On the second day, An Pingbo and his wife entered the palace to thank them.
His Majesty the Emperor was at a loss, but the empress looked inscrutable, pretending that she was not the culprit who "kidnapped" their daughter. No, should it be said to be an accomplice
After sending Anpingbo and his wife away, the emperor wanted to recruit the hidden guards to ask what was going on, but was stopped by Fu Qiushui.
"It's nothing, I went out with Yuqing last night and did some small things."
His Majesty the Emperor was speechless for a moment, seeing your expression does not seem like a trivial matter.
But he didn't ask any more, and let his sister go on.
"That's right." Before Empress Fu left, she was stopped by the emperor, "something will happen recently, you and Shen Yuqing had better stay in your own palace and avoid going out."
The queen understands.
The Lantern Festival has passed, and we can start to settle the accounts owed from years ago.
After going back today, the empress mentioned it to Concubine Shen Gui, and then the two began to live in seclusion, basically seeing no one except when asking for peace.
When such an undercurrent was surging, everyone was keenly aware that something was wrong. The smart one hastily imitated the two big brothers and stayed in the house, not coming out easily.
However, sometimes, even if you stay at home, disasters will come from the sky.
Yunxiang Palace.
An Jieyu received the emperor's instructions and had to act according to his wishes.
She is eight months pregnant now, and since she became pregnant, she doesn't even have to go to pay her respects to the empress. But she would still walk around in Yunxiang Palace occasionally, and when she was in good spirits, she would go to the main hall to greet Concubine De.
There is nothing to say about this kind of thing. Living in the side hall with the main palace, it is natural to go to the empress of the main hall to pay her respects. If you offend this lady, she has plenty of shoes for you to wear.
Concubine De didn't think much about it, and every time An Jieyu came over, she never stopped her.
Today, An Jieyu came again with a big belly.
In order to show that she is not a person who treats pregnant women harshly, Concubine De did not let her salute, but also told her to sit down and rest quickly.
"You have such a big belly, I find it scary just looking at it." Concubine De had a concerned expression on her face, "With such a big belly, you don't have to run around all the time, and you don't have to greet me anymore, everything will be discussed after the child is born. "
She is very afraid that the child will be lost in her palace, and she will not be able to speak clearly with eight mouths.
This child is really firm-upright, no matter what the group of women in the harem do quietly, she stays firm-upright in An Jieyu's stomach. Concubine De herself gave An Jieyu a small amount of abortion pills, but it didn't work.
I don't know how An Jieyu usually raises the fetus, but there is no sign of the fetus being unstable.
An Jieyu rubbed her stomach and smiled with a motherly brilliance, which made Concubine De jealous.
"Thank you for your concern, but the imperial physician said that the concubine should move around more, otherwise I'm afraid I won't have the strength to give birth."
Concubine De wished that she would lose the strength to give birth and die twice, but she couldn't say: "That's why you should walk more, but you have to be careful, just walk at the door, if you walk too far, there will be accidents." It’s inconvenient to call someone.”
The smile on the corners of An Jieyu's lips paused, what was a surprise? Curse her
Her eyes were slightly cold, and she continued to irritate Concubine De: "Your Majesty, you are joking, this baby is sitting securely, and there will be no accidents. Your Majesty came over two days ago and told the concubine that if the concubine gave birth to a son, he would give birth to the concubine." The concubine is promoted to be a wife!"
The wife is two levels higher than Jieyu, and the wife is qualified to be the lord of the first palace. Now that there are still several unowned owners in the Eighth Palace, An Jieyu who has a son by her side is afraid that she will overwhelm the limelight of many people.
Concubine De is extremely jealous, she has the title of fourth concubine but has no children, how can she compare to the wife who gave birth to the emperor's eldest son
"Then congratulations, sister." Concubine De's entire face froze, "But the child hasn't been born yet, what if it's a daughter?"
An Jieyu looked happy: "Daughter is fine, His Majesty has promised that even if it is a daughter, I will be promoted to wife. Moreover, the imperial physicians all said that this child is very likely to be a son."
