Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 173 The Emperor and Empress Centrifuge

In the blink of an eye, in June, the second prince is full moon, and there is a banquet in the palace.

Compared with the first prince's full moon back then, the second prince's full moon wedding banquet is naturally more lively now, and the queen's son-in-law looks healthy and pleasing again.

Lin Qingran couldn't see clearly from a distance, the child was taken out during the wedding banquet, and soon brought back, only heard from the lady beside him that the child was also extremely favored in front of the emperor.

Here in the Shouhe palace, the second prince came back and fell asleep after breastfeeding. The confinement queen changed her clothes and was about to go out to show herself at the wedding banquet. The palace people came to report and several concubines came to congratulate her.

The queen met them first, and the second prince fell asleep and couldn't see them, so they went to the wedding banquet together.

Two years ago, when the queen did not give birth to a child, there were still favored concubines who would be proud. Now that the queen has given birth to a son, there are many people who hug their thighs later.

They went all the way, and they were only halfway there, and before they reached the wedding banquet, there was a palace doctor leading the imperial doctor through the gate of the palace not far away, and it seemed that they hadn't seen the queen who came over.

"Your Majesty, that seems to be heading towards the Flower Palace." Concubine Liang behind her spoke first, and the rest of the people echoed. Who didn't know that Rong Shuyi had offended the Empress Empress, and now she is still confined and grounded, and the gate is not out of the way. If the door is not open, the imperial physician is suddenly called in, and what happened.

"That's where the concubines lived." The queen said calmly, turning her head.

What else did one of the concubines want to say, but she was pulled by the other one and didn't make a sound, and the atmosphere suddenly quieted down. The queen didn't like Rong Shuyi, and she didn't like it before this incident. Now she only hates it even more. Whoever mentions more is the one who is unlucky.

A group of people went to the wedding banquet, Concubine Liang and the others arrived late, after they were seated, someone from the queen's side rushed to report and whispered in her ear, "Your Majesty, the emperor has gone to Chaohua Palace."

There was an imperial physician on the front foot, and the emperor went up on the back foot. The queen sent someone to directly intercept the imperial physician coming out of Chaohua Palace. After asking, Rong Shuyi from Chaohua Palace was two months pregnant

After the second prince's full moon, there was another good news in the palace that the concubine was pregnant. Rong Shuyi, who was still in confinement, was pregnant before, and she was not diagnosed until she felt unwell and asked the imperial physician.

The royal family has an heir, and the emperor is very happy. Immediately, Rong Shuyi's confinement will be released, and she will be granted a Jin title, but not many days have passed. At the beginning of July, within half a month, the decree of the Jin title has not yet been released. After coming down, there was another news from the palace that Rong Shuyi's child was gone, and she had an accidental miscarriage.

What happened after that has not been spread to the outside world, here in the palace.The emperor and the queen had a quarrel.

The reason has to start with the news that Rong Shuyi is pregnant. On the night of the second prince's full moon wedding banquet, the palace learned that Rong Shuyi was pregnant.

A sensible concubine would not come to grab the limelight on the day when the second prince is full moon. Didn't she deliberately confront the queen, especially when Rong Shuyi had bumped into the queen back then.

But none of these can stop the emperor from being happy, the concubine is pregnant, so naturally he immediately lifted her from the ban.

The queen did not agree, and the couple just had some small disputes. Three months of confinement is March, and half a year is half a year. If you make a mistake, you will be punished. Since you are pregnant and raising your body, there is no difference in the confinement.

Because of Rong Shuyi, she almost had a dystocia, and the lives of mother and child could not be saved. Now that Rong Shuyi is pregnant, the emperor immediately let it go. In the eyes of the emperor, it is possible that the lives of her and the emperor's son are not as good as Rong Shuyi and the one in her stomach.

After she gave birth to her child, she knew that the emperor's so-called confession was lightly grounded and fined. She was very angry, but she didn't attack. Now even the grounds have to be lifted, and Rong Shuyi in the harem is going to be turned upside down.

After two small disputes between husband and wife, the queen was determined to disagree, and the emperor was angry for a few days and did not come to see his son. After four or five days of stalemate, the queen became very discouraged.

The emperor naturally refused to rest, and went to discuss with the Empress Dowager about Jinfeng Rong Shuyi. If the concubine is pregnant, she will be rewarded, whether it is a reward or Jinfeng, the Empress Dowager does not like Rong Shuyi like this There are many concubines in the harem, who can't conceive, now she is Shuyi, and if she is sealed up, she will be Zhaoyi. After giving birth to a child, does the emperor want to be a concubine? , Jin can't, why? Rong Shuyi's status, her family background is already low, so she can't be promoted anymore.

He didn't agree on this side, and he didn't agree on that side. The emperor, who was so angry with General Long in May, was even more angry. He sent an imperial edict directly to the harem to restrain Rong Shuyi. After solving it, he started to draw up the will of Jin Feng.

After Rong Shuyi lifted the ban, she went to the queen to thank her, and apologized for the collision, but after she went back for more than an hour, Rong Shuyi suddenly had abdominal bleeding, and the pain was unbearable. It was too late for the imperial doctor to rush over. Rong Shuyi had a miscarriage.

The empress heard the news and went to Chaohua Palace. The empress stepped back. When the imperial physician asked if she had eaten and where she was doing during the day, Rong Shuyi was lying down, and the maid who was serving beside her Answered these for her.

