Chapter 182 The Queen Mother is Frustrated
"When the Empress Dowager heard that the Imperial Concubine had given birth and that both mother and child were safe, she was overjoyed..."
Nian Shilan lowered her head and tugged at the quilt, "Not a single word of this is true."
The emperor also agreed.
"…If I hadn't caught a cold on my way home last night, the Empress Dowager would have definitely come here in person."
[Did you catch a cold, or did you get angry after hearing that my mother and my two children are safe? ]
Sometimes the emperor also hoped that Shi Lan would be bolder and speak these words directly to the empress dowager.
Didn’t the Queen Mother always want Prince Fourteen’s child?
Now I have my own child, a dragon and phoenix twin!
Does Old Fourteen have it?
"Aunt, please thank the Queen Mother on my behalf. When I am well again, I will go to Shoukang Palace to express my gratitude."
People in the harem were used to whitewashing the situation, so whether the empress dowager liked it or not, Sun Zhuxi was joyful and acted without any flaws.
She looked at the little prince and princess on behalf of the empress dowager and went back to report.
Two days later, the Emperor took the little prince and princess to visit the Empress Dowager, and the Empress accompanied them.
The wet nurse was holding two children, standing beside the Queen Mother. Sun Zhuxi said, "A little princess and a little prince. The Queen Mother is so happy that she can't even look at them."
"Even if my eyes are dazzled by such a happy event, I am still happy."
The Queen Mother raised her hands and said, "Hold me farther away, don't let me get sick."
The Queen watched the nurse carry the child away, and hurriedly warned her to be careful. She also said, "Although the Royal Concubine was in a panic and the child was born a few days early, she is still very healthy. On the second day of the second month, the spirit fetus will be reincarnated."
The only thing she lacked was to say that he was her destined emperor. However, she was not afraid that the emperor would become suspicious, as someone had already paved the way for her.
"Yes!" The emperor nodded heavily, "Qin Tianjian also said that the Sixth Prince's birth date is auspicious, which will bring prosperity to his father and benefit to the country."
The Empress Dowager had seldom seen these two people so in harmony with each other, and they were all doing this for the Imperial Concubine.
Some of them are unbearable to watch.
She calmly changed the subject, "Have you decided on a name?"
"The Sixth Prince's name is Hong Zhao."
The emperor originally wanted to name him Hongzhou, but when Shilan mentioned it to him, she said that was the name of his eldest nephew.
unlucky.
He changed it overnight.
The emperor explained: "'Youth is grateful, the day is bright', the word 'bright' means the sun is bright."
The emperor obviously had high hopes for this name.
The Queen added: "'The clouds are so bright, and they shine brightly in the sky' means radiant and bright, which is a good name."
It's someone else's child, why is she so happy?
Her biological mother is still alive, so what does she, the empress, matter to?
The Queen Mother felt that the Queen was not doing her job well and could not hide her ridicule, so she reached out and took the Sixth Prince to cover it up.
The Queen felt subconsciously nervous when she saw the Queen Mother holding Hongzhao in her arms. But then she thought that the Emperor was here and the Queen Mother couldn't do anything.
I am now seeing enemies everywhere.
"Good boy." The Queen Mother teased the Sixth Prince, "You are fair and tender."
Shilan said that in her previous life, the Queen Mother noticed that Concubine Xi's children did not look like her, but she deliberately concealed it.
It can be seen that the Empress Dowager has extremely evil intentions!
The emperor stared at the empress dowager with an expression that was both proud and complacent: these are all his own children!
"More than fair and tender."
The queen's face was full of smiles, and they were all from the bottom of her heart. "Your Majesty, you haven't seen that when the child is awake, his eyes are like grapes, big and round, his little mouth is moist, his eyelashes are long, and he can even smile..."
The Queen was praising him endlessly, to the point of exaggerating it to the point of being a bit outrageous. After all, the little prince was only a few days old, so how could she laugh?
If the Emperor had not been here, the Queen Mother would have looked at the Empress and asked the wet nurse to take the child away.
"The princess hasn't been given a title yet. My son wants Se-ran to read the book herself. It's fine for her anyway."
Selan...
When the Empress Dowager saw the twin girls being born, the Emperor probably forgot all about taboos, the throne, and even his own identity as an emperor.
All you know is that you are an Ama, right?
After the Emperor and Empress took the little prince and princess away, the Empress Dowager watched their backs through the gauze window.
"I never knew before that the Emperor and Empress could be so loving and caring."
