Chapter 168 She is pregnant
"What did you say? Concubine Chen is pregnant?"
"Is Concubine Chen pregnant? Really?"
"No wonder they hired a royal physician the other day..."
"How is this possible! If she is pregnant, how could the Emperor stay overnight at Lianyi Palace?"
"That's right! You are such a bold servant, you actually dare to lie!"
"What's going on? Tell the truth!"
“…”
The hall was in chaos for a while. Whether it was incoherent speech, anger or disbelief, it was finally vented. The concubines had no choice but to accept and face the reality. For a moment, they looked at Nanny Guan with a bit of anger.
Nanny Guan: “…”
"Alright, stop arguing!" The Queen finally spoke to stop everyone, her smile dignified and joyful. "This is a huge and happy event! The palace hasn't had a baby in many years. The Emperor and the Empress Dowager are so happy, and I'm just as happy! Nanny Guan, go back and tell Concubine Chen to just rest and take care of herself. If she needs anything, just send someone to tell me! Everything in the palace depends on her. As long as she takes good care of the royal heir in her belly and gives birth to a prince smoothly, she will be the greatest contributor!"
Nanny Guan listened to these words, her heart gradually sinking. The Queen is praising her own queen to death! Her own queen is of low status but favored, which makes her very unpopular. Now that she is pregnant, the Queen said this. I wonder how much the other queens hate her in their hearts!
Your Majesty had already expected this, and what you said makes sense. The Queen will let her do as she pleases. Anyway, even if the Queen didn't say so, would the concubines be more kind to her?
No way!
At this point, no matter how polite her words and attitude were, it would be useless and would not reduce their hostility towards her in the slightest!
If that's the case, why should we be humble and endure? There's no point in being bullied and wronged!
It would be better to let the concubine's arrogance carry through to the end, so that they can't stand it! If they can't stand it anymore, they will not be able to help but take action, and then they can catch them one by one!
Therefore, Nanny Guan knelt and bowed, smiling and saying, "Yes, thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern and grace! I will report everything to you when I return, and you will surely be filled with gratitude!"
The concubines looked at each other, some sneered, some mocked, and some were speechless with contempt, but everyone was furious! The Empress had just said this, and this old slave was so bold that he accepted it without any humility! Oh, he wasn't afraid that her master would be so unfortunate and unable to bear it!
The Queen was very satisfied with Nanny Guan's attitude and nodded with a smile: "Okay, just go back and tell her so! As long as she is fine, she can have whatever she wants! You guys..."
The Queen glanced at the concubines and smiled gently, "You should all try your best and look at Concubine Chen! Learn from her! More children in the palace will make it more lively!"
The concubines' faces grew increasingly grim, unable to even muster a smile. Learn? How? The Emperor dotes on her! How could anyone else learn? Who could possibly force the Emperor to do this?
Nanny Guan listened coldly as she watched the Queen act like this, sighing inwardly: From now on, I really can't relax even for a moment in Lianyi Palace...
Concubine Rou suddenly laughed and said, "Madam Guan, since Concubine Chen summoned the imperial physician and confirmed her pregnancy the day before yesterday, why did you only inform the Empress today? This is against the rules! Could it be... that there is something wrong with Concubine Chen's pregnancy?"
Nanny Guan couldn't help but feel a little annoyed and knelt down, "Your Majesty, the Emperor asked me to report to the Empress today. I am only following his orders. Our Empress's pregnancy is very good and stable. Please rest assured, Concubine Rou!"
Concubine Rou forced a smile, but she felt secretly angry.
Concubine Yu chuckled, "So that's how it is. Concubine Chen is truly favored and highly favored. No one in the harem can compare to her. No wonder she has such good fortune! But, since Concubine Chen is pregnant, why did she let the Emperor stay overnight? If she were to injure the heir... that would be a grave crime!"
Mo Jieyu also smiled and joked: "That's right, is it possible that Concubine Chen is still serving the emperor even though she is pregnant? She is too devoted to the emperor, isn't she? Is it possible that apart from her, no one else will serve the emperor?"
The Queen frowned slightly and sighed softly, "Madam Guan, that's true. How could Concubine Chen stay with the Emperor now that she's pregnant? Even if it's a fight for favor, there's no such thing as this! Go back and tell your master not to be so willful again!"
Nanny Guan could only kneel and bow, feeling helpless and embarrassed: "Your Majesty... Concubine Chen did not take the initiative to stay with the Emperor. It was, it was the Emperor who insisted on staying, so... I will report this to the master, but I don't know what to do next time, next time..."
Concubine Yu sneered, "Ridiculous! If your master insisted on not agreeing, would the Emperor really insist on keeping her? Your master is pregnant now, who would dare to provoke her displeasure? Even the Emperor would not refuse her wishes! From this palace's perspective, she is clearly playing tricks on you, and she really wants the Emperor to stay!"
Mo Jieyu: "If that's the case, it's too much! Concubine Chen is pregnant and can't serve the emperor. Are you going to make the emperor suffer?"
Nanny Guan: "I don't know..."
The Queen waved her hand and said, "Forget it. Please leave and we will discuss this matter later."
"Yes, I'll take my leave!"
As soon as Nanny Guan left, all the concubines were furious. They started to talk at once and made indignant accusations, speaking ill of Xu Lanshan.
If Nanny Guan heard this, she would be extremely supportive of her master's master. There is really no need for her to be low-key and humble and pretend to be virtuous. They would not treat her kindly and gently because of this.
The Empress was getting a headache from their noise. "Alright, alright, calm down! You've all seen the mistakes of Concubine Lian and Concubine Deng, and yet you still dare to be so ungrateful? It's a good thing the Emperor is happy right now because of something good. Otherwise, who knows what would have happened!"
After hearing this, the concubines were shocked, and they were speechless and restrained themselves secretly.
That's true... That Deng was a lunatic. She might seem a bit annoying and nagging, but it would have been fine if we had just ignored her. Who knew she'd be so possessed and so bold? She deserved this fate.
Lian Jieyushi had a miserable life. She bumped into the emperor when he was in a bad mood. Not only did she fail to make him happy or comfort him, but she somehow angered him and was punished and even demoted. Even the empress dowager did not dare to persuade the emperor at such a time and offend him.
When Concubine Lian was punished, the entire palace was horrified and terrified. Everyone was afraid that if the emperor took his anger out on them, they would be punished severely. What would happen then? Concubine Lian had the Empress Dowager's backing, so she might be restored to power soon. But what about herself?
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