Chapter 376: Old Tricks Again
Upon hearing the good news, Xiao Jingheng clapped his hands and laughed.
He immediately asked Zhao Hua to sit next to him, and even replaced the dishes in front of her with dishes that were exclusive to the emperor.
This was a rule that only the queen had in the past at family banquets.
The concubines were all envious, and Concubine Hui felt a little sad but did not dare to show it.
He could only quietly use his hands hanging under the table to place them on his wrists and check his own pulse.
She was already four months pregnant and she had some knowledge of medicine, so she had checked her own pulse early in the morning and determined the gender of the baby based on the pulse.
When taking the pulse at this moment, Concubine Hui's pulse was still rapid on the right and slow on the left.
This is clearly the pulse sign of a female pregnancy.
She felt mixed emotions, which formed a sharp contrast with Zhao Hua, who was leaning in Xiao Jingheng's arms with a sweet smile on her face.
At this moment, Ying Fei and Rong Yue, who were sitting next to her, also whispered to each other.
Rong Yue started the conversation first and said, "Since the death of the Third Prince, we haven't seen the Emperor so happy for a long time. It seems that the saying that a mother's status is enhanced by her son is really true. Imperial Concubine Yi is really blessed."
Concubine Ying also sighed, "If she can really have a son this time, I'm afraid the position of empress will be given to Concubine Yi. After all, the emperor can even change her family background. Isn't this obviously preparing for her to be crowned empress in the future? Otherwise, why didn't the emperor change Concubine Chen's family background?"
Rong Yue pondered for a moment and said, "Sister, what you said hits the nail on the head. We must pick people to curry favor with in the future. If Imperial Concubine Yi becomes the Queen, her child will be a legitimate son. Wasn't the Second Prince already made the Crown Prince by the Emperor? It's a pity..."
"Hush." Concubine Ying was horrified and quickly made a gesture to Rong Yue to keep quiet. She frowned and said, "Sister, be careful with your words. Such words are always taboo in the palace. You can't say them."
Concubine Hui listened attentively to their discussion.
Although these words may sound annoying, they are indisputable facts.
She saw that Xiao Jingheng treated Zhao Hua like a treasure, but was cold and indifferent to her.
If she gave birth to another princess this time, and Zhaohua became the queen in the future, and her legitimate son was made the crown prince, wouldn't all her painstaking planning over the years be in vain?
Later that night, after the banquet was over, Concubine Hui summoned Court Judge Guo and Imperial Physician Zhang on the pretext of feeling unwell.
She still held on to a glimmer of hope, hoping that her medical skills were poor and the diagnosis was wrong.
So he asked these two top doctors from the Imperial Hospital to take her pulse and determine the gender of the baby.
But what they said later completely shattered the fantasy in Concubine Hui's heart.
"Based on your Majesty's pulse, this baby...is most likely to be a princess."
"In fact, the princess is fine, and she will be closer to the queen in the future."
Of course, Concubine Hui would not listen to such superficial advice.
If you can't give birth to a prince in the palace, what hope can you have by keeping a princess by your side?
At this moment, Concubine Hui was disheartened, knowing that this pregnancy would not bring her any benefits.
So, she began to think silently in her heart:
Anyway, this child is useless, but if she can use this child to completely overthrow Zhao Hua, it will be a good deed for her.
Without Zhaohua, her future will be smoother.
It doesn't matter whether Jamel Xiao dotes on her or not.
As long as none of Xiao Jingheng's male offspring survives,
Then the prince she would give birth to in the future would sooner or later become the crown prince and live until the day of inheriting the throne.
Concubine Hui was a lunatic to begin with. For the person she loved and for her motherland, it was not surprising that she would do something even crazier.
But how could she know that when she was thinking about how to plot against Zhao Hua,
At this moment, Zhaohua was in her own palace, offering Empress Jiarui's birth date and horoscope, and was respectfully burning incense to the late empress.
Yunshan held the lamp for Zhaohua and whispered:
"I'm afraid Queen Jiarui would never have thought that the young lady would still think of her and burn a stick of incense for her on New Year's Eve."
Zhaohua held the incense in front of the shrine and bowed three times, smiling and saying:
"Not only should we burn incense for her, we should also thank her. The method she used to deal with Shu Fei in the past was really brilliant. Now I should also use the essence of it for my own use." [Summary: When Shu Fei was pregnant, the Queen bribed the imperial physician who was taking care of Shu Fei's pregnancy, and let the imperial physician tell Shu Fei that her baby would not survive more than seven months and would definitely not be born.]
Yunshan said: "Empress Hui summoned Judge Guo and Imperial Physician Zhang overnight, and they must have known that she is pregnant with a girl.
She would never have imagined that the young lady asked Imperial Doctor Zhang to do his best to save her just to gain her trust so that Imperial Doctor Zhang could add an extra medicine into the pregnancy-maintaining medicine without anyone noticing while he was treating her.
The medicine will not cause any problems to Concubine Hui's body, it will only make her right kidney more full of kidney energy. In this way, no matter who takes her pulse, her pulse will be faster on the right side, which is the pulse of a female fetus."
Zhao Hua slowly inserted the incense into the shrine and said in a steady voice:
"Whether Concubine Hui is seeking the position of empress or crown prince, she will not allow me to stand in her way. Now that she thinks she is pregnant with a princess, it depends on whether she still wants to be a human being.
If she is completely black-hearted and wants to use the life of the royal heir in her belly as a sharp blade to stab me, in order to frame me... "
At this point, Zhaohua suddenly bowed to the jade statue of Guanyin Buddha.
Then he took the jade bottle from its hand and poured all the Yangzhi nectar in it into the incense burner. After completely extinguishing the sparks that had risen, he smiled coldly and said:
"Then it's time for her to end this drama."
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