37 years old, I became a harem concubine

The empress and Yu Wenyue have been married for many years and her stomach has not moved. If there is no particularly favored concubine in the palace, she might not live so comfortably as an empress.

Now, once she became pregnant, the situation was instantly reversed.

The empress finally became pregnant, so everyone in the palace naturally kept close to her, and the concubines who came to pay her respects all dispersed without even seeing her face.

Shen Huan was walking in the back. As soon as she walked out of the gate of Jingren Palace, Concubine Zhang stopped him: "Your Majesty Zhaoxi, let's go together. It just so happens that I want to stretch my legs today."

Shen Huan stopped and waited for her, and the two walked into the palace side by side.

Zhang Bin said: "Unexpectedly, the queen has a son."

"The emperor stayed with the queen on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year. It is normal to have children, and the sons of the middle palace are important to the emperor and queen. If there are no more sons, the queen should also adopt the prince to her knees." Shen Huan watched the fire from the other side, but there was no Too much feeling is like what I said, the son of the queen is not only the son of the empress, but also a pawn to stabilize the country and the government. Qi's country will be inherited by him.

This may be bad news for those who have thoughts, but for Shen Huan, who has a weird body, it doesn't matter whether she has it or not.

Zhang Bin has been thinking about this issue these days, and after much deliberation, a thought lingered in her mind. She looked at Shen Huan's expression and asked, "Why are you so sure that you will not be involved in this dispute? Could it be...you ..."

Shen Huan nodded, and responded to her doubts: "The concubine's body is different, and she has no destiny with an heir."

"..." Zhang Bin's eyes widened slightly, she didn't expect to be guessed right by herself, and she couldn't help feeling a little distressed for Shen Huan in front of her.

The concubine who is favored again will eventually be replaced by a younger, more beautiful and fresher newcomer. If you don't take advantage of the favored time to climb to a high position and have an heir, the life after falling out of favor is too difficult, especially when you are favored and lost. Circumstances that vary greatly can overwhelm a person's life.

She couldn't say any comforting words, she felt that it was hypocritical and useless, she just said: "Then let's walk around more in the future, there is someone in the palace who has a way, so as not to nest there every day and get moldy."

Shen Huan knew that she wanted to comfort herself, so she looked at her and said, "Actually, the empress does not need to be sad for the concubine, the children's affairs are predestined, and the concubine is just destined not to be brought along."

"By the way, from what you mean, you seem surprised that the queen has a son."

Zhang Bin said: "This is an old story when I was in Qiandi."

"At that time, the emperor was very much favored by Empress Dowager Yiren. Before marrying the empress, he had already given him two concubines. One was my palace, and the other was...the Shu concubine who fell into the water and died in the hidden mansion."

"Concubine Shu is beautiful, and she receives more favors every month than I do. She soon became pregnant. When she was five months pregnant, the emperor married the empress. In the third month of the empress' marriage, her belly was already eight. The month-old Concubine Shu didn't know what was going on, so she went to the lake at night, fell into the water and died."

"Later, some servants in the palace said that every few days when Concubine Shu died, people passing by the lake would hear Concubine Shu cursing that the Queen has no children."

"It's strange to say that the emperor goes to the empress every month, but the empress has never been pregnant, so there is a saying that the evil spirit of the concubine Shu is haunting her."

Shen Huan sounded a little strange, "Does Concubine Shu's death have something to do with the Queen?"

As soon as Concubine Zhang heard this, she subconsciously looked at the Jingren Palace behind her, which had long been invisible, and leaned into his ear: "This is just speculation. There was a rumor back then that the maid beside the Queen died when Concubine Shu jumped into the lake. On the afternoon of the day she died, she bumped into Concubine Shu, but the collision was not serious, and the matter ended with Concubine Shu punishing the palace lady twenty mouths."

"No wonder the empress said it was a matter of speculation." Just bumped into it, what can it explain, Shu concubine died unexpectedly, and there are such shocking rumors, the matter of this palace lady may be talked about by everyone at will.

Concubine Zhang nodded: "That's right, if the queen hadn't been childless, no one would have remembered this matter long ago."

The empress and the emperor are the same age, and they are in their twenties this year. It has been ten years since they got married. Although the people in the harem didn't say anything about it, they already agreed that it is impossible for the empress to be childless in this life.

That's why I was so shocked this morning.

Shen Huan asked Concubine Zhang: "What is the reason for the empress to ask my concubine to go all this time?"

Zhang Bin looked at him: "Your Majesty Zhaoxi is indeed an open-minded person, and it happens that I don't like those twists and turns, so I want to make a deal with you."

"What kind of deal, let's talk about it first, and the concubine will not do things with blood on his hands." Shen Huan first laid out her bottom line.

Zhang Pin said: "Your Majesty Zhaoxi is serious. In fact, I just want to find a godmother for the second prince of the palace, so that you, the godmother, can mention him before the emperor, not to mention making the emperor think how smart and capable he is. It’s enough for the emperor to leave a cute impression.”

"Didn't your empress say before that you won't fight?"

