Accompanying her, Qi Luo said: "The Empress Dowager said, even if it was just a sweeping taijian in her Feng Qi Palace, it would be more than enough to administer punishment."
Dong Guiren reflexively looked at the concubines and concubines of the palace. However, no one dared to look and hurriedly left. Perhaps she was frightened or something else, but as Xi Ying walked, she fell down stiffly. If it wasn't for Hua Ying, who was at the side, catching her, she would have broken her head.
Mu fei hurriedly said: "Quickly help her to ben gong's sedan and carry her back."
Ning guipin turned to say to Liang concubine: "Wait here for Dong Guiren, I'll go see Xi Ying." Liang concubine could be said to be frozen in place, not knowing whether to leave or stay.
After she walked away, Lu Ke muttered in a small voice: "Now that Consort Yan has been confined, this Ning guipin is becoming more and more arrogant. She dares to order little mistress around."
"Shut up!" Concubine Liang looked at the silent and wooden palace servant beside Feng Qi Palace. She turned her hand and slapped Lu Ke hard on the face. She pretended to be stern as she reprimanded, "Is the matter of the masters something a little servant like you can point out? If there's a next time, I won't tolerate you! "
Lu Ke covered her face and knelt to beg for forgiveness, "Nubi knows her wrongs. Little mistress, please forgive, little mistress."
Liang concubine turned to the side and said: "Go, go see Dong Guiren. Later, help her over and carry her back in my sedan!" She gritted her teeth as she said the latter half of the sentence. Bei Huaining, I really underestimated you in the past!
Before the consorts and concubines could digest the meaning behind the Empress Dowager Xue Yue's series of edicts, after the Resting Snow Palace recruited Imperial Physician Fei, Consort Mu sent her capable palace maid Zi Ying to the Imperial Hospital to recruit two more imperial physicians. Everyone's heart suddenly rose.
As expected, not long after, Consort Mu came to the Dragon Subduing Palace with a look of joy on her face. She reported that Hua Ying was already two months pregnant and requested for her to be conferred the title of a primary seventh rank attendant.
This was another shocking thunder that struck everyone's heads. Imperial Concubine Lan immediately tore the silk handkerchief in her hand. She prayed to the gods and Buddha every day to give her a child, but His Majesty did not cooperate. No matter how capable she was, she could not give birth to a child by herself!
Concubine Hua was deep in thought. A small servant child, if she could make a move and snatch it into her hands, she immediately extinguished the thought. As long as the Empress Dowager was still here, even if this child was taken away, it would only benefit Ying Pin.
Concubine Jin was also dispirited. She had been one of the three concubines accompanying Qiu Mi at the time. His Majesty had summoned her a few times, but just yesterday, her letter had arrived on time. At this time, she still had a dimple on her face to indicate that it was not convenient for her to serve.
Beauty Xu was also very happy, but she was happy for Consort Mu. No matter how much she praised this Ah Xi, she was just a secondary sixth rank beauty. She did not have the right to personally raise an imperial child. Naturally, she had to carry the child to the head niangniang in her palace. Consort Mu had damaged her body last time and could not conceive again. Now, it was great, a child had appeared out of thin air.
In this crowd of people with different thoughts, only Hua Ying was truly happy for Xi's selection of an attendant. "Ah Xi, you have, you have a child, the baby is in your stomach!"
Attendant Xi rubbed her flat stomach in disbelief. She had a baby in her stomach? She had a child of her own blood. For a moment, she didn't know if she was too happy or sad. She hugged Hua Ying and cried loudly, giving the people around her a fright.
Beauty Xu hurriedly went forward to comfort: "Attendant Xi is pregnant now. Please do not be sad to avoid harming your body." If it was a normal language, Attendant Xi might have been able to guess and understand. At this time, hearing this unfamiliar language that she was not used to, thinking of the homeland that she would never be able to return to, she cried even harder.
Attendant Xi was pregnant. Other than herself and Hua Ying, there were only Consort Mu and the others who had other thoughts. Most of the others were jealous and angry. Lan guipin returned to her own palace and silently used a pair of scissors to cut up several silk handkerchiefs. Concubine Hua also followed but was not in a hurry to speak. She sat at the side and watched as she cut up pieces of cloth.
After cutting up a dozen pieces, Lan guipin finally put down the scissors. With tears in her eyes, she said angrily: "How is this Attendant Xi so lucky? She got pregnant on the first try. I've served her for so long, but this stomach is still disappointing."
Concubine Hua comforted: "Jiejie, there is no need to be anxious. The future is long. Besides, it's just an attendant's child. At most, it's just a beauty. Even if Consort Mu carried it away, she is a Uyghu. Even if she gives birth to a prince, she can't inherit the throne. We have to be wary of the other noble daughters, especially that one!" Finishing, she pointed in the direction of Concubine Ying's palace.
"But …" Lan guipin hesitated and said, "You cannot act against the dragon heir. This is the rule of the old ancestors. If it was known, you would be condemned by everyone. Even your own family would be implicated. Anyone who is an official in court would be removed from their position. In the future, the men of the family would not be able to enter the government for three generations, and the women would not be able to participate in the harem for three generations."
