Dongfang Che decided to release the concubines from the harem, so he would not keep them no matter whether they were willing or not.
Concubine Zhao Shu: "I don't want to go out!"
Concubine Zhao Shufei had no lover before entering the palace, and after entering the palace, her heart was completely devoted to Dongfang Che.
Although she has fallen out of favor now, at least she is still Dongfang Che's woman. If she leaves the palace, she will no longer be Dongfang Che's woman. She is unwilling to go out.
Concubine Qin Xian, no, she had restored her own name. Qin Yunrou looked at Concubine Zhao Shu and said, "You should be able to see how stable the Queen's position is. What will happen if you stay in the palace?"
As an opponent, although Concubine Zhao Shu entered the palace later than her, Qin Yunrou still understood her.
"Do you want to live as a widow in the palace for the rest of your life? After the prince ascends the throne, will you also be living in luxury in the harem?" Qin Yunrou asked.
"Are you willing to accept this?" Concubine Zhao Shu looked back at Qin Yunrou. Just as Qin Yunrou understood her, she also understood her.
"Don't you also love His Majesty? Are you willing to leave like this?" Qin Yunrou smiled, "I have let it go a long time ago."
"Besides, I want a child of my own." Qin Yunrou said seriously.
"If the rest of my life is like a stagnant pool of water, I simply can't live." She looked at Concubine Zhao Shu seriously and said, "I want to remarry, have a husband who loves me, and have some lovely children."
After hearing what she said, Concubine Zhao Shu was also moved.
Except for the Queen, the two highest-ranking concubines in the palace, Xianfei and Shufei, were willing to leave the palace, and other concubines of lower ranks did not dare to stay any longer.
During Wushuang's pregnancy, the women in the harem were sent out one after another by Dongfang Che.
Fengqi Palace.
"Hmm? Concubine Qin... Oh no, Miss Qin Yunrou, she remarried? So soon?" Wushuang asked Qinghe while chewing some fruit while tugging on her five-month-old belly.
"She's been out of the palace for less than two months, right? She remarried so soon?" Wushuang was a little surprised.
Qinghe was massaging Wushuang's shoulders, and of course it was another palace maid who was massaging Wushuang's legs.
My wife has cramps from time to time since she became pregnant, and massage can make her feel more comfortable.
"Your Majesty, Miss Qin had just left the palace and home not long ago when General Mu in the northern border rushed back to propose to her." Qinghe explained.
"General Mu? Who is this General Mu?" Wushuang asked curiously.
"I heard that General Mu and Miss Qin were childhood sweethearts, but when Miss Qin entered the palace as a concubine, he never told her that he liked her."
"Miss Qin has been in the palace for so many years, and General Mu remained unmarried until he married Miss Qin. Even his backyard was clean."
"I heard that General Mu has been in love with Miss Qin since he was young, but he knew that Miss Qin was destined to enter the palace as a concubine, so he didn't tell her his feelings."
"Over the years, no matter how much his family urged him to get married, he remained unmoved, and he didn't even have a concubine." Qinghe said.
Wushuang was surprised when he heard this, "That General Mu should be 28 this year, right? He doesn't even have a concubine? Has he ever been a philanderer? If not, does he have some hidden illness?"
Qing He looked at her own wife in surprise and shook her head, "No, I heard that General Mu is fine, he just has someone he loves and doesn't want to settle."
Wushuang touched his chin and said, "I hope he can see things through to the end. He hasn't been able to avoid Miss Qin for so many years. He doesn't want to change his attitude after marriage."
Isn’t this what ancient romance novels are like?
Some male protagonists are extremely chaste and stay away from women before they meet the female protagonist.
As a result, after getting married, he created a lot of rivals for the heroine, and let the heroine fight against her rivals, while he sat back and enjoyed himself.
Wushuang hoped that since General Mu was so deeply in love with Qin Yunrou, he would not change his attitude after the marriage.
Wushuang did not continue to comment on the matter between General Mu and Qin Yunrou, but asked how Concubine Zhao Yuelin was doing after leaving the palace.
"Miss Zhao has also remarried. It seems she married one of her father's students. Is she doing well now?"
Zhao Yuelin didn't have anyone like General Mu who had admired her for many years. She was just a well-behaved person who married her father's widower student.
Although Zhao Yuelin became a stepmother after marrying into the family, her husband's original wife left behind two children, and her husband even had illegitimate sons and daughters.
But it doesn't matter. Although she is a second wife, her parents' family is more capable and has a higher status than her husband's family, so her husband's family dare not bully her.
As for her step-son and step-daughter, Zhao Yuelin doesn't care at all.
Her husband's original wife gave birth to two children, and he also had illegitimate sons and daughters, which showed that he was fertile.
In this case, Zhao Yuelin should also be able to have children.
She just wanted to have her own children, and she was too lazy to think about anything else.
The women who left the palace were married off one after another before Wushuang gave birth.
The women who can enter the palace all have good family backgrounds. It doesn’t matter if they go home and remarry with a woman from a worse family background. After all, they can still get married.
The news Wushuang heard before giving birth was that all the concubines in the harem had left the palace, and that they had all successfully remarried and were living a good life after marriage.
Although they were not as loving as Qin Yunrou, they still respected each other and lived a happy life.
Wushuang was pregnant with quadruplets this time. She did not wait until the first child was nine months old to give birth. She gave birth when she was more than seven months pregnant but less than eight months old.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please hold on." Qinghe said, holding Wushuang's hand.
Wushuang was very calm and said to Qinghe, "Go get me some food. Only when I'm full can I have the strength to give birth."
Qing He looked at her worriedly and asked, "Really? Your Majesty, are you kidding?"
"Of course." Wushuang affirmed.
"Then please wait a moment, Your Majesty. I will go and have someone serve you food." Qinghe went out in a hurry.
"Hmm..." Wushuang felt waves of pain in his stomach and frowned to block out the pain.
It would take some time from labor pains to childbirth, so she could only use her powerful mental strength to block out the pain.
Wushuang stood up and walked around holding the hand of the palace maid. Moving around would make the birth easier.
The midwife looked at Wushuang's calm appearance, then at the palace maid who was supporting her and was sweating, and she didn't know what expression to use.
The one who gave birth was very calm, but the people who served her looked nervous.
After about a morning of pain, the midwife checked Wushuang's cervix and found that she was dilated enough for delivery.
"Take the food away." Wushuang, who had almost finished her meal, heard the midwife's words and ordered the food to be taken away because she was about to give birth.
Outside the door, Dongfang Che and Empress Dowager Yu looked inside nervously, but did not hear her cry of pain.
"Why is there no movement? Isn't it very painful when giving birth? How is Zi Tong?" Dongfang Che asked with a worried look on his face.
Empress Dowager Yu was also very worried. When she gave birth to Dongfang Che, she was in pain for a whole day and night. How come her daughter-in-law didn't cry out in pain when giving birth?
But Empress Dowager Yu thought about the three children of her first pregnancy and thought, maybe this was the talent of her daughter-in-law?