At this time, all the concubines in the harem seemed to have heard the news and rushed over to pay their respects. After the ceremony, Shu Yan took the initiative to move closer to Tang Qianran and flattered her, "Oh, the third prince is getting cuter and cuter. His eyebrows are exactly the same as the emperor's, and his mouth is as beautiful as the imperial concubine's."

Song Jing said, "Such a young child can be seen to be heroic and cute?" If the emperor looked like this when he was a child, the Empress Dowager would probably not approve.

Tang Qianran was naturally happy when someone complimented her. She ignored Song Jing and continued, "Shu Ronghua will have children with His Majesty in the future, and they will definitely be very good-looking."

Shu Yan's eyes flashed with disappointment, "I am not as lucky as the Imperial Concubine. I have been in the palace for two years and have not seen the Emperor yet."

It was as if he was saying that the Crown Prince only favored the Crown Princess at that time and did not give any chance to other ladies at all. He even complained a little. Now that the Queen is pregnant again, the Crown Prince has ascended the throne and become the Emperor, but he still goes to the Queen's palace every day. Most of the ladies who entered the palace have never been summoned by the Emperor.

Tang Qianran said casually, "The Empress Dowager is now in charge of the Jingshifang. I heard that the Empress Dowager will arrange for everyone who has not had sex with the Emperor before to meet him. Sisters will have a chance in the future."

Suddenly, Tang Qianran realized that she had said something wrong. Her face flushed with embarrassment and she bowed repeatedly to apologize, "Didn't I say that the Queen was unfair before..."

Jiang Fenghua looked indifferent. All along, her rivals had never been the beauties in the harem.

She exuded a sense of authority and coldness, staring at Tang Qianran with eyes as cold as ice, and then glanced at the concubines, and said in a deep voice, "The Empress Dowager has ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to undertake the selection of candidates, and the harem will add new people again. As long as they are women in the harem, everyone can show up in front of the emperor as often as Concubine Tang did in the past. There will always be opportunities."

Concubine Song Shu was not convinced that Tang Qianran had won the position of Imperial Concubine. She said sarcastically, "I also want to learn from the Imperial Concubine how to dress up as a palace maid and go to Taihua Palace to write ink for His Majesty to please His Majesty."

"But I heard that the Emperor Mo has not favored the Imperial Concubine even though she has been with him for half a year. This shows that to please His Majesty, you must at least look good enough to please His Majesty. Otherwise, he will not be interested in you."

Doesn't Concubine Tang know who the emperor likes? Isn't it just the position of a concubine? You want to show off in front of the queen with your beauty, you really overestimate your own abilities.

Tang Qianran was furious when she saw Song Jing still opposing her. "Song Jing, you are now the concubine, and I am the noble concubine..."

Gao Qingtong quickly changed the subject, "I guess the Queen's baby must be a prince. When I was pregnant with the second princess, I had a hunch that it would be a princess. Oh, it really is a princess. My hunch was very accurate."

Tang Qianran was not the only one who gave birth to a prince in the harem. The Queen gave birth to two princes in this pregnancy.

Suddenly, no one wanted to curry favor with Concubine Tang anymore. Although the Empress Dowager asked her to help manage the harem, the power of the harem would eventually fall back into the hands of the Empress. The Empress was just pregnant, and the Emperor felt sorry for her and didn't want her to work hard and worry, so he temporarily let Concubine Tang manage the harem.

Jiang Fenghua smiled and said, "Don't gather around, it's getting late. Come with me to pay respects to the Empress Dowager!"

"Yes." Everyone said in unison.

I saw Concubine Song Shufei and Concubine Gao Zhaoyi following Jiang Fenghua on the left and right, and they were talking and laughing.

Shu Yan and Tang Qianran fell behind, and Shu Yan whispered, "The Queen Mother did not give the power of the palaces to the Queen. The Queen Mother values ​​the Imperial Concubine more. In the future, I will have to rely on the Imperial Concubine to say a few good words in front of the Queen Mother."

