In contrast, Concubine Wen, who was sitting next to the Queen Mother, talked and laughed calmly and generously. She had a son in her belly, so how could others not hinder her? Today, because she was proficient in foreign languages, she was very popular in front of both the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother and the Emperor, even though she was the Emperor.
Recently, she often rests in Chengqian Palace. Concubine Tong is destined to be lackluster at this banquet.
Moreover, in the past, because the emperor intended to appoint Niu Hulu as his empress, in those days before and after the establishment of the empress, Concubine Zhao would sit with the emperor at every big banquet, as if she was the empress. But today, Concubine Tong only sits at the head of the concubines.
It was not as good as Concubine Wen sitting next to the Queen Mother sitting close to Xuan Ye. The emperor's intention was very clear and he had no intention of establishing a queen.
The emperor was determined and no one could change it. The equally unique imperial concubine was bound to win the position of deputy concubine. She, Concubine Tong, was already one step away from the imperial concubine. However, Concubine Wen was pregnant first and was about to compete with her.
The future is confused, and she doesn't know how to break out of the fog. Is she drinking these cups of wine with hatred, resentment, or unwillingness? Who knows what she is thinking.
"I always feel very pitiful." Lan Qi muttered to herself, lowering her head to pick up some vegetables to eat. The nobleman nearby heard her and asked her softly, "Who are you talking about?"
"Didn't I say anything?"
Bu Guiren said, "Guess if Guo Guiren is happy, Lady Yi will be unhappy. My sister has only been here for a short time, and she is already ahead of her."
Lan Qi raised her head and glanced at Yi Bin. She was happily talking to the An Guiren who had attacked her. She didn't show any displeasure or nervousness at all. It made people feel that if Guo Guiren was really happy, she might have known about it a long time ago and failed to repay the consequences for many things.
That's all.
Half an hour later, when the Western dancers had finished dancing, the Empress Dowager was giving out rewards. Someone from the Yikun Palace came to report. Concubine Yi smiled brightly, stood up and went to the throne. She saluted and said: "Concubine, congratulations to Your Majesty, Guo.
The noble man is very happy."
Xuan Ye looked happy and congratulated the Empress Dowager. Concubine Wen generously explained to the envoy's wife. The envoy's wife babbled and didn't know what she said. Concubine Wen's eyes moved and she reported to the Empress Dowager and the emperor,
"The envoy's wife said that among the tribute items this time, there is a pair of bracelets inlaid with pearls, which in their country are used to pray for safe childbirth."
The Empress Dowager thought it was new, so she asked people to look for it. When she opened the box, she found a pair of bracelets with white gold as the base and pearls of even size embedded on the bracelet.
It means having many children, the envoy’s wife said, in their place, the elders will give it to the younger generation who are pregnant.”
"There are only one pair or two of bracelets. There are three of us who are pregnant here." Concubine Tong suddenly spoke coldly, her eyes slowly rose and fell on the noble man. Everyone followed, but they saw the noble man's hand.
She was holding a pair of chopsticks with shredded shredded matsutake chicken. When she saw everyone looking at her, she put it down in embarrassment. She seemed not to have heard what the first few people were saying and didn't understand why everyone was looking at her.
When Xuan Ye saw her like this, there was a smile in his eyes. If everyone was like her, how peaceful the world would be.
The superiors didn't say who the bracelet was going to be given to, but Concubine Tong insisted on mentioning it. This made everyone embarrassed, but she said gloatingly, "The gods they believe in are different from ours. Come to think of it.
The so-called prayers for safe childbirth may not be useful even in the Qing Dynasty."
Xuan Ye didn't take it seriously and said to his grandmother with a smile: "There is another happy event that I haven't told my grandmother. Didn't you see that my brother Fu Jin didn't come to the banquet today? That's the good news. He is recuperating in the mansion. I also want to send him a gift."
What kind of gift would be good? This pair of bracelets with auspicious meanings can be borrowed from flowers to offer to the Buddha." After saying this, he looked towards Fuquan who was sitting in the distance. Prince Yu had already stood up when he heard this, and said to his grandmother with a smile, "I will give this to my grandma.
Well, my grandson thanks his grandson and his wife."
"There are no ladies in the palace, but you are the thickest." Seeing her two grandsons coming to help her step down, the Empress Dowager was so happy that she happily gave the pair of bracelets to Fuquan, and also gave another reward to Fuquan.
His father, Fu Jin, told her to have a good pregnancy, and sent Grandma Sumala and Concubine Yi back to Yikun Palace to visit Guo Guiren.
The drum music started again, and the embarrassment just now was swept away in the palace. Concubine Tong sat there alone, no one looked at her. The humiliation and resentment was just afraid of causing a bigger storm. I wonder if this was shooting a stone at herself.
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At a banquet, Lan Qi was in high spirits due to the exotic customs. On the way back to the palace with Duan Concubine and Bu Guiren, they kept chattering. Duan Jing and Chun Xi were taken back to sleep long ago, and Duan Concubine never left their side.
Beside her, someone was holding her with a smile: "Walk slower, you don't care about your belly, speak softly when it's late at night."
Lan Qi joked with the two of them heartlessly: "Thankfully Prince Yu Fu Jin didn't come today. Look at the look in the prince's eyes. The eyes of those dancers are about to fall out. If Fujin saw it, he would go crazy."
, I guess, Prince Yu’s palace will have another Western concubine.”
Bu Guiren scolded her: "It's nonsense. Even the prince dares to arrange it. Be careful that the emperor will upset you."
While they were laughing, they suddenly saw a group of people parked in front of them. A sedan was parked on the roadside. The little eunuch here ran up to take a look. He quickly came back and said, "It's Concubine Wen who is in front."
