Legend of Zhen Huan: Zhen Huan is reborn

200 Surfaced

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As we enter August, the clear skies that have lasted for several consecutive months seem a little tired.

The drizzle continued, and after a few cool autumn rains, the air was filled with a fresh and moist scent.

Autumn came quietly and silently.

At this moment, Zhen Huan was sitting upright on the couch, chatting leisurely about family matters with Noble Consort Duan Qi Yuebin and Noble Consort Jing Feng Ruozhao who came to visit her, while An Lingrong and Shen Meiyu were already waiting in the inner room.

As soon as Jinxi arrived at the palace gate, she properly dealt with the affairs of Concubine Tian who came to visit her. Feng Ruozhao beside her said with a smile: "You are free and at ease, but it is hard for Jinxi to deal with things for you outside."

Zhen Huan leaned on the soft golden pillow and said lazily, "I really don't want to see their faces. They are obviously extremely jealous of the child in your belly, but they still force a smile and ask questions. It's really annoying."

Shen Meizhuang reached out and gently tucked the gold-thread quilt around her body, and said softly, "No wonder you feel uncomfortable. Those things that happened a few days ago would make anyone feel very uncomfortable. Your Majesty, you have indeed been wronged. Fortunately, your Majesty still believes in you."

Zhen Huan held down Shen Meizhuang's hand as she tucked the quilt in for her and said with a smile, "How can you be so delicate? You are actually tiring your sister out."

"What's wrong? Didn't I serve you well enough?" Shen Meizhuang asked with a smile.

Qi Yuebin smiled and said, "I think it's not that Concubine Hui wants to pamper you, but you are indeed blessed. You are already the mother of four children. Whether the baby in your belly is a princess or a prince, your position in the palace is as solid as a mountain and cannot be easily shaken. Think about it carefully. The affairs of the two palace concubines have been continuously involved with you. If you hadn't given birth to three sons for the emperor, how could this matter be easily exposed?"

There was a barely perceptible sadness in her tone, "As expected, with your own child, you can rely on everything. No wonder the queen hates you so much."

"Thinking back on what happened a few days ago, I still feel scared." An Lingrong said.

Before she finished her words, cheerful laughter was heard not far away. Zhen Huan looked in the direction of the sound and saw Wen Yi, Longyue and others playing with tangrams. Hongmian was squatting curiously, watching his sisters playing with them.

Only Lingxi sat quietly on Feng Ruozhao's lap, listening to their conversation as if she understood it or not.

Outside the window, sparse wind blew, the flowers in the forest had withered, leaving only endless maple leaves, like burning flames, rendering the red of autumn in full swing, spreading all the way to the sky.

Zhen Huan looked at the happy scene of the children with a smile, and felt relieved in her heart.

However, an indescribable feeling of disgust welled up in her chest. She quickly took a dried crabapple and put it in her mouth, frowning slightly and saying, "Liu Zhu's craftsmanship is still not as good as Huan Bi's. This pickled crabapple fruit is not sour at all."

Liu Zhu stopped what she was doing, looked up and said aggrievedly, "How is it not sour? Because Your Majesty thinks it's not sour enough. This is the third time you've pickled it, and I feel it's too sour to eat."

Feng Ruozhao said with a smile: "It's common for pregnant women to have stronger tastes."

After that, she picked up a dried sand apple and tasted it. As soon as she took a bite, her brows knitted tightly. She quickly spit it out, took some tea to rinse her mouth, and said repeatedly: "So sour, so sour!"

Feng Ruozhao has always been a steady person. The fact that she lost her composure like that shows how sour the dried sand apple is.

"You never like sour food, so this baby might be a prince." Shen Meizhuang said with a smile.

Zhen Huan smiled sheepishly, then ordered the maid to bring her candied fruit, and said apologetically: "My taste is too strong, and I wrongly blamed Liu Zhu, which also made my sister feel uncomfortable."

Feng Ruozhao still frowned, unable to speak, and waved his hands to indicate that he didn't want to say anything.

Qi Yuebin and the others couldn't help but burst out laughing, and then said, "I heard that only those who are pregnant with a prince have such strong tastes, but you are even more extreme than others. You have already given birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. Do you want to give birth to another pair of twin dragons playing with a pearl?"

Qi Yuebin seldom smiles normally, but when she does, her smile is as bright and beautiful as a spring morning, making people obsessed with her.

Zhen Huan pressed her chest and said, "This pregnancy is a little strange. I feel particularly nauseous and vomit easily. My heart is always stuffy and uncomfortable, and my appetite has become particularly heavy. This was not the case when I was pregnant with Hongmian and Lingxi."

Shen Meizhuang said worriedly: "In this case, we should ask Doctor Wen to come and take a look. Although you have given birth before, you should still be careful about everything."

"Could it be that you were tired these days?" An Lingrong asked with concern.

Qi Yuebin seemed to be thinking about something, and whispered, "When Queen Chunyuan was pregnant with her first child, she was also very uncomfortable. Giving birth is like walking through the gates of hell for a woman. Queen Chunyuan took such good care of herself at that time, but in the end, both mother and child died. Besides, there are too many things that hurt the yin in the palace, and it is difficult to raise a child. You have been so upset recently, so you should take better care of yourself."

Zhen Huan was about to speak, but she saw Lingxi slide down from Feng Ruozhao's lap, clapping her hands and laughing as clear as a bell: "Sister, sister is chasing sister!"

Everyone looked in the direction of her finger and saw Longyue grabbing a red jigsaw puzzle and running ahead with a smug look on her face, saying with a smile, "Without this piece, Sister Liangyu's rabbit will be missing an ear."

