Because of this incident, Ning Yuxi was exempted from paying respects for three days.
Alas, I really want to pretend to be sick so I don’t have to pay my respects, Ning Yuxi sighed as she stood up weakly.
Three days have passed, and today is August 14th, and I have to pay my respects.
After entering Fengluan Palace, Ning Yuxi breathed a sigh of relief as several high-ranking concubines had not arrived yet.
Before she could even catch her breath, she heard Zheng Da Ying's sarcastic voice from the other side: "Has Concubine Ning come to pay her respects to the Empress today?
Your Majesty is a delicate woman, why don't you rest for a few more days? If you faint from exhaustion again, the Emperor will blame us sisters."
Ning Yuxi smiled faintly: "I should be diligent in paying my respects to Her Majesty the Empress. I was not feeling well a few days ago, and Her Majesty sympathized with me and waived my respects. Now that I am better, of course I have to come and pay my respects to Her Majesty."
"As for Zheng agreeing that I'll faint again...is that a curse on me?"
As she spoke, Ning Yuxi raised her tone, her eyes falling lightly on Zheng Da Ying. She was clearly smiling, but Zheng Da Ying felt that she was imposing.
Unconsciously, she lowered her composure: "This... what did Concubine Ning say? That's not what I meant. I'm just concerned about you."
Ning Yuxi was too lazy to talk nonsense with her: "It's better this way!"
Ning Yuxi ignored her and turned to talk to Concubine Chen below, as if she didn't take her seriously at all.
The handkerchief in Zheng Da Ying's hand was almost torn to pieces. She thought angrily: Why are you so proud? You will be in trouble if you offend Concubine Liu. Wait for her... She will tolerate her for now!
Soon, the concubines arrived one after another. Concubine Liu came a little early today.
Holding the hand of the palace maid, Ning Yuxi walked in slowly and stood up to pay her respects as everyone else did. Concubine Liu did not make things difficult for her, probably because the emperor had summoned her to sleep with him last night to comfort her.
I have to say that the emperor is a master of keeping things in balance. After comforting her by giving her gifts and flirting with her, he turned around and summoned her to sleep with him.
hehe!
Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, which is also the Emperor's birthday, so naturally there will be a grand banquet. The Empress talked about some things about tomorrow's palace banquet and then dismissed the party.
On the fifteenth day, all the princes and princesses attended the palace banquet, after all, it was also their father's birthday.
The Queen's eldest son is Chengxuan, and the second princess is Shujin. Chengxuan is seven years old this year. He looks gentle and noble, but he is a little thin.
Although he still looks childish, he always keeps a stern face and acts like a steady little adult.
Shu Jin is only four years old this year, but she already knows how to greet and perform formalities properly, worthy of being a legitimate princess.
Concubine Liu's eldest princess, Shuyan, is also seven years old this year. She looks very similar to Concubine Liu, and even the arrogance and confidence between her eyebrows are exactly the same as Concubine Liu's.
Xin Fei's second prince Chenghui is five years old this year and looks somewhat like Xin Fei. His appearance is not very prominent, but he looks around and is very lively, which is in line with his age.
Feng Changzai's third princess and her third prince were not brought along because they were too young.
Everyone congratulated the emperor on his birthday one by one, and after presenting birthday gifts, the banquet officially began.
The banquet had just begun when some noises suddenly came from the seats in the back, drawing everyone's attention.
The emperor frowned, "What's going on?"
Seeing this, Zheng agreed and quickly apologized: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have lost my manners. I..."
As he said this, Zheng Da Ying couldn't help vomiting again.
Zhou Changzai gloated, "Is Zheng Chengxin eating something unclean?"
Ning Yuxi looked at Chen Guiren and it looked like she was pregnant.
At this time, Concubine Xin hesitated and said, "Zheng agreed to this situation. Does it seem like she is pregnant?"
Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother ordered someone to call the imperial physician.
Soon the imperial physician arrived and after carefully feeling Zheng Da Ying's pulse, he said with a delighted look, "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Zheng Da Ying is over a month pregnant."
The emperor also looked a little happy: "In that case, let Zheng promise to take good care of him."
Everyone congratulated the emperor.
Zheng Da Ying seemed to be overwhelmed with surprise, but Ning Yuxi noticed the joy in her eyes and eyebrows when she vomited just now.
Obviously she had known it for a long time, and was just taking advantage of this festive day to add to her joy.
Concubine Xin didn't know what to feel at the moment. Zheng Da Ying was a person in her palace, and she had been helping Zheng Da Ying before just to ask her to help her consolidate her favor.
Now that she is pregnant, it may be difficult to control her in the future. But then again, the emperor will naturally go to see her if she is pregnant. If Zheng agrees that she cannot sleep with him, won’t he let her sleep with him?
Thinking of this, Concubine Xin became happy again and no longer worried.
I have to say that Concubine Xin doesn't seem to be very smart.
The banquet ended with Zheng's pretentious remarks. After sending away the royal ministers who came to celebrate the emperor's birthday, the emperor went back to work overtime to review memorials.
The concubines also left one after another.
After returning to the palace, the first thing Ning Yuxi did was to go see her baby son. Seeing the little guy sleeping soundly, she smiled like an old mother, and all the tiredness of the whole day was instantly swept away.
Fortunately, it was in ancient times, so she didn't have to work outside all day and then take care of her son herself at night. She just had to speak and someone would take care of her son.
This did have some advantages in ancient times.
Another peaceful month lasted. Ning Yuxi did not have to serve the emperor in the bed during these months. Generally, concubines could only serve the emperor in the bed three months after giving birth.
The ninth day of the tenth month was exactly three months. The Jingshifang was originally going to hang up the green head badge on her, but she felt that she needed to rest for a while longer, so she said that her body was not well yet and would wait another month.
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