The concubine is extremely cautious

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty. I have been reflecting on my mistakes these days. I thank Your Majesty for your forgiveness!" Wen Baolin bowed.

Although she was very impulsive at the time, after careful analysis, she understood the emperor's tolerance towards her.

Helian Qi nodded slightly, "Get up."

Wen Baolin stood up and glanced at Ning Wanyin who was standing beside the emperor.

Today Helian Qi summoned Ning Wanyin to serve him with pen and ink (to practice painting).

Now that there were concubines paying a visit, the emperor did not let her leave, so she stopped writing and sat quietly to one side.

"Your Majesty, I have something else to report. My period has been delayed for more than half a month... Please, Your Majesty, invite the imperial physician to help me." Wen Baolin looked shy.

Helian Qi immediately put down the pen he was writing on and said, "Wang Degui, call the imperial physician!"

He had only one prince, who was the son of Concubine Shu.

In order to prevent his foreign relatives from becoming too powerful, he needed some princes.

Whether it is Shunpin, Wenmeiren, or other concubines with suitable identities, the children born to them can all become candidates for the crown prince for him.

Soon, Judge Zhao came in a hurry, felt Wen Baolin's pulse, and bowed to the emperor, saying:

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Wen Baolin has been pregnant for more than a month."

Helian Qi was delighted, "Very good. Wen Baolin has contributed a lot to the birth of the royal heir, so she is promoted to a beauty!"

Wen Baolin was overjoyed and bowed, "I kowtow to you for your grace!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on the birth of the royal heir!" Wang Degui hurriedly said auspicious words.

Ning Wanyin also stood up to congratulate, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, and Congratulations, Lady Wen!"

Lady Wen got pregnant before Ning Wanyin did, and she was very proud of herself. She was just about to show off...

Then the emperor on the dragon throne said:

"Ning, you are very experienced in taking care of Shunpin, and I will leave Concubine Wen to you as well."

Lady Wen immediately became anxious.

Ning Wanyin, relying on her contribution in taking care of Shunpin, was given the power to assist in managing the six palaces, and the emperor often rewarded her with many gifts.

Now she has to rely on her own child to ensure her wealth and prosperity for another ten months?

She shouldn't even think about it!

As for the means of preserving the pregnancy, who in the palace didn't know the rules of Changchun Palace? She just followed them, and there was no need for Ning Wanyin at all.

"Your Majesty, I think Concubine Ning is already very busy taking care of Concubine Shun. If she takes care of me, I'm afraid she will lose sight of the other and affect Concubine Shun's pregnancy." Lady Wen objected hastily:

"I can take care of myself, so I won't bother Concubine Ning."

Ning Wanyin had no intention of taking care of anyone else at all.

Did the emperor think she was an expert at prenatal care?

"Lady Wen is right. I have already exhausted all my energy in taking care of Concubine Shun, and it is difficult for me to take care of Lady Wen." Ning Wanyin bowed and declined, with just the right sense of proportion:

"I can send a copy of the palace rules of Changchun Palace to Lady Wen. Lady Wen can pick out some that are useful to use... If you have anything to ask me, I will tell you everything I know."

Seeing this, Helian Qi felt that it was a bit unreasonable for him to use Ning Wanyin as several people, so he nodded and said:

"In that case, Lady Wen, you should take good care of your pregnancy. I will ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to assign you a few experienced maids to take good care of you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lady Wen breathed a sigh of relief.

The next day, August 1st, everyone gathered at Jingxi Palace.

Concubine Zhuang was in a bad mood recently and asked for sick leave. Concubine Song was confined to her room, Concubine Shun was locked up, and Concubine Wen sent her personal maid to ask for leave:

"Thank you, Concubine Shu, for reporting to the Empress Dowager that my mistress is pregnant and unwell, so she is resting in the palace. His Majesty has ordered that you do not need to pay your respects."

A cold light flashed in Concubine Shu's eyes.

