The emperor is reborn, the cute queen is upgraded

Chapter 72
Aunt Ning is good at this, she knows how to look at her face, and has the courage to admit her mistakes!It is also difficult for a man to be angry with such a woman.What's more, a man like Prime Minister Si who has a smooth official career and is increasingly deaf to opposition!
Seeing that Aunt Ning had admitted her mistake, Prime Minister Si also softened his tone and said: "I also understand your motherly love, but what the emperor and the subjects of Dayan need is the birth of a son! A queen's pregnancy is a blessing to all people in the world! Mrs. Si Sooner or later, the prince and princess will be born for the emperor, you don't need to worry about it here!"

Aunt Ning answered "Yes" obediently.

Prime Minister Si comforted Aunt Ning and left, heading straight for the main courtyard.

After Prime Minister Si left, Aunt Ning broke a teacup and said with a sneer, "Blessings for all people? I don't know if the child in my stomach will be born or not! Even if it is born, it may not be a prince!"

Aunt Ning said she was happy, and she felt more comfortable in her heart.But she forgot the saying that walls have ears!
After so many years, how could it be possible that Mrs. Zhao didn't put people in Aunt Ning's yard!A woman dressed in Chu Shi-colored armor stood under the window and listened to the conversation between Aunt Ning and Prime Minister Si, as well as Aunt Ning's cursing at the Empress. She stood there for a while before leaving as if nothing had happened.

When Prime Minister Si arrived at the main courtyard, he saw the servants busy, so he went straight into the main house.

"Master." Mrs. Li, who was serving by Mrs. Zhao's side, saluted.

"Where's Madam?" Prime Minister Si came in and found that Mrs. Zhao was not in the house.

"Madam will enter the palace tomorrow to congratulate the empress, so I went to the library to pick out some things to bring into the palace." Mother Li said.

Mrs. Zhao will enter the palace tomorrow?Prime Minister Si was overjoyed, so he sat in the open room drinking tea, patiently waiting for his wife.

Food and other things are mostly not allowed to be brought into the palace, so Mrs. Zhao chose a few interesting items for the servants to wrap up.

When Prime Minister Si entered the main courtyard, a servant girl had already rushed to report to Mrs. Zhao, but this did not affect Mrs. Zhao to continue picking things.

She didn't return to the main house until she had selected all of them, and Mrs. Zhao clicked on the booklet to confirm.

Prime Minister Si has already drank three cups of tea, and he is getting impatient!Only then did I see Mrs. Zhao come in.

"Madam!" Prime Minister Si showed a rare kind smile to his wife, "Madam, you have worked hard."

Mrs. Zhao blessed Fushen lightly, then pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Master Xiang is serious."

Sitting on the chair, the maid served tea, but Mrs. Zhao took the tea cup and ignored Prime Minister Si.

Prime Minister Si sat down awkwardly, looked at Mrs. Zhao after drinking two sips of tea, and said, "I heard that madam is going to visit the empress in the palace tomorrow?"

Mrs. Zhao put down the teacup, pressed the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, and then raised her eyes to look at her husband, "That's right. Mr. Xiang, do you have anything to say to the empress?"

They have been married for more than 20 years, how could Mrs. Zhao not understand what kind of person her husband is!

"Exactly." Prime Minister Si did not go around the bush, and directly stated his intentions, "Ming Yuan has been in the position of the Ministry of War for almost two years. Not suitable for the queen's brother."

"Heh." Mrs. Zhao laughed mockingly, lowered her eyes and said, "An official position that is not on the table? Mr. Xiang, don't forget that even this official position was bestowed by the late emperor because of my son Mingyao's sacrifice for the country. Yes! If Master Xiang thinks that the official position is small and not attractive, why not let Mingyuan take part in the imperial examination, and get a high position with his real talents and knowledge."

Mrs. Zhao's words made Prime Minister Si's old face turn red with embarrassment!But because she is the biological mother of Empress Si, she can't get angry!
"Ma'am!" Prime Minister Si lowered his smile and said forcefully, "The only man the Si family can rely on now is Ming Yuan! The empress and future princes also need someone to support them in the court! Next year there will be a harem In the general election, when the daughters of various families and important ministers enter the palace, won’t it be even harder for the empress? The court and the harem are also tied to each other. How can I alone be able to resist the ambitions of those who have women entering the palace? ?”