"Didn't the empress go back first?" The three of them were surprised and walked a few steps forward to salute. Concubine Wen sat in the sedan chair and said softly, "Concubine Duan and noble Bu, please go ahead. I have something to say to the noble noble. In a moment, I will
The palace will send someone to take her back."
Duan concubine frowned, leaned forward and said: "Your Majesty and the noble lady are pregnant, please go to bed early. If you have anything to say, why don't we talk about it tomorrow day. It's not too late to show off your dignity now..."
"Concubine Duan, please go back." Concubine Wen interrupted her words, her lukewarm tone clearly showing a bit of majesty.
Duan Concubine and Lan Qi looked at each other, Lan Qi nodded, Duan Concubine could only leave with Bu Guiren first. As soon as they walked away, Concubine Wen got down from the sedan and smiled at Lan Qi: "Shall we go for a walk?"
"Yes." Lan Qi felt embarrassed because she had been using the excuse of feeling unwell to not go to Concubine Wen's invitation to sit in the palace. However, tonight she attended the banquet in high spirits, obviously avoiding people on purpose and not knowing Wen Wen.
What the concubine wanted to say at this moment, she thought that if she could avoid it, she would never get involved.
Slowly moving forward, the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs were separated by about ten steps and could not hear their voices. Huanchun Luzhu and the others did not dare to follow closely when they saw this. The two pregnant women walked in front. Lan Qi had already stopped.
Wearing a flowerpot bottom, Concubine Wen was still wearing it, but she was not as tall as Lan Qi. At this moment, the night wind passed by, and the colorful scarf fluttered. Concubine Wen asked her with a smile: "Are noble people cold?"
Lan Qi shook her head and said, "I am dressed warmly."
Concubine Wen's eyes were full of envy and she asked her: "I heard that pregnant women tend to get hot and dry easily. Sure enough, you look like you are wearing thinner clothes than us."
Lan Qi smiled: "Your Majesty, it will be the same in a few months. Maybe it will be better in winter."
"No, I won't be hot again." Concubine Wen stopped, her eyes were clearly smiling, but people could see the endless melancholy inside, her red lips moved slightly, "Honorable man, the fetus in my belly is gone.
"
Lan Qi's whole body tightened, and her stomach became tight as well. She held her belly and took a few steps back in discomfort. What's going on? The palace didn't hear anything. Has she been shut up for too long?
No wonder I heard a few days ago that Concubine Wen was in serious trouble, but she didn't feel any discomfort at the banquet. She looked at Concubine Wen in disbelief: "Your Majesty... are you serious?"
"I asked Dongyun to invite you that day, so I wanted to tell you this. It disappeared before the Double Ninth Festival. I made an excuse to be happy, but I was just recuperating in the house." Concubine Wen's little body revealed a trace of emotion.
The momentum that did not match hers helped Lan Qi to continue walking forward, "Except for Dongyun and my trusted imperial doctor, only you, a noble person, know about this matter at the moment."
There was an uneasy atmosphere in every word of this sentence. Lan Qi slowly moved her feet away, her heart beating heavily. Sure enough, Concubine Wen said: "My virtuous man, help me once and help yourself once, how about that?"
"I don't understand what the empress said." Lan Qi wanted to hide. She wished she could leave this unfathomable little Niu Hulu clan immediately.
"It's very simple. Concubine Tong wants your child. Do you think she will give up? Why don't you give it up?" Concubine Wen said to her with crooked eyebrows, "If you kill her future, I will benefit. You can keep your child."
.Sister once said, when you helped Hui and Rong, they were just using you, but now you are benefiting from it, isn't it great?"
Lan Qi is taller. When she looks at Niu Hulu's face from top to bottom, her chin becomes more and more pointed. Her appearance, which should be pure and beautiful, has an air of ferocity for no reason. Thinking about how she was drinking alone at the banquet just now.
The imperial concubine's face was all red, and Concubine Wen's look at this moment made her feel extremely disgusted.
Why do you always have to pester yourself?
"I'll give you two days to think about it. Concubine Tong's birthday is coming soon, so you can't miss the opportunity." Concubine Wen said to Lan Qi with a long smile. The coldness in her smile was more chilling than the late autumn night wind, and Lan Qi was all over the place.
Trembling, he shook his head and said, "I can't do this."
Concubine Wen smiled: "But I've told you, noble man, do you think you can still get away with it? Think about it carefully." She smiled proudly. This was an expression she never showed in front of others. Lan Qi could hardly remember that look from back then.
What does the little Concubine Wen look like who is crying every day in Kunning Palace? What happened to her to make her so completely transformed?
Concubine Wen turned around and stopped walking forward, walking towards her slaves. Dongyun quickly moved the sedan forward and waited for Concubine Wen and her entourage to walk away. Only then did Huan Chun and the others dare to come over to their master. He supported Lan Qi and felt her body
She was trembling and anxiously asked what was wrong. Lan Qi just said softly: "Send me back."
The fetus in her belly had been restless that night, making Lan Qi unable to sit or lie down. Even the imperial doctor came, but it was of no avail. Lan Qi refused to let the imperial doctor report, saying that it would be fine soon, and stayed in a stalemate all night. As expected, she felt much more peaceful and tired in the morning.
The little noble also fell into a drowsy sleep. When he woke up at noon, he thought about Concubine Wen's words last night and felt heavy in his heart. Fortunately, the child was much calmer and did not torment her anymore.
In the afternoon, Concubine Wen brought something, saying it was given to her by the wife of a Western envoy. She distributed it among the various palaces, including nobles and concubines. When Huan Chun brought it to Lan Qi, she got angry at Huan Chun in disgust.
: "Take it away, I don't want to see it."
It startled Huan Chun, but she regained her composure and said sadly and aggrievedly: "I'm not here for you, don't be angry."