Just as Shen Wei was about to stand up to greet her, Madam Qian's cheerful voice came from outside the room: "Madam Concubine, please do not stand up! I am here on the orders of the Empress to bring you some pregnancy-preserving medicine."
The voice arrives before the person arrives.
Nanny Qian, followed by two senior palace maids, walked into the house in great joy. In the yard, the eunuch brought in a heavy box, which was filled with rewards from the Queen.
Most of them are precious pregnancy-preserving and health-preserving medicines.
Nanny Qian walked to the bedside and told Shen Wei with a smile: "Concubine Shen, you just need to rest and take care of your pregnancy. Don't worry about other things. The Queen Mother has appointed two experienced old doctors to come to the palace every five days to check your pulse."
"The Queen is afraid that you, Concubine Shen, will be too busy with all the affairs in the palace. She has specially sent two experienced old maids to assist the housekeeper. The two old maids will not leave until the baby in your belly is born safely."
The queen was very thoughtful. Shen Wei was grateful in her heart. She nodded slightly: "Please, Madam Qian, convey my gratitude to the queen."
Nanny Qian was ordered to deliver something and did not stay long. Chen Wei asked Cai Lian to see Madam Qian off. Cai Lian was very thoughtful. She took out several thick purses and gave one to each of the eunuchs and palace maids who came to deliver the empress's rewards.
The Queen and Prince Yan attached great importance to Shen Wei's pregnancy. Supplements were sent to Liuli Pavilion like water, and the imperial physician took meticulous and thoughtful care.
Shen Wei rested for a while with peace of mind, and the fetus in her belly was firmly seated. The housekeeper power in her hands was not divided.
Shen Wei even had time to care about the profits of the dessert shop branch she opened in Yanjing. The several acres of fertile land in Nanshan, managed by Shen Wei's sister Shen Qiang, have already shown signs of a good harvest.
Time passed peacefully and smoothly.
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As the hot summer passed, the leaves in the palace garden began to turn yellow. The leaves fell off again in the daily wind, and the weather was getting colder.
The leaves in Kunyuyuan have turned yellow and are scattered all over the ground. The maids picked up brooms to sweep up the fallen leaves, and suddenly the sound of broken porcelain was heard in the Buddhist hall.
“Bang—”
The maids were used to it and did not slow down in sweeping up the fallen leaves.
In the Buddhist hall, the princess pushed Aunt Liu away and said angrily: "Tomorrow is Chengzhen's birthday. I am his mother, why can't I go to see him!"
Nanny Liu staggered and was almost pushed to the ground. Madam Liu gritted her teeth and said patiently, "Princess, Master Chengzhen will come to Kunyu Court to have lunch with you tomorrow. You don't have to go out, just wait for him to arrive."
The princess' eyes turned red with anger: "Come to Kunyuyuan to visit me? What's the difference between this and visiting a prisoner in a cell?"
Nanny Liu remained silent.
The queen placed all her hopes on Shen Wei's baby. The Prince of Yan already had several sons. His legitimate son was cowardly and useless, while his illegitimate son was timid and weak, and they were all spoiled.
If Shen Wei could give birth to a boy, with Shen Wei as a smart mother to educate him and the queen to accompany and take care of him, the boy's future would be limitless.
The queen was also well aware of the princess's viciousness. In order to nip the crisis in the bud, the queen simply replaced all the maids in Kunyuyuan with her own people.
In Kunyuyuan today, the princess has only one confidant, Madam Liu. Those maids outside are all the queen's spies.
They kept a close eye on the princess' every move and did not give her any chance to cause trouble.
"Mother, you have such a cruel heart. Since she can't stand me as her daughter-in-law, why doesn't she just abolish me and let me suffer day by day..." The princess slumped on the futon, tears streaming down her face.
The princess recalled the painful months she had experienced and felt like a prisoner in the palace. She recited sutras and chanted Buddha's name day and night, but the compassionate Bodhisattva watched her suffer.
The princess asked Madam Liu to give Shen Wei an abortion drug. Madam Liu knelt down and begged for mercy, not daring to take any action.
The maids in the yard are all the queen's spies, monitoring the princess's every move. The princess asked for help from her natal family, but her mother and brothers and sisters, who had loved her since she was a child, all ignored her.
Now, even when she wanted to go out to see her biological son, she was stopped. The princess knelt on the mat, tears streaming down her face. She looked at the Buddha statue sadly. There was no one in this world to help her.
After a long while, the princess pinched the Buddhist beads in a sad voice, staring at the Buddha statue with her eyes fixed: "Buddha, if you are really effective, please help me... let Shen's bitch die with one body and two lives, and let all those who stop me die miserably..."
Nanny Liu lowered her eyes and pretended not to hear.
The Buddhist temple was quiet, with only the smoke from incense and candles. For some reason, Prince Heng's words suddenly popped up in the princess' mind.
King Heng once said: [If my second brother dies unexpectedly, my two nephews will inherit his business].
The princess clenched her Buddhist beads tightly, and a thought emerged uncontrollably in her mind: Shen is now five months pregnant and has not given birth to a son yet. If Shen's baby died in her womb, and the Prince of Yan also died unexpectedly...
Even if the Queen repeatedly objected, the Prince of Yan's Mansion, without its male owner, would still be in the hands of the Princess's two sons.
The princess's eyes were sinister and full of malice. In the decaying courtyard in autumn, a little maid who was sweeping dead leaves suddenly raised her head and looked at the princess in the Buddhist temple meaningfully.
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Early winter is approaching and the weather is getting colder day by day.
The baby in Shen Wei's belly is already five months old. Under the careful care of the imperial physician, the fetus is very stable.
During pregnancy, you cannot lie in bed every day, you need to exercise every day. So that day, Chen Wei put on soft and thick winter clothes, wrapped herself in a furry fox fur cloak, and held a hot water bottle in her hand. She took two maids and two guards and rode the palace's carriage to the Marquis of Zhennan's Mansion.
The gate of Zhennan Marquis Mansion is magnificent, with festive red silk hung in front of the gate.
Chen Wei supported Cai Lian's hand and just as they got off the carriage, Sun Qingmei from the Zhennan Marquis Mansion came over after hearing the news. Sun Qingmei stepped forward and embraced Shen Wei warmly: "Madam Shen, it's cold today, why do you need to come and deliver the flowers in person! Send someone to inform me, and I will go to the palace to get the flowers."
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