Chapter 234 Pregnancy Dream
Eunuch An brought the jade pendant back to the palace, and Xie Jingyu sent him out of the study.
Chen Wan also escorted Eunuch An, but only to the gate of the courtyard. Chen Ping escorted him out of the Jingbei Palace.
It was already lunch time, and the kitchen brought the food into the house. Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu washed their hands and ate.
Shen Wan picked up some food for Xie Jingyu and asked, "Didn't the emperor punish me at all?"
God knows why her temper suddenly became like a firecracker, ignited at the slightest provocation.
No matter what, Chen Ti was still the concubine of Prince Cheng. If she really wanted to teach her a lesson, she could have waited for Chen Ti to leave the Jingbei Palace and let Chen An help her vent her anger. However, the anger surged up and she couldn't hold it back anymore.
Thinking about it afterwards, she was too impulsive. Chen Ti provoked her first, but she did not care about the royal family's reputation. Queen Song was worried about her, so she would definitely be punished. If not thirty strokes of the cane, she would definitely not be able to escape more than ten strokes.
As a result, the emperor not only did not punish her, but also asked Eunuch An to come. She knew that the emperor had always treated her well, but wasn't he too good to her?
Xie Jingyu said, "The Emperor said you are pregnant, so the beating will have to be dropped."
Shen Wan, “……!!!”
Shen Wan's eyes widened, "How did the emperor know that I was pregnant?"
Even she herself is not sure.
Xie Jingyu put some food into Shen Wan's bowl, "The emperor said he dreamed that you were pregnant, and asked me to work hard to make you pregnant as soon as possible."
After a pause, Xie Jingyu added, "This is an imperial decree."
Shen Wan, “…”
The corner of Shen Wan's mouth twitched. How could the emperor issue such an imperial decree?
Shen Wan bit her chopsticks and asked, "What if I don't get pregnant?"
Xie Jingyu glanced at Shen Wan and said, "Then the emperor is guilty of deceiving the emperor."
Shen Wan, “…”
Should this bastard listen to what he is saying?
Can the emperor still be guilty of deceiving the emperor?
But how could the emperor dream that she was pregnant? The emperor is so busy with affairs of state, how could he have so much free time?
He was making excuses under the guise of dreaming, just like her, but he was the emperor. Only others could make excuses to fool him. Did the emperor need to fool anyone else?
Here, Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu were having lunch, while the old lady, Concubine Wen and the second lady were all waiting for news.
Xie Jingyu went to the palace to plead for Shen Wan, but Nanny Zheng did not leave, which showed her determination to punish Shen Wan. They all thought that the emperor would beat Shen Wan a few times to maintain the face of the royal family.
Concubine Wen sat down in front of the dressing table. Just as the maid finished dressing her, another maid came over quickly.
Concubine Wen asked, "Did the Crown Prince's Concubine get beaten with a stick?"
The maid shook her head, "Eunuch An is here, and Madam Zheng is gone."
Swish.
The smile on Concubine Wen's face disappeared completely.
Having someone use a broom to drive away the prince's concubine was like trampling on the royal family's reputation. Could the emperor just pretend nothing happened?
Even if the Crown Prince and his wife saved the Emperor's life, they shouldn't be so indulgent, right?!
There is no need to worry that if we really indulge them, they will become lawless and develop inappropriate thoughts.
The old lady and the second lady also thought that Shen Wan would not be spared from being punished, but they did not expect that in the end it was all talk and no action. No, there was not even a hint of rain, and the Crown Prince's Consort established her authority by stepping on the reputation of the royal family and Queen Song!
Even if the emperor condones it, the Jingbei Palace will not!
Shen Wan had only eaten half of her lunch when Mother Wu arrived at Zhaolanxuan and delivered the old lady's order, "The Emperor will forgive the past, but the Jingbei Palace's family rules are not for show. The Crown Prince's Consort is so bold and presumptuous. The old lady wants you to kneel in the Buddhist temple for three days and reflect on your sins."
I have never seen such a disgusting old lady. Isn't it better for her to enjoy her retirement in peace? Why does she have to meddle in other people's business?
Shen Wan knew that the old lady had been in bad shape these days, and now that she had the chance, she would definitely not let her go.
But the emperor didn't punish her, and the old lady still kept pestering her.
Chen Wan looked at Xie Jingyu, "Then I'll go and receive the punishment after lunch..."
Xie Jingyu picked up some food for her and said, "Do you want to piss off the emperor? The emperor didn't care about the royal family's face and suppressed this matter. The old lady punished you, and you went obediently. Is the old lady's face more important than the emperor's?"
