wedding dress

Chapter 222 Private Room
Caigu greeted Xiaodong with a smile, and saluted Xiaodong: "Congratulations princess."

This sentence is the one Xiaodong has heard the most in the past few months. Who is polite, who is insincere, and who is sincerely happy for her, you can also tell from the tone and expression.

"It's cool outside, princess, go in quickly."

The weather at the end of September was not very cold, and the house always felt damp and cold before it was time to burn the kang and light the fire.As soon as he entered Changchun Palace, Xiaodong felt a chill.

Before she knelt down to pay her respects, the Empress Dowager Shengci hurriedly said, "Don't kneel, come here."

Xiaodong bowed his knees to say hello, and then sat down in front of the Empress Dowager Shengci.

Cai Gu laughed beside her and said, "The princess hasn't come these days, but the empress dowager misses it every day, and she has to repeat it several times every day."

Xiaodong said: "Actually, I'm fine, but the imperial doctor said to be extra careful in the first few months."

"Exactly." The Empress Dowager Shengci nodded in agreement: "The imperial doctor is right. You are young and don't understand. The first few months are not safe, and there is nothing wrong with being careful. Let me see... well, it seems to be a little thinner."

This is pure nonsense, Xiaodong feels that the clothes he made last year are tight now, so it can be seen that he has gained a lot of flesh, how can the Empress Dowager Shengci say that she has lost weight?
Cough, is this selective ignoring?

The Empress Dowager Shengci asked her with concern: "How is your appetite? Does the imperial doctor ask for pulse once every three days? Is there any discomfort?"

"Very good," Xiaodong paused, "I'm just a little uncomfortable..."

Maybe she would be more at ease if all eyes weren't on her belly.

The Empress Dowager Shengci breathed a sigh of relief: "What's the matter, people in the world call here." Then asked her: "Is there anything you want to eat?"

"Well, it's strange to say that I wanted to eat stewed noodles and mutton every day, and I wanted to put more vinegar in it, the more sour the better..."

She used to think that she didn't like to eat mutton, and she always felt it was smelly.I don’t like vinegar, I don’t know what’s going on, those days I feel my mouth is very pale, I just want to eat this kind of thing, I want it so badly, I can’t wait to cry if I don’t eat it, even if the kitchen is making it. , she was also fidgeting anxiously.

The Empress Dowager Shengci was very pleased: "Okay, it's good. You can eat it if you want it. People often say that it's a good thing if you want to eat sour."

Is it?

Xiaodong has also heard people say this, Hu and Qi have said it.

It seems that everyone thinks that she must be pregnant with a son——

If not?

Then Qin Lie, King An, the Queen Mother...will they be disappointed?

Xiaodong himself can't tell whether he prefers a boy or a girl.

She likes girls, who are well-behaved, obedient, and can dress up beautifully.

However, in this era, it is not easy for women to live.I have only been in my family for more than a dozen years, and I have to spend most of my life in my husband's family for decades. It is okay to meet a good family, but to meet a bad family. The husband is not caring, the mother-in-law is not sympathetic, and the population is more... ...It's really a cow and a horse, and there is no joy.

Or like the fifth princess, the son-in-law died early...

Women are too bitter, even after a long time, even in modern times, this is still the case.I have to go to work during the day, and I have to do housework when I come back, I have to conceive in October, I have to give birth to a child and raise a child, there are old ones and young ones...

Still a son.

Give birth to a daughter, and worry about her for the rest of her life.

Still a good son...

Xiaodong thought about it seriously, and then felt a little ridiculous.

It's not up to me to have a boy or a girl, and it's useless to think about it.

Every time I come back to the Empress Dowager Shengci, I don't leave empty-handed. I have to bring back some food, clothing, or play. "Look, is this good?" The Empress Dowager Shengci was holding a white jade wishful long life lock, not to mention how exquisitely the jade lock was carved, even the chain was strung with jade beads, and each bead was carved with a different pattern.

"This is too expensive."

"What is it expensive? It's a good thing if you can use it. It's not worth anything if it's always in the bottom of the box." The Empress Dowager Shengci didn't know what to think of, and said in a low voice: "I planned to give this to your father at the beginning, but it's a pity... ..."

Xiaodong was stunned for a moment, and Caigu took out another thing from the box, and the words were diverted.

But Xiaodong was a little puzzled.

When the Empress Dowager Shengci gave birth to her child, she was taken away by the empress's people. She couldn't even catch a glimpse of her, so it was naturally inconvenient to pass things on.However, how could there be such a thing in the hands of the Empress Dowager Shengci back then?

It's not that Xiaodong doesn't know what the ordinary palace people in Yeting live.Even if he is favored by the emperor, has such fresh energy for three days and five nights, and even confers beauty and talents, the rewards and quotas are limited.The Empress Dowager Shengci did not have the support of her natal family. It would not be unusual for such a treasure to appear in the hands of a queen, a noble concubine. up to now.

correct……

Xiaodong suddenly remembered, when she entered the palace for the first time, those things that the Empress Dowager Shengci gave her—they were not ordinary precious.