"Master, no matter how many families and important ministers' daughters enter the palace, the empress will always be the lord of the harem! I have met the emperor before, and I feel that the emperor is not the kind of man who disregards ethics and spoils his concubine and kills his wife. No matter how many beauties in the harem , It’s nothing more than pausing the exhausted existence of the emperor! It’s up to the Prime Minister to gain a foothold in the court! The future of the Si family is up to the men of the Si family!”

"You!" Prime Minister Si got up angrily!

Zhao also stood up with a cold face, and looked at Si Cheng.

"However, since the Prime Minister has opened this mouth to the concubine, the concubine has no choice but to help, after all, the wife must follow the husband! Tomorrow the concubine enters the palace and will mention the matter of Mingyuan's official position to the empress. It's just..."

"Just what?" Seeing Zhao's softening, Prime Minister Si asked impatiently.

"It's just that my concubine mentioned that Mingzhen will be recorded in my name..."

Mrs. Zhao planned to bring up Aunt Jiang's Siming Town under her own name, but it has been delayed until now and Prime Minister Si's approval has not yet been obtained!It was because Siming Yuan was in the way!
Prime Minister Si is in a dilemma!How does the grown-up concubine deal with the fact that the youngest son from a concubine becomes a concubine?
But if Siming Yuan's official career goes smoothly in the future, it doesn't matter if he is a bastard!

Gritting his teeth, Prime Minister Si said, "Okay! I promise you!"

Only this time did Zhao really smile, and said to Prime Minister Si, "Thank you very much, Mr. Xiang."

The next day, Mrs. Zhao went to the palace to visit Queen Si.

After Si Luoyun found out that she was pregnant, the person she most wanted to see was her mother!Zhao's entering the palace made her very happy!
Mrs. Zhao asked about Si Luoyun's pregnancy status, and passed on some common sense that should be paid attention to during pregnancy.

Si Luoyun was only a little over a month pregnant, so the reaction was not big, and it could even be said that she didn't feel anything special!There are no discomfort symptoms such as morning sickness.

"I'm afraid there will be a reaction in a few days." Zhao said with a smile, "If the mother's baby is a boy... that's fine."

Although everyone knows that this is unpredictable, Zhao still hopes that Si Luoyun can be a little prince.

Si Luoyun blushed and smiled, "The emperor said, it's fine if this baby is a princess. If it's a girl, she will be the eldest princess, and she can control her younger siblings. This is called... flowering first and then bearing fruit."

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhao was slightly taken aback, seeing the vivid expression on her daughter's face, feeling mixed emotions in her heart!
She nodded gently and smiled, "The emperor is right. It is best to bloom first and bear fruit later."

Si Luoyun is obviously in love with the emperor!Now she is pregnant again...

Mrs. Zhao buried in her heart the words that she wanted to warn her daughter that "a man's words cannot be trusted", and did not want to make Si Luoyun nervous and sad at this time.

As usual when entering the palace, it is not appropriate for Mrs. Zhao to stay in the palace for a long time as a niece. Si Luoyun reluctantly bid farewell to her mother, and sent Chunxiao to send Mrs. Zhao out of the palace.

When Mrs. Zhao was walking out of the palace, she asked Chunxiao about the relationship between the emperor and empress.Through Chun Xiao's answer, she knew that the emperor was very kind to the empress, and she even showed her eyes in front of all the concubines for the empress!In this way, she was relieved a lot.

When passing by a small garden, Si Qi, the palace lady next to Mrs. Si, suddenly came out from behind a tree!
"Ma'am." Si Qi stepped forward and blessed Zhao Shi, "My master learned that Ma'am is entering the palace today, so he asked his slaves to wait here, and would like to invite Ma'am to meet you at the Huanhua Pavilion in front."

Looking at Si Qi, who was a little casual about Fuli just now, Zhao couldn't help sneering in her heart!What kind of master there is what kind of servant!The looks of being frivolous and ignorant of the severity are similar!