Xie Jingyu looked at Mother Wu, "Isn't it enough for Eunuch An to come here once? Do you want me to go to the palace again to ask for an imperial decree of pardon?"
Mother Wu's face froze. "The old lady punished the Crown Prince's wife for the good of the Crown Prince and the Jingbei Palace."
"I know how to do it better."
Mother Wu didn't dare to say anything more and stepped back.
He comes here just to get scolded.
Shen Wan continued to eat, and his appetite was better than before.
As for Nanny Zheng, she went straight back to the palace after leaving Zhaolanxuan.
Upon returning to Fengyi Palace, the moment they entered the hall, they saw Empress Song, still furious. Nanny Zheng said, "The Emperor is too fond of the Prince of Jingbei and his wife. Fearing that I might not return, he even sent Eunuch An to support them..."
If Madam Zheng hadn't told her, Empress Song wouldn't have known about Eunuch An's visit to Prince Jingbei's mansion, and she was furious. "Prince Jingbei's Crown Prince's Consort even dared to chase Prince Cheng's concubine out of the mansion with a broom. Do you still need Eunuch An to back them up when you go to deliver my order?"
But apart from supporting her, Queen Song never thought that Eunuch An went there just to get the jade pendant.
Queen Song's chest heaved with anger.
It would have been fine if Shen Wan hadn't been hit with the stick, but what made her unable to swallow was that after all the trouble, not only did she not get beaten, but Prince Cheng's concubine got beaten instead.
Even if the people sent were gentle, thirty lashes of the cane were enough for Shen Ti to bear.
More importantly, she, the queen, rarely gave oral orders, and yet it ended in vain. The emperor disregarded the royal dignity and the face of her, the queen!
Queen Song asked, "Is the Crown Prince's wife of Prince Jingbei really pregnant?"
Madam Zheng shook her head. "I haven't heard of it. If she was really pregnant, I wouldn't have to wait in the Jingbei Palace for so long."
Not to mention that Chen Wan only had the concubine of King Cheng driven away, even if she was beaten into a pig's head, she was pregnant, and the queen had to give her a lighter punishment for the sake of King Jingbei and Duke Song.
This amulet is more effective than the Prince of Jingbei going to the palace to see the Emperor, and the Queen doesn't have to lose face.
Queen Song also didn't believe that Chen Wan was pregnant. A few days after Jing Ma was assassinated, the imperial physician went to Prince Jingbei's mansion and took their pulses. If she was pregnant, it would be impossible for the news not to spread.
But it was not Xie Jingyu who said that the Crown Princess of Jingbei was pregnant, but the Emperor. He even forbade her to ask more questions. She also did not believe that the Crown Prince of Jingbei would dare to tell such a lie to exonerate the Crown Princess. A child cannot be conceived just by saying so. If there is no child when the time comes, it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor.
Empress Song was so angry that she breathed in more than she breathed out. Nanny Zheng said, "On my way back, I heard that the Emperor summoned the Imperial Observatory for questioning yesterday..."
Queen Song frowned.
Why would the emperor go to the Imperial Observatory for no reason?
Thinking of sixteen years ago when the Emperor went to the Imperial Observatory, Empress Song's eyes were cold and cold, "Go check it out."
The palace maid left and came back an hour later.
At that time, Empress Song was practicing calligraphy. A palace maid came forward and said, "The emperor had a dream the night before last. He went to the Imperial Observatory to ask about the dream."
"What dream?" asked Queen Song.
The palace maid said, "The Emperor dreamed of two beautiful koi fish entering the belly of the Jingbei Prince's Consort. The Imperial Astronomical Observatory said this was a pregnancy dream, and the Jingbei Prince's Consort will be pregnant in the next two months."
This really sounds like a dream.
but!
Nanny Zheng was surprised, "Shouldn't the pregnancy dream be dreamed by the baby? At the very least, they are blood relatives. The emperor and the prince's wife of Jingbei are not related at all, so how could they dream about it? How did the Imperial Observatory interpret the dream? Isn't he afraid that the emperor will chop off his head?"
It would have been fine if the Emperor had dreamed of the Princess Consort of Prince Jingbei, but he even went so far as to consult the Imperial Observatory, saying it was a pregnancy dream, and he really believed that the Princess Consort of Prince Jingbei was pregnant.
Queen Song was so angry that she threw the brush in her hand heavily into the inkstone.
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