Chapter 156: There will be children, and there will be love
Because of Su Nanqing's understanding, Xiao Heng liked her even more.
Then he said, "Talented Su and Concubine Rong will be giving birth next month. The Queen should arrange for the Imperial Household Department to bring their mother into the palace to accompany them in the birth."
Su Nanqing seemed to be in a cloud of surprise and astonishment, looking at Xiao Heng blankly.
In this dynasty, concubines could have the special honor of having their mothers enter the palace to accompany them during childbirth when they were eight months pregnant.
However, not every concubine can enjoy this honor. They need to obtain the permission of the emperor or the empress before their mother's family is allowed to enter the palace.
The previously favored Concubine Mei also did not have time to bring her mother into the palace because of premature birth.
I never thought that a lowly talent like me would be so lucky as to have my concubine enter the palace to accompany me during childbirth.
She burst into tears of joy and immediately expressed her gratitude with tears in her eyes: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, for your grace."
The Queen smiled and said, "Get up quickly. You have always been sensible and respectful, and now you are pregnant with the Emperor's heir. This grace is what you deserve."
"I will order someone to bring your aunt into the palace."
If the queen did not give the order, then the one who would come would naturally be the mistress of the Su family. Concubines would not be qualified to enter the palace without the mistress.
But it was different when the queen spoke.
Su Nanqing stood up as she was told, her eyes blurred with excitement. She quickly picked up her handkerchief to wipe away her tears so as not to lose her composure.
That night.
As soon as Xiao Heng entered the hall, he held Liu Yuetang in his arms.
"Miaomiao, I finally accomplished something I was thinking about."
Liu Yuetang snuggled in his arms: "Your Majesty, are you talking about me raising a child?"
"Yeah." Xiao Heng rested his chin on her smooth forehead.
"Actually, I originally wanted my concubines to give birth to several more princes, and then you could pick a cute one that caught your eye and raise him as your child. But Concubine Su mentioned it today, and I want you to adopt a child sooner rather than later."
At this moment, a sense of sadness suddenly welled up in Liu Yuetang's heart.
How is she different from the Jade Concubine of the past?
Always pin your hopes on others?
She didn't want a child at first, but when she saw Rong Jieyu and Su Nanqing beside her with happy and gentle faces after having children, she gradually felt regretful.
Especially when she felt the fetal movement of Rong Jieyu's baby, she suddenly felt that the child was the most beautiful little life in the world.
"emperor……"
Liu Yuetang raised her head, her eyes were misty and tears were faintly visible.
"Don't you think raising children is a good idea? You can choose the one you like and the gender."
"If I could get pregnant myself, it wouldn't be such a good thing."
The sad smile on her lips made Xiao Heng feel distressed. He closed his eyes and hugged Liu Yuetang tightly in his arms.
For the first time, even the emperor felt powerless.
I don’t know how to comfort the woman in my arms.
Why could he make Concubine Mei pregnant, Concubine Rong pregnant, and Concubine Su pregnant?
But why can't he make the woman in front of him pregnant?
She is so good, sensible, kind and gentle.
Why should such a good person be deprived of her rights as a mother?
Yu family!
It’s all Yu’s fault!
Thinking of this person, Xiao Heng felt hatred and anger in his heart.
She shouldn't have been allowed to die so easily.
As I thought about this, a soft voice rang in my ears: "Your Majesty, I am fine."
"I am not a greedy person. If I don't have children, it would be great to have the emperor's favor."
Xiao Heng felt even more distressed after hearing this.
He would even rather she was a little greedy so that he wouldn't have to worry about her so much.
After a long time, Xiao Heng slowly said in his throat: "Miaomiao, I will have a child, and I will also have my love."
Although, he is just an adopted child.
But he thought that an adoptive mother might not necessarily be without a biological mother.
Just like himself, in his heart, Queen Mother Wen Yi had already surpassed his biological mother.
*****
The next day.
The morning light is dim, and the sunlight shines through the light mist, softly falling on the green and bright red lotus garden.
The green lotus leaves are like emerald plates, filled with crystal clear dewdrops, sparkling and shining like pearls in the morning light.
Rong Jieyu took a whole small bottle of dewdrops and then stood up with her waist supported.
