Leaving aside the matter of Ms. Cao, if she wants to enter the palace, she has to wait until next spring.
Concubine Shen and the Empress discussed whether she should be admitted to the palace, and then considered the superstition of this era. If Ms. Cao did not enter the palace, her son who married another life would be born with "the fate of being an emperor". Even if the emperor doesn't pay attention to it, there will be people with bad intentions who will take advantage of it.
In this case, it would be better to fulfill her wish, let her into the palace, and then not let her have a son.
This matter came to an end, Concubine Shen had a meal at Fengyi Palace, by the way, she met His Majesty the Emperor who also came to have a meal, and told him about her plan to visit her relatives.
His Majesty the Emperor frowned, feeling that it would be troublesome to visit relatives, the process would be very tossing, and it would be a waste of time. But after thinking about the group of restless women in the palace, he had to admit that visiting relatives was indeed a good move, so he nodded and agreed.
As for the imperial concubine's visiting relatives, of course it's not like ordinary married women returning home, just bringing some gifts and coming to the door as a bachelor. The imperial concubine visits relatives to pay attention to pomp, and to reflect the status of the other party as a royal.
Therefore, it takes a long time to prepare before visiting relatives.
First of all, we must prepare a place for the imperial concubine to stay. It must have beautiful scenery and carved beams and painted buildings. In short, we must not lose the face of the royal family. Those who are rich can buy this place for themselves, or if it is not possible, they can also borrow the other courtyard of the imperial palace, and let the whole Shen family go to the other courtyard for a visit and meet the noble concubine.
After all, visiting relatives was not an act that lasted for several days, and it took about half a day to return to the palace.
In addition, the guard camp in the capital also had to ensure the safety of the emperor and concubine leaving the palace, and the relevant streets in the city were under martial law and pedestrians were not allowed to approach at will. Afterwards, it is necessary to check in advance whether the house used by the visiting relatives is safe, and then send people to guard it to ensure the safety of the two big brothers and so on.
After such a complete set, it is really a toss. Fortunately, there is no need for His Majesty the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine to personally check and inspect each item, and the officials below will handle it by themselves. The emperor only needs to issue an order in advance to persuade the officials who jumped out to oppose, and then spend most of the day to accompany the concubine Chong to deal with the concubine's family.
Fortunately, this is the Shen family with a very upright family style, and there will be no coquettish operations where a girl from her natal family takes the opportunity to collude with the emperor in an attempt to reach the sky in one step, so His Majesty the Emperor has much less to deal with. Presumably, the level of distress will plummet, and it can barely be regarded as a half-day vacation to play.
Before visiting relatives, the army returned to Beijing at the end of April.
The end of April in the lunar calendar is already the beginning of June in the Gregorian calendar on Concubine Shen's system panel. The weather is slowly turning into summer, and the temperature is slowly rising.
Shen Yuqing's "fetus" was conceived in mid-January, that is, around the Lantern Festival. It is now the end of April, three and a half months. Fortunately, the pregnancy in less than four months is only slightly protruding lower abdomen, Concubine Shen Gui put a thin soft pillow on her stomach.
However, considering that the weather was getting hotter and hotter, it was uncomfortable to wrap the pillow around the stomach, so the empress dug out the ice silk cloth given by Concubine Shen Guifei earlier. There was some unused fabric left over which was just the right size for a next-to-skin lining.
Originally, the Empress planned to keep this piece of cloth as a bellyband for her younger brother's soon-to-be-born baby, but now it's okay to lend it to Concubine Shen Gui for use. Shen Yuqing directly used this whole piece of cloth and other fabrics to make a cover that can be stuffed into the core, and the end of the ice silk cloth should stick to the skin.
The core does not know what those people used to make it, it seems that there is something shaped and supported inside, the softness and elasticity are the same as the touch of a real stomach. Concubine Shen tied the "soft pillow" around her waist, and then put on the clothes, it was perfect, there was no problem at all.
