Pregnancy is not something that can happen overnight.
Su Yi was thinking about when to let people know that she was "pregnant", and then something happened that gave her the opportunity.
That day she went to the Queen Mother's palace to pay her respects, and it happened that the Queen, the concubines, and several princes' wives were also there. Everyone was talking about the second prince's legitimate son's first birthday.
The second prince's wife, Qin, had been married into the royal family for many years and finally gave birth to the little grandson last year. Although there were already illegitimate sons in the family, legitimate sons were different after all. The first birthday banquet was coming up, and even the Queen Mother attached great importance to it.
Seeing Su Yi coming, the Queen Mother pointed at her and several other princesses and said, "Let you young people take care of it. I am old and have old-fashioned ideas. I can't come up with any good ideas."
Qin said hurriedly, "That's what the Royal Grandmother said. Without you, how can your granddaughter-in-law do her work with peace of mind?"
The Queen also smiled softly and said, "Young people have no experience. It's up to the Queen Mother to check on them."
Concubine Li stroked her temples and said slowly, "They are young, but except for Princess Rui, they have all given birth before, so they have some experience."
As soon as the words came out, the originally lively and noisy palace suddenly became quiet.
No one present was a fool. In their hearts, they understood the meaning of Concubine Li's words very clearly. It was nothing more than a hint that Su Yi had been married before, and was ignored by her husband's family because she was unable to give birth.
Concubine Li's temper was not good to begin with. Because her niece had not married the King of Rui, she did not get along well with the current Princess of Rui. Every time she spoke, her words sounded soft and tender, but they were always sharp.
She was used to being flamboyant in the harem. With the emperor's favor, the other concubines did not dare to challenge her. The empress always valued harmony, and as for the princes' wives, they dared not say anything more.
The Queen Mother's seniority was enough, but considering the children born to Concubine Li, she would not lose face in front of the younger generation, and only said: "Prince Rui and the Princess have been married for only three or four months, Concubine Li should not be too anxious."
Concubine Li glanced at Su Yi and said with a smile: "It's not that I'm anxious, but Princess Rui is different from a real young person. I think we should ask the imperial physician to take good care of Princess Rui to prevent anything from happening."
This was not a nice thing to say. Even if there were others present who doubted whether Princess Rui could give birth, no one would say it out loud, which would be embarrassing. After all, there was no interest involved, so why bother to argue?
The Queen was about to say something when she saw Su Yi stand up and frowned slightly, saying, "What the Empress Li said is true, Grandmother, my granddaughter-in-law came to the palace today and wanted to ask you for a doctor." When the Queen Mother
was young, she had also walked out of the bloody storm in the deep palace. She was used to all kinds of struggles and had used many shameful means. Now that she is getting older, her mentality is getting calmer. When facing the younger generation, she always likes them more. Even the Princess Rui, who she was not very satisfied with at the beginning, now sees her often come to pay respects to her, and she has a lot of love in her heart.
Not to mention, she always liked pretty girls. Seeing the bright and beautiful Princess Rui with one hand on her chest, her brows slightly wrinkled, and a look of pity, she hurriedly asked, "Why do you want to ask the imperial physician? Are you feeling unwell?"
Su Yi nodded gently, looking so weak and pitiful on the surface, but in her heart she recalled the scenes she had seen on TV before. When the women in the harem were fighting, the most classic scene was that a favorite concubine would cover her mouth in front of the public, trying to vomit, and then the imperial physician came to take a look, and oh, she was pregnant!
She felt that the time was right now, and it was time to test her acting skills!
She also covered her mouth, pretending to be nauseous, and continued to pretend to be weak: "In recent days, my grandson's wife always feels that her chest is blocked. When she wakes up in the morning, she feels nauseous for no reason. I wanted to ask a doctor to take a look, but the doctors outside the palace are no match for the imperial physician. It just so happens that Concubine Li mentioned this matter just now..."
She was only halfway through her words when the people in the palace had different expressions. The concubines and the prince's wife had complicated expressions. Concubine Li gritted her teeth and almost tore the handkerchief in her hand. The queen mother was overjoyed and said repeatedly: "Silly child, what's wrong with your body? You, you, quickly ask someone to invite the imperial physician!"
So, Su Yi was "pregnant" naturally.
No matter what people in the room thought in their hearts, they all smiled and congratulated her on the surface, as if they were pregnant.
Suitete walked up to Concubine Li and said with some shyness: "Thank you, Concubine Li. If you hadn't mentioned it, I would not have known it with my confused personality."
Concubine Li looked unhappy. She snorted and bowed to the Queen Mother, saying: "Mother, I am not feeling well and want to go back to the palace to rest."
The Queen Mother frowned slightly and nodded, saying: "Go."
The Queen lowered her head and drank a sip of tea, shaking her head slightly in her heart.
Concubine Li has been used to going with the flow these years. She is no longer as cautious as when she first entered the palace, and her mind is becoming narrower and narrower. If it were normal, it would be fine to embarrass the younger Princess Rui for no reason. Now Princess Rui is pregnant, and she is pregnant with the first child of the King Rui since he was 30 years old. How can the Queen Mother not take it seriously? How could she continue to let her do whatever she wants?
