Chapter 097 Chapter 97
[Chapter 97]
Yan Shiyu glanced at Ruan Jun without much emotion. Ruan Jun lowered her head, avoiding the emperor's gaze, and unconsciously clenched the thousand-thread quilt under her palm.
She had been in a bad mood a few days ago, mostly because of the dragon baby in her belly. Now that she knew she was really pregnant, Ruan Yun felt much more relieved.
She slowly moved her palm towards the emperor's place, took the emperor's hand, and boldly placed it on her belly, "Is the emperor happy?"
Among the concubines in the harem, there were not many who were pregnant, but none of them had ever asked him such a question after becoming pregnant.
She was the only one who asked such a simple and easy-to-understand question.
Ruan Jun stood up straight. The apricot-colored nightgown she was wearing could not hide her exquisite figure. Perhaps it was because she was pregnant, but she exuded feminine charm all over her body. Her snow-soft breasts were even more erect. When her black eyes looked over, they were all white and moist, and she could not take her eyes away.
Boldly and as if it were something she would do, Ruan Jun directly squeezed herself into the emperor's arms. Now that she was pregnant, she would not mess around. Seeing this, Yan Shiyu sneered and suddenly understood her previous thoughts.
"I am very happy."
The hand resting on her leg did not move, Yan Shiyu's eyes remained calm, he just moved his arm to make her lean more comfortably.
Ruan Yun looked up, her cheeks rosy, even though she was not wearing any makeup, she was still charming:
"This is the child of the concubine and the emperor. It is a rare treasure between the concubine and the emperor."
Yan Shiyu's throat paused, then he read quickly and rolled his eyes. He lowered his eyes and saw her earlobe dripping with blood, and resisted the urge to pinch it:
"Fine words."
Ruan Yun trembled, wrapped her arms around the emperor's lean body, and whispered, "I don't. Everything I said to the emperor was from my heart."
Yan Shiyu hugged Ruan Yun's waist tighter and glanced at her still flat belly. "Ayun..."
Seeing that the emperor was slow to finish his words, Ruan Yun couldn't help but look up at him. Suddenly, she ran into his deep eyes, which seemed to suck her in.
She opened her mouth slightly and was about to speak, but Yan Shiyu suddenly lifted her chin and pinched the side of her face, which hurt slightly. Ruan Jun frowned, and there was a mist in her innocent almond-shaped eyes.
Yan Shiyu touched her lips gently and said, "You should have a good rest. I still have government affairs to attend to."
Seeing the daylight outside, Ruan Yun nodded quickly and said obediently, "Yes."
As she spoke, she wanted to stand up and see the emperor off, but Yan Shiyu said, "No need to stand up."
Ruan Yun was naturally happy to hear this. She turned over and rolled into the inner side of the bed. Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she touched her lower abdomen again, her face full of surprise and extreme joy.
Yan Shiyu stood behind the screen and saw her little girlish appearance, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his face.
There were many gifts sent by concubines placed in the outer hall, and Yingning had not put them away yet, waiting for the Empress to review them.
As Yan Shiyu was leaving, he happened to see something on the table. "If anyone comes to Xuan Palace later, tell them that your queen needs to rest and is not suitable to see guests."
Ying Ning bowed respectfully, the smile on the corner of her lips was not so ostentatious, but just right, "I understand."
Your Majesty is now in a high position and is pregnant with the royal heir. There is no guarantee that some people will not have other ideas. However, if you turn everyone away, it would make Your Majesty seem very impolite.
With the emperor's words, the masters of other palaces did not dare to come to the empress's place casually, and would be more restrained.
Yingning took the gift list and went inside. Ruan Jun was sitting on the bed, blinking her eyelashes violently. She wanted to put her hand on her belly, but she was a little timid and didn't dare to touch it.
"The dragon offspring is still young. Doctor Sun said that it will take another two months to see the results." Ying Ning brought the pregnancy-preserving medicine that had been on the stove over to her, "Madam, please boil it carefully."
Ruan Jun stretched out her hand, revealing a small section of her snow-white wrist. "I just can't believe it."
The last time she was awake, she was still in Zi Chen Palace. How come when she woke up again, she found out that she was pregnant.
Unconsciously, she moved the white porcelain spoon in the bowl. Seeing that the medicine was almost cool, Ruan Jun picked up the bowl and drank it in one gulp.
A bitter smell spread, and Ruan Jun hurriedly handed the gold-painted white porcelain bowl to Yingning, took the handkerchief beside her, pressed it to her lips and stopped coughing.
The queen quickly brought tea and snacks over, and put a cloak on her body, "Slow down, queen."
Ruan Yun thought about having to drink this medicine every day, and felt that her internal organs were permeated with this bitter taste. "It's really too bitter."
