Concubine Hua glanced around. She sent Songzhi Qiangwei and others to guard outside to prevent others from approaching, so as not to disturb their conversation.
"It's just me and you here, what can't you say?"
"Since you have suffered a loss, you have to find a way to make up for it. Do you want to suffer this in vain?"
Sun Miaoqing bit her lip, of course she wouldn't do so much in vain. Taking such a huge risk to have a false pregnancy, tossing and testing Big Fat Orange is only half of it, and the other half is for my own future.
[Why did Hua Pangpang suddenly become smart, or is this a must-have behavior for ladies of official families? 】
[It’s hard to have children, but when you grow old without children, you can only stay in the backyards of Cining Palace and Shoukang Palace. If I don’t have enough status and Big Fat Orange leaves too many concubines, I might have to sleep in Datongbu. I can’t stand this pain! 】
[Qi Erha is still here, but Hong Li is too narrow-minded, so Hong Zhou is better. He is young and doesn’t remember things, so he should be raised just like his own child. 】
Sun Miaoqing said, "Concubine Hua, I want to raise my fifth elder brother..."
Concubine Hua understood that there were many children in the palace, and she had no other choice except the fourth and fifth elder brothers.
It is true that a mother is more valuable than a son, and given that she is taller than a mother, the fourth elder brother is not from a respectable background and has never been liked by Big Fat Orange. He has been kept in the Yuanmingyuan, and he can't ask a question all year round.
The fifth elder brother was different. Although he was frail and sick and was living outside the palace, Big Fat Orange often asked about him. Every once in a while, Prince Zhuang would report the latest situation of the fifth elder brother to Big Fat Orange.
If you take him by your side and raise him well, you will get a son for nothing. No matter how you look at it, it is a good deal.
However, Concubine Hua was also a little strange. It was not like Sun Miaoqing could not give birth. She had only been in the palace for a short time and she was already thinking about the child.
Could it be that she knew what she had done to Big Fat Orange?
Thinking of this, Concubine Hua asked tentatively, "Why would my sister think of raising the fifth elder brother?"
"You are still young, and you have the emperor's blessings. Why are you so anxious?"
"The fifth elder brother is in poor health. If you raise him, I won't say how much thought and energy you put into raising him. If something goes wrong, wouldn't you be asking for trouble?"
Sun Miaoqing said, "Concubine Hua, don't worry, I've figured it out."
"Your Majesty is not young. There have been very few princes and princesses given birth safely in recent years. The risk is really too great."
"Although the fifth elder brother is in poor health, it is precisely because of this that he will not be feared by others."
"Besides, there are so many skilled doctors in the palace. What kind of tonics don't exist? It will be better when he is older."
[He lived to be fifty-nine years old, which is not short-lived at all. After all, there are many people who become grandparents in their thirties these days! 】
[Besides, having a baby is so risky. I heard that one quarter of pregnant women at this time will not be able to wait for delivery, one quarter will not survive delivery, and one quarter will not be able to survive the confinement period. Those who can watch their children grow up safely are the chosen ones... ....]
[My life is hard-earned, so I should enjoy it while I’m alive and don’t waste it elsewhere! 】
Hong Zhou lived fifty-nine years?
Concubine Hua narrowed her eyes slightly. Is giving birth so dangerous?
She had also heard that there were people around her who died due to childbirth, but the number was far less than three quarters.
Maybe Sun Miaoqing remembered it wrong...
Concubine Hua said, "As long as you have a plan in mind, I will help you persuade the emperor. I think there should be no problem."
Sun Miaoqing was shocked, "Don't!"
Realizing that his reaction was too strong, he calmed down his expression and added, "I mean, the emperor must be willing to do this."
"If the empress helps me and my concubines to persuade me, it will be bad if the emperor thinks that we are using this matter to force him..."
[Big Fat Orange is so afraid of Hua Fatty and Nian Gengyao. If Hua Fatty talks to him, he will let me raise my fifth elder brother. Even if the fifth elder brother is not in good health, he will definitely think elsewhere! 】
[At that time, suspicion will arise, and things will happen one after another, and there will be no end. 】
Concubine Hua was unhappy, very unhappy.
But this was not for Sun Miaoqing, but for the suspicious Big Fat Orange.
It is human nature for other concubines to blow the wind on your pillow. When it comes to her, everything she says is wrong and everything she does is calculated. Why?
Concubine Hua sighed, "Okay, you can take care of it yourself, and I will be fine."
"It's good to have a child. At least the palace can be lively."
*
The small Buddhist hall of Shoukang Palace houses a white jade Guanyin.
The Queen Mother knelt in front of the Buddha, closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, and recited Buddhist sutras for a long time. Hearing a noise around him, he knew it was Bamboo Breath coming back, so he kowtowed to the Bodhisattva several times. Zhuxi helped the Queen Mother get up and left the small Buddhist hall to the outside.
The Queen Mother asked, "Have you found out? What's going on?"
Zhuxi said, "Reporting to the Queen Mother, people from Chuxiu Palace said that when the emperor was about to leave, the Buddhist beads hanging on the bedside fell to the ground. The emperor did not pay attention and stepped on them, so he dropped them."
"Concubine Cheng went to help her in a hurry, but she couldn't hold her and fell to the ground. Her stomach hit the pedal and she had a miscarriage."
"I heard that there was a lot of blood. Fortunately, Concubine Cheng has always been in good health. The imperial doctor treated her in time, so her life was not in danger."
The Queen Mother felt that this was a strange thing and too much of a coincidence.
"Zhu Xi, are you talking about this matter, could it have anything to do with that good niece of the Ai family?"
When Zhu Xi first heard about this, he also doubted the queen. After all, the queen had many criminal records and had always spared no effort in murdering the emperor's heirs.
But after checking it himself, Zhuxi felt that this matter had nothing to do with the queen.
The queen's hands are not that long and she can manipulate the emperor's body.
Zhuxi said, "I feel that this matter has nothing to do with the Queen."
The Queen Mother asked, "Why? You have always disliked the Queen, but now you are speaking for her."
Zhu Xi said, "The Queen Mother clearly knows that this servant is not dealing with the matter but the person."
"The Queen is still ill, and Concubine Hua is now taking care of all affairs in the harem. It is not easy to place people around Concubine Cheng."
"Besides, even if the Queen wants to murder Concubine Cheng's dragon fetus, she won't push the matter onto the Emperor. What good will this do to her?"
The Queen Mother said, "That's true, but besides her, who else could be there?"
"After all, that's still the emperor's heir. It can't be Concubine Cheng herself, right?"
