Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

Changchun Palace

The queen was wearing a single layer of clothing, lying on the couch, wiping herself with a handkerchief from time to time, her cheeks flushed, and she shouted, "Qingsi, bring me some more ice cubes, I'm too hot to sleep."

A pretty palace maid came in and whispered, "Your Highness, each palace has its share of ice. Yours has been used up during the day. Do you want some for the rest of the day?"

It's only early summer. If all the quotas are used up, how can we bear the scorching heat? The little prince might be the one who has excessive pregnancy fire.

"Your Highness, you are only three months pregnant, and your pregnancy is so intense, it must be the little prince. If it is the little prince, then the temperature will only get hotter. There is less ice stored this year, so why not save it for later when the heat is hot."

The queen thought about it carefully. This time was indeed different from her previous two pregnancies. She even had blisters on her mouth.

He whispered, "It would be great if he is really the little prince. Yu'er would have a brother, so he would be able to sit on the throne more securely in the future. If Li'er gets into trouble, there would be someone to take care of him. That would be great."

Qingsi couldn't help but laugh: "My queen, it seems that the little prince was born for the Crown Prince and the eldest princess. If the little prince knew about this, he would definitely not agree."

"Hey, if possible, which mother would be willing to let her child suffer? It's really because of Yu'er's body... Li'er is powerful, but he is cunning and doesn't understand those dirty tricks. How can I trust them?"

"I am thinking that if I can give birth to a healthy prince, the three of them will support each other in the future and will not be too lonely. I will eventually go ahead of them, and at that time they will have brothers and sisters around, so they will not be helpless."

There's a knock on the door.

The Queen waved her hand and said, "Go open the door and see who is coming."

Qingsi put down the basin, turned around to open the door, but the voice was heard before she arrived.

"Mother, I'm here to see you. How are you doing recently?"

After Jiang Li entered the room, he saw the person lying on the couch, with red cheeks and blisters at the corners of his mouth. He frowned and said, "Mother, what's wrong with you? Where do you feel uncomfortable? Didn't the female doctor who was arranged to come in before help you?"

Touching the blisters at the corners of her mouth, the Queen shook her head and said, "It's okay. Mother is just hot-tempered because of her pregnancy. It will be fine after a while. Ning Shuang checked and said that it's okay for me to have excessive liver fire."

"Since you are pregnant, you should drink less medicine. When your brother was born, I was not in good health and drank a lot of medicine. Otherwise, your brother would not be so weak when he was born."

It was also because of her previous experience that she was afraid to take medicine. She thought that she just needed to supplement her body. As long as she ate more supplements, the child would definitely be healthy when he was born.

Jiang Li stared at the corner of her mouth. It was only three months and blisters appeared now. Was there something wrong? Even if she had never been pregnant, she had watched a lot of palace fighting dramas before the end of the world.

I always feel like something is not right.

"Mother, is there anything unusual about the imperial concubine? She has suddenly become so honest, which makes me feel a little uncomfortable. Have you noticed anything wrong?"

The Queen shook her head and said, "No, I have planted someone there. The Imperial Concubine has indeed been very honest lately, and has been very respectful when paying respects every day, which is very different from the past."

Jiang Li touched his chin, thoughtfully. A venomous snake is still a venomous snake after all, and its nature is hard to change. There must be a deeper calculation behind the sudden change. Mother, you are too kind after all, plus the influence of progesterone, your motherly love is overflowing.

"Mother, have you eaten the food that the imperial concubine sent?"

"…No, Dr. Ning said that those supplements are good things and there is nothing wrong with them, but you shouldn't eat too much and you have to control your intake."

The guilt in her eyes naturally did not escape Jiang Li's big eyes, and he asked tentatively: "But mother didn't hear it correctly, you ate the supplements she sent, am I right?"

The queen hesitated, nodded, stretched out her hand to pull her sleeve, and swung her like a child, muttering softly: "I just ate a little more, a little more than the doctor said, these are all tonics, there is no problem."

She was also afraid when Li'er got angry...

Jiang Li looked at his mother who was acting like a spoiled child, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "After becoming pregnant, my mother became even more childish. My mother knows how dangerous the harem is. If someone wants to deal with my brother and me, it won't be easy."

"But if you want to deal with the Queen Mother, it will be much easier. Why don't I tell her a story?"

"Once upon a time, there was a favorite concubine who was very favored by the emperor. After she became pregnant, she was favored even more. The empress was jealous. In order to get rid of the concubine without making a fuss, she specially rewarded her with many supplements. On the surface, she looked dignified and virtuous, and the emperor also looked up to her."

After he finished speaking, he paused and looked at her deeply.

The queen listened seriously, but suddenly stopped and urged, "Li'er, don't keep me waiting. Continue and tell me what happened next."

Jiang Li continued, "Later, because of this incident, the emperor became more satisfied with the queen and felt that she was worthy of being the mother of a country. The relationship between the two became better and better. As for the favorite concubine... she died."

The two cold words "death" came out of the little mouth. The queen's heart skipped a beat and she felt a little uneasy.

"She, how did she die? Where is the child?"

Jiang Li sighed: "They are all dead, one corpse and two lives. Does the Queen Mother know the reason?"

If possible, she didn't want to scare her mother, but pregnancy was something that could not be taken lightly, especially since her father's beloved daughter was in the harem, so she had to be even more cautious.

The queen's eyelashes trembled slightly: "I don't know, could it be a difficult birth?"

"Yes, it was a difficult birth. It seems that this difficult birth was not due to an abnormal fetal position, but because the baby was too big. The concubine usually ate tonics recklessly, which caused the baby to be too big in the womb and could not be born. In the end, there were two dead bodies."

"Mother, isn't this similar to the Imperial Concubine sending me supplements? Regardless of whether she means well or not, I cannot take too many supplements. I must strictly follow the doctor's instructions."

Jiang Li grabbed her hand and lay on her legs, his eyes full of attachment: "Mother, Doctor Ning was sent by Yuan because he was worried that you would be attacked by someone. You must be obedient on weekdays and don't do anything reckless."

"Once you take too many supplements, the baby will grow very big. If it is a difficult birth, two lives will be lost. You can take supplements if the baby is small, but if it grows big, what will the mother do?"

The queen thought of Qingsi and said that her belly looked bigger than that of other concubines in three months. Could it be that she had taken too many supplements? No, she had to see the imperial physician to feel at ease.

He shouted, "Qingsi, go and call the imperial physician."

"...Yes, I will go right away."

Jiang Li felt her hand was a little cold, so he patted it gently to comfort her: "Mother, you are still in the early stages of pregnancy. If there is anything wrong, you can adjust in time. Don't be afraid."

"It's just that it's very difficult to pull down the imperial concubine. Forget it, let's slowly find an opportunity. If you are really annoyed, let the emperor's great grandfather be struck by lightning. It will be a relief to kill him."