Chapter 211 Blessing
Xuanyuan Ling did not eat dinner that day and did not stay overnight.
When he left, Shen Qing didn't even wake up from her nap.
It's not that Xuanyuan Ling disliked Chen Qing. In Xuanyuan Ling's opinion, Chen Qing loved him deeply, so what was wrong with her? Could it be that she was too good at coaxing people? He just didn't know why he got stuck in a dead end.
Why is he so entangled in how Shen Qing fell in love with him in the first place? How could an emperor be entangled in this? It's good that Shen Qing likes him now.
It was his own biased thinking. In fact, whether he asked or not, Chen Qing was his concubine. He didn't know what the point of worrying about this was.
It's really confusing.
When he was not in Zhaohua Palace, he was still rational and dealing with government affairs. Naturally, he would not think about such things. He thought that maybe he would not think so next time.
Meanwhile, many people knew that Xuanyuan Ling had gone to see Chen Qing again and had stayed for two hours before leaving.
Well, the newcomers to the palace are looking forward to the emperor’s arrival, so they are trying every possible means to find out the emperor’s whereabouts.
There is a saying that there are too many monks and too little porridge. In fact, the six new people who entered the palace were already few enough. Concubine Chen had not yet served in the emperor's bed, so there were only five people left. During the month when Shen Qing was "ill", Xuanyuan Ling favored all five of them again, but he evenly distributed one time to each of them, without any favoritism at all.
There is really no chance for anyone to stand out, but at least these five people can get together and talk on weekdays.
Concubine Zhou was the highest-ranking person in the palace except Concubine Chen, so everyone gathered where she lived.
Well, there is not much entertainment in the harem, and it is normal for sisters to visit each other when the relationship is not strained.
And what the concubines talked about when they got together was nothing more than the same things.
"We are entering the palace at the wrong time." The speaker was Concubine Wu. "Empress Xi is the most favored concubine in the harem. If we enter the palace at this time, it's really..."
She didn't finish her words, but everyone else was thinking the same thing.
That's right. It would be fine if no one in the harem was favored, as the new entrants to the palace could at least give the emperor a taste of freshness. But Xipin was favored by the emperor, and I heard that she couldn't have children yet. Yet the emperor spent most of the month in Zhaohua Palace.
Those in high positions are not favored, but the queen doesn't say anything about Shen Qing's current favor.
Everyone couldn't help but think that even the Queen couldn't do anything about Shen Qing's favor, so they could only leave it to fate.
But with such a person in front of me, it is impossible not to feel sad.
It would be fine if they were not favored by everyone, but seeing how much the emperor favored one person, how could they not wish that the person favored by the emperor was themselves?
Chu Linglong's two visits to the emperor's bedchamber in a month was already too much. Concubine Wu looked at her and said, "You are lucky to have saved the third princess. The emperor will remember this."
They were clearly talking about Concubine Xi, but Concubine Wu's behavior caused people to shift the topic to Chu Linglong.
"In fact, it was luck that saved the third princess. Luck is like an accident, no one can say for sure, but if we talk about blessing, it would be a blessing if we can get pregnant." Chu Linglong changed the subject.
What the concubines in the harem care about is naturally the children.
Sure enough, after she said this, everyone else's attention was on the child. Everyone was thinking about themselves, and no one cared whether Chu Linglong had slept with them one more time than them.
At this moment, a plate of puff pastry flower cakes was brought in. Concubine Zhou asked everyone to eat. Chu Linglong also took a piece, but suddenly felt nauseous. She couldn't help it and retched.
This sound attracted everyone's attention. Chu Linglong frowned and said, "This flower cake smells so oily."
Others ate: "No problem."
Didn’t we just say that getting pregnant is a blessing?
Suddenly Lady Wu said, "Is Lady Yi pregnant?"
Chu Linglong was startled. Seeing the people around her looking at her belly with strange expressions, she instinctively protected her belly. Concubine Zhou's face also changed a little. When she first entered the palace, she sprained her ankle and it was Chu Linglong who helped her. Among these people, she was the only one who had a personal relationship with Chu Linglong. Concubine Wu had asked about it, and she couldn't save face at this moment. She couldn't help but ask, "Why don't we report it to the Queen Mother and ask the imperial physician to take a look?"
Chu Linglong also knew that what Concubine Zhou said was something that could not be helped.
Then she felt a little regretful. It was not easy to give birth in the harem. Even if she had never given birth before, she knew it in her heart. She could only blame herself for being young and inexperienced. The incident happened suddenly, and she had no chance to hide even if she wanted to. What else could she do now? She could only report to the Queen Mother and ask for the imperial physician.
When the Queen heard the news, she didn't say anything else and directly asked the imperial physician to go to Concubine Zhou to see Chu Linglong.
At this moment, Chu Linglong was the center of everyone's attention, and she lived up to everyone's expectations as she became pregnant.
Chu Linglong's pregnancy this time was something she had never expected, which attracted hatred. It was nothing at first, but she had just said in front of everyone that saving the third princess was luck and being pregnant was a blessing, and then she got pregnant.
She now regretted going out today, and also regretted mentioning her good fortune. People would think she was taking advantage of her pregnancy to mock those who didn't have children.
The imperial physician left after taking the baby's pulse. The other concubines said a few words of congratulations, but they really didn't have the heart to be happy for others. Well, she was lucky. The emperor came to the harem so seldom, and she was still able to get pregnant. This kind of blessing is not available to most people. After congratulating her, they naturally didn't stay for long.
After the others left, Chu Linglong looked at Concubine Zhou and said, "I don't know about this either. I didn't mean to hide it from you."
Concubine Zhou said, "How could I think so?" She met Chu Linglong when she entered the palace, so the two of them have always had a personal relationship. After getting along with each other, she really felt that Chu Linglong was not such a person. She usually didn't pay much attention to these things, but she still knew what she should know: "You are pregnant, so be careful in the future."
Chu Linglong knew that this was a sign of concern for her, and she couldn't help but become closer to Concubine Zhou. The two talked for a while, and then she returned to her own palace.
Ming Su was very excited on the way, but Chu Linglong was a little worried. Ming Su looked at Chu Linglong puzzledly: "What is the beauty worried about?"
Chu Linglong said: "This baby came too quickly. I was not prepared. So many people know about it. I haven't even taken the baby yet, but I've already been hated."
Ming Su was also worried when she heard this: "No one will harm the beauty, right?"
Chu Linglong thought about it and felt that the emperor must care about the child. After all, such an imperial decree had been issued. Now that she was pregnant, the emperor would definitely come to see her. At that time, she would ask the emperor to protect her.
Now she is the first pregnant one among the newcomers to the palace, and she had saved the third princess before. Although the emperor may not favor her, he still has a good impression of her.
She asked the emperor to protect the child, and the emperor would agree. With this child, life should be much better. At least, Concubine Ru would not dare to deduct her share from now on, right?
Chu Linglong didn't know why she thought of Chen Qing. Since she had a child, she shouldn't be inferior to Chen Qing's original favor, right?
Chu Linglong envied Chen Qing. She still remembered that she had no ice, but Chen Qing had so much ice that the emperor even lectured her.
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