The Royal Family's Orphan is on the Rise

On a cold winter day, with snowflakes falling and the sun shining brightly in the sky, a ceremonial guard headed towards Fengyi Palace.

"The Queen Mother is here!"

Bai Yuechu supported the empress dowager and walked towards Fengyi Palace. Ruan Qingling and Su Yude looked at each other and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them respectfully.

"See the Queen Mother."

"Where's the Queen?"

Ruan Qingling said respectfully: "Her Majesty, the Queen is lying on the phoenix couch to rest, so it is inconvenient for her to come out to greet you. Please forgive me."

"It's okay. I'll go see her."

Hearing the footsteps getting closer, Nan Qi became a little flustered.

"My lady, what shall we do?"

"Don't panic, just deal with the Queen Mother normally."

"Yes." Ever since she learned that the Queen was pregnant, she did not sleep well last night, fearing that her Queen might have an accident because of what happened that night.

Hearing the footsteps approaching the bedroom, Shen Jiarou propped herself up and prepared to sit up, and Nan Qi hurried forward to help.

"My lady, be careful."

The Queen Mother just happened to walk to the screen at this time. Seeing that she was about to sit up, she hurried forward.

"Queen, lie down quickly. We are all family. Why are you being so distant with your mother?"

Shen Jiarou was helped by the Queen Mother to lie down, she was a little embarrassed to speak.

"Mother, I am rude."

"What are you talking about? You are not feeling well, and mother knows that. You have never been in good health since you were a child. You gave birth to seven children a few years ago, and it took a lot of nourishment to recover. Just lie down and rest for a few days, and leave the affairs of the harem to Qingling, Nanqi and the others."

Shen Jiarou smiled gently and nodded: "Okay, I will listen to you, mother."

Looking at her pale little face, the Queen Mother also felt a little resentful towards Ji Chenyu.

"The emperor is the same. Even if he wants you and the child, he can't be too hasty. Look how much he's made you suffer. When the queen mother sees him, she will have a good talk with him."

After hearing this, Shen Jiarou felt even more guilty towards Ji Chenyu: "Brother Emperor, I didn't mean it. For the sake of the child, you have to bear some grievances first, and I will compensate you later."

After hearing what the Queen Mother said, Nan Qi couldn't help but lower his head: Your Majesty, Queen Mother, we did this purely for our own reasons. When you know the truth in the future, please calm down.

With the Empress Dowager's visit, Concubine Xian and Concubine De also came to Fengyi Palace to visit Shen Jiarou the next day.

In order to avoid Shen Jiarou's haggard and pale face from being seen by others, the concubines visited Shen Jiarou from outside the screen.

Concubine Xian and Concubine De said, "Your servants pay their respects to Her Majesty the Queen."

Shen Jiarou spoke softly through the screen.

"Without courtesy, I will give you a seat."

"Thank you, Queen, for the seat."

Ruan Qingling winked at the two palace maids, and they immediately bowed and brought two stools.

After talking to Shen Jiarou for a while, the two men saw that she was tired and immediately got up and said goodbye.

"Your Majesty, please take good care of yourself. I will return to the palace today."

Upon hearing this, Concubine De quickly echoed, "Your Majesty, I will leave first, please have a good rest."

After the two left, Shen Jiarou actually fell asleep for a while.

Prince Yu also learned about what happened in the palace today, and it was through the message sent by Concubine Xian that he was informed.

Thinking about the issue of women's menstruation and pregnancy, they, the men, were unable to find out whether it was true or not. He thought of his princess and took the initiative to go to her main courtyard.

"princess."

Looking at the prince who was like a rare guest, Princess Yu put down her teacup and bowed respectfully.

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you."

"Princess, you haven't seen the Queen for a long time, I'm sure you miss her. Why don't you go to the palace to see her tomorrow? I have already sent you a letter, and you are just waiting for a reply from the palace."

Princess Yu listened expressionlessly: "You've already executed first and reported later. When did the prince develop this habit? He was not like this before. What happened to make him become so unrecognizable now?"

After receiving the invitation from Prince Jade's Palace, Ruan Qingling hurriedly took it into the bedroom.

"Your Majesty, Princess Yu has sent a letter to the palace. How do you think we should respond?"

Shen Jiarou sat up to rest, took the post and looked at it. The handwriting on it was not from the Fifth Emperor's Sister-in-law. It was probably not written by her.

Could this request to enter the palace be a trick?

Thinking of the Fifth Emperor's sister-in-law's character, Shen Jiarou felt that perhaps even the person involved only knew about it later.

It has to be said that her guess came true, but it still couldn't stop Princess Yu from entering the palace.

Looking at Princess Jade, whom she hadn't seen for some time, Shen Jiarou felt like meeting an old friend again, and it seemed as if everything had remained the same and yet had changed.

Princess Yu looked up at Shen Jiarou behind the screen in the bedroom and said, "I heard that your majesty is not feeling well. I didn't sleep well last night. I woke up early today and wanted to rush to the palace to see your majesty."

"I am fine. I just felt uncomfortable during the first two days of my period. Fortunately, today is the third day, so I am not as uncomfortable as I was during the first two or three days."

"In this case, I will be relieved."

The third princess was worried about Shen Jiarou's health, so she came to Princess Heshun's mansion to visit Jiang Ziyi. This was her first visit after Jiang Ziyi set up her own mansion.

"Meet the Third Aunt."

"No need to be polite, Ziyi. I see you have become prettier. Are you getting used to living in the mansion recently?"

"Ziyi is quite used to it. Why did the Third Imperial Aunt come here suddenly today? She has something to ask Ziyi."

The third princess smiled and reached out to hold her little hand.

"I do have something to talk to you about. I am going to the palace to see your mother, and my mother, too. Do you want to go with the Third Aunt?"

Thinking about the fact that his mother had been in poor health these days, Jiang Ziyi also had some ideas.

"When will the Third Princess go? Ziyi will go with you."

"Let's do it tomorrow. What do you think about submitting the post today?"

"Then let's go together tomorrow. I can bring some things to Mother."

"Okay, our Ziyi is the most filial."

Shen Jiarou didn't expect that after seeing off Princess Yu, she would welcome the Third Princess and Jiang Ziyi the next day.

She was able to walk slowly for a while, then she got up and walked around in the bedroom with the help of Zhang Zirou.

"Your Majesty, today is the day when the Third Princess and Princess Heshun enter the palace together. Will you meet them in the bedroom later?"

"Let's go to the bedroom." One was her third sister who was on good terms with her, and the other was her own daughter. After all, they made her feel more at ease than Princess Yu and the others.

"Yes."

Led by Ruan Qingling, the aunt and niece came all the way to the bedroom to meet Shen Jiarou.

Behind the screen, Shen Jiarou sat up and leaned against the phoenix couch. Nan Qi placed a soft pillow for her to lean on. Looking at the figure behind the screen, Shen Jiarou's lips slightly raised.

"I see you, the Queen."

"My son has met his mother."

"Third sister and Ziyi, no need to be polite."

When Concubine Dowager De learned that her daughter had entered the palace, she thought that her daughter would definitely come to see her, so she waited quietly in the palace.

After visiting Shen Jiarou, the third princess left to visit Concubine Dowager De, while Jiang Ziyi was led by Ruan Qingling to the phoenix couch to visit Shen Jiarou.

"Mother, you are fine, how come your period comes early?"

"I was somewhat affected when I was marching and fighting before. A lot of things happened after I returned to Beijing. Maybe it was caused by the excessive pressure."