Chapter 366 Zhao Hede 27
In the blink of an eye, another two months passed. The weather was getting colder day by day. Zhao Hede was now eight months pregnant. Her belly was getting rounder and rounder, and the people around her were getting more and more nervous. Every day, there was a group of people around her whenever she walked, sat, or lay down. Even the empress dowager came to visit her in person from time to time.
As for the reason why everyone was so nervous, it was because not long ago, dozens of imperial physicians had diagnosed that she was carrying twins and there was a high possibility that she would not be able to carry the baby to full term.
But this news did not make the two top leaders of Weiyang Palace happy. The reason was that even the emperor, who had no production capacity, was aware of the danger involved.
For Liu Ao, he hoped to have a healthy heir, and he also hoped that Hede could accompany him until old age.
For a young queen who is expecting twins for the first time, these conditions do not sound very friendly.
The only comforting thing is that Zhao Hede is in surprisingly good health. She has been able to eat and sleep well since she became pregnant, and has almost no discomfort symptoms of pregnancy. The fetus is also very healthy, neither too big nor too small.
Moreover, she was well developed and plump, so she would not have the same difficulty in giving birth as those women with thin frames.
So, Zhao Hede, under the care of everyone, completely let herself go. She would never tolerate any unhappiness in her heart, and she ran rampant throughout the Weiyang Palace, leaving no grass growing wherever she went.
But Liu Ao indulged her, and the empress dowager did not dare to intervene. She simply returned to Changle Palace to avoid seeing her and being bothered by her.
As a result, everyone in the palace became extremely well-behaved and didn't even dare to go out easily.
Only the Zhang sisters, who had been so ambitious before, were filled with hatred.
"Sister, aren't you anxious at all?"
Zhang Mi (mi) picked up a pair of scissors and reached into the flower basket angrily, crushing all the flowers into a pulp. The flower juice flowed down her red nails all the way to her plump arms, staining her marigold sleeves with dark spots.
Zhang Zhen looked at her half-filled vase and glared at her unhappily. She could only take the flowers out of the vase and throw them on the table.
"Of course I am anxious, but what's the point of being anxious? We can't see His Majesty."
"Then what should we do? Just stand by and watch? You've seen how favored the Queen has been in the past three months since we entered the palace. If we don't take advantage of the Queen's pregnancy and wait for her to give birth to an heir, we'll have no chance."
Zhang Mi's wet nails scratched the table unconsciously. Her phoenix eyes lost their gentle charm and instead showed a sharp cold light. Her thin red lips were tightly pursed, revealing a bit of harshness. It was a world of difference from her that day in the Empress Dowager's Palace.
Zhang Zhen was clearly very familiar with her sister's inconsistent demeanor. Her gentle, watery gaze was still as timid and delicate as a dodder waiting to be plucked. Her slightly furrowed brows seemed filled with melancholy.
"Of course we can't just sit there and wait for death. We can't count on the Empress Dowager. The Empress is pregnant with twins, so she definitely wouldn't dare let us show up at this critical moment. If we piss her off, she'll probably vomit to death."
"Then who can we rely on? Ban Jieyu?"
Zhang Mi laughed before she finished her words. "If that nerd didn't have the Empress Dowager's permission, even if we took her to His Majesty and took off her clothes, she would just stand there and watch."
"Don't say such useless things," Zhang Zhen bit her lip lightly, holding her face in her hands and thinking for a moment, then said seriously, "Let's go find that Lord Chunyu."
"Lord Chunyu?"
"He is the nephew of the Empress Dowager. He had previously helped the Empress with the matter of establishing a new empress, and the Empress later rewarded him with a thousand gold coins."
Seeing her sister still looking a little confused, she added, "From what I know, many people in the palace want to ask him for help in speaking to the emperor, and he never refuses anyone."
"Greedy~"
This time, Zhang Mi also laughed.
………
"You said the Zhang sisters spent a fortune?"
Hearing the dissatisfaction in Zhao Hede's words, Palace Maid Fan quickly said, "Yes, they are wishful thinking. No matter how much money they spend, they can't seduce His Majesty away."
"Who cares about this?" Zhao Hede waved her long sleeves, pouting even more dissatisfiedly. "What level are these two sisters? Bribing people is on the same level as me. Does Chunyu Chang have any sense?"
"ah?"
"Are these two sisters rich?"
"Uh... I heard their mother's family is from the Zhuo clan."
"...Oh, no wonder. If that's the case, we can do this business too. Tell Chunyu Chang that we can cooperate twice more and split the profits 30% to 70%, with me taking 70%."
Some people may not have heard of the Zhuo family, but if we trace back to the time of Emperor Wu of Han, there was a wealthy man in that generation. In Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian: Biographies of Merchants", he was ranked the richest man in the Western Han Dynasty. He had a daughter, the famous Zhuo Wenjun.
Yes, she is the rich girl who was deceived by the Phoenix man Sima Xiangru’s “The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix”.
Although they are certainly not as powerful as they were in the past, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Since these two sisters are as talented and beautiful as Ban Jieyu, their entry into the palace must have been supported by their family. The Zhuo family certainly wouldn't mind investing a little more money.
Since they were so rich, Zhao Hede was naturally happy to do business with them. She was very happy to engage in this kind of business with no capital.
Thinking of this, Hede smiled even sweeter as she faced Liu Ao, who rushed over as soon as he heard she was feeling unwell:
“Your Majesty~~”
Confused, Liu Ao felt a chill down his spine. He turned around to look, but saw nothing. Confused, he extended his arms and embraced his queen, saying affectionately, "Hede..."
Bang--
"Could that Chunyu Chang be trying to make fun of us sisters?!"
Zhang Mi's chest surged with anger, and she slammed her palm on the table. The noise was so loud that it startled her sister who was sitting in front of the dressing mirror. Zhang Zhen, who was already upset, was too lazy to keep her composure and started to speak sarcastically:
"Sister, you are truly a heroine, but you are too slow to react. Next time, remember to say this in front of Chunyu Chang, or I will think you are a coward and are taking your anger out on me in the palace."
"Oh, what about your palace? We are both beauties, but you are older and I don't bother to compete with you. You really think you are the master. If you have the ability to win the favor and ask His Majesty to move me out, then I will accept that this palace is yours."
"Now? What if I burn this place down?"
"You crazy girl, you're crazy again. I told my father a long time ago that a mad dog like you should find a man to marry and breed with. But you still fooled him and really believed that being together as a couple would bring more security. Ha, I think the Zhang family will be destroyed by you sooner or later."
Zhang Mi chuckled upon hearing this, extremely happy:
"You think the Zhang family can be destroyed by me? You're quite foresighted. When I kill that annoying queen and become the new queen, I'll definitely spare your life. I'll cut off your tongue and throw it into the barracks, letting you, a bitch who talks about breeding all the time, live happily ever after."
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