Long Harem Road

Chapter 34

When the emperor arrived at Kunning Palace, he dismissed his servants. Li Mingzhong dutifully guarded the door, and soon left with a dark face. After that, he went to the Queen Mother's Shouning Palace, and had lunch with the Queen Mother.

No one knew what the emperor said and did in Huaqing Palace, Kunning Palace, and Shouning Palace. Although everyone was scratching their heads and desperately wanting to know the truth, no one dared to take a step beyond the thunder.

And they all reacted quickly, strictly ordering the palace people not to go out to inquire about the news without permission.

A few hours later, a decree from the Qianqing Palace spread throughout the harem. This was the first time that the emperor directly made arrangements for the harem affairs without giving the queen any face.

The general idea is, "The empress is in poor health and is recuperating in the Kunning Palace. The palace affairs are temporarily handed over to the concubine Xian. Concubine Shu was demoted to Liu Xiuyuan, and she was confined to Huaqing Palace. The eldest prince was taken to the prince's residence."

Although they don't know the specific details of the matter, but everyone is smart, they naturally connected with the matter of Zhu Cairen a few days ago, and couldn't help gloating at the empress and Liu Zhaoyuan.

Baozhu admired the emperor's high efficiency very much, and made up his mind that he must not underestimate the emperor's control over the palace. Maybe someone in the palace is the emperor's spy. .

It wasn't until a few days later that Baozhu cautiously sent someone out to inquire about the news, and the emperor had been staying in Qianqing Palace during this time.

"Did you find anything?" Baozhu asked lazily.

"Returning to the master, the people around Meiren Ma were dragged away by the Punishment Department because they were gossips, and they were all killed with a stick. As a result, Meiren Ma was seriously ill in bed." Huanxi still has lingering fears when she thinks about the process of her inquiring.

"Serious illness? It's not that the emperor wants anyone who is sick to be sick. However, it seems that the palace will be quiet for a while.

After thinking that the empress has suffered a lot, she should understand that it is not so easy to reap the benefits of the fisherman. After all, our emperor is not a vegetarian. "

Baozhu hooked the corner of her mouth, Queen, you must have suffered a lot.

"master?……"

"Hehe, do you think so many things would have happened in the harem in the past six months without the Queen's connivance and help?
It was a good move, but it's a pity that the queen was too eager for quick success, and the emperor saw through and blamed her for her inaction. Otherwise, why would you think the queen would be in poor health.

This is the emperor warning the empress, telling the empress brightly that she is not just a "sage" in this harem, who can take care of the harem for the emperor. "

"Your servant understands, the empress is really clever but she was mistaken by her cleverness."

"It's good that you understand. You can't get your shoes wet when you often stand by the river. In this palace, you must not underestimate anyone. In fact, the queen herself is not wrong, she just wants to keep her position." Baozhu squeezed the palm of your hand.

She still didn't say a word, as long as the emperor thinks you are good, then it is good, and you must make the emperor feel that you are within his control, instead of taking advantage of his trust and destroying your future.

"Okay, happy, stop the medicine and take my pulse. Taking advantage of the peace in the palace, we should make plans for ourselves." Baozhu lifted up her sleeves, revealing her tender lotus-like wrists.

Huanxi took her pulse carefully, pondered for a while, and said happily, "Master, your body has been recuperating, and you should have a little master soon after you stop the Bizi Tang."

"Well, let's stop for now. The Spring Festival is one month away. The timing is not very good. Let's adjust it first and talk about it later in the year."

"Yes, master."

Hongmei Yingxue wanted to celebrate the new year, and it was December in a blink of an eye. The queen finally recovered from her illness, took over the palace affairs from the still mediocre concubine Xian, and began to prepare for the new year.

This move made Baozhu even more alert and vigilant towards Concubine Xian, and she was able to let go of the power she had obtained lightly, either without desire or desire, or with deep scheming.

In December in the capital, there was constant snowfall, ice and snow, and biting cold wind. The queen was busy with the Spring Festival and stopped to pay her respects. Baozhu nestled in the Cuilu Pavilion every day to recuperate her body and do needlework. Finally, before the Laba Festival, she successfully completed the emperor's mission Four suits.