"Jiejie, you are too honest. Meimei isn't telling you to act against those pregnant women," Concubine Hua secretly rolled her eyes. She couldn't see that this Lan guipin was more ruthless than her, "To prevent something before it happens, we naturally have to act first before they become pregnant. As for those who are pregnant, we can act after they are born. Of course, I don't believe that Consort Mu won't do anything."
Lan guipin immediately understood. Consort Mu wanted to completely take away Xi Xuan's child. Naturally, she had to get rid of the mother and keep the child. At this time, a woman's childbirth was a walk in front of the gates of hell. Even those who were carefully cared for by wealthy families died in childbirth. In any case, the bottom line was an heir. As long as there was no harm to the heir, then how the adults fought was the adults' business.
Concubine Hua took the chance to direct the conversation to Ying pin, "Jiejie, don't blame meimei for not reminding you. As long as Ying pin is still alive, the Empress Dowager will protect her. Think about that wang pin who has passed away. If she didn't feel that she had no interest in life and ended her own life, even if she was demoted and agreed to be banished to the Cold Palace, as long as the Empress Dowager is here, she won't die!"
Lan guipin wasn't stupid and asked back: "But based on our Emperor's personality, he definitely won't allow a woman with the blood of the Wang family to give birth to a dragon heir. We don't have to worry about Ying pin, right?" The reason was that she didn't want to do such a thing that would damage her virtue. Aristocrats all cherished their reputation. Even the most absurd hedonistic son had been taught to know the importance of face. At least in front of others, they had to say you were "romantic" and not "vulgar."
Concubine Hua opened her fan and covered the mocking smile at the corner of her lips, revealing a pair of watery almond eyes, "Jiejie, do you think His Majesty would do such a thing? He is a man and is used to those tricks on the table. He definitely thinks that if he doesn't flip the plate, Ying pin won't give birth. But the tricks of the women in the inner compound are all under the table. How can he, a man, defend against them?
Even the most virtuous Empress Dowager Jin Yue during xiandi's time, when Empress Dowager Wang was at the peak of her power, she was still able to give birth to that child. Even a fool wouldn't believe that she didn't use any shady tricks. "
For a moment, Lan guipin couldn't make up her mind. Yesterday, she had discussed with the two palace maids by her side for most of the night. Then, she asked the Shi mama that her grandmother had specially arranged for her. In the end, she decided to refuse. If she could not get involved in this kind of matter, then she would not be able to bear the consequences.
Concubine Hua wanted to continue, but Shi mama came forward at this time. Curtsying, she said, "Nubi pays respects to master Lan and to concubine Hua. Master, the bird's nest soup you ordered nubi to stew should be brought up right now."
Lan guipin narrowed her eyes and said, "Bring it up. Concubine Hua meimei should also eat some. You definitely didn't have a good breakfast after waking up so early."
Concubine Hua knew that it wouldn't work, but she wasn't in a hurry. She went with the flow, "Then, many thanks to jiejie. Ah, right, speaking of which, in at most two months, we will know whether the child in An guiren's belly is a boy or a girl. It really makes one look forward to it!"
Lan guipin's hand that was holding the spoon paused. She forced a smile and said, "Would His Majesty like something that crawled out of the belly of a woman of the Wu family?" Although she said this, she couldn't help but feel a knot in her heart. She could be flipped around three to five times a month, but An guiren would only be flipped around twice in two to three months. How come she had all these things that His Majesty didn't like?
Lan guipin suddenly shivered. This bird's nest soup couldn't be eaten anymore. Concubine Hua raised her eyes and continued to scoop the bird's nest soup. She finished half a bowl before putting it down. Wiping the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, she stood and bid farewell, "Meimei still has to visit Chen guiren and won't stay here for long. Meimei will leave."
Lan guipin forced the corner of her mouth up and said, "Also give my regards to Chen guiren."
Lan guipin was someone who couldn't hide things. She pulled nanny Shi aside and told her everything that she had just thought. Nanny Shi frowned and said, "This … it can't be. Consort Jing and Consort Yan were both pregnant before. Wang shi also couldn't keep her pregnancy …"
"Wang shi is the Empress Dowager's niece. The Empress Dowager must have taken care of her. If she could miscarry even like this, it can be seen that His Majesty doesn't want her to have children!"
Mama Shi was so frightened by her last sentence that she immediately covered Lan guipin's mouth. She suppressed the panic in her heart and said sternly to the palace maids and eunuchs in the room: "Remember this. You didn't hear anything today. If I hear you talking nonsense outside, I will make you die silently in a well that you don't know where!"
"Yes." The palace maids hurriedly responded and then quietly retreated, closing the doors and windows on their way out.
Only then did nanny Shi let go of Lan guipin. With a sad face, she said, "My master, why don't you think before you speak? How can you say such things to outsiders? How many pairs of eyes in the palace are watching? How many pairs of ears are perked up just to spread your words? "
Lan guipin was also very flustered at this time, "Nanny, nanny, what do you think I should do? What should I do now?"
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