The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

Only two days after the Ninth Prince's full moon banquet, good news came from the main hall of Changxin Palace, saying that Concubine Yu was pregnant. It had been nearly three months now.

After that, for several days, rewards poured into Changxin Palace like water.

Even if Concubine Yu was pregnant and could not sleep with her, Lu Zhaolin would often go to Changxin Palace to accompany her.

Talking about the rest of the people in the harem, even Jiang Shiying, who was at the height of her powers before, and the imperial concubine who had just given birth, seemed to have been forgotten.

Jiang Shiying was not in a hurry in her heart, but she had to look like she was trapped by love on her face. In case Lu Zhaolin found out any clues when he asked about it in the future.

On this day, she pretended to be in a bad mood, sent all the people waiting on her out, and stayed in Dongnuan Pavilion to read her storybook.

Qiu Yu brought in a cup of cheese, put it on the Kang table, and said, "The cheese that was just made in the small kitchen is sprinkled with sweet osmanthus honey. Would you like some of it, please?"

Jiang Shiying picked up the spoon, scooped up a mouthful and put it into her mouth, her eyes narrowed slightly with satisfaction.

Then he reluctantly put the spoon back and said in a low voice: "Hurry up and take it out, don't leave it here to let me covet you."

Qiu Yu suppressed her laughter, picked up the tray and walked out. Before leaving the house, a look of worry appeared on his face.

Yu Chengyi, A Yuan and Lan Hui stood outside.

When they saw Qiu Yu come out, they all looked at the tray in her hand - a small cup of cheese, with more than half of the bowl left. Obviously, the empress still has no appetite.

When they looked at Qiu Yu again, all of their eyes were full of worry.

"How is your empress?" Yu Chengyi asked in a low voice.

Qiu Yu sighed and shook his head.

Ah Yuan was worried: "My queen used to love the cheese made in the small kitchen, but now I can't even eat it. What should I do?"

Qiu Yu thought of the happy expression on their mother's face when she ate the cheese just now, and the bitterness and hatred on her face when she put down the spoon, and she almost laughed out loud.

She kept her face tight and frowned: "I'm afraid that only your Majesty can make the empress look beautiful."

Several people were guarding the door. Before they could discuss a countermeasure, they saw Xiao Xuanzi coming over and saying that someone from the Department of Internal Affairs had sent something.

Yu Chengyi said: "You just put the things away when they arrive. Why do you need to report such a trivial matter?"

Xiao Xuanzi said: "The things sent by the Department of Internal Affairs are wrong."

As soon as these words came out, several people looked at him. In front of their Jingyang Palace, the Secretary of Internal Affairs has always been obedient and sensible. What happened today?

Yu Chengyi asked: "What's wrong?"

Xiao Xuanzi said: "Today, the Secretary of Internal Affairs sent silk and bamboo fans as tribute from Shu. As a rule, the empress should be given five fans, but the Secretary of Internal Affairs only sent two."

Yu Chengyi lowered his voice and asked, "Did the Secretary of Internal Affairs give an explanation?"

Xiao Xuanzi said: "Xiao Dazi, who came to deliver the gift, said that the number of silk and bamboo fans sent to the palace as tribute this year is small, only thirty in total."

Yu Chengyi squinted his eyes and counted: "There are thirty fans in total, ten fans each for the Queen Mother and the Empress, and five fans each for our Empress and the Imperial Concubine. Isn't this nice?"

Xiaoxuanzi said: "That's exactly what you said. The people from the Department of Internal Affairs must have withheld the fans from our mother-in-law's account this time and sent them to who knows where. I asked Xiaotingzi and the others to press Xiao Dazi is here, can you go and ask him?"

Yu Chengyi nodded and was about to walk out when he was stopped by Ah Yuan.

"What are your orders, Miss A Yuan?"

"I don't dare to accept the order." A Yuan said, "I thought to myself that it would be better to let the queen personally interrogate this matter."

Yu Chengyi was puzzled: "Why do you need to work hard for such a trivial matter?"

The second half of the sentence that was left unspoken was that it made him seem too useless as the chief eunuch?

A Yuan said: "Even if it is a small matter, it will be good if it can distract the queen."

Yu Chengyi thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Miss A Yuan is the one with the brains."

Qiu Yu and Lan Hui next to them also reacted.

Qiu Yu said: "Then I will go in and report to the queen."

A moment later, in the small flower hall.

Jiang Shiying sat up high, while Xiao Dazi from the Department of Internal Affairs knelt on the ground and replied.

"I'm sorry, Concubine Chen. It's not that the slaves are so bold as to deprive you of your share. It's true that the production of bamboo silk fans this year is small. There are only thirty units in total, which is really not enough to distribute them everywhere. The Queen Mother and the Empress The empress must not be able to move, so I can only aggrieve you."

After saying this, Jiang Shiying was immediately amused.

Xiao Dazi knelt on the ground, heard the laughter of his superiors, and thought to himself that Concubine Chen didn't seem as scary as the rumors. Isn't this easy to fool?

The next moment, Jiang Shiying was heard saying: "Of course the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother cannot be touched."

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Dazi's tense shoulders relaxed a lot: "My dear, you still understand the righteousness."

"Don't put too much blame on me." Jiang Shiying said quietly: "Who made the idea to wrong me, a first-class concubine?"

This is not easy to answer.

Xiao Dazi hesitated and said: "Concubine Chen——"

Jiang Shiying interrupted him: "Is it the Queen Mother? Is it your Majesty? Or is it the Queen?"

In the palace, there are only three people who are qualified to make her feel wronged.

I don’t know when I got up, but Xiao Dazi’s forehead was covered with cold sweat.

Beads of sweat rolled to the ground, making a "pattering" sound.

He murmured for a long time without daring to speak, but Jiang Shiying who came up smiled again: "It seems that is not the case. Then who is so powerful that he wants to be the master of the first-class concubine Chen? ?”

Having said that, no matter who was behind this, they committed the grave crime of being disrespectful and violating palace rules.

Xiao Dazi kowtowed in panic: "Concubine Chen, please spare your life. Concubine Chen, please spare your life. The Secretary of Internal Affairs can't help himself."

It wasn't until he saw blood on his forehead that Jiang Shiying spoke slowly: "I am curious, why is the Secretary of Internal Affairs so incapable of doing what he wants?"

Xiao Dazi said: "As a rule, the Queen Mother and the Empress can each get ten bamboo silk fans, and the Imperial Concubine and you can each get five. If you add these up, you get exactly thirty fans."

Jiang Shiying sipped her tea: "Isn't that just right?"

Xiao Dazi said: "But the good news came from the Jade Concubine. Your Majesty is showing great favor to the Jade Concubine. It would be bad if you don't give any of it to the Jade Concubine."

Jiang Shiying's voice was as cold as cold jade: "So, you became the master of this palace, took three bamboo silk fans from this palace, and assigned them to Changxin Palace?"

Xiao Dazi raised his head, blood was continuously flowing out from the wound on his forehead, but he didn't care at all, and only anxiously differentiated: "The slaves are also thinking that with this division, there will be no difference between you and the Jade Concubine. There won’t be any quarrel over this, and the Jade Concubine will not hold a grudge against you.”

Jiang Shiying thought to himself, that’s it.