Don't be a salted fish, the daily life of the concubine in the palace

Upon hearing this, Shen Wei secretly raised her eyelids to observe.

The emperor was old, his temples were already gray, and he was extremely thin. His cloudy eyes were shrewd and kind. He tasted a mouthful of the "brown sugar jelly" with a small porcelain spoon.

Although he only tasted a bite, the emperor still told Zhaoyang lovingly: "It's delicious. Zhaoyang is thoughtful."

The Queen Mother took two bites of the "Mint Sago Jelly" and found it quite novel and praised it highly.

Shen Wei's heart was beating with excitement!

Shen Wei originally planned to let Princess Zhaoyang be the "spokesperson" of the dessert shop. But today she was lucky, the emperor and empress came to the princess's mansion and tasted the desserts in her shop!

The popularity increases immediately!

The emperor himself gave the evaluation of "delicious", and from then on, her dessert shop would be famous all over the world! Maybe in the history books of Qing Dynasty, it would be recorded that "on a certain day of a certain year, Princess Zhaoyang's birthday, the emperor and empress tasted the brown sugar jelly and mint tapioca pearls for the first time, and both said they were good".

Shen Wei lowered her head, trying hard to control the upturned corners of her lips. She had already seen her mountain of gold and silver.

Her dessert shop can definitely be developed into a century-old brand.

Not only the emperor and empress praised them, but the guests at the scene also raved about these three novel delicacies.

Shen Wei suppressed her excitement. Now was not the time to celebrate as she had something important to do.

Shen Wei took a sip of the "Peach Gum Stewed with Fresh Milk" and suddenly covered her mouth and nose, her beautiful eyebrows slightly frowned, and her face turned pale.

He looked like he wanted to vomit but couldn't.

King Yan noticed something was wrong with Shen Wei and held her hand: "Weiwei, what's wrong? Don't you like this dessert?"

Shen Wei covered her chest, unable to speak.

This scene caused quite a commotion, and alarmed Princess Zhaoyang who was sitting in the main seat.

Zhao Yang saw Shen Wei's pale face and asked with concern: "Shen Wei, are you sick? Someone, call the imperial physician in the palace."

The princess' birthday banquet, the imperial physician was naturally on standby in the back hall. A white-haired imperial physician came with a medicine box and took Shen Wei's pulse.

After a while, the imperial physician respectfully told the Prince of Yan: "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations, Your Majesty. This lady is already one month pregnant. She had an irregular diet during pregnancy, which caused morning sickness."

King Yan was shocked.

Prince Heng, who was peeping from a distance, raised his eyebrows, as if thinking about something.

Shen Wei pretended to be surprised at first, then looked at Prince Yan with joy, and spoke incoherently with excitement: "Prince...Prince, we have a child. From now on, there is one more person in the world who loves you with me."

Prince Yan was already a father and had experienced the joy of being a father for the first time. Now that Shen Wei was pregnant, he was naturally happy.

In addition to being happy, he also felt a secret sense of satisfaction. Especially when he heard the words "There is one more person in the world who loves him", the King of Yan's heart was filled with Shen Wei's love.

"Very good! Very good!" King Yan held Shen Wei's slender hand, and a heartfelt smile appeared on his handsome face.

There was quite a commotion here, and the queen on the main throne also learned that Shen Wei was pregnant.

The Queen was delighted!

No children have been born in the rear quarters of Prince Yan's Mansion in the past two years, and the Queen has been extremely worried.

Now Shen is pregnant. If she gives birth to a boy in the future, the queen's worries will be relieved a little.

The Queen was delighted, and her inquiring eyes fell on Princess Yan. Princess Yan sat upright in her seat, her charming face looking calm, but in fact she was secretly pinching the Buddhist beads in her hand several times.

As a woman herself, the queen could guess what the princess was thinking.

The queen secretly decided that she would go back and give the princess a good scolding and make sure that the baby in Shen Wei's belly was born safely.

