It snowed again in the palace today, and palace maids and eunuchs clearing the snow could be seen everywhere.
At this moment, the heavy curtain of the main hall of Weiyang Palace was opened, and Concubine De came in from the outside holding the warm Tang Pozi.
"It's really cold today. My sister is wearing so many clothes and even has a fox fur on her. She's also very cold."
Concubine De complained as the palace maid took off her thick fox fur cloak and sat aside with a smile.
Contrary to the outside, Weiyang Palace was filled with warmth. The warm floor heater was always burning. The mother and daughter sitting on the couch were both lightly dressed.
"Empress De." Gu Xuan called sweetly.
She will be three years old after the Chinese New Year. As she gets older, her speech becomes clearer and smarter.
But she was still as cute, with two cute baby bumps on her cheeks. Concubine De especially liked to touch her face.
No, seeing how cute she was, Concubine De touched her directly with a smile on her face.
Her hands were warm as she held Tang Pozi. At this moment, it felt even warmer than the temperature on Gu Xuan's face.
"It's so cold outside, you should stay in your palace. Is there something wrong with you coming all the way here?"
The relationship between Xie Ziyue and De Fei has always been good, so the two have always been close.
It's still snowing outside today, and Concubine De didn't know how cold she suffered on the way here.
"There's no one in the palace, it's really boring! I thought I still have sister and A-Xuan here, so I came over to see you." Concubine De put Tang Pozi on the table:
"But my sister got the point right. She really has something to tell her."
She is always well-informed and will come and tell Xie Ziyue whenever there is anything new:
"That concubine is said to have suddenly gone to see the emperor today. As a result, when she went out, the palace maid and eunuch didn't have time to clear the snow. She slipped on the road and is probably going to give birth."
Ever since the incident at the Summer Resort, Concubine Rou had become completely invisible in the palace and no longer dared to be as high-profile as before.
The other concubines no longer regarded her as a thorn in their side. Anyway, after something like that happened, it was hard to say whether His Majesty believed that the child in her belly was the emperor's heir.
Concubine Rou had made many enemies before, and these concubines were happy to see her live a difficult life. Anyway, the emperor's heir she gave birth to was not legitimate.
Although the concubine is stupid, she is not a fool. She has been keeping a low profile in the palace.
Han Xianzong also regarded her as a person and never mentioned her.
Unexpectedly, after a few months of this, when she was about to give birth, she suddenly went out.
"What are you doing suddenly going out at this time?" Xie Ziyue frowned, a little confused.
"He's not her father yet." Concubine De curled her lips when she said this, her face full of disdain:
"The snowstorm is making a big fuss now, but her father is a fool. He actually dared to spend the disaster relief money allocated by the emperor at this time... It is said that he has been sent to prison now. Although he has not been tried yet, he is probably going to lose his head."
Roubi's brother is a dissatisfied man who loves gambling all day long. His father is the Minister of Rites, and he has made too much money behind his back just to wipe his son's ass.
Seeing that the vacancies could not be filled, now that the court was short of money, Han Xianzong asked people to check the account books again, and he could no longer sit still.
At this time, there happened to be a sum of money that was about to be transferred from his hand to the transfer envoy, so Roubi's father suddenly made a fool of himself and made a few thousand taels.
In order to prevent the transfer envoy from informing him, he also invited the transfer envoy to his house to hold a banquet.
It's a pity that the transfer envoy was loyal to Han Xianzong, and he might also have the idea of reporting Roubi's father and improving his official position, so he turned around and reported it to Han Xianzong.
Emperor Xianzong of the Han Dynasty was furious and sent Roubi's father to prison that day.
The news was spread to the palace by the concubine's family. Thinking that her daughter was pregnant with His Majesty's child, she could finally plead for mercy.
After the concubine got the news, she was so panicked that she couldn't care about anything. She even ignored the ice and snow outside and directly asked people to prepare the carriage to see the emperor.
"Now I heard that the bleeding can't be stopped at all. When the imperial doctor went there, they all shook their heads and said it was a dilemma."
Hearing this, Xie Ziyue sighed: "When a woman gives birth to a child, she always has one foot in the gate of hell."
Although she doesn't like concubines, she knows how fragile women are at this time. He glanced at Tao Xiang who was waiting next to him, and asked Tao Xiang to ask Dr. Kang to come over for consultation.
After Tao Xiang went out, Concubine De could roughly guess what Xie Ziyue was thinking, and couldn't help but sigh:
"Sister is really a kind-hearted person that is rare in the palace."
After this incident happened, countless people in the palace looked at Roubi's belly.
If Roubi died due to dystocia, no one would be able to raise her child. It would be nice if she could have that child to raise her.
Although His Majesty does not like the biological mother of the child, it is always best to have children in the harem. No matter whether it is a son or a daughter, there is finally someone to rely on.
In this way, the life and death of the concubine are not that important. But Xie Ziyue asked Imperial Physician Kang to go over, which could at least increase the chance of the concubine surviving.
"Nothing to talk about." Xie Ziyue brought up the topic with a smile, and the two continued to talk about other things.
The two of them hit it off, and with Gu Xuan playing tricks next to them from time to time, the time soon reached evening.
At this time, someone from the palace came to report outside the door. After they let the person in, they found out that Concubine Rou had died of heavy bleeding after giving birth to a princess.
The two of them were stunned for a moment. After the palace attendant who reported the news left, they couldn't help but sigh:
"The little princess who was born has no mother. It's such a miserable life."
"Not necessarily," Xie Ziyue recalled what the palace official said just now, and the corner of her mouth curled up slightly:
"Didn't you hear what that person said just now? Concubine Rou felt pity that the princess lost her mother just after she was born, so she took the child to her palace to raise her."
"She deliberately wants to be the princess's adoptive mother." Concubine De snorted coldly, getting irritated when she mentioned Concubine Rou.
The same conversation took place in other concubines' palaces at almost the same time, and everyone speculated on Han Xianzong's attitude on this matter.
The oral edict of Emperor Xianzong of the Han Dynasty came belatedly the next day. He only said that the little princess would be raised by Concubine Rou, and that Concubine Rou would be named Shu Concubine, without mentioning the title of the little princess.
Concubine Shu died after giving birth to the little princess. Concubine Rou picked up a daughter for no reason. If everyone was jealous of Concubine Rou the day before, everyone sneered at His Majesty's attitude.
Concubine Rou thought she had picked up a daughter, but in fact His Majesty had long since abandoned this princess and didn't even give her a title. Everyone could only call her the Second Princess.
Is Concubine Rou willing? Of course she wasn't willing to give in.
Since she has raised someone else's daughter, this daughter must also help her.
Qin Tianjian, who was on duty recently, had some friendship with her father. Seeing that the snowstorm had eased, Concubine Rou bribed this man and asked him to say that the second princess was blessed and that her birth had delayed the snowstorm.
This rumor spread like wings throughout the palace and among the people, and the reputation of the second princess changed drastically.
But before Concubine Rou could be too proud, another big event happened among the people.
