Chapter 119: Brother or sister?
At the Hundred Flowers Banquet.
Xu Mengqi's eyes were fixed on the gate of the palace, looking forward to the arrival of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
However, by the end of noon, when the Hundred Flowers Banquet was about to end, there was no sign of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at the banquet.
Xu Mengqi couldn't help feeling a little lost.
The wife of Duke Weiguo beside her also whispered to Wei Xi, "What's going on? Why hasn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come to the Hundred Flowers Banquet today?"
Wei Xi's eyes were only on Yun Xiangye who was hugging Nuonuo. It took a while for her to come back to her senses: "Perhaps His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was delayed by some official business."
As soon as Wei Xi finished speaking, a loud shout from the eunuchs was heard outside the palace gate.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived."
Following the eunuch's shout, everyone looked at the approaching Crown Prince.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked a little uneasy today, but his handsome appearance could not be concealed.
When Queen Wei saw Zhao Yun coming, she was slightly displeased: "How could you have known to come here? The Hundred Flowers Banquet is about to end, and yet you came here."
Zhao Yun walked up to Queen Wei and said softly, "Mother, I have something to ask of you. Can you come to the side hall to talk with me?"
Queen Wei followed Zhao Yun into the side hall of Shaohua Palace.
After entering the side hall, Queen Wei asked, "Just now you said that you already have a candidate for the Crown Princess? Whose daughter is she?"
Zhao Yun whispered, "Mother, I want Wanhe to be the Crown Princess."
Queen Wei was annoyed when she heard this: "Wanhe? Ye Wanhe? Did you know that she is a maid?"
Zhao Yun hummed, "I know, I want to marry her as the Crown Princess."
Queen Wei couldn't help but feel annoyed when she heard this, "Yun'er, I always thought you knew your own identity, but I never thought you would be so confused that you actually wanted Ye Wanhe to be the Crown Princess?
Since the founding of the Great Sheng Dynasty, every queen mother has come from a noble family. You are now letting a maidservant be the crown princess, which is simply a joke!"
Zhao Yun whispered, "So I want to ask you to let my uncle recognize Wan He as his daughter, so that Wan He can become the Crown Princess as the daughter of the Wei family."
When Queen Wei heard this, her brows were still furrowed, but her expression relaxed a little.
Queen Wei said: "Zhao Yun! There are so many daughters in Chang'an, why do you insist on having her? Ye Wanhe is not young anymore, she is already 25 years old, not to mention that she has difficulty in having children.
If you want to keep her by your side, your father and I can turn a blind eye to it. It's up to you. Why do you have to let Ye Wanhe be the Crown Princess?"
Zhao Yun whispered, "Mother, Wanhe has been pregnant for two months."
Queen Wei was shocked when she heard this: "What did you say?"
Zhao Yun said: "Wanhe is already two months pregnant."
Queen Wei frowned and asked, "Didn't you ask her to drink contraceptive pills? How could she be pregnant at this time?"
Zhao Yun said, "Last time, my aunt said that if Wan He continued to take contraceptives, she might not be able to get pregnant again in this life, so I asked Li Quan to replace the contraceptives with medicine for women's health."
Queen Wei frowned and said, "Even if she has a child, she doesn't have to be made the Crown Princess. When the fetus is a little older, let the imperial physician take its pulse. If it's a girl, keep the baby. If it's a boy, give him an abortion pill. There has never been a precedent of making a palace maid the Crown Princess in the Great Sheng Dynasty."
Zhao Yun said: "There was no precedent in the Great Sheng Dynasty for having only one queen in the harem."
Upon hearing this, Queen Wei couldn't help but get angry and said, "Are you blaming us for not letting you have three wives and four concubines?"
Zhao Yun whispered, "I don't mean that. Not taking a concubine is the last wish of my grandmother. I will definitely abide by it. But I can't bear to see the child of my beloved die again. If I can't save this child, I'm afraid Wan He won't be able to survive..."
Queen Wei listened to Zhao Yun with a little surprise and said, "Death again? So you had a child before? When?"
Zhao Yun said: "Six years ago."
Queen Wei sighed deeply. Six years ago...she should have had a grandson who was a few years older than Nuonuo.
Queen Wei sighed again and said, "Yun'er, you are the crown prince of Dasheng after all. It is really inappropriate to marry a palace maid as the crown princess."
Zhao Yun said, "Mother, after you asked your uncle to recognize Wan He as his daughter, Wan He entered the palace as a daughter of the Wei family and became the Crown Princess. She is no longer considered a palace maid."
Queen Wei said, "Well, then I can only follow you. Come on."
The palace maids and eunuchs waiting at the door entered one after another and bowed, saying, "Empress."
Queen Wei ordered, "Tell all the ladies outside to go home, and then summon the wife of Duke Weiguo to see you."
"yes."
The Hundred Flowers Banquet has come to an end.
After the palace maid beside Queen Wei announced the order to adjourn the banquet, everyone left.
Xu Mengqi sat in her original seat somewhat unwillingly.
Madam Xu said softly to Xu Mengqi, "Qi'er, the Crown Prince has not come here, so maybe he already has a Crown Princess. I'd better find another good marriage for you. It doesn't necessarily have to be a high-ranking and powerful husband. The most important thing for a husband is that he treats you sincerely."
Xu Mengqi retorted: "Mother, what you said is wrong. A husband's sincerity is important, but if I encounter trouble in the future, what use will a powerless husband's sincerity be?"
Madam Xu said, "Husband and wife are birds of the same forest. It is not uncommon for them to fly away separately when disaster strikes. You are so stubborn, you won't listen to advice at all."
Xu Mengqi straightened her back and said, "My daughter is born noble, so why can't I marry a noble man in the world?"
Mrs. Xu sighed.
Xu Mengqi saw that the maid beside the Queen walked up to the side of the Duke of Weiguo's wife and whispered something. Seeing the Duke of Weiguo's wife smiling, Xu Mengqi could not help but clasped her hands.
The wife of Duke Weiguo entered the side hall with great joy. Today, Queen Wei had announced to her that the position of Crown Princess might go to their Wei family.
Wei Xi followed the wife of Duke Weiguo. When she was about to enter the side hall, she did not forget to take a look at Yun Xiangye who was holding Nuonuo.
Yun Xiangye had already guessed when the Queen had called the wife of Duke Weiguo to discuss the matter, and she couldn't help but sigh. Given her sister's personality, she might not agree to recognize other people as her parents.
Thinking so, Yun Xiangye took Nuonuo to the East Palace again.
After the fever subsided, Ye Wanhe took a short rest and ate some harmless medicinal porridge, and she regained some strength.
Yun Xiangye was relieved when she saw that Ye Wanhe's face was not as pale as before, "Sister."
"Aunt."
Ye Wanhe listened to Xiao Nuonuo's baby voice, chuckled and wanted to take Xiao Nuonuo from Yun Xiangye's arms.
Yun Xiangye did not hand Nuonuo to Ye Wanhe, but smiled and said, "Sister, you are pregnant and cannot hold little Nuonuo."
After Yun Xiangye put Xiao Nuonuo down, she asked Xiao Nuonuo, "Nuonuo, is the baby in your aunt's belly a brother or a sister?"
Xiao Nuonuo's eyes lit up and she said, "Tanghulu."
Yun Xiangye couldn't help but laugh at Xiao Nuonuo's appearance, "Does Nuonuo know whether the baby in aunt's belly is a brother or a sister?"
Xiao Nuonuo said: "Brother."
Ye Wanhe gently placed her hand on her belly. Although the child's words could not be taken seriously, the child in her dream was also a boy.
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