Work overtime

Chapter 758

Jiang Yuebai felt nauseous and wanted to vomit, so she asked Lichun to accompany her for a walk outside.

What happened instead was that I heard a shocking conversation at the rockery.

"You shouldn't have come."

"I can't not come."

"There is no possibility between us. I have married into the royal family. You should resign and go back."

"I can't just watch you suffer while I get away with it. If you're willing to go, I have a way to fake your death."

"Give up the idea. After I entered the palace, I had no intention of returning. I want to fight for a future for my family in the harem."

"I can help you."

"No need. Just leave here. You'll get everyone in trouble."

"I will watch from a distance and never disturb you."

"No. Go, the farther the better."

When Jiang Yuebai heard this, she heard footsteps behind her. It turned out that Li Beichen couldn't find her and was worried that she was in trouble, so he came out to look for her.

Jiang Yuebai coughed lightly, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, walked forward quickly, and said shyly, "Your Majesty, why are you here?"

"I heard you vomited, and I was worried about you. Are you feeling better? I prepared some tangerine peel water for you. It can help with morning sickness."

Jiang Yuebai hurriedly took two steps forward and vomited a lot more.

"You've worked so hard," Li Beichen stroked her back, "Come on, I'll go back with you."

Jiang Yuebai looked at Li Beichen and smiled gently, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Why are you so distant all of a sudden? Do you want to go to the side hall to see the imperial physician?"

Jiang Yuebai deliberately acted weak and said, "Okay."

Seeing Jiang Yuebai holding her belly and looking very uncomfortable, Li Beichen thought that she had overworked the fetus, so he quickly picked her up and carried her back.

The two people hiding behind the rockery finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Cairen lowered her voice and said, "Leave the harem, the farther the better. Otherwise, it will kill everyone."

She knew that the Queen had discovered them and was deliberately covering up for them. She also knew that if others discovered them, not even the Queen would be able to save her.

"I can't let you go." Du Ruo said with difficulty.

Wu Cairen said coldly, "You have to let it go even if you can't."

Having said that, he hurried out.

After a while, Du Ruo walked out from the other side.

Hua Fei, who was sitting in a pavilion high up to relax, turned around and asked the maid beside her, "Do you think they are having an affair? Is the Queen protecting them in one way and another behind their backs?"

After saying that, he held his waist, covered his mouth and coughed several times.

"My queen, please don't be anxious." said the little maid Yan'er.

Hua Fei was very depressed today. If she hadn't had a miscarriage, her child would have been two months old and could cry, make noises and laugh.

That bitch Concubine Jin already had a child. Nian Liangyuan got pregnant one after another. As for the Queen, she was also pregnant.

Why don't I have it?

The queen just vomited because she was pregnant, but the emperor actually carried her back. How dare she do that? Which pregnant woman doesn't vomit? She is the only one who is delicate.

"I don't know." The maid beside Concubine Ye answered timidly.

Hua Fei wiped her tears and said, "Let's see how she continues to cover it up in the future."

For things like this between men and women, as long as both parties are willing, no matter how hard they try to hide it, it will be revealed in their eyes. She doesn't even need to do anything, it will explode sooner or later.

She would see how the queen would clean up this mess. The little maid advised, "Your Majesty, the imperial physician said that you cannot stand the cold, so you should go in early."

"Okay, let's go in."

Hua Fei covered her mouth and coughed quickly again.

It has been almost half a year since I had a miscarriage at the end of May. I was not recovering well, and when I was about two months pregnant, I insisted on having Li Beichen sleep with me. Not only did I not get pregnant, but I also had continuous spotting.

In September and October, she finally got better. The emperor favored her several times when he visited her. I thought she would get pregnant this time. But she didn't. Then the weather changed, she caught a cold, and fell ill again.

I started coughing non-stop, couldn't sleep all day, had pains all over my body, and my confinement period became irregular and unclean.

The imperial physician said that she had gone to bed too early and had not taken good care of herself after the baby was born. According to the month she had a miscarriage, it would be best for her to rest for half a year.

Then why was Nian Liangyuan able to get pregnant during the short period of confinement?
Just now I saw the lively celebration of the first birthday, some with children, some with babies. But I had nothing. I ran out and cried for a while. And my cough has been severe these days, and I cough up more and more yellow phlegm. The doctor said it was due to internal heat. How can I not have internal heat?

