"Who likes it? What I like to eat is sour!" Concubine Xia glared at her angrily, chewing the jerky in her mouth with relish.
If this noble lady Xia wasn't so annoying, she would be quite likable.
"Host, this is nonsense."
"Hey, what day is it today? Are both sisters here?"
Before seeing the person, I heard her voice first, and Rongpin's clear and melodious voice came.
Today she was dressed in purple, and her charming face showed no sign of concealing her hostility towards the two of them.
"Greetings to Concubine Rong." ×2
Rongpin sat down on another stone bench in a familiar manner and picked up a piece of jerky.
She was not afraid of the poison and ate it directly.
"No need to be so polite. Both of my sisters are pregnant with the royal heir. If you feel unwell, you can blame me."
The sarcasm in Rongpin's tone was not concealed at all. Even someone as arrogant and unreasonable as Concubine Xia would not dare to confront her head-on.
The two of them sat quietly, eating the jerky piece by piece.
"Lady Xia's belly looks like it's the one that's going to give birth to a prince."
Suddenly, Rongpin became interested in her belly.
"I also feel like sour food these days." Lady Xia said shyly.
But she didn't slow down at all when eating the spicy meat jerky.
Chen Miaoyi saw that Rongpin was a bold and charming person, and she would not come to meet her by chance for no reason. She would not do such a thing that would easily get herself into trouble.
After a few days, Rongpin was promoted to Rongfei.
Maybe she came to show off that day?
Chen Miaoyi seemed to have figured out the emperor's preferences. She was bold, spoiled, and looked seductive and alluring.
She didn't take any of these!
This Concubine Rong was promoted entirely due to favor, and she doesn't even have a child.
The emperor still came to see her every now and then, but Chen Miaoyi always felt that it was official business and the emperor's visit to her was like a business trip.
There is no love, only pampering.
What she wants is not only upgrades, but also love. A harem without love is very dangerous.
Maybe one day the emperor will kill her for Rongpin.
She did not have a powerful family background. Although a concubine could raise her own children, the emperor could also take her children away. It was all a matter of a word from a powerful person.
Shortly before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the palace was already bustling with activity.
The lanterns in the hands of the palace servants were changed into different styles, which looked very attractive.
"Master, I heard that the Emperor has asked Concubine Rong to organize this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, and the Empress Dowager has asked Concubine Qin to assist."
Ever since she got her maid Bai Zhu, Chen Miaoyi has been relieved of a lot of worries. She is cautious and calm, and is a good helper in palace fighting.
"Right now, Concubine Rong holds the highest position in the harem, so it's reasonable to let her take charge."
Even if it was the Queen Mother, why would she let Concubine Qin assist her? She knew what Concubine Qin was thinking, and she had no interest in these mundane matters.
Chen Miaoyi analyzed it over and over again and felt that the emperor was very stingy. There were many concubines in the palace, all of whom were of low status. There were not even a few decent concubines.
The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is supposed to be a family banquet, but the emperor is the ruler of a country, so this family banquet turned into a company annual meeting.
At the banquet, the emperor sat high up, with the empress dowager on his side and Rong Fei below him. Rong Fei held her chin high, looking extremely elegant and as graceful as the empress.
This year, two of his concubines became pregnant, and the emperor was very happy because he no longer had his ministers urging him.
"Your Majesty, now that two more ladies are pregnant with royal heirs, have you considered appointing a queen?"
An elderly official said.
The emperor looked unhappy. Why was he being urged everywhere?
"My dear, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, so we won't discuss state affairs."
"Your Majesty, this is a family matter. Only when your family is well can the world be well."
This minister seemed fearless and said directly to Concubine Rong, "The country cannot be without a ruler for a day. Leaving the throne vacant is not conducive to the stability of the country.
As long as there is no heir, there will inevitably be those who try to seduce the master."
Rong Fei's face suddenly turned dark. Why don't you just name him?
"I have my own plans for the queen. I don't even have a prince yet, so it's too early to establish one."
The emperor brushed the matter aside lightly, as he simply did not want to have a queen.
But in the ears of the crowd, these words had a different meaning.
Once you have a prince, will you consider establishing a queen?
Wouldn't it be possible for the prince's biological mother to ascend to the throne? Whoever gives birth to the prince first wins.
There were two pregnant concubines at the banquet, one from a prominent family and the other ordinary, and both were about the same month of pregnancy.
I just don’t know who is pregnant with a prince and who is pregnant with a princess.
It's like betting, betting on the gender of the boy or girl, and also on the family background.
If they were all princes, the one with a prominent maternal family background would definitely have an easier time ascending the throne, while the one with an ordinary maternal family background would be easier to control.
Everyone's eyes looked different. No matter what, they went back and fawned over the two of them.
Concubine Xia's heart was beating like a drum. She wanted to open the blind box to see whether the baby in her belly was a boy or a girl!
She was made to wait and guess day after day, feeling both nervous and expectant, afraid and happy.
It's almost driving her crazy!
That's the position of queen. If she's pregnant with a prince, then the position will be hers, right?
Concubine Xia decided to write a letter when she returned, asking her family to find a few gynecologists to check whether the baby was a boy or a girl.
Because two concubines in the palace were pregnant, the concubines once again felt that their inability to conceive was their own problem, not the emperor's.
If there is something wrong with the emperor, where do the eldest and second princesses come from?
If the emperor had problems in recent years, how did these two in the palace get pregnant?
Therefore, a lot more people signed up for the banquet, which had not attracted many concubines in previous years.
At this moment, Chen Miaoyi realized that she had underestimated the emperor. There were so many low-ranking concubines who were not even qualified to pay their respects!
These people, who had never met each other before, still had young faces and tried their best to attract the emperor's attention at the banquet.
There are dancers, piano players, singers, sword dancers, and everything in between.
Fat, thin, tall, short, all of them look very young!
Chen Miaoyi was so envious of the emperor. With so many women, he couldn't even sleep with them all. Some of them probably had never even seen the emperor. No wonder no one got pregnant!
This is the benefit of being an emperor.
"System, can you not be a fertility system? Can you make a female empress system?"
If she were an empress, she would definitely not want so many concubines in her harem. She would only want handsome ones of good quality!
"Host, this is impossible. Give birth to more children. When the mission is over, you will have new life and return to your own world."
Did she really want to have a baby? No, she just wanted to survive.
What Chen Miaoyi didn't expect was that after the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the emperor did not go to accompany Rong Fei, whose face was as black as charcoal, nor did he go to find the empress dowager to reunite with her and her son.
Instead, he came to Acacia Palace to accompany her.
"Today is Mid-Autumn Festival. Do you miss home?" The emperor held her in his arms and admired the moon. The moon was so big and so round, just like the modern one.
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