Donggong Zhangjiao

Fengxuan Palace.

When Tim Mo came back, the queen was looking at the account books.

"Mother." Tim Mo bowed.

"I'm back." The queen didn't raise her head. "Have everything been arranged? From the Double Ninth Festival ceremony to the reception banquet, there is no room for sloppiness."

Tim Mo nodded, "Don't worry, Madam, everything has been taken care of. The Ministry of Internal Affairs doesn't dare to be careless about such a big thing."

Hearing this, the queen also nodded, "That's good. Minsi went to sort out the warehouse. She collected a lot of things during the Mid-Autumn Festival and needs to be sorted out. You go and help her. I drew up the list in the morning. I will take a look at it. Pick some good ones and send some back to the house during the Double Ninth Festival."

She ordered, but Tian Mo didn't move.

"What's going on?" The queen finally raised her head when she realized something was wrong.

Seeing Tian Mo hesitate to speak, he frowned slightly, as if he had something on his mind.

The queen said, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

"I just went to do something. I met people from Yuzhang Palace on the way. I heard a few words and felt that it might be related to what the empress and Concubine Zhao were talking about." Tim Mo said.

After a pause, he looked at the queen and motioned for her to continue, and then continued.

"The two little maids said that the Duke of Qin's wife is pregnant, and the wife of Liu Shilang from the household department outside is also pregnant. They said that if they give birth to a daughter, she will probably be given to the fourth prince to marry her."

After hearing this, the Queen's hand that was about to hold the teacup also froze.

After a moment of silence, he whispered.

"The child is still in the womb, and the gender is unknown. There is no guarantee that a girl will be born. It is natural that the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Qin will be matched with the fourth prince, but the daughter of the Liu family, unless Liu Qin goes one step further and sits in the household. Otherwise, he would not be qualified for the position of minister."

"Looking at the current momentum of Liu Shilang in the court, it will not take long to reach the position of minister with the favor of Imperial Concubine Zhao. The current minister is King Dun's father-in-law, Lord Lin. This Lord Lin I am already old, and although I can do my job, my health is not very good. In a few years, it will be time to retire."

As Tim Mo spoke, he picked up the tea cup and handed it to the Queen, then continued.

"Needless to say, the Liu family is inseparable from Concubine Zhao, but the Duke of Qin's Palace, maybe, Concubine Zhao personally wiped out the entire Fang family of her mother's family, how can she have such a relationship with this Miss Fang Wu? Are you close? In order to consolidate this relationship, I might even want to ask the emperor to let the fourth prince marry the Qin family."

After she said this, the queen looked thoughtful, took a sip of tea, and then said.

"Well, I have my own considerations about this matter. It's okay if she doesn't respond to me now. When the army commander returns to the court, the two famous doctors will examine Xu'er. If Xu'er's poison can still be solved There is no need to ask others for anything."

"Yes, the slaves retire."

Tim Mo nodded and retreated.

At that time, in the Yuzhang Palace, Fang Yun already had the answer to what he said to the queen about cooperation.

It's better to say no.

If she agrees to marry the queen now, in order to ensure that she does not regret it, the queen will most likely want an explicit contract, such as asking the fourth prince to get engaged right away.

Although he doesn't say which girl from the Lu family he will decide to marry now, it is not impossible to decide to marry a girl from the Lu family in the future.

Fang Yun could naturally do this, but if he really did it, he would be telling Pei Yao that he wanted the fourth prince to take the crown prince's position.

This is Ming Dynasty's longing.

As the same saying goes, if someone gives you something, you can take it, but if you don’t give it to them, but you clearly care about it, it will naturally make people unhappy.

Fang Yun didn't want to take such a risk, and there was a rift between him and Pei Yao.

After all, looking at it now, Fang Yun also felt in his heart that the fourth prince was not far away from becoming the crown prince.

Of course, if the queen is rejected, she may indeed start to fight against her head on, overtly or covertly, and there is nothing she can do about it.

Between Pei Yao and the Queen, Fang Yun still chose to cooperate with Pei Yao.

After all, Pei Yao has the final say in the current court, and it is not the case where the Lu family has power over the entire court and controls the emperor.

It's just that Fang Yun has made a decision in his heart, but he doesn't plan to tell the queen yet. Fang Yun wanted to make other plans after giving birth to the child safely, but now he was standing still to stabilize the queen.

In short, both sides now have their own plans.

As soon as the Double Ninth Festival ceremony was over, there were only about twenty days before the army returned to Beijing, and the whole palace was filled with joy.

Fang Yun was in September and could be activated at any time, so Pei Yao came to watch almost every day.

When he is not busy, he stays overnight with her. If he is really busy and has no time, he will send Hong Zheng to come and take a look.

But this time, Fang Yun activated it at night.

The tightening pain in his stomach woke Fang Yun from his sleep.

The person was still a little confused at this moment, and it wasn't until the tightening feeling in the abdomen came again that Fang Yun realized that she was about to give birth, and hurriedly reached out and patted Pei Yao who was sleeping outside.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Pei Yao woke up immediately and sat up.

Fang Yoon frowned, "It seems like she's about to give birth."

Upon hearing this, Pei Yao was happy at first, then became nervous and hurriedly called people in.

During this period, neither Qingrong nor Timo left the palace, they just guarded Fang Yun, fearing that they might give birth at any time.

Now that they heard the noise, the two of them quickly made arrangements.

The lights in Yuzhang Palace were lit up, and soon the noise was heard from all over the harem, and everyone got up and rushed over.

Not long after, people stood in a crowd of people in the courtyard.

The fourth prince and the second princess couldn't sleep, so they got up and followed them outside.

This pregnancy was not too troublesome, perhaps because Fang Yun's pregnancy had always been good, and the birth process was very smooth.

From the start to the safe delivery of the baby, it took a total of one and a half hours.

Compared with the hardships when giving birth to the Fourth Prince, it was so much better.

When the midwife took the baby out, Pei Yao was still a little stunned.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, it's a little princess. Everything is fine with your concubine!"

"Okay, okay." Pei Yao said two good words in a row, and then laughed happily, "The noble concubine gave birth to the princess safely. I am very happy today, and the whole palace will be rewarded!"

Everyone present also immediately said various blessings.

The slaves are the happiest. Who wouldn't be happy to receive reward money?

The queen, on the other hand, had a smile on her face, but there was a hint of envy and sadness in her eyes.

After a while of excitement, everyone dispersed.

Keeping it would also disturb Fang Yun's rest.

Naturally, Pei Yao refused to leave. He hugged his daughter for a long time and then asked the wet nurse to take her away.

Then I couldn't sleep anymore. After the room was tidied up, I went in and talked with Fang Yun for a while, coaxing Fang Yun to sleep. Seeing that it was almost time, I went directly to the court.

It is a good thing to have children. Now that Fang Yun has given birth to the fourth prince and the seventh princess, he is very happy.

So even though Pei Yao didn't sleep for half the night, he was still energetic in the morning.

The courtiers just thought that the army was about to return to Beijing, and the emperor was happy. After the court, they found out that Concubine Zhao had given birth to another little princess.

In this way, for a while, everyone in the court secretly sighed that the imperial concubine was favored.

Naturally, Prime Minister Lu has heard this news in his ears. He has mixed feelings in his heart, but he also knows that now that the Lu family is no longer in the limelight, forcing him to do anything will more easily hurt the foundation. It is better to sink in it first and wait for the future.