Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 96

Sheng Jia entered directly from the east main gate of the palace, but he didn't stop, and he didn't go anywhere else, he walked directly towards the Chaoyang Hall.

When the Luanjia stopped in front of the Chaoyang Hall, Zhao Qingze, who was wearing a five-claw golden dragon robe, walked down from the Luanjia.The guards at the gate hurriedly knelt down to salute, Zhao Qingze nodded slightly, did not walk in immediately, but stopped in front of the gate, and said to Deng Xian: "Go and have a look at Concubine Jin, the size of my royal brother is about to be born , don’t make too many mistakes. What’s missing, what’s missing, should be supplied.”

"Yes."

Deng Xian bowed his head in agreement, took a few steps back, and walked outside without following Zhao Qingze.

However, Zhao Qingze ordered someone to open the gate of the Chaoyang Palace, and then stepped into the Chaoyang Palace.

The guards outside were orderly, but the scene of panic in the courtyard inside was two extremes. Zhao Qingze frowned and looked at the scene inside.

Princess Rong, who was standing outside the house, saw Zhao Qingze first when she saw the door open. She was startled, and quickly walked over and knelt down to salute.

"Exemption."

Zhao Qingze glanced at Princess Rong, and saw that her eyes were a little red and swollen, as if she had cried, but she kept looking at the room behind her.

Just as Zhao Qingze was about to speak, he heard heart-piercing shouts in the room, which made him frown uncontrollably.

Zhao Qingze didn't ask anyone else, but looked at Princess Rong and said, "What's the situation now?"

Princess Rong lowered her head, took a deep breath, and suddenly knelt down and said, "Please, Your Majesty, be the master of my family."

"What do you mean brother and sister?"

Zhao Qingze looked at Princess Rong with a bit of indifference, but Princess Rong knelt on the ground, straightened her back, and said, "My prince made a big mistake, but the emperor is merciful and just banned him. , but my concubine Chunlan tried to poison my lord with medicine, and when she was discovered, she kept saying that it was the emperor's will. The concubine Chunlan falsely passed on the imperial decree to separate the relationship between the emperor and my lord, please make the decision."

"Siblings mean you want me to deal with Chunlan?"

Zhao Qingze looked at Princess Rong with serious eyes. This woman is indeed smart, otherwise she would not have become Prince Rong's virtuous wife back then.Now, when she didn't know Chunlan's move, she just blocked him with words. For this sake, if he really wanted to kill Prince Rong, he had to weigh it carefully before he acted, lest someone really say no to him. Kindness and disregard for brotherhood.

"Chunlan has the flesh and blood of my prince in her stomach. No matter what happens, the child is always innocent."

Princess Rong spoke slowly, and after she finished speaking, she was a little intimidated by Zhao Qingze's authority, so she lowered her head and stopped talking.

Zhao Qingze nodded with a smile, but he meant something: "Heirs are always the most important thing. It's just that Qingli is too reckless. Even if this Chunlan is wrong in every way, she is still pregnant with his child, and the tiger's poison does not eat her son. What! How can you push her?"

"My prince is also very angry."

After Princess Rong finished speaking, she didn't say anything more.

Actually, if Princess Rong wasn't vigilant, the person who is really lying on the bed half dead at this moment should be replaced by Prince Rong.Since Chunlan was imprisoned with them in the Chaoyang Palace, her sense of existence has been very weak, and the other women in the mansion don't have a good impression of her, after all, she is more like a woman raised by Prince Rong outside.But at this time, no one will trouble her.

Until... when she was found to be pregnant, her belly was already so pregnant that she couldn't hide it.

Princess Rong was not aware of the transaction between Zhao Qingze and Chunlan that day, but in recent days, Chunlan's sudden hospitality to Zhao Qingli made her feel something was wrong.

She was secretly vigilant in her heart, and people were staring at her. She didn't stop until she found out that Chunlan had poisoned Zhao Qingli's food. Zhao Qingli had always trusted her, and almost after she said it, she forced Chunlan to eat and serve it to her. Chunlan refused, so Zhao Qingli pushed her angrily, but she bumped into the corner of the table.

