Chapter 286 Wei Yanwan 26
Time passed quickly, and spring came in a flash.
Meipin's pregnancy was revealed before the emperor returned to the palace. At that time, she was already four months pregnant and the fetus was stable. After suffering a loss, she became cautious and gave birth to a healthy baby girl safely in August.
Holding her daughter's soft warmth in her arms, Ruiji felt that her life was complete. Her previous desire for a son was instantly forgotten, and she seemed content with having a daughter.
Hongli, who was originally worried, was relieved because of this healthy baby girl and no longer felt alienated from Meipin.
After having a child, Bai Ruiji became much calmer. Although the relationship between the two was not as close as when they were in love, they could be said to respect each other like guests.
Unfortunately, the three of them couldn't fulfill their agreement because she was pregnant. Furthermore, although the Imperial Concubine's incident was forbidden to be discussed, the tense atmosphere in the palace recently forced the three of them to keep a low profile.
It was not until two years later that the imperial concubine passed away.
Although it was a bit cold-blooded to say so, Yanwan was in a good mood because she and Daliu had been promoted again.
The noble concubine was promoted to imperial noble concubine, Concubine Chun and Concubine Xian were promoted to noble concubines, Concubine Yu, herself and Rui Ji all became concubines. In addition, because Yu came to the court, the emperor gave Concubine Jia a favor and promoted her to Concubine Jia. The four of them just divided the four concubine positions.
The happiest thing was that not long after I was promoted, my boss fell ill.
Oh my, a promotion, a raise, and a vacation, what a wonderful thing!
She glanced at the people who were instigating Concubine Chun to confront the Queen, and ran out with Concubine Mei and Concubine Shu.
"What's the point of being with those people? They want to get close to the emperor by taking care of him, but they're afraid of offending the empress. But Concubine Chun is not a fool. It's really tiring to drag it on."
Yi Huan nodded repeatedly, "The Emperor is seriously ill now, so we should naturally focus on his health. I'm going to Anhua Palace to pray for the Emperor."
Even though she had known for years that Shupin was a fool, seeing her look so contented with love, Meifei still choked: "Go, go, and burn some incense for the Emperor on behalf of Concubine Ling and me."
After Yihuan walked away, she whispered to Yanwan, "I thought she was just too young before. How come she hasn't gotten tired of the Emperor after two or three years?"
"Do you understand true love? Besides, isn't she happy like this? Everyone has their own destiny, so let her be."
Wei Yanwan said this, not forgetting to laugh at herself: "Besides, how good are we? All our wealth and fortune depend on the Emperor. If I don't care about my true feelings, I care about the Emperor's health more than Yihuan does. This is my lifelong hope."
"Alas... Even with Yongqi like this, my Jingyan's entire life will be completely dependent on her Royal Father."
Concubine Mei was also worried after hearing what she said. Princesses were not as valued as princes, not to mention that princesses of this dynasty had an even greater responsibility. If something went wrong, she would be thousands of miles away from her daughter and would hardly see her again.
Thinking of this, Concubine Mei also planned to copy a few more Buddhist scriptures when she returned to Yonghe Palace, so as not to fall behind others in front of the emperor.
Of the three of them, Yihuan was naturally the most sincere. She went to Anhua Hall every day to burn incense and pray for blessings, rain or shine. She even made a lucky bag by hand to present to the emperor.
Rui Ji and she also brought the Buddhist scriptures they had copied in the past few days and accompanied her, but unfortunately all three of them were turned away by the queen.
After the Emperor recovered from his illness, he only stayed at their palace, rarely even visiting Consort Chun and Consort Jia. When the Empress became pregnant, the Emperor was overjoyed and spent more than ten days in Changchun Palace with her. He even personally ordered the Empress's mother to come into the palace to accompany him.
The eyes of the court and the harem were instantly focused on Fucha Langya's belly.
It also allowed those who had originally had such thoughts to see once again how powerful the legitimate son was to the emperor.
Even when Concubine Jia became pregnant again, the Emperor rarely paid her any attention.
Especially because of the severe drought this year, the queen's pregnancy unexpectedly began on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month. Accompanied by rumbling thunder, on the day when the Buddha was born, the queen gave birth to the eighth prince, and her status became unprecedentedly stable for a time.
The rewards from the Empress Dowager and the Emperor poured into Changchun Palace like water, especially the Emperor, who had always had a special obsession with his legitimate son, and this son was born at the right time, so he was simply a son of good fortune given to him by God.
Hongli considered for a long time before deciding on the character Cong. This legitimate son, who had been favored by everyone since birth, enjoyed the fatherly love that other princes might not be able to get in their entire lives in just a few days.
Unfortunately, too much is as bad as too little.
On the day of the full moon, these concubines who had given birth could vaguely feel the weakness of this noble legitimate son just by looking at him.
The lord is weak and the ministers are strong, surrounded by wolves.
Wei Yanwan looked at the Empress at the top, whose attention was completely attracted by the child, and then glanced at Concubine Chun and Concubine Jia, who had uncertain expressions. She felt that the storm in the palace would not stop for a moment.
In just three months, during the hottest summer months, the Queen's eighth prince caught two colds in a row. Even the Queen herself had to put aside her palace affairs and take good care of herself.
"It rained really hard today."
Wei Yanwan sat in the corridor, staring blankly at the heavy rain outside, while her mind recalled the memories of her past life:
"Is Concubine Jia pregnant in the past two days?"
"Yes, I guess it will be in these few days."
"Then Concubine Jia should be careful. If she were born today, it would be extremely unlucky."
Chun Chan was confused by this and could only say, "This is not something Concubine Jia can decide on her own. If it really happened today, it can only mean that the child's fate was like this."
"Luck is such a mysterious thing."
Wei Yanwan raised her hand and slowly walked into the hall, no longer paying attention to the wind and rain outside.
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"Are you really going to the antique room to meet that Mo Xin?"
Wei Yanwan took the grapes peeled by Concubine Mei and was somewhat disapproving.
"She said she wanted to tell me the truth about the Cinnabar case. Besides, I'm just going to meet her and I won't do anything."
Wei Yanwan rolled her eyes at her. "You believe what you said? Now that you finally have Jingyan to care about, what will happen even if Mo Xin really tells you the truth?"
"Although I don't know the details of what happened back then, I do know that A Ruo later attached herself to the Queen, and her father worked under Gao Bin. Those were simply crimes committed by the Queen's faction. You and I are just concubines without any family background. What can we do to her?"
"But how can I let go of the murderer who killed my child?"
Wei Yanwan stopped trying to persuade her and simply said, "I know you're in pain. Think of Jingyan... and us in everything."
Bai Ruiji paused, but still whispered, "Thank you, Yanwan."
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