Chapter 169: Pregnancy-supporting Diet
After Yan Shixu had dinner at the Bixi Palace, he left.
On the way back to Zichen Palace, he asked Yongtai, "Is everything arranged?"
Yongtai bowed and responded: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have arranged it."
"If there is any mistake, you are the only one to blame."
"I obey your order."
Wen Li'er was still standing in the courtyard at this time, watching the emperor leave, feeling a little lost.
She thought that the emperor would stay here tonight.
But the emperor was too busy every day and had not even finished reviewing the memorials.
Besides, it is indeed not appropriate for the emperor to stay with her tonight.
Wen Li'er returned to her bedroom and looked at the painting again and again.
She chuckled in her heart and asked someone to frame the painting and hang it in her bedroom tomorrow.
The next day.
Wen Li'er slept until she woke up naturally as usual.
Her mind was blank for a long time before she got up.
Today, the meals in the dining hall are very light.
One of the dishes was yam and water chestnut porridge. Wen Lier thought it tasted very good and drank two bowls in a row.
She also ate a lot of a dish of pigeon stewed with codonopsis and red dates and a dish of lotus seed and pork tripe soup.
Aunt Qin's face was so red with laughter that she almost burst into laughter.
Wen Li'er looked at her doubtfully: "Mammy, did you find a treasure?"
"No, my lady, it's not me who has found the treasure, it's you who has found the treasure."
"Ah?" Wen Li'er was a little confused.
Did she find a treasure? How come she didn't know it?
Nanny Qin asked mysteriously, "Master, guess who made all the food on the table?"
Wen Li'er: "Isn't it Li Yuchu?"
Nanny Qin groaned, "Master, you know that Chef Li is not an expert in pregnancy-protecting food."
Wen Li'er thought for a moment and asked again, "Peony?"
Shaoyao knew some medical knowledge and was one of the people who knew that she was pregnant.
Nanny Qin still shook her head.
"Master, it's Lily!"
Wen Li'er was surprised: "Isn't Lily's special skill making incense?"
Lily is one of the newly recruited senior palace maids. She has a cheerful personality and became familiar with Qingmei, Qingzhu and the others as soon as she arrived at Bixi Palace.
However, the other two people who came in with her, Camellia and Narcissus, were much more dull and quiet.
Basically, he is the type who would rather keep quiet than talk, but fortunately he is very down-to-earth in his work.
Wen Li'er lowered her voice and asked, "Why did Lily suddenly make me a pregnancy-protecting meal today? Did Mammy tell her about my pregnancy?"
"How could that be possible?" Nanny Qin shook her head and lowered her voice to explain the reason.
"This morning, when I was on my way to dinner, I happened to hear Lily bragging to Shancha about how she could make hundreds of pregnancy-supporting meals."
"I didn't believe her at first, so I took her to the kitchen and asked her to make a few of her specialty dishes to help with pregnancy."
"Master, guess what? Lily really made more than ten in one breath."
"I have tasted it, and every one of them tastes delicious."
"This old servant has brought over the pregnancy-supporting meal prepared by Lily. How does the master like it?"
Wen Li'er nodded in approval: "It tastes very good."
Nanny Qin also nodded and said, "How about letting Baihe prepare the pregnancy-supporting meals for you during the first three months of your pregnancy?"
Wen Lier thought it was feasible.
This is just like someone handing you a pillow when you want to take a nap.
When Wen Li'er was pregnant with Xiaoxiao, the Empress Dowager's people prepared the pregnancy-protecting food for her.
Now that we have Lily, this problem is solved.
In the blink of an eye, more than twenty days passed.
The Empress Dowager ordered the emperor to be summoned to the Cining Palace.
"Xu'er, Xing Zhi's baby will be one month old soon. Have you arranged the full-moon banquet?"
The emperor named the queen's legitimate son Xingzhi - Yan Xingzhi.