At that time Chunlan had a seizure with her stomach in her arms, Princess Rong was also a little anxious, and asked someone to help her settle down, and asked someone to help Zhao Qingze, but now that she calmed down, she was a little scared.

They were imprisoned in this Chaoyang Palace, completely isolated from the outside world, and even lacked food and clothing. Where did Chunlan find the poison, didn't she...

Princess Rong looked up at Zhao Qingze who was standing in front of her, and couldn't help but shudder in her heart.

Zhao Qingze didn't know what was going on in Princess Rong's mind, so he stretched out his hand to summon a entourage, and after talking to him a few words, the entourage walked towards the house.

This move once again caused Princess Rong to tremble with fear.She covered her chest with a handkerchief and dared not speak, but her hand was tightly clenched into a fist.

After Zhao Qingze finished explaining the matter, he did not stop any longer, but walked towards another place where the Supreme Emperor cultivated himself in the Chaoyang Palace.

After Zhao Qingze left, Princess Rong hurriedly recruited her personal servant girl, and said in a tense and eager tone, "Go and take care of the little Princess, and guard her well."

The servant girl backed away respectfully, but Princess Rong seemed to have been drained of strength.

What is the emperor's plan?
Today... will everything come to an end?No matter what, she had to protect her daughter.

In the dark and stuffy room, there was a strong smell of blood. Chunlan's thin hands tightly grasped the dirty sheets on the bed, gritted her teeth and tried hard, but she lost her strength again, almost making her gasp. The pain of being breathless made her unable to restrain herself from screaming out.

She has been in such pain for a day and a night, the strength in her body has almost disappeared, and the people around her come and go wave after wave, and she has been numb from the pain. In the end, she just repeated a sentence numbly : I want to see the emperor!
She tried her best, she didn't want to die, she wanted to give birth to a child, and she wanted to go out and enjoy wealth.

In her previous life, she died in the confinement, but in this life, she will never want to!
Chunlan looked at the bed curtain on the top with a blank gaze, as if she had an illusion again, returning to the time when she just lost her child in her previous life.Your Majesty, no...Prince, she was thinking chaotically in her mind, she is still the prince's Baolin, and now she is the emperor's concubine, giving birth to the emperor.

The emperor has no children...

"Put harder, the cervix has already opened, you exert more force."

The midwife kept pressing her belly and said to her, she subconsciously grabbed the hand of the palace maid, her eyes were wide open, a little ferocious: "The emperor...has the emperor come yet? "

"The emperor is here!"

The midwife was stunned for a moment before subconsciously answering.

"The emperor is here! The emperor... I want to see the emperor, I have something to tell the emperor!"

Chunlan endured the pain, stood up from the bed, and struggled to get out of bed.

The people who delivered her by Chunlan's side were a little stunned. The premature delivery was difficult and it took a day and a night, but now she still has the strength to get out of bed.

"Don't go crazy, the child will suffocate if he doesn't come down!"

Wen Po stretched out her hand and pushed Chunlan back on the bed.

"No...I want to see the emperor."

Chunlan struggled feebly, at this moment, a palace maid walked into the house, frowned and walked to the bed, said in a serious manner: "The emperor asked the servants to pass the word, as long as Miss Chunlan gives birth to this child, the emperor promised the girl earlier things will not break their word."

Will not break my promise...

A light suddenly appeared in Chunlan's eyes, "Son, my son is the prince. I am the princess, and I want to give birth to..."

She bit her lips tightly with her teeth, endured the pain and gathered all her strength towards her body.

"Don't worry, listen to my voice!"

Seeing that she had calmed down, but seeing that she was exerting all her energy without thinking, she hurried up to support her stomach and said.

Seeing that the task had been completed, the palace servants withdrew.

Outside the house, Princess Rong was still guarding, and there were several other concubines beside her, all of whom looked at the scene inside the house with pale faces.

