The empress reached out and touched Shen Yuqing's stomach lightly, feeling as if... nothing changed
She simply took off Shen Yuqing's clothes.
The imperial concubine let her do whatever she wanted, and obediently did not resist.
Then, her flat belly was exposed in front of the empress.
Empress Fu: "..."
Shen Guifei: "???"
The Empress was not happy, she pulled the imperial concubine's clothes roughly, endured and endured, and asked, "Why are you not fat?"
The imperial concubine who was putting her stomach on her body was taken aback for a moment: "Fat?"
"En." The empress nodded slightly.
Concubine Shen Gui subconsciously looked at the queen's stomach, and found that the daughter-in-law seemed to be a little fatter.
The queen empress suddenly frowned, and turned around to refuse to look at it. When it comes to being fat, it depends on her stomach. Could it be that she is already so fat!
Shen Guifei finally figured out the seriousness of the matter, and also figured out the daughter-in-law's brain circuit. She immediately stretched out her arms and hugged her daughter-in-law's waist.
Hugging didn't count, but he even touched her stomach and muttered, "I'm not fat..."
The empress felt better, she gently patted the hands of the imperial concubine away: "Don't touch blindly."
"I didn't touch blindly." Shen Guifei had an innocent face.
"I'm serious with you." The empress pushed her away and touched her belly, "You have indeed grown some flesh, why don't you grow?"
Concubine Shen replied obediently: "Maybe it's because I practice martial arts unremittingly every day."
You can't tell Qiushui that she can't get fat, otherwise Qiushui will be angry.
The empress was indeed deceived, and asked in surprise: "You still practice martial arts every day?"
She thought it was inconvenient for Shen Yuqing to wear a fake stomach, and she would rest during this period of time and not practice martial arts.
Concubine Shen Gui shook her head: "How can you do it if you don't practice? Martial arts has always been that if you don't advance, you will retreat, you still have to practice every day, even if it's just a set of sword skills."
The queen empress was in awe, and threw a deep-water torpedo at the imperial concubine: "I will also practice martial arts with you starting tomorrow!"
"..." The imperial concubine opened her mouth, not knowing how to refuse.
However, Queen Fu's Qiqiao Linglong heart naturally saw through the embarrassment of the noble concubine at a glance. She frowned: "Why? If you don't want to, then forget it."
After speaking, I was a little angry, although I didn't know why I was angry. I'm afraid that she has been spoiled by Shen Yuqing for a long time, she has a good temper, and she can't stand anything that doesn't go her way.
The imperial concubine hurriedly remedied: "No, no! Qiushui, do you really want to practice martial arts? You are already past the age of practicing martial arts, and it is useless to practice any more, and it will damage your muscles and bones."
Empress Fu was stunned: "So that's the case."
What she originally thought was that if she practiced a little bit of kung fu, at least she wouldn't hold back Shen Yuqing. But now it seems, forget it.
"If you want to strengthen your body and control your body, I can teach you some other exercise methods." Shen Guifei said, "I will teach you the day after tomorrow, okay?"
The Empress readily agreed.
So Concubine Shen decided to take the Queen to exercise in Fengyi Palace every day from the next day. At that time, the palace people will be screened out, so that no one will know except for the few palace ladies guarding the gate.
As for tomorrow, there are naturally other important things, because this day is the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The matter of visiting relatives was decided a month ago, and His Majesty the Emperor was still in the palace at that time. The ministers didn't have time to stop it, and the news went directly to Zuo Xiang's mansion. Shen Zuo Xiang had been preparing since then.
Later, the court was even more obstructive, but it was useless. The Shen family deliberately cleaned up the mansion bestowed by the late emperor, so that it could be used by the imperial concubine and empress.
The specifications of this house exceeded the regulations, and the Shen family would not dare to live in it, so they only asked the servants to clean it every day. Now it is just right for the imperial concubine to be a family visit place.
His Majesty the Emperor is also very satisfied.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, early in the morning, the imperial guards sealed off the road from the imperial palace to the Yuci Shen residence. His Majesty the emperor and his concubine slowly left the palace from the Suzaku gate in a treasured chariot. Yu Xun didn't leave quickly, but fortunately Shen's house was very close, and he arrived in less than half an hour.
