After hearing what the emperor said, Ning Yuxi had no choice but to agree. It was impossible for her to host the empress dowager's birthday banquet and the twins' first birthday banquet when the empress had fainted. Alas, she had no choice but to throw it to her.
When the emperor saw that the queen's condition had stabilized, he gave her a few more instructions and then returned to Shuqing Palace with Ning Yuxi.
After the two men left, the queen lay on the bed and watched their backs as they left together. She couldn't help but feel angry. When she could no longer see them, the queen suddenly started coughing loudly.
Seeing this, Rong Xin hurried forward to help the queen calm down. After the queen's cough subsided, Rong Xin carefully comforted her: "Your Majesty, don't be sad. You are sick now. It's better to put aside this tiring work..."
The Queen said nothing, but only smiled bitterly when she heard Rong Xin say that. The Emperor was probably really angry with her, but it only benefited Concubine Yi and allowed her to get the power to manage the harem.
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October 19th is the Empress Dowager's birthday, and also the first birthday of Cheng Yao and Shu Xuan. Last year at this time, on the Empress Dowager's birthday, Concubine Liu's father, General Liu, led his troops to force the palace.
It was at this time that she gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, so coincidentally, the twins and the Empress Dowager had the same birthday.
Originally, the emperor wanted to postpone the brother and sister's first birthday party to show his respect and filial piety to the empress dowager, but the empress dowager did not care about that. She really liked Ning Yuxi, Cheng Zhao, Cheng Yao and Shu Xuan, so she asked them to hold it on that day.
The emperor naturally agreed, and Ning Yuxi was also happy. This showed that the empress dowager valued and loved the twin brother and sister.
Cheng Yao and Shu Xuan were the first twin boy and girl born in the Jin Dynasty royal family. Naturally, their first birthday banquet had to be a grand one, and since it was held together with the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, the scene was naturally even more grand.
Ning Yuxi had managed the harem and hosted banquets before, so she naturally had experience. Therefore, she could still handle this banquet. However, in order to avoid any accidents, she checked every link repeatedly many times.
On the day of the banquet, Princess Shuluan and her husband came with her two children. Princess Yincheng, who was several months pregnant, and her brother Ning Chen also came.
It also included the elders of the two families, Ning Yuxi's parents, and other ministers from the royal family. In short, all the important people in the imperial capital were there.
The scene can be said to be very spectacular and grand.
The Empress Dowager's birthday banquet and the twins' first birthday banquet ended successfully. Thanks to her extreme attention and caution, nothing went wrong.
That evening, the emperor naturally stayed in her palace. Ning Yuxi looked like she had lost all hope in life. She was very tired from organizing the palace banquet and really didn't want to serve the emperor anymore.
Maybe God heard her thoughts. Just as the two of them finished washing up and were about to go to bed, they heard Song Qu's voice outside.
He said anxiously, "Your Majesty, someone from the Empress's palace said that she had fainted again."
Hearing this, Gu Qilan frowned tightly. Ning Yuxi naturally noticed the emperor's bad mood and advised:
"Hasn't the Empress been taking good care of herself since she fainted a while ago? She shouldn't faint suddenly again. I think something really happened. Your Majesty should go and take a look."
Gu Qilan was silent for a while, and finally got up and went to Fengluan Palace.
Ning Yuxi also accompanied him.
As soon as he entered Fengluan Palace, Gu Qilan couldn't help but ask, "What's going on? Hasn't the Queen been taking good care of herself? Why is she getting worse? What's the point of the imperial physician?"
Upon hearing this, the imperial physician knelt down and apologized, but his expression was full of joy.
"Your Majesty, the Empress fainted suddenly because she is... pregnant."
A single stone caused a thousand ripples, and Gu Qilan couldn't help but look up at the imperial physician with a little surprise.
Ning Yuxi was also shocked. The queen had not been pregnant for five years since she gave birth to the second princess. However, she no longer asked for more children now that she had both a son and a daughter. It was really surprising that she was suddenly pregnant.
The imperial physician explained, "The Empress's pregnancy is only a month old. She has been overly worried and hasn't had enough rest lately, so the fetus is a little unstable.
She suddenly fainted today, but don't worry, Your Majesty. I have already prescribed a pregnancy-maintaining medicine for you. You just need to drink it for a while and you'll be fine."
Gu Qilan didn't know what expression to make for a moment, but he was naturally happy to have another child. He just didn't expect that the queen would suddenly become pregnant after not being pregnant for many years.
But thinking about it, the dates matched. He had slept with the Queen on the fifteenth of last month, and today, the nineteenth, was exactly a month and a few days later. The last time the Queen fainted, it had been just over half a month, and the imperial physician was unable to feel her pulse.
"Well, thank you to the Imperial Hospital for taking good care of the Queen's fetus." Gu Qilan said softly.
The imperial physician hurriedly said he dared not.
Ning Yuxi smiled and said, "I congratulate the Emperor and the Empress."
After a while, the queen woke up. Her maid Rong Xin hurriedly told her the good news. The queen herself was slightly surprised when she heard it.
She didn't expect that she could get pregnant again after not getting pregnant for more than five years. Her period was late this month and she thought it was because she was too worried, had not eaten or slept well recently, and she didn't think about pregnancy at all.
I didn't expect that she was pregnant. God must be helping her. With this child, the emperor will no longer alienate and neglect her.
She looked at the emperor with gentle eyes, and sure enough, she saw that the emperor's eyes softened a little when he looked at her.
Gu Qilan warned: "Queen, you are pregnant now, you can't ruin your body anymore. For the sake of the child, you must eat well and sleep well."
The Queen's heart warmed slightly: "Yes, it was my ignorance before that made Your Majesty worried. Your Majesty, don't worry, I will take good care of myself and our children."
As she spoke, the Queen looked at the Emperor with a slightly aggrieved look in her eyes, and Gu Qilan knew what the Queen meant.
The Queen was overly worried because he wanted to teach her a lesson these days, so he hadn't come to her for a long time. Now it has been more than a month, and the lesson was enough.
In addition, the queen is now pregnant, so he said, "Queen, just take good care of the baby. I will come and spend more time with you when I have time."
As he spoke, Gu Qilan instructed the palace maids around the queen to serve her well.
The palace maids all responded with a smile.
Seeing this, Ning Yuxi stood up and said goodbye tactfully. It would be very rude of her to not leave in this situation.
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