After seeing Empress Zhu and the others away, Magpie pouted and said, "Our grounding is just to ensure a safe pregnancy. This is good. Now that we know everything we should know and shouldn't know, will you still be able to live in peace in the future?"
Jiang Xinyue smiled and didn't seem to care that much: "Where did the permanent secrets come from in the palace? I didn't expect to prevent the news from getting out. What I wanted to guard against was the scheme of the low-ranking concubine."
People in high positions especially do not dare to take risks, fearing that one wrong step will cause them to lose everything.
Even if they knew that Jiang Xinyue was pregnant, none of them would dare to act rashly.
Especially today, she showed off the big killer weapon of Grandma Li, even if she had the intention, she was powerless.
But just because they don't dare to do it themselves doesn't mean they don't dare to encourage others to do it. If those low-ranking concubines get any benefits, they dare to give it a try.
They were the ones Jiang Xinyue was guarding against.
Being grounded, those low-ranking concubines who had no friendship with her could not enter her Hexi Palace.
With Aunt Li and Aunt Xiang here, it would be impossible for those people to do harm to the people around her.
Now the palace maids in Hexi Palace must go through strict body checks before coming in again, just for fear that they would bring in unclean things from outside and put Jiang Xinyue's child in danger.
They were given by the emperor, and they were also the emperor's spies. Although Jiang Xinyue trusted them, she still kept an eye on them. She felt uncomfortable in front of the emperor before, and she still feels uncomfortable now.
Emperor Xuanwu's protection of such an iron bucket was most appetizing to Concubine Shu.
Kunning Palace——
Empress Dowager Wu heard the sound of the mirror breaking from the side hall and stood up quickly in shock: "What's going on? Who put the mirror in Concubine Shu's room?"
Aunt Gui supported the Queen Mother: "It's not someone else, but the concubine. She said that she got a new diorama from the emperor. She didn't dare to enjoy it for herself. She gave it to honor the Queen Mother, but when she brought it in, it was blocked by Concubine Shu. When the empress saw it, she thought it was given to her by a concubine, so she had someone carry it to the side hall."
Empress Dowager Wu's face was gloomy: "The Ai family said that Concubine Ronggui and the Ai family are not of the same mind. She has been jealous of Concubine Shu for a long time. How could she miss this good opportunity to attack Concubine Shu? It is a fake gift to the Ai family, and Concubine Shu will be given to her. It's really sad. The emperor made her a noble concubine, and she felt that her wings were stiff. If she didn't give her a lesson, she wouldn't know what her last name was."
After waving her hand, Empress Dowager Wu ordered her eunuch and whispered something so softly that even Aunt Gui didn't hear clearly.
"How can the person in this mirror be me? This is not me. Get out of here!"
The broken mirror was on the ground, clearly showing a face with a double chin. The once frail and elegant Concubine Shu had turned into a fat ball.
At first, Concubine Shu was forced to eat food that she couldn't eat. She thought that she would spit it out after eating it, so there shouldn't be any big problem.
But as she ate, her appetite grew. In the past, she only needed half a bowl of rice to feel full. After leaving Concubine Li, half a bowl of rice was not enough to fill her teeth. She often had to eat two bowls at every meal. I feel comfortable with the fragrant rice.
I am used to the heavy-flavored food in Concubine Li's palace, which is heavy in oil and salt. I have lost my appetite for the dishes that used to have clear soup and little water.
Unconsciously, Concubine Shu asked the imperial kitchen to improve the dishes for her, with more heavy oil.
She was pregnant and couldn't see any changes in herself. She only felt that her belly was growing day by day, thinking it was the natural physical change of a pregnant woman.
But later, all the mirrors in her room were taken away by Empress Dowager Wu, and she faintly realized that something was wrong.
Until today when she saw herself in the mirror, she almost collapsed.
How could that big fat man be her?
The slender beauty that the emperor likes is Liu Fufeng. How can she control the emperor's heart when she becomes like this?
Although Empress Dowager Wu comforted her that she could regain her former appearance and figure by losing weight and controlling her appetite after giving birth, she still couldn't accept herself as she was now.
I heard from my sister that the most favored person in the palace now is Concubine Zhen, who is also pregnant. The emperor has to spend half a day with Concubine Zhen every day. It is said that he is telling stories to the child in Concubine Zhen's belly.
Not only that, in order to allow Concubine Zhen to raise her baby with peace of mind, the emperor also sent Nanny Li to Hexi Palace to take care of Concubine Zhen and her pregnant belly.
Who in this palace has ever been treated like this when they were pregnant?
I'm afraid it was only when the Empress was pregnant with the late Prince Duan Hui that the Emperor cherished and loved him so much that he allowed Aunt Li to take care of him for a period of time.
Jiang Xinyue, why does she enjoy the same treatment as the Queen?
With this in her belly, she always had an ominous premonition that she might not be able to give birth, because the imperial doctors always politely told her to eat less and exercise more to avoid severe labor difficulties.
She was pregnant three months earlier than Zhenbi, and she is now six months old, but her belly is as big as if she was about to give birth.
Difficult childbirth...
Her belly is already too big now.
This child...can't be had.
She was afraid that it would be difficult to give birth to a child. If it had been before, she would not have been afraid that the emperor would protect the young and abandon the older one. But with her current appearance, I'm afraid... she is in danger.
Concubine Shu tightened the hand that was touching her belly, her eyes were cold, and she said to the palace maid next to her: "Lian Xin, prepare to take the chariot. I am going to Changxin Palace."
She couldn't do anything about Concubine Zhen, but her child couldn't come to this world in vain. She had to pay the price for being the culprit of such a crime.
"Empress..."
Lian Xin had a look of pity on her face: "Concubine Li is arrogant and domineering, why do you bother..."
"I have something important left in Changxin Palace. It is a token of love between me and the emperor."
Concubine Shu said quickly: "Go and invite the emperor to Changxin Palace, and hurry up!"
Before leaving, Concubine Shu took a century-old ginseng slice and put it in her mouth.
At the same time, Jiang Yankun and Jiang Yan, the Minister of Civil Affairs, gathered together and took Jiang Yanxi with them in the imperial study room to count dozens of crimes against the chief minister of the Song Dynasty and the prime minister of the Song Dynasty.
Including buying and selling official positions, cheating in imperial examinations, killing officials, intercepting memorials, deceiving the emperor and ignoring superiors, each of them is a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan.
After three months of rigorous investigation, several officials from the Song clan were found to have unclean subordinates. If they committed crimes, they were suppressed by the Song family and had no chance to be presented to the emperor.
"Snapped!"
The inkstone on the desk in the imperial study flew down and hit Prime Minister Song hard on the forehead: "Song Jiangming, I think your Song family wants to rebel. You deserve to be damned if you betray my trust like this!"
Black ink mixed with blood, it was the first time that the famous Prime Minister Song showed himself in such an embarrassed posture.
But he had no intention of protecting his image. He knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, I have never done these things. This is all a crime. Your Majesty, it must be... someone must have wronged me. Please The emperor is aware of this."
He was referring to Jiang Yankun and Jiang Hewei.