The empress likes to touch her belly when she has nothing to do, and comment on the feel in a serious manner, but her smiling eyes can't hide her secret joy at all.
Concubine Shen Gui said, if this continues, we will still be in love! Goodbye manual!
"It feels good to the touch." The empress put her arm around her waist and touched her belly with the other, "I have the illusion that you are carrying a child for me."
"..." Shen Guifei's mouth twitched, "I'm going to be really pregnant, the child has already been small by you."
The empress is not easy to fool: "No, it will only get bigger and bigger."
This kind of dialogue basically happens every day, and His Majesty the Emperor complains every time he hears it, and even feels that their dialogue is dirty. The more you touch ♀, the bigger ♀ or something. I heard that in the dirty jokes circulating in the market, it is another part that has this characteristic.
His Majesty the Emperor quietly aimed at his sister's chest.
— Those who didn’t dare to look at Concubine Shen, for fear of being beaten.
However, he obviously miscalculated, and my sister can't look around, because the next second, Shen Guifei, who was jealous, flew over with a knife in her eyes: "Breed pig, where are you looking?! I can't take it anymore and go to your family Su Qiaorong. Don't talk to my sister." Let's do it."
His Majesty the Emperor: "..."
He was then thrown out in the women's doubles.
Concubine Shen supported her stomach and sat back, and touched it with her hands for a long time, making sure that her stomach didn't move due to the "movement" just now, she was relieved.
"I'm always worried that if I accidentally move too much, my stomach will be crooked." Shen Guifei complained, "Although the mother promised me that it would not be."
The Empress thought for a while: "Why don't we try it?"
"Try what?" Concubine Shen Gui immediately lost her mind, leaned over and asked treacherously.
Strenuous exercise or something, there is another kind of dirty.
The empress pushed her back calmly: "What are you thinking? I'll let you practice a set of complicated saber techniques in the room with your stomach, and try to see if your stomach will move."
Concubine Shen Gui let out a sigh of disappointment, came to the empty main hall, took a flower branch in a vase, and started dancing.
Although there is no knife in his hand, the aggressive aura does not disappear because of the lack of a knife. Saber Intent is the same as Sword Intent, after cultivating to a certain level, it can exist without weapons.
Fu Qiushui subconsciously backed away step by step as he watched. Being too close gave her a dangerous sense of oppression. It wasn't until Shen Yuqing finished dancing a set of saber techniques that the feeling of stagnation in the air slowly disappeared.
"It's beautiful." Fu Qiushui said softly.
"You're handsome if you say it." Concubine Shen raised her eyebrows, and threw the flower branch back into the vase without any mistakes.
Fu Qiushui smiled lightly, walked over to look at her stomach carefully, and then concluded: "The stomach has not moved."
Shen Yuqing nodded: "That's good."
After finishing such a set of saber techniques, Shen Yuqing didn't break a sweat. These saber moves have long been engraved in her soul, even if she hasn't practiced them for a long time, she won't feel unfamiliar. However, not exercising for a long time will indeed cause a decrease in physical endurance. Fortunately, Concubine Shen will find an empty place outside the palace every morning or evening to exercise her muscles and bones, so there is no such problem.
After confirming the camouflage ability of her stomach, Concubine Shen felt much more relaxed, happily took a nap with the Empress, and then went back to Jianjia Palace.
Tomorrow is the day when the army returns to the capital, the emperor will come to greet him in person, and the concubines must also come to Fengyi Palace early to pay their respects, and then the high-ranking concubines will stay and prepare to receive Madam Xiao and Madam Cao who are entering the palace.
The two wives came back with the army and are now stationed in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing. Tomorrow morning, they will go to the capital with the general and personal guards, and then they will enter the palace with their husbands. Then the husband went to see the emperor, and they went to pay their respects to the queen mother, and finally came to pay their respects to the queen and concubines.
Therefore, the concubine's greeting must be staggered at this time. The empress decided to move the time forward, let those concubines pay their respects first, and please get out quickly.