Ying Ning smiled and said, "Of course medicine is bitter."
When saying this, there was some heartache in Yingning's eyes. The queen was only sixteen years old now, and she had to drink several bowls of bitter medicine every day, which made the lips and teeth of the people who drank it bitter.
Ruan Yun didn't say anything, just leaned back on the pillow.
It was exceptionally quiet at this time, and she couldn't help but think of the things she had heard in Zichen Palace.
My grandfather was very kind to my mother. After his death, he gave all his huge fortune to her. He also paved the way for her in advance so that she would not suffer any injustice.
The only thing that always makes me sigh and unhappy is the fact that my mother chose my father as her husband.
In her memory, her father was extremely good to her and her mother, but her grandfather did not like her father and he would not often appear in front of her.
Ruan Yun didn't know why her grandfather disliked her father. If he really disliked her father, why did he agree to her mother's marriage with her father?
Ruan Yun couldn't figure out everything. Combined with what happened today, it turned out that A Niang was the only daughter of the Duke's Mansion. Then she...
Suddenly remembering the fire in her memory, all the color disappeared from Ruan Yun's face.
Ying Ning saw this, straightened up, knelt down, and asked, "Is your Majesty okay? How about I go and get the imperial physician?"
Ruan Yun patted her hands and said, "Nothing, I'm just a little tired. I want to sleep for a while."
Yingning helped the queen take off her cloak, and then watched her lie down, the worry on her brows still lingering.
The curtain was taken out from the golden hook to block the sun outside. Ruan Yun opened her eyes, and her almond-shaped eyes were tinged with red.
The lady is old, and she is of such a high status. If they were to meet, who knows how much turmoil it would cause in the capital. By then, all the past events would be brought to light.
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Jingzhang Palace
Defei put down the teacup gracefully, looked at Li Cairen who was sitting at the bottom, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.
"I thought you had forgotten. It has been such a long time and nothing has been done. You didn't even come to Jingzhang Palace."
Li Cairen's face suddenly showed panic. She stood up and knelt down directly, "Your Majesty, please forgive me."
Concubine De's expression turned more stern. She leaned on the beauty couch, her hand resting on her chin, not smiling at all. "What crime have you committed?"
"I said the wrong thing." Li Cairen bit her lower lip, but she couldn't take back what she had just said. "I am a nobody and my words are not taken seriously. I went to Ying Chongrong's palace once, but Ying Chongrong didn't seem to want to pay attention to me."
Defei looked at Wangyi, who immediately went down and helped Li Cairen up from the ground, "My lady, please don't kneel anymore. It really makes my queen feel bad."
As she spoke, she helped Li Cairen and wanted her to sit down, but Li Cairen looked at Concubine De first.
Concubine De smiled and showed pity, saying, "Hurry up and sit down. If others see you, they will think that I am bullying you by relying on my position."
Li Cairen was so nervous that she wanted to stand up again. She held the handkerchief tightly in her hand and felt uneasy. "Your Majesty is always lenient. I dare not do that."
Concubine De only asked her, "How is the medicine? Have you been feeling better lately?"
When Li Cairen mentioned her own illness, her face suddenly turned grim. "I... have gotten much better since the queen gave me medicine."
Concubine De nodded, picked up the teacup she had just put down, opened the lid and said, "During the Mid-Autumn family banquet, if Ying Chongrong hadn't gotten into trouble, I'm afraid you wouldn't have been able to hide it. Seeing that your health is getting worse, if the Emperor and the Empress knew about it, the green card would have to be completely removed and never put up again."
Li Cairen's face was dull, and tears flowed from her eyes for no reason. "Please help me, Your Majesty. There is no one in my family who can rely on me. I can only rely on myself. If I can no longer get the emperor's favor, I am afraid that my parents and brothers will be bullied to death by the people in my family."
Concubine De sighed, "I want to help you, but you said so yourself. I can't find an opportunity, so what can I do?"
"Besides, Ying Chongrong is pregnant now, how can you enter Xuan Palace?"
"Ying Chongrong is now the apple of the Emperor's eye. In order to protect Ying Chongrong, the Emperor does not allow anyone to visit Xuan Palace. I don't know the truth. How can I fulfill my wish if my sister wants her parents and brothers to be safe? Even if I am a great bodhisattva, I still need things. I have to exchange them for things."
Li Cairen didn't say anything for a long time. Wang Yi took out three packets of medicine from the box and gave them to Li Cairen.
"Our queen knew that this was not easy to agree to, so she went to the imperial physician to prescribe three prescriptions. They are all here now. My lady, take them back and take them. Think carefully about what our queen said."
Li Cairen turned her body stiffly, and when she saw the medicine in Wangyi's hand, she took a step forward, knelt in front of Concubine De, put her hand on Concubine De's knee, and said, "Concubine De, I came from Qiandi with you. Can you help me for the sake of our past friendship?"
