The Job of an Imperial Concubine

"Have you checked it out?"

Zhuang Luoyan sat on the imperial concubine chair and looked at Fubao, showing no joy of being pregnant with a dragon seed.

"Returning to the master, the slave checked it. This doctor Mao is an old doctor for many years. He has no relationship with other masters in the palace except for asking for pulse and treating diseases. He should not be on duty when he is giving you a pulse, because another Something happened to the imperial physician's family, so he changed shifts without warning." Fu Bao hesitated, and then said, "What's more, the master never asked him to ask for pulse in the past, and if someone wanted to plot against you, he would not ask this one. "

Zhuang Luoyan frowned, what Fu Bao said was also very reasonable, in the past most of the people who asked for her pulse were the regular imperial physicians, if someone wanted to do something about it, they should also go to these imperial physicians, there is no reason to go to Mao old doctor.

"Master, why do you have to doubt..." Yun Xi looked at Zhuang Luoyan's stomach, and said in a low voice, "Maybe you really have an heir, after all, that time more than a month ago..."

"How can it be so easy," Zhuang Luoyan sneered, "The food I eat these days is cold, if I really have a child, wouldn't I have half a reaction?" What's more, from a woman's point of view, what kind of joy is in the body of having a child? She couldn't hide it with reason, but after hearing the imperial physician's diagnosis, she was not half happy, but suspicious. When people have the instinct of doubt instead of joy, it can only mean one thing, and it is a joke to have dragonborn.

Yun Xi thought about it carefully, and her face turned pale. Now everyone in the palace knows that the master is pregnant. If the master is really not pregnant, the consequences...

Only Yun Xi and Fu Bao were present in the house, and Ting Zhu went to the small kitchen to supervise the food. Looking at the pale faces of the two, Zhuang Luoyan suddenly smiled.

Yun Xi and Fu Bao exchanged glances, Yun Xi smiled and said, "It's a great joy for the master to have an heir, and the servants will take care of them carefully."

A conspiracy is a conspiracy when the other party doesn't know it. If the other party knows it in his heart, it is a joke.

Counting nine cold days, even if the eunuchs diligently swept away the snow, the road surface was still wet and slippery. Outside the queen's palace, Concubine Shu was sitting on a steady walking chariot, looking at Zhao Chongyi who was approaching from the opposite side, and when the other party approached, got off the chariot to salute to herself, then smiled softly: "Sister Zhao Chongyi, please forgive me. Now that you are pregnant, you have to take care of your body." After finishing speaking, he got off the chariot with the hand of the maid, and stopped three steps away from Zhuang Luoyan, "It's cold today, I think the empress should be sympathetic to you If you have dragon species, please be safe."

"The empress is kind, she has spared my concubine to pay her respects," Zhuang Luoyan said with a happy smile on her face, "It's just that there is nothing to do in winter, concubines and sisters greet the empress together, whether it's talking or not. I will not lose the gift of a concubine."

Concubine Shu smiled as usual: "Sister Zhao Chongyi is respectful and virtuous, no wonder the emperor and empress dote on her so much." After finishing speaking, she turned and walked towards the gate of the empress's palace, the smile on her face was slightly chilled.

Zhuang Luoyan supported Yun Xi's hand and slowly followed, the smile on her face still carried the happiness of a woman's first pregnancy.

"Concubine Shu is here, and Zhao Chongyi is here."

The eunuch's summons made all the people sitting in the room turn their eyes to the door, and most of their eyes fell on Zhuang Luoyan behind Concubine Shu.

Zhuang Luoyan hadn't finished the greetings, the queen asked Heyu to help Zhuang Luoyan get up and sit on the chair that had been prepared earlier, and said in a tone of reproach and kindness: "Both the emperor and this palace have excused you from paying your respects, The dragon species in your belly is important, so there is no need to be so polite."

"The emperor and the empress are kind, but the concubines dare not forget the rules." Zhuang Luoyan smiled, "What's more, the empress is kind, and the concubines want to be blessed with your children, the empress."

The queen laughed and praised a few words, and rewarded Zhuang Luoyan with something generous, as if she was looking forward to the child in Zhuang Luoyan's stomach.

Zhuang Luoyan sighed in her heart, the queen is better at acting than the noble concubine, in fact, which woman in the world would like another woman to conceive her husband's child, it's just because of her status, no matter whether she is willing or not, she must be magnanimous and kind.

Whether the other concubines in the room were happy or unhappy, they all said congratulations, even if there were jealous ones, it was only in the middle of their words, no one would really say anything bad. After all, if something goes wrong, who can afford the crime?

"Zhao Chongyi is a blessed person. If she is blessed with the empress's blessing, it will not be a blessing on top of blessings. I think she will definitely give birth to a dragon son for the emperor, so the concubine will congratulate her in advance." Yangui concubine finished with a smile, Turning to look at the silent Ye Shurong, "Ye Shurong, do you think so?"

Everyone in the room doesn't know that Ye Shurong has become taciturn since the last time the child was lost. I don't know if Yan Guifei's words are to stimulate Ye Shurong or to seek bad luck for Zhao Chongyi. After all, this child has stayed in the stomach for a long time. The month fell away.

"Zhao Chongyi is naturally blessed," Ye Shurong glanced at Concubine Yangui lightly, then smiled faintly.

Concubine Yangui felt a little chilled by her look, and stopped talking, but was secretly shocked by the aura in Ye Shurong's eyes, because she had underestimated this unfavored Ye Shurong in the past.