Sun Zhuxi heard the sarcasm, but she couldn't say anything to the queen, so she said:
"The Imperial Concubine gave birth to a pair of children and made contributions to the country. The Emperor gave her some gold, silver, silk and satin as rewards. I heard from Lord Longkodo that the Nian family was also rewarded."
"One person's enlightenment brings prosperity to all his family~"
"Other things are fine, but the Royal Consort's mother and sisters-in-law are still living in the Yikun Palace. This is really against the rules. Why doesn't the Empress Dowager persuade them?"
"Persuade?"
Doesn’t the Queen Mother want to persuade him?
On the night when the Imperial Concubine gave birth, which one of the concubines in the harem did not sincerely pray for the Imperial Concubine's safety?
Niu Hulu, a young girl who had just entered the palace, was forced into that state by a group of people due to an unintentional mistake.
The Queen wanted Nian Shilan's child so she gave up, and Concubine Duan even spoke for Nian Shilan.
Everyone in the harem has the surname Nian, is the previous dynasty still far away?
The Queen Mother glanced at the door again and said with some disdain, "With them both like this, how can they hear what I say?"
"I'm not worried that the Emperor is overly fond of the Imperial Concubine, but I'm afraid that if this precedent is set, there will be chaos in the harem in the future."
"Massage? The Empress in the harem has the final say. If the Empress doesn't care, why should I care?"
The Queen Mother snorted, "I am old, and I don't have much time left. Let him spoil her. The people of the Nian family are more unruly than each other. Just wait for Nian Gengyao to bring the prince to force the palace."
Neither of them live up to expectations!
It was still cold in February, and the Queen Mother still sat on the couch, pulling the quilt together.
After all, the palace rules were strict, and it was not easy for the Nian family to live in the palace for a long time. On the day when Nian Shilan's mother and sisters-in-law left the palace, the queen came to visit Nian Shilan.
She turned over and said, "Go tell the queen that I have gone to bed."
The day after the birth of the child, when everyone was not in the palace, Songzhi had already told Nian Shilan about everyone's reactions that night.
Songzhi said that the Empress Dowager stayed with him all night and was more worried than anyone else.
When she was in so much pain that she lost all her mind, the Empress was so frightened that she was talking to herself incoherently.
Nian Shilan of course understood that the Queen was responding to her own thoughts.
It was because he recalled the generous speeches he had made in his heart under that special circumstance that he was too embarrassed to meet the Queen alone.
"After giving birth, the Imperial Concubine developed a sleep-talking problem. Should we ask Imperial Doctor Zhang to take a look?"
The queen had already come in. She raised her hand, Songzhi bowed to her, and then she and Jianqiu stood at the entrance of the moon cave.
【I thought I was going to die at that time, so I talked nonsense.】
The queen didn't think anything of it at first, but seeing her like this, she couldn't help laughing.
[What are you laughing at? Shouldn't you have ignored it at this time? ]
【I don't understand the ways of the world at all.】
The queen coughed and said in a cooperative manner, "Don't be impulsive anymore."
Nian Shilan slowly turned over, [What?]
"Xipin."
Nian Shilan didn't think so. [She~]
[You have to act when she is still a sapling, otherwise she will become a towering tree like Zhen Huan in her previous life, and you can't shake her! ]
【Learning from the past, I do have some insight into this idea. 】
The queen thought about it and realized that when it comes to careful planning, who can compare to the emperor?
On the contrary, people like Nian Shilan don't follow the rules. They shout for fighting but the knife is already on the opponent's neck.
She attacked unexpectedly and caught the emperor off guard.
"Not bad, the military strategy I learned was not in vain."
Nian Shilan's arrogant and coquettish girl came up again, [hum~]
"Have you thought of a name for the princess?" asked the queen.
[In her previous life, the top scholar in the harem gave her little daughter a name, Lingxi, which means that she and her hat have a telepathic connection.]
"Your name will affect your whole life. How important is it? How can we take it lightly?"
The queen pondered the word "spiritual resonance", which was not good either way, "What's the point of having emotional resonance with a man?"
Not knowing what kind of mentality she was in, she added: "Vulgar!"
He added: "Even Prince Guo knew to give Huanbi the name 'Jing', how can I be so careless with my princess?!"
The queen looked at Nian Shilan with some displeasure, thinking that she didn't care enough about the princess. "As long as I am here, only men in this world will rely on her. She doesn't need to rely on other men!"