After returning to the palace, Ning Yuxi thought of the cute piglet and asked someone to investigate carefully.
It turned out that this cat was indeed raised by Concubine Xin. As for why she suddenly raised a cat, Ning Yuxi understood that since the emperor ordered her to be separated from the mother and son of the second prince, Concubine Xin was bored in the palace and raised a cat to pass the time.
But she really loved this cat and fed it at least five meals a day, for fear that it would starve. This is why Snowball grew so fat.
Since it is someone else's favorite, she cannot take it away from others. Ning Yuxi thought about raising one for herself someday... No, forget it.
I can’t even raise several children, so I’d better wait until I have the chance to raise one in the future.
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Time flies, and it is May in the blink of an eye.
On May 20th, news came from the Yong'an Earl's Mansion outside the palace that Princess Yincheng gave birth to a baby boy that afternoon.
Not to mention the many rewards the Emperor and the Empress Dowager sent her after they found out, Ning Yuxi was happy for her and relieved at the same time.
Childbirth was considered extremely dangerous for women in ancient times, so everyone was delighted that the baby was born safely, and the date was also 520.
Ning Yuxi immediately gave several medicinal foods for postpartum care, as well as some medicinal food recipes for nourishing the body. As the saying goes, all medicines are toxic, and taking some medicines is not good for the body. Medicinal foods are warm and nourishing and do not harm the body, so they are more suitable for women to take after childbirth.
There were also some skin care products for removing stretch marks. When she heard Ning Chen say that Princess Yin Cheng had stretch marks on her belly, she prepared the skin care products early.
As well as some skin care products suitable for pregnant women, etc. She had used them when she gave birth. They were very easy to use, smelled better than ointments, and had no side effects.
These things were delivered to the Yong'an Earl's Mansion together with the rewards sent by the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.
Princess Yin Cheng really liked it after receiving it. Compared with those gold, silver and jade items, these things are of course more practical.
Two days later, Yunzhou recently presented a very beautiful and rare flower as tribute. It looked a bit like a rose, but the flower was much larger than a rose, as big as a palm.
The flower color is a bright red, and the red color gradually becomes lighter at the edge of each petal. The overall look is a gradient color from the center of the flower outwards, which looks very beautiful.
It is a newly cultivated flower in Yunzhou, named Yunni. It has been loved by many people since it was cultivated.
However, since this flower is extremely difficult to cultivate, not only are the cultivation conditions harsh, but a lot of money is also invested, so once it was cultivated, the Yunzhou prefect rushed it to the palace and presented it as a tribute to the emperor.
The Queen loved it as soon as she saw it, so apart from sending some to the Empress Dowager, the Emperor sent the rest to the Queen's Fengluan Palace.
Naturally, the concubines did not dare to raise any objections. After all, she was the queen, and she was about to give birth in more than a month. Who would dare to displease the queen at this time?
To celebrate, the Queen invited all the concubines in the harem to go to her Fengluan Palace to appreciate this famous flower and enjoy the Emperor's grace together.
The concubines in each palace were naturally delighted. After all, this flower was precious and widely circulated, but the flowers sent to the palace were the first batch cultivated, and everyone naturally wanted to appreciate this unique famous flower.
At noon on the 22nd, Ning Yuxi and Concubine Xian went to Fengluan Palace together.
This flower is so precious that the Queen has always placed it in a flower room specially set up at the back of Fengluan Palace. Now, as the two of them entered the gate of Fengluan Palace,
In the yard in front, they saw rows of famous flowers displayed in the courtyard. It was obvious that the Queen had specially displayed the flowers for them to appreciate.
At first glance, the delicate red petals gradually become lighter from the center of the flower to the outside, and the interweaving of colors is very beautiful.
Even someone like Ning Yuxi, who doesn't have much feeling for flowers, thinks it is beautiful.
At this moment, most of the concubines had arrived and were walking among the flowers, chatting and commenting on the clusters of flowers.
Ning Yuxi's rank as a concubine was the first after the queen, so when the concubines came in, they all greeted her. Concubine Xin and Concubine Jing nodded slightly to her, and Ning Yuxi also nodded slightly in response.
Ning Yuxi also saw a palace maid with a stronger build behind Concubine Xin holding the cat Snowball. Ning Yuxi curled the corners of her lips slightly, thinking that an ordinary palace maid would not be able to hold Snowball, which weighed more than 30 kilograms.
After asking everyone to stand up, Ning Yuxi and Concubine Xian went to appreciate the flowers together. The Queen had not arrived yet. Although as the host she should have arrived first, she was not an ordinary host, she was also their superior.
After admiring the flowers for about a quarter of an hour, they saw the queen slowly walking out of the main hall, surrounded by the crowd. She was now eight months pregnant and the palace maids following her were of course always cautious.
As the eunuch shouted, "The Queen has arrived!"
The concubines hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "Your servants pay their respects to the Empress."
The queen held her waist with one hand and held the hand of the palace maid Rong Xin with the other. With a perfect smile on her face, she looked at the concubines who saluted her and said with a smile: "Everyone, stand up."
"Thank you, Queen."
After everyone stood up, the Queen continued, "Today, I invite you all to come here to enjoy the flowers and bask in the Emperor's grace. Please don't be restrained. There are refreshments in the hall. If you feel tired of admiring the flowers, you can go to the hall to have some refreshments and rest."
"Yes, thank you, Queen."
At this time, Concubine Jing smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager truly loves us. This flower was given to you by the Emperor alone. She thought of us sisters and asked us to come together to appreciate this famous flower. I would like to thank you very much."
Hearing this, the Queen's smile deepened: "I am the Queen, and of course I have the responsibility to look after the concubines. Although this flower is precious, if I am the only one admiring it here, wouldn't it be a waste of such a beautiful flower?
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