The Third Prince walked up to her, like a normal couple, and raised his hand and gently put it on her shoulder, "Now even Zhao'er is going to be a father, and we are getting older!"
Aunt Zhou raised her eyes to look at him and said with a smile: "Yes, we are getting old."
In the yard, Zhou Zhao carried Nan Fengling around in his arms, then put her down and brought her into the house.
When everyone saw this, they didn't bother the young people, and turned around and went to the front yard.
Aunt Zhou came to the kitchen and told Aunt Zhuang the happy event.
Aunt Zhuang was also very happy when she heard this. She picked up the kitchen knife and went to the backyard to kill another chicken and stew a pot of chicken soup. ?.?????.???
The family had a wonderful dinner together.
Compared with the lively Zhou family, the one in the palace is much more deserted.
Since the emperor returned from Cheng'an County last time, he has lost interest in the women in the palace.
He thought about it and decided to draft himself.
I thought it would be great if I could choose a folk girl like Lady Xu.
After the emperor had this idea, he immediately became energetic and wrote an imperial edict to allow women of marriageable age across the country to participate in the draft, whether they were officials or peasant women.
When Zhou Ruiyuan received this example article, he felt quite angry.
The fifth prince on the side came up and said, "I didn't expect that my father would still want to have a concubine at such an old age."
The emperor was probably in his forties, which was not very old. It was common for emperors to be in their fifties or sixties and still choose concubines.
It's just that this time the emperor didn't even let the women go.
Zhou Ruiyuan collected the examples and said slowly: "Isn't he going to choose a concubine? Well, you can help find some ugly girls in the village and send them over."
The fifth prince responded with a smile: "Okay, big brother."
Now other counties are arresting people, and all those who are not married are being sent to Qingzhou Prefecture for screening.
Many women who did not want to enter the palace found someone to marry overnight.
There was such a commotion for a month. Magistrate Li and Zhou Ruiyuan conspired to send several ugly and sick women to the draft.
All the other women were sent home.
When the palace first drafted women, only one woman was selected.
That woman was the girl from Fireworks Willow Alley, whom Magistrate Li carefully selected and prepared to send to the palace.
The woman was infected with the disease, and thinking that her time was short, she was willing to go to the palace and become a concubine.
As soon as the emperor saw this woman in the main hall, he thought of the graceful Lady Xu, and his heart immediately felt itchy, so he sent someone to keep the woman.
In addition, several beautiful young women were left behind.
There was a new person around the emperor, and he gradually forgot about looking for the queen.
He doted on this woman every night. It was not until the woman's fever persisted that the emperor felt something was wrong.
Then the imperial doctor was immediately called.
The imperial doctor looked at it and was surprised and said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, she has Hualiu disease."
The emperor was shocked, "What disease? Hualiu disease? How could a folk woman like her get such a disease?"
Just when he was puzzled and ready to lecture this woman.
The woman suddenly fell seriously ill and died without asking any questions.
The emperor looked at the woman who died in front of him and was horrified. "Physician, hurry! Save her!"
The imperial doctor lowered his head and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this woman is extremely ill. You should..."
The emperor quickly asked: "What's wrong with me?"
The imperial doctor gritted his teeth and said, "This disease of flowers and willows can be passed from person to person. Your Majesty would like to ask this veteran to take a look at it."
The emperor's face turned pale when he heard this, "You mean I also have the disease?"
The imperial doctor knelt down and said, "I didn't say that. Please let me take my pulse first."
The emperor sat down slowly and stretched out his hand tremblingly, "Okay, come and feel my pulse."
The imperial doctor stepped forward and stretched out his hand to feel the emperor's pulse. After a while, his hand began to tremble.
Seeing his expression like this, the emperor was shocked and asked, "How is it? How am I doing?"
The imperial doctor lowered his head, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, you and the empress are suffering from the same disease."
In the past, the imperial palace was very strict in selecting concubines, and they had to be the daughters of fifth-grade officials to be selected.
This is the first time that the emperor has married a folk woman.
Even if he wanted to check now, he couldn't find anything.
The emperor was like a bolt from the blue, sitting where he was, "What will happen if you get this disease?"
After hesitating for a while, the imperial doctor whispered: "The whole body will rot and die."