Not long after, the gate of Chaoyang Palace was opened again, Princess Rong's heart skipped a beat, and she looked over involuntarily.But I saw Deng Xian bringing a few middle-aged women in.

Deng Xian glanced around the yard, but he didn't see Zhao Qingze, he seemed to hesitate for a while, and by chance, Zhao Qingze also walked into the yard again.

Seeing Deng Xian and the wives behind him, he asked, "Did Concubine Jin give birth successfully?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. Mother and child are safe."

Deng Xian replied respectfully, and then said, "Your Majesty, these stable wives were brought here by the concubine Xian's concubine's servants, saying that they are no longer needed by Concubine Jin's side. Maybe they can be used by Chaoyang Palace."

"Then send it in!"

Zhao Qingze didn't care about this, so he answered casually.

After the Wen women saluted, they also entered the room where Chunlan was expecting to give birth.

The woman who originally delivered Chunlan saw the new arrivals, but turned her head vigilantly. Seeing this, the new arrivals explained with a smile, and then took over the steady and sweaty women who were already sweating profusely. Standing on the bed and whispering to Chunlan, "Girl, we just came from Concubine Jin, Concubine Jin has given birth to a son, you have to work harder."

"Concubine Jin?"

Chunlan gritted her teeth in pain, she had no strength in her body, she just spoke unconsciously.

"Yes, Concubine Jin's mother and child are safe, so Concubine Xian sent us to help."

"Concubine Xian..."

Chunlan spoke vaguely, thinking in a daze and subconsciously: Concubine Xian... who is Concubine Xian?
"It's Mu Liangdi..."

She murmured, but her mind suddenly woke up, and she looked straight at the woman who was closest to her.

"Girl, if you push hard, the child's head will come out soon..."

"Mu Liangdi..."

Chunlan laughed and cried like crazy, and suddenly screamed.

"The head came out..."

Wen Po's voice seemed to come from far away, and Chunlan could no longer tell the difference between reality and illusion.She seemed to feel that she had never been reborn, and that the so-called rebirth was just an illusion in her mind, a dream she had.

Otherwise, why is it in her mind.Mu Liangdi, the traitor's daughter, will be the best among all the prince's women in the end.She went to the northwest with her traitor father, and her father became the emperor of the northwest. The son she had with another man inherited the throne, and she became the queen mother...

How could that woman who was always hypocritical, that woman who even looked down on her live so well.Back then, in the East Palace...

Chunlan's consciousness gradually lost, and the scenes of her previous life floated before her eyes like a dream, filled with blood, and her child was gone...

The child is just a child of unknown gender, it would be better to change the position.She is Baolin now... she will be a noble concubine in the future...

"The baby is out! It's a boy!"

Wen Po carefully wrapped the newborn baby, who was weak and whose cries sounded like a kitten's meowing, in thick swaddling clothes, but before she could take the baby out of the house to report, she stood in Chunlan Wen Po, who was cleaning up for her, suddenly opened her eyes wide, looking at the blood stains under the sheets.

"Blood... the blood can't stop!"

"This……"

Before the woman on the scene could react, the blood had dripped through the bed sheet and onto the ground.

"Blood collapsed."

A daring Mrs. Wen put her hand under Chunlan's nose, but she took two steps back in fright. It took a long while to recover, and said softly, "I'm out of breath!"

The mother-in-law who was holding the newborn baby looked down at the skinny, black and black child in her hands who was not much bigger than a kitten, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: This is an unknown child after all, who killed his own mother right after birth !

The child was carried out, and Mrs. Wen carefully reported the situation in the house to Zhao Qingze.

And Zhao Qingze's face was also gloomy, and he just said lightly: "Dead? How can you die after giving birth to a child?"

Everyone didn't know what Zhao Qingze's words meant, but they could hear the anger in his words, and they couldn't help lowering their heads.

But Deng Xian understood that Zhao Qingze was hurting his own kind, and others didn't know, but he knew that the situation of the one in the Summer Palace was not looking good.

However, everyone, even Zhao Qingze at this time, also understands that a woman's childbirth is a hurdle in her life.His eyes fell on the baby in the arms of Mrs. Wen, and he suddenly said, "To Princess Rong."

