Chapter 209 Sachet
While she was stunned, Xiao Heng had already bent down to pick up the sachet and repeatedly wiped the brocade surface with his sleeve.
The color of the sachet fabric was originally quite plain, and no matter how Xiao Heng wiped it, it was still covered with dust stains.
Liu Yuetang's eyes flickered, wanting to test it out.
She asked softly, "Your Majesty, is this sachet important to you?"
Xiao Heng's fingertips paused slightly.
It was also important to her because it was the first gift Concubine Zhao gave her after she entered the palace, and it was also the first sachet she embroidered for her.
So even though he seldom wore it, he kept it.
Yesterday, when Concubine Zhao was tidying up his clothes, she asked him why he didn't wear this sachet, so he found it and put it on.
He looked up and saw Liu Yuetang looking at him cautiously, with a thin layer of timidity between her brows.
Xiao Heng pursed his lips slightly, "It's not too important."
"It's dirty, so be it."
Liu Yuetang breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "That's good, otherwise it would be my fault."
She stood up and sat on Xiao Heng's lap, her white wrists wrapped around his neck, and said in a delicate voice, "Then... can I embroider one as compensation to the emperor?"
Xiao Heng put the sachet aside and placed his palm on her slender waist.
"How can one be enough?"
He raised his thick eyebrows slightly: "I suddenly remembered that Miaomiao has been in the palace for more than two years, and she has only embroidered a sachet for me once, and has never embroidered anything else."
Liu Yuetang pouted her red lips in a coquettish manner, "The Emperor always has two or three sachets hanging around his waist, and their embroidery is better than mine. If I embroider again, it will only disgust the Emperor."
"I'm afraid it's gathering dust in the warehouse and the Emperor may not even wear it once."
The ending of her voice was long and soft, with a sense of coquettishness and grievance.
Xiao Heng's eyes curved into gentle crescents, and he raised his thumb and flicked her forehead. "Am I as ruthless as you say?"
Liu Yuetang frowned and said, "Well, I will embroider a sachet for the emperor when I return to the palace, and he must wear it in front of me."
Xiao Heng chuckled and shook his head: "Okay!"
"I promise you."
Liu Yuetang then smiled brightly and rubbed her cheek against his chest gently.
Xiao Heng gently stroked her back. He felt that she had become so spoiled after she became pregnant.
It seems that I am even more attached to myself.
When the sedan chair arrived at the palace gate, Liu Yuetang took Xiao Heng's hand and stood up. When she opened the curtain of the sedan chair, she looked back at the sachet that fell on the sedan chair.
It seems that this sachet is not that important to Xiao Heng.
After returning to the palace and resting for two days, Liu Yuetang went to the Weiyang Palace to pay her respects.
She was now three months pregnant, and the fetus was stable. Naturally, she had to pay her respects to the Weiyang Palace and Shoukang Palace as usual.
The imperial concubine arrived very early that day, and when Liu Yuetang stepped into the palace, the room was already full of smiles.
As soon as Liu Yuetang stepped into the hall, everyone's eyes were fixed on her.
She was seen walking towards him in a long dress of evening mist purple silk with auspicious cloud patterns. The pearl tassels on her temples swayed slightly with her steps, shining brightly.
Her beauty was already the best in the six palaces, and now after careful care, her cheeks were fair with a hint of pink. Even without makeup, she still had a beautiful complexion that made people unable to take their eyes off her.
Two months later, Liu Yuetang sat directly on the lower right seat of the Phoenix Throne, and for a time crushed the old men in the palace.
Concubine Chu stared at her beautiful face with a bitter taste in her heart. Her voice was shrouded in icy laughter as she said, "Your Highness Xi Fei is truly blessed. Two years ago, you sat at the very back, but now you've become Xi Fei, second only to the Empress Dowager."
She was naturally dissatisfied. When Liu Yuetang entered the palace, she was a concubine.
Now Liu Yuetang has become Concubine Xi, but she is still a concubine.
She had been accompanying the emperor for many years and had two sons, yet she was trampled under the feet of a woman who had only been in the palace for two years.
Liu Yuetang's eyes deepened slightly.
She understood that Concubine Chu wanted to bring hatred upon herself and make the six palaces hate her even more.
She opened her red lips in surprise and bewilderment: "Sister Chupin, you are wrong. Your words...where do you put Empress Zhaofei?"
She glanced lazily at Concubine Zhao, only to see that her face was stiff and the unique and eye-catching hairpins on her temples made her eyes look frosty.
Concubine Chu was stunned for a moment, "Empress Zhao... That's not what I meant. I just don't know how to speak..."
"If you can't speak, then don't speak. No one likes to listen to your noise." Concubine Zhao interrupted Concubine Chu coldly.
Concubine Chu's face turned red and blue. Concubine Zhao never took anyone seriously, even the Queen had to give her some ground. If she retorted, she would probably suffer the consequences.
But all the concubines in the six palaces were watching, and if she just obediently accepted Zhao Fei's scolding, she would lose face.
After all the confusion, it was the appearance of the queen that broke the cold and silent atmosphere.
After the queen sat down, she ordered all the concubines to stand up, her eyes falling on Liu Yuetang's lower abdomen under her loose clothes.
"I see your face is getting fuller and more radiant, but your waist is still so slender. You need to eat more."
Liu Yuetang smiled slightly and nodded, "My appetite has improved a lot since I became pregnant. Perhaps... I haven't reached the stage of becoming plump yet."
The Queen nodded gently. "Indeed, it's best if you don't lose weight in the first three months. You'll become more plump later on."
"I heard that the royal heir in Concubine Xi's belly is very obedient and has not felt any discomfort." Concubine Ning looked at Liu Yuetang with a smile.
Liu Yuetang said in a gentle voice, "I just don't have morning sickness, but sometimes I still feel unwell."
Concubine Ning nodded with a smile, and closed her red lips as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself.
After leaving Weiyang Palace, Liu Yuetang took a sedan chair to Shoukang Palace.
After she became pregnant, she was exempted from the ceremony of paying respects. Now, she had to go to Shoukang Palace to pay respects for the first time.
Although the Queen Mother didn't like her, she would still be able to go there without being criticized.
As soon as he got on the sedan chair, he saw Rong Yue following behind him.
Liu Yuetang hurriedly asked the palace servants carrying the sedan chair to slow down and walk side by side with her.
Rong Yue turned her head to look at Liu Yuetang: "How is your Majesty these days?"
"The Emperor has issued an order not to disturb your pregnancy, so I did not go to see you."
Liu Yuetang smiled lightly: "Even if my sister is not here in the future, I understand her heart."
"Thank you, sister, for saving me that day, Yuetang. Otherwise, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to sit here and talk with you safely."
Rong Yue raised her hand to stroke her wind-blown hair and smiled, "Sister, have you forgotten what I said to you on the day I gave birth?"
Liu Yuetang naturally remembered, and she said that she would repay her kindness in the future.
At that time, Liu Yuetang did not take these words to heart.
There was no such thing as sisterly love in the palace. She was a sensitive and selfish person, and only gave Rong Yue and Su Nanqing a little trust.
But I never had any expectations or hopes for them.
So at the critical moment of life and death, the only solution she could think of was not Xiao Heng, nor anyone else in the harem, but to save herself.
But at this critical moment, Rong Yue saved his life without hesitation.
She was surprised and very grateful.
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