royal princess

Chapter 179 He will protect her from now on 2
The queen smiled nonchalantly, "I'm already infertile, so why bother to bully the emperor and provoke criticism." What she needs is a child, since she can't have a child of her own in this life, then she will hold on to the position of queen. good.If she sits for a day, the Chu family will be stable for a day.

"But……"

"Why are you wronged for Bengong?" The queen chuckled, "I'm afraid it will be more lively on the day of Mid-Autumn Festival, all the people in the palace are staring at the emperor, Bengong, all you need to do is sip a cup of wine and watch the excitement. "

Aunt Tong: ...

The queen's heart is so big, the slaves are almost in tears.

Si Jin didn't know the Queen's plan, and she avoided the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, but she also knew that everyone was secretly preparing for that day to be a blockbuster.On such a good day, being able to show off his power in front of the emperor is a good opportunity to reach the sky in one step.

Si Jin rubbed her stomach, but she thought in her heart, Xiao Qi won't be really hooked by those, right?
"Master, I heard that Qiao Xiaoyi hasn't been doing much recently. Do you think she is thinking of making a big splash on the Mid-Autumn Festival? Why don't you go and find out?" Anyway, Suyun Palace is not far from their Yihexuan. The Queen Mother arranged Qiao Xiaoyi Entering Suyun Palace really has other thoughts.

Si Jin looked at Yunshang, "Everyone in these palaces knows it, not to mention Qiao Xiaoyi, even other people are like this. Who wouldn't want the Mid-Autumn Festival to be a blockbuster in front of the emperor?" Needless to say?
They all thought so!
"Then we just look at it like this and don't care?"

"Your master, I have a big belly, so it's good to take care of myself first." If Xiao Qi dares to go to other people's place, she will ignore him for the rest of her life!
"That's right, the most important thing is to give birth to the prince safely." Yun Shang said, patting her head here, "Eunuch Guan came over in the morning and said that the nurses at the inner court are all ready, and the master can choose any time. "

"Hasn't the emperor made all the choices?" The empress has made sure of this matter, and Xiao Qi is staring at him nicely. Even the imperial concubine dare not play tricks on it, Si Jin can still trust her.After all, this matter is a big one, and Si Jin is very concerned about it.

"Then you have to take a look, you have to choose someone who has a good eye, don't you?" Yun Shang thought that their master was really too big.

Si Jin thought it was the same, so she took the roster and looked at the names of more than a dozen people, "Why are there so many?"

"Not many, it's already left after several times of screening."

Si Jin: ...

The royal family is mighty and domineering.

When Si Jin went down the same day, she met these nannies to be selected. All of them were white and fat, and they seemed to be in good health.Si Jin nodded in satisfaction, Xiao Qi passed the eye and it was not bad.Si Jin finally circled two people, one surnamed He and the other surnamed Gu.After deciding on a candidate, he went to the Inner Court to go through the formalities. Chen De'an went to run errands, and walked around Fenghuan Palace and Chongming Palace.

In the blink of an eye, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival. Early in the morning, Si Jin felt a little uncomfortable from the waist down.But on such a good day, she couldn't announce the imperial physician early in the morning, as if she was going against all the concubines in the palace, so she could only half lie on the couch and endure.

Before Xiao Qi went to the Shoukang Palace to attend the banquet, he first came to Yihexuan to have a look, thinking to turn around from here and take the queen to Shoukang Palace together. Jin was sweating profusely on his forehead, and was half-lying there humming.

No one expected that this would be the case. Xi Ronghua rushed to give birth on such a good day as the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the entire harem was alarmed for a while.

What should we do now?
Do you want to have a banquet for this Mid-Autumn Festival?Yihexuan had already prepared the delivery room, and Xi Ronghua was sent to the delivery room. When the queen got the news, she rushed to Yihexuan, and the emperor stayed there even at every step.Although the Queen Mother disliked Xi Ronghua very much, she still had to do what she should do to save face at this time.

So, after the queen hurried to Yihexuan, the queen mother also arrived with the rest of the concubines.

For a moment, the big and small masters in the Yihexuan were dazzled. Qiao Lingyi followed the queen mother, and on the other side of the queen mother was the imperial concubine. The two supported the queen mother from left to right.After entering, I saw that the queen was talking about something beside the emperor, and there were five or six imperial physicians standing beside him, headed by Yuan Zheng, who seemed to be discussing something together.

The noon sun was a bit hot, and it fell through the treetops in the yard, shattering the golden light all over the place.Fragments of golden light fell on the emperor's face, and his facial features, which were originally resolute and cold, were covered with a layer of anxiety at this time, and there was an indifference that made people dare not approach easily.

Qiao Lingyi subconsciously tightened her hands, and just stared at him blankly. No one here knew her cousin better than her.She saw a trace of hesitation from the depths of his eyes, and her heart suddenly became tense.Is Xi Ronghua so important to him?
The empress first saw the empress dowager and her party, and hurriedly whispered something beside the emperor, the emperor turned around and saw the empress dowager walking up to meet them.

