Chapter 51 The Empress Dowager's Reprimand of Consort Hui
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations! Your Majesty is pregnant, and it has been more than two months."
Everyone was shocked by these words.
Even the Empress was so surprised that she stood up.
"Imperial Physician, are you sure?" She took a few steps to Consort Hui's side. "Should I call a few more imperial physicians over to confirm the diagnosis?" However, her words carried a hint of authority.
The imperial physician was now truly terrified.
However, he wouldn't misdiagnose a pregnancy pulse. "Your Majesty, I am indeed pregnant without a doubt. If Your Majesty has any doubts, you may summon other imperial physicians to examine the pulse."
Everyone could see the Queen's expression.
Currently, besides Prince Chenghu, born to the Empress, there is only the young prince born to Consort Nara in the palace.
Now that Consort Hui is pregnant, everyone can understand why the Empress is acting this way.
While it's understandable, they still need to have children in the future, but they don't want the Empress to treat them like this.
Everyone pinned their hopes on Consort Hui, hoping she could rival the Empress.
Consort Hui felt uneasy. She knew that she had asked the Empress for help before, but how long had it been? She was pregnant. She could understand why the Empress was so angry.
but.
She didn't want it to be revealed, nor did she want to be pregnant now.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I trust the imperial physician's diagnosis."
Seeing her like this, Fanghua pretended to calm her anger, secretly glared at Consort Hui, and then looked away, reverting to her previous virtuous and magnanimous self.
"In that case, I will not be the bad guy. Someone, go and spread the good news, especially to Cining Palace. I think the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager will be very happy when they find out."
The Imperial Concubine fainted, Consort Hui is pregnant, and there's no one who can be easy to deal with since the morning greetings.
After seeing everyone off, Fanghua returned to the inner palace.
The imperial concubine naturally stayed as well.
"Alright, stop pretending."
The Imperial Concubine, who was being helped in by the servants, was lying on a soft couch. The sloping couch that had been used when she had her miscarriage had long been thrown away by Fanghua.
The Imperial Concubine slowly opened her eyes. "Your Majesty the Empress is so heartless. I was already unconscious, yet you still treat me like this." She sat up and then slowly walked to sit down next to the Empress.
"Hmph, stop talking nonsense. Did you already know that Consort Hui was pregnant?" If that were true, then she really underestimated Niohuru's connections in the palace.
"No, it's just that on the way here I noticed she was deliberately protecting her belly, and she looked a little rounder, so I became suspicious. But I wasn't as clever as Her Majesty the Empress, who pointed it out directly."
The Imperial Concubine was not stupid; she naturally saw through the Empress's intentions in putting on this show today.
Fanghua rolled her eyes at her. "Don't try to get close to me in the future. Some people can't stand our close relationship." She didn't believe that person knew this.
I don't know why they're doing this today.
"That's true, but I don't know if they know about this." Niohuru said with a mocking expression.
Fanghua rolled her eyes at her, "Be careful, those two are not so easy to offend."
Do you really think that the Empress Dowager will stop managing affairs after relinquishing her power in the palace?
"I know, but every time I think of my poor children, I want to kill them." Niohuru suddenly went mad.
To be honest, she looks much more pleasing to the eye now.
"Didn't you ever have any doubts before?" Fanghua was filled with questions.
So much time has passed since the Emperor came of age, and children have been born one after another. She doesn't believe that Niohuru hadn't had any doubts.
Niohuru gave a bitter smile. "I had my doubts, but he always comforted me with different words, so I just ignored that flutter in my heart."
Fanghua understood; it was that tragic love that was causing her trouble.
"And you, your health has been poor ever since you became pregnant, but why did things change so drastically after five months?" She had seen the Empress when she first became pregnant.
She looked no better than me, so why did she change after I was five months pregnant? "Or did you already know?"
At this point, Niohuru's expression became scrutinizing.
Conversely, did she already know that the Empress Dowager had targeted them, while she remained completely unaware?
Fanghua smiled without saying a word, picked up her teacup and slowly drank it.
Seeing her like this, how could one not understand?
In contrast to the leisurely lives of the two, Consort Hui's Jingren Palace was not so quiet. After the news of her pregnancy spread, the Grand Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager personally came to visit her.
Even the emperor sent Wei Zhong many rewards.
The movement was so fast that she had no time to prepare.
"Look at you, you were two months pregnant and didn't even realize it, Gerile, you're not the kind of person who's so careless." After the palace servants had all left, the Empress Dowager looked at Gerile, who was sitting below, and asked.
Gerile knew she couldn't hide it anymore, but she still wanted to try.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty. Please punish me." She struggled but did not answer.
The Empress Dowager narrowed her eyes and looked at her, knowing that she had her own ulterior motives, but she couldn't believe that the Mongols had been seeking this offspring for so long.
But she was quite something; she was pregnant and yet she kept it a secret. "Don't you want this child?" The Empress Dowager wasn't stupid; she naturally saw through Gerile's thoughts.
The Empress Dowager was startled upon hearing this. "Empress Mother." Although Gerile hadn't said it explicitly, she knew Gerile's thoughts to some extent and was determined not to let the Empress Dowager reveal them.
“Gerile is too young to understand these things. Why wouldn’t she want a child?”
The Empress Dowager's interruption did not quell the Grand Empress Dowager's anger; instead, the Grand Empress Dowager glared at the Empress Dowager and asked, "You knew about this too?"
The Empress Dowager quickly shook her head, "I don't know. My mother, Gerile, wouldn't do such a foolish thing. She must not understand, which is why she didn't notice."
The Empress Dowager was not easily fooled. "Hmph, so it is because the servants have not served us well enough. Such useless people need not be kept any longer."
After saying this, he ordered his men to deal with the servants who served Consort Hui, and Consort Hui could no longer hold back.
You should know that the people serving her were all brought from her home. If the Empress Dowager were to get rid of them, would she still be herself?
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was all Gerile's fault. Please do not punish others."
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager waved her hand to stop Su Ma.
"Hmph, if I had known you weren't a docile person, I would have replaced you with someone else. Gerile, don't try anything funny. Your duty in the palace is to give birth to royal offspring for our Khorchin. If you can't do that, I won't mind replacing you."
The Empress Dowager's threat echoed in his ears, and Gerile could no longer hold on. His body swayed, and he fell directly to the ground.
The Empress Dowager felt very sorry for her and quickly got up to help her up, saying, "Good child, don't be afraid, your aunt is here."
It's unclear whether it was the word "aunt" that touched Consort Hui, but it gradually restored some strength to her body.
"Aunt," she cried out pitifully, then leaned into the Empress Dowager's arms and burst into tears.
In the end, Gerile was just a child of about ten years old.
"Don't cry, don't cry, your aunt is here."
The Empress Dowager remained seated firmly at the head of the table, watching them embrace and weep without being moved in the slightest.
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