Chapter 149 Undercurrents Concubine

Li looked at the emperor and empress on the stage and Jiang Xinyue sitting on the emperor's right hand, and a strong sense of unwillingness surged in her heart.

In previous years, Jiang Xinyue's position was hers.

But now, she was wearing unfashionable clothes, wearing last year's old hairpin, sitting among a group of concubines of lower status. Even if she wanted to see the emperor's face clearly, she had to go over layers of heads.

How could she accept this gap when she had the best?

"Your Majesty, please look at the lady, is she injured?"

Concubine Li looked at the minister's family. Her mother had blood at the corner of her mouth and looked very painful, while the eunuch next to Concubine Zhen was looking at her with a smile.

"He..."

Concubine Li was about to get up and go over, but Xiao Xuanzi had already withdrawn from there and returned to the back of Concubine Zhen.

She then learned that it was Pei who was so mean-spirited that she had to say some ugly words to humiliate Ruan, and even cursed her in her words.

Fortunately, her stepfather was a man of clear mind and knew to protect his mother.

She deserved to have her mouth stabbed.

Jiang Xinyue caught a sharp, hateful look. She turned her head abruptly and saw Li Guipin staring at her. Her beautiful face was distorted like Pei's.

She raised the wine glass beside her, raised it towards Li Guipin, and then drank it all.

Of course, what she drank was not wine, but fruit juice, which was made by Manager Gao specifically for her.

Li Guipin ignored her, but leaned back and said to Xia He behind her: "Go and find out what Concubine Zhen did to Madam?"

"Your Majesty?"

Xia He tied the handkerchief in her hand and said to Pei: "Madam, that little eunuch is not serving the emperor, but someone in Concubine Zhen's palace."

"What?"

Pei had just been brought down and applied medicine, and she covered her mouth incoherently, gasping: "Hiss...you said...hiss...what did you say...what do you mean? Ouch...it hurts me to death..."

Xia He sighed heavily: "What I mean is that you have been fooled. That was not a crab rewarded by the emperor. It was Concubine Zhen who deliberately made trouble for you."

"How dare she?"

Pei stared: "That was a false imperial decree."

"Of course she dares."

Xia He said bitterly, "She is now the most important person in the harem. Even the Empress Dowager has to avoid her. Who else would she not dare to offend? Even if we report it to the Emperor, it would only be that she rewarded you, Madam, with two crabs. The Emperor would not blame her."

Pei gritted her teeth and said, "This arrogant little bitch, I will not swallow this stupid humiliation like this."

She whispered a few words in Xia He's ear. Xia He was surprised and said, "Madam brought him into the palace?"

"Yes, I originally wanted her to stay with Ni'er in disguise as a palace maid, just in case. But now that Concubine Zhen is so arrogant, if she gives birth to a prince in the future, won't Ni'er have even less status? We have to act before she gives birth, tonight." It

was New Year's Eve, and the palace maids in Hexi Palace must have relaxed, as they were all huddled together waiting for the New Year's Eve. It would be easiest to succeed if we acted now.

In the seemingly peaceful harem, undercurrents were surging.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

When it was time to set off fireworks, everyone went to the walls of the palace to watch together, and below the walls were the people of the imperial city.

Wang Dequan read out the emperor's decree to reduce taxes, causing the people below the walls to kneel down and shout long live the emperor.

On the right side of Emperor Xuanwu stood Empress Zhu, and on the left side was Jiang Xinyue, who was pulled to his side by him.

The country was peaceful and the people were safe. He had the woman he loved in his arms, and she was pregnant with their child.

The emperor felt that this year was the happiest and happiest year of his life.

The repetitive life every day made him no longer look forward to the coming year. His life was to do what an emperor should do step by step.

But now he had Concubine Zhen, and it was she who made him look forward to this stagnant palace life step by step.

When did this expectation start?

It was probably when she asked him to go to Hexi Palace every day to tell stories to the child in her belly after she became pregnant.

He even thought that the story books written by Concubine Zhen herself, such as "Journey to the West", "Snow White", "Cinderella" and "Little Pony Crossing the River" were very exciting.

Especially the story of Sun Wukong protecting Tang Monk on his journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. As a storyteller, he was fascinated by it and wanted to tell his baby more stories every day so that he could read more.

Concubine Zhen was like a treasure chest. There were always endless new things in it, which always gave him different surprises.

The gorgeous fireworks lit up the entire night sky. Jiang Xinyue looked up and stared at them without blinking. It was rare... She was a little homesick.

Although in the future, her father didn't love her and her mother didn't care about her, her parents divorced, started their own families, and gave her brothers and sisters, she no longer had her own home.

But... She still missed the oden restaurant downstairs in the company after work every day. I wonder if the fat boss would ask her colleagues where she went after not seeing her for so long?

Her parents, who were like strangers, would not think of her unless they were short of money, but she still could not let go of the part of herself that longed for family affection in her bones.

Because she knew that even her biological parents were unreliable in this world, she never thought of relying on anyone.

No matter how much Emperor Xuanwu loved and doted on her, there were additional conditions. She must always be well-behaved, cute, beautiful, kind, and always think about him.

That was not her...

The real her had a clear distinction between love and hate, and she would not tolerate a grain of sand in her eyes. A scumbag like Emperor Xuanwu would definitely be thrown over her shoulder in the future.

"What are you thinking about, my beloved?"

Why do you look so unhappy?

"I was thinking... my belly is only seven months old, how come it's the same size as others? Could I be pregnant with twins?"

The ancients were very particular about Feng Shui and superstition, especially the royal family.

The Book of Changes states: "One is Yang, two is Yin." The ancients believed that twins in one pregnancy had a lot of Yin energy and would clash with each other after birth. Ancient emperors believed that twins were equivalent to "twin stars coming to the world," which was an ominous sign and would affect the fate of the country.

There are two ways to deal with twins.

In the case of cruel treatment, the emperor would ask the imperial physician to examine the weaker child and strangle the stronger one, or execute both of them or send them out of the palace to be raised by others.

If the emperor used gentle means to continue raising the twins, one of them might be hidden and not recorded in the history books.

Or the emperor would declare that they were not twins and falsify the birth date, recording them as brothers with a one-year age difference in history books, or pass one of the princes to another concubine to conceal the truth.

It turned out that he was worried about this.

Emperor Xuanwu touched her head and said, "Your belly is not that big. I have seen the Empress's belly when she was seven months pregnant. It was bigger than yours. Don't worry too much. Just wait for the birth. Even if you give birth to twins, I will make proper arrangements and nothing will happen to you or the children."