Princess Rong raised her head in surprise, and looked at Zhao Qingze: Is this the meaning of asking her to raise the child?

She took the child in a hurry, and looked at the child's tightly closed face, which was not as big as her palm, with pity and love in her heart, even though the child's biological mother was something she hated, but this child, she was I like it from the bottom of my heart.

"Hold the child, pack your things, and I will send you back to the palace."

"emperor……"

Princess Rong's eyes widened in surprise, and her hands holding the child tightened.

"From now on, you are not the concubine of Prince Rong, but the aunt of Prince Shen, the concubine of Prince Shen's mansion. I will name this child Zhao Shen. I hope you, the aunt, can understand what I mean. , Teach this child well."

Zhao Qingze looked at the distant sky under the setting sun, and spoke slowly.

"My prince, he..."

Concubine Rong was so upset, her lips trembled.

"Cousin, this is my last grace. You should think about your child, including the child you hold in your arms."

Zhao Qingze didn't stay long, and walked towards the gate of Chaoyang Palace. When he passed the threshold of the gate, he paused and ordered: "From now on, the gate of Chaoyang Palace will not be opened unless there is a major event of life or death."

Princess Rong fell to the ground, with a dazed expression, unconsciously holding the baby tightly in her arms.

The door closed slowly, closing the myriad scenes inside the door, and also shutting out those crying and screaming sounds.

Zhao Qingze left the palace that night and rushed back to the summer resort overnight.

Before leaving, he left behind two imperial edicts.

One is to make the son of Prince Yuanrong Prince Shen, and the concubine of Prince Rong will be moved outside the palace to be raised.

The other way is that Zhao Qingmu, the son of Concubine Feng Jin, is Prince Mu, and after the full moon, he and his mother, Concubine Jin, will move to the palace outside the palace.

Although the two imperial edicts sealed the two princes, they did not cause too much disturbance. Anyone with a discerning eye would know that the life of the former has been set as a mediocre seal for the two princes. Promise may still be reused, but in these 20 years, he is still too young.

However, it caused great waves in the heart of the Empress Dowager who had been recuperating and avoiding others in Ci'an Palace.

The Empress Dowager Cixiao dropped the food on the table heavily to the ground, clutching her chest and gasping for breath: "He made that concubine Jin's son a prince, and allowed Concubine Jin to move out to live with his son, but my Li'er Still locked up."

The people below dared not speak, and the palace servants walked up to the Queen Mother and gently supported the Queen Mother's back, calming her down.

"Empress Dowager, the emperor sealed the eldest son of Prince Rong as Prince Shen, and lifted the confinement of Princess Rong and the little princess. After all, the emperor is kind..."

"A child who was just born and still suckling, what does he know, and what's the use for him, and Prince Shen...Shen! Poor Li'er is now locked up alone..."

Empress Dowager Cixiao's whole face was wrinkled into a ball, holding her chest and panting hard.It seems that the past will be lost in the next moment.

"Empress Dowager, this servant is going to call the imperial physician over..."

"No need to go, I'm fine." The Empress Dowager Cixiao patted herself on the chest twice, and said, "I can't get sick, absolutely can't fall ill."

"My lady..."

"I can't please the guy with the screwdriver."

When the Empress Dowager Cixiao thought about the commotion between last night and today, she felt sullen and short of breath. That bitch, Concubine Jin, was really lucky that she was able to conceive the son of the Supreme Emperor, and she was able to give birth safely.More importantly, why should her son be crowned prince, and she can follow him to enjoy the blessings, while her youngest son, Qingli, is still imprisoned without knowing his life or death.

"I can't get sick again."

Empress Dowager Cixiao supported the table and stood up, and said to the palace with a serious face: "This palace has been silent for too long, and has been living in seclusion for too long. If this continues, the emperor still has this palace, and he has forgotten that there is me, the queen mother." exist."

The palace man lowered his head and didn't make a sound, but sighed silently in his heart.

(End of this chapter)