In the Qiongxiang Pavilion, the imperial palace’s New Year’s Eve banquet was in progress.
Because there were not many concubines who could attend the New Year's Eve banquet this year, Mo Qiyuan felt that without the complex fragrance of so many women, he felt refreshed both physically and mentally, and even his mood improved.
He tilted his head and looked at his well-behaved daughter sitting next to Concubine Qi. She was so cute. He waved to her.
"Jia'er, come here and let your father hug you."
Concubine Qi hurriedly wiped her daughter's dirty hands, and then asked the wet nurse to take her to the emperor.
"Father, Jiaer is dirty. Please don't let her dirty your dragon robe."
Princess Yuanjia came before the emperor and spoke in a serious and soft voice.
After hearing this, Mo Qiyuan touched her hair lovingly, asked Chen Fuquan to bring a small stool, and let her sit next to the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother also loved her only granddaughter. Although it was a pity that she was not a boy, she loved her very much.
Moreover, Concubine Qi raised her child very well and did not let the child become arrogant or rude just because he was the emperor's only son. This also made her very satisfied with the child.
But the emperor still needs to have a son, otherwise the previous practice of adopting a crown prince in the court will probably happen again soon.
Thinking of this, the Queen Mother looked down at Princess Yuanjia who was playing with the butterflies on her dress, and said to the concubines in the palace below:
"The Emperor now has only one daughter, Yuanjia. You are all old people in the palace. In all these years since you entered the palace, except for Concubine Qi who gave birth to Princess Yuanjia, none of you have any children.
After the Emperor recovers, I will have the Imperial Household Department take down your green cards first, and then put them back up after all the new concubines have served him in bed. What do you think?"
The concubines below were all a little unhappy, but what the empress dowager said was true. They had indeed been in the palace for so many years without giving birth.
Moreover, she had never even been pregnant. If Concubine Qi had not given birth to Princess Yuanjia, so many of them would probably have thought that the emperor was dying, so they had no choice but to agree to the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother knew what they were thinking, but only she and the Emperor knew the reason behind it.
When the emperor was still a prince, he was poisoned by a concubine whose son was likely to succeed to the throne. Although the poison was not fatal, it would affect the poisoned person's offspring.
Afterwards, the imperial physician also examined the case and said that it was not that the emperor was unable to have children, but he just needed to meet a woman with a suitable physique to make her pregnant.
Of course, Concubine Qi was a woman with a suitable physique, but she injured her body when giving birth to Princess Yuanjia, and was unable to bear a son or daughter for the emperor afterwards.
The other concubines in the palace have not been pregnant for so many years, and she has long given up her hopes on them.
However, Guizhi had reminded her before that there were still many new concubines in the harem who had not yet served the emperor in bed.
She just remembered this, but the emperor needed to recuperate for some time, so he could only wait until he recovered his strength before summoning someone to sleep with him.
Alas, when will she have a grandson? She would be willing to worship anyone who can give her a grandson.
Mo Qiyuan looked down and saw that all the concubines looked unhappy after hearing what the Queen Mother said, except for the imperial concubine who was still smiling and peeling shrimps for him.
His deep eyes flashed
He raised a glass of wine to her and said, "Thank you for your hard work, my dear."
The imperial concubine immediately raised a glass of wine to him shyly, then covered her face and drank it. A glimmer of determination flashed across her eyes, which were covered by her sleeves.
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After the New Year, the weather gradually became warmer, and time passed by quickly, just like the melting ice and snow on the eaves.
The harem has become much quieter since the empress dowager spoke at the last banquet. The concubines who have been in the palace for a long time have all been given green-head cards and replaced with the names of the new concubines.
After the three people from Yingquan Palace heard the news, they were listless all day long.
Ye Jinyun and Yu Wan'er were afraid that the emperor would summon them one day, and Lin Qingtang became worried seeing how depressed they looked.
Fortunately, although the Empress Dowager had the intention, the Emperor did not. Every day, the eunuch from the Jingshifang handed over the green card, but the Emperor didn't even look at it and let him take it away. This made the eunuch so anxious that blisters appeared on the corners of his mouth.
Finally, the empress dowager had no choice but to call the emperor over several times before the emperor began to summon concubines to sleep with him. However, he only summoned a few concubines who had slept with him before, and did not summon new concubines who had not slept with him before.
Although the empress dowager was dissatisfied with the emperor's situation, she didn't say anything and just waited for the emperor to change his mind one day.
Among these concubines who had the opportunity to serve the emperor in bed again, Chu Zhaoyi was the most proud.
Originally, the emperor had only summoned her once since she entered the palace, but this time, after the emperor summoned the concubines to sleep with him again, he summoned her back three times.
Although the emperor ended the relationship abruptly every time, in the eyes of outsiders, she was the most favored by the emperor, and even the previous Concubine Bai could not compare to her now.
This situation lasted for two months, and the emperor had no intention of summoning a new person to sleep with him.
This made the three people in Yingquan Palace feel relaxed. They just hoped that the emperor would never think of them and only focus on his beauties.
Once this person relaxed, he started having fun again.
As the weather gradually warms up, they no longer stay in their rooms every day and always run outside.
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