Bystander

Chapter 10 The Royal Palace

"If the emperor knows about Eunuch Sheng, he will feel sorry for Eunuch Sheng too." The imperial concubine said "caring".

"Your Majesty, your majesty is concerned about state affairs. Don't bother your majesty with such trivial matters as slaves." Xiao Shengzi couldn't hold back at this time. It's all up to your mother." There is no way to avoid the matter now, since the noble concubine can say these words today, it means that she has known that Xiao Shengzi's identity is false, and she has thoroughly investigated Feng Wei's details. If people have a handle, they have to follow.

The noble concubine is the daughter of the prime minister. She is not only thoughtful but also calm. Since the last time I talked with Xiao Shengzi, I have never looked for Xiao Shengzi. For the noble concubine, Xiao Shengzi is the most important thing in her hands. One move, she will not act rashly until the critical moment, everything is safe and sound, but such a situation makes Xiao Shengzi worry all day long.

The apparent calm inside the palace was disturbed by the arrival of one of the emperor's heirs.

That year was the seventh year of the emperor's administration. Before that, the emperor's concubines were also pregnant with dragon species, but they were not born smoothly due to various "accidents", and died early in their mother's womb. The reason is self-evident, except for the jealousy among women, there are also political reasons besides the harem competition, which of course includes the emperor himself.

I remember that year when the emperor was fledgling, and Zhang Xianwu, the powerful minister in the court, held the heavy soldiers in the capital by himself, so he had no eyes on the emperor, and he often defied the emperor openly in the court. One day, the emperor will not be able to truly control the court, such a person is naturally a thorn in the emperor's eyes.On the other hand, the empress also relied on her natal family to be domineering and domineering in the harem, without the maternal manners that an empress should have. In the harem, all the concubines who received the emperor's favor were not blamed by the empress.One day, news came out from the palace that the concubine was pregnant for more than four months. The emperor loved and cared for the concubine for many years without a child. He rewarded the concubine with countless gold, silver and jewels. Each piece of silk and satin was different. One thing is to go to see the concubine.

"Qianxi, take good care of my heir. This is my heir and yours. I will definitely teach him well and help him sit on the throne." The emperor held his concubine's hand and called his concubine affectionately and firmly. baby name.The concubine's father was the emperor's teacher when he was not the crown prince, and the concubine and the emperor were childhood sweethearts.When the emperor first came to the Great Treasure, he wanted to make his concubine the queen, but the concubine's natal family was weak, and the emperor was helpless at that time, so he had to rely on the power of the imperial court to stabilize his dragon chair. Second, the concubine was weak and not If it is not suitable for the queen's seat, the matter will be dropped.But this incident was widely circulated at the time, and the two childhood sweethearts were well known to everyone, so after entering the palace, the empress hated the concubine to the bone, and even targeted the concubine everywhere.It's not that the emperor doesn't know about this, but the emperor can protect the concubine for a while, but the emperor can't stay by the concubine's side all the time, all he can do is to ignore the concubine and protect her.Originally, the queen no longer targeted the concubine, but who would have thought that the concubine was pregnant within a few days of the peaceful days, and the emperor immediately blocked the news from the imperial hospital. After four months, the concubine's belly was hidden I couldn't hold it anymore, and then the news went away, and the concubine suddenly became the target of public criticism again.

There are very few trustworthy people in the harem, and they will never know who the people who serve around them day and night are loyal to. Since the concubine became pregnant, the emperor gradually replaced the maids in the concubine's palace. They were all newly recruited into the palace, but the emperor's words that day still reached the queen's ears.The queen has always been depressed because she has never been pregnant. This concubine is not only pregnant, but also unknowingly spent more than four months safely. What is even more annoying is that the emperor promised to give the child the crown prince. A mother is more expensive than a child, so it's good for her to be a queen in name only, maybe the emperor will take her queen's position and give it to that bitch.

The queen invited three or five concubines to visit the concubine, "Concubine, how are you today? I heard that my sister is more than four months pregnant. Why didn't she tell us before, so that all the sisters in the palace can be happy , are you afraid that we will harm you?" The Queen spoke harshly.

The concubine Fushen replied, "Where is the empress, my concubine has always been inaccurate before, and I often have a bad appetite, so I have never called the imperial doctor. In fact, in recent days, my concubine's belly has gradually swelled, and for some reason, I called her." The imperial physician took the pulse, and only then did I know that my concubine is more than four months pregnant."

The queen looked coldly at the concubine who was half kneeling in front of her, and there was silence in the room for a while, and the queen gently helped the concubine to stand up, "Don't be so polite, you are a person with a dragon species now, gold is very precious, and the emperor is also very respectful." Pay attention to the fetus in your womb."

"The fetus in the concubine's womb is indeed cared for by the emperor. He is a lucky child, not only loved by the emperor, but also cared by you, the empress, as the mother."

"Of course, as the master of the harem, the dragon heirs born in any of your stomachs are my children, so I will naturally pay more attention to it."

