When Gu Qingqing heard this, her face suddenly turned ugly.
She didn't know that this hairpin was given to Gu Wanying by Concubine Shu. She only knew that it was beautiful and it would look better on her than on Gu Wanying, so she snatched it away.
I didn't expect Sun Chongming to say that, and I felt very uncomfortable.
She raised her hand and took off the hot hairpin and threw it to Sun Chongming.
"Since you said so, I'll leave it to you." Gu Qingqing turned around and ran away in a huff.
She forgot that she just wanted to comfort Sun Chongming.
There was only one hairpin left in her hand, and she had already run away.
Sun Chongming didn't know what Gu Qingqing was thinking. He just wanted to be alone in peace and quiet for a while.
Compared to the mess at the Sun family's, the Gu family's was much better.
However, after hearing what Prime Minister Gu said, Gu Chen's joy over Gu Wanying becoming Concubine Wan disappeared completely.
She slumped down on the embroidery stool with a pale face, and thinking of the many obstacles Gu Wanying faced in the palace, she burst into tears with heartache.
Thinking that Gu Qingqing is now Sun Chongming's wife, and their family and the Sun family are in-laws, he feels that Gu Qingqing will definitely have a hard time in the Sun family.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen sent a nanny and a maid to take Gu Qingqing home to stay for a few days to take some time off.
However, this proposal was rejected by Prime Minister Gu.
"She is now a wife of the Sun family, and she should put the Sun family first in everything. The Sun family is in trouble now, and she can't leave the Sun family and come back alone." There was pity between Gu Xiang's brows, but in his heart, a woman should regard her husband as the heaven, and the husband's family is a woman's lifelong support.
Gu Chen fell silent. She knew this truth, but as a mother, she also felt sorry for her child.
"But if Qingqing doesn't live well in the Sun family, I will definitely go and take her back." Gu Chen thought for a moment, stood up and said firmly.
Gu Xiang also stopped talking. The couple both had their own opinions, so the matter came to a stalemate.
Gu Qingqing really had a hard time at the Sun family these past two days. She hadn't even consummated her marriage with Sun Chongming!
She has been married for so many days, but since the wedding night, Sun Chongming has never taken the initiative to come to her room. He usually sleeps in the study.
All the servants knew about this and secretly laughed at her.
It would have been fine if Gu Qingqing didn't hear it, but if she did, she would grab the talkative servant, tie him to a bench and whip him. As a result, the servants were afraid and angry with her, but they finally kept their mouths shut.
Three days later, Concubine Shu was buried with great ceremony according to the imperial concubine etiquette, and it was announced to the public that she had suffered a sudden illness. The common people naturally believed it, and only a few family members, brothers or friends who worked in the palace knew the truth.
Sun Chongming and his wife also went to the funeral. It was a rainy day, from morning to night. Everyone wore straw raincoats and hats to watch the ceremony in the rain.
The saddest people were the Sun family. The old couple were so heartbroken when they heard that Concubine Shu had passed away that they fainted three times from crying at the funeral.
Minister Sun was in tears, with raindrops mixing with his tears rolling down his cheeks. Sun Chongming's eyes were also red, and he knelt down and kowtowed three times.
On the way back, he fell off his horse and fainted with a high fever. A group of people were in a panic.
Taking care of Sun Chongming naturally became Gu Qingqing's top priority. She stayed by Sun Chongming's side all night long, and she became much thinner and thinner. Her cheeks became sunken, and there was a dark circle under her eyes.
During this period, Qiao Niang and Yun Niang came, but they were scolded away by her. The two delicate and weak women, who were also pregnant, ran out of Gu Qingqing's yard without looking back.
When Sun Chongming woke up, he opened his eyes and saw Gu Qingqing sleeping on the side of the bed. The back of his hand was warm, obviously pressed under her cheek.
He felt much better, his fever subsided, and he felt full of energy. He knew that this must be Gu Qingqing's idea.
"Brother Chongming, are you awake?" Gu Qingqing was a little dazed from her sleep, but when she saw Sun Chongming who had woken up, her eyes turned red with excitement.
"Well, why are you sleeping here? You've been really busy these past few days."
Gu Qingqing smiled and shook her head, "For you, no matter how hard it is, it's worth it."
The relationship between Sun Chongming and Gu Qingqing quickly heated up after that day, and they consummated their marriage that very night. When Sun's father and mother learned about this, they were overjoyed and sent Gu Qingqing a lot of supplements the next day. The family's life became more and more harmonious.
The summer was unbearable. The chirping of cicadas mixed with the hot wind blew into Chonghua Palace, making Gu Wanying extremely irritable.
She finally realized the hardships of life. No matter how much ice was placed in the palace, she felt extremely hot and wished she could sleep in the ice.
Yue Tao was helpless. She couldn't really let the delicate queen sleep in the ice, so she took a small fan in front of the ice and fanned Gu Wanying vigorously. Only then did she feel cooler.
Feicui took the palace maids and eunuchs to pick down all the cicadas on the trees outside to avoid disturbing Concubine Wan.
Gu Wanying is now older and her belly is bigger, so it is sometimes very inconvenient for her to move around, but fortunately nothing has gone wrong.
During this period, only the Queen and the Queen Mother sent people to visit her, and the other concubines kept their distance from her.
She is the emperor's favorite and is pregnant with the emperor's heir. Who would risk his life to visit her at this critical moment?
Even the emperor had to look at her face when he came.
The emperor became anxious and his eyes turned red when she frowned. He wanted to kill someone. Imperial Physician Jiang came to see her several times and said it was a pregnancy reaction.
Pregnant women may experience mood swings. They may be happy one moment and sad and crying the next. This is normal.
The entire harem was suffering from Concubine Wan's pregnancy reactions, but the Emperor and the Empress Dowager enjoyed it.
"This shows that the child was lively when he was still in his mother's womb, and he will definitely be active when he is born." The empress dowager smiled happily. Since Concubine Wan became pregnant, she burned incense and chanted Buddhist scriptures every day, even more diligently than ever before.
Nanny Wang was so happy that she didn't know how to thank Concubine Wan.
The Queen knew exactly what the Queen Mother was thinking. She had watched Gu Wanying's status rise higher and higher since she entered the palace. Until now, not to mention her position, just her status in the Emperor's heart had probably surpassed her, the Queen, right?
But the queen didn't dare to ask the emperor this question directly, for she was afraid of displeasing him.
The love between the couple in these years has almost worn away, and once Concubine Wan becomes pregnant, her position becomes even more precarious!
"It's okay. The moment she gives birth to the prince will be her death!" The queen pinched the lotus flower hard, and the lotus in her hand was picked off, leaving her to crush it.
The lotus juice slowly flowed out from between her fingers, and the glaring red made her skin look fragile and white.
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