The members of the Shen family and the Xiao family had been waiting at the door for a long time. When His Majesty the Emperor and the imperial concubine got off the carriage and came side by side, they all knelt down and worshiped.
"There's no need to be too polite, today I'm just the son-in-law who accompanied Yuqing back to Yue's family." His Majesty the Emperor said with dignity.
Master Zuo Xiang didn't even dare to say so, and invited His Majesty and Empress to come in.
This house is exquisite and magnificent, and it is more magnificent than the Shen family's house. The tea in the main courtyard had already been prepared, and His Majesty the Emperor waved his hand to let the imperial concubine go talk to his mother, while he left to deal with the sons of the Shen family and the Xiao family.
The Shen family's father and son and General Xiao have long been veterans, neither humble nor overbearing in front of the emperor. However, it was the first time for a group of young masters from the Xiao family to see the emperor, several of them were at a loss, and the rest couldn't hide their excitement.
His Majesty the Emperor chatted with the three officials who were already in the court for a while, and then tested the literary talent of the young son of the Xiao family. This is the only child in the Xiao family who likes to dance and write. The remaining four brothers are all generals.
However, Young Master Xiao does not intend to become an official in the court, he just wants to study quietly.
His Majesty the Emperor chatted with him for a few words, seeing that he was able to advance and retreat at such a young age, he couldn't help but be full of praise. Compared with his twin sister, who went to the sky and went to the earth, this little boy looks like he was born to another pair of parents.
The four older brothers puffed up their chests proudly after hearing His Majesty's praise of the younger brother, very embarrassed.
"It's not good." General Xiao scolded in a deep voice, suppressing their arrogance, and then cupped his fists at His Majesty the Emperor, "Your Majesty has no shape, please don't argue with them."
His Majesty the Emperor waved his hand, naturally he didn't care about these things. He also thought the four younger brothers were very interesting, touched his chin, and said suddenly: "Since the literary talent of the fifth son has been tested, naturally we can't fall behind the first four."
As soon as these words came out, the backs of the four of them immediately tensed, and cold sweat broke out.
— Please let it go, hey! They don't understand poetry, songs, Fu, Four Books and Five Classics! They are all a group of big bosses who can only wield knives and guns! real!
I am illiterate and I am proud of the four sons who are very anxious. Fortunately, His Majesty the Emperor did not intend to torture himself with their nonsense literary talent, so in the end His Majesty said: "Then let me come and test these four The kid's martial arts."
The four of them breathed a sigh of relief, it's okay, it's okay.
There is a small school field in Shen's house, there are venues for martial arts, archery and horseback riding, etc. The four young masters are gearing up, ready to perform well in front of His Majesty the Emperor and leave a good impression on His Majesty the Emperor. Then-
A person who is happy to make a good husband for their sister will not dislike the kind of sister who likes to dress up as a man.
It can be said to be well-intentioned.
On the other side, the imperial concubine was chatting with the women from the Shen family and the Xiao family.
The Shen family has only two wives, Mrs. Shen, the head wife, and Qin, the daughter-in-law, and Shen Yuxun, who is about to get married, is next to her. The second wife is outside Beijing, other than that, there is no other mistress in the Shen residence.
The Xiao family is slightly larger, Mrs. Xiao, her three daughters, and four daughters-in-law. Among them, the daughter-in-law of the fourth child has just been married for less than a year. She looks like a girl who has not left the court, she is very innocent, and she gets along very well with the three girls of the Xiao family, as close as sisters.
Concubine Shen Gui also liked such a lively little girl, so she deliberately pulled her to talk for a while. The other party replied crisply, without any shyness at all, which is very rare.
However, the three-year-old Shen Liyi is the one who attracts the most attention. The little fat man ran up to the imperial concubine's side, and asked childishly, "Auntie, is that a little brother in your stomach?"
Concubine Shen really wanted to say that it was cotton, but she still held back and nodded with a smile: "It may also be little sister."
