial physician that she found out that she was pregnant for more than a month. The ancestor's birthday banquet, the queen naturally has many things to attend to, concubine How can I be so blind, I think it’s not too late to talk about it after today.”

"You are sensible." The queen nodded slightly, and said to the ancestor with some overjoyed: "It's time for the harem to have a baby, the ancestor must be very happy now, right?"

"Of course the old ancestor is happy. This is the best gift I have received today." The Empress Dowager looked at Zhou Zheng, who was born in Xiao Guiren's appearance. She also behaved politely and was a lady of a noble family. for satisfaction.

The queen sent the imperial doctor over, and after confirming that Mrs. Xiao was really pregnant, she rewarded her with a lot of things, and told Mrs. Xiao of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to use the best ones, and she must not be negligent.

The Empress Dowager waved to Xiao Guiren full of joy, and Xiao Guiren hurriedly stepped forward and was about to kowtow, the Empress Dowager asked someone to help her up and said: "You don't need to be polite when you are pregnant. It is easy for a pregnant person in the first three months. Nervous, the ancestor rewarded you with a good pillow."

As she said that, the little maid behind her had already brought up a mahogany square plate. On the red satin on the mahogany plate, there were two handles of ruby-inlaid dyed ivory jade Ruyi. The whole body is inlaid with gemstones and corals, the flower stems and leaves are delicately carved, and the curly and vivid lotus leaves, lotus flowers and lotus pods are all vividly depicted.Ivory carvings, jade carvings, and coral inlays are so many repetitive and complicated crafts, which make this jade Ruyi delicate and luxurious.

Mr. Xiao knew it was a good thing at a glance, and the lotus pod had a good meaning of "lianzi", so he hurriedly took it and handed it to the palace man behind him with joy, and said with a blessing: "Concubine, thank you ancestor for rewarding you!" .”

The Empress Dowager asked her to help her back to rest. When Xiao Guiren passed by Concubine Shu's table, seeing Concubine Shu's livid face and sullen expression, he glanced at her triumphantly, and deliberately stroked her lower abdomen with his hand. , and then slowly walked over.

Concubine Shu gritted her teeth and remained silent. The Empress Dowager then told the Empress, "This is the emperor's first child. As an empress, you are the aunt. You must take good care of the child when it is born. The ancestors believed in you, and believed that you had this child." You can take good care of this child, so I will leave Xiao Guiren's fetus to you to take care of, what do you think?"

The corner of the queen's mouth twitched indiscernibly, and after a while she still maintained a decent smile and said, "Don't worry, my ancestor, my concubine will definitely take care of Mrs. Xiao's fetus, and my ancestor will wait to hold his great-grandson."

The Empress Dowager looked at the Empress appreciatively, nodded and said: "What our ancestors value most is your general sense of virtuousness. Now that you say that, our ancestors are at ease."

The queen lowered her eyes to hide her thoughts, and the bitterness and helplessness on her face disappeared like a superficial touch of water. When she raised her eyes again, her usual gentle smile had returned.

Ye Wanrong listened attentively to the conversation between the two sitting above, leaned over and whispered to Qingchen softly: "Jiang is still old and spicy, the empress is going to be in a lot of trouble now."

Qingchen kept fanning the cool wind with a silk handkerchief to dissipate the redness on her face, and said lightly: "There are words in the old ancestor's words, how can the empress not understand? If she can't even do this thing well, then she, the empress, can't understand it." If she is really incompetent, she will not even want to take back the power to manage the harem in the future. No matter what, she dare not let her ancestor down."

(End of this chapter)