It sounded like she was scolding her for eating too much, but she still looked concerned and it was hard to find fault with her.

"You...hiccup..."

Concubine Zhao quickly covered her mouth and left before more people heard it.

But the ups and downs of her chest made her feel very uncomfortable. She had wanted to take the opportunity to mock Jiang Rongxi today, but she didn't expect to be laughed at by this bitch.

She was supported and carried to the inner hall, but her personal maid Lin Dong stayed behind and watched until everyone had almost chosen theirs before she walked over with a smile.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our Imperial Concubine is feeling unwell and has gone in to rest. We hope you will forgive us for any inadequacy in our hospitality."

Everyone took Concubine Zhao's things, so naturally there was nothing to say, but Rong Xi didn't expect that Concubine Ning actually gave her a piece of pretty good material.

"Well, I think this piece of material is good. Let Concubine Rong give it to the palace maids."

Rong Xi had gotten to know Concubine Ning's personality from the time they had spent together. She was a person who hated evil and was outspoken. He hadn't expected that she would take the initiative to make friends with him.

Gardenia, who was following beside him, naturally didn't dare to act on her own as she hadn't received Rong Xi's signal yet.

"What? Your Highness, are you afraid that I will harm you? If you don't want me to, forget it."

"Yes, then thank you, Concubine Ning."

Ningpin saw Rongxi accept it and shook her hand uncomfortably, muttering, "It's a waste not to accept it."

After saying that, he left. Rong Xi didn't want to stay here any longer, so he took Zhizi and left.

As for the others, the materials on the table were all very good and they were dazzled by the choices. Seeing that the two high-ranking concubines had left, it was not appropriate for them to prepare to leave here.

However, before they could leave Zhaoyang Palace, they were asked to go back by the senior palace maid beside Concubine Zhao. After a long conversation, they left.

Seeing that everyone had left, Concubine Zhao came out.

He thought that the burping just now was because he ate too much today, but she had been suffering from severe morning sickness in the past few days and had not eaten much at all.

She was a little worried and quickly called the imperial physician, but he said everything was normal and it might be due to indigestion.

This imperial physician was promoted by her personally, so she felt very confident in using him. His family members all worked in the general's mansion, so she was not worried that he would have any ulterior motives.

Although no problem was diagnosed, she still felt strange.

Especially when everyone came to pay their respects the next day, she started burping again after saying a few words to Jiang Rongxi.

The sound of "Hiccup!" echoed throughout the palace. Everyone had been listening to her intently, but after hearing her noise, they were all trying to suppress their laughter.

Rong Xi did not cover his mouth and laugh like others did. Instead, he teased Concubine Zhao.

"Your Highness, although pregnant women are greedy, they still need to control their food intake, otherwise it will be difficult to give birth to the child when he grows up."

"Hiccup~ How about me, hiccup~ I don't need you to come, hiccup~ teach me."

It was a difficult sentence to say, and many people couldn't help laughing.

Lin Dong saw that it was really not appropriate for the Empress to speak now, so he stood up and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, our Imperial Concubine is not feeling well today. Please come back another day."

Concubine Zhao now wanted to find a hole to crawl into. She had never made such a fool of herself.

But now she felt that something was wrong. She was fine when talking to others at first, but she started burping after just a few words with Jiang Rongxi. She suspected that Jiang Rongxi had poisoned her.

The imperial physician was called in again, but he still could not find anything and prescribed some digestive medicine for her.

The Emperor and the Empress Dowager knew that she was going to ask the imperial physician for help several times a day. They also knew that the Imperial Concubine was not young anymore and that this was her first child, so they would pay more attention to it. However, she had caused chaos in the entire palace.

Let’s talk about the imperial kitchen. In order to prevent anyone from taking advantage of any loopholes, the people here are extremely careful. Food is always prepared. You can just order whatever you want. Sometimes the food is taken back intact without even being tasted.

Besides, the laundry department, all the clothes of Concubine Zhao are now not allowed to use fragrance, but she doesn't like the smell.

So the manager of the laundry department had people buy large quantities of fresh flowers at high prices. Sometimes she didn't like the smell and was even fined for it.

The palace servants are now suffering terribly. Serving this person is almost as difficult as serving His Majesty. Even His Majesty is not that difficult to serve.

But what can I do? This person might become the queen in the future, so I have to serve her.

But the other one who was also pregnant was not like this. Although she was also very cautious, she had her own small kitchen. She could just ask someone to deliver the ingredients to her whenever she wanted to eat, and she didn't even have to cook it.

Moreover, Concubine Rong is friendly and will not beat or scold palace maids for no reason. It is said that people who work in Concubine Rong's palace often receive rewards, and His Majesty often rewards them with a month's salary.

Many people wanted to serve in Concubine Rong's palace, but not everyone could enter.

The palace servants' complaints also reached the Queen Mother. She didn't care much at first, but she just wanted to eat some cakes to sweeten her mouth. The person she sent to the imperial kitchen said that they were making cakes for Zhaoyang Palace.

She didn't think it mattered if it happened once or twice.

It was normal for a pregnant woman to be greedy, but she was getting mad at being made love to by the man every time she went there. She hadn't asked anyone to come and pay their respects for several days, but today she called everyone over again.

Rong Xi's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and when the Queen Mother saw her come in, she felt a little regretful for tormenting her.

But when he saw Concubine Zhao, who had arrived late and was not yet pregnant but was standing with her hands on her hips and surrounded by a large group of people, his face turned cold.

Concubine Zhao obviously didn't notice the Queen Mother's mood at the moment, but looked at Rong Xi with a cold face. She suspected that Jiang Rong Xi had done something to her, so she refused to eat anything today to see what she would do.

"It seems the food has been good lately, Your Majesty."

This is what Ningpin said. She couldn't let go of the resentment in her heart because she thought that it might be because of her that she couldn't have her own child.

She was also the daughter of a military commander, so naturally she couldn't handle all those twists and turns. She had thought about harming her child, but in the end she couldn't bear it and was afraid of bringing disaster to the family.

I can't harm the baby in her belly, but I can still make her angry. I know that what she cared about most before was her figure, so I used these words to mock her.

Concubine Zhao has never been a pushover, not only because of her status in the palace, but also because of the confidence from her brother as the General Zhenbei.

"Ningpin has been talking a lot lately. If you have time to tease me, why don't you go and discipline the servants in your palace?"

The Queen Mother interrupted, "That's enough."