"Little brother is better." Shen Liyi frowned, "Sister Qingxi is enough for a girl."
Concubine Shen pinched his chubby face with a smile: "You really think about your sister Qingxi."
Fatty couldn't understand this sentence, he stretched out his fleshy claws, wanting to touch that belly.
The imperial concubine allowed her to touch her generously, and even stopped Mrs. Shen who wanted to stop him.
The chubby little hands touched the stomach back and forth, feeling very miraculous, and said with some joy: "He seems to be able to move!"
"..." No baby, you think too much, this is fake and won't move.
However, Mrs. Xiao next to him told him with a smile: "Of course it will move. The baby is already seven months old. My aunt won't lie to you."
Feelings are when you tell people that the fetus will move.
Concubine Shen Gui was very helpless, Shen Liyi was probably looking forward to his stomach moving too much, so he had an illusion.
The atmosphere in the room was happy and harmonious, except for the two nuns standing beside Shen Guifei who were a little scary, everything was fine. Seeing that young master Shen is so cute, Mammy smiled. However, his always stern face smiled, revealing two nasolabial folds, which looked a bit pervasive.
In short, the third miss of the Xiao family was taken aback, and was quietly moving outside, trying to sneak out.
"Where is Qianling going?" Shen Guifei said leisurely.
Third Miss who just moved a step froze.
D! She just took one step! It was discovered!
Madam Xiao stretched out her hand and brought her daughter to her side. It can't be seen that this noble lady still has a lot of strength and can lift a nine-year-old girl.
"Don't mess around." Mrs. Xiao warned, "This is your uncle's house, not a place where you can make trouble everywhere."
Miss Xiao San was very wronged, she didn't want to go out and cause trouble.
However, with a negative credit value, her mother would not believe anything she said.
There was actually nothing interesting in the whole process of visiting relatives, and I went back after lunch at noon. The palace banquet started in the evening, and there really wasn't much time for them to waste in Shen's mansion.
This family visit is just to stimulate the women in the harem and suppress their arrogance, as long as the whole process is completed. After the imperial concubine returned to the palace, everything returned to calm.
Concubine Shen Gui went back to Jianjia Palace, and His Majesty the Emperor went to Zichen Palace.
After the concubines inquired about the news, they immediately went to the Zichen Hall with high spirits, carrying their own snacks, soup, and soup.
After lunch, the concubines who were ordered to go to Shoukang Palace to accompany the Empress Dowager were kicked out by the Empress Dowager. She felt that so many women were making her dizzy, and it happened to be time for a nap, so she sent them away.
The concubines were naturally overjoyed, and returned to the palace happily, and asked people to find out if His Majesty the Emperor had returned.
His Majesty returned to the palace relatively early, so only half an hour passed between the return of the concubine and the return of the emperor. In such a short time, it is still barely possible to make an exquisite dim sum. It's okay if you cook a soup. But making a soup... seems not enough
Miss Jinli decided to accept the food, but didn't let anyone in. After the things were taken in, His Majesty the Emperor rubbed his brows in annoyance and asked someone to take them down for disposal.
"Yes." Jinli knew it would be like this, and calmly led the little maids down with their things.
"Wait." The emperor said suddenly, "What is in your hand?"
He pointed to the soup cup in the hand of a court lady.
The court lady replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is the soup made by the concubine Xi herself."
The emperor sneered, he knew the so-called hands of these women too well. Sprinkling a handful of green onions in the soup with your own hands can also be regarded as your own hands.
"Has Concubine Xi never gone to Shoukang Palace to serve the Empress Dowager?" He asked coldly.
The palace maid lowered her eyebrows and narrowed her eyes: "My concubine Xi has gone."
"Now that I've gone, how can I cook the soup with my own hands?" He narrowed his eyes, staring at the delicate small cup, "Could it be that the soup can be cooked in just a moment now?"
The court lady dared not answer these words, Jin Li smiled slightly and said: "Of course it is impossible, but after lunch today, the Empress Dowager will let all the ladies go back to the palace."
