A quick journey starting from Wu Dalang

Chapter 276: The Goddess of Childbirth: Legend of Zhen Huan (6)

This was supposed to be a happy event, but it also meant that he could no longer neglect Hua Fei. At least he had to give Hua Fei some respect after the New Year. The respect of a woman in the harem was nothing more than the emperor's favor.

For a moment, the emperor felt like the singer in the brothel, but then he dismissed this strange thought.

Hua Fei drank cup after cup of wine. At this moment, the emperor raised his glass and said, "Hua Fei, your brother is very good."

Hua Fei was surprised: "Your Majesty~"

"Nian Gengyao has won another victory. You are in charge of palace affairs while your brother is fighting outside. You and your sister are getting along well," the emperor affirmed again.

Seeing Concubine Hua's overjoyed expression and thinking of the Queen and the many pregnant concubines, the Emperor felt much more relieved. Who said that Concubine Hua would definitely give birth to a prince? Right now, the most important thing was to appease the Nian family.

After the emperor had prepared himself mentally, he decided to sell himself to Concubine Hua. Shiyi didn't know about those things. She was only focused on eating, and occasionally she would check on the pregnant women to make sure both the children and the pregnant women were fine.

An Lingrong was sitting not far away. She felt nauseous when she saw the greasy and cold food. The palace maid beside her looked distressed. This was not an accomplice sent by the Queen, but An Lingrong was assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

As fate would have it, the palace maid was also loyal, so An Lingrong's life was quite comfortable, except for the two troublesome babies in her belly. So for a long time, An Lingrong was the focus of Shi Yi's observation.

Fortunately, the residual souls had no intention of harming each other or the mother body, so Shi Yi never interfered. It was not a big deal for An Lingrong to faint from time to time. Everything would be fine once the two residual souls got along harmoniously.

Now seeing that An Lingrong seemed to be unwell, Shiyi looked at her twice more, and then he understood that this was a normal phenomenon during pregnancy. Since it was not the remnant soul or the person who was in trouble, Shiyi did not care.

At the banquet, the Queen Mother and the Empress looked at Shiyi with love. After all, the Queen Mother was old and had little energy, so she left early. Before leaving, she asked the Empress to take care of Shiyi.

At this moment, the Queen noticed Shiyi's distraction. She held her waist and asked Shiyi with concern, "Cousin, do you think the food is not to your liking?"

Everyone's eyes turned to Shiyi as the Queen asked. In fact, everyone had been secretly observing her for a long time. This woman who became a royal concubine not long after entering the palace was really a source of curiosity.

"I'm fine, I just noticed that Concubine Wen seemed a little uncomfortable." Staring at the eyes of many people, Shi Yi spoke calmly.

The Queen looked at An Lingrong. The timid An Lingrong actually withstood the many looks from the people around her: "Your Majesty, perhaps I used something inappropriate, and I feel a little uncomfortable."

Thinking of Shiyi's identity, the queen suspected that she was pregnant. For a woman of humble family background, the queen was willing to give her some praise: "Then go to the side hall and sit for a while. Summon the imperial physician to take a look. Maybe there is some good news."

An Lingrong followed Jianqiu and left obediently. The princes and their wives also looked at them with burning eyes. They had all heard about the prosperity of the palace's offspring recently, and they were more or less curious. Prince Dun, who couldn't control his mouth, spoke first.

"Has your royal brother got any good prescription recently? I have heard that good things often come out of the palace." Before Prince Dun could finish his words, he was elbowed by his wife.

"Your Highness has drunk too much. Please forgive me, Your Majesty." As soon as Prince Dun's wife opened her mouth, Prince Dun kept quiet and pretended to be mute. The Emperor and the Empress just laughed it off.

"Tenth brother always speaks like this, it's okay." The emperor was in a good mood and did not intend to argue about this matter with Prince Dun.

Soon, Jianqiu came back and whispered a few words in the Queen's ear. Seeing that the Emperor seemed distracted by Hongmei beside him, the Queen smiled and said, "This is good news. Concubine Wen is already one month pregnant."

"Really?" The first person to speak was not the emperor, but Concubine Hua, her face full of envy and expectation.

"Rong'er has a gentle personality and is now pregnant. Not bad, she deserves a reward." The emperor was also happy. As an emperor, he would not dislike having many children, especially since he was planning to make Concubine Hua pregnant. Naturally, the more the better.

"I also think that An is a good lady. I wonder if the emperor would like to mention An's position?" The queen's idea was simple. She wanted to let a woman without a family background ascend to a high position as soon as possible. At that time, these illegitimate sons would pose the least threat to her son.

"Then confer the title of noble lady on Lady An." It was the New Year, and there was such a happy event, and the woman was his favorite recently. The emperor was unusually generous.

No one knew how happy An Lingrong, who was not present, was after hearing the news. At this moment, the emperor's thoughts aroused by the red plum had completely disappeared.

But he still thought of Yimei Garden and wanted to give face to Concubine Hua, so he took the opportunity to say: "I think the red plum blossoms in Yimei Garden must be good. I wonder if Concubine Hua is willing to come with me to see them?"

The Queen kept smiling. She had had this premonition as early as when the Emperor praised Hua Fei and her siblings. Anyway, she was already pregnant with a child, so raising the child well was the most important thing at the moment.

“I am overjoyed.” Concubine Hua looked up in surprise. The moment she saw Shiyi, she didn’t know what she was thinking. She actually wanted to take Shiyi along: “I guess Concubine Fu has never seen the red plums in Yimei Garden, right? Why not take Concubine Fu along?”

"Okay." Seeing Shi Yi's eager expression, the emperor agreed: "Su Peisheng, go get Concubine Fu a cloak. It's freezing cold, and the child can't stand it."

Shi Yi was only fourteen years old, and that was her virtual age. In real terms, she was thirteen, truly the age of a child. Everyone could see that this Imperial Concubine Fu was being raised like a princess.

Shi Yi was wrapped in a cloak by the Queen herself and covered tightly before he could go out with the Emperor and his concubines. Also traveling with them was Prince Guo, who could not sit still. The Emperor asked Prince Guo to go out with the child to coax him.

A few people staggered to the Yime Garden. The white snow and red plum blossoms were indeed beautiful. The palace servants around them lit lanterns, which were magnificent under the reflection of the snow. The emperor led Concubine Hua a little further away.

"It seems that Concubine Fu is not interested in these red plum blossoms?" Prince Guo racked his brains to coax the child, but he really had no experience in this field.

"I think the red plum blossoms are beautiful, but they are not interesting. In fact, I would rather build a big snowman here." Shiyi was speaking from the bottom of her heart. She preferred to play around rather than enjoy the scenery.

Prince Guo did not pay any attention to Shiyi's self-proclaimed title, and started to make a snowman with the servants around him. Shiyi took the opportunity to remove the small statue on the branch not far away, and cast a spell to make a gust of wind blow it up to the sky.

Let Zhen Huan get what she wanted. As for the wish she hadn't finished speaking, there was no need to fulfill it. Shi Yi directed the restless little maids around him to build a snowman with Prince Guo and they had a lot of fun.