With so much favor, it was natural that he would encounter those who flattered him, and Ye Jun accepted them all with a smile.
He immediately ordered Huiyue and Nanzhi to distribute reward money to all the palace people who came.
This popularity is not only built up by the support of others, but also requires careful management by oneself, and the money spent on bribery should not be saved.
Over the years, Ye Jun has never been stingy when it comes to rewards, and is even more generous to the servants in his own courtyard.
Nowadays, everyone in the palace praises Ming Xiuyuan as a good master, and countless people are vying to serve her.
However, not everyone can enter Zhao Chunxuan.
Ye Jun is not a person who likes to be served by many people, so Zhao Chunxuan does not have many servants. If the rules are followed, five more servants will have to be added.
But now she is pregnant and is extremely cautious, and she would never let new people in at this time.
The servants outside were planting flowers and grass. Ye Jun watched for a while, felt bored, and went into the house.
Nanny Liang helped her sit down and began to massage her legs.
She is now almost seven months pregnant and has slight edema, which she needs to massage every day to feel comfortable.
Nanny Liang is very good at this and has mastered the technique to perfection.
Although Huiyue and Nanzhi had been taught, they were still a long way from being good enough, so Nanny Liang usually massaged them herself.
Now that they sat down, Ye Jun started chatting.
"Mammy, now that I have given birth to a child, my waist will be much thicker than before, right?"
"Xiuyuan, don't worry. After you give birth, I will massage you. You will be almost recovered after one month of confinement. You controlled your diet well during pregnancy, so you didn't gain too much weight and your belly didn't have any stretch marks. It will be easy to recover."
Nanny Liang pressed the button while explaining with a smile.
Ye Jun's eyes lit up. "There is such a magical method? I always hear people say that after giving birth, the waist will become thicker."
"It will indeed be a little rougher, but my technique will be very effective after a month of massage. I will then teach it to Huiyue and the others. If they persist in massaging Xiuyuan every day, they will be as good as before in half a year." said Nanny Liang.
Finally, she brought up another matter, "Xiuyuan will give birth in two months, so we must choose a trustworthy midwife. Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs has made preparations, if Xiuyuan's family has connections, they can also find someone themselves."
Giving birth to a woman has always been a life-threatening matter, especially in this era when medical science is underdeveloped, where deaths from difficult childbirth are common.
There must be no problems in this link.
However, there was no need for Nanny Liang to remind her of this matter. She had arranged for someone to go outside the palace to deliver a letter to her mother early in the morning.
The Chu family also attached great importance to this matter. They had already selected several experienced midwives and brought them, along with their families, to their home and had them sign death contracts.
After observing for so long, four were finally chosen, and the rest were not released and stayed in the Ye family to work.
This matter was kept secret and no one knew about it.
But since Nanny Liang mentioned it today, Ye Jun agreed and sent Huiyue on another pretend trip.
It’s not that she doubted Nanny Liang, but having a child meant putting most of her life in the hands of someone else, and she didn’t dare to trust someone who wasn’t someone she had lived with for many years.
At this time, in Jiuchen Palace, the Queen was talking to Ning Chen about choosing a midwife.
"Your Majesty, Ming Xiuyuan and Concubine Fang are about to give birth. I have recently looked at some candidates for midwives. I have picked out a few. Why don't you take a look at them together?"
"This kind of thing is up to the Queen. The people chosen by the Ministry of Internal Affairs should all be clean. If anything goes wrong, I will hold the person who selected them accountable. The Queen, just pass on my words. If there are any dishonest people, feel free to test their integrity with their lives."
Ning Chen looked calm and unperturbed as he picked up the teacup and took a sip.
But the warning in these words is very obvious.
It is unknown whether the Queen was asked to say this to her servants or to the Queen herself.
"I will do my best. Among the people I have chosen this time, there are those who have delivered babies for Concubine Shu and Yi Shunrong. They are all experienced and I believe they will not make mistakes."
The queen smiled and took back the list she had handed over.
Ning Chen nodded, "I am at ease with the Queen doing the job."
"Your Majesty and I are husband and wife, so naturally I am of one mind with you." The Queen smiled and suddenly said, "Speaking of which, there is something I have always forgotten to tell Your Majesty, but I remembered it today."
"What is it?"
"It's not a big deal, but I'm still worried that it might be against the rules."
The Queen paused, sizing up Ning Chen's expression before continuing.
"Some time ago, I went to visit Concubine Fang and saw that she lived in the east wing of Weiruixuan. After asking, I learned that she moved out because Yi Shunrong mentioned that it was not in accordance with the rules for a concubine of her status to live in the main house. I thought that Concubine Fang was pregnant and would be promoted after giving birth, so it would be fine for her to live in the main house earlier. So I asked her to move back first. The emperor will not blame me, right?"
After listening to her, Ning Chen looked up at the queen.
He narrowed his eyes and said, "These are all trivial matters. The Queen will make the decision."
The Queen looked relieved.
"Then I am relieved. Yi Shunrong is very obedient, and Concubine Fang is also honest and obedient. If I don't go and take a look, how can a pregnant woman live in such a crowded room?"
"Yi Shunrong is young and ignorant, so the Queen should give her more advice." Ning Chen said.
This obviously means that he doesn't want to talk about this matter anymore.
The Queen also stopped talking and took the initiative to leave. "I have noted it. Your Majesty still has official business to attend to. I will not disturb you any further. I will take my leave now."
Ning Chen nodded and said, "Well, you go back first."
When the queen left Jiuchen Palace, she happened to meet the servants from Yishunrong Palace.
It's easy to imagine that it's almost time for lunch, so he's probably here to treat someone.
As expected, the visitor was there to invite the emperor to have dinner at Langhuaxuan.
However, the Queen had just shown some disrespect to Ning Chen, so it was really not the right time to come and ask for help.
Although it was in accordance with the rules in every way to embarrass a pregnant concubine of low rank, it was really not a good look.
It seems a bit too stingy.
When Su was pregnant and provoked Ye Jun, Ye Jun just slapped Su's personal maid and did not do anything else.
Yi Shunrong's move does seem to be intended to make things difficult.
Even if Ning Chen did not favor Yao Xiang, the baby in Yao Xiang's belly was his, and Yi Shunrong should not have deliberately made things difficult for her when she was pregnant.
So in this match, the people who came from Langhuaxuan came back empty-handed.
Normally, the emperor would never be so disrespectful.
Yi Shunrong felt uncomfortable and also found it a little strange, so she asked someone to find out more.
Then he knew that the queen had just left Jiuchen Palace.
There is no need to speculate too much, it must be the Queen who did something.
"A barking dog never bites. The Queen rarely takes any action these days, but now she's attacking me." Yi Shunrong said with a cold face.
Yunxiu was also angry, "She just saw that the two people in Zhaochunxuan and Weiruixuan were not active, so she suppressed Shunrong."
Yi Shunrong sneered, "If she wants to suppress me, she'll have to see if the two under her can stand up to it!"