The three meals in the Empress Dowager's Palace are very punctual. The Empress Dowager needs to maintain her health when she is old, so as to prolong her life. When she was young, she fought with concubines and grown-up princes in the palace, and there were many hidden dangers in her body, so she had to be taken care of.
The emperor glanced at the hourglass, and snorted coldly again: "It takes only half an hour, but can you cook such delicious soup?"
The best taste can be obtained only by stewing slowly over low heat. His Majesty the Emperor, who is used to good soup, can tell whether the soup was boiled carefully and time-consumingly, or hastily stewed over high fire. Xibi stewed this pot for at least three or four hours.
It would be fine if she obediently said that this soup was prepared by her order, but she insisted on saying that she boiled it herself.
"How dare you deceive the emperor." His Majesty's four words indifferently scared everyone to their knees.
The crime of deceiving the emperor is a very serious crime.
However, His Majesty the Emperor didn't intend to clean up the concubine Xi right now. He picked up the pen, thought for a while, and said, "Don't send me anything made by yourself in the future."
After finishing speaking, he continued to revise government affairs without further words.
The court ladies all looked at Miss Jinli, and Jinli waved to them, telling them to hurry down. Then he turned to find the little eunuch who delivered the order, and revealed His Majesty's intentions.
The little eunuch immediately ran to deliver the order.
Regardless of how embarrassing the concubines in the harem were when they got the news, how explosive the "more news" they got after giving the little eunuch money. In short, the concubines stopped thinking about giving soup, and at the same time they were secretly annoyed that the concubine was too stupid.
Is the emperor easy to fool? Does she really think that His Majesty is a foolish and foolish monarch? How stupid!
However, Concubine Xi gave something to the young eunuch, but the eunuch confiscated it, even saying that she dared not accept it, and ran away in a hurry, causing Concubine Xi to be very embarrassed, feeling uneasy and not knowing what happened. The eyeliner went to inquire, but couldn't find any news about Zichen Palace.
It wasn't until Liu Zhaoyi came to her that she learned the truth from Liu Zhaoyi.
Concubine Xi's face turned pale: "Your Majesty really said that?"
"That's what the eunuch told my concubine." Liu Zhaoyi looked at Xi concubine worriedly, "Sister Xi concubine, are you okay?"
Concubine Xi shook her head, annoyed at herself for being careless. At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet tonight, no matter how much she shows off, His Majesty will not take one more look at her, blinding such a good opportunity.
If she had known this earlier, she might as well not have delivered the soup and caused a show for nothing.
"That's all." Concubine Xi pursed her lips, "It will be good for His Majesty to forget about this in a while."
Liu Zhaoyi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking so too. His Majesty will not care about such a trivial matter, after all, this kind of "hands-on" cooking has long been a customary rule among noble ladies.
Places like the kitchen are supposed to be less visited by noble people, how could they really cook by themselves.
"Since my sister is fine, the concubine is also relieved, so I will go back first." She stood up and said goodbye.
Concubine Xi was feeling a little confused, so she didn't keep her.
She didn't know that on the way back to the palace, Liu Zhaoyi suddenly had a whim and walked towards Meilin in the West Harem.
The plum blossoms haven't bloomed yet, and there is nothing special in the plum grove. But thinking about the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet at night, Liu Zhaoyi felt a little depressed, so she wanted to take a walk.
She is not very good at thinking. At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, everyone was gearing up to guess the lantern riddles, but she couldn't figure it out. In this way, there was one less chance to show off, which made her feel frustrated but at the same time couldn't help being discouraged.
Since you don't expect to be successful at the dinner party, then simply don't think about how to attract the emperor's attention. When others were memorizing a few lantern riddle books in the palace, she had time to walk around.
After walking around the Merlin twice randomly, I suddenly heard human voices in the distance. Liu Zhaoyi paused and stopped.
In the distance, two people were chatting, the voice was not loud, but it was faintly heard.
"... I heard that it was the concubine Xi who committed the crime last time, but Yu Zhaoyi took the blame for her..."
"... Is that so... Yu Zhaoyi, she... Concubine Xi is still Yu Zhaoyi's biological sister....Knowing the face but not knowing the heart..."