Shen Wei sat beside King Yan with her head down, her face still showing the joy of being a new mother, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, a few days ago, Shen Wei vomited after eating and liked to eat sour food, so she knew she was pregnant. With the high frequency of her and King Yan every night, her pregnancy was inevitable.

However, when announcing the news of pregnancy, the time, place and occasion should also be taken into consideration.

If Shen Wei was found to be pregnant in the Prince of Yan's mansion, the scope of the news would be limited to the Prince of Yan's mansion. After all, the outside world would not care about a concubine in the Prince's mansion being pregnant. There are many pregnant women in Yanjing, not just Shen Wei.

It was easy for the princess to cause Shen Wei to have a miscarriage. In the end, the princess would just make up an excuse, such as Shen Wei accidentally fell or ate something that hurt the fetus, and no one would investigate further.

But if the news of Shen Wei's pregnancy reached the emperor and made known to the noble empress and emperor, the situation would be different!

Shen Wei has an extra layer of protection.

Even if the princess wanted to harm her, she had to consider the queen. If the baby in Shen Wei's belly died, if the queen or even the emperor asked about it, the princess would be blamed.

Out of fear of the Queen and the Emperor, the Princess would never dare to attack Shen Wei.

So, after some planning and thinking, Shen Wei decided to take advantage of Princess Zhaoyang's birthday banquet to confess to the Queen that she was pregnant.

Shen Wei's original plan was to pretend to vomit when the Queen summoned her, thereby announcing the news of her pregnancy.

But I didn't expect the emperor to come.

Shen Wei changed her mind temporarily and sat next to Prince Yan to "vomit during the morning". After all, "vomiting during the morning" in front of the most honorable emperor and empress of Daqing was really disrespectful and offensive to the emperor.

"Second brother, pregnant women are fragile. Maybe one day your concubine will fall and lose the child." Prince Heng spoke slowly, his shrewd eyes sweeping over Shen Wei.

Prince Heng dared to guarantee that Shen Wei’s discovery of “pregnancy” today was all her plan.

This little fox has a purpose for everything he does.

King Yan's face turned cold, his eyes were as sharp as a knife: "Mind yourself."

King Heng shrugged and said lazily: "Second brother, I am just reminding you kindly, please don't be so fierce."

No one dared to say anything.

The conflict between Prince Yan and Prince Heng was obvious to all, and no one dared to get involved.

Finally, the emperor, who was sitting in the main seat, spoke up: "Today is Zhaoyang's birthday, you two brothers should not go too far."

Prince Yan and Prince Heng said no more. Prince Yan lowered his head and took a sip of wine.

The emperor looked at Prince Heng again, his tone was doting as he scolded him: "Yuan Li, you have many wives and concubines in your backyard, why don't you have a child? You should learn from your second brother and have more children for the royal family."

Shen Wei, who was eavesdropping with her ears perked up, was a little surprised. Prince Heng had many wives and concubines and was a playboy, but he didn't even have a child?

Could it be that...Prince Heng is not capable of this?

Prince Heng replied with little interest: "Father, I am destined to be alone. It is fate."

This is a very disrespectful statement. "A lonely man" seems to imply that Prince Heng wants to be the emperor.

But the emperor did not blame him, he just smiled helplessly, with a kind and helpless look on his face, as if he really doted on Prince Heng and tolerated his every word and action.

The birthday party is coming to an end.

After three rounds of drinking, the emperor slowly put down his glass and said lovingly: "Zhaoyang, you are not young anymore. Today is your birthday. Just ask for whatever you want. Your father will definitely grant it."

It was quiet all around.

The emperor's words had a hidden meaning.

Deliberately mentioning "you are not young anymore" actually implies that you are old enough to get married.

The emperor only had one daughter, Zhaoyang, so he naturally doted on her. If Zhaoyang asked for a marriage today, the emperor would agree immediately.

Zhaoyang's beautiful eyes were as bright as stars: "Once the emperor opens his mouth, a gentleman's promise cannot be broken!"

Yan Yunting's fingers holding the white porcelain wine glass suddenly paused. He knew that Zhaoyang had been fond of him since childhood.