"I would like to thank the Empress Empress on behalf of the child in my womb."

The struggle between women seems to be between the lips.

Before leaving, the queen rewarded the concubine with a string of sandalwood bracelets, so that the concubine could calm down and rest.

In a blink of an eye, the concubine was already in July, with a big belly. The emperor often took the concubine to visit the imperial garden. The emperor laughed at the concubine for looking like a big fat man. ? For whom?"

"Okay, okay, it's my fault. Qianxi became like this because of me, and because of the child in her belly. Qianxi is the prettiest now, even better than when she was a child." The emperor still treated his concubines the same way. Like my little lover, I don't know if the two of them have noticed the broken branch on the other side of the road.

That night, the imperial concubine had cramps in her abdomen, and she seemed to have symptoms of premature birth. The emperor called the entire imperial hospital to guard the door, and all the concubines and ladies in the palaces also came. Several imperial doctors were busy all night, but the imperial concubine It’s still a miscarriage, because the concubine has been in the body for more than seven months, and the concubine’s miscarriage is like losing her whole life. She is only hanging on one breath, and she is also out of breath. Maybe the fragrance will disappear and the jade will die.The emperor looked like he was going crazy, "What are you doing for food? You can't keep a single child. You claim to be highly skilled in medicine. What's the use of keeping you? Come here, cut down all these rice buckets."

A group of imperial physicians kneeling in the hospital immediately crawled together, they did not expect their own lives to be lost like this, but the chief imperial physician of the imperial hospital had seen the big scene, "Returning to the emperor, I feel that there is something strange about the miscarriage of my concubine."

"Strange? Say!"

"Back to the emperor, the empress dowager was indeed weak before, but since the empress concubine became pregnant, all the imperial physicians in our imperial hospital have worked hard. After coming down, the body of the concubine is getting better and better. You can tell by the complexion of the concubine. Generally speaking, the concubine will not have a miscarriage. Even if she gives birth prematurely, the prince will only be weaker. , will not be born stillborn.”

The emperor gradually calmed down, "Among you?"

"My minister boldly guesses that my concubine was plotted against." Once the imperial doctor said this, everyone gasped, and even a needle dropped on the ground could hear the echo.

The emperor closed his eyes, and lightly lifted his thin lips, "Check it out, let me check it out, you can find out that your hospital is safe and sound, and if you can't find out, your family members will see you after death."

As if catching a life-saving straw, all the imperial doctors checked the concubine's basic necessities of life. Everyone was like a hunting dog sniffing for the smell that shouldn't be around a pregnant woman.

"Your Majesty, I found something." An imperial doctor knelt in front of the emperor, "Your Majesty, it is exactly this string of sandalwood bracelets." The imperial physician raised the bracelets above his head and presented them to the emperor. , but the smell of safflower is strong, it seems to be soaked in safflower water when it is made, and the medicinal properties of safflower are soaked in it. Safflower is cold in nature, so it is a taboo for pregnant women."

"sure?"

"Weichen is sure, I have handed over the bracelet to several colleagues for inspection, and there is no doubt that there are red flowers." This bracelet is the fate of the entire imperial hospital, and everyone insists that it is the cause of the miscarriage of the concubine. .

The emperor walked to the side of the concubine's bed, stroked the concubine's forehead, and asked distressedly, "Qianxi, where did this bracelet come from? Who gave it to you?"

"It was given to my concubine by the Empress, who said it has the effect of calming my mind. I didn't expect..." The concubine was already so weak that it was like a wisp of green smoke, which would dissipate when the wind blew, and even crying could only shed tears silently.

"I see, you rest first, we will have children in the future, and I want to have many, many children with you." The emperor tucked in the quilt and walked in front of everyone. It was also wrinkled by her.

"Queen, don't you want to say something?" The emperor's voice reached the queen's heart like ice.

The queen knelt down in a common voice, "Your Majesty, I don't know? I did give my concubine a string of similar bracelets, but it's definitely not this one. Someone must have cheated on my concubine."

"Dropping? Planting? Okay, tell me who planted you, and I will bypass you if you tell me."

The queen couldn't think of it for a while, and pointed at Concubine Qi randomly, "It's her, the emperor, it must be her. She said beside the concubine all day long that it would be fine if the concubine had a miscarriage. Why can the concubine conceive a dragon seed? , that's her, Your Majesty."

Seeing the queen pointing at him, Concubine Qi immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty, I have never said such a thing. I am indeed jealous of Concubine Concubine's pregnancy. The woman in the harem is not jealous, but I will not be so stupid as to say this." Talk about it everywhere, and tell the queen to listen to it. Besides, giving away a concubine for a miscarriage is of no benefit to the concubine, and the concubine is not favored. The birth of a dragon heir is successful, the mother depends on the child, and the queen is no longer the only one in the harem. The queen is domineering, and we have all been scolded by the queen namelessly. What I want to see is the queen's loss of power."