"She has been with me for so many years and has suffered a lot. Qi Ye is my most outstanding son." Qi Junce said tirelessly, and Baozhu was so sleepy that he wanted to nod.
"I was too biased about that incident back then. I should have thought that with her temper, she might never forgive me again. It was really a punishment for me."
Qi Junce said reproachfully.
Baozhu wanted to end this boring review of the past, and didn't want to listen to Qi Junce's self-motivated talk.
When Qi Junce was still about to chatter, Baozhu spoke first: "Your Majesty, what sister Rong Fei said before she left, what are you hoping to do, what are you going to do?"
Qi Junce's face changed slightly, his eyes full of confusion. "The queen has been married to me for many years. Although she is at fault, I have also neglected her these years."
Bao Zhu was so angry that he wanted to let Gu Linqing go free?
"The Gu family can be regarded as important ministers in the court. I still need the Gu family." Qi Junce sighed and said, "Come here and draw up the decree."
Ma Dong came in and laid out pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
"Queen Gu's moral character is lacking and she is incapable of serving as the middle palace. However, thinking of the love between husband and wife for many years, the queen was demoted to concubine Jing, returned the treasure and gold seal, and lived in a separate courtyard."
Baozhu looked at Qi Junce. His affection was always like garbage in a stinking ditch. He would appear at an untimely time and make you feel disgusted. It was really hard to guard against it.
Ever since Gu Linqing's unprecedented transition from queen to concubine, she had been either shy to see people or frustrated, hiding in that remote palace and never showing her face again.
Baozhu and Jiang Heng also spent a rare moment of peace, and Baozhu's body became increasingly heavy.
Jiang Heng lay on Baozhu's belly with joy and expectation, listening carefully to the sound of fetal movement. Occasionally, the child's movements seemed to touch her face through the belly, which surprised Jiang Heng.
"It turns out that having a child is such a wonderful thing." Jiang Heng murmured.
Bao Zhu looked at Jiang Heng's prosthetic belly stuffed with pillows, leaned back on the chair and said, "Sister Ah Heng, the baby will be delivered in one month, and we are done."
Jiang Heng looked at Baozhu hesitantly, but couldn't help but said: "Baozhu, otherwise we'd better forget it. I can't bear to separate your flesh and blood..."
Bao Zhu raised her hand and shook her head, interrupting Jiang Heng's words, holding her uneasy hand and saying, "Sister A Heng, there is no need to say anything more now. Everything is of my own free will."
When Jiang Heng heard this, he stopped trying to dissuade him. The two of them sat in silence for a while, listening to the sound of tea boiling on the stove.
"Baozhu," Jiang Heng was the first to break the silence, "I will never say that again. I will treat your child as my own from now on."
Bao Zhu nodded happily, this couldn't be better.
"In half a month, His Majesty will host a banquet in Linlangyue. Concubine Jing," Jiang Heng paused, "maybe also coming."
An imperceptible glint flashed in Baozhu's eyes, "I haven't seen her for a long time, but I miss her very much."
In the Linlang Moon, there is peace and prosperity in singing and dancing.
Baozhu was dressed in gorgeous palace attire and was personally supported by Qi Junce into the palace.
"Now that the imperial doctor says that you will give birth at any time, it would be best if you are not tired from today's banquet." Qi Junce said with concern.
Baozhu put on a decent smile and said softly: "Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. I am also very lively, so I insist on coming to see it."
Baozhu's eyes looked around, and he saw Gu Linqing huddled in the corner, who seemed ten years older.
Nowadays, she is no longer the queen, but she still carries that air. Bao Zhu covered her mouth and smiled, while Gu Lin accepted the ridicule with cold eyes.
Not long after, everyone came together, and for some reason Baozhu felt that King Yangcheng's eyes seemed to be drifting towards him.
Although Baozhu felt vaguely uneasy, he still sat upright and looked calmly ahead.
"Brother Imperial, seeing that you are about to have two more royal sons, it is such a blessing from God." King Yangcheng said with a smile.
Qi Junce looked at Baozhu and Jiang Heng's swollen belly with a smile, and couldn't help but put his big hand on Baozhu's belly.
"I am also looking forward to it very much. It has been a long time since a baby cried in the palace." Qi Junce said.
Baozhu glanced at Gu Linqing, who clenched her hands with hatred, and was very satisfied with this kind of revenge.
Halfway through the banquet, Qi Junce ignored Gu Linqing as if he couldn't see her, ignoring the embarrassment of her half-finished wine glass hanging in the air.
Gu Linqing finally couldn't bear the indifference, put down her wine glass and left the table.
Baozhu looked at her leaving back, deliberately poured the drink on him, and told Qi Junce that he was going to change clothes.
Seeing this scene, Qingyang said obediently: "Ms. Chen, I also want to change my clothes. Let me go with you."
Baozhu hesitated for a moment and agreed to Qingyang's request.
Baozhu caught up with Gu Linqing who was sad in the dark at the corner, while Qingyang wisely turned to the side room to change clothes.
Gu Linqing originally didn't want to get too entangled with Baozhu, but when she turned around to leave, Baozhu blocked her way.
"You are so proud now that you don't have to show off your power in front of me. As you climb high, you will fall hard. I'm waiting for the day when you fall." Gu Linqing said harshly.
Bao Zhu was not angry after hearing her threatening words, and lazily supported Fu Rong on her temples with her hands.
"Sister, you wrongly blamed me." Baozhu said coquettishly, "I just want to thank you. Thank you for your support in making Baozhu what I am today."
