Harem for a living

Chapter 23

Chen Manrou and Concubine Liu hurriedly turned their heads to look. The voice came from Concubine Yang, so the two of them directly focused their attention on Concubine Yang.Concubine Yang's face was pale, she was covering her stomach with one hand, and her handmaid was holding the other hand in her hand.

The servant girl also looked anxious, but she didn't dare to shake Concubine Yang Gui, so she could only keep shouting: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, wake up, what's the matter?" Then she raised her voice suddenly: "Oh, see famous!"

As soon as these words came out, the emperor, who had already stood up in a hurry, immediately walked to Concubine Yang in two steps, first glanced at Concubine Yang's skirt, then bent down to pick Concubine Yang up, and gave two orders repeatedly: " Hurry up and call the imperial physician!"

After speaking, the person strode out.The women in this room were left here just like that. Chen Manrou raised her eyes to look at the queen, and saw that her original joyful expression had disappeared, and a little worry flashed across her face. Then she turned her head and said to the queen mother of the two palaces: " Concubine Yang's appearance just now looks a bit like a miscarriage, but I don't know if Concubine Yang is careless or artificial, so the daughter-in-law is artificial, and the things in the hall should be taken care of."

Empress Dowager Ci Ning took a meaningful look at the queen, and nodded first: "You are the queen, so you have the final say on the affairs of the harem. It's just a pity that it was a good birthday party, but it turned out to be popular. Poor enough."

The queen lowered her head, anger flashed in her eyes, and when she looked up again, there was a bit of worry on her face: "Hongwen's family doesn't care about this birthday banquet, but I feel sorry for Concubine Yang, the child in this belly doesn't know Can you keep it?"

The Empress Dowager Ci'an frowned and said, "I don't know if it's a miscarriage." She was happy that her son had many children, but Hongwen was the eldest son after all. Today, this matter is not necessarily how it is.

Thinking about it, the Empress Dowager Ci'an waved to Hongwen: "Hongwen, come to the emperor's grandmother."

Although children are smart, they are still somewhat ignorant of such things.Originally, the father was able to come to his birthday banquet, and the children were very happy, but when Concubine Yang fainted, the father left immediately, and the children felt a little uncomfortable.At this moment, the child naturally couldn't control the expression on his face.

The Empress Dowager Ci'an stretched out her hand to pinch Hongwen's pouting mouth, and said with a loving smile: "Is Hongwen unhappy? After a while, let your father make an apology to your little brother, okay?"

Hongwen glanced at the queen, saw the queen nodded slightly, and then smiled on his face: "Okay, grandma, then I will be angry with my father. Grandmother, what happened to the imperial concubine just now? Are you sick? Father let me It is said that the imperial doctor is passed on, so will the imperial concubine and empress have to drink very bitter medicine?"

"The imperial concubine is not feeling well because she is pregnant with your little brother. In the future, you will have to treat the son of the imperial concubine as your own brother." Empress Dowager Ci Ning raised her eyebrows slightly, and said meaningfully, then got up: "Since the banquet can't go on, Ai's family will go back first."

After everyone sent off the Empress Dowager Ci Ning respectfully, the Empress Dowager Ci An stretched out her hand to stroke her forehead and said, "Queen, the children's family can't stand the sleepiness at night, so let's take Hong Wen and the others down to rest first, let's go and see Concubine Yang Gui .”

The queen nodded, and called the nurses of Hongwen and Yi'an, and asked them to take the child down first, and then told the maid beside her to stay here and watch the scene, before leading Chen Manrou and the others. Go to the side hall in a mighty way.

The emperor had been waiting in the side hall for a long time, and when he saw that the empress and the others had only come now, his face was a bit unhappy, but he didn't say anything, he just stepped forward to salute the Empress Dowager Ci'an: "Mother, the night is also dark Well, it’s just a noble concubine, it’s not worth you to come and see it in person, why don’t you go back to rest first? When there is news, my son will tell you about it?”

Empress Dowager Ci'an really didn't want to stay here, Concubine Yang Guifei had a bad temper, and she always looked at people with the whites of her eyes.Empress Dowager Ci'an slowly climbed to the position of concubine Shu every time she was in front of her. She was always somewhat displeased with this kind of concubine who looked at people with the white of her eyes.

If it wasn't for Yang Guifei who might be pregnant with her grandson, she wouldn't come to see it right now.Seeing that his son was not that caring about Concubine Yang, he went down because of the discomfort in his heart. He glanced at the Queen and said, "The Empress is in charge of the affairs of the harem. The Ai family has always been very relieved. This Concubine Yang may be pregnant. The body has not been reported, and the royal heirs are really not taken seriously."

Seeing that the emperor frowned slightly, the Empress Dowager Ci'an patted the Emperor on the shoulder and said: "The Empress is here, so Aijia doesn't have to worry about it, and will go back later. It's just that the Emperor has an early court tomorrow, so don't stay too long, understand ?"