Yan Shixu nodded: "My grandson asked the Ministry of Rites today, and it will take a few days to prepare it."
"Then you keep an eye on it. Xing Zhi is your legitimate son after all. The more grand the full moon banquet is, the better. And the reward from the Rongguo Mansion should not be less."
"Don't worry, Grandmother. The reward has been sent to the Duke of Rong's Mansion."
The Empress Dowager then asked, "I heard that Duke Rong is requesting that his eldest son, Xie Muchuan, be made Crown Prince?"
Yan Shixu nodded: "I have already approved the petition for the title and sent it to the Duke's Mansion along with the reward."
The Grand Empress Dowager sighed deeply, "The Queen must be feeling bad. The throne was given to her half-brother, and her only brother is a useless person."
There was a glimmer in Yan Shixu's eyes, but his face showed no emotion at all.
"Although he is the Queen's half-brother, at least he is her family. It is better than falling into the hands of others."
The Empress Dowager gave him a strange look.
"Xu'er, don't you know that the Queen and her mother, Chen, are at loggerheads with the bastards in the Duke's Mansion?"
After asking this, the Empress Dowager laughed to herself.
Her grandson was the most intelligent, how could he not know the Queen's situation in the Duke's Mansion?
Then he...
The Empress Dowager was shocked.
She looked at Yan Shixu deeply, wanting to say something, but finally swallowed the words back.
Xu'er has grown up and never acts rashly.
He had his own reasons for deliberately weakening the queen's support from her natal family.
She is old, so why should she worry about these things?
The Grand Empress Dowager changed the subject and said with a smile, "Prince Lin and Princess Lin will be able to arrive in the capital in three days, right? That's great, they can catch up with Xing Zhi's full moon ceremony. Concubine Duan and your aunt will have a long journey, so I'm afraid they won't be able to make it."
Yan Shixu smiled and said, "Grandmother, I can make it. I just received a letter from Shi Qian yesterday, saying that he will be able to enter the capital in seven or eight days."
"Okay, okay." The Empress Dowager was very happy.
At her age, she likes to be surrounded by her children and grandchildren and live a lively life.
Of King Wu's three children, only Qian lived in the capital for a few years.
As for the other two, she, the Empress Dowager, had only seen them twice, and she could hardly remember what they looked like.
The Empress Dowager couldn't help but think of Prince Yu's two children.
Those two poor kids, Prince Yu was imprisoned in Huguo Temple, and Princess Yu died, so these two children became fatherless and motherless overnight.
Fortunately, Chi Ge'er is capable of taking on responsibilities. I heard that during the six months that Prince Yu was imprisoned, Chi Ge'er managed his own Prince's Mansion very well.
Thinking about these annoying things, the Empress Dowager's mind was in a mess.
She has loved her son, Prince Yu, since he was a child.
But when she learned that Prince Yu had tried to kill his mother and brother at a young age and had hated her for many years, her motherly heart was torn to pieces.
This trip to Huguo Temple can be considered as a breakup with him.
Let him spend the rest of his life in Huguo Temple.
But she has loved Chi Ge'er and Shuang Jie'er for so many years, how could she bear to abandon them?
The Grand Empress Dowager hesitated and said to Yan Shi, "Xu'er, could you please issue an edict to allow Chi'er and Shuang'er to come to the capital together? They have no parents to rely on now, so I am the only one who can help pave the way for their future. Before I am buried, please choose a virtuous wife for Chi'er to help him manage the Prince's Mansion. Shuang'er has reached the age of marriage this year, so it's time for her to look for a husband."
Yan Shixu did not object. For more than half a year, he sent people to Xizhou to monitor Yan Shichi's every move, but did not find anything unusual.
It would be better to let them come to the capital so that they can see everything clearly under our own eyes.
The next day, Yan Shixu wrote an imperial edict and sent a team of guards to Xizhou to pick up Yan Shichi and Yan Shishuang and bring them to the capital.
…
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
