Rong Fei is not honored
Chapter 79: The First Birthday Banquet
But Nanny Yan was right. These people could become her knives in the future. As a queen, she couldn't always lower herself to protect the concubines' fetuses. That would be a shame, and the royal family couldn't afford to lose such people.
Therefore, as long as the child is not under my control and as long as I don't do anything, it doesn't matter who kills him. The most I will bear is the fault of dereliction of duty. Anyway, the affairs of the harem are so busy that it is normal to have omissions.
Besides, there are so many women in the harem, all of whom have the chance to get pregnant, and I can't just do it myself. If I do it too many times, there will always be evidence left, so it's better to keep these knives and use them later.
But since she was responsible for Zhang's pregnancy, she couldn't afford any mistakes, otherwise it would mean that there was something wrong with her ability as the queen. The queen was still thinking about how to solve these endless troubles, but they just calmed down.
It turned out that when the queen was about to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys and warn the concubines, Concubine Nara started to visit again. The queen was still confused at first, didn't Nara stop by, why did she start again?
But later it was discovered that after Nara's visit, all those who had attempted to molest Zhang disappeared. The Queen remained alert for a long time, always thinking that this was the calm before the storm and they were planning something big.
But before the Queen could wait for the big move of Concubine Nara and others, she first received the news that Kangxi decided to hold a grand ceremony for the eldest son of the Emperor. The Queen was very reluctant, as this would only remind her in public once again that she still had no children.
The Queen is almost going crazy during this period. There is now a prince in the harem, a pregnant woman, and so many concubines who were once pregnant. Although the children were not kept, at least they had been pregnant.
Everyone in the former court and the harem were staring at her belly. The Empress Dowager was urging her to give birth overtly and covertly, and Concubine Nara and others ridiculed her from time to time, which made Empress Hesheli feel very pressured.
The key point is that even her family could not understand the difficulties of being the queen. The people who had originally come together were scattered again, and different voices began to appear in the family. Nanny Yan said that several families even began to discuss whether to send another girl in.
Hesheli knew that it was his Mafa expressing his dissatisfaction with him, otherwise, with Sony's methods, how could he not be able to control even his own people.
Including the words that Nanny Yan brought in, they were all pressure from Mafa. Either she had to get pregnant with the royal heir as soon as possible, or the Hesheli family would still stand behind her and the little prince.
Or they could really send in another princess from the Hesheli family and use her womb to give birth to a child for themselves, but everyone has selfish motives, so it is not certain which girl the Hesheli family will support by then.
But the queen had consulted the imperial doctors, and they all said that she was in good health and that she was not pregnant just because it was not the right time. As for the emperor, although he no longer doted on her, he would still have his period four or five times a month. But the queen had taken medicine and used many folk remedies, but her belly was not moving.
The queen could vaguely sense that the emperor still hoped to have a legitimate prince with her, and this was her chance, a chance to turn things around, and also a chance to change her relationship with Kangxi.
So under all the pressure, the queen became even more anxious. But at this time, His Majesty wanted to hold a grand celebration for Ma Jia's child. Isn't this hurting the queen's heart?
Suddenly the queen remembered that there had been a rumor in the palace that the child Chengrui was blessed. At the full moon banquet, several concubines secretly touched the little prince, wanting to get some of his blessings.
At that time, I sneered at it, thinking that Ma Jia's children would not be blessed. But now that I think about it, I wonder if those concubines who touched Cheng Rui at that time are all pregnant. Although it has been several months, why are they the only ones pregnant?
The Queen shared this idea with Nanny Yan. Nanny Yan naturally did not think it was true, but she also knew the pressure her master was under and thought it would be good for her master to have some hope, so she went along with it.
The more the master and servant talked, the more they felt that this was the case, so they decided to wait until the day of the one-year-old banquet and make sure the Queen took the opportunity to give Prince Chengrui a good hug.
In fact, the concept of good fortune is illusory, but the queen began to regard it as a life-saving straw, hoping that it was true, so she naturally interpreted everything in that direction, and finally concluded that it was the truth.
Chengrui's first birthday party was indeed grand, with all the clan members and important ministers coming. However, his biological mother, Ji Nai, was a concubine in the harem after all, so it was not appropriate for her to always hold Chengrui in her arms and go to the front.
As for Kangxi holding Chengrui in private, it was okay if his servants saw it, after all, they didn't dare to spread it. But it was impossible for him to hold him in such an occasion.
So Chengrui was handed over to Liang Jiugong, but Ji Nai was worried about him as he had never taken care of a child, so he wanted to let the wet nurse and Li nurse go with him as well.
Fortunately, Chengrui is not a noisy person, so Ji Nai is not worried that he will get into trouble in such an occasion and sits there peacefully.
Although she was the child's biological mother, the empress was still alive. Those concubines would be crazy to go over the empress's head to please her, so Ji Nai was happy to have some free time.
Such flattery has never been reliable, and forming an alliance requires more than just a few words, so Ji Nai did not think of exerting any effort in such an occasion.
Maybe God couldn't bear to see Ji Nai's leisure, so something bad happened. Suddenly there was a commotion in front of him, and Ji Nai was startled, thinking that Cheng Rui might have been in trouble!
The queen frowned and asked someone to go and check. However, when the palace maid came back, she didn't dare to tell him directly and only dared to whisper in the queen's ear. After hearing what she said, the queen looked at Ji Nai with a strange expression. Ji Nai was uneasy when he was looked at. Fortunately, the queen quickly said that nothing happened, but an adult knocked over a wine glass.
To put it in a big way, this was a violation of etiquette in front of the palace. No wonder it caused such a big commotion. Soon the laughter of the concubines and the imperial eunuchs made the atmosphere lively again. Only Ji Nai was still feeling uneasy.
But soon Yuan Xu came back, and she told Ji Nai not to worry, Cheng Rui was fine. Fortunately, Yuan Xu followed, otherwise she would not know what happened, but why did the queen have such an expression just now? Ji Nai curiously asked Yuan Xu what happened before.
Yuan Xu was speechless. She just said that she would tell Ji Nai when she got back, otherwise she was afraid that Ji Nai would lose his composure in public.
After the eunuch in front shouted that the prince had grabbed a book and said a lot of auspicious blessings, Chengrui was carried back. Ji Nai saw that his face was ruddy and he did not look like he was in trouble. However, the milk nanny and Li nanny beside him looked bad, as if they were frightened.
Just as Ji Nai was about to ask the wet nurse to take Chengrui back, the queen said, "Let me hold Chengrui in my arms." As she spoke, she held Chengrui in her arms without removing her armor or rings.
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