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

Song Cairen thought to himself, with the imperial concubine, His Majesty should favor others, right? These fresh little girls who have just entered the palace should be more painful than the concubines in the palace who are no longer young, right?

Thinking of this, she stood up and ordered: "I remember that I have two pieces of bright yellow soft tobacco and two pieces of pink Tianxiang silk. They were sent to the Fashion Bureau and asked them to quickly make me summer clothes."

The maids listened to her instructions, opened the box, took out the cloth, and hurriedly sent it to the Fashion Bureau.

Song Cairen was not idle either. He first ordered someone to take the money to the imperial kitchen and ask the imperial kitchen to make soup and snacks that could clear away the heat.

Then, sit in front of the dressing table and dress up carefully.

After she finished dressing up, the little eunuch who was sent to the royal kitchen happened to come back with a food box.

Song Cairen stood up and held the wrist of the eldest palace maid Ran Qing: "Do I look okay?"

Ran Qing nodded hurriedly: "My master looks great."

Song Cairen took a deep breath, and then smiled slightly: "Pick up the food box, let's go to Mingguang Hall to ask for an audience."

When she arrived outside the Mingguang Hall, excited and anxious, she was told by the little eunuch guarding the door that His Majesty was not there.

"Your Majesty is not here? Father-in-law, does he know where your Majesty has gone?"

While talking, Ran Qing quietly handed over a purse under the signal from Song Cairen's eyes.

The little eunuch took the purse and pinched it. It was so thin that he thought it was a banknote.

"The Imperial Concubine is pregnant. His Majesty was worried about it, so he naturally went to Xiangying Residence." After saying this, perhaps for the sake of the banknote, he whispered again: "These few days have passed. Today, His Majesty's thoughts are probably on the Imperial Concubine. If my young master is determined to make progress, he might as well wait a few more days."

Song Cairen said some words, but secretly felt a little annoyed in his heart.

I kept saying that I was not in a hurry, but I was still anxious!

The little eunuch was right. She wanted to win favor, so she might as well be patient and wait a little longer. After all, the imperial concubine cannot sleep with you, but your majesty can't endure not eating meat all the time, right?

If we wait a few more days, maybe things will turn around.

How the talented people of Song Dynasty competed for favor is another matter.

But Lu Zhaolin said that as soon as he received the news that the imperial concubine was happy, he immediately took people to Xiangying Residence.

The whole afternoon, I didn't deal with political affairs much, I just spent time rubbing my ears and hair together.

At night, the two of them lay in bed cuddling each other.

Lu Zhaolin put his hand on Jiang Shiying's flat belly and suddenly said: "I must have a prince in my belly."

"Why?" Jiang Shiying tilted her head slightly: "If it were a princess, wouldn't His Majesty like it?"

"As long as it's Ah Ying's child, how could I not like it?"

"His Majesty just said that he must be a prince."

Lu Zhaolin sighed and said, "I'm worried about you and Ping An. If you are so favored, who in the whole harem would not be envious and jealous? Ping An was born weak due to premature birth. If I were to die one day, I'm afraid that You mother and son will be wronged. If I were a prince, I would be able to protect you in the future."

In the previous dynasty, Ah Ying did not have a strong maternal family. Because of her favor, the concubines' mother clan was still dissatisfied with her.

Not to mention the concubines in the harem, who all greeted her with smiles on their faces, but felt jealous and resentful in their hearts.

Today, Liu Baoshan conveyed the message from the Queen Mother. The more he thought about it, the more he worried about the future of Ying and Ping An.

Coincidentally, at this time, Ah Ying happened to be pregnant!

If this baby was a son, what would he have to worry about?

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Shiying raised her upper body and placed her left hand on his lips: "What did your Majesty say? I don't like to hear this."

Lu Zhaolin grabbed her left hand and said, "I am telling the truth."

Jiang Shiying gave him an angry look: "A Ying is going to give birth to a daughter this time. Your Majesty must always take good care of us and protect us, mother, son, mother and daughter. Don't even think about pushing this burden away."

Lu Zhaolin laughed and kissed her head gently before saying, "Okay, okay, I will always protect you."

Jiang Shiying leaned back into his arms, her eyelids drooping, hiding the emotions in her eyes.

Two days later, Fang Yuanjing came to ask for Ping'an's pulse.

After checking his pulse, he nodded with a smile: "Your Majesty's pregnancy is very healthy."

Then, he looked around and saw that the room was full of people whom Jiang Shiying could trust, and then he said, "Yesterday, His Majesty summoned me to the Mingguang Palace."

Jiang Shiying sat up straight: "But what's wrong with Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty is fine, don't worry, Your Majesty." Fang Yuan judged: "The reason why Your Majesty summoned the ministers is for His Highness the Eighth Prince."

Jiang Shiying raised her eyebrows slightly: "Safe?"

The court judge said: "Your Majesty asked me whether it is possible for the Eighth Prince's body to recover to be as healthy as a normal person."

"What did you say?"

"I reported back that the Eighth Prince is much stronger now than when he was just born. If things go on like this, if he continues to take good care of him, and he can properly practice some martial arts to strengthen his body, it is very likely that he will do well."

Jiang Shiying nodded: "I understand that I need to pay more attention to my safe body."

The judge from Fang Yuan bowed and said, "This is all my responsibility."

That night, when Lu Zhaolin came to Xiangying Residence, he mentioned that he wanted to hire a martial arts master for Ping An: "I have asked the imperial doctor. Proper martial arts training is good for Ping An's health."

Jiang Shiying leaned into his arms, her tone full of trust: "I listen to your majesty."

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The years in Xiangying's life were peaceful and quiet, but in Concubine Zhen's Rongchun Pavilion, everything was bleak at this time.

"Whose place did your Majesty go to?"

When she said this, she had a cold face and ice-filled eyes.

Chang Xia lowered his head and said, "I went to the Imperial Concubine's Xiangying Residence."

After the words fell, Concubine Zhen's face became even colder.

This afternoon, she sent someone to Mingguang Hall to deliver snacks. I thought that since the imperial concubine was ill and inconvenient to serve, His Majesty would inevitably think of her while eating her snacks, and he might come to see her tonight.

Unexpectedly, he couldn't even compete with a pregnant woman!

Chang Xia looked at Concubine Zhen's face and advised, "The Imperial Concubine is pregnant. Your Majesty, for the sake of looking after the child, you should take more care of her."

When she said this, she felt outrageous. Even when the imperial concubine was not pregnant, did His Majesty still pay less attention to her?

Concubine Zhen didn't find any fault with her words and just said "ha": "Pass the meal around."

In the whole garden, there are countless concubines like Concubine Zhen.

Zhou Guiren's place.

Zhou Guiren held the chopsticks in his hand and stabbed the bowl hard. A nice bowl of rice was quickly ruined by her.

"She's already pregnant, and she still dominates His Majesty. What kind of royal concubine? I think she's just a coquettish woman!"

"My lord!" The eldest maid, Baoling, was almost frightened to death by her words. She looked around anxiously and saw that no one else was present, and then she felt relieved: "My lord, you should be more cautious."

Zhou Guiren said nonchalantly: "You're so scared. What's there to be afraid of?"

Baoling looked worried, and just as she was about to persuade her, she saw a young palace maid coming in to tell her that Miss Fang Fei's friend Ci Ye was here.