I was stunned for a moment, looking at the hedgerow and speechless.
As if afraid that I wouldn't understand, Lu Li put his hand on his stomach for a comparison, and then whispered, "It's big..."
I slowly closed my mouth, nodded knowingly, and when I looked up, the hedgerow was eagerly waiting for my response, so I smacking my lips again and sighing, "It's really a good piece of land."
Hearing this, Lu Li looked strange, and his small eyes involuntarily glanced towards my stomach.
I looked down at my watermelon-like belly, and somehow I remembered the rain that had only started halfway through. I simply twitched the corners of my mouth and laughed at myself, "The Zhang family's land is pretty good!"
Just as he was talking, Qi Sheng came in from outside. Seeing that Lu Li and I were very close to each other, he asked casually, "What are you whispering?"
Since we had a "sincere talk" with Qi Sheng in the pavilion that night, the two of us got along a lot better. Qi Sheng no longer did not enter my palace gate for ten days and a half months before, but was separated from each other. Just came to sit with me, didn't talk about court affairs, just casually chatted up a few words, but unfortunately the two of us really didn't have a common language, so we often got cold when we talked about it later.
I felt it was embarrassing for the two of them to be relatively silent, so I decided to take advantage of his opportunity here to recommend to him the beauties who were temporarily living in my palace, and ask them to take turns serving him tea, water and pastries until Qi Sheng saw until you hit one of them.
But an emperor is an emperor, and he will stop at what he says, and he won't say too much. For example, he never says which one he likes, but instead says, "Pengpeng, your tea is really good."
Or say: "Pengpeng, this sweet-scented osmanthus cake is good today."
Or to say: "Pengpeng, the crystal cake is exquisite."
At this time, I knew it in my heart, so I secretly gave Lvli a secret signal, telling her to wash the beauties who brought tea or the sweet-scented osmanthus cakes quickly, and sent Qi Sheng to the bedroom after dark in the evening.
Qi Sheng didn't say anything, and he didn't say whether the sweet-scented osmanthus cake or the crystal cake was delicious, but his appetite was good, because none of the beauties he sent over could come back.
However, Qi Sheng's taste became more and more sloppy. Later, I have served tea and desserts here again and again, and he didn't say which one was delicious. Once I really had no choice but to ask him, "Your Majesty, do you want to eat steamed lotus root with noodles? I'll ask them to serve you one?"
"Steamed lotus root with noodles?" Qi Sheng opened his mouth slightly, a little stunned.
I nodded, for fear that he would be frightened by the "steamed lotus root", and then explained: "Although the shape and color look ugly, the taste is very good, maybe it will suit your taste. ."
Qi Sheng stabilized his mind, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it, I've been a vegetarian recently, so I don't touch these meaty things."
Later, when he came to me, he would not touch the water, and the beauties behind me would never have a chance to send them out.
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Lu Li hurriedly bowed his knees to Qi Sheng and went down to serve him tea.
Qi Sheng came over to me, sat casually on the chair beside him, still not forgetting what happened just now, and asked, "What did you say to Lu Li? Why did you mention Zhang's land? "
I choked, and I didn't know how to say this, when Lu Li had already brought back tea, and replied with a natural smile, "My lady said that the Zhang family's villages in Cuishan are good, so I should pick two. Come to be the dowry for the second girl."
Qi Sheng nodded when he heard the words, turned his head and said to me, "There are quite a few royal villagers in Cuishan, so it's okay to take one out and give it to He Bingze."
I can't help but be stunned. The royal Zhuangzi is much bigger than the Zhang family's Zhuangzi. Qi Sheng is really generous to this He Bingze. It can be seen that although He Bingze annoyed Qi Sheng because of the marriage, he did not like it. lose his trust.
Qi Sheng glanced at me and asked again, "Do you miss Miss Zhang Er?"
I know that I don't have much friendship with the second girl of the Zhang family. If I think about her, Qi Sheng will not believe it, but because Lu Li was still standing on the side, I can only pretend to sigh: "She was a little girl when I went out. In the blink of an eye, she's going to get married, and the days go by so fast."
Hearing this, Qi Sheng said with a half-smile but not a smile: "They will come to the palace to thank them when they become relatives, but you can leave her to talk about it when the time comes."
I naturally understand the deep meaning of his "good talk", but that's exactly what I planned, and I can't escape his eyes anyway, so I might as well admit it generously. I nodded and said, "It's not easy to see you once, you have to talk about it."
Qi Sheng smiled and sat for a while before leaving. After he was gone, Lu Li cleaned up the tea that had not moved on the table, and said as if he had lingering fears: "Niangniang, this servant suddenly feels that the current emperor is not the same as the previous one, although he seems to have a much less temper. , there is always a smile on his face, but the servants are even more afraid when they see the emperor."