"Son understands, mother, you should be careful all the way, son will send you back." The emperor nodded, called someone over, personally sent the empress dowager out, turned back and glanced at the empress, the empress hurried forward and said: "I want to That said, the imperial concubine is always in good health, but this situation suddenly appeared today, maybe there is something unclean in the food."

As he spoke, he glanced at the emperor, his face flashed with sadness, and then he continued: "Besides, the emperor is taking care of him personally, so I thought to deal with the matter over there first. Hongwen and Yi'an are still young. Small, it's not easy for them to see this kind of thing, so..."

As soon as the emperor heard this, he immediately thought that today was Hongwen's birthday. Hongwen was his only son, and this was Hongwen's first birthday after his first birthday. With a bit of guilt on his face, he stretched out his hand to hold the queen. Hand: "Zitong, thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard work, it's my honor to be able to share the worries of the emperor, I'm so happy." Then, he turned his head and looked at the door of the room: "Why hasn't the imperial doctor come yet? The imperial concubine's body can't be delayed right now."

Just as she was talking, she heard the announcement at the door that the imperial doctor had come, and the queen hurriedly let the imperial doctor in. She looked a little more worried than the emperor, and she forced the emperor away from the bed, and stood there waiting for the imperial doctor to come in. The doctor took the pulse.

"The imperial concubine has been healthy for more than a month, and she only bleeds after eating something to promote blood circulation." The imperial doctor also knew that this imperial concubine was the emperor's favorite, so he didn't drop his book bag and said directly: " But the emperor doesn't need to worry, the imperial concubine is always in good health, and the child is not in any danger. I prescribe a prescription to protect the concubine, let the imperial concubine eat it for seven days, basically it will be fine. However, be careful in the future , it is best to rest for a month or two."

The imperial doctor didn't say how quiet this resting was. He believed that everyone in the palace knew about it.

The emperor nodded happily at the side and said: "Then write the prescription. Whatever medicinal materials you use, just take them from my warehouse. Liu Cheng, follow Li Yuyi to get the medicinal materials." After finishing speaking, he ordered the queen: " Since the imperial concubine needs to rest, I see, I will wait for a month to greet you, and wait for the baby in her womb to be safe before going to greet you. Would Zitong be willing?"

"Look at what the emperor said, the baby in the imperial concubine's stomach is your emperor's child, and you will call me queen mother after birth. Why would I not want the imperial concubine to raise it first?" The queen smiled with her lips curled up. Concubine Yang's eyelashes trembled, and she quickly continued: "Your Majesty, the imperial doctor just said that the imperial concubine needs to rest. Let's send her back now, so that the maids around her can serve her to rest. I also want to discuss with the emperor about the case when the noble concubine is pregnant, we are all staying here, so we are disturbing the noble concubine."

As he said that, he patted himself on the head suddenly and said: "Look at my memory, I originally said to ask the imperial doctor to check the food in the hall to see if there is something unclean about Concubine Yang Gui's food. I know if Doctor Li has gone back."

The emperor didn't answer, frowned and remained silent for a while, then called out the maid of the noble concubine and explained a few words, just to take good care of Concubine Yang, by the way, to watch her drink the medicine, to make the medicine himself, after the order is finished, He also called the aunt in charge of the Jiaotai Palace: "You take good care of the imperial concubine, let the imperial concubine rest here for the time being, and send the imperial concubine back when she wakes up tomorrow."

After giving these instructions, the emperor turned his head and said to the queen: "Physician Li probably hasn't left yet, let's go to the main hall to have a look."

As for the queen, she was not too angry when she was refuted by the emperor, and she still had a gentle smile on her face.With a sound, he led Chen Manrou and others to follow behind the emperor, and a group of people re-entered the Jiaotai Hall.Because of the queen's order, more than a dozen court ladies and eunuchs are standing in the hall at the moment, each guarding a table to ensure that nothing in the hall will change.

Especially the table before Concubine Yang, even the dropped chopsticks and broken wine glasses were not moved, they were left as they were.The emperor glanced at it, and raised his chin to Li Yuyi: "Li Yuyi, go and have a look."

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment." Li Yuyi bowed, first went to Concubine Yang's table, picked up a plate of dishes and stirred them carefully twice, and then smelled them again. There was no problem, so he put them aside.When he found the soup on the table, Doctor Li frowned. Everyone present was staring at Doctor Li's movements, including the emperor.

"Li Yuyi, but what's wrong with this dish?" Before the emperor could speak, the queen asked first.Li Yuyi didn't speak, picked up the chopsticks and searched in the bowl for a long time, then found a black thing, and looked again, there was still there.

Now everyone can understand that this black thing is [-]% the thing that made Concubine Yang popular.

(End of this chapter)