Throughout the entire month of November, basically Jing Mei, Su Yunv, and Ning Jieyu were the ones who stayed in bed.
The emperor also visited Li Jieyu several times. Yingcai couldn't pick him up alone, and the emperor also rewarded him.
As for Lu Baolin, the emperor seemed to have forgotten this person and just asked the eunuch to take a look as usual.
And among the three people sleeping in bed, Jingmei has the most people.
As time went by, something happened again.
When paying her respects, Concubine Jin mocked Shen Chuliu openly and secretly for sleeping so much, even if she was not pregnant.
Gradually, there were rumors in the harem that Shen Chuliu was infertile.
Yuanxiao and the others were just angry after hearing this, but they couldn't argue.
Shen Chuliu didn't care: "Let them talk, I don't know what I am like?"
Even if she doesn't give birth, she won't have to worry about it in recent years because of the Shen family.
"Then we can't let them talk nonsense, it's too unruly." Zi Rui huffed.
"You talk too much, of course there are palace rules. If I take action now, won't I look guilty? Why bother?"
"It's really annoying, who could be so mean!" Zi Rui snorted.
"That's hard to say. There are so many people who hate me."
"Then Ning Jieyu and Su Yunv are not pregnant, so why didn't they tell them to go! It's really annoying."
"That means that in the eyes of the people behind the scenes, your master and I are more powerful and need to be dealt with more." Shen Chuliu said amusedly: "Where did you get such a bad temper? Why don't you serve me tea quickly?"
Zi Rui hummed a few times and went out.
"Master, I think this is not Ning Jieyu's handiwork. She was also acting strangely this morning," Zi Zhu said.
"I don't know. She either doesn't speak, or she's acting weird. It's not surprising." Shen Chuliu said.
Zi Zhu nodded: "That's right, we don't care about this. The day after tomorrow is Laba Festival. Although the Queen has said that she will not celebrate her birthday this year, after all, the eggs are not as good as usual. Do we want to give some gifts?"
"Look at everyone, I don't think anyone is ready to give it away."
"Hey, slaves, please be careful."
"Well, are you going to bed with Queen Su today?" It's already dusk, so it's time to make a decision.
"I don't know, I don't know. There is no news yet." Zizhu said.
"Master, the emperor seems to be very busy these days. He hasn't asked anyone to sleep with him in the past four days." Zizhu said.
"Maybe there was something going on in the court, but it didn't reach the harem." Shen Chuliu said.
When the master and servant said this, they saw Yuan Xiao coming in with a pale face: "Master..."
"What happened?" Zi Zhu was surprised.
"In...in Yingcai's bedroom, musk was found..."
"You guys, even if you find Musk, why are you so nervous? What would you say if someone sees it?" Zi Zhu said.
"It can be seen that it has something to do with us, otherwise why is he anxious?" Shen Chuliu said: "Tell me, what was discovered."
"It's...someone picked up your handkerchief...outside Yingcai Ren's Jiyunxuan..." Yuanxiao said.
"Ah, Master, that piece you lost before, right?" Zi Zhu's face turned pale.
"Don't be nervous. Let's prepare the meal first. No one asked me to go, right?" Shen Chuliu asked.
"No, I just heard from people passing by outside that they are now inviting the Emperor and the Queen." Yuan Xiao swallowed.
"Well, go ahead and pick up the food. Hurry up. I have to eat enough to be strong." Shen Chuliu waved his hand.
Seeing that his master was so calm, Yuan Xiao also calmed down.
When Zi Rui came in, Shen Chuliu said, "Put new scented bait in our purses and put them on me later. Remember to put more scented bait." "Master..." Zi Rui was nervous.
"Don't be nervous. Just do what I'm told. Don't be afraid." Shen Chuliu looked at her: "How about being nervous about a little thing? It's just a chance, why don't we don't have to do that anymore?"
Zi Rui nodded.
Zi Zhu also heard it. Although her master didn't directly tell her about contraception in the past, he didn't hide it from her either.
So she said: "Sister Zirui, don't worry. Since Yingcai found the musk, it must be in the sachet or the incense. This is all under the control of the Sizhen Bureau. One thing is theirs, Two things too, they don’t have to worry about.”
"Yeah." Zi Rui nodded and went to do it.
Shen Chuliu was still very full from dinner.
Sure enough, just after eating, someone came to deliver a message, saying that the Queen had invited Jing Meiren to Jiyunxuan.
Shen Chuliu nodded: "Yuanxiao holds the lantern, Zi Zhu and Zhe Mei come with me."
During the Lantern Festival, they used the glazed lanterns given by the emperor during this year's Lantern Festival to illuminate the road. Zi Zhu and Zhe Meihou took care of Shen Chuliu.
From Cuiyunxuan to Jiyunxuan, you have to cross the Imperial Garden, so it is difficult to walk at night. It's impossible to go fast.
So when we arrived at Ji Yunxuan, only an hour had passed.
Although it was cold, my whole body felt warm after walking.
As soon as they entered, before they were greeted, they heard Concubine Feng Shu sarcastically saying: "Jing Mei is such a big arrogant person that she made the Emperor and the Queen wait for more than an hour. Isn't it true that Jing Mei is the only important person in the harem?" "
Shen Chuliu frowned and stepped forward to greet the emperor and empress: "I am coming on foot. It is dark and it is difficult to walk in the imperial garden. Therefore, I came too late. Please forgive me, the emperor and empress."
Qi Yixiu just shouted and said nothing.
Her expression was dull, and she couldn't tell whether she blamed her for asking him to wait for so long.
The queen said: "Cuiyunxuan is far away, so you can sit down. I and the emperor have called you here because they have something to ask you."
"Your Majesty, please speak." Shen Chuliu sat down.
"Take a look at this first." The queen waved her hand.
Emei brought a tray with a somewhat dirty handkerchief on it.
"This seems to belong to a concubine." Shen Chuliu said.
"Just admit it..." Feng Shufei paused mid-sentence.
Because Qi Yixiu looked over indifferently.
"Yingcai is pregnant now and her body is not as good as before. Now she has found something else. It just so happened that her slave picked up this veil again. Naturally, she asked you to come and ask." The queen said.
"The Queen is too polite. In fact, before I came here, my servants also listened to it when they went out." Shen Chuliu stood up: "So, before I say this, I also have something for the Queen to see."
Zhemei stepped forward: "Sister Emei, please take a look."
Emei took it. It was a sachet shaped like a plum blossom.
Everyone was watching, and no one dared to say anything because of what Feng Shufei had just said in the middle of her sentence.
Emei brought it, and the queen directly called the imperial doctor waiting outside to come in.
After looking at it, the imperial doctor said: "This...it also smells like musk."
"Okay! It's you indeed!" Feng Shufei couldn't hold it back.
"The musk here in Yingcai comes from you, right? Now that everyone has gained the stolen goods, what else do you have to say?" Feng Shufei remembered that she wished she could capture Shen Chuliu at that time.
Shen Chuliu looked at Concubine Feng Shu and thought, maybe she is a fool
"Ms. Feng, why don't you come and sit here while I go back?" the queen said coldly.
(End of chapter)