"...Liu Zhaoyi is also stupid...I'm afraid I didn't expect Concubine Xi..."
"...how did you know..."
Intermittently, Liu Zhaoyi couldn't understand. But this did not prevent her from realizing that Concubine Xi seemed to be sorry for her.
She asked her personal maid to wait in place, and approached quietly. After listening for a while, I finally understood what they were talking about.
What they were talking about was the last time the maid bribed Concubine Shen Gui.
At that time, the eyeliner of Liu Zhaoyi's family bribed Concubine Shen Gui with a silver ticket, saying that she would buy an official title for Liu Zhaoyi's brother. Later, the maid committed suicide and wanted to pour dirty water on Concubine Shen, saying that the bribe she took was not enough, and the lion opened her mouth.
Later, Liu Zhaoyi once found out that there was something wrong with the maid, but she didn't know exactly who was bribed.
Jinli convicts Yu Zhaoyi, and her position is taken away and she is grounded until now. At that time, Liu Zhaoyi only felt very happy, thinking that Yu Zhaoyi really did it. However, today I heard the two palace people talking about the secrets in the palace, and I learned the truth.
These two palace people didn't just talk about this matter, Liu Zhaoyi stood and listened for a while, and heard a lot of secret news about Yu Zhaoyi and Concubine Xi. It seems that these two people are palace servants of Changzui Palace, they know a lot of secrets, and they are not on duty today, so they ran out to chat.
Liu Zhaoyi didn't suspect that they told her intentionally, because she was originally interested in Merlin on the spur of the moment. What's more, the news they said was too much and mixed, and there was only such a small piece related to Liu Zhaoyi.
After listening to what she wanted to hear, Liu Zhaoyi quietly left.
When he left, his fists were clenched so tightly that his nails dug into his flesh.
She never thought that the thigh she hugged would actually use her!
pity! concubine!
It was concubine Xi who bought her secret information and framed her. Use her to pour dirty water on Imperial Concubine Shen, if the dirty water is spilled, then she, Liu Zhaoyi, will also be in bad luck.
Fortunately, she still served Xi concubine respectfully and respectfully every day, and was anxious about Xi concubine's needs, who would have thought that this woman would talk like a honey with a sword in her belly, and a Buddha with a snake's heart
They pretended to be sisters, but in fact they stabbed in the back without mercy.
"Your Majesty." The maid in the palace nervously supported her, "Are you alright?"
Liu Zhaoyi took a deep breath, and suddenly smiled, "I'm fine."
The whole harem thinks Liu Zhaoyi is an idiot.
Yes, she is not smart, and she only wants to hug her thigh. But she is not easy to bully, concubine Xi, let her wait.
Jian Jia Palace.
"Ma'am, the matter has been settled."
Concubine Shen Gui put down the soup bowl she had finished drinking, and touched her belly: "It's very supportive."
She ate a lot for lunch, and was forced to drink a bowl of "pregnant women's nourishing soup" when she came back. The two nuns stared at each other covetously, and they couldn't help but drink.
At any rate, she had suffered for a few months, and Concubine Shen didn't want to fall short and be found out that the fetus was fake, so she had to hold her nose and finish the drink, scolding the emperor bloody in her heart.
Seeing that the imperial concubine didn't care about these trivial matters, Man Xing simply stopped talking, took the soup bowl to the small kitchen for others to wash, and brought a plate of fruit along the way.
Concubine Shen Gui spread out on the soft couch, feeling very decadent all over. If she eats and sleeps like this again, she is afraid that she will be finished.
After thinking about it, the imperial concubine simply got up, ready to go to Fengyi Palace to play with the empress.
When Man Xing came back with the cut melons and fruits, there was no one in the hall. She sighed out of curiosity, and simply ate the fruit by herself.
The author has something to say: I'm sorry, the mood broke down suddenly, I just sorted out my emotions and started coding at 8 o'clock, making everyone wait for a long time
These two weeks have been under heavy academic pressure. Basically, classes will be delayed until very late every day, and the update will be moved to [10 o'clock in the evening] and return to normal time next week, okay
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