She stood up, looked at the rockery for a few seconds, and went back with the two little palace maids.

After Jiang Yuebai returned, she was in labor. Li Beichen was very worried, so he went to the banquet to inform her, and then accompanied Jiang Yuebai on a sedan chair back to Kunning Palace.

Li Beichen stayed by Jiang Yuebai's side, holding her hand and talking to her, advising her to worry less. With the formulation of new regulations, the operation of the court, the Imperial Hospital, and the harem departments was on track and the efficiency was getting higher and higher. He was not as tired as before.

Jiang Yuebai then said with some sadness that during the New Year, her grandmother was in poor health and suffered from heart disease, and she was worried about her grandmother. She wanted to ask for mercy.

Li Beichen thought that someone was going to escort his grandmother to the capital or ask for some rare medicine. But he heard Jiang Yuebai say,

"I heard that the new judge Du is an expert in heart diseases. I would like to ask the emperor to let him go and see my grandparents, so as to show my filial piety."

"I approve it. Xiaobao, you should immediately draft an order to have Court Judge Du leave for Suzhou tomorrow to see the Queen's grandparents for their heart disease. Queen, do you have any other requests? You can mention them all at once."

Jiang Yue rolled her eyes and said, "Can you bring my New Year's gifts back with you? And it's rare for Du Yuanpan to go there, can you stay for a few more days and wait until my grandparents are well before returning to Beijing?"

"Do as the Queen says."

While the two were talking, word came from outside that Concubine Hua wanted to see her.

After Hua Fei came in, she immediately knelt down and bowed deeply. "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Today is your birthday, and I shouldn't have disturbed the emperor and the empress, but the matter is of great importance, so I have to report it. I report that Wu Cairen and Du Yuanpan just had an affair in the fake cave beside Qiuyue Lake, and they were debauched in the palace. Please understand your majesty."

Next to the rockery at Qiuyue Lake, wasn't the Queen right next to the rockery just now? And Du Yuanpan. Just when the Queen asked Du Yuanpan to be sent to Suzhou, Concubine Hua came to report the affair. The Queen must know something.

At the birthday banquet today, there is no way to make this public. Not only is it unlucky, but foreign envoys are here. Where will the emperor's face be then?

Li Beichen immediately said, "I just came from that side. The Queen and I didn't hear any unusual sounds, nor did we see the Concubine Wu you mentioned. The sky is dark today. Did you see it wrong, Concubine Hua?"

Hua Fei said anxiously, "I can't be wrong. I saw it clearly, absolutely true! They came out one after another with their clothes in disarray."

Because he was too excited, he started coughing repeatedly.

Li Beichen softened his voice immediately, "What are you all standing there for? Help Concubine Hua up, put the stove on the stove, and pour some hot tea for her. Concubine Hua, you're not feeling well, stop kneeling on the ground."

As he said this, he walked forward and helped Hua Fei up. Hua Fei also took the opportunity to soften her body and leaned on Li Beichen's arms, "Queen, I am telling the truth. I dare not tell even a single lie."

"I understand, my beloved concubine is the most sincere to me. Perhaps it was just too dark, and my beloved concubine misjudged me. Qiuyue Lake has always been not very clean, and it was often haunted in the past. My beloved concubine could not be in poor health and was possessed by evil spirits."

After saying that, Li Beichen helped Hua Fei to sit on the chair, personally served her tea and placed it on the table beside her, then placed the heater in her palm.

Concubine Hua was touched, "But my two maids saw it."

Li Beichen glanced over with cold eyes, "What did you see? If you dare to tell a lie, I will drag you out and chop you into pieces. Think it over first."

The two maids trembled in their hearts, secretly glanced at each other, hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I only saw two shadows."

Another said, "Your Majesty, it was too dark and I couldn't see clearly."

"You are lying. You clearly saw it all." Concubine Hua was so angry that she was about to tear the mouths of the two maids.

Coughing violently.

"Empress, you are pregnant. You should not work hard and rest early. Xiaobao, you should investigate now. Today is my birthday. You must be cautious. Lichun, you just went with the Empress. Tell Xiaobao what you saw and heard."

After Li Beichen finished speaking, he looked at Concubine Hua lovingly and said in a gentle voice, "Concubine Hua, you are not feeling well. I will take you back in the sedan chair and ask the imperial physician to see you. Queen, bring your fur coat. Concubine Hua is wearing too thin clothes and it is too cold outside."