Yingxiang held Rong Jieyu's hand with a distressed look on her face and said, "My lady, you are pregnant now. There is really no need for you to take care of these things yourself."
She was always by Rong Jieyu's side, so she knew it best.
Just because the emperor once praised the tea made by the young lady for being delicious, in recent years, the young lady often went to get dew in person at dawn to make tea and serve it to the emperor.
In fact, no one knows whether the emperor drank it or not.
So she thought, there was really no need for the young lady to come out with a big belly. What if something went wrong?
Rong Jieyu rubbed her aching waist and said with a wry smile, "Yingxiang, do you know why I have been able to maintain my favor for the past five years?"
Yingxiang pondered for a moment, wanting to say it was Ruan's fault, but then she felt that it was not, so she shook her head.
Rong Jieyu looked at the road under her feet cautiously and pursed her lips slightly.
She had been in the palace for five years. Although she was not favored by the emperor, she had never been forgotten by him and was called upon at least once a month.
The reason she gained favor in the beginning was naturally because of Concubine Yu's promotion, but as time went on, she discovered that the emperor was a man who easily got bored with the old and loved the new.
Moreover, the emperor does not like noisy and overstepping people.
So she never said a word in front of the emperor, and always sat beside him gracefully and quietly.
But she also knew that if she wanted to stand out among the three thousand beauties, she had to be a little different.
She was best at making tea. The emperor had said several times that he had a quiet temperament and that he would feel refreshed after drinking two cups of tea in Huayin Palace.
So, she said that she would personally deliver a cup of tea made with dew to Chengming Palace every ten days.
She actually didn't care whether the emperor drank it or not. As long as the emperor was willing to accept it, it meant that he would never forget her.
And in fact, she did it.
When talking about making tea, the emperor would say that his skills were the best in the six palaces.
So as long as the emperor didn't give any orders, she would continue to deliver the tea.
Especially now that she is pregnant, she has to send it off.
Firstly, she was afraid that the emperor would become suspicious of her because of Ruan’s incident.
Secondly, she was pregnant, but she still made tea herself as usual. No matter how hard-hearted a person is, they will soften their attitude when they see tea.
If she gets a little more love, the baby in her belly will also get a little more love after it is born.
Thinking of this, Rong Jieyu suddenly sneezed.
Yingxiang's face darkened, and she hurriedly asked, "It's a bit windy this morning, did you catch a cold, young lady?"
Rong Jieyu shook her head slightly: "I'm not cold, I just feel that the fragrance of the flowers in the lotus garden is a bit pungent today."
Yingxiang took a sniff and said, "It smells really good."
She glanced at the lotus flowers blooming in full bloom on the green water and said, "Perhaps all the lotus flowers in this garden have bloomed, which is why the fragrance is so strong."
As soon as Yingxiang finished speaking, a buzzing sound came from the distance.
"What's that sound?"
As the sound got closer, Rong Jieyu felt a little uneasy.
She held her lower abdomen with her hands and looked ahead intently, only to see a swarm of bees flying towards her.
Yingxiang's eyes widened, and her face turned pale instantly: "My lady! It's a bee!"
"Why are there so many bees?"
Concubine Rong looked around in horror, but there was no safe place around, and no guards patrolling.
Before she could even think of a solution, the swarm of bees seemed to be attracted by something and flew straight towards her.
Rong Jieyu quickly picked two lotus leaves and waved them vigorously to drive away the bees.
But unexpectedly, with another burst of buzzing sounds, more bees swarmed in.
It was summer, the neck was exposed, the clothes were thin, and a bee could easily sting the skin.
Not sure if it was the pain from the bee stings or the baby in her belly sensing danger, Rong Jieyu only felt her abdomen tightening and accompanied by a dull pain.
She held her abdomen tightly with both hands, with only one thought in her mind.
It doesn't matter if the bee stings all over her skin, she just wants her child to be safe.
Yingxiang tightly protected Rong Jieyu who collapsed on the ground.
But despite this, she still suffered unbearable pain from the bee sting.
As a hot stream gurgled out from her lower body and a pain came over her abdomen, Concubine Rong fell into a darkness of fear.
Amid Yingxiang's shouting, a group of guards finally heard the noise and rushed over.
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