16. The love of children (1)
When the Empress Dowager Cixi heard the news, she immediately went to the Yongshou Palace of the concubines, at this time the Yongshou Palace was already smiling and laughing, and the concubines were all together, the concubines were leaning on the kang, and the body was draped in a velvet quilt, the queen took the concubines' hands and chattered about something, and the concubines and concubines on the side were gathered together, with different expressions on their faces, everyone saw the Empress Dowager Cixi arrive, got up to greet her, and the concubines were also ready to stand up, but they were pressed down by the Empress Dowager Cixi with her hand, "No need to be polite, your body is now the most noble!" ”
Hearing this, the queen's eyebrows jumped, and she got up and gave up the position on the kang to the queen mother, who sat down and hurriedly asked, "Has the imperial doctor come to take a look?" ”
"Look, I'm still waiting outside the palace at this time," the queen smiled, "I know that the emperor wants to ask." ”
The imperial physician came in and kowtowed, and the queen mother asked, "How many months has the concubine been in her body?" ”
"Back to the Queen Mother, Concubine Xun Niangniang has been pregnant for three months, but Niangniang is not in good health, so I felt some symptoms of morning sickness in March."
The Queen Mother frowned slightly, and the concubines had different expressions, "Not in good health?" ”
Concubine Xun glanced at the Queen Mother with some fear, and hurriedly lowered her head, and the Imperial Doctor fell to the ground, "Yes, Concubine Xun's mother is a little weaker, and today she took her pulse, and the fetal image is a little unstable." ”
Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, "Then it's all entrusted to the Imperial Hospital." The imperial doctor retreated, and the Queen Mother turned her head and smiled at Concubine Xun, "It's not in the way, you have a good rest, take care of yourself, the child in your belly will naturally be fine, just relax your heart." Now you are the first to be blessed, and I am happy for you," the Queen Mother did not have much contact with the emperor's concubines, and the concubines were honest and taciturn, so after saying such a few words, the Queen Mother seemed to have nothing to say.
Concubine Hui Hesheri smiled and led everyone to bless together, "Congratulations to the Queen Mother, congratulations to Concubine Xun." ”
The Queen Mother is quite happy, of course, she is a person of later generations, and she should be very resistant to these feudal things, but she is very much in favor of the emperor taking more concubines and having a few more children, "Get up, you're welcome, sit down," the Queen Mother looked around at the women, "You are all serving the emperor, Su Ri is obedient, I have seen it, this child, there will be there in the future, and don't worry, the concubine has it first, it is her blessing, and your blessing will not be less, just the same," the Queen Mother restrained her smile," Don't make a fuss about the jealousy and hurt the Dragonborns like before, if there is such a thing, I will not spare it! Did you hear that? ”
Everyone stood up again, and even the queen obeyed the order solemnly, "The concubines obey the queen mother's decree." ”
The queen said with a smile, "Concubine Xun has prepared excellent Longjing tea and pastries, and the emperor will accompany Concubine Xun to use some together, right?" ”
The Queen Mother nodded, "Very good, it's just a tea that Concubine Xun doesn't use, is there anything else?" ”
"I prepared red date soup."
"This is good, red dates nourish blood, excellent." The Queen Mother smiled at Concubine Xun, "Your Ama has just joined the military plane, and you are pregnant, so it can be seen that this child is a great blessing." ”
The noble lady held a hot towel to the queen mother, and said with a smile, "My sister is very blessed, I really envy our sisters." ”
The Queen Mother took the towel and looked at the nobleman, the smile on the nobleman's face stiffened, and the Queen Mother asked again: "What about the emperor?" Why haven't you come yet? ”
"The emperor is still discussing with the Ministry of Communications. The minions did not dare to go in and disturb the affairs of the military state. ”
"Hmm," the Queen Mother nodded, and after a while, the tea was served, and everyone used some together in the side hall, and the Queen Mother saw that Concubine Ying was sullen, sighed slightly, put down her chopsticks, and instructed the queen, "You are the master of the six palaces, and you should watch more of the concubine's fetus." I'll go back to the palace first," the Queen Mother looked around at the women, "You all disperse." ”
"Yes."
The Queen Mother pointed at Concubine Ying, "Concubine Ying, you wait for me to return to the palace." ”
Concubine Ying came back from her daze, "Yes", stood up and helped the Queen Mother out of Yongshou Palace, which is not far from Shoukang Palace, just separated by a few palaces, and the Queen Mother grabbed Concubine Ying with her backhand, "Isn't your heart happy?" ”
"The concubine doesn't dare."
The Queen Mother sighed, "I'm not saying you're jealous of Concubine Xun. The Queen Mother patted the back of Concubine Ying's hand, "You are a hero, you have often entered the palace before, I see you as a child, gentle temperament, and knowledgeable, so, I selfishly thought about leaving it to the emperor and letting you enter the palace, but I didn't expect it," the Queen Mother shook her head, showing pity in her eyes, "The emperor is just indifferent to you, although you are in the concubine position, you can't say that you are hard, in the end it is also very plain, your temperament is also plain, and you will never compete for favor." I think about it, now I regret that I brought you into this place where I don't see the light of day, and if you complain, it's normal. ”
Concubine Ying Zhu hurriedly knelt down, "The concubine doesn't dare," Concubine Ying's pale face showed a hint of a smile, "The concubine should be grateful to the queen mother for fulfilling the concubine's heart, and being able to enter the palace to accompany the emperor, although the emperor does not favor the concubine very much, but he also respects the concubine, and occasionally comes to chat with the concubine, the concubine is already very grateful, how can she get Longwangshu, and resentful?" (To be continued.) )