Harem Daily Life

Chapter 521 Xinlan Enters the Palace

Princess Xinlan was very nervous. She didn't know whether Concubine Tao had told General Gu what she had said. If she had, wouldn't she be being too self-indulgent and having a one-sided love for him?

She was very troubled and wanted to find a chance to ask Concubine Tao in person when she returned to the city. Seeing that the matter had been completed, in the afternoon, Xinlan was ready to return to the city.

"General Gu, are you going to stay here and wait for your sister and the others, or go back to the city gate and wait?"

Gu Yi looked at the sky and said, "It's still early. I want to wait here."

Xin Lan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Then I won't delay the general. I will take my people back first."

Gu Yi choked. She thought she had something else to do and wanted to stay here for a while, so that's why he said that.

But now that the words had been spoken, it seemed inappropriate to change them, so Gu Yi had no choice but to nod and send them all to the carriage.

Watching the carriage from the Changping Palace go away, Gu Yi couldn't tell what emotion he was feeling, he just felt empty.

Xinlan felt relieved in the carriage. In fact, she had already thought about it. If General Gu said to wait at the city gate, she would say she would stay and recite scriptures and leave an hour later. If he said to wait here, she would go back earlier. Anyway, she didn't want to go with him anymore. She felt pain even when she breathed.

Xinlan returned to the city. It was still early, so she simply handed in the sign and entered the palace.

Tao Yanyan's due date is late March. In fact, she is already in the third trimester and could give birth at any time. In the future, with the equipment for fetal heart monitoring, pregnant women in the third trimester can choose to have a caesarean section if something goes wrong, such as the umbilical cord around the neck, but she doesn't have this technology now, so she can only wait patiently for the baby to start.

As the time drew closer, she walked more steps every day in order to facilitate a natural birth. In order to avoid being harmed by other concubines, she seldom left the Changle Palace and only walked in her own yard.

When she heard that Princess Xinlan came at this time, she was a little surprised and asked, "Did something happen to her? Otherwise, why did she come so late?"

After Mingyue invited people in, Xinlan's ears turned red when she saw her: "Greetings, Your Majesty, I am sorry for disturbing you today. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Tao Yanyan took her hand and went back to the house together: "You and I are sisters, why are you being so formal? If you want to come and see me, just come anytime. I have nothing to do all day anyway, I'm so happy that you're here to accompany me!"

After returning to the inner hall, Qingfeng brought snacks and tea, and stood by to serve.

Xinlan glanced at Qingfeng embarrassedly and said, "Could you please leave for a moment, Miss Qingfeng? I have something to say to the imperial concubine alone."

Qingfeng was stunned and glanced at his master. Tao Yanyan nodded and asked her to leave and close the door. Then he looked at Xinlan and asked suspiciously, "What are you going to say? You are so mysterious."

Xinlan cleared her throat, glared at her, and then said, "My Lady Imperial Concubine deceived me so badly. You and General Gu are obviously cousins. Although you are not blood relatives, you have acknowledged each other. You didn't even tell me, and made me say so many of my innermost thoughts. It's really embarrassing."

When Tao Yanyan heard her say "not a relative", he knew that she didn't know the truth either. He blinked and asked, "You know? Who told you?"

Xinlan nodded and said awkwardly: "Why is the imperial concubine like this? I told you everything! If General Gu hadn't mentioned it today, I would still be kept in the dark!"

Tao Yanyan smelled a hint of unusual gossip, and she asked curiously: "Did you meet today? Where did you meet?"

Xinlan blushed, but then she felt that there was no need to blush. However, she couldn't help blushing as the imperial concubine stared at her. She bit her lip and said awkwardly, "Yes, I met him on the way to Fuyan Temple outside the city to pay respects to my late mother. He... General Gu went to pick up Miss Gu and said that Miss Gu and her husband would return to Beijing today."

Tao Yanyan's eyes lit up: "Brother and sister-in-law are finally coming back, it's great."

Xinlan saw that the topic had gone off track, so she quickly pulled it back: "My Imperial Concubine, please don't talk about anything else. Let's talk about my story. My Imperial Concubine is General Gu's cousin, so how much of my story have you told him?"

Tao Yanyan thought about it for a moment and said sincerely, "Don't worry, we are sisters, how can we let him know our secrets? At most, I just asked him indirectly what he thinks of you."

Xinlan finally felt relieved, and listened to Tao Yanyan's words: "Besides, didn't I also advise you to look at other trees and not hang on to just one tree? There is a whole great forest, so you won't suffer any loss if you open your eyes."

Xinlan quickly shook her head: "Alright, alright, don't say anything more, my lady. What forest? Just a tree is enough to make me upset."

After saying this, she seemed to feel that saying this would make people misunderstand that she was still worried about Gu Yi. She wanted to explain but felt weak and powerless, so she could only sigh and said nothing more.

Seeing her embarrassment, Tao Yanyan did not continue the topic. In his opinion, fate was not a matter of rush.

After a short silence, Tao Yanyan said: "Speaking of which, no one outside knows about my relationship with Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion. The fact that my cousin is willing to tell you shows that he regards you as a friend." Although he certainly said that they were godparents, he still didn't tell the truth.

Xinlan's face showed no joy, but also no disappointment. She just nodded slightly.

"I see your belly is so big, you must be very tired every day, right? General Gu even bought a lucky charm for you at the temple today."

Tao Yanyan touched her belly, which contained her two babies. She smiled and said, "It's hard for a woman to give birth. Now that we are getting closer and closer to seeing them, to be honest, I am also very nervous. I have no experience, no guarantee, and I don't know if it will be safe."

Xinlan held her hand tightly, as if to pass on her strength, and said softly: "Don't worry, His Majesty is the emperor, he has supreme power, he will definitely be able to summon the best doctors to treat you carefully. You are the apple of His Majesty's eye, he will pay great attention to you. And you are so kind and blessed, you will definitely be blessed by heaven, nothing will happen to you."

Tao Yanyan nodded: "Okay, I'll accept your good wishes. I'll give you more hugs when the babies are born safely."

Xinlan was amused by her and said, "Then I will come to the palace every now and then to bother you, and eat and drink for free here every day."

"Don't worry, eat. I don't have anything else here, but I'll give you enough to eat." Tao Yanyan said with a smile, and then he checked the time: "We'll have dinner when the children come back from elementary school. Why don't you stay and have dinner with us?"

Xinlan was worried that His Majesty would blame her, so she quickly refused.

Tao Yanyan said, "Your Majesty will not come today. I have already sent someone to tell you at noon that you will have dinner with the Yan State delegation to see them off."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chang Tai rushed in and said, "Your Majesty, His Majesty had a fight with the Yan State envoys. Eunuch Zhang said that His Majesty was slightly injured."