Chapter 106: Collusion
Jiang Xinyue doesn't care about the fight in the clothing room, unless Fang Rumeng asks him for help.
Everyone has their own destiny. If Fang Rumeng wants to move forward, she must have the ability to deal with this kind of situation.
Otherwise, no matter how much Jiang Xinyue helps her, she will be pulled down one day.
And Hexi Palace is also facing a big problem! Empress
Zhu brought Concubine De and Concubine Liang to come. The three of them sat in the main seat and the left and right seats of the main seat, which made Jiang Xinyue, the owner, look more like an outsider.
She couldn't show any emotion on her face, but she was thinking in her heart: What is coming will always come.
It was probably the mastermind who knew she was pregnant and spread the news that she was keeping the baby in seclusion.
Empress Zhu looked at Jiang Xinyue who was kneeling on the ground quietly. She was wearing a loose nightgown and a light gauze embroidered flower and bird smock. She was not wearing any makeup, but she was still cute and pretty. It was very pleasing to the eyes.
Concubine Liang and Concubine De looked at each other and wanted to talk, but because Empress Zhu hadn't spoken yet, they didn't dare to let Jiang Xinyue stand up.
Jiang Xinyue secretly raised her head to look at Empress Zhu, frowning, her eyes full of grievances.
This peek was very timely. Empress Zhu seemed to have just seen it and raised her hand to her: "Why is Concubine Zhen still kneeling? I heard that you are pregnant. Why don't you sit down quickly? If anything happens while kneeling, I will not be able to explain to the Emperor."
She came straight to the point without even a word of courtesy, which showed that Empress Zhu was really anxious.
But it was no wonder. Generally, when a concubine in the harem was pregnant, it would be registered by the Jingshifang and then reported to the empress. The empress would choose a good time to inform the emperor, and the emperor would then bestow rewards based on his love for the concubine.
It would be fine for others, and they would keep it a secret to prevent being harmed, but Concubine Zhen was hers, and she had to get the news of Concubine Zhen's pregnancy from other people.
Wasn't this to protect her, the empress?
Jiang Xinyue looked guilty, not daring to look Empress Zhu in the face, and asked in a low voice: "Are you angry because I concealed my pregnancy?"
Seeing that she asked so directly, Concubine Liang hurriedly said: "You are really so stupid, you actually kept it a secret. What is our relationship? How can it harm you? Look at Concubine Li's group. Concubine Li has no children. Jin Zhaoyi, Zhang Ronghua and the previous ones are not allowed to get pregnant. Look at this "Gong and Defei have both given birth to children. Does that mean the Empress allows us to have children but not you?"
Defei also nodded in agreement: "The imperial physician said before that you were in poor health and it was difficult for you to get pregnant. We are all happy for you this time! Don't hurt the Empress's feelings."
Jiang Xinyue touched her belly which was not yet pregnant and explained: "It's not that I concealed it intentionally, but the Emperor was there when I diagnosed the pregnancy. The Emperor said that my pregnancy is a happy event. , I have to go to Kunning Palace to tell the Empress Dowager the good news, maybe she will forgive me. "
She looked puzzled: "The red robe from Jiuyun Mountain was given to me by the Emperor. I don't know why the Empress Dowager got so angry when she saw it. She said she would beat me with fifty sticks. I was scared to death. Fortunately, the Emperor arrived in time, otherwise I would have lost my life. The Empress Dowager said that she didn't want Concubine Shu to go to the Jokhang Temple, so the Emperor He said that I would be confined for half a year as a condition for the Empress Shufei to pray in Sheng'an Temple. I didn't even know what happened before the Emperor sent me back to Hexi Palace. I didn't have time to tell the Empress, Defei and Liangfei!" She
pushed the blame on the Emperor. Anyway, they did it together. Even if Empress Zhu tried to test her, she wouldn't be able to get anything out of her. She might even anger the Emperor. She shouldn't be that stupid.
Liangfei's face turned pale again: "The Emperor..."
Did he go to such lengths for Zhenpin?
Jiang Xinyue blinked her innocent eyes: "Empress, please be magnanimous and forgive me!"
"What did my beloved concubine do wrong? Do you want the Empress to forgive her?"
Emperor Xuanwu, dressed in a dragon robe, strode in from the outside, protecting "poor little Concubine Zhen" behind him like a hedgehog: "If she is pregnant and did not report it, I asked her to keep it a secret. If the Empress is angry, just come to me." She
almost said: Why are you making things difficult for a little girl?
Except for Jiang Xinyue, everyone at the scene had a bad look on their faces, especially Emperor Xuanwu who rushed in like this, as if the three of them were so terrible that they could kill Concubine Zhen.
Empress Zhu's lips trembled. After more than ten years of marriage, he did not even have this much trust in her.
"Your Majesty is wrong..."
"Your Majesty, you misunderstood."
Jiang Xinyue interrupted Concubine De's words, poked her head out from behind the emperor, smiled and said, "The Empress brought Concubine De and Concubine Liang to see me. I was just joking with the Empress, but unfortunately, Your Majesty came." Concubine Liang
knew to give Empress Zhu a step down, and immediately replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, she just told us about the great event of Concubine Zhen's pregnancy, and we were just talking about punishing her. She is used to acting coquettishly, and she knows that the Empress is soft-hearted. , acting coquettishly with the Empress!"
The four women colluded with each other, and Emperor Xuanwu was embarrassed. Seeing this, Jiang Xinyue pinched his hand and whispered in his ear: "But the emperor cares about me, and I feel it. I am very touched. Before going to bed at night, I will tell the baby in my belly that his father loves him very much."
The love that Emperor Xuanwu invested in Jiang Xinyue's belly was more than that of all the children in the harem combined. He was happy to hear her praise him in front of the child, even though the child was not born yet.
Empress Zhu and others watched the emperor, who was originally angry and might have angered Concubine Zhen, being easily coaxed by a few words, and looked at Concubine Zhen with tenderness in his eyes.
Then, Concubine Zhen ordered the emperor to leave.
Miraculously, the Emperor not only did not get angry, but kissed Concubine Zhen on the top of her head, and said to Empress Zhu: "Empress, I am too nervous about Concubine Zhen, please don't be offended. Hexi Palace has been in turmoil recently, and I am really scared. Let Yikun Palace light the lights tonight, and I will go to see the fifth prince."
After saying that, he looked at Concubine Zhen again, as if to say: I have done everything you said, are you satisfied now? Concubine
Zhen pressed her palm on her lips and kissed her, then waved her hand towards the Emperor. The Emperor grabbed her hand in the air, as if to catch the kiss, stuffed it into his clothes on his chest, and patted it, indicating that he would keep the flying kiss properly.
The Emperor also ignored such an overstepping act, and the wind direction in the palace was indeed about to change.
Concubine Li once satirized Jiang Xinyue as yesterday's flower, a flash in the pan, but now it seems that the person who lives up to this saying is Concubine Li herself.