On the Laba Festival, the emperor rewarded all the palaces and valued ministers with Laba porridge, and turned over the signboard of Cuiluxuan. The orb did not leave the palace, but one can imagine the jealousy of the concubines in the harem.

In the evening, Baozhu stood outside the palace gate with a cup of tea, and the emperor's guard of honor was ushered in. Zhao Zhen was in a good mood for Baozhu's attention. He held her soft and boneless little hand, hugged her into the palace, and felt the tenderness in her little hand. Cool, but can't help but pity the fragrance and cherish the jade.

"Bao'er doesn't have to come out and wait in the future, my hands are cold." Since a month ago, when the two were alone, Zhao Zhen always liked to call her Bao'er.

The corners of Baozhu's mouth twitched, hypocritical, she clearly enjoyed the treatment when she saw the corners of his mouth curled up, but she still had to put on a show, her little hand was held by Zhao Zhen's broad and warm palm, she leaned her head on Zhao Zhen's chest, listening With a strong heartbeat, she said coquettishly.

"The emperor hasn't come to see his concubines for a few days, and he just wants to see the emperor soon." Baozhu and the emperor were full of affection, and happily waved and led them down, closing the door.

Zhao Zhen hooked the corners of his mouth, obviously he was in a good mood when he heard these words, "My Bao'er is so good, I love Bao'er the most, come, I will cover Bao'er."

After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, he smiled evilly, and kept wrapping his arms around her waist, with hot breath on her neck, he held her slender and tender hand with one hand, and put it in his underwear, "Good boy, It's hot here, keep Bao'er warm."

Baozhu touched the hot object in his hand, with an "ah", his face was blushing, rogue, his head was arched on Zhao Zhen's chest, shyly afraid to lift his head, rubbing, why is this emperor getting more and more vulgar.

"My dear Bao'er, what's the matter?" Zhao Zhen jokingly asked Bao Zhu's hopping and shy appearance.

From his angle, he just happened to see the woman's plump, tender neck, and her small and delicate ears were covered with a layer of blush.

Zhao Zhen is in a good mood, he really loves this transparent and sensitive little thing, as if he is the most relaxed and at ease only with her, "Bao'er, give me a lovely prince."

Zhao Zhen suddenly whispered softly in Baozhu's ear, he thought of the eldest prince he saw today, after experiencing some accidents, the eldest prince became cowardly and sickly.

Zhao Zhen felt a little bitter in his heart. Although he was young, he had few heirs, but he didn't regret it. He needed his child to have a strong biological mother to take care of him.

Like Wang Jieyu and Ma Meiren, I'm afraid it will only make the child suffer more, so he would rather be on the verge of breaking up than lose it after developing a relationship in the future.

Zhao Zhen doesn't think that he is ruthless. He has experienced the battles of princes, and he doesn't think it is really a blessing for the royal family to have many children. Of course, they can't be too few.

Baozhu was stunned for a moment, she heard the emperor's loneliness, she lightly rubbed Zhao Zhen's chest, and replied in a soft and delicate voice, "Well, my concubine is very happy."

After a happy night, Zhao Zhen got up early in the morning and left. Because there was no need to say hello, Baozhu fell asleep again. Thinking of Zhao Zhen's bravery last night, he couldn't help but blush.

"Joy, come in."

"Yes! Master, do you still drink today's medicine?"

Baozhu hesitated, although women in this era don't understand, Baozhu knows that these few days are the best time for her to ovulate, and she planned to try to seduce the emperor in these few days next month, but now she is relying on Bai had one more chance.

Forget it, if you have such good luck, you can be recruited once. In the next few months, in those few days, you will have to work hard, so let's save one more chance.

Baozhu touched her flat lower abdomen, raised her head and said, "No need, I don't need it in the short term, let's use it to warm and nourish the body."

"Yes, master." Joy was indeed very happy, but she had been looking forward to the master giving birth to a young master for a long time.

Baozhu put away the four sets of clothes she had made, thinking of Zhao Zhen's joy after seeing it last night, she shook her head slightly, the emperor still lacks these sets of clothes.

So she refused to be taken away by the emperor, but she just hoped that the clothes could be placed in Cuiluxuan, and she would wear them when the emperor came next time, Zhao Zhen readily agreed.