On this side An Jieyu is sparing no effort to stimulate Concubine De, and on the other side Concubine Shen Gui is eating melons with the empress.
It's really eating melons.
There are hot springs in the cold palace outside the city, and there are many royal Zhuangzi nearby. The people in the Zhuangzi use the hot springs to grow out-of-season food, such as the melons that the two of them eat now.
Out-of-season food doesn't taste as good as in-season food, but it's better than anything. In early spring, it is not easy to have melons and fruits to eat.
Concubine Shen was picky about the taste, but she still ate a lot when it was time to eat.
"An Jieyu should do something." Empress Fu wiped her hands and said.
Concubine Shen nodded: "I heard from Jinli that she had sent a message to An Jieyu last night."
"I just don't know how she's going to make Concubine De do it."
Concubine De is not stupid, so I'm afraid she won't make a move so easily. An Jieyu's pregnancy is very important, even if Concubine De loses her mind, she probably won't do it directly.
Perhaps, she intends to borrow a seat to pretend that she was pushed down by Concubine De
The two people here proposed a dozen different plans, but they couldn't argue which move An Jieyu used.
In fact, An Jieyu really didn't do anything, but kept irritating Concubine De. Seeing that Concubine De was extremely angry, she immediately got up to leave.
At this moment, the hidden guard who had been watching Concubine De made his move.
Seeing Concubine De stepping forward to talk to An Jieyu, she obviously wanted to give An Jieyu a little pain after she got closer.
He only saw Concubine De approaching An Jieyu, and then tripped An Jieyu with the help of her hand. Concubine De intends to hold her up before the opponent falls, and let her experience the thrilling feeling.
The hidden guard seized the opportunity and borrowed the strong wind to lift the hem of Concubine De's skirt when De Concubine made her move, exposing her secret tripping action to everyone. Then when Concubine De helped someone, it was obviously impossible to really support her.
An Jieyu became cruel, let go of her hand, and pretended not to catch it. Concubine De's arm was also lightly hit, and she let go.
Then, An Jieyu fell hard to the ground.
She immediately clutched her stomach and started moaning.
This time it was really painful, and the blood seeped out from the bottom of the skirt in an instant.
Just in case, the hidden guard helped her "fall" with a ruthless hand. Even if the fall wasn't heavy at first, it was still heavy when pushed by the dark guard.
"Your Majesty!" The maids and eunuchs suddenly panicked.
Concubine De was also dumbfounded: "No, it's not me..."
When the Empress received the news and rushed over, An Jieyu had already been carried back to the delivery room in the side hall. The midwife who had been on standby was busy and didn't say much nonsense.
The imperial doctor had seen it, and said that the fetal gas was moved, and the amniotic fluid was broken at this moment, so I had to deliver the baby. As for whether the mother and child will be safe, it's hard to say.
Concubine De was sitting in the side hall in a daze, her face was pale. She hasn't recovered yet, and she can't figure out how it happened like this.
Everyone saw that she was the one who tripped An Jieyu, but she tried to help her, but she couldn't.
The most frightening thing was that her actions were obviously not careless, but deliberately tripping people up. No one would believe what she said now, and she couldn't quibble.
what can i say Said that he just wanted to make An Jieyu suffer a little, but he didn't expect to be self-defeating? Or did he not let go of Fu'an Jieyu's hand on purpose, but did he let go when he was disobedient
Who would believe it!
In the eyes of others, she was afraid that she tripped someone deliberately first, and then pretended to help but failed. It was she who wanted to pretend she was innocent, but unfortunately she failed.
Concubine De didn't think for a moment that someone might be plotting against her. After all, An Jieyu herself would not foolishly use her child to pull her off the horse, it's not worth it. Even having a daughter is much better than having no children.
Besides An Jieyu, there was no one else around her who could do anything wrong.
If An Jieyu made a move, she could have let go of her on purpose and fell down. But for the other people, Concubine De thought for a long time, but couldn't figure out where there was any trace of someone doing it.
