Chapter 104 A Thunderous Act
She had already written back to ask her grandfather and father, and they both said that they had not instructed the prefect of Qinzhou to use the emperor to enrich themselves.
Concubine Li felt that, let alone the Song family not valuing this little money, even if her grandfather and father were involved, so what?
It was just borrowing the emperor's reputation, did the emperor suffer any loss?
Not only that, the palace could have one or two more beautiful concubines next year. I really don't know what he is planning?
He had to hold on to the fact that the prefect of Qinzhou was a disciple of the Song family.
And Jiang Yuan's father, the Minister of Personnel, was just a watchdog of the Song family in the past, but now with the emperor's support, he dared to challenge the Song family.
Concubine Zhen is pregnant...
Concubine Li knocked on the edge of the table: "Tell the news to Yikun Palace. The Empress Dowager now has the fifth prince, and she is determined to ask the Emperor to appoint a prince. If she knows, the Emperor will team up with Concubine Zhen to protect the child in her belly. Compared with the prince born by the unknown and unfavored Lan Cai, the one in Concubine Zhen's belly is obviously more favored by the Emperor."
So, reincarnation is also very important.
The most important thing is that now that Concubine Zhen's belly has been favored by her, she will not do anything to Concubine Zhen.
As for whether Empress Zhu will do something to Concubine Zhen, it is none of Concubine Li's business.
In short, whether Concubine Zhen's child can be saved or not, it doesn't matter to her.
The only thing is that she will not do anything to the child.
It's not because she is kind and can't bear to do it, but because she has done too many such insidious things. What if the emperor finds out one day? Which man would like a woman who is so cruel and has no bottom line?
Didn't Empress Zhu like to poison the concubines in the harem to make them childless? Now that Concubine Zhen has endangered her interests, can the two of them still be as close as before?
In a blink of an eye, Jiang Xinyue is already three months pregnant.
She is pregnant very steadily this time, eating well and sleeping soundly. The baby in her belly has hardly tortured her. She was a little vomiting three months ago, but as soon as three months came, she immediately ate everything with relish.
Adhering to the principle that you don't know the hardships of a pregnant woman unless you are a man, every time the emperor came, she pretended to be vomiting and couldn't vomit, and looked extremely uncomfortable.
Shuangjiang cried several times in front of the emperor because of this. Maybe because of guilt, she cried so sincerely and was extremely heartbroken.
Her superb crying made Xi Que dare not appear in front of Emperor Xuanwu for the past few days, for fear that her crying was not as sincere as Shuangjiang's, and the emperor would question her feelings for the empress.
"What do the kitchen and doctor Yan do for a living?"
The emperor hugged Jiang Xinyue, who was pale from vomiting, and his eyes were red with heartache: "Zhenpin has such severe morning sickness, why don't you think of a way to make her appetite? I see that Shufei is much plump when she is pregnant, why is Zhenpin getting thinner and thinner?"
Shufei is not plump, she is really fat.
Concubine Li forced Concubine Shu to eat so much excessive food, and on the pretext of being pregnant, she was tied to her bed all day long, not allowing her to move. It is said that even when she went to the toilet, Concubine Li asked the palace maids to carry the toilet and let her solve the problem in the room.
With this kind of eating and sleeping, Jiang Xinyue felt that she could gain six pounds in five days, not to mention that Concubine Shu lived with Concubine Li for a whole month.
If the Empress Dowager had not forcibly rescued her, Concubine Shu would have been a Tang Dynasty beauty weighing 170 to 180 pounds when she was about to give birth.
Now she has only gained 20 pounds, and Concubine Shu has controlled her weight very well. If she
really reached 180 pounds, it would be difficult to give birth, and there might be two lives lost.
But Concubine Li Guifei could clear herself of all the charges. She just wanted to give Concubine Shu more nutrition so that the child would grow better. What was wrong with that?
She didn't know that she would feed Concubine Shu so fat.
There were many ways to kill people in the harem. Jiang Xinyue reflected on herself three times a day to see what she had not learned, and then improved it.
She would sooner or later become the most scheming concubine in the harem of Dayan.
No, now that she had a child, she wanted to go a step further and become the most scheming concubine in the harem of Dayan.
"Your Majesty, please calm down."
Jiang Xinyue sniffed, tears streaming from her beautiful eyes. She nestled in Emperor Xuanwu's arms. "Chief Steward Gao and Imperial Physician Yan have done their best. It was my body that failed to keep up. I originally thought I would never have children in my lifetime. It was all thanks to Imperial Physician Yan's careful care of me. I have always been grateful to him. Your Majesty, please don't blame him."
"You!"
The emperor tapped her forehead and said, "You are too kind, always thinking about others, so you are treated as a soft persimmon. Last time, you brought the palace maids to beat the guards of Kunning Palace, which was very good. In the future, you should be so cruel to those who bully you, so that they will respect and fear you, understand?"
Emperor Xuanwu was probably the first person in the history of Dayan to instigate his favorite concubine to hit his mother in the face.
Anyway, Jiang Xinyue has watched so many palace fighting dramas, but she has never seen such an emperor.
"Your Majesty, please stop making fun of me."
Jiang Xinyue blushed, got up from Emperor Xuanwu's arms, glared at him and said, "They use dirty words to discuss me. It would have been fine if they discussed Xi Que and Shuang Jiang, but they even... mentioned you, Your Majesty. I... I don't allow them to talk about you."
"What do you mean they just stop talking about you?"
Emperor Xuanwu poked her forehead hard again, "Shuang Jiang and Xi Que are both senior palace maids who are useful to you. How dare they covet them and even want Xi Que to be their concubine? It's so outrageous. I have asked Wang Dequan to send the two guards to the Ministry of Punishment and cut off their tongues. No one will dare to disrespect you again in the future."
Jiang Xinyue did not go out. The gates of Hexi Palace had been closed for the past few days, and no palace maids went out. Naturally, she didn't know what big thing had happened outside.
The two guards whose tongues were cut off were paraded around the palace to show their guilt.
Everyone in the palace knows that the people in Hexi Palace, from top to bottom, from masters to servants, cannot be touched. Although
Concubine Zhen is not in the harem, her legend is everywhere in the harem.
No wonder...
Jiang Xinyue is still wondering why Empress Dowager Wu did not react at all after she beat up her people. She should at least come to Hexi Palace to make a fuss!
It turned out that she was frightened by the emperor's thundering act and hid in Kunning Palace like a quail.
Her years were peaceful because the Empress Dowager was carrying the burden for her!
Jiang Xinyue hugged Emperor Xuanwu again: "The emperor has done enough for me. I only hope to be with the emperor for a long time. Others... I don't care about anything."
Because she loves him deeply, so I am satisfied enough to stay by his side and don't ask for anything else.
"I plan to promote your father to the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, and have him join forces with Jiang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, to investigate the corruption case of Qinzhou Prefecture."
This is a clear plan to promote the cheap father to deal with the Song family, and every time he is given, one will be promoted. Some people should be jealous of the high official position of the third rank.