After hearing this, Hu Huanling became more anxious.
She just wanted to curb Sun Fang'er, so she found Wanhui.
However, the emperor came to her place twice and met Wanhui twice, but he just couldn't "sell" her. The emperor didn't even look at Wanhui.
The princess was right. If Sun Fang'er was really pregnant with the dragon seed, and she herself was not of high birth, she would probably have to give up the position of queen.
Zhuangzhuang observed Hu Huanling's expression and knew that he had touched Hu Huanling's weakness, so he comforted her, "Forget it, I was unhappy and said a few more words to you, don't take it to heart. At least, the emperor still has to use the Hu family..."
Zhuangzhuang didn’t mention the word “wealth” at the end, but Hu Huanling understood it in his heart.
However, after hearing this, she felt even more uneasy.
Hu Huanxi said that there could be no dividends, which meant that she didn't have much money left.
She has some arrangements in the palace, but if she doesn't make any contribution to the emperor, will her position as queen be stable
And as long as Sun Fang'er is around, the emperor will never discover her good qualities.
Rumors in the capital were spreading day by day. At first, they were only spread among the common people, but gradually, even officials and nobles heard about these fox spirit legends.
But no one said anything in front of Zian, so Zian pretended to know nothing.
On the afternoon of the day when Hu Huanling held a family dinner, Murong Jie returned from Cizhou.
He was exhausted from the journey and rushed back to Beijing without even taking a breath.
After returning to the capital, he washed his face, had a meal, and then calmly said to Zi'an, "Everything is settled."
"Have the rumors stopped?" Zi'an asked.
"No, it's getting bigger." Murong Jie smiled mysteriously.
Zi'an was stunned, "Expanded? What's going on?"
Murong Jie reached out and stroked her face, "Starting tomorrow, you will stay in Xiyuan for a while, and don't go back to the palace."
"Why?" Zi'an was surprised. He never liked her being close to Qin Zhou, but now she wanted to move in with Qin Zhou
"That silver thief Qin Zhou got an advantage!" Murong Jie sighed softly, but there was no worry on his face.
"Tell me about your plan." Zi'an couldn't stand the question marks circling in his mind, so he had to get it clear.
Murong Jie held her hand and walked towards the bed step by step, "I will talk to you carefully, slowly and thoroughly."
Outside the door, Xiaosun counted on his fingers, "One, two, three..."
Madam Yang hit her on the head, "What do you mean one, two, three?"
Xiaosun said, "I heard from Brother Dajin in Prince Li's mansion that the mansion's big golden dog became a father and his wife gave birth to six puppies. Brother Dajin said that the big golden dog slept with his wife six times, so he gave birth to six puppies. Isn't this just counting how many times the prince has slept with the princess recently? Mammy, I estimate that if the princess is pregnant, there will be more than a dozen puppies."
Nanny Yang looked at Xiaosun with regret, "He's pretty good-looking, but a little stupid."
Xiaosun said unconvincedly: "Of course I know that humans and dogs are different, but the Chen family gave birth to four triplets. If they can do it, our princess can do it too."
Nanny Yang said unhappily, "I'll go take a bath first, you stay here, I'll accompany the princess to the palace tonight."
"Aren't you taking me with you?" Xiaosun asked.
Nanny Yang smiled and said, "Tonight is not suitable for you. You should stay in the mansion obediently."
"What? I'm much smarter now." Xiaosun muttered.
There is a banquet in the palace tonight, and the empress and concubines in the palace and several princes, princesses, etc. are invited.
Hu Huanling naturally also invited the Empress Dowager, but the Empress Dowager was too disdainful to make trouble with these juniors and put on airs and refused to come.
Hu Huanling hosted a banquet for everyone tonight on the pretext of helping Zi'an and Mei Fei mend their relationship, and he had discussed this with everyone beforehand.
Concubine Yi also came to show her favor. She was now very submissive to Hu Huanling and would do almost anything Hu Huanling asked her to do.
Hu Huanling was very satisfied with Concubine Yi's "good behavior", so her biggest threat was Sun Fang'er.
The banquet was held in the Wanshou Hall. The emperor came in person with Sun Fang'er. Since it was a gathering of female relatives, he drank a glass of wine and left.
The emperor's attention to Sun Fang'er really makes people who don't know the inside story hate her, but Sun Fang'er pretends to be aggrieved and indifferent. People who don't know would think that she is not satisfied with the emperor's favor to her.
Due to Hu Huanling's deliberate arrangement, Zi'an and Mei Fei sat next to each other, but Zi'an switched seats with Zhuangzhuang and sat next to Sun Fang'er, which was far away from Mei Fei.
Everyone saw this and felt that Zi'an was still holding a grudge against Concubine Mei.
The reason for the falling out between the two was blocked for a few days to whet everyone's appetite. After a few days of fermentation and some people deliberately leaked the rumor, everyone knew the general idea. It was said that Dongmei bribed Nanny Sun to poison the princess, causing the two sisters-in-law to become enemies.
Seeing that Sun Fang'er looked pale, Concubine Liang said, "Your Highness, you have worked hard in serving the Emperor, but you must take care of yourself. Look at you, you are getting paler day by day."
Sun Fang'er raised her eyes calmly, "I appreciate it."
Among the concubines in the palace, who doesn't hate Sun Fang'er
In fact, what Concubine Liang said was the beginning of the boycott of Sun Fang'er. The phrase "serving the emperor is hard work" made many people's eyes turn red.
As expected, everyone looked at Sun Fang'er with a little more anger and jealousy.
Concubine Zhen smiled faintly and said, "Your Highness is charming and beautiful, which man would not love you? But using beauty to please a man cannot last long. If you don't take good care of yourself and give birth to a son for the Emperor, this honor and favor will only last for three or two years."
After giving birth to the fourth prince, Concubine Zhen has been living in seclusion. It's not that she doesn't want to compete for favor, but her fourth prince had a high fever not long after he was born, and his mind was a little confused. However, no matter what, with the prince, her position as a concubine is stable.
Therefore, she seemed very proud when she said this.
As a person who had experienced it, she told those jealous people not to worry about it. The emperor would get tired of her after two years. She was in poor health and could not have children, so he would naturally ignore her.
Hu Huanling felt panicked when he heard these words.
Because Sun Fang'er was not pregnant, and neither was she.
I don’t know what happened. Why didn’t I get pregnant
She was secretly worried, but there was nothing she could do.
Seeing that the people below kept talking about Concubine Zhao, she couldn't help but frown and said, "Today, I invite everyone to gather here. First, it is to enhance the relationship between sisters and sisters-in-law, and second,..."
She glanced at Zi'an and Mei Fei, and said earnestly, "I heard that there is some unhappiness between the Regent Princess and Mei Fei. We are all family, so if there is anything unpleasant, why not talk about it openly? Don't hurt the harmony of the royal family."
Concubine Mei was stunned for a moment and subconsciously glanced at Zi'an. Zi'an also looked at her, but when he saw her looking at him, he immediately looked away and pretended to talk to Sun Fang'er.
Mei Fei couldn't help but get angry, "Empress, it's not that I don't want to reconcile, but some people are too stubborn and won't listen to explanations."
Zi'an said calmly: "Your Majesty, you are too kind. I am not stubborn, but I am stubborn in choosing good things."
(End of this chapter)