Wen Yi was anxious to get the tangram back, but was also afraid that Longyue would fall, so she held up her skirt and chased after her: "Sister, run slower."

Seeing the sisters chasing and playing, Lingxi also thought it was very lively and kept laughing: "Sisters chasing sisters, sisters chasing sisters."

Zhen Huan asked the wet nurse to take the children to the yard to play, and then she slowly spoke: "What the Imperial Concubine said just now reminded me that the child of Concubine Tian was also like this. It was just that she was lucky and survived by chance, but she can no longer have children."

"Come to think of it, I have the same impression. Her child was breathless when he was born, just like Queen Chunyuan." Qi Yuebin said.

"This... How did Queen Chunyuan end up with two deaths?" Shen Meizhuang asked curiously.

Qi Yuebin sighed softly and whispered, "That was when the emperor was still a prince. The empress dowager's mother's family had two girls of marriageable age, the legitimate Queen Chunyuan Ulanara Rouze and the illegitimate Ulanara Yixiu. The empress dowager herself was a illegitimate daughter, and she was afraid that the legitimate daughter would be too spoiled, so she wanted Yixiu, who was a illegitimate but calm, to enter the palace. Because the emperor was still young and Yixiu was a illegitimate daughter, it was not appropriate to canonize her as the legitimate wife immediately, so she was only a concubine, and would be canonized as the legitimate wife as soon as she gave birth to a son. Soon, Yixiu became pregnant, but it was a pity..."

Qi Yuebin sighed slightly, as if unable to bear the memory, "That day, Empress Chunyuan was ordered to enter the palace to accompany her pregnant sister. Who would have thought that she would meet the emperor on the way? It was fate. The emperor fell in love with Empress Chunyuan at first sight. He insisted on doing so despite the opposition of the empress dowager, and the empress dowager could not go against his wishes."

Shen Meizhuang asked, "Has the emperor never met Queen Chunyuan before?"

Qi Yuebin said: "I have never seen it before. The emperor and the queen mother made such a decision, and Yixiu did not dare to object. She could only watch Queen Chunyuan being made the legitimate wife."

She paused and continued, "Not long after, Yixiu gave birth to the eldest prince, but the fetus was not strong enough and he died before he was three years old. At that time, Empress Chunyuan was also pregnant. The emperor said that Yixiu had some knowledge of medicine and was worried about leaving her to others to take care of her, so he asked her to serve him. Yixiu also helped the imperial physician to read prescriptions. However, Empress Chunyuan always felt uncomfortable when she was pregnant, and she was in great pain when she was about to give birth. She passed away after giving birth to a dead baby. Before she died, she fell on the emperor's knees and begged him not to vent his anger on the imperial physician, and to take good care of her only sister Yixiu. Not to mention that the emperor was heartbroken, even we couldn't bear it. After all, Empress Chunyuan had been kind to everyone in the mansion since she entered the palace. Who knew she was so pitiful? I took a sneak peek at the child and saw that she had several blue spots on her body and was dead at birth."

"Blue spots? Why do I have blue spots on my body? Does Your Majesty know?" An Lingrong asked curiously.

"I know. The imperial physician said that this happened because the fetus was not frightened enough." Qi Yuebin replied.

"Then this symptom, isn't it..." Feng Ruozhao hesitated to speak, as if he had thought of something.

"Because of Queen Chunyuan's last words, the Queen Mother didn't want the Emperor to marry a woman from another family, so she agreed to make Yixiu the Empress. You all know what happened afterwards." Qi Yuebin said, pinching the soft coral red tablecloth with the word "Fu" on it with her inch-long nails. "When Queen Chunyuan passed away, Yixiu fainted from crying several times. The love between sisters was so touching. I was young and didn't understand. I have been watching from the sidelines for many years. Yixiu attached great importance to the position of Queen. Could it be that she didn't hate it at all when it was taken away by someone? So I secretly kept an eye on her. The more I thought about it, the more scared I became. But I just had no evidence."

Qi Yuebin has always been a man of few words, but what he said in this section was from the bottom of his heart, which was a big exception in his life.

Her words revealed her deep thoughts and doubts about the past, which moved people.

Feng Ruozhao listened attentively, his breathing gradually becoming rapid. "She was by Queen Chunyuan's side when she was pregnant. It's not impossible for her to bribe the imperial physician and the people around the Queen. Given her personality, she didn't care about my respect for her back then, let alone the person who took away her position as the legitimate wife? Queen Chunyuan happened to be pregnant when she lost her son. Wouldn't that drive her crazy!"

She was terrified when she spoke the last part, but this terrified state gradually revealed some dark red fanaticism, "If she really did this, she was the one who killed Queen Chunyuan and the Second Prince..."

Qi Yuebin immediately interrupted her and said calmly: "We have no evidence."

Feng Ruozhao clenched his fists tightly and said firmly: "There will definitely be one. Isn't it the same for Concubine Tian?"

Zhen Huan lowered her head in thought and said slowly, "Perhaps, when Concubine Tian spoke for the Queen that day, she might have discovered something. Who knows."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhen Huan caught a glimpse of a small figure. She looked closely and saw that it was Longyue. "Longyue, why aren't you playing outside?"

Longyue narrowed her eyes and said, "Mother, I'm sleepy."

"Then mother, can you please help me to sleep?" Zhen Huan said gently.

Qi Yuebin's face was as calm as water: "Let's go back first. This matter still needs to be carefully considered. No one should be careless."

"In that case, let's go back first." Feng Ruozhao said with a hint of reluctance in his tone.

"Huan'er, take good care of yourself. I will come to see you when I have time." Shen Meizhuang said with concern, her eyes revealing deep concern for Zhen Huan.

Afterwards, several people took their children and returned to the palace.