"Thank you Ye Shurong for your good words." Zhuang Luoyan couldn't see the intention of Yangui Concubine, but she seemed calm and relaxed as she had no child in her belly.

Now that her menstrual period is delayed, and she has just been diagnosed as "pregnant", then the person in charge of this matter will definitely not immediately jump out to expose her fake pregnancy. If she is too eager, it will attract suspicion. After all, the emperor is not brainless man of.

As for why her menstrual period is delayed, someone needs to check her small kitchen carefully. I don't know if there is any "big tonic" in her diet?

"It is a great joy for Zhao Chongyi to be pregnant," the queen ignored the words of the concubines, and said, "Today is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and there will be a Laba banquet in the evening. The clan and Gao Meixi will attend the banquet in the palace every hour, and we will wait for the emperor. The imperial decree is about to come down, and if any sisters get the grace to accompany the banquet, they must make good preparations. Although the United States is a poor and small country, we must not lose the demeanor of a great country."

The concubines said yes one after another, and began to secretly pray that they could accompany the banquet. After all, this is the emperor's favor, and it is also a matter of face.

Not long after Zhuang Luoyan returned to Xihe Palace from the Queen's Palace, the eunuch who delivered the decree came, and the content was nothing more than to accompany the imperial banquet.

Not long after sending off the eunuch who passed the decree, Fu Bao came back to report.

"Master, this servant has found out. Apart from the queen, only six masters have received the edict to accompany the banquet, Concubine Shu, Concubine Xian, Concubine Rou, Concubine Ning, Concubine Xu Zhaorong and you, not even the concubine Yan Gui of Linyuexuan. What an honor."

"Master, apart from the concubine, only you and Xu Zhaorong will accompany you at this banquet, which shows how much the emperor loves you." Yun Xi smiled happily, "It must be... tonight is also very lively."

"It's been quiet recently, and I want to be more lively." Zhuang Luoyan put Tang Pozi on the small table, "I remember that the plain skirt that Shangyi Bureau sent last time was beautiful and tight, and the crescent moon color The bottom is embroidered with red plums, which matches the snow scene tonight, and the snow-colored fox fur given by the emperor is also worn on the outside, which is not too expensive."

"There is a little bit of bright red in the white, and it couldn't be more beautiful. The master's eyes are not as good as the servant." Yun Xi bent her knees, "The servant will prepare it for you."

"Don't worry, the banquet is at night, and it won't be too late to prepare after lunch," Zhuang Luoyan got up and walked to the jade lotus flower, "The more anxious you are, the more troubles will happen, so be careful everywhere."

"Yes." Yun Xi smiled and stepped back.

When the fingertips touched the lotus leaves of Yuhe, the coolness quickly spread to the bottom of my heart, but although the lotus leaves are cold, the smooth touch makes people feel refreshed, and it's nothing more than drinking and pecking.

Pushing open the window, the cold wind blew on the face, causing Zhuang Luoyan to close her eyes slightly, but the smile on the corner of her mouth couldn't be blown away.

"Master, Zhao Chongyi will accompany you to the banquet tonight."

"Really?" In the darkness, the voice of the speaker paused, "Eating at a banquet is inevitably complicated. If you eat the wrong thing and get pregnant, you can only blame destiny."

"Zhao Chongyi herself is not blessed to have children, who is to blame."

"Yes, who is to blame. In this harem, there are always unlucky people."

"It's windy, snowy, and frosty, and I'm putting makeup on by the window. Before Haolang takes up his gun and goes into battle, the slave waits for three years after three years. We have to meet today..."

Listening to the singer's graceful singing, Feng Jin closed his eyes to rest his mind, even Gao Dezhong didn't open his eyes when he came in.

Gao Dezhong glanced at the singer who was playing the pipa gently, then at the emperor, and then stood quietly in the corner without saying a word.

"Let's all go down." After a while, Feng Jin opened his eyes and waved away the entertainers in the palace, looking at Gao Dezhong who was standing in the corner, "Have you found out?"

"Back to the emperor, this imperial doctor Mao has nothing to do with Zhao Chongyi, and no other master has contacted him before. Master Zhao is really pregnant." Gao Dezhong also felt that Zhao Chongyi was blessed, otherwise he couldn't just be like this A chance to conceive.

"In this case, I will send the imperial doctor to take her pulse tomorrow. After all, she is pregnant with my child, so it's okay to be careful. Some concubines in the Emerald Palace should also be promoted, and Zhao Chongyi should also be recorded. "Feng Jin thought for a while, "Tomorrow I will send a few court ladies and eunuchs who are good at meals to Xihe Palace. I remember that when the queen was pregnant, she didn't have much appetite for food. Let people prepare now, and there is no need to lose money when the time comes. body."

"Yes, the slaves remember it." Gao Dezhong responded one by one.

"Well," Feng Jin nodded, "Let everyone around Zhao Chongyi take care of her tonight. There are so many people in the harem, so I'm afraid of collisions."

"Yes." Gao Dezhong understood what the emperor meant, and hoped that Zhao Chongyi's blessings would be deep enough to give birth to a child safely. There is no good person in the harem. Seeing what the emperor meant, it seemed that he also wanted Zhao Chongyi to give birth to this child.

Alas, thanks to Zhao Chongyi having a worry-free natal family, who knows what it would be like?