In the blink of an eye, winter is coming, and Shen Dingzhu is more than three months pregnant.
She was completely pampered by Xiao Langyan. For her sake, he postponed the time of ancestor worship, which aroused criticism from both the government and the public, but he was soon suppressed by forceful means.
Xiao Langyan's thoughtfulness became more and more moisturizing, taking care of Shen Dingzhu silently.
The medicines she had taken to protect her pregnancy were all very effective, but they still left some sequelae.
Several times at night, Shen Dingzhu's right arm was slightly congested and her meridians were blocked. She slept uncomfortably. When she opened her eyes in a daze, she could see Xiao Langyan holding her arm, and just kept lifting it for her to relieve the pain. Her pain.
The eyes he looked at her became more and more deep and painful. Shen Dingzhu wisely stopped mentioning the matter of redressing the Shen family, and the two of them became affectionate and affectionate, just like a young couple.
Once, when Xiao Langyan was feeding her a pregnancy-preserving medicine, he said with a smile: "Do you still remember the bet I made with you? Next year, I'm afraid you will lose to me."
When he said this, his thin eyes were shining. Shen Dingzhu sipped the bitter concoction and paused.
She was thinking, why does Xiao Langyan still remember this bet? Then everything he is doing now is just to win?
Shen Dingzhu didn't know that there was a lot of turmoil in the court. Several poor students who passed the imperial examination were reused. Old Master Du personally promoted them and placed them in various important official positions, quietly nailing them into the court. Taking the lifeblood and causing dissatisfaction from other forces.
Many memorials to impeach Mrs. Du flew onto Xiao Langyan's table like snowflakes, but he suppressed them temporarily.
Seeing the victory of the battle between the Jin Dynasty and Changliu Kingdom, the Beiliang Kingdom sent many rare and rare treasures to express their position. They even arranged envoys to prepare to arrive during the New Year to pay New Year's greetings to Xiao Langyan. It is implied that they did not support Chang Liu against the Jin Dynasty.
As soon as those rare treasures sent by Beiliang Kingdom entered the harem, Xiao Langyan kept most of them for Shen Dingzhu, and then divided the rest among the two nobles Cui De Fei and Zhang Tong.
Concubine Cui De became increasingly ill for some reason. Shen Dingzhu visited her several times and found that she had a severe cough.
Concubine Cui De was lying on the couch and said to Shen Dingzhu with a weak look on her face: "Mother, my concubine's illness may not be cured for a while. It doesn't cost people's lives, but it can't be cured. It's like roasting on a low fire. It's going to cook slowly." As a concubine, I will die but cannot die, and live in extreme pain."
At this point, she cried so sadly that Shen Dingzhu comforted her: "I have discussed it with the emperor. When we find the ghost doctor, let him come into the palace to treat you. Don't worry about it."
When the two noble men Zhang Tong saw Shen Dingzhu, they only dared to lower their heads and serve her carefully.
They knew that Concubine Shen was the one who was most important to the Emperor. She single-handedly prevented Sun Qingya, who had the chance to enter the palace, from being able to take the throne.
Therefore, while Shen Dingzhu was raising her baby, it became increasingly boring, and the palace opera troupe came more than a dozen times.
Occasionally, Chengcheng was brought into the palace, but he could not stay for long before he had to leave. According to the auspicious time calculated by Qin Tianjian for Su Xincheng, it would be the beginning of next spring before he could be officially registered in the imperial family and welcomed into the harem.
In addition, with the arrival of winter, the palace became increasingly deserted and deserted.
It was approaching the twelfth lunar month, and Xiao Langyan was even busier with government affairs. He was afraid that Shen Dingzhu would be bored, so Princess Enzhunxuan and Princess Kang entered the palace to accompany Shen Dingzhu and talk to relieve her boredom.
After the emperor passed away, there were several princes left behind. Xiao Langyan did not deal harshly with these princes. He just trapped them in the capital and sent special guards to guard them in the name of the late emperor's ten years of filial piety.
King Xuan was the legitimate son of the late Queen, but because of his debauchery and confusion, Xiao Langyan specially spared his life, retaining the title of prince, and having no worries about food and clothing in the capital.
Prince Kang was the seventh prince at the time. He was a mediocre man, and the princess he married was also a timid and dull lady.