"Oh? Your master? Which noble master in the palace?" Mrs. Zhao pretended not to recognize Si Qi, and asked in a flat tone.

Si Qi looked up at Mrs. Zhao in surprise, then quickly lowered his head again, "Madam Prime Minister, it is Mrs. Si from Fuyi Palace who wants to see you."

"Mrs. Si?" Mrs. Zhao looked at Si Qi pretentiously, "Then you are...Si Qi?"

Si Qi was slightly embarrassed, "It's the servant girl."

Mrs. Zhao said with a smile: "I didn't recognize you at first glance. After more than half a year in the palace, you have become taller and more beautiful. Seeing that you are so brightly dressed, you must be an expert at cooking Yizhou dishes." Mrs. Si is very satisfied."

Chun Xiao covered her lips and snickered, while Si Qi was a little embarrassed!

Anyway, Siluofu was the emperor's concubine second only to the empress in the harem. Mrs. Zhao didn't want to see her anymore, and had to accept the invitation due to etiquette.

Chunxiao wanted to stop her, but Zhao told her to keep silent with a wink, and followed her.

The Huanhua Pavilion is not far from the place where Si Qi stopped Mrs. Zhao. Walk along the Yonglu Road a few steps and bypass a rockery, and you will see the pavilion.

On one side of the pavilion is a higher rockery, and under the rockery is a shallow pool made of rocks.The skilled craftsman did not know how to direct the water to flow down from the rockery like a cascade and into the small pond.There are various flower trees on both sides of the rockery. Occasionally, the wind will blow the flowers or petals into the small pool.

This is where the name of Huanhua Pavilion comes from.

"Madam Qi, the Prime Minister's wife has arrived." Si Qi went to the pavilion to report.

Sitting in the pavilion looking up at the rockery waterfall, Mrs. Si seemed to have regained her senses and got up to meet her.

Mrs. Zhao is the wife of the prime minister, the wife of Yipin Gaoming, and only worships the queen mother and queen when entering the harem!The "wife" among the concubines in the harem can barely exchange courtesy with her, while the concubines who are beauties and below have to salute first when they see Mrs. Zhao!
Therefore, no matter how much Siluofu wanted to put on a show, she had to stand up and greet Mrs. Zhao.

Mrs. Zhao politely saluted Mrs. Si, then straightened up and looked at Mrs. Si in full dress.

The little girl in my memory has grown up, and she looks very much like Aunt Ning who first entered the Sifu!

"Madam, please sit in the pavilion." Madam Si said politely.

"No need." Zhao said politely, "My wife has been in the palace for a long time, it's time to leave the palace soon. Madam Si has something to say to my wife, please speak up."

Mrs. Si was irritated by Zhao's alienated attitude, she twisted her fingers in her sleeves, but she still had a dignified look on her face.

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with it. It's just that I'm really envious to see that my wife can visit the empress from time to time." Mrs. Si sighed with a slightly sad expression on her face, "Although I'm a sister from the prime minister's house, I... ..."

Mrs. Zhao looked at Mrs. Si's "sad" look with cold eyes, and thought that Mrs. Si was crazy and wanted Aunt Ning to come to the palace to see her?
"It's the minister's wife." Zhao said in a low voice with her head bowed, "As you said, Mrs. Si, it's not right for the minister's wife to enter the palace only to visit the empress Niangliang. The minister's wife will also go to Fuyi Palace to visit you, Madam."

"..." Who wants you to visit!What can I tell you!

Mrs. Si was so upset by Mrs. Zhao's words!But she couldn't just tell Mrs. Zhao to secretly bring Aunt Ning into the palace!After all, Aunt Ning is just an unrefined concubine in the eyes of the world!
"However, Mrs. Si, you are not unworthy of the concerns of the people in the prime minister's mansion. When the minister heard that his wife was still in the Chen Kingdom, the Prime Minister sent someone to the Chen Palace to deliver things to his wife several times. In recent months, he has also sent money to the palace. And things... I have never heard that some of these things have been delivered to the Queen of Fenggong, and they must have been sent to you, Madam Si. With the Lord Xiang's concern and support, Madam should also feel it The care of the family is over, so don't be sad." Zhao said slowly.

(End of this chapter)