It would be difficult for Concubine Shen to stay overnight in Fengyi Palace, otherwise she would have to get up earlier and rush back to Jianjia Palace, the Empress would not bear her to make such a fuss.
The next day, the imperial concubine got up refreshed, put on formal clothes, combed her hair beautifully, and put on gorgeous accessories. After looking in the mirror and confirming that he could take away everyone's demeanor and subdue Mrs. Cao, who was harboring evil intentions, he nodded in satisfaction.
"Just this outfit."
She asked Bi Ge to put on fake nails that she seldom wears. They were long and pointed, and could poke a blood hole at a glance.
Biran hugged the lord and followed the pace of the imperial concubine. The empress said, today I will take the adults with me, if Mrs. Cao is not good, I will scare her a little.
"Miwu." The adult yawned, lazily rolled over his belly, and let Biran scratch it.
Chasing the carriage, he walked quickly and steadily, and soon arrived at Fengyi Palace. Man Xingxu supported Concubine Shen Gui, followed by Biran and a nanny who waited on pregnant women, and walked slowly into the hall.
This time, Bi Yan was not able to follow her in, and she was a little unhappy. She always felt that the imperial concubine was becoming more and more distant from her recently, and she didn't know if it was an illusion.
"Miss Biyan, what's the matter with you? You look so ugly." Qing Zhou asked suddenly, startling her.
"It's nothing." Bi Yan forced a smile, "Maybe it's because I woke up a little early and didn't get enough sleep."
Usually Shen Guifei is the last one to arrive, and even the palace people from Jian Jia Palace can sleep a little longer.
Qing Yuan didn't even raise his eyelids, and said flatly: "Miss, you are joking, how can we slaves have the right to say that we don't get enough sleep?"
Do you think you are a young lady who is served by others? If you still dare to complain about not getting enough sleep, shouldn't you be allowed to sleep late? A slave should have the duty of a slave, and can't take Joe just because the master is kind, and treat himself as the master.
Bi Yan was extremely embarrassed, she lied casually and finally said what was in her heart, and almost got it out of her mouth. If the well-behaved nanny heard this, she would have to expose her skin.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the hall is quite quiet. Even Bi Yan felt that she didn't get enough sleep, let alone those pampered ladies
Today, Shengsheng was half an hour earlier than usual. If it was eight o'clock before, then after half an hour of walking and more than an hour of putting on makeup, he would get up around six o'clock. But the problem is that it may take more than an hour for a concubine in this era to dress up.
Today, an hour earlier, I would have to get up before dawn.
Concubine Shen's makeup cut out many cumbersome steps, such as the N long time needed to maintain the hair. She didn't use any makeup either, just relying on her eyebrows, lip gloss and natural beauty was enough to suppress her beauty.
The empress seemed not to notice the pale faces of these concubines even after putting on makeup, and exchanged greetings with them as usual. But today everyone is not interested in fighting each other, apart from seeing the concubine so glamorous and saying a few sour words, there is nothing else.
Today is a good day for Concubine Shen Gui. She was pregnant and became the baby bump of the entire palace. Uncle even fought a victorious battle and returned triumphantly. There was gossip that General Xiao was coming back to take charge of the camp in the suburbs of Beijing, which basically meant that the emperor had handed over his throne and life to General Xiao. If the other party had any objection, the chance of the emperor stepping down was close to 70%.
It's so hard that people can't even be jealous. Who made it so that none of the hosts present belonged to the general's family? There are no relatives in the family who practice martial arts.
When the time was almost up, a little eunuch ran in to deliver a message, saying that the two generals had already entered the city, and the empress waved her hand immediately, telling everyone else to disperse.
"Ming Noble Concubine and Mi Concubine stay here, and the two wives will come to see us later."
Facing everyone's envious and jealous eyes, the two ladies nodded calmly, yes, the old god is still sitting there drinking tea and chatting.
However, Concubine Mi doesn't seem to be in a good spirit recently, nor is she as complacent as usual. Concubine Shen Gui looked at her twice more, and thought about it in her heart.
