Chapter 119: Empress's Pregnancy
“That’s enough!”
Seeing that Concubine Ning was becoming more and more arrogant, the Queen became angry.
"I am the Empress Dowager, and my words are the Imperial Decree!"
Her phoenix eyes swept across the second seat, and she said firmly: "Ying Fei, please sit down!"
With the Queen's support, Concubine Ying felt confident and sat down upright.
Concubine Ning glanced at her, then glared at the Queen, and said in a cold voice, "Since there is no room for me in the Queen's palace, there is no need for me to sit here and watch you all pretend to be sisters with sweet words but vicious intentions."
Even though she was so proud, she just turned around and left after rebuking the queen.
But before he took two steps, he suddenly heard the Queen retching, and then heard Shuang Ruo say:
"Your Majesty, please don't get angry, or you might upset your baby."
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole hall was in an uproar.
Concubine Ning's feet were frozen as if filled with lead.
She turned her head stiffly and glanced at the queen who was pretending to retch on the throne.
The concubines all started to talk about their concern.
"Pregnancy? Could it be that the Queen has good news?"
"Yes, you see, today the queen didn't even drink the golden needles she always liked, and only had a cup of warm water in front of her."
"When was the happy event? The queen didn't tell us so that we could also share in the joy~"
Faced with the overwhelming concern, the queen seemed quite calm.
She smiled and drank a sip of water to suppress the retching feeling, then said:
"I called you here today to talk about this. I am indeed three months pregnant."
Three months?
Song Zhao glanced at Concubine Xiao, and her eyes flickered.
All in all, she has been pregnant for more than three months...
So the queen became pregnant almost at the same time as her?
If this was the case, the queen was truly calm and composed, as she kept it a secret for three months until the pregnancy was stable.
Song Zhao was not the only one who had such speculation. Among all the concubines present, except Concubine Hui who was laughing foolishly while eating milk cakes, everyone else probably saw it.
The queen also gave everyone a reasonable explanation.
"I was confused. My body was weak and my menstruation was irregular. I had to do many trivial things in the palace myself. I was so busy that I couldn't take care of it. Don't laugh at me. I only found out about this news last night after I asked the imperial physician to check my pulse."
How could the Queen forget?
If she gave birth to Xiao Jingheng's first child, and if it was a boy, then this child would not only be the eldest son, but also a noble son. How noble would his status be?
I'm afraid that as soon as he was born, he had already embraced half of the throne of the crown prince in his cradle.
It was just that the Queen said so, and everyone just went along with it.
Some were busy congratulating the queen, while others said they should quickly tell Xiao Jingheng the good news.
Regardless of whether these people were sincere or not, they all had smiles on their faces.
Only one person is different.
Concubine Ning has a straightforward personality, and her likes and dislikes are clearly written on her face.
She looked at the queen calmly, and finally her eyes fell on her flat belly, "Who hasn't had a child? Why are you all so anxious to celebrate? When the queen and her child give birth to the royal heir safely, then it will be time for you to rush to curry favor with her and congratulate her!"
It was supposed to be a happy occasion, but Concubine Ning's words made everyone's faces gloomy.
Concubine Ying scolded loudly: "Concubine Ning! How dare you curse the Empress!"
Concubine Ning sneered disdainfully, "What do you know, bitch? Far from cursing the queen, I am actually caring about her sincerely. Giving birth is like walking through the gates of hell for a woman. The queen has a heart disease, so giving birth is even more difficult and dangerous."
As she spoke, she bowed slightly to the Queen, sneered as if watching a good show, and said, "I hope that the Queen and her child are safe!"
After saying this in a sarcastic tone, Concubine Ning walked away with her head held high under the gaze of everyone.
"With such a reversal of status, no wonder the emperor would dislike her!"
The concubines all blamed Concubine Ning and began to comfort the Queen.
However, the Queen did not get angry again because of Concubine Ning.
She said calmly: "I know best how my body is. If fate favors me, I and my child will be safe. If fate does not wish to fulfill my wish..."
A fleeting sadness flashed across her eyes, and she subconsciously clenched her fists and said in a firm tone:
"Even if I have to risk my life, I will give birth to a legitimate son for the emperor."
Ying Fei hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Queen cannot say such things..."
