She is different from the empress in the history books

Chapter 111 Pregnancy
At this time, Xu Shu knew nothing about the battle that was related to her life. Early the next morning, Xu Shu was awakened by the noise outside the tent. She hurriedly gathered her hair and neatly styled a simple hairstyle. , opened the curtain and walked out.

They were burying a pot for cooking outside. Although they had only been out for a few days, because of Xu Shu's presence and it wasn't a march, they still took the necessary kitchen utensils and food condiments, and they were cooking a large vat of thick rice porridge.

Tian Xiaowei was not there, so Xu Shu looked around and asked Cheng Yufeng:

"Where did Captain Tian go?"

"He said he would go and see what was going on in the big market and see if anyone had led hundreds of horses."

"Forget it."

Al also came out of another tent. He lived with Captain Meng. The tent was not big, but no one was worried about him living alone, so he had to squeeze in.

At this time, Al was not in a good mood, not only because he was worried about his parents, but also because of Captain Meng's loud snoring and overwhelming foot odor—although he himself was not much better, but he still hated Principal Meng Wei.

"how?"

Xu Shu turned to ask.

"My parents are not fools. They brought so many horses and sold them to you in front of everyone? A group of Han people? And Han Chinese officers? You really are not afraid of death."

"But your father's letter only said that we should come and have sex with Na Daji."

"That's because I'm here, as long as I see people, I can recognize them, and then follow him to the place where the horse is hidden."

Sure enough, Al once again went to Daji without showing his face. After walking around, he found someone. It was his cousin, his mother's nephew, named Qile. He also had a Chinese name, Li. The wild geese return.

The reason why this cousin was not noticed was because he was born of a captive Han female slave, and his identity was not recognized at all. People only thought he was born of a female slave and an ordinary herdsman.

Until Ale's mother wanted her son to learn some Chinese, and she was still a little distressed about her nephew who was not compatible with the family, so she simply asked the mother and son to stay with her.

Even so, people don't pay attention to the mother and son. After all, no one believes that Ale's mother will really reuse the son born in Han Dynasty.

When the two brothers met, Al had tears in his eyes even though he was not originally very close to his cousin.Li Yanhui was much more restrained. Faced with Al's expression as if he had a thousand questions to ask, he stopped him immediately, then glanced at Xu Shu and others behind him, and immediately locked on Xu Shu.

"I don't know if the guests from Han are here to buy our tanned leather?"

Seeing that Ale did not identify the wrong person, Xu Shu knew that this was an excuse for the other party to sell horses, so she nodded immediately and asked:

"We need a lot of them, and they have to be shipped to several state capitals. I don't think the ones you put on the ground are enough. Do you have more?"

"Yes, there are many more, come with me."

Xu Shu and the others took Li Yan back to the place where the soldiers and horses were hiding to pick up the men. Only then did the cavalry of nearly a hundred people go far around Sena Daji and followed Li Yan back to the place where the horses were tied.

Xu Shu felt that Li Yanhui's facial contours were softer than those of foreigners, so she asked tentatively:

"You speak Chinese very well, I think it seems better than Al."

Li Yanhui said lightly:
"My mother is a Han woman."

Xu Shu suddenly didn't know what to say. Han women and foreigners have children, which is probably not a normal marriage pattern. Let's think about a county in Taizhou that was invaded 20 years ago. Adult men either died in battle or were captured. Killed, many female family members were taken away, and in a county, every family hung white flags.

Counting the time, Li Yanhui's mother probably fell here at that time.

Li Yan didn't say much when he replied. Due to his mother's influence and the bullying he had received since childhood, he did have a better impression of the Han people.

Even his Chinese name is the expectation of his mother's heart, and she doesn't even dare to look forward to returning to her hometown early, but hopes that one day she can send letters back to her hometown through Hongyan.

However, Li Yanhui was still a subordinate of Al Niang at this time. What's more, he understood to some extent that his blood was not compatible with the Han people, so his attitude towards Xu Shu was not very special. It's just a question and an answer, not much to say.

The group of people rode their horses across a hillside, then jumped over a slender stream, and finally saw a group of horses drinking in front of the stream.

And there are fifty or sixty strong men behind the horses.

Xu Shu immediately reined in the horse under her crotch, and tightly grasped the long knife slung around her waist with her other hand, and shouted:

"Stop!"

Cheng and Fengduo took two steps, in a posture of protecting Xu Shu, while Xiaowei Meng and Xiaowei Tian grabbed Ale, and the other pointed a knife at Li Yanhui.

The other soldiers also reacted quickly, each surrounding their own captain, and the other guards brought by Xu Shu surrounded Xu Shu.

Seeing Xu Shu and the others' behavior, the people on the other side immediately raised their vigilance. The two sides faced off, both full of distrust.