"Mother, why are you here? It's enough to have Zhen and the Empress here, why should you be troubled?" Xiao Qi said, looking at the Empress Dowager's expression, with a bit of defense that he couldn't explain clearly.

The queen also immediately followed up and said: "Yes, don't worry about the queen mother, the concubine is here to guard, Xi Ronghua is a lucky person, and the mother and child will be safe. It coincides with the good day of the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, this child will really choose well when."

The queen mother glanced at the queen, and just nodded slightly, "You are troubled here and just watch." Then she looked at the emperor, "As the king of a country, it is just a concubine giving birth, the emperor doesn't have to wait here Look, all the people in the palace are waiting for the emperor."

Hearing this, the only smile on Xiao Qi's face gradually faded, and he looked at the queen mother and said lightly: "Mother, Xi Ronghua gave birth to children for me on the life and death line of childbirth. Can you still have fun at this time?"

Hearing the words "joy-seeking", everyone present looked a little unhappy, and the empress dowager's complexion was even darker, "Emperor, what do you mean?"

Xiao Qi saw that the empress dowager's disappointment was getting stronger and stronger, he didn't say anything more, he just said: "I have few children under my knees, and I was with the concubine when she gave birth."

The imperial concubine raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and the anger in her heart suddenly surged up.He said he was accompanying him, but he went to Changle Palace for a walk and then, under the empress' persuasion, went to Chongming Palace to handle government affairs.Now that the emperor said this, wouldn't the imperial concubine herself want to jump out and say it?That is, he slapped himself, but swallowed this breath abruptly, and the concubine's eyes were almost red with anger.

The Empress Dowager, Qiao Lingyi and other concubines who had just entered the palace didn't know what happened back then, but the old people in the palace knew about it. Now they heard the emperor say this, but who would dare to say that the emperor is talking nonsense?
Everyone was silent.

Listening to the emperor pulling the imperial concubine out, the queen mother really couldn't say anything more, she couldn't favor one another in front of so many people, it seemed that she was too mean.

At this time, the queen took a step forward with a smile, looked at the concubine and said with a smile: "The concubine's younger sister is also a lucky one. Back then, she was our emperor's favorite person, so she naturally wanted to be with her. Now there are benefactors and concubines here. With the emperor here, it is a serious matter for the noble concubine to accompany the mother to celebrate the festival first. I will entrust the imperial concubine and sister with full authority for today's banquet, and the emperor and this palace will naturally reward you well in the future."

Can the concubine say no?

Of course not!

But if the queen compliments her on the surface and is sarcastic on the inside, she still has to smile and continue to maintain her status as a concubine.Even if it was about to break a tooth, it would have to be swallowed with blood in it, so I had to look at the emperor.

Xiao Qi doesn't care about these messy things now, Si Jin in the house is risking his life to give birth to him.But no matter how anxious I was, I still had to send these people away, so I looked into the eyes of the noble concubine, showed a soft smile, looked at her and said: "I will work hard on you for today's banquet, and taking good care of my mother is the real business." .”

"What a concubine should do is not to be a hard worker. The emperor can rest assured." The noble concubine took over generously. In the absence of the emperor and the empress, she is the one who takes the helm of the entire palace. You can't disappoint the emperor at this time, first you need to use this matter to regain the face you lost last time.

Xiao Qi nodded, and looked at the Queen Mother again, "The Queen Mother should go back first, the imperial doctor also said that the time for a woman to give birth is not short, and it will take some time."

The Empress Dowager was naturally unhappy, she glanced at the emperor, and finally said slowly: "Since this is the case, the Ai family can't disappoint the emperor's benevolence and filial piety. But the Ai family is also worried about the emperor, so let Ling Yi stay and take care of you. If there is something like this, it’s better to have someone to pass on the message.”

Xiao Qi's failure to accompany the queen mother for the festival had already angered her. Now that the queen mother asked Qiao Lingyi to stay, Xiao Qi was unwilling to make her unhappy again on such a matter.After a little hesitation, she agreed, and the queen mother nodded in satisfaction, looked at Qiao Lingyi and said, "You stay here to take good care of the emperor, don't be lazy, it's the right thing to do."

"Yes, don't worry, aunt." Qiao Lingyi hurriedly knelt and smiled.

Only then did the Empress Dowager leave holding the imperial concubine's hand. When she came, she was mighty, and when she left, she took the other concubines with her.Several bosses were talking, and even Concubine Xian Meifei and others didn't have a chance to say a word or two, how did they come and how did they go back.

Before Concubine Xian left, she turned her head to look at the queen again, but unexpectedly saw Qiao Lingyi standing beside the emperor with a smile on her face, she immediately felt a little dispirited, and walked out without looking again.

Even without Xi Ronghua, there would still be Qiao Lingyi, and the delicate little girls who had just entered the palace this year.She can no longer allow a wrong step, the most important thing is to hold on to her current position.In the position of the fourth concubine, there is only one noble concubine and she is the only one. If others want to ascend to the position of the fourth concubine, she will be a roadblock for others sooner or later.

(End of this chapter)