Quick Wear: I was a Favored Concubine in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 35

It's so hot in the capital in summer, but there is no ice to use.

They all changed a bucket of well water every now and then and used it to get through the hottest summer.

The amount of gifts sent by the Empress was large, but not all of them were good. They had to be carefully selected.

Everyone in the Imperial Household Department knew that the Queen would not have that much time to care about these two unfavored concubines.

As long as nothing big happens, those trivial daily things can drive people crazy.

She suspected that Xiuzhi was suffering in such a torture, and was only thinking about pleasing the emperor in order to improve their living conditions.

No one really bullies them, but they don't have a really good life either.

When the queen heard this, she was stunned for a moment, "I understand." Xiuzhi actually liked this? She thought that she already had two pieces of top-quality mutton-fat jade in her hands, and she wanted to take this opportunity to give them to Xiuzhi.

But if Xiuzhi likes gold, should she still give her mutton-fat jade as a gift?

Zhang Changzai was also unsure in her heart. She was not very clear about the Queen's current attitude. Although she didn't say anything when Xiuzhi came back last time.

But she knew from her expression that the Queen was not nice to Xiuzhi.

This time Xiuzhi helped the Queen a lot, but what about the next time? In fact, when the Queen separated them, they were no longer her people.

Not to mention, Xiuzhi has now become Concubine Jing, is favored by the emperor, and has a good relationship with the imperial concubine.

Watching everything happen one by one, Zhang Changzai felt that the Empress must be feeling very uncomfortable.

But she seems different now than before.

She wants to stand on Xiuzhi's side.

"If Your Majesty has nothing else to say, I will take my leave first." She had nothing to say to the Queen.

After leaving the Fucha Mansion, my family had no means of making a living, not to mention living off their savings.

In fact, there were no mountains originally.

The Queen glanced at Zhang Changzai and said, "Go back. I'll ask the imperial physician to come and take another look at you." She should have just said it if she had difficulty walking.

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The Empress Dowager found a day and gave incense money to all the monks in Baohua Hall.

As soon as Aunt Chun came out of Baohua Hall, she still felt a little sad, "Empress Dowager, I feel so guilty." She gave all the silver to those monks.

Every year on Buddha's Day and the Ullambana Festival, the Empress Dowager would never give out so much money for incense.

"Look at you! You're still thinking about this!" The Queen Mother got into the warm sedan chair, opened the curtains, and said to Aunt Chun, "I'll give you a big red envelope for the New Year."

Aunt Chun's cloudy sky immediately turned sunny, and she said, "Thank you, Empress Dowager, for your reward." In fact, she didn't want money, but she still wanted it.

The empress dowager lowered the curtain and closed her eyes to rest. The emperor's offspring were still too few.

If the emperor had enough children, the queen probably wouldn't have so many worries and think about unnecessary things.

Just when the Empress Dowager was lamenting that Emperor Qianlong had no children, Concubine Jia suddenly revealed that she was five months pregnant and would soon be six months pregnant.

When Yu Sui heard this, her mouth opened so wide that she could swallow an egg directly. She was confused at first.

Where did the Fourth Prince go?

I didn’t expect that the Fourth Prince would be here now.

But when this came, it had been a while, but Jiapin still hadn't announced it.

Now it's exciting.

When the empress dowager heard the news, she was talking to her own son in the Yangxin Palace. When the little palace maid came to report, her teacup shook.

Five months almost six months.

Why not just wait until you are about to give birth?

Qianlong frowned coldly, and said in a somewhat cold tone, "Why didn't you tell me that Jiapin was pregnant?" Six months, who is he guarding against?

The little palace maid was just a messenger, she had no idea of ​​the truth of the matter. The imperial physician came over and said that Concubine Jia just happened to feel that she had been exposed to a cold wind and was not feeling well.

Little did they know that the imperial physician would say that Concubine Jia was almost six months pregnant.

Six months, not six days, not sixty days.

It's a full six months.

Everyone in Qixiang Palace knelt down at that moment, including Jiapin herself, who thought that the imperial physician was too old and had poor eyesight.

The diagnosis was wrong.

But even so, Jiapin looked at her belly and saw only a slight swelling. She thought it was because she had eaten too much since the beginning of winter.

A little rounder.

You told her that she was pregnant and six months pregnant?

It's ridiculous!

Full of nonsense.

The empress dowager lowered her eyes and put down the teacup in her hand, "You get up first, what did the imperial physician say?" This matter was really unbelievable.

Jiapin was pregnant, but she kept it a secret until now. Who was she hiding this from? Who was she guarding against?

Although the Queen is somewhat indulged in love affairs among the people in the palace, she is not a cruel person.

What Jiapin did was to put the queen on the spot.

The little palace maid didn't cry herself. She bit her lip and said, "To reply to the Empress Dowager, I heard from the imperial physician that Concubine Jia just has a minor illness and it will not affect the royal heir." Concubine Jia being pregnant at this time should have been a good thing.

But the timing is wrong. If it were in the summer, this would be great news.

Maybe the emperor will even promote Concubine Jia.

But it just happened that it broke out at this time!

When the Empress Dowager heard that Concubine Jia and the child were fine, she picked up the Buddhist beads that had just been consecrated in the Baohua Hall from the table and twisted two beads.

Seeing that Qianlong was still gloomy, he had to comfort her, "Now Jiapin is pregnant, this is a good thing." If a concubine is pregnant, it means that the royal family will have more children.

This is a good thing, a good thing that should be rewarded.

Qianlong pinched his brows and said, "Li Yu, give a reward to Concubine Jia." He himself never mentioned that he wanted to go over and see Concubine Jia.

The little palace maid followed Li Yu out tremblingly.

The Empress Dowager comforted him, "Emperor, it has already happened. Don't be too angry. Anger hurts your liver." This matter still needs to be resolved.

"Mother, I'm just angry that Jiapin is dishonest." Qianlong felt that Jiapin should not hide this matter.

If there really is something, would he really favor anyone?

The empress dowager thought to herself that she knew the emperor's temper and that she had to favor those whom she should.

But you can't say it that way.

"It's normal for Concubine Jia to have her own little thoughts. There's no need to take it too seriously." The Queen Mother was a little dissatisfied at that moment, but when she calmed down, she felt that there was nothing to say about this matter.

Qianlong knew that the concubines all had their own little thoughts, but these little thoughts were also a little crooked.

"Forget it, she is pregnant now, and there is nothing I can do." Qianlong originally had a good impression of Jiapin, but now he is only dissatisfied.

The Queen Mother: "But we may need to be more careful about the Queen. People in the palace have always liked to gossip in private, and things like this must be talked about." That person is not a human being behind the scenes.