Al wiped his face, black ashes in one hand, he touched it several times, and finally revealed his true face, he shouted:
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. Didn't we agree to trade horses? No fight, no fight."

He turned to persuade Xu Shu:

"What are you doing? You are allowed to buy a horse and bring so many people here, but you are not allowed to bring more people to escort the money. Can you trust me a little more?"

Xu Shu carefully looked at the people opposite, and it seemed that... they really didn't look like they were going to fight. She breathed a sigh of relief and rolled her eyes at Al again, thinking to herself, wasn't it that I was frightened by your sudden appearance that time?

Xu Shu signaled that the people behind him should not be too tense, Captain Meng also carefully sized up the person opposite, and acquiesced to Xu Shu's judgment.

The tense atmosphere between the two sides was relieved, and the horses came a little closer.It's just that Captain Meng's grip on Al's hand hasn't completely relaxed yet.

The leader on the other side didn't even look at Li Yan. He just kept looking at Al to see if he was safe.Al's expression tightened and he was unwilling to talk to the other party.

This is his second half-brother. The two brothers stay with their respective mothers and do not live together, so they really don't have any feelings for each other.

In addition, he had to stay in the hands of the Han people for a long time, but his good second brother was sent to receive such a large sum of money. It seemed that he had taken a huge advantage.

The thick-haired man opposite didn't care about Al's indifference. He expressed some concern for Al, but when he didn't answer, he stopped asking and took Xu Shu and the others to inspect the horses.

The first thing I looked at was the ten horses that were going to be given to Pei Wei. I saw that the hair of these horses was shiny, the muscles of the waist, abdomen and thighs were faintly visible when walking, and the horseshoes were also strong and round. Facing the strange visitor, there was a faint look in the eyebrows and eyes means.

Xu Shu knew in her heart that this was indeed a good horse, even more wild than the one she was riding now that her mother-in-law had spent a lot of money to buy for her.

Xu Shu's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but want to touch one of them.

Al's second brother stopped her:

"Hey, this is a mare with a calf. It's the time to be afraid of people."

Xu Shu took a closer look and found that the brown mare's belly was indeed slightly bulging.

"You guys are taking advantage of it. If we didn't find more such good horses all of a sudden, we wouldn't sell you a mare with cubs at all."

Xu Shu said generously:
"How about I give you a little more money for this little horse in my belly? I'll buy it from you at the price of an ordinary horse."

When the other party thought about it, it wasn't a loss, it was even better than they expected. They thought the pony would have to be given away for nothing.

"Okay, it's grand enough. This business is good."

The other party led Xu Shu to see the more than 200 ordinary horses.

After seeing the good horses, Xu Shu is not so interested in the poorer ones. It just so happens that some of these horses will be distributed to the governor of Fucheng, and some will be distributed to Captain Meng. In addition, Cheng Yufeng will equip his guards, and Pei Peng's parts.

Therefore, she only asked Cheng Yufeng and the others to check the other horses, while she walked around the mare in circles, constantly asking the mare when she was pregnant, when she gave birth, and what kind of horse the pony's father was. Questions like that.

It just so happened that the stallion next to the mare was the father of the pony, and one of the ten good horses.This shows that the pony is not born with bad aptitude.

Xu Shu's heart was even more moved. She had already made up her mind that she would wait for a while after bringing the horse back. After the mare gave birth, she wanted to keep the pony and not give it to her ignorant uncle.

What Xu Shu said is true. Pei Wei is a prince who really grew up in the deep palace. Not only did he never go out hunting with the late emperor, he even became a prince before leaving the palace. Fight wits and courage with brothers and sisters who refuse to admit defeat, confront important officials who are unwilling to let go of power, and confront Confucian officials who advise him to be kind and diligent...

In short, he couldn't ride a horse at all.

It's hard not to make Xu Shu feel a little bit of pity, because he is the emperor, so knowing that he doesn't like horses and can't ride horses, he still has to give him such a good horse, so that he can treat his family well. A Niang, a little more friendship.

And what is Pei Wei doing who is being complained by Xu Shu at this time?

He was facing the second great event in his life that almost changed his fate—his concubine was pregnant.

Pei Wei is not too young, he is already in his twenties. At the moment when early marriages are common, if his elder brothers are successful at this age, the eldest son will be ten years old, and in two years they will be able to see each other for marriage.

The arrival of this child not only symbolizes that he is a normal man who can have his own children and pass on the inheritance of his ancestors.

It also made his throne more stable - marrying the daughter of a family may not necessarily lead to a stable alliance with that family, but having a common bloodline will undoubtedly make the other party's attitude towards supporting him more firm.

And those people in the imperial court who are still aggrieved, seeing that Pei Wei's next generation is about to be born, unless they are very resolute, they have to face up to one point - that is Pei Wei's position, as he has a child After that, I have sat more firmly.

