Seventy-second bowl of soup (4)
"What?" The emperor couldn't believe what he heard for a moment. "you… "
He suddenly had mixed feelings in his heart, this year he was twenty-two years old, but he didn't have a single heir under his knees, when the late emperor was his age, he already had many sons and daughters. Now the person who is pregnant with his child is the person he hates the most. The combination of anticipation for the child and dislike of Empress Wei makes the emperor have a strange expression on his face.
In his heart, Cheng Zuizui is the only person who is qualified to give birth to a child for him.
Empress Wei's fingertips rested on the medicine bowl, and the celadon flowers complemented her pale skin. The emperor unconsciously thought that during the six months of lingering, no matter how he treated her in the intercourse, she would never make a sound , Only when it is really unbearable, will the hands be clenched into fists and tightly grasp the bedding.
She also hurt, but she never said.
Now that she is a mother, her face seems to be no longer as cold as before, and her eyebrows and eyes have softened a bit, but when she looked up at him, she was still indifferent. "Your Majesty should know that it's useless to ask concubines to drink Bizitang."
Empress Wei didn't even take a sip of the so-called "replenishing soup" he ordered in private. Maybe the emperor thought she was full of love for him, and would drink it even if he knew it was poison. If it was the former Empress Wei, she would definitely do it.
The emperor's black eyes were cold, and he stared at Empress Wei's stomach for a while, unable to tell how complicated the emotions in his eyes were, he just looked at it, and then said: "Since you are pregnant, let's calm down in the future."
Empress Wei chuckled, "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? Were the concubines restless in the past?" If it was her former self, her heart would be broken. Taking charge of the harem for him, so that he no longer has to worry about the future, but he felt that she was too fierce and hard to get close to. But if she is not fierce, he will say that she does not have the ability to be the mother of a country.
The emperor doesn't like you, no matter how good you are, he won't like you.
The emperor didn't speak, just took off his clothes and went to bed by himself. He was tall, so Empress Wei had to step over him and get into the bed. However, the emperor was still in a light sleep, and no matter how light Empress Wei moved, he would still be woken up. Reflexively, she grabbed her ankles. Empress Wei exclaimed, and had to rest her hands on his chest. The two looked at each other. Suddenly a little embarrassed.
Empress Wei was the first to recover, she calmly said: "Your Majesty, please let go of my concubine."
Only then did the emperor realize what he was catching, but the little feet in the palm of his hand were white, tender and smooth, not as big as his palm, and he couldn't see it when he was wrapped in shoes and socks on weekdays, but now that he touched it, he felt moving.
The emperor...he has an unknown hobby - he likes the lotus feet of beauties. At the beginning, Cheng Zuizui was able to stand out among the concubines because of her ability to dance on the lotus. Others only thought the dance was beautiful enough, but they didn't know that His Majesty loved Cheng Meiren's three-inch golden lotus.
Empress Wei was the most perfect lady, except for one thing - she didn't have her feet bound. There is no other reason, she is the apple of the eye of the Wei family, foot binding is too painful, how can the Wei family be willing to do so. Even when the teaching nun raised this point before entering the palace, the Wei family also refused.
Therefore, this pair of natural feet is different from other women. The emperor rubbed the soles of Empress Wei's feet twice, she was ticklish, she wanted to laugh but refused, her expression became distorted. Seeing her appearance, the emperor was immediately annoyed and amused. Empress Wei was always as cold as ice, and this was the first time he had seen such a childish expression. Somehow he felt that she also had a mortal side.
Empress Wei pulled her feet back very quickly, her face was expressionless again, and she lay down and fell asleep.
The news of the queen's pregnancy spread throughout the harem immediately, and everyone was jealous and envious, but the one who suffered the most was Cheng Zuizui.
After paying her respects at Fengyi Palace in the morning, she stood still and did not leave, her eyes stubbornly staring at Queen Wei, there seemed to be tears and resentment. But Empress Wei didn't care, she was playing with a pearl in her palm, Huazhi stood beside her and said: "The beauty is still not leaving, what are you doing here? Don't disturb your empress, otherwise you can't afford this crime!"
Cheng Zuizui didn't seem to hear Hua Zhi's words, he still stared at Queen Wei, his eyes slowly descended to Queen Wei's stomach, as if he wanted to see something through her stomach. It took a while to question Empress Wei: "... Is the Empress really disregarding her identity?"
Her words were endless, but Queen Wei understood. It's nothing more than saying that she took the initiative to betray the emperor's shamelessness, "Cheng Meiren, I must remind you a few words, no matter what vows His Majesty made to you, you must recognize one thing."
Here she paused for a moment, with a mocking look in her eyes: "I am the one who got on the jade plate, and he justified his wife. And you are just a low-rank concubine. If you are rude to me, I will Even if you are killed with a stick, no one can say that I am wrong."