Gu Linqing looked at Baozhu warily, her thin and sunken face looked a little ferocious.
"Get out of the way!" Gu Linqing was really afraid of Baozhu at this moment and didn't know what she was going to do.
Bao Zhu had no intention of giving in, but instead grabbed her hand forcefully.
Gu Linqing immediately struggled and shouted: "You bitch, what are you going to do!? Let me go!"
Bao Zhu listened carefully and heard the sound of footsteps coming from the side room, and immediately shouted: "Sister Jing Fei, don't do this!"
Gu Linqing's face flashed with panic, and she and Baozhu started to pull each other. The moment Qingyang stepped out of the wing, he fell heavily to the ground.
Gu Linqing stared blankly at the orb that fell to the ground and groaned in pain, not knowing how to place her panicked hands.
"Ms. Chen!" Qingyang's shout not only brought Gu Linqing back to reality, but also cut off the music in the hall.
Baozhu felt the pain in her lower abdomen. She looked at Gu Linqing provocatively. She would never be able to turn over now.
Gu Linqing looked at Baozhu in disbelief, and the fingers pointing at her trembled slightly, "You are crazy, you are really crazy..."
Qi Junce and others rushed out of the hall in a hurry, and were shocked when they saw Baozhu lying on the ground and clutching his stomach.
Qi Junce hugged Baozhu and shouted to the imperial doctor to pass on the imperial doctor. In the panic of the crowd, Baozhu and Jiang Heng looked at each other, and Jiang Heng immediately covered his stomach and collapsed to the ground.
It was even more lively now, and Qi Junce couldn't see it from either side.
When Baozhu saw this, tears welled up in his eyes. He clutched Qi Junce's sleeve tightly and cried: "Sister, why do you want to harm me?"
Everyone's eyes fell on Gu Linqing, and she looked at the orb without saying anything.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Gu Linqing yelled.
"Your Majesty," Baozhu looked at Qi Junce's arms and shrank a little further, "I just want to reminisce with my sister, and I will put all those things in the past."
Baozhu wiped away her pitiful tears and continued: "But who would have thought that my sister suddenly pushed me, and my stomach hurts so much."
Gu Linqing was so angry that she was shaking all over, and she couldn't even speak. "Song Baozhu, you are crazy, aren't you? You dare to slander me."
Qi Junce raised his sinister face, and his eyes almost looked like knives across Gu Linqing's face. Gu Linqing couldn't help but tremble.
Qingyang was crying on the side, seemingly frightened by this scene. Qi Junce looked at her and remembered that Qingyang and Baozhu left together.
"Qingyang, good daughter." Qi Junce said, "Tell father, what did you see?"
Qingyang was crying so hard that Gu Linqing grabbed her shoulders.
"Good Qingyang, my mother loves you the most. Tell me, what did you see?" Gu Linqing asked anxiously.
Qingyang cried and said, "Father, Qingyang is so scared."
Qi Junce stretched out his hand, pulled Qingyang to his side and said, "Don't be afraid, no one will dare to threaten you with my father."
Qingyang looked at Qi Junce with tears in his eyes, and then at Baozhu, who was holding on.
"Mother, she pushed Empress Chen on purpose!" After Qingyang said this, he burst into tears.
Gu Linqing was so embarrassed and angry that she slapped Qingyang in the face. Baozhu saw that one of Qingyang's earrings flew out.
"What nonsense are you talking about! Bitch, they are all bitches who want to harm me!" Gu Linqing shouted, looking like a madman, which was scary.
Qingyang lay on the ground and covered her face. Concubine Cheng hugged her distressedly and said, "Concubine Jing, Princess Qingyang is just a child, how can you beat her?"
Gu Linqing sneered and said: "Born from a servant girl, I can beat him whenever I want."
Qingyang raised his head from Concubine Cheng's arms and continued to sob. "The Empress also said that if she had known that she would have drowned Concubine Chen in the lake, she would not have the troubles she has now."
As soon as these words came out, everyone remembered the time when Baozhu almost drowned in the lake.
The expressions of Baozhu and Qi Junce changed at the same time, and Baozhu looked at Qingyang in disbelief.
"Mother, please don't do evil again. You asked me to put the doll that was in Concubine Rong's house because Concubine Rong liked me to play with it the most," Qingyang said.
"You——!" Gu Linqing bared her teeth and was about to rush over. Qi Junce raised her eyes and the guards directly suppressed her.
"Okay, very good." Just as Qi Junce was about to have a seizure, Baozhu screamed in pain, which made his nerves tense.
The palace is destined to not be peaceful tonight, Hengwu Palace and Weiyang Palace are in chaos. Qi Junce paced anxiously in the Wuji Hall in the middle, waiting, the moon rising above his eyebrows outside the window.
"Girl, girl." Yue Nu held Baozhu's hand tightly. The bursts of pain made Baozhu dizzy, but she still tried hard to stay awake.
"Are you ready?" Bao Zhu asked breathlessly. Yue Nu was so distressed that she almost cried, and nodded vigorously.
At the same time in Hengwu Palace, Jiang Heng was also lying on the bed and crying out in pain.
Xiaoman lay beside the bed worriedly and asked softly: "Mother, is this really okay?"
After Jiang Heng shouted twice, he replied in a low voice: "Tonight's Hengwu Palace and Weiyang Palace belong to us. Doctor Su has ordered someone to find a stillborn baby outside the palace."
Jiang Heng shouted twice more, drank two mouthfuls of water quickly and continued: "As long as Baozhu gives birth to a child, we can start to change the situation."