After all, even if many courtiers are not very satisfied with Pei Wei, they will still imagine that his son is a teachable and smart prince. Then wouldn't it be good to teach the prince well? Why bother to change the emperor?

Pei Wei was spinning around excitedly in the concubine's palace, laughing "hahahaha" from time to time.

The concubine, who hadn't yet shown her bosom, stood on one side with a face full of shame, with one hand resting on her stomach, while the other hand was supported by a courteous servant.Even though the child in her stomach is about the size of a bean sprout at this time, the people around her have already put in all their energy to take care of her.

She was still ashamed on her face, but she was even more proud in her heart. Among the concubines who entered the palace at the same time, she had the least prominent family background. Her father only became a seventh-rank official. Originally, this was nothing. No job yet.

However, Concubine Xian has a family behind her, and her father can come in and out of the palace to meet the emperor at will even if he is not an official.

But she was different. The most promising person in the family was her father. Therefore, after she entered the palace, she had the lowest status and was the most inconspicuous.

Not to mention the queen, Shili Hongzhuang, the main door is wide open to welcome in.Although other concubines entered the palace as concubines, their dowries were grand and they brought several maids with them.

However, in this palace, the capable always go up and the mediocre go down, so what if the original background is good?Stomach struggle is real.

With a son, who can guarantee that those high and noble people will not bow their heads to her one day?

At this time, in the largest hall located in the center of the harem, Wang Shu was sitting alone in the hall, wondering what she was thinking.

The maid beside her, who was also the dowry she brought from her natal family, urged anxiously:
"Miss, this servant knows that you are not feeling well, but she is already pregnant, and it is still a matter of whether she can give birth to a son or not, and it is even more uncertain whether she can give birth to a son. You can't get tired of His Majesty at this time, it's time to congratulate him, otherwise Waiting for all the other halls to go, but you didn't go, wouldn't it be..."

Wang Shu's mood was not as bad as the maid thought.

In fact, Pei Wei didn't treat her badly, respect and decency were given to her.

Although she could see that the other party preferred soft and obedient women, whether it was for the sake of the heirs, to explain to the Wang family, or to express satisfaction with her as the queen, in short, Pei Wei did not treat her badly.

As for the matter of offspring, sometimes it depends on luck.

The Yin Meiren who is now pregnant has not met His Majesty as often as Wang Shu did for half a month, but she still got pregnant successfully.

When her luck has arrived, even if Wang Shu envies her, she will not hold grudges, let alone be unable to sit still. As long as she is stable in her status, no matter how many children others have, it will be difficult to pull her down.

Therefore, what Wang Shu is actually thinking about is another thing, that is, other people may not be able to sit still, right?

Although Wang Shu and the others entered the palace not long ago, they are new neighbors who are not very familiar with each other.

But Wang Shu also knew that the purpose of the rest of the people entering the palace was probably similar to her own. It was nothing more than the family's expectation. The best thing was to give birth to a son who would inherit the throne, so that the future emperor would have their family's blood.

After Wang Shu took the second place, apart from fighting for the support of their respective families, the rest was to fight for the ranking of their sons.

The first son, the eldest son, still has a huge advantage.

At this time, Yin Meiren suddenly emerged, and there was no guarantee that she would not arouse the dissatisfaction of others. At this time, I am afraid that many people are secretly hoping that this child will not be born.

Not only the women in the palace, but also their elders outside the palace, fathers, brothers, would inevitably curse secretly, only regretting that the child was not reincarnated into the womb of his own mother, otherwise Pei Wei would be so happy that he would make three orders in a row Isn't it their family's turn to receive rewards?

But Wang Shu is going to turn against them. She wants to help Yin Meiren keep this child, and it is best to really give birth to a healthy prince.

When Wang Shu's father heard the news from the palace, he also walked around in the yard, but he was not happy, but anxious.

Why, how could someone else get in first?

When he saw his wife coming in, he couldn't help but grab her and asked:

"When you were at home, didn't you hire a doctor for Ah Shu's long-term care? Why isn't she pregnant yet? Instead, you asked a daughter of a minor official to pick the peaches."

"It's well adjusted, but pregnancy doesn't depend entirely on your health, it also depends on your fate. Ashu is in good health and will have a baby sooner or later. What are you in a hurry for?"

"What's the rush? What are you talking about? The eldest son's identity has been taken by someone else, what's the matter with our Wang family!"

The woman was not afraid that he would get angry, so she pulled her sleeve out of the opponent's hand, looked at the wrinkled marks on the newly made clothes with distress, and stretched out her index finger with her left hand to touch her husband's forehead:

"Huh, let her give birth to a eldest son. Let them fight when the time comes. Our A-Shu is just in time to lie down and take good care of her body to give birth to a son."

(End of this chapter)