At that time, Empress Dowager Shengde was still dancing, which was very beautiful.King An, the Emperor and Empress Dowager Shengci are not close...

Where did those things come from?

And it seems that the private houses of the Empress Dowager Shengci are not limited to the ones that were given to her one after another in the past.

Of course, after Empress Dowager Shengde lost power, it goes without saying that when Empress Dowager Shengci celebrates her birthday, the storeroom will be filled with precious things.

before?
Where did those priceless treasures come from?She kept it so closely that King An didn't know either - maybe even the emperor didn't know.

Xiaodong was stunned here, and the Empress Dowager Shengci patted her hand: "What about this one? Do you like it?"

It was a pair of small jade cicadas. At first glance, they looked like the real thing. The carvings were detailed and lifelike.

These things are cute and cute, and expensive enough, but none of them are for children to play with.Play this for him, and he will fall off as soon as he turns his head. That's like spending a lot of money just to hear it.

"It's still early, it won't be too late for you to reward me in another ten or eight years."

The Empress Dowager Shengci put down the cicada as well, seeming a little sullen: "Actually, I don't know what children play...Although I have two children, I can't even talk about it."

Seeing that Caigu had also gone out, Xiaodong mustered up the courage to ask in a low voice, "The Empress Dowager... how did you save all these things?"

Empress Dowager Shengci glanced at her, Xiaodong shrank her head.

"Or, you...just pretend I didn't ask..."

The Empress Dowager Shengci smiled: "There's nothing I can't ask. Anyway, now...no one is forcing me. These things, of course, were given to me by the late Emperor."

Xiaodong couldn't help asking another question: "But... there was a queen at that time, and there were other concubines..."

Could the emperor give such an eye-catching thing to the little Wang Zhaoyi at that time?Doesn't that mean pushing her to the guillotine?None of the women in the harem is a vegetarian.

"Look at you." The Empress Dowager Shengci was rarely relieved: "Of course it was not an explicit reward, it was all secretly given, and there was no record."

Uh……

Xiaodong guessed the same way.

"Do you think it's strange? At that time, Empress Chen was so tough, and Concubine Cui Gui... Some people say that a beauty is beautiful, but I think Concubine Cui is such a beauty. Later, Zhu Jieyu was also favored... Empress Dowager Shengci touched Xiaodong's face: "But none of them survived, and none of their children survived either."

The Empress Dowager Shengci's words were very gentle, but the meaning in the words made Xiaodong's heart tremble.

"When I was young, I knew that I was not smart enough. My hands were not as clever as the sister next door, and my mind was not as flexible as the sister at home. My mother loved me because I thought I was born well, and I might be able to marry well in the future... After entering the palace, I also knew I am not as good as others. I have no family background, no talent, I don’t know how to sing and dance, and I am not even as good at sewing as ordinary people. I just want to be honest and live for ten years, until I am out of the palace. But at that time, I was old , I may not be able to find any good family. I did not expect to be picked up by Queen Chen to be with sister Zhu—her boudoir name is Zhu Ziyan, and she is very charming when you hear her name. The emperor also likes her more. At that time, the palace Here, apart from the Queen, Concubine Cui is the only one who counts her. But I know that’s not going to work, no one taught me, but I know it’s not going to work... Don’t you have something to say? A tree is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. Too Being top-notch always suffers.”

Yes.

No matter what dynasty or generation, this is always the case in the palace.

"The empress and the others, when they had children, they either couldn't give birth, or they couldn't raise them after they were born. I was pregnant for the first time, and I wasn't happy at all at that time. Don't say I was happy—I was almost scared died."

Xiaodong leaned against her, feeling that the fingertips of the Empress Dowager Shengci were cold.

"The emperor knew that I had a child, so he came to see me. He asked me what was wrong. I had no other choice. I begged the emperor to let me go out of the palace. I want to live, and I also want the child to live. Go out of the palace Go, no matter how poor and difficult, at least mother and child can survive... The emperor was stunned."

Ah, Xiaodong was also stunned.

"And then?" she asked instinctively.

But of course she knew what happened later. The Empress Dowager Shengci was alive, and she gave birth to her eldest son, who was the emperor.

"Later the emperor told me, let me rest assured that he can naturally protect women and children..." The Empress Dowager Shengci had a slight smile on her lips.It's very light, but it's really warm, with a very happy smile: "The people around me have been changed for reasons, and the emperor never came to see me again, but I gave birth to a child."

However, the child was still taken up by the queen...

"The emperor gave me many things in secret, but he didn't come to see me often. After two years, I became pregnant again, and this time it was your father."

uh...

Xiaodong used to think that the Empress Dowager Shengci was lucky——

Fortunately, Empress Chen's subordinates made a living and saved their lives.Fortunately, he gave birth to two sons, one promising and capable prince.The other was more promising and became emperor.

But looking at it now, luck is one aspect.

If there is no emperor's black box operation, no matter how lucky you are, it will be useless.

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Uh.If you really get fat if you break your promise, I must be fat to death ==
I got dizzy from taking cold medicine yesterday. . .There is nothing in my mind.

(End of this chapter)