Chapter 374 Seizing the Opportunity
Qin Jingshu had obviously also experienced this. She still remembered the first day she had dinner with Concubine Xian. Concubine Xian was like a mother who had just found her child. She wanted to ask hundreds of questions during the meal.
Such meticulousness allowed Concubine Xian to know her adopted daughter's taste in the shortest possible time.
After Qin Jingshu said many times that she preferred to pick up the food herself, Concubine Xian finally stopped worrying about it.
Niuniu could only say, "I want to eat gingerbread."
The virtuous concubine reached out her chopsticks to pick up a piece of ginger biscuit for Niuniu, and said, "Anything else? We have a whole morning of classes, how can just one piece of ginger biscuit be enough?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, but like Jingshu, I prefer to do it myself." Niu Niu said obediently.
Xian Fei only corrected her: "You should call me mother."
Niuniu: ...
Niu Niu was really not used to calling the emperor's concubine like that.
At this time, the virtuous concubine looked at the little girl expectantly.
"My dear, just shout, otherwise she will keep staring at you." said the Queen Mother.
Niuniu had no way to deal with these people, so she could only shout, "Virtuous Mother Concubine."
"Oh!" Concubine Xian responded happily, as if she would be able to have a child immediately after getting this gift.
Qin Jingshu looked at this scene and suddenly felt sad. She knew that Concubine Xian had been kind to her for a purpose in the past, but she had grown up so much that even this kind of purposeful kindness was rare.
Xian Fei suddenly saw Qin Jingshu reaching for the mutton spring rolls with her chopsticks and immediately stopped her: "You kid, you are having a sore throat, how can you eat this!"
Qin Jingshu was stunned when she heard this. She originally thought that Concubine Xian would ignore her now that she had Niu Niu. But now, seeing that Concubine Xian still had concern in her eyes, the sour feeling in Qin Jingshu's heart suddenly disappeared.
"Eat another bowl of Tremella soup, so that you won't complain about the pain from the bubbles in your mouth at night." Concubine Xian advised.
The Queen Mother nodded silently in her heart when she saw that her niece had Niu Niu and had not forgotten the adopted daughter she had adopted before.
After Niu Niu finished this warm breakfast, she and Qin Jingshu were taken to Baisunyuan by Concubine Xian’s hand.
"You two, listen carefully in class. I will pick you up after class." Concubine Xian reminded.
On the way, Niu Niu already knew that it would be Concubine Xian who would take her to school from now on.
"What happened to your mother today?" Niu Niu was confused from beginning to end.
Qin Jingshu lowered her voice and whispered, "My mother wants you to give her a child."
"Having a child is God's destiny. There's nothing I can do about it." Niu Niu was helpless.
Qin Jingshu was quite concerned about Consort Xian. After hearing this, she couldn't help but ask, "Is it really impossible? Mother has been looking forward to it. If she knew, I don't know how disappointed she would be."
Niuniu scratched the back of her head and said, "I'm not the Goddess of Childbirth, so I can't say for sure about this kind of thing."
Qin Jingshu sighed and said, "You are right, you are Niuniu, you are not Guanyin Bodhisattva."
The kid's temper came and went quickly, and after they had talked it out, the two of them went into class happily holding hands.
Ten days passed in a blink of an eye.
The Empress Dowager and the Emperor asked the imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau to take Concubine Luo's pulse almost every day, and every day they both looked forward to hearing good news.
It was not until the tenth day that the old doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau gathered together to take the emperor and the empress dowager's pulse and finally gave a definite answer.
"That's great, God bless my son!" The Queen Mother was so excited that she burst into tears.
The emperor was filled with energy and vigor, as if a huge mountain that had weighed on his shoulders for many years had been removed.
"Issue an imperial decree. For Concubine Shun's meritorious service, she is promoted to Concubine Shun and granted the title of mistress of Yongfu Palace. The enthronement ceremony will be held next summer." The emperor thought again and again and still felt that the word "Shun" had the best meaning as a title.
By next summer, Concubine Luo will probably have finished her confinement, so the enthronement ceremony will be postponed out of fear that she will be overtired during pregnancy. The emperor and the empress dowager cannot be too careful with this child who was born with so much difficulty.
Niuniu was also very happy. She threw herself on the Queen Mother and asked, "Grandma Queen Mother, my beautiful sister is really pregnant. Can I leave the palace to watch the ceremony?"
Niu Niu has always been thinking about Liu Xiaoru's marriage. The empress dowager did not expect that someone of such an age would have such a good memory.
Although she was a little reluctant, Niuniu was only going out of the palace for a day, so the Queen Mother nodded in the end: "Okay, it's hard for you to still remember it."
Niuniu not only seeks benefits for herself, she also remembers her friends: "What about the others? Can we let them leave the palace and reunite with their families for a day?"
The Queen Mother showed hesitation. It didn't matter about other people, but Miss Li San was still living in Li Zhaoyi's palace. She was just afraid that Li Zhaoyi would use Miss Li San to pass on messages again.
"Grandma Empress Dowager, please!" Seeing that the Empress Dowager remained silent for a long time, Niu Niu immediately started to act like a spoiled child.
The Queen Mother sighed and said, "Well, since you beg me like this, how can I not agree?"
In Guanju Palace, although Li Zhaoyi was still dressed in gorgeous clothes and had her hair covered with pearls and jade, after being demoted and confined to her room, she aged at a speed visible to the naked eye.
She is in her thirties and used to look like she was in her twenties, but now she looks like the same age as the emperor.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Li Zhaoyi was holding a piece of paper, her face full of madness.
The entire Guanju Palace was filled with people sent by the Emperor and the Empress Dowager. Her people went through untold hardships to convey the news that Concubine Luo was pregnant.
"Empress, what's wrong with you?" The voice of the little palace maid came from outside the house.
"Get out! Get out!" Li Zhaoyi cursed fiercely at the people outside the room.
After hearing what she said, the little palace maid didn't ask any more questions.
The room became quiet again. Li Zhaoyi stared at the note in her hand, her eyes full of madness: "Why? Why? Why did I end up like this after starting over again?"
Li Zhaoyi tore the note into pieces with force, then stuffed it into her mouth and swallowed it.
"I can't accept my fate! I absolutely can't accept my fate! I want to be the queen, the one and only queen mother!"
Li Zhaoyi's eyes were fierce and her expression kept changing.
"Aunt!" Miss Li San's voice rang out from outside.
Li Zhaoyi now has a very bad temper. When she gets angry, she will often beat and scold the servants. Her maids dare not get too close to her. Only when she is facing Miss Li San, her temper will be slightly restrained.
"Come in!" said Li Zhaoyi.
Miss Li San naturally understood that Zhaoyi Li was in a very bad situation now, and if the Li family suffered, all of them would suffer, so she also wanted to help.
"Aunt, the school will be closed tomorrow, and the Queen Mother will allow us to leave the palace for a day. If you have anything to say to my father, I can convey it to you."
Li Zhaoyi's eyes lit up.
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