Shen Dingzhu's long eyelashes drooped, her eyes flickered uneasily, she covered her abdomen and pursed her red lips.
Sure enough, when she vomited just now, the possibility flashed in her mind that she was pregnant.
Because when she was pregnant with Su Xincheng, she was also like this. She was vomiting all over the place at first and lost two pounds. It was Chun Yun who often visited her with meals, so she slowly grew up.
"Of course it cannot be said that now is the moment after the election. Many ministers in the DPRK and the Central Government have already been dissatisfied with my exclusive favor because of my exclusive favor. If the news of my pregnancy is spread on the eve of the queen's seal, it may not be good."
In addition to worrying that Xiao Langyan would be in trouble, there was another possibility hidden deep in her heart: she was afraid.
She was afraid that after Xiao Langyan weighed the pros and cons, he would be ruthless and ask her to get rid of the child.
Out of mother's instinct, she had to hide it. She had to keep the child, because she had no other bargaining chip. She could only consolidate her position by constantly competing for favor and giving birth to royal heirs.
Shen Dingzhu's beautiful eyes were filled with desolate blackness. She felt pitiful, but what else did she have now? It was about to be the time when she was poisoned and died in her previous life. The family's grievances had not yet been proven. She still had to fight. She couldn't stop.
"Mother Song, when Shen Bi and Xiucui come back later, you will tell them that I am menstruating, and ask them to go to the small kitchen and order a light diet with less big fish and meat." Otherwise, she will smell the fishy smell. I vomited so much that I couldn't hide it sooner or later.
Nanny Song hesitated: "But Madam, the Palace Affairs Department has records, and the time of your menstrual period does not match up with now."
"Mr. Cen has diagnosed before that I am too preoccupied, so it is not impossible for my menstruation to come early. The Imperial Hospital has files. Even if the emperor goes to check, there will be no clues." Shen Dingzhu gently touched her abdomen. There is a faint cherry pink on the fingertips.
Shen Dingzhu's voice was soft: "As long as it lasts for another month, it will be fine."
By then, the candidate for the title of queen will have been decided, even the catastrophic days in her previous life will be over, and everything will go smoothly.
In the following days, Xiao Langyan often came to Shen Dingzhu's palace to find her, but she refused his advances quietly. At first, Xiao Langyan thought that she had not passed her period, but after that, Shen Dingzhu Still indifferent.
Feeling her reluctance, Xiao Langyan didn't want to see her reluctance when she forced her to have sex, so he gave up.
Whenever he came to Yaoguang Palace, he would fall asleep with her in his arms, and she would sleep more peacefully than before when he was alone on his pillow.
He thought he probably couldn't live without Shen Dingzhu.
Perhaps when he recognized Su Xincheng back to the palace after becoming a queen, he could make Shen Dingzhu the imperial concubine on the grounds of compensating his daughter.
However, on this day of rapid autumn rain, the troops Xiao Langyan sent to Nanzhou to investigate came back before the candidate for the queen was decided.
Their mission was to bring strong evidence back to the capital, so that the ministers could believe that after Shen Dingzhu left the palace, he gave birth to a daughter for the emperor outside.
There were heavy clouds outside the window, with heavy rain falling, and a bleak wind blowing across the sky. There was a faint sound of thunder in the sky, shaking the gravel on the stones and making them bounce.
The soft sedan carrying Shen Dingzhu walked across the gravel and puddles, and the eunuchs took her outside the Jinluan Palace.
Xiao Langyan wants to ask Shen Dingzhu what happened back then in front of all the ministers, and identify Su Xincheng with solid and powerful evidence.
"Empress, it's raining. I'm afraid it will get cold in the palace soon. Please put on your cloak." After Shen Dingzhu got off the sedan, Shen Bi put the cloak he had prepared in advance on her body.
Shen Dingzhu nodded lightly and looked at Shen Bi: "Let Xiucui warm a cup of brown sugar eggs. I'll have a nice drink to warm my body after I get back."
Shen Bi laughed: "Don't worry, we have already prepared it."
This is a good day for their little highness. How can the empress only eat brown sugar and eggs? They also prepared pastries and grape wine, so they must give a good congratulations.
Shen Dingzhu raised her skirt with her slender fingers and walked up the white jade steps. The majestic and stern palace of Jinluan Palace sat in a high place, with the dark sky behind it, symbolizing that the imperial power was unattainable.
Entering the Jinluan Palace, Xiao Langyan's close ministers were all there. In addition to them, there were more than twenty ministers in the court.
"The Imperial Concubine has arrived!" As Xu Shou sang, everyone's eyes moved towards the pretty figure at the door.
The wind came from behind Shen Dingzhu, blowing her dark cloud-like hair at the temples, and bringing with it wisps of fragrant wind on her body. The beauty had a graceful posture, walking lightly in lotus steps, and the precious hairpins and jade ornaments on her body were very gorgeous.
Xiao Langyan was wearing a dragon robe, sitting on a dragon chair, in the highest position, looking down at his beauty, walking towards him step by step.
After today, their daughter can officially return to the palace and reunite with them. Xiao Langyan guessed that there are not many things that can make Shen Dingzhu really happy, but this is definitely one of them.