Could it be that his luck is really bad
Empress Fu took a deep look at Concubine De, ignored her at random, and turned to ask about the situation of the imperial physician An Jieyu.
The imperial doctor said the words again, in short, there was only one meaning, to resign to fate. What's more, he didn't seem to be optimistic about this matter inside and out, and he was afraid that An Jieyu's pregnancy would be bad or bad.
Fu Qiushui didn't care, since An Jieyu herself was still pregnant. If he was born, he was just a dead deformed child.
"Everyone do your best." The empress sighed and sat down at the head.
The imperial physician cupped his hands and went down to dispense the medicine.
Although it's not easy for them to enter the delivery room to do anything, they can get more soup and medicine to hang An Jieyu, so that she won't die twice.
Concubine Shen Gui came after a while, she sat down at the other seat, she didn't show concern for An Jieyu, after all everyone knew that she was not a good person. At this moment, she gave full play to the image of a concubine who is unreasonable and unforgiving, and began to bombard Concubine De with a small belly.
"I didn't realize before that the feet of Defei's younger sister are so long." She said with a half-smile, and deliberately watched as Defei tripped over someone's foot.
Concubine De's complexion changed, she forced a smile and said: "Sister Guifei is joking."
"Who is free to joke with you?" Concubine Shen immediately turned cold and retorted without losing face.
Concubine De was very embarrassed for a moment.
But Concubine Shen didn't know what it meant to accept as soon as she was good, her task today was to toss Concubine De well, and took the opportunity to prove Concubine De's crime of persecuting the emperor's heir.
I only heard the imperial concubine continue to say: "Your Majesty has been on the throne for three years, and no prince has been born yet. I heard that An Jieyu's child is a prince, but I didn't expect to be harmed by you, Concubine De. Jealousy is one of the nine evils." , Concubine De is from the Su family, hasn't she read the Four Books for Women?"
"I didn't!" Concubine De's face turned extremely pale when she heard her mention her natal family.
Su Taishi is a great Confucian of a generation, if news of Su Taishi's daughter being jealous and persecuting the emperor's heir gets out, the Su family will be ruined! Her father's first life name is also over!
Concubine Shen Gui ignored her and continued to scold her.
She spoke very sharply, from what happened to An Jieyu to what Concubine De had done before, one by one, she directly criticized Concubine De to the point of utter disgrace. She doesn't seem to have any of the good qualities that a woman should have, and she is a vicious and ugly person.
Concubine De has a paranoid temper and is easy to act emotionally. Being scolded by Shen Yuqing like that, how could she swallow that breath
When Concubine Shen diverged from herself to her mother, Mrs. Su, bluntly saying that the Su family was not educated enough, and maliciously speculated whether Mrs. Su was as shameless as Concubine De, Concubine De exploded.
"Shut up!" She rushed over and used her well-maintained long nails, about to scratch Shen Yuqing's face and tear Shen Yuqing's mouth.
Then, she was kicked out by Shen Yuqing.
After watching the excitement for a long time, the concubines suddenly took a breath, recalling the scene of Shen Yuqing wielding knives at the palace banquet, and recalling the time when Yu Xiurong wanted to ruin Shen Yuqing's face but was kicked The past of flying.
——This Shen family is really getting more and more rude and irritable, so stay away from her in the future!
Kicking people away in minutes, how strong is that? too frightening.
Concubine De fell to the ground, stunned on the spot, her eyes were full of fear, she obviously remembered the incident when Yu Xiurong was kicked away by Shen Yuqing in front of her back then. That incident left a deep psychological shadow on her, which has not dissipated to this day.
Lifting her eyes and seeing Concubine Shen's mocking gaze, she was in a bad mood. But he didn't have the guts to rush up again, so he could only shiver on the ground alone.
