The Queen of the TV Series: Take turns to sit in my house this year
Chapter 141 Noble Lady Fucha 22
In the Yangxin Palace, Fat Ju first received the news that his two adopted sons were almost poisoned to death. He was shocked and angry when the eunuch from Jingren Palace arrived to announce the good news.
This eunuch was also very tactless. Seeing that the emperor was in a bad mood, he thought that some stupid person in the previous dynasty had upset the emperor. He was secretly happy that the good news of the queen's pregnancy could help the emperor calm down his anger. So after entering, he knelt down and happily congratulated the emperor on his great happiness.
Haha, the emperor only has four living children, and half of them were almost killed. As a result, this eunuch came up and congratulated the emperor. You can imagine how angry Fat Orange was?
He was almost dragged down and chopped off on the spot!
Fortunately, the eunuch was quick-witted and quickly explained the queen's pregnancy. After initially being bewildered, surprised, and uncertain, Fatty Ju quickly digested the good news.
It is impossible for Pangju to say that he is not happy and looking forward to the Queen's pregnancy, but at the same time, doubts arise in his heart: The Fourth Prince has been in trouble many times, could it be related to the Queen?
With this suspicion, Pang Ju celebrated Jingren Palace's pregnancy with great fanfare, even granting amnesty to all except the ten unforgivable crimes. This included Nian Gengyao's family, who were enslaved in Ningguta and restored to commoner status and relocated to Shengjing. This greatly offended Yixiu! At the same time, he seized the Empress's power in the palace, claiming that she needed to rest and take care of her pregnancy.
Yueli accepted the power transferred from the Queen without any hesitation, and asked the Emperor for permission to allow the Fourth Prince Hongli to return to the palace and study in the upper study, and the Emperor approved the request.
As for the Fifth Prince, Yue Li didn't say much. After all, the Emperor was well aware of his close relationship with Hongli, so it wasn't excessive to ask for favors on Hongli's behalf. In the Emperor's view, he was the fool with lots of money, while Hongli was the shrewd and calculating one.
Fat Orange doesn't mind Hongli's little tricks, as long as Hongli doesn't plot against his father.
But the situation is different for the Fifth Prince. If the Queen takes care of all the princes equally, that is the Queen's kindness. But Yueli is just a concubine. What is her intention in winning over the prince?
Of course, as the sole victim of this incident, Hong Zhou didn't need Yue Li to speak up for him. After Pang Ju had roughly ascertained the whole story, he issued an imperial decree to confer the title of Duo Luo and Beile upon the Fifth Prince Hong Zhou. He also ordered the Ministry of Works and the Imperial Household Department to oversee the construction of the Beile Mansion and granted Concubine Yu and her son special permission to remain in the Old Summer Palace to recuperate until the Beile Mansion was completed.
Although Hongli envied this, he was not jealous. After all, a title earned at the cost of one's life was a blessing he wouldn't dare to accept. Furthermore, Hongli was very confident in himself. He was sure that he would be able to gain a title and inherit his mother's position in the future. Even that position was not impossible...
Yixiu, who had her power taken away without bloodshed and was placed under house arrest in disguise, naturally would not be willing to lose her power in the palace. However, she knew in her heart that the emperor was suspicious of her, so it was difficult for her to take any action for the time being. She had to lie low and take care of her pregnancy according to the emperor's wishes.
"The temporary gains and losses are nothing. As long as I can safely give birth to a legitimate son, why worry about not being able to completely crush people like Zhen Huan and Fu Cha Yueli?"
The queen was pregnant with a son, and the Imperial Astronomical Observatory predicted that he would be a noble. This made her ambitious, but she had no idea that this pregnancy would be the root of her downfall.
Fat Orange's sperm quality is poor, and Yixiu is an elderly pregnant woman. Insomnia, fatigue, nausea, lower limb swelling, mood swings and other pregnancy symptoms are devouring her energy day by day, making it impossible for her to plan for the harem. She is even a little overwhelmed in managing the Jingren Palace, and she actually allows people to reach into the Jingren Palace!
"Banana, peach kernel, bitter almond!"
Looking at these things that could harm the fetus that were searched out from her palace, Yixiu felt a chill down her spine, not only because the person behind the scenes dared to attack her, the Empress Dowager, but also because these things reminded her of the real cause of death of her elder sister Rouze!
"Could it be a coincidence?" Yixiu herself couldn't believe it. How could such a coincidence happen?!
"Jianqiu, go check! No, we can't do it in a big way. Queen Mother, go find the Queen Mother!"
