Xiao Luzi, being cunning, insisted on delivering vegetables to Chu Yuan's side.
Li Gonggong shook his head and said, "You have more tricks up your sleeve than your godfather does!"
Li Gonggong could only take the pigeon to the Qilin Palace.
When he arrived, Xin Jieyu was trying on clothes; a colorful pile, mostly dance costumes.
Upon learning that Emperor Wei Xian had bestowed food upon her, Consort Xin smiled from ear to ear. "Eunuch Li, is the Emperor busy right now? May I go to see him? I recently learned a dance and would like to perform it for the Emperor."
The eunuch paused, his gaze lingering on Consort Xin's flat stomach. "Consort Xin is pregnant; it's not appropriate for her to dance, is it?"
Upon hearing this, Consort Xin was momentarily embarrassed, but then smiled again, "Yes, yes, Eunuch Li is right. Zicao, quickly put all these dance costumes away. After I give birth to the little prince, I will try them on for the Emperor one by one."
He casually mentioned having a prince, as if having a prince were as easy as growing cabbages.
Seeing that Eunuch Li's expression was not good, Consort Xin stopped mentioning the matter of going to see Emperor Wei Xian.
Her belly really shouldn't be moving around too much.
Sipping the pigeon soup, Xin Jieyu suddenly asked, "Eunuch Li, did the Emperor only bestow this dish upon me?"
She is now the emperor's darling. The emperor even forgets to visit the empress on the first, fifteenth, and thirtieth of the month, let alone other people.
As a result, Eunuch Li said with a half-smile, "No, His Majesty also bestowed a dish upon Consort Yuan—Peach Blossom Chicken."
Hsin Chieh-yu's smile froze.
After her father-in-law left, she overturned the pigeon soup, yelling, "What rotten soup! It tastes awful!"
Zicao looked at the mess on the ground and trembled, "My lady, even if it doesn't taste good, it was still a gift from the Emperor. If others find out..."
"It's just the two of us here, who would know?"
Xin Jieyu's half-smile was truly unsettling, so Zicao wisely shut her mouth.
Before she could even sit down for a moment, Hsin Chieh-yu started causing trouble again.
She had Zicao help her dress and comb her hair, saying, "Let's go see Sister Yuan."
In the imperial harem, there was no distinction of seniority; whoever had the higher rank was the elder sister, and vice versa.
Zicao thought of the Emperor's gift of vegetables and felt uneasy. "Your Majesty, perhaps we shouldn't go? Physician Hu will be coming to check on your health later."
Zicao knew her master's character perfectly well. Besides, she always felt that there was something fishy going on between Jieyu and Physician Hu.
Before the third time she was to serve the emperor, Physician Hu prescribed several doses of medicine for Consort Jieyu.
Not long after the meal, Jieyu tried every means to have sex with the Emperor, and eventually succeeded in gaining his favor.
It's strange, but it's still understandable.
Who knows, Doctor Hu might have prescribed some kind of fertility-enhancing drug.
But what happened next was even stranger:
After her third time serving the emperor, Jieyu seemed to have anticipated that she would become pregnant, so she boasted about it repeatedly and told me not to remember her period because she was pregnant and wouldn't have her period.
Pregnancy is mostly a matter of fate.
Moreover, the Emperor has always had a difficult time conceiving. In more than ten years, only the Empress and Consort Fang have managed to conceive within three attempts, and the latter has not yet been able to carry the pregnancy to term.
What makes Jieyu so sure she can do it?
Zicao couldn't understand it, but it wasn't something a servant like her should worry about. She just felt that since she was pregnant, she should take good care of herself, not go out and wander around, and definitely not cause trouble. Everything would be fine after the baby was born.
Kexin Jieyu herself doesn't think so.
She was extremely indignant. She was being treated specially by the Emperor because she was pregnant. Chu Yuan was just a fatso. Even if she lost weight and became pretty, she was still a fatso with a beautiful exterior but an ugly heart. Why should she be given food as a gift?
With this in mind, she dressed in brightly colored clothes, with seven or eight hairpins of gold, jade, agate, or pearls in her hair, and swayed as she arrived at Chaoxia Palace. Her slender eyes glanced sideways at Mingyue. "Where is your mistress? Quickly call her out. This concubine wants to see her."
Despite being a concubine herself, her tone was as if she were summoning a servant.
Mingyue was not going to tolerate her dog-like behavior and continued wiping her table. "Consort Xin didn't say she was coming this morning. My mistress needs to take a half-hour nap after lunch every day. Why don't you go back first, Consort Xin, and I'll tell her you came when my mistress wakes up?"
No sooner had she finished speaking than "slap!" Mingyue received a solid slap across the face.
"You wretched servant who's asking for death? Who do you think you are? How dare you speak to me, a concubine, in such a tone!"
Mingyue covered her face, tears welling up in her eyes.
There was resentment, but even more so, anger.
Consort Xin is so arrogant because of the baby in her belly that she acts all high and mighty. A few days ago, she even disregarded Consort Fang's personal maid.
They even said that Consort Fang was sickly and that her life was a waste of food.
"What are you glaring at? Hurry up and go call your mistress! Let me make this clear: if Lu Xueyuan doesn't come, I can't guarantee that my pregnancy won't suddenly go into trouble in your Chaoxia Palace!"
Mingyue was still somewhat afraid of her blatant threat.
Before she could take two steps, the curtain of the inner hall was lifted by a fair hand.
Chu Yuan's voice carried a hint of languor after a nap, "Who do we have here? It's Sister Xin, what a rare guest! Sister Xin, why are you suddenly here instead of resting in the Qilin Palace?"
As she heard the voice, Xin Jieyu frowned and looked up, only to see Chu Yuan's rosy cheeks and beautiful face.
Unlike those who deliberately dress up, she was without makeup, yet her bright features and rosy skin outshone countless beauties.
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