Hearing the compliment, the little girl raised her chin even higher, and the smile on her face was so sweet that it made people's hearts soften:
"Well... not that great. Just a little bit, that's all. Hehe!"
The little girl pinched her fingers, gestured, and looked very excited.
The emperor looked at her with a smile, his eyes full of tenderness.
All the officials and ministers watched this scene and couldn't help but smile knowingly.
Spoil her! Spoil her!
It would be unjust not to pamper such a sweet little girl!
Zong Zheng held the wine glass in his hand and watched this scene with indescribable complexities in his mood.
He always knew that his sister was always thinking about the emperor.
In the past, when he refused to come back, the emperor was wary of him and would treat his sister better.
But now, he realized very clearly that the emperor's heart had completely fallen on Concubine Guo.
Men understand men best.
The love in the emperor's eyes cannot be deceived.
The atmosphere became harmonious again, but this time, everyone's eyes unconsciously fell on the two people at the top.
A woman leaned close to her husband's ear and whispered:
"I see, Concubine Guo's belly seems..."
She made a circle in front of her belly.
The official immediately understood, but was shocked and couldn't believe it: "Really?"
Most of the officials present were accompanied by their own daughters, so that their daughters could show their faces and find good marriage partners.
Only a few officials brought their wives, and the Minister of Rites was one of them.
The wife of the Minister of Rites hesitated for a moment, then nodded affirmatively:
"There's no mistake! Your Majesty has a slender figure and is wearing loose clothes, so she won't be too noticeable. But from what I see, it's probably been three or four months."
The Minister of Rites was so shocked that he stopped drinking and subconsciously looked towards Xin Guoguo's stomach.
But at this moment, Xin Guoguo was sitting there, and with the desk and her wide skirt covering her, he couldn't see anything at all.
But he did not doubt his wife's words.
He was a student from a poor family. When he was taking the imperial examination, his family relied on his wife to be a midwife to make a living.
"If that's the case, it's understandable that Your Majesty values her."
The Minister of Rites nodded.
Thinking of the group of people who had been dancing the most happily in the court recently, a hint of sneer immediately appeared on the corner of his mouth.
It seems that His Majesty has not dealt with them recently. I'm afraid he is just waiting for an opportunity to catch them all in one fell swoop!
“It doesn’t look like that to me.”
The wife of the Minister of Rites murmured, "The look in His Majesty's eyes when he looked at Concubine Guo is the look she often sees in her own man's eyes."
That's love!
I'm afraid Your Majesty has fallen in love with this Concubine Guo!
The wife of the Minister of Rites sighed in her heart, wondering whether it was good or bad for Concubine Guo to receive the emperor's true love.
How could such a simple little girl survive in that cannibalistic palace?
The Minister of Rites and his wife did not intend to tell anyone else the news that Concubine Guo might be pregnant.
Since Your Majesty does not say anything, he must have his own considerations.
He is a loyal minister and doesn't get involved in these messy things.
However, the Minister of Rites still took the opportunity to toast each other and implicitly reminded his friends:
"Be content with what you have these days and don't do anything unnecessary. Your Majesty is still in his prime, and heirs will eventually come. We should just focus on our own affairs."
The court officials were drinking and chatting with each other, and they were building relationships with each other.
But at this moment, a woman in Taoist robes walked in slowly to the rhythm of a side drum.
She did not dance, but knelt in court.
This action immediately attracted everyone's attention.
The Minister of Rites and his wife were so shocked that they stood up: "Xin'er..."
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