When did it start? It seems like... it was from five days ago.
Five days ago, news of internal strife among the coalition forces in the Western Regions came. Originally, because the Western Region coalition forces had no value after the enemy retreated, all conflicts broke out when the spoils were divided, and they refused to give in to each other.
As the initiator of the coalition forces, Loulan is also the most powerful country, so it is natural to mediate.
It's a pity that the mediation effect is very weak, and many greedy forces feel that Loulan didn't send the most troops and shouldn't take so many spoils. In the end, the guns were the same, and they forced Lou Lan to give up a few percent of his spoils.
Loulan naturally quit, but it couldn't cope with the alliance of several countries. In the end, everyone broke up in a quarrel and almost drew their swords at each other.
How to solve this problem later, outsiders do not know. In short, Loulan was severely slapped in the face, and later was cheated a little by those countries. The situation is not too good, and the status of the first country in the Western Regions is in jeopardy.
Concubine Mi might not care about this alone. In her opinion, Loulan has enough strength to keep this position, even if it is temporarily lost, it will be able to regain it soon. What hurt her most was the emperor's attitude.
The emperor hadn't been here for half a month, and he had never been there after the Xirong battle. Not only did he not stay overnight, he never even went to the Immortal Thread Palace to see her or have a meal with her. All of these clearly show that she is on the verge of falling out of favor, and even if she does not fall out of favor, her honor and favor will not be as good as before.
This is the first thought in her mind.
She's not stupid, so she naturally knew that the emperor treated her well before, perhaps because of the reason to appease the countries in the Western Regions. It's just that women always like to fantasize and deceive themselves and others. The reason for lying to themselves is only a small part, not the big one.
The truth slapped her hard in the face.
Why did the emperor suddenly favor her, who had repeatedly provoked the emperor's favorite concubine before? Except for a face that she can see, she has very few advantages. She is neither well-behaved nor sensible, and actually confronts the emperor. After counting and counting, she can only barely say that her character is "distinguished between likes and hates" and "not hypocritical".
After all, Concubine Mi is a woman, and she has only reached Jiji for a few years. In modern times, she is still a high school student. No matter how smart she is, she still has some yearning for love. And after marrying the emperor, no matter how transparent she is, it is inevitable that she will directly regard the emperor as the object of fantasy.
This man is different from the ones she has seen before. He has the elegance and handsomeness of Jiangnan people, and the royal nobility raised by the best things. He is wise and handsome, in line with all the fantasies of a girl who yearns for Dayan.
It's useless if Concubine Mi doesn't want to admit it, she has indeed fallen into the trap unknowingly, even if she keeps telling herself that this person is Dayan's emperor, he may not be sincere. Even if there is, it will definitely not be given to a foreign princess.
Lou Lan sent her to the palace, so she didn't expect her to give birth to a child. And Dayan would never allow a prince with foreign blood to succeed to the throne. The best result is that Concubine Mi can give birth to a daughter.
She quietly closed her eyes, listening to Concubine Shen and the queen exchanging greetings. The conversation between the two was not as close as before, but rather superficial. It was rumored in the palace that the two were divorced because of pregnancy and palace power.
Concubine Mi's heart did not fluctuate.
She had a faint premonition that she would not be arrogant for long. So there is no difference between the queen and the imperial concubine. From the beginning to the end, she didn't expect to be able to pull the two of them off the horse, so she was not afraid of offending others, and only cared about her own happiness.
Anyway, Loulan is her backing, and the emperor will not do anything to her. As long as there is nothing wrong with Loulan and she doesn't commit suicide herself, she can basically stay on the concubine until she dies.
"I'm telling you, Madam, the two ladies have gone to Shoukang Palace to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager." The little eunuch came to report again.
The empress nodded slightly: "Go and see, the two of you will report immediately when they come out."
"yes!"
In order to show respect and gratitude, the three empresses will send their personal maids to meet the two wives at the gate of Fengyi Palace instead of the empresses. They are the concubine of the emperor's main wife, so they naturally have to play the role of hostess, sharing the emperor's worries, and they can't treat the family members of heroes and generals badly.