Shu Fei also said: "Yes, this is a great joyous event. Your Majesty is blessed by heaven, and both mother and child will be safe."
The Fengluan Palace was extremely joyful that day.
Later, Xiao Jingheng also went there.
He was very happy when he heard that the queen was pregnant. He picked up the best things to give her as rewards, and it was not enough. He also said that he would take all the concubines to pray for the queen in person next year to ensure the safety of her and her child.
Song Zhao saw it all, and saw the queen's face filled with a happy smile.
Somehow, she felt a little sad.
The women in the harem were originally not worthy.
She thought:
If the situation were reversed, if she had a heart disease, and her husband knew that her life might be in danger if she gave birth to this baby, but still wanted her to give birth to it happily, how would she feel?
It can be seen that even though the queen is the mother of a country and Xiao Jingheng's first wife,
In the end, the life of the Queen Mother is not as important as the empty title of a legitimate son.
It's really ironic.
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Compared with the bustle in the Queen's Palace, the Yonghe Palace, which was once crowded with people, now seems particularly deserted.
Concubine Ning was alone in the palace, sitting on a yellow pear wood chair carved with a phoenix pattern.
This chair was given to her by Xiao Jingheng.
She is also the only concubine in the palace, besides the Queen, who can have a phoenix pattern decoration.
She stroked the phoenix pattern on the chair infatuatedly, and all that came to her mind were the affectionate words that Xiao Jingheng had said to her when they were in love in the past.
As I thought about it, my eyes began to turn red.
She caught a glimpse of the phoenix pattern wood color faded a little, and Concubine Ning immediately became anxious and shouted loudly:
"Yingxiang! How did you do it? The color of the wood has faded. Go get some pine oil to moisten it!"
The one who rushed in to answer was actually the palace maid Qiulan.
"Your Majesty, calm down. I will go right away."
Seeing that it was her, Concubine Ning suddenly realized that her Yingxiang was gone...
Yingxiang had been serving her since she was six years old, and had been doing so for more than ten years, and she was very devoted to her.
Now that she had died in the hot spring villa, Concubine Ning couldn't even see her for the last time, nor could she bury her properly.
Qiulan saw tears in Concubine Ning's eyes, so she carefully comforted her: "Your Majesty, you..."
"What are you still standing there for?" Concubine Ning suddenly raised her eyes and glared at Qiulan with disgust, "Go and do what you should do!"
Qiulan was so frightened by her that she staggered away as if she was running for her life.
Not long after she left, Concubine Ning was looking down in grief when she heard a noise coming from outside the door. She scolded without even looking up:
"I told you to go back and do your job, but those two pieces of flesh on your cheeks are useless now!"
"Why did my sister get so angry?"
Hearing that it was Concubine Yun's voice, Concubine Ning raised her head and glanced at her, and also said unhappily: "What are you doing here?"
Concubine Yun closed the palace door cautiously, stood beside Concubine Ning, lowered her voice, and said in a secretive manner:
"I know that you are upset because the Queen is pregnant, but isn't now the best time for you to take revenge? I have just used up all the perfume powder here, so I will take some back today. During the time you went to the hot spring villa with the Emperor, the Queen and I were very close. I will hang around her every day and make sure she has a heart attack and miscarriage before she can give birth!"
Concubine Ning gave her a sidelong glance, and inexplicably felt even more disgusted with her.
Before the Queen was pregnant, she always refused to do anything to harm the Queen.
Now that she heard that the Queen was pregnant, she rushed over?
Concubine Ning was silent for a moment, then said calmly, "Since it's gone, don't use it."
"No need?" Concubine Yun was puzzled. "You have always suspected that the Queen was responsible for your miscarriage. Now you finally have the chance to avenge your child's death, why do you..."
"Of course I hate her!" Concubine Ning suddenly became emotional, her eyes were red with anger as she said, "I wish I could skin that bitch alive and throw her into a frying pan to fry her into oily residue! But...but..."
She was full of hatred.
I don't know what he suddenly thought of, his tone gradually weakened.
Tears welled up in his dim eyes. He stroked the phoenix pattern on the seat and said in sorrow:
"But her child is also the emperor's child."
"How can I make the emperor sad..."
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