The empress guessed correctly. Later that day, the emperor came to the empress dowager's palace to pay his respects. The empress dowager said in a deep voice: "Logically, I should not interfere in the affairs of your harem, but the empress is too gentle and cannot suppress the publicity of some people. Now Princess Rui is finally pregnant
. If something goes wrong because of your concubine, Emperor, think about your brother who died young. How can I face him a hundred years later?" "Your Majesty, your words are too polite." The emperor comforted, "My son will definitely restrain himself and not upset you."
The empress dowager nodded, "That's the best." When
Princess Rui was diagnosed with pregnancy, the empress dowager rewarded her with a lot of good things at that time, and the empress also rewarded her. Afterwards, the emperor directly ordered two imperial doctors to stay in the Rui Palace to ensure that the baby in the princess's belly was safe and sound.
Everyone can see that the three most respected people in the imperial court attach great importance to Princess Rui and her unborn baby. There are even rumors in the palace that His Majesty has suddenly ignored Concubine Li because she had troubled Princess Rui. Although this rumor is unfounded, many people believe it.
But among all people, who was most shocked? It must be the King of Rui.
On that day, the King of Rui came to pick up the Princess from the palace as usual. Suddenly, he saw the eunuch beside the Queen Mother smiling with wrinkles on his face, and congratulated him: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty, the Princess is pregnant!"
The King of Rui had a wooden face and a flat expression, just looking at Su Yi in front of him.
The eunuch's cheeks were sore from laughing. He was just wondering why the atmosphere was not right when the attendant beside the King of Rui stuffed a purse into his hand. "Thank you, eunuch."
The eunuch pinched it subconsciously and immediately laughed even more happily. He said a few flattering words before leaving.
Su Yi looked at the person in front of her. Perhaps to outsiders, the King of Rui was still as hard and cold as usual. Even the great joy of the princess' pregnancy could not make him frown. But Su Yi was getting more and more familiar with him. She knew that this guy was not unresponsive at the moment, but probably too reactive. The part of the brain that manages emotions could not handle it and was stuck.
She took the King of Rui's hand and walked out, silently counting numbers in her heart to see when he could slow down.
In fact, what King Rui was thinking was not complicated. Su Yi had told him before that she wanted to have a child. He just couldn't understand it. When she entered the palace in the morning, she was fine. How come there was a baby in her belly after a while? When was it put in? The baby came so suddenly, would it really not grow up in a day and then jump out?
The fingers in the palm of her hand moved, Su Yi turned her head to look at him, and joked: "Finally came back to your senses?"
King Rui's eyes fell on her face, then moved down to her abdomen, and then back to her face. He repeated this several times. The expression on his face became more and more solemn, as if he was facing a powerful enemy.
Su Yi was speechless: "What are you thinking about again? Don't scare yourself. Even if I want to, the child will not suddenly jump out. You know that pregnancy lasts for ten months, right?" "
After ten months?" King Rui finally spoke. It's not that he really didn't know about the ten-month pregnancy, but one thing is clear, but whether he is still rational when facing the facts is another matter.
Su Yi nodded, "Yes, but it's not exactly ten months, it's more than a month now."
Outside the palace, the palace's carriage was waiting under the palace wall. The maid supported Su Yi and wanted to help her into the carriage. King Rui suddenly stepped forward, picked her up, stepped into the car neatly, sat on the seat himself, and let Su Yi sit in his arms.
Outside, the coachman and the maid were unable to react for a while, staring blankly at the shaking curtain.
Su Yi leaned on the meat cushion and said helplessly: "You are harder than the brocade cushion underneath, do you know?"
Hearing this, King Rui tried to relax. But no matter how loose he was, that body of hard and lean meat would not turn into fat overnight.
He also felt that he had no advantage over the Jin Mat that Su Yi mentioned. The only good thing was that Jin Mat would not actively grab people, but he would, so he still held Su Yi tightly and did not let go.
Su Yi moved twice, but had no choice but to let him go.
There were also several other princes' wives outside the palace gate. They were about to return to their own homes and happened to see this scene. They looked at each other, seeing the lively atmosphere over there and the coldness and loneliness over themselves, and they could not help but feel envious and a little sad.
Originally, the Prince of Rui had always been clinging to Su Yi. Now that she was pregnant, the imperial physician told him to be careful, so he had an excuse. He had blatantly ignored the agreement that he could not hug her when there were people around.
He wanted to hug her when he went out and got on the carriage, when he got off the carriage when he returned home, when he had dinner, and even when Su Yi was bathing, he wanted to follow her in with his expressionless face, but in fact, no one knew what he was thinking. As a result, Su Yi slapped the door on his face.
Sleeping peacefully at night, Prince Rui's hand gently stroked her back. Su Yi thought about how she couldn't stand being stuck to him all day and had a bad idea in her mind. She turned her head and lay on him, teasing him here and poking him there. When he was ready to go, she turned over, rolled over the quilt, sighed, and said regretfully: "The imperial physician said that it can't be done for these ten months. Alas..."
Prince Rui didn't sleep all night.