Under the pressure of concubine Shen Gui's aggressive eyes, Hongxiu quietly stepped forward to help her mother up, but her trembling hands betrayed her. She was also afraid, afraid that Concubine Shen Gui would violently hurt others, and that Concubine De would fall, and she would be punished by His Majesty together with Concubine De.
Persecuting the emperor's heir is not a small crime. Even if the emperor let it go lightly, Concubine De would be able to escape most of the punishment, and these servants would have to die at least half of their lives.
For the current plan, we can only hope that An Jieyu is pregnant with a female fetus. At least a daughter is not as important as a son, and the punishment can be lighter.
But the people in the delivery room are all the emperor's people. If the emperor wants An Jieyu to have a daughter, An Jieyu will give birth to a "daughter". If the emperor wants a son, then An Jieyu must give birth to a "son" ". Praying was useless, the emperor was determined to get rid of Concubine De.
It usually takes a long time for a woman to give birth to her first child. An Jieyu struggled for an hour and a half before the emperor came to take a look.
He didn't leave the corner of his eye to Concubine De, directly ignored this person, said a few words to the empress and noble concubine, and after understanding the situation, he called the little palace lady who was helping in the delivery room to inquire. After asking, he didn't say anything, only said that there were still government affairs that had not been dealt with, so he turned and left.
Concubine De's heart turned cold when she saw this, His Majesty doesn't intend to protect her, does she? Perhaps, have been extremely disappointed in her
The other concubines also spontaneously felt the sadness of the death of the rabbit and the fox, and felt that the emperor was cold. They didn't sympathize with Concubine De, but An Jieyu.
His Majesty the Emperor only asked a few words before leaving, as if An Jieyu in the delivery room was not working hard to give birth to him. Perhaps the emperor felt that this child could not be kept anymore, no matter whether it was a son or a daughter, he no longer had expectations, so he resolutely left.
But no matter what, it is true that he turned around and left.
A concubine who is useless and a premature baby who doesn't know if she will survive are almost worthless in the heart of the emperor.
Most premature babies have some defects. In this era when children born in October are not easy to feed, premature babies are almost labeled as "died".
The concubines looked at each other, speechless for a while.
"Okay, let's go." The empress rubbed her temples, "It's getting late at night, you go back to rest first. An Jieyu's place, I and Concubine Ming are guarding."
After a pause, she ordered again: "Concubine De is temporarily grounded in the main hall of Yunxiang Palace, no one is allowed to visit, and no one is allowed to come in and out at will."
Concubine De didn't respond, and let the palace maid help her away in a daze.
Although her feet are grounded, Concubine De is still the fourth concubine, and everyone dare not make things difficult for her now. In case they turned around, they couldn't cope with Concubine De's anger.
So at this moment the maids and eunuchs still respect her very much, but she is not allowed to come out of the bedroom, and the treatment of Yi Ying remains the same, it is still the treatment of the fourth concubine.
"Your Majesty, let's eat something first." Seeing Concubine De's half-hearted look, Hongxiu felt a sore nose and almost shed tears.
She brought up the meals that she specially ordered the small kitchen to cook, hoping that Concubine De could eat some.
"No need." Concubine De said coldly, "Go down, I want to be quiet for a while."
Hongxiu opened her mouth, not knowing how to persuade her, so she had to back off first: "Yes."
In the delivery room, An Jieyu was still desperately giving birth.
She didn't expect that after raising the fake fetus for so long, it would have such a big impact on her.
She vaguely heard the imperial doctor say that after this delivery, she might not be able to have children in the future, and she wished so much.
If I knew this earlier, why did I do it in the first place
She never knew that premature birth and abortion are very harmful to women. She didn't know that these might lead to infertility in the future, and she felt that she was too stupid.
Even if you don't find a good opportunity, at least create an opportunity. No matter who you cheat in the end, you should shed it when the fetus is still young. Procrastinating until now, dragging myself into a dangerous place, the gain outweighs the loss.
The longer the month, the greater the harm to the body caused by abortion, and she only now understands this truth.
"what-"
There were bursts of screams from the delivery room, which made Fu Qiushui flustered.