Lady Wen was confined to her room for half a month, so she didn't discover her pregnancy immediately.

Now Concubine Wen reported to the Emperor, and the Emperor sent someone to take care of her. She also followed Concubine Shun's example and stayed indoors to take care of her pregnancy. She was quite thoughtful.

Concubine Shu acted like a legitimate wife and said with a smile:

"It is a great joy for our royal family that Lady Wen is pregnant. Let her rest assured and take care of the baby. I will report this to the Queen Mother on her behalf."

"Thank you, Her Majesty!" The palace maid bowed and retreated.

Concubine Shu immediately looked at Ning Wanyin with concern:

"Ning Jieyu, Concubine Wen and Concubine Song are both pregnant. You are the most favored by His Majesty, but there is no pregnancy yet. Is there something wrong with your body? Have you consulted the imperial physician?"

Ning Wanyin stood up calmly and said, "In reply to your Majesty, I have always been in good health and have no discomfort. Perhaps it is just that our destiny has not yet arrived."

"Is Concubine Ning really not sick? Don't be afraid to see a doctor." Concubine Xue retorted.

Cen Jieyu took over the conversation:

"Concubine Ning is so favored, but she has not been able to conceive. She has ruled out poor health. It is probably because she is not destined to have children and is not blessed enough."

This is a very vicious statement.

The main duty of a concubine is to expand the royal family...

A woman who is unlucky and has no chance to have children is a useless person, and the emperor should not favor her so much.

Concubine Cen is like a poisonous snake hiding in the dark, usually silent, but suddenly rushing up to bite.

Ning Wanyin looked at her and calmly retorted:

"I am so blessed to be loved by your majesty. How can I be considered unlucky? Could it be that Concubine Cen thinks that your majesty's favor is not a blessing?"

Concubine Cen's face froze. "Your Majesty's favor is a blessing. Maybe you are unlucky and can't bear such a blessing, so you don't have children."

"I heard that the Empress Dowager became pregnant in the third year after entering the palace, and the Noble Concubine became pregnant in the fourth year after entering the palace. If you, Concubine Cen, could have given birth twenty years earlier, wouldn't you have criticized the Empress Dowager and the Noble Concubine behind their backs?" Ning Wanyin spoke word by word.

Concubine Cen's face became completely gloomy.

Ning Wanyin's counterattack was so clean and beautiful that she was completely speechless.

There was silence in Jingxi Palace.

Concubine Shu smiled and tried to smooth things over, "It's getting late. Everyone is here now. We should go pay our respects to the Empress Dowager."

The concubines arrived at the Cining Palace and paid their respects to the Empress Dowager.

Concubine Shu reported to Empress Dowager Xue that Concubine Wen was pregnant.

Queen Mother Xue said with a look of relief, "Lady Wen gave birth to a child for the royal family, and she is a great contributor to our Great Yan. Someone, give Lady Wen the prayer beads that I asked a mage to consecrate and bless a few days ago."

The nanny took the order and went to Ranfeng Pavilion to deliver the gift with the rosary.

"I remember that Concubine Ning entered the palace with Lady Wen." Empress Dowager Xue looked at Ning Wanyin, acting like a kind elder:

"Don't be impatient. With His Majesty's great favor towards you, sooner or later you will be able to give birth to a son for His Majesty like Lady Wen did."

Empress Dowager Xue's methods are several levels higher than those of the younger generation.

Her words of comfort, seemingly for your own good, actually implied that Ning Wanyin was anxious when she saw Concubine Wen was pregnant.

If anything happened to Lady Wen's pregnancy, everyone would naturally think of Ning Wanyin.

"I am now busy taking care of Concubine Shun, and I am too busy to do anything else, but I am not in a hurry. No matter which sister in the harem is pregnant, it is a happy event for our Dayan, and I am equally happy." Ning Wanyin responded with a smile.

Queen Mother Xue's eyes flashed, she was quite eloquent.