The bustling luncheon began, and there was still a pile of fresh seafood on the table of the imperial concubine, which fully catered for the taste of the adults.
Concubine Shen took a sip, the taste was quite familiar, it was the skill of the cook of Jian Jia Palace.
She is not surprised, this is a tradition in the palace.
The dishes of the high-ranking concubines are all handled by their own palace cooks, and the dishes are also served by the palace servants of their own palace.
In fact, this is very good. It not only relieves the pressure on the royal chef, but also makes the ladies eat more palatable. By the way, if something happens, the concubine can be responsible for it.
Places like palace banquets often have accidents. Poisoning, drugging and the like have been tried and tested.
Now the dishes are cooked by their own palace people, and the helpers are also their own palace people, and the little eunuchs and maids in their own palace are the ones who serve the dishes. If any concubine is poisoned, it has nothing to do with others.
This makes it more difficult for some people to prescribe drugs, and it also prevents concubines from drugging themselves to frame other people.
It was probably the first time I heard that there was such an arrangement, Shen Yuqing swept her eyes and saw Concubine Rong's face turned dark.
Concubine Shu is calm, she has been used to it for three years in the palace. Concubine Rong is a newcomer, she didn't expect this to happen, and I'm afraid she won't be able to do it in many opportunities in the future.
People coming and going at palace banquets are prone to accidents, and the concubines are probably thinking of making some trouble at this moment. But the queen's arrangement was too extreme, so they had to find another way.
The lord smelled the fishy smell, and slipped away from the queen and returned to Shen Guifei's side. Shen Yuqing ate a mouthful by herself and fed the adults a mouthful, eating very happily.
The birthday ceremony has already been served, and this luncheon is purely for eating. There are dancers dancing in the middle of the open space to add to the fun, but everyone is not interested in watching. It's not eating, it's just chatting with each other.
There are few people on the high-ranking concubine's side, and they are watched by everyone, so they have to put on airs and can't keep arguing. The low-ranking concubines didn't pay much attention, they kept whispering.
Shen Yuqing just didn't pay attention to that place for a while, and there was a sudden commotion there.
"What's going on?" the queen asked aloud.
An Shuyuan, the daughter of Shang Shu, was supported by Xue Xiurong, the distant cousin of the Empress Dowager, her face was pale, and she looked very pitiful.
Before An Shuyuan could reply, Concubine Shu, who had been unhappy all morning, said quietly: "An Shuyuan is not feeling well, why didn't she take a good rest in Feiyue Palace? If she gets sick and gives it to others, it's not good."
As she spoke, she still looked worried about the country and the people, and accompanied her delicate and pitiful face, not as if she was looking for faults, but as if she was really worried.
An Shuyuan's face turned paler when she heard the words, but she didn't refute anything. Although she is usually not a weak person, and she has no advantage over the White Lotus Concubine Shu, but now she looks more real with her pale face.
The queen signaled Concubine Shu not to speak, and asked An Shuyuan to speak.
But An Shuyuan didn't say anything, it was Xue Xiurong who was beside her who spoke.
"Sister An suddenly felt unwell and felt a little nauseous. She had been retching just now."
Come, come, retching at the banquet, the imperial doctor checked the pulse, it turned out that she was pregnant. Such an old-fashioned plot, although bloody, it is really classic.
Concubine Shen looked away while watching the show.
It's amazing An Shuyuan, she has only been in the palace for a month, and she just came here, is it possible that she is sure that she is pregnant
Generally, concubines who are pregnant can't wait to hide it from others, after all, the pregnancy is unstable in the first three months and it is easy to lose the baby. Once a woman becomes pregnant, she becomes a thorn in the side of others, and the danger level rises sharply. It is not easy to give birth safely.
Unless, An Shuyuan was sure that she couldn't keep this baby, so she revealed it early, and then found another opportunity to abort and plant others.
Shen Yuqing was just guessing blindly, she didn't think she had guessed right. The others didn't think much about it. Apart from wondering why An Shuyuan was exposed so quickly, they started staring at her stomach with death rays, wishing they could stare at the child.
Yes, everyone is almost sure that An Shuyuan is pregnant.
Only the queen frowned slightly, then stretched her eyebrows, and asked someone to invite the imperial physician to show An Shuyuan.
The emperor's expression was not very good, after all, there was a sudden disturbance at the palace banquet, and it was like a farce. Some emperors who value their heirs may be happy, but when they meet an emperor who values face, I'm afraid it will be self-defeating.
The imperial physician came soon, and after taking An Shuyuan's pulse carefully, he said, "My lord Shuyuan has been pregnant for a month."
An Shuyuan only accepted the favor on the first day of entering the palace, and she was the first one, but she hit it right away, she was lucky.
When An Shuyuan heard this, surprise and disbelief flashed across her face. Shen Yuqing stared at it for a while, wondering if it was a psychological effect, she always felt that she was acting.
"One month pregnant, why is An Shuyuan already having morning sickness?" the emperor asked lightly.
Hearing the emperor's indifferent tone, An Shuyuan tightened her grip on the handkerchief. Unexpectedly, the emperor is not only so heartless and indifferent to women, but also to his heirs...