Concubine De did not push away Li Cairen's hand. She remained seated without changing her posture, allowing Li Cairen to go on as wildly as she could:
"As I said, not all gods can shine their light on all living beings and the earth. Moreover, I am not a god. So I naturally hope that when I help you, I can also get what I want."
Li Cairen's hand slid down from Concubine De's knee, "I understand."
Only then did Li Cairen's maid dare to step forward and support Li Cairen. Wang Yi's face was full of smiles, and the medicine was stuffed into Li Cairen's maid's hands.
After Li Cairen left, Wang Yi returned to the inner hall and stepped forward to massage the calf of the queen quietly:
"Li Cairen, do you really know how to use it?"
Defei opened her eyes and looked at Wangyi, but soon her eyes fell back into the teacup:
"If the tea leaves were just placed in the cup like this, and no one cared about them, it wouldn't be a big deal. But people want to use them to make tea, grind them, or boil them directly. Both are like boiling oil over a raging fire, which is not pleasant."
Wang Yi said nothing, but continued to press the empress quietly.
"Your Majesty, the number of guards in Linxuan Palace has increased by 10%. The Emperor has personally issued an order that no one is allowed to go to Linxuan Palace anymore, including the Empress. Ying Chongrong is exempted from paying respects. She is only three months pregnant. If a prince is really born..."
Defei glanced at Wang Yi indifferently, and Wang Yi quickly withdrew her hand, "I know I was wrong."
Concubine De smiled faintly, "If Ying Chongrong really gave birth to a prince, not to mention me, there will naturally be people who will be extremely anxious. I only need someone to go once, and the rest of the matter will be left to fate."
Wang Yi nodded, and when she stood up, she thought of something else and said softly, "Wen Baolin has been waiting outside the Jingzhang Palace for several days. I followed the instructions of the Majesty and said that the Majesty was ordered to help the Empress manage the six palaces. There are really a lot of things to do."
Concubine De rubbed her eyebrows, "I have promoted her once, and I don't want her to have second thoughts. If that's the case, why should I care about her anymore? If she doesn't mind and wants to stand outside the palace, let her go."
Wang Yi took note of Concubine De's words. Concubine De looked at the clepsydra time and stood up slowly, her embroidered skirt swaying in an arc:
"The eldest prince has finished school. I will take him to pay respects to the Queen Mother."
Wang Yi wanted to speak, but then she remembered something and didn't say anything.
De Fei slowly put on the armor in her hand, and Wang Yi said, "At this moment, Xian Fei might be here too."
Concubine De looked dignified, and the smile on her lips did not even fade. "I just want to let the Queen Mother meet the eldest prince. Other matters are not important."
Wang Yi didn't dare to say more. She told someone to inform the eldest prince and then followed the procession to Shoukang Palace.
Who knew that after walking a few steps, a person suddenly appeared at the corner. Wen Baolin stood in front of the ceremonial guard with hopeful eyes and bowed politely, "Your concubine greets Her Majesty the Virtuous Consort."
Now it is approaching winter, and when it is extremely cold, Wen Baolin wears only thin clothes, not even a cloak.
Concubine De seemed a little surprised, raised her eyes and said, "It's cold, sister, why are you here? If the servants around you can't serve the young lady well, there's no need to stay."
Tao Chu was frightened by Concubine De's aura. Her body was shaking. When she closed her eyes, her eyelashes were shaking violently. She wanted to apologize without caring about anything else.
Wen Baolin stopped Tao Chu's action and said softly, "The Virtuous Concubine has a very kind heart and sits in a high position with a prince by her side. However, now, there is also a concubine in this palace who is pregnant. If she can really give birth to a prince in the future, if the emperor is still interested in her, she may even sit on the throne of the noble concubine."
De Fei did not say anything. Wen Baolin saw that her words had taken effect, so she continued, "Your Majesty's clan is familiar with our clan, but my cousin is too stupid and has withered like a petal at such a young age. I am extremely grateful to Your Majesty for recommending me to the Emperor and becoming his concubine."
De Fei suddenly raised her hand, interrupting what Wen Baolin was about to say, "I heard that the emperor has never been to your place once?"
Wen Baolin was touched in the sore spot and looked depressed, "It's my concubine who can't hold the emperor's heart."
De Fei covered her lips with a handkerchief and couldn't help laughing, "It's not that you are useless, it's that person is too powerful, she deceived the emperor and made him dote on her."
"You and I are both daughters of aristocratic families. I know your difficulties. If an unknown person were to gain the Holy Favor and step on our heads..."
De Fei paused here, "I'm afraid that among the noble families, the first one will not agree."
"Is that right?"
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