"Your Majesty didn't have any appetite early in the morning, so she drank a bowl of rice porridge, and then went to the Shouhe Palace to pay her respects." The maid carefully glanced at the Emperor and Empress, her voice lowered a little, "After drinking a cup of tea, your Majesty was a little tired after coming back. Lie down and sleep for a while, and it’s not right when you get up.”

"There is still some porridge left." The imperial doctor felt troubled when he heard it, and asked the maid, who nodded, "Your Majesty didn't drink all of it, the rest was warm and didn't pour it away."

Speaking of bringing out the porridge, the imperial doctor looked at it, and found that there was nothing wrong with it, so the rest was the tea.

The queen looked at it coldly, the things delivered by the imperial dining room to the palaces were rarely left warm, especially in the Chaohua Palace, how could Rong Shuyi still eat the things left in the morning with her profligacy , this alone is problematic.

The imperial doctor glanced at the emperor, but he couldn't say if the porridge was okay, maybe there was something wrong with the tea, so he turned a corner and said, "Tea is not suitable for pregnant women, Rong Shuyi's pulse is weak, but it doesn't seem like I ate something wrong."

"Since the queen knows that Rong Shuyi is not suitable for drinking tea, why do you still give her tea? Does the queen not know about this?" The emperor immediately grasped this point, and preemptively said before the queen opened her mouth.

A look of disappointment flashed in the queen's eyes, and she didn't make any excuses, and directly ordered the maid, "Qiu Li, go to the Shouhe Palace, and bring the tea that was served to Rong Shuyi this morning to the imperial doctor. If you drink it, will there be any pain?" question."

The room was quiet for a long time. In the inner room, Rong Shuyi was lying down with pale face and squinted eyes.

The queen never looked at the emperor, she stood there, her eyes fell on the steps outside the door, her face was distant and indifferent.

Soon Qiuli brought the things, and the tea was naturally poured out, leaving only the tea dregs. The imperial doctor picked it up and saw that it was tea, but it was actually dried and brewed from several kinds of flowers, and it was added with soothing ingredients. Ding Ning's medicine, the imperial physician truthfully said, "There is no problem for pregnant people to drink this tea, and it is also useful for calming the nerves and nourishing the fetus."

Only then did the queen turn her gaze to the emperor, her eyes understood the meaning, since her tea was fine, then this miscarriage has nothing to do with her, and then ordered the imperial physician, "Rong Shuyi had a miscarriage, prescribe some for her." A good anti-fetal medicine, what kind of body should you take care of, nowadays, taking care of your body is more important than anything else."

The queen didn't explain anything from the beginning to the end. She didn't do anything to the child in Rong Shuyi's belly, and she didn't need to explain anything, but in the eyes of the emperor, it didn't mean that. Does she have nothing to do with her at all? If she really wanted to do something, it would have been destroyed long ago. Rong Shuyi would never be able to make fun of the child in her womb. Maybe it was Rong Shuyi who framed the queen.

The queen left Chaohua Palace, the emperor didn't show up in the Shouhe Palace at night, he didn't look at the child, he just talked to the queen about Rong Shuyi's miscarriage, the concubine's miscarriage, no matter what the reason, the emperor saw It is the duty of the empress to come. The master of the first palace failed to take good care of the pregnant concubine, and the empress also failed in her duty.

Therefore, the queen, who has always been mild-tempered, argued with the emperor. In the end, the emperor dropped the vase in the room and left in anger.

Afterwards, the emperor did not come to the Shouhe Palace for more than a month. People outside the palace did not know about these things. What people in Luodu City knew was that after Rong Shuyi had a miscarriage, the emperor still promoted her to the position. , named as Zhaoyi, there is only one elder sister in Rong Zhaoyi's family, and her parents have passed away, so the emperor ordered Rong Zhaoyi's elder sister and her family to come to Luodu City, and the official gave him a mansion. Also received favors.

At this time, the Northern Prince will no longer try to dissuade the emperor. General Long left Luodu City half a month ago, with his [-] frontier troops and the disaster relief money bestowed by the emperor. If he is the master, he will be the master to transport the silver back to the three prefectures and give it to the people, and he will never come to Luodu City again.

General Long brought eight generals with him at that time, but only took six away when he left, and the other two stayed in the Beiwang Mansion in a low-key manner, pretending to be the guards of the Beiwang Mansion.

The atmosphere in Luodu City has faintly changed.
Time passed quickly, and in the spring of the second year, Luodu City finally ushered in the triennial draft after a quiet period of time. This year's draft is still a general election, hosted by the Empress Empress, and there are more than 500 showgirls from all over the world. .

In the end, more than 200 people were selected to enter the palace, and the palace and even the entire Luodu City were full of vitality rendered by this spring.

At the age of fourteen or fifteen, they are in their prime. Compared with these concubines in the palace, their aura is more likely to attract the emperor. During the second election, the queen left more than 100 people, and left them for the emperor to see in the final election. , and the remaining women after the re-election, all became court ladies.

The final election at the end of April lasted for four days, and there were too many people to watch it all in one day. The empress decided to make the arrangement more relaxed, so that the emperor would have time to watch slowly and carefully.

In the end, there were more than 50 showgirls selected by the emperor, plus a few selected by the empress and the empress dowager, 58 newcomers were added to the harem, and the rest of the showgirls who were finally selected were given marriages. The ministers who are of marriageable age in the court, the sons of the ministers, and the remaining ones, together with the beautiful women who fell through the previous re-election, will be assigned to various divisions. After a month or two of teaching, they will officially become court ladies and serve these new concubines.
(End of this chapter)