One month later, Ganxin Palace.
Helian Qi was reviewing the memorials when Wang Degui came in beaming with joy:
"Your Majesty, Concubine Dong is pregnant!"
This month, Dong Zhaoyi's menstruation was delayed, so she asked the imperial physician to take her pulse and confirmed that she had been pregnant for more than a month.
Helian Qi was in a very good mood and immediately went to Mingde Palace.
"Your Majesty, your concubine pays homage!" Concubine Dong bowed and saluted.
Helian Qi looked at her and said gently, "You are pregnant, you must take good care of yourself. Pass on my decree, promote Concubine Dong Zhaoyi to concubine, give her the title Jing, and move her to the main hall of Mingde Palace."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" Concubine Jing smiled faintly.
All the palace ladies in the room bowed and congratulated Concubine Jing.
"I have something I want to discuss with Your Majesty alone..." Concubine Jing looked at Helian Qi earnestly.
Helian Qi raised his eyebrows slightly, "Wang Degui, all of you leave."
There were only two people left in the room.
Jingpin suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to Helian Qi:
"I beg the emperor for mercy, to allow me to leave the palace to pray for a year. I am so grateful to your majesty for your favor, and I am so happy to have an heir. I am so happy to have such a great blessing befall me."
"I hope to pray for the unborn heir, for my father and brother on the battlefield, for your majesty, and for Dayan. I beg your majesty to allow me to leave the palace."
Of course, the imperial concubine could not go home after leaving the palace.
You can only go to the royal palace or royal temple.
There is a shrine in the palace, so it is not that there is no place to pray. The so-called praying is obviously just an excuse.
Concubine Jing wants to leave the palace.
Helian Qi stared at her, the look in his eyes was unpredictable.
Jingpin's eyes were filled with tears, "Your Majesty, it was not my fault that Wenpin was poisoned last time!"
She first tried to clarify for herself, then continued:
"Someone in the palace must be trying to harm Concubine Wen. And it's not just Concubine Wen. Concubine Shun has been in trouble so many times. There is only one eldest prince in the palace now. I want to give birth to your heir in peace..."
Only the eldest prince, this was hinting that she suspected Concubine Shu.
"Whether it's a prince or a princess, as long as it's your Majesty's child, I will be extremely happy. Please allow me to leave the palace to pray for your blessing."
At the end of the story, Concubine Jing burst into tears.
Helian Qi's eyes were gloomy.
Dong witnessed Concubine Wen's death in childbirth with her own eyes. She was frightened and wanted to leave the palace to hide, which was not her fault.
Helian Qi said: "It is midsummer now, and it is very hot in the palace. You can go to Qingyue Garden to escape the heat. There is a pagoda in the garden, you can go there to pray for blessings."
Qingyue Garden is an imperial summer garden near the capital.
Since ascending the throne, Helian Qi has been busy with state affairs and has no time to go to the Summer Palace for entertainment. There is an ice jar in the palace, so he doesn't feel it is that hot.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" Concubine Jing bowed in thanks, a hint of joy emerging in her heart.
No matter who was secretly stirring up trouble, she couldn't care less about others and just wanted to give birth to the child in peace.
The news of Concubine Jing's pregnancy just spread...
Before the other concubines had time to congratulate her, she had already gone to the summer palace.
Concubine Shu was very angry when she heard this, you are quite good at hiding!
In the same month, Helian Qi selected one of the several imperial concubines to raise the second prince and issued an order:
"Promote Yang Zhaoyi to be a concubine, given the title Rou, and live in Zhongcui Palace."
…
Jingxi Palace.
"Does she think that I can't cure her just because she hides in the summer palace?" Concubine Shu sat in front of the Buddha statue with cold eyes.
Cai Quan walked in quickly, "My Lady, something big has happened!"
"What's the matter?" Concubine Shu frowned.
Cai Quan lowered his voice and said, "According to Anqi, Ning's menstrual period has not come this month..."
"What? She is pregnant too?" The gavel in Concubine Shu's hand fell to the ground.
"The palace maids are very tight-lipped, so we can't be sure. But Ning used to ask a female doctor to check her pulse from time to time. Since her menstrual period stopped, she has never summoned a female doctor to check her pulse again." Cai Quan said:
"Moreover, the defense of Yonghe Palace has been stricter recently than before."
Concubine Shu suddenly stood up and paced back and forth, thinking secretly.
Is Ning Wanyin planning to make it public after she is pregnant?
Shunpin thought so at the beginning.
The first three months are unstable and it is easy to slip.
If she were to ask whose child in the palace posed the greatest threat to her, it would naturally be Ning Wanyin.
If it weren't for the fact that her room was so difficult to store things, Concubine Shu would have given her a sterilizing drug long ago.
As for why Ning Wanyin didn't run away? Since she could protect Shunpin's child, she naturally thought she could protect her own child as well.
But do you really think you can defend it every time?
"It's time to prepare for this year's Midsummer Poetry Festival. It's rare for the palace to hold such a grand banquet, so we can't afford to make any mistakes." Concubine Shu's eyes flickered:
"Please ask all concubines above the rank of Zhaoyi to come to Jingxi Palace in the next few days to discuss the rules. Although this is planned by the palace and Concubine Ning, we also need to ask everyone to brainstorm..."
"Pearl, go arrange one more thing."
…
Shu Fei is one of the four concubines, the head of all concubines, in charge of the six palaces. Her orders are passed down...
The concubines began to "sit in jail" every day again.
"Ningpin doesn't look well?" Concubine Shu asked with a concerned smile.
Ning Wanyin has always been bright and beautiful, but she has not looked well in recent days and she sat in the chair looking sick.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. It's just that the weather has been too hot recently and I can't eat." Ning Wanyin said casually.
Shufei's heart was moved, she had already received the message that Ning Wanyin had secretly told her.
Her eyes inadvertently swept over Lu Zhaoyi.
Concubine Lu sat in the seat below Ning Wanyin, with a personal maid standing beside her fanning her.
Concubine Shu retracted her gaze and said with a smile, "Then let's continue talking about this poetry gathering..."
…
In Yonghe Palace.
Ning Wanyin picked up a pill and put it in her mouth.
This is a medicine to delay menstruation. It needs to be taken every day. Once you stop taking it, menstruation will come immediately.
"Master, Concubine Ying is here!" She came in with the chess pieces in hand to report.
Wei Yingya walked in, bowed and said with a smile: "I pay my respects to Concubine Ning! It's still cool in the palace..."
Last time, the concubines of the Cen Party were sent out of the palace.
She was the only one who escaped.
The emperor did not think of Wei Yingya when he arranged this matter. He ordered that all concubines involved in the Cen Party case be sent away without even looking at the list.
Fortunately, Ning Wanyin was there to serve her with pen and ink and to plead for her.
The emperor showed leniency.
Ning Wanyin had specifically asked her if she wanted to leave the palace.
Of course she doesn't want to!
Leaving the palace sounds like freedom? But she has to practice in the temple, eat vegetarian food and work every day, and she can't escape. Help, what's the point of living if she can't eat meat? She finally joined the heroine's team and lived a happy life. She didn't want to leave the palace at all.
But now her only doubt is whether she bet on the wrong heroine?
Ningpin is such a powerful person, will she be the next empress dowager?
"I want you to do something." Ning Wanyin looked at Wei Yingya.
Wei Yingya said excitedly, "Madam Ning, please give me your orders!"
My lady, who are we going to kill today? Hehehehe!
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