Qi Yuning asked, "Is it true that Your Majesty is infertile?"
Lu Ze said, "His Majesty is in good health. He feels that the Queen has not given birth to a child and does not want another concubine to get pregnant. In the past few years, he has visited other concubines' palaces very few times. Even if he were to select a concubine, it would probably not help. His Majesty can only give up the idea of letting Chu Chi get pregnant first. His Majesty has often visited Fengyi Palace over the years, but there has been no good news."
Qi Yuning sighed again and said, "If that child were still alive, she would have already gone to primary school. I really feel guilty towards Chu Chi. I should not have let her enter the palace."
Lu Ze said, "How could you have known what would happen now? Don't feel guilty."
After the New Year, the court was busy with two things: one was the selection of concubines, and the other was the spring examination.
Chu Che participated in the Spring Examination this year, and Chu Chi paid more attention to it. She was even a little absent-minded about the most important selection in the palace, so she simply left it to the Queen Mother and Concubine Xian to handle.
Chu Chi only cared about making clothes for Chu Che to wear in the examination room. The temperature in spring fluctuated greatly. It would be hot during the day and he would sweat, and it would be cold at night and he would shiver. She needed to make a few more pieces that were easy to put on and take off.
Zhao Jie entered Fengyi Palace and saw Chu Chi sewing a man's clothes. He picked up a piece of clothing and asked, "Isn't this color a little too plain for my taste?"
Chu Chi said, "Your Majesty, if you want new clothes, one of the newly selected sisters will make them for you. I made this for Che'er. The Spring Examination will be in two days, and I have to rush to make clothes for him. Your Majesty, please go find another sister in the next two days."
Zhao Jie frowned and said, "Chu Chi!"
Chu Chi looked down at the clothes in her hands. She had learned her needlework in the Shanggong Bureau. As she sewed stitch by stitch, she didn't even look at Zhao Jie.
Zhao Jie said, "The selection of concubines was not my original intention. It was my mother who was anxious to have a grandson. I still won't let them get pregnant. My first prince can only be born by you. As long as you give birth to a prince, I will make him the crown prince."
Chu Chi laughed sarcastically, "Your Majesty, I have been unable to conceive over the years. No matter how many medicines I have taken, nothing has helped. Your Majesty should find another sister to bear a child. As long as it is Your Majesty's child, it will be my child."
Zhao Jie took a deep breath and said, "Let's try for another year."
Chu Chi said, "It's useless to try again."
Zhao Jie said, "The imperial physician said your pulse is normal, indicating you can have children... Let's try again. Brother Che will take the imperial examination this spring. If you pass the exam, I will give him a bright future."
"He wants to enter the Dali Temple."
Zhao Jie asked, "Is it him or Lingling who wants to come in?"
Chu Chi said calmly, "Lingling wants to come in, which means my brother wants to come in."
"He has listened to Lingling since he was little. Now he's seventeen. If he continues to listen to her even after he gets married, his wife will surely be jealous. They've been together for the past two years. If they each get married, how can their husbands and wives tolerate their behavior? I think it would be better to grant them a marriage."
Chu Chi said, "Your Majesty, please don't. If they get married, wouldn't the hierarchy be completely messed up?"
Zhao Jie smiled and said, "That's true."
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