Is he suspecting her of infidelity
"Your Majesty does not know that pregnant women usually start to have morning sickness in one month, and after four months, the morning sickness will decrease or even stop. But there are also pregnant women who are different. It is normal for Miss Shuyuan to start morning sickness now." The old doctor He replied tremblingly.
The emperor really didn't know about this. Only Madam Wan had given birth to a daughter by his side. Madam Wan started to have morning sickness two months ago, and she didn't find out that she was pregnant two months ago, so she asked this question.
He nodded, and said in a deep voice, "An Shuyuan has both virtue and beauty, and she has been promoted to Zhaoyi."
An Shuyuan finally let go of her worries, she was promoted to one level, which is not bad. It's just that Zhaoyi still can't raise the child by herself, so there's nothing to be happy about. When a child is born, unless she becomes the lord of the first house, she will be held by someone else.
Seeing this, the queen ordered someone to send An Shuyuan back to rest, as it is not suitable for a pregnant woman to stay here any longer.
An Shuyuan had no objection, and quickly followed the palace servants back to Feiyue Palace.
The atmosphere in Haiyan Palace was very embarrassing for a while, the officials wanted to congratulate the emperor, but seeing that the emperor was not very happy, they didn't know what to say for a while, so they had to concentrate on eating. Shen Yuqing looked left and right, and saw the dark complexions of other women as expected.
I ate melon a few times today, very happy.
The imperial concubine continued to eat happily.
Because of what happened with An Shuyuan, the luncheon ended hastily. The empresses of the various palaces returned to their own palaces, and began to inquire about An Shuyuan's situation, to see if they could find a chance to get rid of the unsightly fetus.
But now that the month is shallow, there is still a long time before the child will be born, so there is no rush. And even if it is born, it is uncertain whether it can be raised.
In Fengyi Palace, Empress Fu was sitting in the hall where the concubines pay their respects on weekdays, quietly looking at the emperor with a bad face.
His Majesty the Emperor stood in front of a seat and reached out to pick up the teacup on the desk. Open the lid, take a look, and smell it lightly, you can smell a vague fragrance. It is similar to tea fragrance, but it is actually slightly different.
"There are contraceptive drugs in the tea that greets you every day." Fu Qiushui said without haste.
The emperor nodded slightly. He still hired a gynecologist to make the medicine. No one knew about it except him, the empress, Han Qiu, Jin Li and Dong Xiao.
An Shuyuan drank the contraceptive pill, and drank it every day, and she was pregnant.
The emperor's face was ugly, and he couldn't help wondering if An Shuyuan had cuckolded him.
The queen saw through his thoughts, and shook her head slightly: "The imperial doctor also said that contraceptive drugs are not 100% effective, and accidents are always possible."
Apart from the guards, there were no other men in this palace, and An Shuyuan was watched by the emperor's people, so there was no news of her having an affair with the guards. Before entering the palace, these women had all been checked, and they were also red at the first night. An Shuyuan's pregnancy should be the emperor's.
However, the emperor didn't want it.
The queen had some thoughts: "Perhaps, there is something wrong with her fetus."
"How to say?" The emperor casually sat down on one side and put down the tea.
"I heard that there are some secret recipes that can allow people to conceive at one time, but the pregnancy is a fake one, and it will flow out after a while. It's not right for An Shuyuan to expose her pregnancy so quickly. Maybe she used that secret recipe .”
"Is she sure that she won't be able to conceive? Use the secret recipe the first time, and then frame others?" The emperor still had a cold face.
Empress Fu smiled helplessly: "Maybe she didn't know the secret recipe was a fake pregnancy at first?"
I found out later, but it was too late. The fake pregnancy is already pregnant, so I can only follow the plan.
The emperor was thoughtful: "I'll ask the dark guard to check."
"Okay." The queen nodded slightly.
If it's a false pregnancy, they don't have to do anything.
The reason why the emperor asked the empress to add contraceptives to the tea was to make it impossible for the concubine with a slightly higher rank to get pregnant. It doesn't matter how many low-ranking concubines are born, but it's not good for high-ranking concubines. Most of these women's natal backgrounds are not young, and after having children, their hearts become wild.
The emperor didn't need to rely on women to win over his courtiers, so he didn't want these troublesome women to get pregnant. In particular, An Shurong is the daughter of Shangshu, unlike Xue Xiurong and others who came from a humble background.
After seeing off the emperor, Empress Fu let out a long sigh.
She really hoped that the emperor would have more children and more blessings, but unfortunately, none of the women in the palace were easy-going. For the sake of the next generation, the emperor had to do more things as a last resort.
Before he selects a suitable mother for the prince, no other woman can give birth to a son.
The author has something to say: Another wave of Jiyou’s article (this one was also tricked by me into writing Lily):
"Snatched a Kiss by an NPC [gl]" by Changkong Haoyueshi
The first time Lin Xiaoxi was snatched by an npc, Lin Xiaoxi was trending on Weibo.
Game company: There is such an operation, I didn't expect it!
On the third day after being robbed, Lin Xiaoxi was delighted to have a young lady.
ps: The person who snatched the marriage is actually the unlucky younger brother
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