Chapter 465 Dependence
At night, the dinner sent from Chu Linglong was even worse than before, and Ming Su frowned as he watched it.
Chu Linglong didn't eat immediately. She had a bad appetite, not just because the food was not good, but also because she had realized it.
Over the past ten days, I went from being in disbelief at first to feeling terrified after I figured it out.
She understood that her affair with King Huai might have been discovered.
If King Huai had nothing to do with her experience, at least her life wouldn't have gotten worse and worse over the past ten days, right?
Thinking about what happened in the past ten days, Chu Linglong knew that she would only get worse in the future, but she didn't think it was wrong for her to have some friendship with King Huai. She knew it was against the rules, but what could she do? If she had her own child, would she still need to do this?
She has no children, and she will have no one to rely on in the future.
Now, she has sunk even lower into the dust. Will she be imprisoned here for the rest of her life?
She would have to spend her whole life in Buddhist scriptures and confinement, not just for a few days. How could she accept this? But what else could she do?
Chu Linglong was silent for a long time, then she looked at the cold dinner in front of her, picked up the bowl and ate it.
She had been eating vegetarian food for more than ten days. The soup was watery and cold, and the taste was indescribable. She ate silently for a day, chewed mechanically twice, and said to Ming Su: "Ming Su, prepare it."
Ming Su actually advised Chu Linglong to pay for it when he first found out that the food was so bad, but Chu Linglong said at the time that food could be paid for once or twice a day, but was it going to be paid for every day in the future? Sooner or later, the money would be gone, so the food was indeed getting worse over the past ten days.
Now that she said this, Ming Su thought she had figured it out. Chu Linglong then asked, "Is the person you asked to keep an eye on Concubine Zhou still here?"
Ming Su didn't expect her to say this. After the incident with Concubine Qiao, Ming Su listened to Chu Linglong and asked people to keep an eye on Concubine Zhou. It was just a matter of keeping an eye on her. There was no need to do anything else. Chu Linglong had been in the palace for these years and had several people she could use. After all, a concubine was also the master of a palace.
"Yes, but now..." Why was he still staring at Concubine Zhou when he was already in this state? In fact, Ming Su couldn't understand why Chu Linglong asked someone to stare at Concubine Zhou at the beginning.
What is there to watch out for in Concubine Zhou?
Chu Linglong said: "Take care of it and have someone keep watching. Just like before, just think of me as someone who is here to relieve my boredom. I want to know some things about the outside world."
Ming Su thought that what Concubine Zhou said was not nice, but since Chu Linglong said so, she would always do it.
If you just watch her and don't do anything, it's actually okay to take care of her. Others don't dare to do dangerous things, but how can it be dangerous to watch Concubine Zhou? Now, this is all you can do.
The days that followed were actually unusually calm. Ever since Chu Linglong was confined to her harem, the harem became extremely quiet. The peaceful days passed by slowly like water.
Shen Qing's belly was getting bigger day by day. After autumn, winter was approaching. Shen Qing was expected to give birth during the Chinese New Year. Since her stomach was not feeling well, she had lost some weight.
Xuanyuan Ling was still worried that the baby was too big and difficult to deliver because she had lost weight, so he asked the imperial physician to check on her every now and then. However, according to the imperial physician, the size of the baby was within the normal range.
The imperial physician didn't dare to say anything. This was not the first time that the emperor became a father, and it was not the first time that the virtuous concubine gave birth. Why did she look more nervous this time than the last time? Originally, Shen Qing had a second child, and this second child would be easier to give birth to than the first one, but the emperor was so worried about it that the imperial physician was also particularly nervous.
But the gentleman's is naturally not Shen Qing, the gentleman's is Princess Huai.
Princess Huai got pregnant earlier than Chen Qing. In fact, Chen Qing almost forgot about it after she became pregnant, but people have to report to the palace when they are going to give birth. Now, Princess Huai got pregnant, and Chen Qing also knew about it.
Chen Qing had teased Xuanyuan Ling about this matter at first, but in the end, she was the one who gave birth to the child. Come to think of it, she was also the concubine mother of the princess. Well, the daughter-in-law and the concubine mother gave birth to the child together, and this grandson was born before her own child.
Don't say it, it's actually a bit embarrassing, but this matter has to be said about Xuanyuan Ling, so Chen Qing teased with Chunhua: "Do you think someone will say that the emperor is still strong at his old age?"
Chunhua: “…” Your Majesty, you can’t say that.
Princess Huai's pregnancy was safe, ever since she figured it out in her mind. She was a princess, she was caring, and she had useful people under her. She had a firm grip on the Huai Palace, and none of her concubines dared to act rashly. She had control over the people she had arranged, and it was indeed more comfortable than the wild ways outside. The delivery was safe, too.
The midwife made arrangements and the palace also sent an imperial physician over. After all, this was the first grandson of the emperor in this generation, so no matter whether it was a boy or a girl, she was honorable.
Although she felt so safe, Princess Huai was still afraid. She held the hand of the nanny and her eyes were red. The nanny comforted her: "Don't be afraid, Princess. All women have to go through this. Others can give birth. Your pregnancy is fine. It will definitely go smoothly. It's a boy, and he will be the prince."
She is a legitimate princess. If she gives birth to a boy, she can ask for the title of crown prince in the future, and then she will have someone to rely on.
At this moment, Princess Huai no longer relied on Prince Huai at all.
After hearing what the nanny said, Princess Huai felt more confident that it would be a boy. Then her contractions became more frequent.
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