"You! How dare you!" Cheng Zuizui snapped, but she was obviously tough on the outside and soft on the inside, without any confidence at all.
"There is nothing I dare not do." No matter how angry and resentful Cheng Zuizui was, Empress Wei responded indifferently, "You are a little beauty who has offended a queen who is pregnant with a dragon seed, tell me, can I Will you be killed?"
Her voice was so flat that it was almost cruel. It was the first time Cheng Zuizui felt scared. She was loved and pitied by the emperor. She had never been threatened like this before, and she had never faced such a danger. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty knows..."
"So what?" Queen Wei tapped the armor on the table, but Cheng Zuizui clearly felt that the armor hit her heart, making her fear and panic. "Your Majesty still needs Bengong's help. Without Bengong, he can't even sit on the dragon chair. What can he do to stand up for you? How he will deal with Bengong in the future is another story, but you are going to die after all."
Cheng Zuizui was so scared that she could hardly breathe, especially when she saw a few eunuchs stepping forward sullenly, she still remembered the scene of the abrupt queen's concubine being dragged away with her mouth covered. She don't want to be like that!
Looking at the back of Cheng Zuizui running away, Huazhi sneered: "It's really shameful, I don't know any manners."
Empress Wei took a sip of the sweet soup and said lightly, "This is His Majesty's vision."
"But your majesty... Your Majesty has a lot of favor for Cheng Meiren now. If Cheng Meiren is also pregnant..."
The corner of Queen Wei's mouth curled into an almost invisible arc: "She will never be pregnant." And she can tolerate any woman in the harem giving birth to a dragon species, except Cheng Zuizui.
Because other people can't pose a threat to her, only Cheng Zuizui's child will definitely be pampered by His Majesty wholeheartedly. In that case, it is bound to block the way of her child, how can this be done.
To get the emperor's love, don't think about having children for the emperor. And she gave birth to a child for the emperor, so she no longer extravagantly begged for the emperor's love.
It would be too greedy to want to have both.
"The empress means..." Hua Zhi seemed to understand, but she couldn't quite believe it.
Empress Wei didn't say anything clearly, she just raised her eyebrows. She had already seen the emperor's intentions, he loved Cheng Zuizui very much, and he would never allow her to conceive easily until the great cause was accomplished. This is not not not loving her, but to protect her. He made everyone in the harem focus on the queen, which was exactly the way to protect Cheng Zuizui. Because his country is not secure at the moment, he cannot give Cheng Zui an upright identity.
It was during this time that Empress Wei changed Cheng Zuizui's Bizi Decoction into a medicine. Adding this medicine will also have the effect of contraception, but it will last until Cheng drunk to death.
And even if it is found out in the future, the decoction was sent by the emperor, and has nothing to do with her. The emperor was very suspicious, even if the suspicion came to her, he would not think that there was something wrong with his order.
His arrogance and self-esteem are really terrible. This is different from Empress Wei. Empress Wei can endure and be humiliated, but the emperor's pride does not allow him to do this. This is something he can never get rid of.
Time passed day by day, and the Wei family was very happy to learn that Queen Wei was pregnant. They kept sending them rare treasures, for fear that the emperor would wrong their daughter. Empress Wei's belly gradually grew, and now that the emperor came to Fengyi Palace again, she no longer slept in the same bed with him. Pregnancy caused her body to become very troublesome. She often urinated at night and had frequent cramps. She didn't want to wake the emperor up.
There was no fate between them, and the relationship in this life was so respectful, she didn't want to make herself sad and regretful.
She was conceived in October and gave birth on the morning of the 15th. On another fifteenth night, the emperor had just arrived at Fengyi Palace, and before he had time to change his clothes, Empress Wei grabbed his sleeve. He looked down at her, but saw her pale face, "What's wrong?"
"Your Majesty..." Empress Wei gritted her teeth, "I'm afraid my concubine is about to give birth..."
The emperor froze immediately. It was the first time he encountered such a thing, and he was very at a loss. Empress Wei knew that she couldn't count on him, and to be honest, she was very grateful that he didn't harm her. But giving birth was extremely difficult and dangerous, she could not leave her life in the hands of others, so she reckoned to ask someone to invite her father into the palace, so that she would be at ease with his father guarding her. It's just that I didn't expect that the child would be born as soon as Huazhi was dispatched. She is really impatient and can't wait for a while!
The emperor's way of dealing with it was to call someone to tell the imperial physician loudly, then carried Queen Wei to the bed, and then looked at her helplessly. Fortunately, the imperial physicians are always on call, but Empress Wei will not give birth until Marshal Wei arrives. She cherishes her own life as well as her child's, so she must not die!
It will be a long time before the real delivery. She thought that the night of consummating the room with His Majesty was the most painful, but now she realizes how difficult it is to give birth. The mother died of dystocia when giving birth to herself, but she must not die! If she dies, what will happen to her children? His Majesty will never bless him, never.