I nodded my head with deep sympathy, and said solemnly, "Well, dogs that bite people usually don't bark."
Lu Li's hand trembled along with it.
At the end of August, the Zhang family and the He family were officially married. Because it was the gift of Qi Sheng, the wedding between He Bingze and the second girl of the Zhang family was very beautiful. It is said that only the dowry of the second girl entered the door of the He House. There are still people over there who have not left the door of Zhang's house. The people of Shengdu are stunned. How can the He family marry a daughter-in-law? This is moving a golden mountain to their home!
However, even so, the face of the head mistress of the He Mansion, Mrs. Lin, still held an elder, more than an inch longer than before. On the other hand, the second girl, although she couldn't hide the shyness of the bride, always had a gentle smile on her face. No matter how her mother-in-law treated her, she always looked submissive.
Comparing the two, the high and low are obvious.
In the Empress Dowager's Palace, I glanced at Lin Shi and the second girl who came to thank her, turned my head to the side and sighed secretly with Lu Li: "Second girl is not simple, the little white flower in front of people, and the queen flower in the back, this is the master's hand. Master!"
Lu Li was stunned for a moment, and suddenly asked me in a low voice, "What about the one from our Orchid Hall?"
I thought about it for a while before answering: "There is no comparison, no matter what kind of flower Jiang's is, it's gone anyway, so it's not a problem!"
Lu Li wanted to ask again, but the queen dowager over there has turned her head to look at me, smiling very kindly, "The queen has sunk, and she has been sitting here for a long time, don't get tired, or Go back and rest early. The second lady will also accompany your sister there, and the two sisters can say a few private words when the door is closed, and when your mother is gone, I will send someone to call you. "
I was a little surprised, and stood up with the help of the hedge, and respectfully replied "yes".
The second girl thanked her for her kindness, but her eyes secretly looked at Mother He's face. Seeing her like this, Mother He's face darkened again. The queen mother sitting beside her laughed first and joked: "It's clear that the queen mother wants to leave her niece to say something sweet, but she has to use other people's sisters' excuses. Come on, the concubine also hurried back to her palace. Go, save yourself an eyesore at your old man's house."
Even though he said that, he didn't move. Seeing that the Empress Dowager pointed at her and smiled at everyone, "Look, these are all people who are empress dowagers, and they are so poor, and they are not afraid of the empress laughing at you."
The queen mother covered her mouth and laughed, and everyone in the hall was busy laughing along with her.
The war between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been in full swing in China for thousands of years. I asked myself that I couldn’t make the two of them change their battles into jade and silk, and I was afraid that if one of them didn’t pay attention, the sparks would scorch me again. It is estimated that the second girl also saw some momentum. This time, even her mother-in-law didn't even bother to take a look at me again.
Back in the Xingsheng Palace, Lu Li used an excuse to pour tea and escaped. The second girl saw that there was no one else to her left and left, so she knelt on the ground without saying a word, solemnly kowtowed to me twice, and said in her mouth, "Thank you, Jingjing. The grace of the eldest sister is perfect."
I had the heart to beat her, but I didn't rush her to get up, I just said: "I don't ask about the past, I just tell you one thing, if the husband is a woman's face in her mother's house, then the mother's family is a woman in her husband's house. The reason why the emperor gave you a marriage is not because you married He Bingze, but because you are the daughter of our Zhang family! You are a sensible person, and I won't say anything else. "
The second girl was obviously stunned for a moment, and then she kowtowed deeply and said in a deep voice, "Jingjing understands, thank eldest sister for teaching me."
I raised my hand at her, motioned her to get up, and chatted with her a few more times. Before waiting for the Empress Dowager to send someone to call, I asked Lu Li to take her back to the Empress Dowager.
Lvli, this girl has neat legs, she came back after a while, walked up to me mysteriously, and whispered with gestures: "When the slave servant sent the second girl over, Mrs. He's face was drawn so long. , even the eye circles are red, and at a glance, I know that I have been reprimanded by the empress dowager..."
Hey! The schadenfreude on this face!
I smiled and said, "Don't laugh at Mrs. He, Lu Li, think about it, if you had an only son who was tied up with ropes and hung between two large ships, if the two ships could always kiss each other, It's good to work hand in hand closely. If you turn your face, no matter from which side you swing your knife and chop the rope, your son will fall into the water. You are his mother, can you not cry? I guess you even have the heart to jump into the river. "
Lu Li thought about it seriously, then nodded solemnly and sighed: "Cry, you must cry, I'm afraid that the slave will not even be able to find a place to cry."
