Chapter 331: Well-behaved
Chen Qing knew it, but also seemed not to know it. However, it was one thing for her not to suspect Fang Yun, but it was another thing for Qin Bin to have had spies around her.
The temporary palace is not like Zhaohua Palace. The servants serving in Zhaohua Palace were all selected by Xuanyuan Ling for Zhao Hai. Their identities and backgrounds have been checked one by one, and those with unclean backgrounds are not allowed to be sent to her.
Considering that she and Xuanyuan Ling had caused such a commotion in Zhaohua Palace in the past but no news had spread out, this group of people could still be trusted. But after all, there were more people serving here than just those originally brought out from Zhaohua Palace.
Qinpin's suspicion couldn't have come suddenly, there must be a reason. Shen Qing didn't know that it was such a coincidence on the day of the Qiqiao Festival that Qinpin saw it, but she knew that the people around her had to be more careful.
Fang Yun asked Chen Qing to give instructions and then she had to pay attention to the other servants. She wished Chunhua and Wang Lu were here at this moment, but this time, Chen Qing only brought her with him.
This is actually because after Shen Qing learned that she could still get pregnant, she arranged the people in the harem more carefully. After returning from the tour, she asked them to make arrangements. It takes time to insert people into each palace, not overnight. Chunhua and Wang Lu did a good job, so Shen Qing handed this matter over to them.
As a result, several of Chen Qing's personal servants are not here now. No one expected that Chen Qing would suddenly be there. It can only be said that some things are just a coincidence.
When Defei found out that she had sprained her ankle again, she came to see her.
Shen Qing pretended to be a bit more like a man and just lay down.
Seeing her like that, Concubine De could even tease her: "I'm talking to you. It seems like you've sprained your ankle more than once, right? How come you're so careless?"
Shen Qing sighed: "It was still dark when we went back that day."
"The emperor's servants and your servants add up to more than 20 people, and there are seven or eight people holding lanterns. Even with all this, it's still dark?"
Chen Qing really couldn't say anything about this. When Xuanyuan Ling was with her, she didn't allow servants to serve her. Now that she was pregnant, she was even more afraid of being surrounded by people, so she didn't allow anyone to serve her. She only left Zhao Hai and Fang Yun to hold the lanterns.
Seeing Shen Qing's rare choking look, Concubine De was also curious and asked her softly, "Did you do anything with the emperor in private?"
Shen Qing looked at Concubine De in disbelief: "My Lady?"
Defei was not a gossiper. Since it was strange that Chen Qing sprained his ankle, she couldn't help but have more thoughts. Moreover, Chen Qing had flirted with her just for fun before, so today was her small return gift. Seeing Chen Qing's smile, there was a hint of cunning.
Shen Qing laughed: “The queen has learned bad things.”
De Fei covered her mouth and laughed: "I was just joking. You should be more careful next time. You seem to be quite decent on weekdays, but the superiors think you are a little rash."
Shen Qing listened and smiled again. The two chatted for a while, and then Concubine De left.
Not long after Concubine De left, Concubine Qin got the news.
Now she would keep an eye on any clues from Shen Qing. Defei went there once, but there seemed to be no movement. No matter how much she found out, she could only find out some news that Shen Qing seemed to be no different from usual.
The imperial physician didn't say anything, but Qinpin already had her suspicions in her heart. How could she dispel her doubts just because of the imperial physician's ambiguous words?
Somehow, Xuanyuan Ling's nervous look that day always flashed in front of her eyes from time to time. In fact, she knew that Xuanyuan Ling doted on Chen Qing, but if Chen Qing was pregnant, she could still tell herself that the emperor cared about offspring, but in fact he did not dote on Chen Qing that much.
But if she was really pregnant, was the emperor hiding it for her? Why did the emperor value her so much? What if she gave birth to a prince? How would the emperor treat her?
She was still feeling uneasy, so she had to investigate the matter.
Wan Zhao had received the order, so there was nothing he could do. In fact, if this was true, it would be known in a few months. How could he hide the fact that she was pregnant and her belly was getting bigger? He couldn't hide it either. The royal bloodline had to be righteous. It couldn't be exposed until the baby was born. If that was the case, people would use the child's bloodline as an issue, and even the emperor couldn't stop it, right?
And if it really happened, and the Emperor was intentionally hiding it, then he was concerned. If the Emperor was concerned, and the Empress really wanted to take action, then the Empress herself would not be able to explain, let alone those who served under her.
