"How can I be dishonest day and night?" Kong Wenmin was so busy that he complained. He followed Chen Qingxuan with a flattering look on his face, and smiled sweetly, "And I'm not dishonest. I'm just serving you, and haven't I served you very well? Besides, don't you like me to be dishonest? So..."
"Go to Jingren Palace and pick up the child for me now!" Suddenly, Chen Qingxuan interrupted Kong Wenmin with a red face. It can be seen that Chen Qingxuan was really angry, and his voice trembled.
"Okay Qingxuan, it's my fault! I won't dare to speak nonsense again!" Kong Wenmin apologized hurriedly, but Chen Qingxuan's face became even uglier. Kong Wenmin was stunned, and then slapped himself twice, "Where is the truth! Bah! Bah! Bah! I won't let you talk nonsense again! I won't let you talk nonsense again!"
Chen Qingxuan was so angry that he was about to fume. He didn't bother to pay any more attention to Kong Wenmin and turned around and walked towards the harem.
"Qingxuan! I was so wrong!" Kong Wenmin hurriedly trotted after him, begging in a flattering voice, "Can we not answer the phone tonight? Brother, please! Please!"
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August 15th, the first year of Tianding.
Mid-Autumn Festival.
Jingren Palace.
Zhong Mingwei was unable to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with Mei Ya this year. It was his first Mid-Autumn Festival since he ascended the throne. The sixteenth day was the anniversary of the death of the previous emperor. According to ancestral rules, the emperor had to go to the imperial mausoleum in person to pay homage.
Zhong Mingwei set off for the imperial mausoleum four days ago. Mei Ya has been feeling a little lethargic these past few days, not because Zhong Mingwei was not by her side, but because being pregnant with twins was really hard. When she was more than eight months pregnant, her belly was bigger than that of an ordinary woman when she was about to give birth. Now, let alone walking around, even lying in bed all day made Mei Ya feel sore in the waist and back. Fortunately, Gu Qingtong has moved into Jingren Palace now. One reason is to make it easier for him to take care of Mei Ya's medicine and diet, and the other is to prevent Mei Ya from worrying too much during her pregnancy.
"Doctor Gu, the pregnancy-preserving medicine is almost ready. Do you want to wake the Empress up to take it?" When Gu Qingtong got up in the morning and entered the small kitchen, he saw the palace servants decocting the medicine.
"Don't be in a hurry. Wait until the medicine cools down before waking up the queen. She had cramps again last night and didn't sleep well. Let her sleep a little longer," Gu Qingtong said as she opened the medicine jar with a handkerchief and sniffed the smell. She then instructed the maid who was decocting the medicine, "Okay, no need to fan the fire anymore. Just simmer it over low heat."
"Yes, I obey your command." The little palace maid hurriedly put down her fan.
"Go make a bowl of sour plum soup and some sweet pastries," Gu Qingtong ordered again, "The queen drinks medicine all day long, I'm afraid her tongue must be numb."
"Yes, I'll prepare it right away." The palace maid hurriedly agreed and bowed and left.
Gu Qingtong was not idle either. She took out her sleeves and put them on. Then she fished a small basin of green shrimps from the water tank and sat down to clean them up neatly with scissors. It was the hottest time of the year. Mei Ya was afraid of heat during pregnancy and had no appetite. She didn't like staple food very much, but she liked the garlic-flavored fried shrimps made by Gu Qingtong. How could Gu Qingtong not be dedicated? She made them by hand every day, and this day was no exception. While cleaning the green shrimps, she was thinking about how to prepare the Mid-Autumn family banquet when Xiao An came to the palace. Although Zhong Mingwei couldn't spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in the palace, they couldn't make do with it. Seeing that Mei Ya was about to be born, they were all happy in their hearts and sincerely wanted Mei Ya to have a lively festival.
"Doctor Gu," Gu Qingtong was cleaning up the shrimps when he saw a young eunuch running in in a hurry, "Director Qin sent me here to tell you something."
"What's wrong?" Gu Qingtong put down the scissors in his hand and stood up. "What happened?"
"Oh, Dean Qin asked you to go there quickly, saying that your relatives are coming to your hometown." said the young eunuch.
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