Chapter 322 Notice some clues
Everyone else in the palace also knew the news. Those in high positions all had children, so they didn't mind after hearing it. They could only say that Concubine Ji was really lucky.
What luck she had! Last time, Concubine De randomly picked people and asked the Emperor to take them out for a tour, and this Concubine Ji was chosen by her. Later, the Emperor also turned over her name card, and now she was chosen again to go to the temporary palace to escape the summer heat. Originally, she had the lowest rank and seemed to have no sense of existence, but she ended up getting pregnant.
Such luck really makes people sigh, well, this person is blessed.
Compared to Chu Linglong, who saved the third princess after entering the palace and made the emperor remember her, and was also the first one in her batch to become pregnant, although Concubine Ji had little presence in the early stage, she was really unstoppable when her luck came.
Chu Linglong was also stunned when she heard the news. She was not stunned by the fact that Concubine Ji was pregnant. When the emperor visited the harem, other people would have children too.
This was the most normal thing, but his attitude was indeed strange. When she was pregnant for the first time, she intended to ask the emperor to protect her, but the emperor handled the matter impartially. But this time, the emperor suddenly protected her more tightly. She did not think that she was more favored than before. She knew how the emperor treated her, but the emperor attached more importance to offspring.
No matter who gave birth to the child in the harem, he would pay special attention to it.
Normally, it is important for the royal family to expand. However, the emperor did not care about the affairs of the harem before and handled everything according to the rules. This was normal. But it is not normal now because the emperor is still young and can let things take their course. As for children, just like now, as long as the emperor does not favor Concubine Xi alone, other people will have children more or less.
With a beauty pageant every two years, there will be more and more people in the harem, which means that there will be more and more pregnancies in the future.
Even though the children in the harem are easily targeted, it is impossible for every one of them not to survive, so protecting them like this would be too obvious.
It was as if the emperor felt that he wouldn't have many children in the future, so he cherished his children especially.
When Chu Linglong thought of this, her heart started beating faster. The scenes of Xuanyuan Ling and Shen Qing getting along that she had seen before flashed through her mind, as well as his various protections for Shen Qing. When she was pregnant, Shen Qing was promoted. When she came back from the tour, Concubine Ji was picked, and she was rewarded when she went to see Shen Qing. Later, the emperor obviously did something to help Shen Qing. Putting all these together, Chu Linglong came to an unbelievable conclusion that it seemed that the emperor would compensate Concubine Xi every time he went to the harem and caused any concubine to become pregnant.
Everyone in the palace knew that Shen Qing was favored, but being favored was one thing, and asking the emperor to feel guilty and compensate for touching other people was another.
After all, it is natural for the emperor to visit his concubines. Why should he feel guilty? Why should he make up for it? It is the most basic thing for women in the harem not to be jealous.
Since entering the palace, Chu Linglong felt that she had never been treated specially. Xuanyuan Ling was always superior to her. When she entered the palace, she felt that the most powerful man in the world should not be treated with common sense. After entering the palace, apart from his special favor for Concubine Xi, she felt that this was how the emperor should be in other aspects.
She had never felt any intimacy with Xuanyuan Ling throughout her interactions, not even when she slept with him. She knew that in order to live a good life in the harem, she had to compete for favor. After she had the idea of competing for favor, she also thought about sharing the favor. She had never thought that one day the emperor would really have such a huge change because of a woman.
But in the current situation, she really has no choice but to think. It seems that the emperor really intends to reduce the number of times he comes to the harem in the future. He knows that there will be no more children born in the future, so he cherishes his children even more.
As for reducing the number of times he visits other people and who he should favor, isn't it obvious?
So now, these people are just using their stomachs because Concubine Xi is unable to get pregnant.
It is true that their purpose of entering the palace was to expand the royal family. Even if there was no such favored Concubine Xi, they would only serve this purpose. But when Chu Linglong thought of this, her heart was indescribably complicated. In addition to being complicated, she was also a little frightened.
If it is true as she guessed, that the emperor does not plan to have more children in the future, then among the few princes left now, does the emperor plan to pick a crown prince?
Now she is pregnant.
This kind of thing, once you think about it, you can't help but think about it. If the emperor really thinks this way, and if the child in her belly is a prince, then is there a chance...
No, I can't think too much. Chu Linglong felt that she was thinking too much. Maybe she was wrong. No matter what the emperor is like, he won't favor her alone, right? It's not a good thing to think so much. The most important thing now is to give birth to the child.
In fact, it is a good thing that Ji Meiren is pregnant. If she is the only one pregnant, it would be very eye-catching. Now that Ji Meiren is pregnant, it is indeed a good thing. After all, she is not the only one who is eye-catching.
After the banquet was over and Ji Meiren's affairs were arranged, Xuanyuan Ling naturally went to Chen Qing's place to rest. Chen Qing had already finished washing up.
The banquet held by Xuanyuan Ling was different from the one held with other women in the harem. He was holding a banquet to entertain ministers, and the concubines were holding a small banquet together because the emperor was in a good mood. Xuanyuan Ling did not come.
Shen Qing thought he would not come, because he received news from Lady Ji after the banquet, and it was already quite late, but he still came.
Xuanyuan Ling had a banquet today, so naturally he drank some wine. He also came late, so he thought there was no need to make a fuss at Shen Qing's place, so he came after he had washed up. However, when he came, Shen Qing still frowned.
"What's wrong?" Xuanyuan Ling couldn't help but ask.
Shen Qing said: "The emperor smells too much of alcohol, go and wash it quickly."
Xuanyuan Ling pinched her face: "You are so delicate."
He thought she was just talking, but Shen Qing really shook her head: "It smells very strong."
Xuanyuan Ling couldn't help but smell it. After washing and changing clothes, there was no smell.
But he didn't think that Shen Qing would do this for no reason. Isn't Ji Meiren pregnant? Naturally, she got the news. I'm afraid she was uncomfortable, so she made trouble for him to come.
Xuanyuan Ling didn't expose her, but went to wash up again and drank some sobering soup.
This time when he came back, Xuanyuan Ling moved closer and asked, "It's tasteless now, right?"
Shen Qing didn’t know that he had washed it before, and now that he had washed it, she still felt a little bit of the smell, but since he had already washed it, she didn’t say anything.
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