When the third round of reports came, the three empresses stood up one after another, waiting for the two to enter the room. It is very impolite to sit and wait for someone, unless the status difference is huge, it can become a symbol of majesty rather than rude neglect.
This time the two generals could not come in to pay homage to the empress, so the two wives came here instead of their husbands. The emperor specifically told him to treat the two wives with the same gratitude and respect as the two generals. Of course, it was just this one meeting, and it will continue as usual in the future.
But this time alone was enough to make the two ladies flattered and heartbroken.
"No way, please sit down, three ladies." The two wives hurriedly saluted.
At this moment, Concubine Mi's seat was changed to that of Concubine Shen, leaving the right seat for the two wives. Mrs. Xiao sat in the first place, facing Concubine Shen, and Mrs. Cao took the second place.
After the Empress Empress said a few polite words, Concubine Shen Gui could intervene. She was not afraid that Mrs. Xiao would be unhappy, so she praised Mrs. Cao and his wife first, and then patronized and chatted with Mrs. Xiao.
"How is my aunt doing in Shu Province? My niece heard that there are many insects and snakes there, and the climate is also difficult to endure. Many soldiers and men have passed by and have suffered from diseases of acclimatization." The imperial concubine and empress showed concern.
Mrs. Xiao looked at her tenderly, smiling brightly. Although she has a slightly aggressive temper, her tone of voice is very gentle: "Please remember, Madam, Shu Province is very good, and the minister's wife is also very used to living there. It's just that I miss Madam and Zuo Xiang's family. How is Madam in the palace? "
The aunt and nephew simply ignored the outsiders and said a lot of pleasantries, which made the other people's faces stiffen with apologetic smiles.
Mrs. Cao was a little dissatisfied with Concubine Shen's neglect, but the concubine concubine greeted her first, so what's wrong with talking to her family now? She can't, let alone dare to accuse others of neglect.
Concubine Mi, who had been unable to speak, interjected a few words, greeted Mrs. Xiao, and then greeted Mrs. Cao by the way, and then pretended to be dumb.
Mrs. Cao looked at her in surprise, but she had heard that Concubine Mi was arrogant, not much better than Concubine Shen, why is she so obedient today? She thought that Concubine Mi would just get up with Concubine Gui.
Seeing that the empress was almost there, she interrupted the imperial concubine, and she interrupted very violently, which made Mrs. Cao's eyes brighten. Sure enough, the same as the news she got, the relationship between the queen and the concubine is not good.
The imperial concubine looked a little unhappy, and her smile was forced, but at least she didn't lose face to the empress on the spot, she only said a few words to Madam Xiao at the end, and then shut up.
Just when Mrs. Cao thought that the Empress would make up for being neglected and chat with her a few more words, she saw that the Empress said a few words on the scene and talked to the two wives, and then someone passed on the meal.
Those present didn't have any breakfast in the morning, and it's about eight o'clock, so it's not too late for breakfast. The small kitchen of Fengyi Palace has been prepared a long time ago, and the food prepared is more exquisite and delicious than that of the Imperial Dining Room.
However, the two generals and their wives have not been in Beijing all year round, so they didn't notice the difference, and they ate happily. It's just that Mrs. Xiao is a little worried about Concubine Shen's life in the palace. The relationship between the empress and the concubine is not good, so wouldn't the life of the concubine be difficult? But Mrs. Cao is still brooding over the past, so she can't fully enjoy herself.
The author has something to say: Please bless me with a good list tomorrow =3=
To be honest, I admire my roommate very much. Classes start at 8:00, and get up at 6:30 to apply skin care products, make-up, etc. Like me, I had to get up until 7:30, get dressed and wash in ten minutes, go out with books and mobile phones, eat breakfast on the way, and finally enter the classroom by stepping on the bell...
Thanks to mines: six lines x1
Thanks for the nutrient solution: Good Dream 2, Qu Qing 20