After that, Zhao Zhen returned to the normal harem servants, and Zhang Zhaorong served as many times as Baozhu. The people in the harem vaguely understood but were secretly jealous. These two were the emperor's new favourites.

Only Zhang Zhaorong couldn't tell the truth, the emperor came here mostly when she was sleeping under a quilt, her heart was like a mirror, the emperor was probably just trying to reassure the General Fuguo who was desperately working in the south.

In fact, she is very envious of Bao Zhaoyuan. She is in the game, so she can naturally feel the difference between the emperor and Bao Zhaoyuan. She is also on the cusp of the "Christmas" promotion, but she does not see any concerns or pity from the emperor. .

It was precisely because of this that she couldn't help wanting to get in touch with Bao Zhaoyuan, and wanted to see how she was inferior to Bao Zhaoyuan... If she was the emperor, she would also love Sister Bao.

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, as soon as the new year is over, the prelude to the new year officially kicks off. Baozhu feels a headache when she thinks of the series of prostrations on the first day of the first lunar month in the palace.

I don't know if Wei Guifei and Wang Jieyu, two pregnant women, can support them?But this is not what she should worry about, but at this moment, the joyful words grabbed her heart.

"Master, three days have passed since your little day this month." Joy stood beside Baozhu, worried.

"What?" Baozhu rubbed her belly in disbelief, could it be that she was so lucky?Hit once?It shouldn't be possible, "Don't say anything, you can't say for sure when you are young."

"Master, what if it's true? After kneeling, your body...?"

"Don't worry, it's fine even if it's true. It's only about 20 days, and it's still a small seed that can't be seen. Your master and I have always been in good health, and nothing will happen. Let's wait a few days to confirm."

"Yes, master."

The palace is in full swing, cleaning inside and out, hanging door gods, pasting couplets, pasting windows, sticking blessing characters, and it is New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.

"Master, you can't use rouge powder anymore. You have to wear thicker clothes. You must not catch a cold. You must not eat anything from the New Year's Eve banquet, and you must not drink tea..."

Huanxi kept chattering around Baozhu. Ever since she was confirmed to be pregnant, Huanxi immediately changed from a boring gourd to a nagging king, from dressing to eating, she kept chattering.

"Happy, fortunately, the emperor is busy with government affairs during this time, so he didn't come to our Cuilu Pavilion, or else he would have been drowned by your spittle." Baozhu couldn't help joking when she saw the joyful appearance.

"Master,..." Huanxi groaned coquettishly, covering her mouth, shaking her shoulders and smiling Zhenghuan.

"Hehe, I know that you are doing it for my own good, but you must not let others see the flaws. We still have to wait for the imperial physician to check the pulse after the year. We must not expose your medical skills, understand?"

"Slaves understand!"

The New Year's Eve banquet was held in the Jiaotai Hall. The participants were only the emperor and everyone in the harem. The queen mother who hadn't seen her face for a long time also participated. The hall was full of music and dancing, and the beautiful women were like clouds.

After the New Year's Eve banquet, the emperor and the queen accompanied the queen mother back to the Shouning Palace to worship the ancestors and receive the gods.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor and queen led all the concubines to kowtow to the hall first to worship their ancestors. After kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times, they had to go back to the palace to kowtow to the gods. After tossing all the way, it was past noon.

Afterwards, the emperor went to the main hall to receive kowtows from civil and military officials, and everyone was relieved, and went back to each house to find their own mothers. When Baozhu returned to Cuiluxuan, she was exhausted and fell lazily on the bed.

The situation of Concubine Wei Gui and Wang Jieyu is not so optimistic. Unless it is the emperor's decree, no one dares to be absent when worshiping their ancestors. The ancestors let them go back.

Even so, as soon as they knelt down, Concubine Wei Gui and Wang Jieyu were panting while holding their stomachs, and their faces were pale.Especially Wang Jieyu, who could only weakly lean on the maids and let them carry her back.

The imperial doctor hurried over, Concubine Wei Guifei was just tired, she was fine after resting, Wang Jieyu was not so lucky, her fetus moved, and she almost had a miscarriage, she could only lie in bed for the next few months , until production.

(End of this chapter)