Concubine Shen was more panicked than she was. Taking advantage of the dismissal of everyone around her, she hugged her daughter-in-law and said with lingering fear: "It's a good thing you can't have a baby with me, otherwise if you call me in the delivery room It’s so miserable, I’m afraid I’m going to lose my mind.”
The most frightening thing about childbirth is that in this era, there are many dystocias, but there is no caesarean section technique. So giving birth has become a hell for women, and too many people have died in childbirth.
Hearing what she said, Fu Qiushui was convinced.
She tilted her head and pressed a kiss on Shen Yuqing's face: "Don't be afraid."
What she was thinking in her heart was the same as Shen Yuqing's. She was also afraid that such a thing would happen to Shen Yuqing, but fortunately, Shen Yuqing was hers now, and she had no ability to make a woman pregnant.
It wasn't until the dawn of the second day that the door of the delivery room was pushed open.
The midwife came out with a heavy face and reported bad news: "Back to the two ladies, An Jieyu gave birth to a boy, but..."
The unfinished meaning, the two already knew.
The child did not survive.
Empress Fu nodded: "How about An Jieyu?"
"Ms. Jieyu is fine now, but she lost her strength during childbirth and passed out. However, she hurt her body due to dystocia, and she will not be able to conceive in the future. Not only that, her health may not be very good, even in confinement Carefully raised, I am afraid that the bones of the body will be weak in the future."
In short, this Empress Jieyu is useless.
Shen Yuqing didn't expect the adult to become a sick child, so she couldn't help but sigh.
An Jieyu wanted to deceive others, but finally she deceived herself, and she didn't know what kind of regret it would be. But this is also good, evil people have evil rewards.
Concubine Shen sent them away with some reward money. After listening to Empress Fu ordering them to take good care of An Jieyu, there was nothing they needed to do in the future. Hanqiu and Manchen will take care of it, they just need to go back and catch up on sleep right now.
"After staying up all night, the dark circles under my eyes have come out." Shen Guifei touched his wife's eye sockets distressedly.
Fu Qiushui didn't pat her hand away, and the two got into the car together. She leaned her head against Shen Yuqing's, closed her eyes and said, "It will disappear tomorrow."
Shen Yuqing hugged her, and led her to lean back: "Let's take a close look, and we will arrive at Fengyi Palace soon."
Although she herself stayed up all night, she still had some energy, but Fu Qiushui didn't have as much energy as hers, so she was very sleepy at the moment. After the two returned to Fengyi Palace, they took a bath casually, and quickly climbed into bed to catch up on sleep, even saving today's greetings.
The concubines in the harem had already received the news from An Jieyu at this moment, and they didn't know whether they were grateful or sighed.
Fortunately, a prince was not born safely, otherwise the pattern of the palace would be completely changed.
"Go to the storeroom and pick some medicinal herbs to nourish the body, and send them to An Jieyu." Everyone ordered their grand maids to pick out gifts.
At this time, you can't beat the dog in the water. Although An Jieyu is useless without her child, the emperor will definitely compensate her. At least for a long time, An Jieyu would not be in an embarrassing situation because of falling out of favor.
Before she was completely silent, the concubines still had to put on a show and send something over.
"I don't know which position His Majesty will mention to her?"
Everyone couldn't help but think about it.
It's no big deal for An Jieyu to be promoted, after all, she is no longer competitive. But the problem is that if she is promoted to wife, she may become the lord of the first house. Now there are only so many vacant seats in the Eight Great Palaces, and if one is missing, there will be one less opportunity.
There is not a small difference in status between the main seat of the small palace and the main seat of the big palace.
The author has something to say: Ah, I went back to school today. After a day of flying and driving, I came back to the dormitory and ran to type without tidying up the room. I just finished writing now. I haven’t eaten yet. I’m starving to death_( :з」∠)_Speaking of which, the turbulence in the sky has been so severe recently, the plane shakes like it’s about to fall apart, it’s frightening to death
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