After the Crown Prince led Jiujiu to salute the Emperor and Empress, he sat in their seats. Su Wan's seat was below the two.
Jiujiu's appetite was quite big these days. Generally, after three meals a day, she would eat a midnight snack before going to bed. Although she had already eaten before coming, it had been more than an hour. Jiujiu's stomach was a little hungry.
Therefore, as soon as the two of them sat down, Jiujiu began to bury her head in the food. As for the Crown Prince, he was like an ordinary married couple as he helped Jiujiu peel prawns and remove fish bones. He was extremely considerate.
The Crown Prince and Jiujiu grew up as childhood sweethearts. Everyone knew that the two had a good relationship. Therefore, they did not have any special thoughts about the Crown Prince's considerate actions for Jiujiu.
But the problem was that Jiujiu and Jiujiu were both the Crown Prince's imperial concubines. But the Crown Prince was so considerate to Jiujiu, and treated Su Wan like a pair of worn-out clogs. The contrast was too big. People couldn't help but pay attention to Su Wan.
How could Su Wan not know about the Crown Prince's strong contrast between her and Jiujiu? It was just that she had no way to control the Crown Prince's actions. She had no way to control other people's thoughts.
Su Wan was proud and arrogant, but at this moment, she could only lower her head and swallow her grievances.
Although the Empress was somewhat dissatisfied with the Crown Prince's strong attitude towards Jiujiu and Su Wan, on this good day, she could not say anything that would dampen the mood.
She only wanted to wait a few days to talk to the Crown Prince and let him pay attention to not be too biased.
Because today was New Year's Eve, the Emperor only said a few words before drinking wine.
In the past, Jiujiu especially liked to eat fish. She liked steamed sea bass even more. She didn't know why today, but when she smelled fish, she couldn't help but vomit.
The Crown Prince put the fish meat in Jiujiu's bowl. Jiujiu covered her mouth and retched. The Crown Prince panicked and quickly had Lian Cheng summon an imperial physician.
The Empress was stunned for a moment, then her face lit up with joy. She immediately had the Crown Prince help Jiujiu back to the hall to rest.
Because Lian Cheng left in a hurry, the imperial physician soon arrived. Seeing the crown prince, the crown prince immediately asked him to come and treat Jiujiu.
After the imperial physician bowed, he began to examine the patient carefully.
A moment later, he knelt down and congratulated, "Congratulations, Your Majesty. The Crown Princess is pregnant."
"You're pregnant?" The Crown Prince was still in a daze. He didn't seem to understand what those two words meant.
The Empress reacted with joy and immediately said, "Reward."
The Crown Prince was already in his prime, but he was still childless. The princes who were younger than him already had children, but the Crown Prince did not. Now that Jiujiu was pregnant with the Crown Prince's child, it was great news.
Her son finally had a child.
Jiujiu and the Crown Prince had only been married for a few months and there was already news. The Empress' dissatisfaction with the Crown Prince only favoring Jiujiu disappeared instantly because of this child.
The words of wanting the Crown Prince to favor Su Wan naturally wouldn't be spoken.
Now, in the Empress' heart, the child in Jiujiu's belly was not as big as heaven and earth. As long as Jiujiu was pregnant with the child, the Empress would not force the Crown Prince to favor Su Wan.
If Jiujiu was angry because the Crown Prince favored Su Wan and the child had a mishap, then wouldn't she regret it until her intestines turned green.
Because Jiujiu was pregnant, the Emperor was happy and directly rewarded the officials.
The next day, New Year's Day, when Jiujiu and the Crown Prince came to pay their respects, the Empress' attitude towards Jiujiu was very kind. She was simply holding her in her hands, afraid she would fall, holding her in her mouth, afraid she would melt. She couldn't wait to treat Jiujiu as a glass doll and carefully protect her.
Jiujiu was pregnant, and the affairs of the house were handed over to the housekeeper again. And Su Wan was explicitly prohibited from looking for Jiujiu.
Soon, after October, Jiujiu gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. The Emperor was overjoyed. Before the children were one month old, they already had a title, which had never happened before.
Soon, it was time for the Emperor to abdicate.
The Emperor's health was not very good these years, and many things had been handed over to the Crown Prince. In fact, the Crown Prince had long been in power in this country, so it was normal for him to abdicate now.
It was just that the Emperor abdicated, so naturally, someone was unhappy, and this person was He Yanshuo.
He Yanshuo had been very active in these years, and had been constantly contacting the influential officials, wanting to pull the Crown Prince from his position. Unfortunately, he had not succeeded, and the Crown Prince directly ascended the throne.
The Crown Prince was benevolent, and he was particularly good to his officials and brothers. He had children, so there was no place to attack. If He Yanshuo wanted to ascend the throne, it would be a rebellion.
He Yanshuo also knew this, and his heart was even more distressed.
Because as long as the Crown Prince did not make any mistakes, he had no reason to pull the Crown Prince down.
After the Crown Prince ascended the throne, the Empress and the Emperor became the Retired Emperor and the Empress Dowager. The Retired Emperor and the Crown Prince had similar temperaments, and not long after abdicating, the Retired Emperor took the Empress and the concubines to travel.
After the Crown Prince ascended the throne, Jiujiu was the Empress, and as the Crown Prince's only concubine, Su Wan was conferred the title of Consort Wan and moved into Bixiao Palace.
When the Crown Prince was still the Crown Prince, there were only two people in the harem, and others would not say anything. But after he became the Emperor, if there were only two people in the harem, it would not be good.
The Crown Prince had only ascended the throne for more than a month, and there were officials who said that the Crown Prince's harem was empty, and there were too few children. They asked the Crown Prince to hold a selection to fill up the harem.
The Crown Prince directly ignored this.
He was different from the Late Emperor. The Late Emperor liked beautiful women, so he doted on He Yanshuo's mother, Consort Lan. But he only loved Jiujiu. As long as there was Jiujiu, it was enough. No matter how many people there were, they were just a foil for Jiujiu.
The Crown Prince knew this, but the officials did not. They continued to ask the Crown Prince to hold a selection to expand the harem. When the Crown Prince did not listen, they began to work on Jiujiu.
Jiujiu hugged her son with one hand and listened to Madam Yan talk to her about the news of the past few days.
As she spoke, she talked about the selection.
Madam Yan's face was faintly purple, and it was obvious that she was indescribably irritated by the madams who asked the Crown Prince to hold a selection. But even if she was irritated, she still said what needed to be said.
The Crown Prince was no longer the Crown Prince, but the Emperor. If he only favored Jiujiu in the past, it would be fine. But now, if he only favored Jiujiu, it would violate everyone's taboo.
Yan Kui only had Madam Yan, and the two of them loved each other for their entire lives. Naturally, Madam Yan also hoped that the Crown Prince only had Jiujiu, but it was obvious that this was not in line with the public's thoughts. Madam Yan could not go against everyone's thoughts and only support Jiujiu. She could only whisper to Jiujiu what those people wanted.
When she heard those people asking the Crown Prince to hold a selection, Jiujiu burst out laughing.
What he said was even better than singing.
If their daughters were the only ones favored, they would hope that the Crown Prince would not find anyone else for the rest of his life. They really did not know how to empathize until it happened to them.
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