"The concubine would rather do it by herself," Cui said with red eyes, her voice was sad and guilty. "When the Empress Dowager was alive, the concubines were not able to take care of her. Now the Empress Dowager is leaving too quickly. Every time the concubine thinks about it, she feels extremely guilty. But there is no other remedy. It can only be said on these small things. A little more strength."
"I know, you have always been caring. Compared with other concubines in the harem, you are the most sensible one," Zhong Zhiheng said while patting Cui Shi's hand lightly. "You have been unknown for so many years. I can see you doing things with your head down, and I also think that it is time for you to be promoted. After the empress dowager is buried, I will canonize you as a noble concubine. Together with the Six Palaces."
"Long live, my concubine is filial to the Queen Mother. It's not for these reasons," Cui was so busy that she fell to her knees with a "plop". He said to Zhong Zhiheng fearfully, "The concubine is the queen mother's daughter-in-law, and the concubine is filial to the queen mother. It is only right and proper. Long live God really does not need to reward the concubine for this. The concubine is really ashamed of it."
"It's not just because you are filial to the Queen Mother. You are a rare person in the harem. I want you to set an example for all the concubines when I was promoted," Zhong Zhiheng said, helping Mrs. Cui to get up, and said, "Again Princess Zhehui is about to give birth, and as a concubine, you should naturally be promoted to the first rank."
"Yes, my concubine, thank you, Lord Long Live, for your kindness!" Cui's heart was filled with joy, and she couldn't stop thanking her while she was busy.
"Isn't there any movement from Princess Huijun?" Zhong Zhiheng took a sip of his tea and asked slowly, "Didn't Qin Lu pass by this morning? Why hasn't he come back yet?"
Princess Zou of Hui County began to suffer from abdominal pain at four o'clock in the morning. Zhong Zhiheng kindly asked Qin Lv to take care of Zou's baby, but it was almost dusk, and Qin Lv hadn't come back yet.
"Long Live Lord, don't worry, don't women just waste their time when they give birth to a child? When the concubine gave birth to Ming'e, she cried and cried all day* in the bedroom, and then she gave birth," Cui said with a smile , Seeing Zhong Zhiheng seemed a little flustered, Cui asked cautiously, "Long live, do you still remember?"
"Remember, when Ming'e was born, he was not much older than a kitten. The queen mother was speechless when she saw it, and said that she might not be able to support her. Fortunately, Ming'e survived," Zhong Zhiheng said solemnly, turning his head to look Turning to the portrait of the woman on the wall, she paused for a moment, and then said, "It was not easy when Siyao was born to Mingwei. Siyao's tossing broke..."
Cui Shi was startled when she heard the words, and then followed Zhong Zhiheng to look at the portrait of the woman on the wall. Zhong Zhiheng never mentioned Xu Siyao, since Zhong Mingwei was demoted to Ninggu Pagoda, Zhong Zhiheng didn't even mention Zhong Mingwei No woman in the harem has eyesight, so naturally she wouldn't say that Zhong Zhiheng didn't like to hear it, just think that there had never been Xu Siyao and Zhong Mingwei in this palace, unexpectedly, Zhong Zhiheng suddenly mentioned it.
"That's right, the Empress really suffered a great crime at that time. She started to suffer from abdominal pain at night and continued until the next evening, but she still couldn't give birth," Cui also said with emotion, "The concubine went in to see Once, the Empress Empress, the Empress Empress was drenched as if she had just been fished out of the water. Although the concubine was young and had not yet become a mother at that time, she knew that the empress empress was not easy. Looking at the empress empress's appearance , the concubine couldn't help crying for a long time."
"Yes, you had already entered the palace at that time," Zhong Zhiheng nodded and said in a deep voice, turning his head to look at Cui Shi, "How much do you remember? Did Siyao cry at that time? What else did she say?" ?”