Seeing her like this, Xie Songhua felt a little panicked for a moment.
In just a short time, Xue Suqiao, who didn't care about anything at the beginning, became like this.
At the beginning, even when it came to entering the palace and becoming the emperor's woman, she didn't seem to be much afraid. Instead, she had a kind of open-mindedness that was easy to take care of.
It's only been more than half a year.
"Help me!" Xue Suqiao's smile could hardly be maintained, and there was a hint of trembling in his voice, "I believe you, Fourth Sister."
Fourth sister...
It was when she accepted him as a friend in Gaofu, she shouted in the same order as she did in the Xie family.
But now, she has long been re-ranked as the third in line, and Xue Suqiao has also grown from a girl who was still young to a hairpin to become the wise concubine in this deep palace.
"Don't worry, I'll figure it out for you when I get back. Just wait for my news."
She didn't ask for more information because she knew very well and there was no point in asking.
This deep palace is originally a man-eating beast, and the people who can survive in it have more or less mutated into monsters.
Xue Suqiao is still a normal person, so she has not been able to adapt to such an environment.
"By the way, Jiang Baolin gave birth last night."
Probably because the matter of the package was settled, Xue Suqiao seemed to relax a little and started talking to her about other things.
"Oh?" Xie Songhua raised an eyebrow, "Have a daughter?"
Xue Suqiao just laughed.
Of course it's her daughter, otherwise how could the palace and the East Palace be so quiet.
If it is a son, then he is the prince's eldest grandson. In a place like Prince Chen's Mansion, someone will definitely come to announce the good news.
But the daughter is different. There is a princess who is a legitimate daughter in front of the East Palace!
Not worth the fanfare.
Xie Songhua thought about Jiang Shuhua's temperament and was afraid that this time she would not have the joy of being a mother for the first time.
As Xie Songhua expected, the first thing Jiang Shuhua did when she woke up was to throw the medicine bowl that Xizhu brought to her.
Xizhu was afraid that the people outside the princess would hear, so he quickly packed up the porcelain pieces and walked out. He said to the little maid with some remorse, "I went to make another bowl quickly, but I accidentally knocked it away."
Then he walked back again and held Jiang Shuhua's hand before she spoke, "Paulin must not be angry, you must love the little princess well!"
Jiang Shuhua stared at her, and she felt a surge of anger in her heart. She had nowhere to vent it, so she pinched Xizhu's arm fiercely.
"You must hold back!" Xi Zhu ignored the severe pain in his arm and held her hand firmly. "The Crown Princess has been on guard against you for a long time! There were people inside and outside the East Palace last night!
There are a lot of new faces, sent by the Queen!"
"What?!"
Jiang Shuhua was surprised, "What do you mean?"
"It's not that I didn't do anything. The one outside can't get in at all. Moreover, the palace maid we bribed in the first place is also missing. They have all been replaced by the queen's empress."
This sentence made Jiang Shuhua's expression change immediately, "Where is that child?"
"Don't worry, Master! He didn't come over. He looked outside and took him away again. No one noticed."
Hearing this, Jiang Shuhua breathed a sigh of relief, and then said nervously: "If they don't find any clues, why should they guard me against this?"
Xizhu subconsciously glanced at the window and door, then lowered his voice and leaned over and said, "I guess... the Crown Princess's affair was probably discovered."
"You mean I'll lay it on her..."
She didn't say anything else after all. Xizhu gave her a definite answer with just one look.
"The master said that that day in the Queen's Palace, the princess checked the princess's pulse, and then the princess returned to her parents' home the next day, and the symptoms were relieved after that."
"Xie Songhua!" Jiang Shuhua almost immediately said the name through gritted teeth, "I have come to the East Palace to be the prince's concubine, and she still lingers!"
Xizhu gently supported her back to the pillow, "Master, don't think about this now."
Regarding these things, no matter whether the Crown Princess and the Empress suspected it or not, there was no evidence whatsoever.
The most important thing right now is that you get well as soon as possible. In any case, His Highness is still happy. Our little master will soon be the princess.
In recent times, Your Highness has come to our courtyard a lot more often, which shows how much His Highness values his master. As long as he captures His Highness's heart, are we still afraid that he won't be able to give birth to a son?"
Xizhu's words made Jiang Shuhua calm down.
Originally, she thought that she would definitely give birth to the eldest son of the Emperor of the East Palace this time. Even if he didn't crawl out of her belly, she would still have a son.
In this way, as long as Zhao Mingxi fails to give birth to a son, her son will be the one with the highest status.
I didn't expect that such an incident would happen.
Now, she has to take a long-term approach.
She cannot be defeated by these setbacks. Even if she does not give birth to a son now, she still has a chance.
Xie Songhua is working as the high-ranking Princess Chen there, so why should she be asked to serve Xie Songhua as a lowly servant?
But now the Crown Princess has obviously doubted her, and she must find a way to cover up this matter.
Just as he was thinking about it, the prince's voice came from outside, "How is your master?"
Xizhu hurriedly walked out, "I've seen your highness, we Baolin have already woken up. We were really exhausted last night, and we were very happy to see the princess just now! It's just that the imperial doctor said that our body is still weak at the moment and we can't exert ourselves.
Otherwise we, Baolin, have to hug the princess."
The prince was very happy when he heard this, and walked in with a smile. When he saw the haggard person on the bed, his face showed some consideration, "Thank you for your hard work."
Jiang Shuhua showed a shy look, "What are you talking about, Your Highness? It's a pity that I couldn't give birth to a son for Your Highness."
"Both sons and daughters are fine, they are all the same flesh and blood. You can't say that. If you tell your daughter later, wouldn't you feel sad?"
"What Your Highness said was that I made a slip of the tongue."
The prince chatted with her for a while, and looked at the child from the wet nurse's hand for a while, and then said: "You should rest for a while. The palace is entertaining all the ministers, so I have to go over first."
Jiang Shuhua naturally knew about the banquet for the ministers.
She even thought that if she gave birth to a son, she would probably have a place at the banquet next year.
Now……
She was not happy after giving birth to a daughter, but the prince, as a father, was still happy.
He strode to the Lama Temple, and when he saw the third prince who was obviously looking quite haggard, he felt even more happy.
"Third brother, didn't you sleep well last night? I heard about the miscarriage of my third brother and sister. This is really uncomfortable, but third brother and third brother are still young and they are going to have a baby.
Son, there will be plenty of time in the future!"
As he spoke, he laughed first.
The third prince narrowed his eyes slightly, then smiled sarcastically, "What the emperor is saying is, after all, the emperor is a few years older than me, and he still doesn't have a son, so why should I be anxious?"
These words made the smile on the prince's face fade immediately. He snorted coldly and ignored his defeated general.
Who knew that he was too lazy to care about it, but the third prince didn't want to let him go. When he passed by, he suddenly said quietly, "Speaking of it, the fate in this world is indeed wonderful. At the beginning, I wholeheartedly asked my mother and concubine to take care of me and my father.
The emperor asked for a favor to help me and the third girl of the Xie family at that time.
The mother-in-law didn’t agree with anything she said. She only said that I had no fate with her. Now I understand that what the mother-in-law said was the truth. How could I have imagined that one day she would become the emperor’s brother’s Baolin and give birth to the emperor’s brother?