The day after Yixiu was terrified, Yueli, in high spirits, came to Jingren Palace to pay her respects, hoping to see some excitement. However, the Queen Mother's aunt, Zhuxi, came forward to inform her that the Queen Mother, concerned about the Queen's pregnancy, had suspended the daily morning greetings. Until the Queen gave birth to her dragon offspring, the concubines would only need to pay their respects at the Jingren Palace gates on the first and fifteenth day of each month.
Everyone looked at each other, bewildered. Yue Li, who knew all about what had happened last night, noticed the fleeting look in Concubine Wan Zhen Huan's eyes. She suddenly understood: It seems the person who snuck into Yongshou Palace yesterday was also Qi Yuebin's hidden pawn.
Zhu Xi calmly observed the expressions of everyone present, trying to find the mastermind behind the assassination of the Queen.
"What a pity! I was still thinking about Jiang Xiangmeizi in the Queen's Palace. Now I can't have the pleasure of enjoying her~" Yueli said regretfully.
Zhuxi's lips twitched slightly, and he thought to himself, "This Concubine Yi is still as greedy and clueless as ever." Well, judging by her lack of brains, the banana and peach kernel thing definitely had nothing to do with her. But just in case, he still had to give it a try.
So, when they returned that day, the imperial kitchen sent a dish of almond tofu to Yueli's Zhongcui Palace and Zhen Huan's Yongshou Palace respectively.
Unfortunately, Zhuxi ultimately failed to find the person who attempted to intimidate the empress, but the palace quickly dismissed a group of servants. If someone were to investigate further, they would find that these people were more or less connected to the deceased Consort Duanyi, Qi Yuebin.
On February 18th, Yu Ying'er, the concubine of Changchun Palace, gave birth, giving the emperor a lovely little princess.
When the news reached Shoukang Palace, the empress dowager quickly issued an imperial decree: Chang Zai Yu was rewarded for her contribution to childbearing, and was promoted to noble lady. The third princess was given the name Zhaohua, and after the full month, she was handed over to Concubine An to be taken back to Yanx Palace for upbringing.
The Empress Dowager was a Buddhist and preferred to believe in the theory of cause and effect. Therefore, after the Empress became pregnant, she strictly forbade her from taking any further action against the children of the harem, at least until Yixiu's child was born. Thus, Yu Ying'er's child was saved.
Before An Lingrong was promoted to a concubine, the Queen had already sterilized her. The Queen gave Princess Zhaohua to An Lingrong because, since she couldn't kill the child for the time being and couldn't let Yue Li and Zhen Huan's people get away with it, she simply gave it to An Lingrong so that she would be more devoted to the Queen.
Secondly, although the Queen promised not to kill during pregnancy for the sake of her unborn child, it was impossible for her to do nothing. Yue Li did not interfere for her own benefit, so although Yu Ying'er gave birth to the child, she could never get pregnant again.
Princess Zhaohua would be Yu Ying'er's only bloodline, so the Queen didn't believe she wouldn't value Zhaohua. Therefore, giving Zhaohua to An Lingrong would also make it easier for the Queen to control Yu Ying'er.
An Lingrong had thought she would never be able to be a mother in her lifetime, but she had never thought that the Queen would give her a child, even if it was just a useless princess, not even her own flesh and blood. But when she took the small, soft ball from the wet nurse's hands, tears still welled up in her eyes.
"Mother, Lingrong is going to be a mother too."
Yueli saw that Zhen Huan looked unhappy and guessed that she was thinking of her daughter who died young - Princess Shou'an.
Shen Meizhuang, who was standing beside her, watched An Lingrong coaxing the child without blinking. Zhen Huan, who had restrained her emotions in time, noticed the envy in Shen Meizhuang's eyes, and quietly held Shen Meizhuang's hand hanging by her side, with a look of worry in her eyes.
In fact, the Emperor had privately asked Zhen Huan if she was willing to take over Yu Ying'er's child. But Zhen Huan declined because she didn't want to forget An An, and she would not allow herself to transfer her maternal love for An An to another child like the Emperor did when he sought a replacement for Queen Chun Yuan.
She had never told Sister Mei about this matter, and now seeing her envy, she couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Perhaps when the emperor wanted her to adopt Zhaohua, she shouldn't have refused so decisively. At least, she should have asked Sister Mei what she thought.
After all, Nian Shilan had caused such a terrible loss to Mei Jie that Mei Jie would never be able to get pregnant again. Furthermore, there was a rift between her and the Emperor, and she didn't know when good news would come.
Shen Meizhuang came back to her senses, smiled and shook Zhen Huan's hand, then shook her head slightly, indicating that she was fine. When she looked back, her eyes fell on the imperial physician Kuang Tu who was diagnosing Yu Ying'er's pulse and prescribing medicine, and there was a hint of bitterness in her eyes.
"Shichu..."
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