Princess Xuan was no stranger to Shen Dingzhu. Before the Shen family was destroyed, Shen Dingzhu had several close friends, all of whom came from well-known families.
After the death of Princess Xuan, the princess he married was Jiang, one of Shen Dingzhu's friends at that time. Shen Dingzhu was once beautiful, and all the ladies surrounding her praised her beauty while secretly praising her. Next, he picked on her for being pampered.
After something happened to the Shen family, they dispersed like birds and beasts. Not only did Jiang pretend not to know Shen Dingzhu when she saw him again, but she also turned to Fu Yunqiu. In order to show that she was done with Shen Dingzhu, she also took the lead in making arrangements. Rumors about Shen Dingzhu.
Ever since Xiao Langyan ascended the throne and Shen Dingzhu became a noble concubine, we have rarely heard news about the Jiang family. We only heard about the decline of the Jiang family and that many clan members left the capital to seek other development.
In order to entertain the two of them, Shen Dingzhu placed the banquet on the second floor of the palace beside Qinxin Lake.
The palace people hang up purple gauze curtains, and the pale white mist of winter floats slowly along the lake. There are long tripod copper stoves at the four corners of the balcony, burning expensive red silk charcoal, and the square inside of the platform is smoked like warm spring. .
"See the noble concubine." Princess Xuan and Princess Kang were led onto the stage by the palace attendants.
Shen Dingzhu glanced briefly and saw the temperament of the two people from their clothes. Princess Kang was plainly dressed, with a dark and simple color. Princess Xuan Jiang was still as usual, with her head held high and her clothes gorgeous, except for the cuffs. The exposed skirt is slightly out of size.
"Sit down, there are only three of us. We are all family members, so there is no need to be restrained." Shen Dingzhu smiled and looked beautiful.
Mrs. Jiang looked at it secretly, feeling even more uncomfortable.
Concubine Shen was so pampered by the emperor. A woman who was pampered and nourished was like her, her face was rosy, and even though she was pregnant, she still looked coquettish, her skin was white and smooth, and her hair was as black as clouds.
She was wearing expensive gold and purple satin, the color was bright and majestic. Only Shen Dingzhu's beauty could suppress such an eye-catching color.
Mrs. Jiang then moved her sleeves and deliberately pushed out her pregnant belly.
Princess Kang saw it and was surprised: "Princess Xuan is also pregnant?"
Her belly was round and bulging, and Shen Dingzhu asked, "How many months have it been?"
Princess Xuan pursed her lips with uncontrollable pride. She held up her hair on her temples and pretended to be shy: "It's been more than four months. In fact, if I hadn't come to invite you today, the prince would not have let me go out for fear that I would knock you." Touching each other, this kid is more nervous than me."
Seeing her shy and sweet face, Shen Dingzhu smiled, and Princess Xuan raised her hand and touched an Dongzhu hairpin in Yun's hair.
The round Dongzhu is white and purple in color, about the size of a little finger, and it is of high quality at first glance.
"Before, when the prince got Dongzhu, he immediately asked someone to tie it into a hairpin and give it to me. Princess Kang, you were pregnant early, so you know how considerate your man is." She deliberately showed off and tilted her head in the direction of Princess Kang. , let Princess Kang see clearly.
Princess Kang covered her lips in surprise: "Ah, why does this Dongzhu look so familiar? I just saw two pearl chains wrapped around my empress's wrist."
Princess Xuan's expression froze and she subconsciously looked at Shen Dingzhu.
Before Shen Dingzhu could pull up his sleeves, Princess Xuan had already seen it. On her snow-like thin wrist, there were indeed two circles of dongzhu chains wrapped around it!
Each pearl is a brilliant purple in color, and its quality is infinitely better than hers! The most important thing is the chain of Shen Dingzhu. There are probably about twenty of them. These are one of the treasures gifted by Beiliang Kingdom.
Princess Xuan suddenly thought that the east pearl on her head might be a defective product that King Xuan got from the emperor!
She originally wanted to show off her happiness, but now she was shameless in public. Princess Xuan became embarrassed and turned pale.
Princess Kang realized that she had said something wrong and quickly made up for it: "...I really envy Princess Xuan."
Shen Dingzhu calmly smoothed things over: "There's nothing to envy. The emperor rewarded both King Xuan and King Kang with three. You can make a bracelet out of it. It's pretty enough."
"Three!?" Princess Xuan raised her voice and her eyes widened.
