Chapter 279 Wei Yanwan 19
"Your Majesty, I am deeply ashamed to accept your praise."
Wei Yanwan remained unfazed by praise or criticism. Meipin, standing beside her, gritted her teeth and joined Hongli in praising her, "In the past, I thought your family was humble and you wouldn't have anyone to teach you. I was thinking today I'd ask Your Majesty to teach you, too. I didn't expect this to turn out to be a joke."
"Thank you for your kindness, sister. When I was young, my family hired a female teacher. At that time, it was just to cultivate my sentiments, and I never learned seriously. Later, I stopped practicing for a long time..."
Wei Yanwan forced a gentle smile, and her melancholy expression made Hongli feel pity. He stopped Yanwan with one hand and turned to Meipin and said, "Well, you've listened to Wei Changzai's music today. If you have nothing else to do, please leave."
When Meipin called Wei Yanwan, she was surprised. Before Meipin could act coquettishly, Wei Yanwan rejected her first: "How can this be good, concubine..."
"I said you stay," Hongli interrupted her directly, and Meipin had no choice but to bite her lip and leave. Yanwan naturally stood up and saluted Meipin, but she stumbled and fell straight towards Meipin.
The latter was caught off guard and was hit by her, and they both fell backwards. Fortunately, the hall was carpeted, and Bai Ruiji sat down suddenly without any injuries. As for Wei Yanwan, she fell into her arms with the force, so naturally there was no serious injury.
This sudden change happened in an instant, and even Hongli and the palace maids beside him were unable to react.
Li Yu and Jinzhong, who had heard the noise, came in and saw such an exciting scene. Hongli, who had reacted quickly, rushed forward and picked up Yanwan horizontally, shouting to Li Yu and the others, "Why don't you go call the imperial physician!"
In this chaos, no one noticed that Jinzhong rushed out before Hongli could even speak.
After a period of chaos, Qi Ru repeatedly observed Wei Changzai's face and took longer than usual to check her pulse, which made the emperor, who was waiting on the side, look even darker.
Just before Hongli was about to explode, Qi Ru finally stood up and said to Hongli with a smile: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Concubine Wei has been pregnant for more than four months."
"Are you pregnant?" Hongli was still a little unresponsive. After all, Qi Ru's attitude just now seemed like he wanted to diagnose Wei Yanwan with some serious illness.
Meipin beside her also had a questioning look on her face: "If it's a pregnancy pulse, why did Doctor Qi take so long?"
"Your Majesty, it is true that Wei Chang's pulse is not strong in this pregnancy. If it were not for the fact that Wei Chang was emotionally disturbed today, I am afraid we would have to wait until May for the imperial physicians to confirm it."
"How could this be? Is the fetus in her belly damaged?"
"Your Majesty, rest assured. Wei Chang's pulse is only weak in this pregnancy. It won't pose any threat to the royal heir."
Hongli was delighted at this. He had few children and valued his children very much. Of course, this was in the absence of a legitimate son.
He had only three sons and one daughter, so he was looking forward to both Concubine Chun's and Concubine Wei's pregnancies. When Wei Yanwan woke up, she had been promoted from Concubine Wei to Noble Lady Ling, and not long after, she was promoted to Concubine Ling.
Perhaps it was because Wei Yanwan really suited his taste, or perhaps it was because Wei Yanwan had no power behind her, so he was always more arbitrary in promoting her. In the eyes of others, this was naturally a sign of her strong favor with the emperor.
Her Bitong Academy suddenly became bustling with activity. Concubine Jia, Concubine Hai, and some minor concubines came. Wei Yanwan dealt with them for two days and then simply stopped everyone from entering the door on the grounds of feeling unwell.
Although no one else showed up, the gifts had arrived. Wei Yanwan casually scanned the area with her bracelet, and sure enough, everything was fine. However, not long after, she discovered something extra in her pregnancy-preserving medicine.
Coincidentally, there are some extra things in today's meal.
Wei Yanwan sighed and felt tired when she looked at the appetizing pregnancy-maintaining medicine and the sweet soup mixed with cinnabar.
"Why are you sighing, Master? Is today's meal not to your liking?"
"No, I just felt that I was too good-natured in the past, which made outsiders think I was easy to bully."
Wei Yanwan only picked out some clean vegetables and took a couple of bites, leaving the rest, including the bowl of cinnabar-stained soup, untouched.
Chunlei was worried when she saw that she had only eaten so little. After all, her mistress was pregnant with the heir to the throne, so how could she not eat properly? However, she did not dare to persuade her too much, so she had to ask the kitchen to make some of her mistress's favorite snacks.
Wei Yanwan ignored her anxiety and turned to go to the study. For three days in a row, those people, without knowing the real reason, had been sending these tainted things to her Bitong Academy, which really annoyed her.
There was no need to think about the pregnancy-maintaining medicine. Perhaps it was because of her recent favor that Jiapin was wary of her. After all, the medicine was harmless and only stimulated the pregnant woman's appetite, so she was naturally not afraid.
The cinnabar was naturally made by Concubine Hai. It was probably because, firstly, she could use her status as the favorite concubine to attract enough attention from the emperor; secondly, she didn't have to put herself in danger.
She was even afraid that the amount was too little, and that she would not eat the food with cinnabar, so she mixed it into the medicine.
Wei Yanwan didn't drink but she didn't expose the matter either. It dragged on until after the Ghost Festival, when both of them stopped.
She didn't bother to care about what these two people were thinking. Recently, she had been moving around like a concubine. Although this little hot pepper had a sharp tongue, it was really fun to watch her scold others.
It was said that the two of them didn't get along at first, but that day I pretended to faint and knocked her down on purpose. Afterwards, I naturally had to follow the etiquette and give her a thank you gift. Somehow, after a few interactions, we became familiar with each other.
"Are we going back in two days?"
Meipin casually plucked the pipa twice, and seeing that Wei Yanwan was still reading with her head down, she pretended to be dissatisfied and picked up a grape and smashed it on the page of her book.
"What's wrong?"
"Read less. Be careful that your future son might be a bookworm like you."
Meipin hummed and whined, refusing to tell her directly that she was worried that she would feel dizzy if she looked down for too long.
Wei Yanwan didn't get angry. She picked up the grape, peeled it, and handed it to her. "It's just to kill time. It would be nice if my child likes reading in the future."
"With your temper, it's a good thing you have the Emperor to protect you."
Meipin rolled her eyes at her words, took the grapes from Yanwan's hand and stuffed them into her mouth: "Hmm... this year's grapes are quite sweet."
"If you like, I'll bring it to you later."
"I won't eat your food for free," Meipin did not refuse, but instead asked Suyun to take a small package with some embarrassment. Yanwan opened it and saw that it was filled with bellybands, small clothes, tiger-head hats and other things made of fine materials.
"These materials were given to me by the Emperor some time ago. My craftsmanship is naturally not as good as yours, but I made them all myself..."
It was obvious that she was not very good at this kind of situation, and she felt a little embarrassed before she finished speaking.
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