"The nobleman probably doesn't know that the prince's going out of the palace to build a mansion is also thick and thin. I didn't expect him to have any great abilities. As long as the emperor thinks about the father-son relationship, give him a leisurely and non-troublesome place." For errands, the money to go out of the palace and build the mansion should be generous." In the past, the queen had no children, but it is different from now.

Concubine Zhang knew that she was not outstanding in appearance, so she could point to Yu Wenyue as a side Fujin, but it was because Ama had some old feelings with Empress Dowager Yiren. Now Empress Dowager Yiren is dead, except that she saw the emperor on the day when the second prince was born. , It has not been turned over for four or five years.

Counting on her, the second prince might not see the emperor on the day he leaves the palace.

If one is not careful, it may become a stepping stone for others.

Seeing that Shen Huan was silent, Zhang Concubine said: "I assure you, even if one day the nobleman is not like today, the second prince will treat you as I treat you."

Shen Huan understood what she meant, it was using the second prince to bring the two of them together.

Now I use my love to help the second prince, and the second prince will take care of me in the future.

I have to say that this is a lucrative deal, after all, it is a certainty that I will be childless.

But there is one thing, this is clearly an idea to hit the emperor.

Shen Huan thought of what he said when he caught up with him on the palace road that day, Shen Huan, are you trying to figure out what I'm thinking.

He is a person who hates others guessing what he means. He may not say it, but he has already judged you wrong in his heart.

Shen Huan said to Zhang Concubine: "Mother, please forgive me for being humble and dare not be the second prince's godmother."

Zhang Bin's face was not so relaxed, "Don't you think about it?"

Shen Huan continued: "My lady, don't worry, the concubine hasn't finished talking yet. Although the concubine can't be the second prince's godmother, the lady can often bring the second prince to Yikun Palace as a guest, and she should be able to see the emperor."

"As for how much the second prince can do in front of the emperor, it is no longer under the control of the concubine."

As soon as he said this, Zhang Bin understood that he had opened up another way, and he did not do it deliberately, and minimized the danger that fell on him.

Although she understood that Shen Huan was unwilling to put herself in danger, Concubine Zhang also thanked him for giving him such an opportunity, and said: "Then I will not bother you much in the future."

"The concubine is feeling deserted, it would be better if the empress comes more."

The two walked in front, and the maids and eunuchs beside them were separated by five or six steps, and their voices were so low that only the two of them could hear each other's voices.

After they parted, Qingzi and Xiaoxi came up.

Xiaoxi is used to being the silent one, but Qingzi asked: "My lord, what did Madam Zhang Concubine tell you just now?"

If Xiaoxi came to ask, Shen Huan would tell the truth, but when Qingzi asked with a face that couldn't hide the matter, he just said: "The empress said that life in the palace is boring, and she will bring the second prince to relieve us from boredom. "

"Oh, the second prince is quite cute. He looks a bit like the emperor, especially his mouth and nose."

"Well, father and son."

It was still early, and Shen Huan planned to go back to sleep.

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On the other hand, businessmen in Shengjing City got up early, since Yan Shi and Chen Shi spent all their belongings on this street-facing shop to open a restaurant, the two of them became more and more energetic day by day.

Yan Shi got up early in the morning to check whether the vegetables brought by the vegetable vendor were fresh, and then asked the back chef to pull them in, and then asked the vegetable vendor to go to Chen Huiru to settle the score.

Mrs. Yan was busy preparing for breakfast. Mrs. Wu, who hadn't seen her for a while, came in with two maids: "If I knew you were so busy, I would come back in the afternoon."

When Yan Shi saw that it was her, she quickly put down the work in hand: "No matter how busy you are, you will never miss time with Madam. Go and call the master and miss, and tell them that there are distinguished guests at home, and let them come and see you."

"If it's someone else, it doesn't matter if they come or not, but it's better for your family to see this stuff."

Only then did Yan Shi notice that the maid behind Mrs. Wu was holding a box in her hand, and she couldn't help being curious: "Mrs. came just as she came, why did she still bring a gift?"

Mrs. Wu took the box from the maid and put it on the table, "Yesterday was the Queen Mother's birthday. According to the usual practice, we officials ordered our wives to go to the palace to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday."

"I met an old man who asked me to give these things to you."

"Old friend?" Yan's head was full of confusion, there was no old friend in his palace, only his——

The flesh on Yan's face trembled, "Yes, is that my second daughter?"

"You may have heard from the old lady that those who can celebrate the birthday of the empress dowager are all nobles and above. Could it be that Ting Fangrong has been promoted to a nobleman?" Chen Tingfang has been in the palace for almost a year, and Yan has long since let go of her admiration. The yearning in the palace, even if it is all good, if there is no news of my girl there, it is not good.

Mrs. Wu shook her head, "Let's talk about it after Chen Shi and your Huiru come."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Shi and Chen Huiru came out from the back kitchen. Chen Shi still had the same round figure, but it was darker than when he was in Chen's house.

Chen Huiru has changed the most. She who used to be taciturn now has a smile on her face all the time. Wearing a neat long jacket with slanted breasts and a horse-faced skirt, and combing the bun of an unmarried woman, she looks like a capable girl.

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Make up for yesterday's third update.