Every time Wan Zhao found out that Concubine Qin was going to do something to Shen Qing, he felt unhappy. He was clearly a servant of Concubine Qin, and now he was really counting on Concubine Qin and Shen Qing to get along well.
But he also knew that this was impossible.
Concubine Qin's current status is partly due to Concubine Xi, not to mention that Concubine Xi is so favored by the Emperor. The Empress cannot get over the fact that Concubine Xi is so favored by the Emperor.
He agreed to Qinpin's investigation, but privately, he didn't expect Qinpin to make any more trouble. He couldn't be said to be lip service, but the investigation was not thorough. Of course, he really couldn't find anything. Chen Qing's side looked no different from before, so for a month, Qinpin didn't get any useful information.
Chen Qing asked people to keep an eye on Concubine Qin, but found that except for the time when she went to see the imperial physician at the beginning, there was not much movement from her afterwards. However, because she was paying attention, Chen Qing still found that someone was watching her. However, it was just a maid who swept the palace. She was not allowed to get close to her in the past, so she did not get rid of her and just left her there watching.
Just like that a month passed, and Shen Qing was two months pregnant.
During this month, other concubines in the palace noticed that the Emperor had been visiting Concubine Xi more frequently.
Xuanyuan Ling was not idle. On the contrary, he had a lot of things to do in the palace. After a few days of free time at the beginning, he had more things to do and summoned ministers more often.
But he actually went to Chen Qing's place more often. As long as it was not too late, he would go there. Even if he really had something to do, he would basically go there without a break of more than two days.
Xuanyuan Ling had nothing to do that day, so after having breakfast with Shen Qing, he caught up with the imperial physician to check Shen Qing's pulse.
Doctor Li respectfully checked Shen Qing's pulse and reported back, "Empress Xi is in good health, and the fetus is also fine."
Xuanyuan Ling was very satisfied with what she heard, and this satisfaction was real, because in the past month, Ji Meiren had been vomiting all the time, and even after changing the cook, she still couldn't eat anything. On the other hand, Shen Qing was sensitive to smells, but apart from occasional nausea, she didn't have any other symptoms.
After the imperial physician left, Xuanyuan Ling touched Shen Qing's belly and said, "This child is really well-behaved. He knows not to bother his mother."
Shen Qing laughed when she heard this. He's not even born yet, and he's already well-behaved?
"Why can't I find it out?"
Shen Qing said: "It's only been two months, so naturally I can't figure it out yet."
Shen Qing really didn't seem to have any symptoms indicating that she was pregnant except that her period had not come. To this day, she still had some indescribable feelings about the child in her belly.
But looking at Xuanyuan Ling and thinking about his changes in recent days, he really hasn't looked for anyone else in this month, and he hasn't done anything to her, right?
Although he had agreed to it a long time ago, he really didn't want to look for someone else at this moment. Why was Shen Qing a little strange?
So thinking about it, she stared at him for a long time.
Xuanyuan Ling was originally touching her belly, but when he looked up again, he saw Shen Qing staring at him. She was born beautiful, and when she stared at people like this, it always felt like she was trying to seduce them. He really couldn't stand this now, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down: "What's wrong?"
The tone of voice was somewhat different when these words were spoken.
Xuanyuan Ling originally asked her to hook up, but Chen Qing just said, "The emperor doesn't want to these days?"
Xuanyuan Ling naturally understood what he was thinking.
Xuanyuan Ling's face turned dark. He was really bringing up things that were not relevant to the topic.
Nonsense, how could he not think about it?
At his age, he has never treated himself badly in this matter before. Moreover, holding her tender and beautiful body in his arms late at night and waking up in the morning to see her charming face with sleepy eyes, how could he not think about it?
But her baby isn't even fully pregnant yet, what can he think?
He had even reduced himself to doing it in the bath, for fear that he could not control himself and would pull her to do something stupid. She, on the other hand, was also a person without manners. Xuanyuan Ling knew about sex matters, and Chen Qing also liked to be comfortable. He thought to himself that if he wanted to, she might just give in half-heartedly.
But could he do that? After all, she was ten years older than Shen Qing. He just thought she was young and ignorant. Now that they had a child, could he not keep an eye on her?
He is an emperor, and his life is like this now. She still wants to seduce him. How can he not be ashamed?
But in the end, he didn't look for anyone else. He still remembered what he had promised her. He didn't want to make her worry. He promised her, and now that she was really pregnant, should he go against his will for the sake of momentary pleasure?
