Princess Xi is pregnant, which is another great joy. Concubine Li is eager to tell everyone about it, because she can show off her power in front of the emperor again.
After hearing the news, the most annoyed person was Concubine Chang. In the Dening Palace, she kept pacing back and forth, breathing heavily.
Seeing that she was emotionally unstable, Grandma Yu hurriedly stepped forward to persuade her:
"Your Majesty, Princess Xi is just pregnant with a child. It may not be a boy or a girl, and it may not be delivered smoothly. Don't worry."
Concubine Chang stopped with a dark expression on her face, her eyes flashed with anger, and she said bitterly:
"It's only my fault that I gave birth to Ming'er a few years later, otherwise she wouldn't have stolen the limelight. Now, Princess Yu is pregnant, and so is Princess Xi. If one of them gives birth to a son, what else can Ming'er do? Are you going to fight with them?"
"Empress, didn't I just say that I don't know whether they can successfully give birth to the child? Why are you so anxious? There are still a few months until the birth. What will happen in these few months? It can all happen.”
Listening to Aunt Yu's words, Concubine Chang looked at her coldly, pulled the corners of her lips and snorted:
"Now Princess Yu will not come close to me, and Princess Xi will definitely guard against me under the instruction of Concubine Li. What else can I do?"
Aunt Yu's shrewd little eyes flashed, and she muttered in a voice that only the two of them could hear,
"It's up to people to plan things, and it's up to God to make things happen. If you don't do it, how can you know the result."
Concubine Chang's eyes were half-squinted, and she looked back at her like she was waking up from a dream, with a few sinister glances in her eyes.
The emperor's reward soon arrived at Prince Xi's Mansion, but Leng Xi, who had no idea about it, was still confused.
Liu Xi looked at him and said with a cheerful smile:
"Congratulations to Prince Xi. The emperor has said that he wants you to learn more from Prince Yu, take good care of Princess Xi, and bring more children and blessings to the royal family."
Liu Xi pointed at these rewards and looked at him with puzzled eyes, "Eunuch Liu, what... is going on?"
"Prince Xi, are you kidding me? Princess Xi is very happy, you don't know that, right?"
Overjoyed?
Leng Xi's face suddenly turned pale. She was pregnant only once?
Just when he was confused and at a loss, Liu Xi had already left with the people in the palace.
He quickly turned around and went straight to Yu Qiaoqiao's room.
When he saw Yu Qiaoqiao sitting in a daze beside the bronze mirror, he walked up to him and asked:
"Why didn't you tell me? Everyone in the world knows, am I the only one who doesn't know?"
Yu Qiaoqiao knew what he was talking about, so she sneered nonchalantly:
"You don't care either. Do you know what it matters?"
Seeing her cold words, Leng Xi frowned and asked:
"This is my child. I should be the first to know. Yu Qiaoqiao, don't think that just because you are pregnant with a child, you can show off your power in front of me."
Yu Qiaoqiao, without looking back, combed a few strands of hair scattered on her chest and chuckled:
"If you want to show off your power, my status as the royal censor's daughter is enough. Why do I need to come to your Prince Xi's Mansion? Prince Xi, you are overly worried."
Her words were always so cold.
Leng Xi stared at her in astonishment, his eyes sank slightly, and he said again:
"Since you are pregnant with the child, you should keep it well in the palace. During this period, I will send more people to take care of you."
With these words behind him, he waved his sleeves and turned around to leave ruthlessly.
A contemptuous smile appeared at the corner of Yu Qiaoqiao's mouth. She didn't need his care. She never needed it. Her children didn't need his care either.
Mooncake Festival
The lotus flowers in the palace were in bloom, and Concubine Li, under the emperor's instruction, held a flower-viewing banquet to coincide with the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The ministers of the DPRK and their families were all invited, and Luo Lan naturally could not be absent.
Leng Yu personally accompanied her, sitting in the carriage driven by Xiao Lingzi, and rushed to the palace.
Sitting in the carriage, Leng Yu kept giving instructions,
"After entering the palace, I will probably be busy for a while. You must be more careful. I will ask Ah Cai and Ah Hong to follow you."
"Now that I'm a month old, I have to be careful when walking and don't hit things..."
"Don't eat cold or spicy food. I will order someone to prepare something you like."
"When appreciating lotus flowers, you can only look at them from a distance, not near-sightedness. The lakeside is slippery, so be careful."
Listening to him muttering like an old woman, Luo Lan couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled:
"Mother-in-law, you talk a lot lately. I'm really afraid that our son will become like you and become a chatterbox."
The reason why Luo Lan called herself her son was because she had already done an eight-dimensional examination on herself to determine the gender of the fetus in her belly.
Leng Yu lowered his head and chuckled to himself. He raised his hand to support his forehead and said sheepishly:
"Maybe I'm too careful. I'm always worried that something will happen to my wife. If today wasn't the Mid-Autumn Festival and my father personally invited me, I wouldn't have let you enter the palace."
Seeing his cautious look, Luo Lan shook his head and smiled bitterly, with a soft look in his eyes.
After a while, the carriage stopped steadily, and Xiao Lingzi called softly from outside:
"Your Majesty, Princess, we have arrived."
At the same time, A Hong and A Cai, who were following behind, rushed over to help Luo Lan, but Leng Yu signaled them to step back and he came to help her personally.
Seeing the two of them being intimate, Yu Qiaoqiao, who was standing behind them, felt cold in her heart.
She was also pregnant with a child, so why was Princess Yu pampered like a treasure by Prince Yu, while she, with only a few girls around, could not see Leng Xi at all.
The moment Luo Lan turned around, she saw Yu Qiaoqiao standing there in a daze. She waved to her enthusiastically.
"Why doesn't sister leave?"
Yu Qiaoqiao calmed down her emotions and came over with a slight smile.
"I just came here and I met my sister."
"Then let's go to the palace together! You're pregnant too, which is great."
"Yes, sister is about to give birth!"
"It's almost three months away!"
Leng Yu saw the two of them chatting animatedly, so he could only follow behind them, like a poor abandoned little one.
When they arrived at the back garden, it was already extremely lively. The female relatives of the ministers and ministers were admiring the lotus flowers in the lake. The huge lake was full of bright lotus flowers.
Leng Yu said a few words to A Cai and A Hong, and then went to do other things.
Seeing the two of them coming together, Concubine Li felt cold at first, and then greeted her warmly.
"Qiaoqiao, Lan'er, you are here. Come and sit here. I have prepared your favorite pastries for you."
After Yu Qiaoqiao chuckled at Li Fei, she and Luo Lan walked over there.
At this time, Concubine Chang was chatting with several concubines. When she saw the two of them coming, she winked at her nanny, then walked slowly to the chair next to them and sat down, shaking the fan in her hand. He asked with concern:
"Lan'er, you are getting older and older this month. You have to be careful when walking in the future. Concubine Mother originally wanted to visit you in Prince Yu's Mansion, but she feels dizzy recently and is too lazy to go out. Don't blame Concubine Mother."
Seeing her hypocritical look, Luo Lan's eyes were full of contempt.
It's not that she doesn't want to go to Prince Yu's Mansion, it's that Prince Yu's Mansion doesn't welcome her at all.