Seeing that this girl can see through it, I was greatly relieved. While subconsciously touching my round belly, I smiled and said, "That's the truth, so it's not surprising that Mrs. He has a face."
The two were talking leisurely, and Freehand said from outside the gate of the palace: "Niangniang, there is a message from Chengqian Palace, saying that the emperor will come over for dinner later."
As soon as these words fell, I only felt a little stuffy in my chest, but the green hedge on the side immediately smiled happily. After glancing at me, he was busy and suppressed his expression of joy, and persuaded me bitterly: "Niangniang, if the slave and maid say something arrogant, the emperor is already I bowed my head to you, don't refute his face too much, if it really annoys the emperor, isn't the empress herself the one who suffers?"
I understand the meaning of Lu Li, she said bluntly that Qi Sheng has enough to give me face, I must not give face shame, but I try to put letters, and one day I put letters too much, all of a sudden Once it's a word, it's over.
I sat silently for a moment, then turned to ask the hedgerow: "Do you like to use your hot face to stick to someone's cold ass?"
Ledge was startled by my question, and subconsciously shook his head.
Oh, I don't even like the little palace maid of Lvli. As the most powerful man in the world, Qi Sheng doesn't even need to hook his little fingers every day, and countless beauties will pounce on him. Why did he come here? See my cold face
"People ask for something, so they will be low and small. The bigger the request, the lower the attitude. Do you understand? Silly girl!"
Lu Li shook his head again, still puzzled.
After thinking about it, I decided to change the way of expression, so I dipped my finger in tea and drew a simple maze diagram on the table, with one entrance but several exits, and then pointed to those exits and said, "This man, in the When walking the labyrinth, they will be very good to you, but not necessarily to come out of the exit of 'love', they are either 'power', or 'fame and fortune', or even just for 'excitement', you can't Just squatting and waiting in one mouth, understand?"
It's good for me to explain it like this, Lvli's eyes were a little straight, and he shook his head and said, "I still don't understand."
I had the intention to explain a few more words to Lu Li, so as to save her having to give birth to a child after being sold by a man, but seeing the ignorant look on her face, I couldn't help but sigh, alas, a woman, even if No matter how clever he looked, he became confused when it came to love.
Forget it, I'd better save it, instead of trying to enlighten her, I might as well sell her to a rich and kind family.
As we enter September, the weather cools down early in the morning and at night, and my stomach that has been holding up for several months finally stopped its momentum of continuing to grow. Seeing that the melon is about to ripen, and the end of the day is coming, I am not as apprehensive as before. , unexpectedly calmed down.
Because it is Qi Sheng's first child, and I occupy the seat of the empress, all the bigwigs are very concerned about this child. The establishment of Xingsheng Palace was suddenly full, and the mother Wen who delivered the birth was seriously overstaffed. The two that Qi Sheng had sent earlier, the Empress Dowager and the Zhang family each sent two more. Later, the Empress Dowager felt that she didn't show her face, so she simply sent two stable wives over.
Well, there are just eight, enough for two tables of mahjong.
I gave an opinion to Qi Sheng, saying that it is enough for Po Wen to have two experienced and experienced people. This is not to make the Eight Immortals cross the sea. What is it
Qi Sheng pondered for a moment and replied, "It's safer to ask two more imperial physicians who are good at gynecology to stay here."
I really wanted to roll my eyes, thinking that the action was too girly, so I forcibly held back and asked him with a sullen face: "Do you need to call two more people who are good at pediatrics?"
Qi Sheng said sternly: "It's still your thoughtful thinking, but I forgot about this." Then he turned his head and instructed the attendant's servant, "Go to the Imperial Hospital and ask, and see which one is the best at pediatrics."
have to! Another table of mahjong.
In mid-September, Qi Sheng ran more and more diligently in my palace, from two trips every three days to two trips a day, and then he simply stayed in my palace at the back.
Qi Sheng was so passionate towards me that he was both happy and sad when he called Lvli, and after a while he said to me with a smile on his face: "Niangniang, the emperor really values you and His Highness." After a while, he couldn't bear it anymore The resident was worried, and complained to me in a low voice when there was no one there: "Niangniang, the emperor has always been here, how can I bring in the things from the family?"
In order to ensure that I can "get a man in one fell swoop", the Zhang family has already made arrangements outside the palace. There are several pregnant women who are close to my birth period. They are always ready. Sheng Lian lives in my palace, if you want to play tricks under his nose, it's really hard.
On the evening of September 23rd, when I was about to ask Lvli to bring me some late-night snacks before going to bed, I suddenly felt a throbbing pain in my stomach. After the initial panic, I suddenly realized that his uncle’s ! I really want to give birth to a baby this time!