If he really wanted to break his promise, why did he start this day? It would just make her feel disappointed, wouldn't it? As he said, he couldn't bear to do it.
It’s just that it’s really not a pleasant experience. After eating meat for so many years, he is suddenly asked to become a monk. Who can bear it at the beginning?
Now he glared at her: "I have something else to do, I'll leave first."
You can't stay here any longer. If you stay here, something serious will happen.
Shen Qing watched him leave, thinking deeply.
In the evening, Xuanyuan Ling came back and Chen Qing had dinner with him. After washing up, Xuanyuan Ling was writing there, not reviewing memorials, but just writing there, which seemed to be a way of meditating.
Shen Qing stared at him for a while, stopped looking at the book in his hand, and walked over to him to watch him write.
Xuanyuan Ling saw her coming over and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
But Shen Qing went up to hug him: "Hug."
Xuanyuan Ling was still holding a pen in his hand, and he instantly became stiff as wood when she hugged him like this. Both of his hands were raised, and the posture looked like a surrender. In the past, he would have hugged her and ignored her, but now his heartbeat was fast, but his hands did not move. He could only hold back a sentence: "No teasing."
Chen Qing laughed. Xuanyuan Ling, you said he was quite good at handling political affairs, but why was he so unexpectedly rigid about this kind of thing? Her hand, which was originally around his waist, now hooked around his neck again.
Xuanyuan Ling was afraid that she would move too much, so he finally lowered his head and let her kiss him.
I looked at this annoying thing with real displeasure: "Are you satisfied?" You have to make such a fuss to make him uncomfortable this time, right?
His tone was not very good, but Shen Qing really wanted to serve him for once. Just think of it as a reward for not looking for others this month? Well, he was so stubborn, wouldn't he get sick?
Shen Qing didn't know much about this, but she knew other things. Of course, she couldn't do it herself if the baby wasn't firmly seated, but there were other ways.
So she hooked him up: "Let's go to bed."
Xuanyuan Ling's eyes widened. He was going to say that she was ignorant again.
Shen Qing raised her eyes to look at him, and innocently killed him with one sentence: "Your Majesty has kept his promise to me, I can't just accept it with a clear conscience. I feel sorry for your Majesty and want to make you feel better."
These words were half true and half false. It was true that he felt sorry for it, but Shen Qing suddenly didn't want to owe him anything.
After all, he had looked for someone else before, but now he has to endure it, and he does so because of his promise to her. If even this can't satisfy him, then she really owes him something. After all, she had lied to him. If she still owes him something, then it would be really hard to explain. Not letting him feel wronged now is not treating him unfairly. Emotionally, he has always thought that she loves him, and she has made up for it physically, so she doesn't owe him anything.
Xuanyuan Ling gritted his teeth, and in his heart, Shen Qing’s words were actually a little moving.
He endured it with great effort, and she felt distressed when she saw it. She felt that it was worth it to think about her so much, but he had been absent for a month, and now he was teased by her like this, and he really couldn't bear it. He could only warn Shen Qing like a disobedient child: "No."
Shen Qing looked at him in surprise: "The emperor is dying?"
Xuanyuan Ling: “…”
If she wasn't pregnant, he would kill her.
Chen Qing pulled him, raised his hand towards Xuanyuan Ling and waved it in front of his eyes: "Does the emperor want it?"
Her little hands were white, tender and soft. It was not that Xuanyuan Ling had never thought about it, but he was afraid that if he touched her body, it would be more than just wanting her hands. After all, he had been holding back for a long time.
Xuanyuan Ling finally couldn't help it and pulled her to the bed, but the atmosphere between them was really weird. How could this be a happy relationship? It was more like a fit of anger. His temper was also coming out. He was holding back his anger in his heart, but he couldn't do anything to the person in front of him. He was somewhat moved by the fact that she did this for him. All in all, his mood was very complicated.
This was probably the first time Xuanyuan Ling had done something like this under such complicated circumstances, and he didn't dare to start. Seeing him stiffening his neck like this, as if she was trying to force him, Shen Qing suddenly wanted to see what he looked like in her hands.
So she started by staring at his expression.
She was not skilled at first, but soon became proficient. After all, she and Xuanyuan Ling were very familiar with this kind of thing, and she could even lean over and kiss him. Xuanyuan Ling's whole body was extremely tense, and until he stopped, he felt that his heartbeat was a little abnormally fast.
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