Tang Qianran glanced at her face, which was pretty and charming. "Don't worry, Shu Ronghua. I will advise the Queen Mother to let you sleep with her as soon as possible."

Shu Yan said, "Thank you, Imperial Concubine."

"Now that the Queen is pregnant, it's time for the concubines in the harem to seize the opportunity to sleep with her. With the Queen Mother's support, the Queen Mother will be happy if the concubines in the harem give birth to more royal heirs." Tang Qianran said again.

Tang Qianran still hasn't put herself in the right position. She was able to compete with Zhu Zhenzhen for the position of concubine only because she happened to be Jiang Fenghua's chess piece. Now Jiang Fenghua may turn her into a useless chess piece at any time.

In this life, the only person who can play chess with Jiang Fenghua is the emperor, and everyone else is just chess pieces on their chessboard.

Arriving at the Cining Palace, Jiang Fenghua led the crowd and saluted the Queen Mother in unison, "Your servants pay their respects to the Queen Mother. May the Queen Mother be blessed."

The Queen Mother was wearing gorgeous clothes and sitting upright on the main seat. She glanced at the concubines below casually, with a majestic and noble look, and said in a deep voice, "No need to be polite."

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Everyone said in unison again.

The Queen Mother said again, "Please sit down!"

Jiang Fenghua stood up straight and Nanny Wang helped her sit below the Empress Dowager. At this time, Tang Qianran also sat on the other side of the Empress Dowager according to the rules.

Tang Qianran personally carried the child to the Queen Mother and said with a smile, "The Third Prince knew he had to come to pay his respects to the Queen Mother, so he got up early. The Third Prince quickly wakes up and pays respects to the Grandmother."

The Queen Mother didn't know whether she did it on purpose or had some other intention, so she said, "Let me hold my little grandson."

The Queen Mother held the Third Prince in her arms and saw that his eyes were half open and half closed, as if he wanted to sleep but was forced to get up.

Tang Qianran said, "Maybe he wanted to sleep again. I heard from the nanny that children are sleepy, and he got sleepy again after playing for a while."

"Children are like this. They need more sleep to grow." The Queen Mother's face was full of love. "The Third Prince has stopped coughing, right? I have been thinking about you all the time."

"Much better, nothing serious." Tang Qianran said respectfully.

Song Jing and Gao Qingtong could not bear to let such a young child get up early to suffer this. In fact, even if Concubine Tang did not bring the child to the Cining Palace to show filial piety, the empress dowager would have nothing to say. After all, the child was still young and knew nothing. But after she was promoted to the position of concubine, she always wanted to show off with the third prince.

Not long after the Third Prince was one month old, Tang Qianran often carried him to the Cining Palace, which was why he was exposed to the cold wind and caught a cold from time to time, and his condition never got better.

Jiang Fenghua sat aside gracefully and virtuously. No matter how much her mother loved her child, she would not use her child to win favor.

The other concubines were also complimenting the Third Prince on how cute he was, but Nanny Wang exchanged glances with Jiang Fenghua, feeling that Concubine Tang's child was too listless.

Jiang Fenghua also glanced at the empress dowager's arms and felt something was a little strange. She remembered that she wanted to touch the child just now, but the wet nurse held the child and backed away, not letting her touch.

The empress dowager had the child returned to Tang Qianran and said in a deep voice, "The Lantern Festival is in five days. This is the first Lantern Festival since the emperor ascended the throne. Concubine Tang should take care to urge the Imperial Household Department and the Ministry of Rites to host this banquet well." She gave Tang Qianran an opportunity to be included in the list.

Tang Qianran quickly bowed respectfully, "I will definitely live up to the expectations of the Queen Mother and the Emperor and make the Lantern Festival a lively one."

Concubine Song Shu seized the loophole in her words and flattered her, "I heard that the envoys from various countries have not returned yet. They should wait until the Lantern Festival in Shengjing City before leaving. At that time, they should also come to the palace to attend the banquet. Concubine Tang must have prepared wonderful programs for the guests to show them the majesty and style of our Great Zhou Kingdom."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Concubine Tang with expectant eyes.

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