Shen Dingzhu passed by Fang Suifeng and Chun Yun. She glanced at them from the corner of her eye, and her heart was as clear as a mirror. Chun Yun could prove that she was pregnant when she arrived in Nanzhou, and Chun Yun was from The people who had been taking care of her since she was pregnant also helped her find a stable midwife and were kind to her.
Shen Dingzhu and Fang Suifeng had an express agreement beforehand. They had drawn up a contract. It was agreed that they were only in a cooperative relationship. As her husband, he would protect her from unnecessary troubles and she would give her He had some money to support his education, but privately, they still lived separately.
Xiao Langyan asked his confidants to bring them all, just to prove to Shen Dingzhu how she gave birth to the child and how she brought it back during the past few years in Nanzhou.
"I am here to see you, Your Majesty." Shen Dingzhu lowered his head with a delicate posture.
Xiao Langyan's majestic and cold voice came: "Without courtesy, I will give you a seat."
Xu Shou moved a soft chair and asked Shen Dingzhu to sit and listen. The courtiers present were surprised. In the Jinluan Palace, even the first-rank ministers were not qualified to sit down, but a noble concubine could sit with the emperor in a grand manner, which was comparable to the dignity of a queen. It can be seen that his love is the highest in the Sixth Palace.
Xiao Langyan looked at Fang Suifeng and Chun Yun with cold eyes. If it were not for the sake of his children, he would never want to see Fang Suifeng again in his life. Otherwise, he would really be afraid that he could not help but chop off his head.
At this point, he was patient and his voice was inevitably cold: "When you and Concubine Shen met in Nanzhou, was she pregnant?"
"Yes." Chunyun nodded, "Not only that, Concubine Shen also worked with Fang Suifeng to entrust civilian women to find a suitable stable mother-in-law."
When Shen Dingzhu heard this, she suddenly frowned: "Chunyun, did you remember it wrong? I didn't know Fang Suifeng before I gave birth to the child."
Chun Yun did not raise his head, and his voice seemed unfamiliar: "The citizen woman remembered correctly, you and Fang Suifeng came here together. Seeing that you two have a good relationship, the citizen woman complimented her, and Fang Suifeng also gave her ten For two silver coins, please find a reliable and stable woman."
Fang Suifeng also nodded: "That's true. Concubine Shen was already one month pregnant when she found Cao Min. She claimed to be a concubine who escaped from a wealthy businessman's family. She was not tolerated by her mistress, so she wanted to live in Nanzhou secretly. To give birth to a child, in order to avoid being noticed by others, she asked ordinary people to cooperate and become her fake husband."
If according to the timeline mentioned by Fang Suifeng, then Shen Dingzhu could not have been pregnant while she was with Xiao Langyan.
The ministers suddenly looked at each other with unpredictable eyes, and started whispering to each other one after another.
Shen Dingzhu's heart seemed to be hit hard by a hammer. She suddenly stood up, and the chair behind her overturned, making a "bang" sound in the hall.
"You lied!" Her beautiful eyes stirred up waves of anger, "Chunyun, Fang Suifeng, how I treat you is a lesson to heaven and earth. Why do you want to maliciously frame me?"
Chun Yun raised her head, her eyes were already red. She looked at Shen Dingzhu, her lips trembled, and she said a cruel word: "Your Majesty did give us money, and I hope we will keep this matter in our stomachs, but you want to use it The blood of others comes to pass you off as a princess, and a commoner woman does not dare to tell a big lie for you, so she can only tell the truth."
Xiao Langyan's face was ashen and his voice was cold and biting: "Are everything you said true? I remind you that if you dare to tell a lie, you will be cut into pieces. If you don't repent, your entire family will be buried with you."
Chun Yun kowtowed heavily: "What the woman said is true, I am willing to guarantee it with my head on my neck!"
There was chaos in Jinluan Hall for a while.
When Fang Suifeng and Chun Yun first brought him back, they didn't mention this. Instead, they suddenly retracted their confession after going to the Jinluan Hall.
Xiao Langyan's stormy, dark eyes swept across the courtiers present.
Shen Dingzhu quickly looked at him: "Your Majesty, if we can find Po Wen who delivered the baby, she can testify for me. When Chengcheng was born, Po Wen also said that Chengcheng was full term and very good-looking, so I am the concubine." It was difficult to give birth, the bleeding continued, and I almost lost half of my life.”
Xiao Langyan closed his eyes and said, "Po Wen was originally going to be brought back with us, but I heard that she died of illness not long ago."
Shen Dingzhu's whole body froze, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
She looked at Chunyun and Fang Suifeng again.
They had been bribed a long time ago and wanted to use this incident to secure her accusation.
For a moment, the wind and rain outside the hall were swaying, and the candlelight inside the hall was flickering. In Shen Dingzhu's eyes, they all seemed like ghosts and ghosts.
Who among these ministers was the one who framed her? Or perhaps, they could no longer tolerate her special favor. As her second brother said, even if she didn't want to, she was already at the forefront of the storm, and many people wanted something to happen to her.
