Xie Yingmei woke up in the pain of her lower body. She rubbed her bleary eyes and smelled the fragrance of jasmine in the curtain.
"Glory." she stretched out her hand wearily to lift the curtain. "What are you cooking?"
Xue ronghua heard her weak voice. Hurriedly came and helped her up, "why did you wake up? It's not dawn yet."
"Yes. It's still dark, but what are you doing there?" Xie Yingmei leaned half on her shoulder. "I really want to smell some jasmine. Are you making jasmine tea? It's almost winter. Where did you get the Jasmine?"
"There's nothing you can't get as long as you find a way." Xue ronghua touched her black hair. "I'm not making flower tea, I'm making Jasmine cakes. Don't you like sweet. I'll make something for you after you've managed to get through a difficult time."
"Sure enough, she passed a difficult time." Xie Yingmei pulled her lips and raised a bitter smile. "It's a relief that I finally gave birth to the child. But I'm nervous at the thought of raising him again."
Xue ronghua smiled. "You don't have to worry. It's better to have children in the harem than not. Your hard work of raising children is still a sweet burden to others."
"You will comfort me very much," said Xie Yingmei, holding up. "What about the child? After he came out of my stomach, I looked at him and didn't hold him well."
Xue ronghua helped her out of bed. "What's your hurry? The little prince is still in the back hall and is taken care of by the nurse. You can see him tomorrow morning."
"I'm not in a hurry," said Xie Yingmei, shaking her head and smiling at the corners of her lips. "How is the emperor after seeing the child? Is she very happy?"
"What you gave birth to is both the prince and the auspicious omen of mother and son's peace. How unhappy the emperor was, he almost went inside to see you," Xue ronghua poured her a cup of tea. "The emperor hasn't named the prince yet. He wants to hear what you mean."
"Name?" Xue ronghua lowered his eyes. "The big prince is called game. My child's name is Yanqi."
"Is it because the peaches and plums don't say anything," Xue ronghua nodded. "The name is low-key. It doesn't compete with the German imperial concubine, which can also reassure her."
Xie Yingmei glanced at her and asked, "hasn't the German imperial concubine come to Zhaoyun hall yet?"
"Not yet. The little princess is just sick. Only the emperor came to the Zhaoyun hall," Xue ronghua bit his lip. "But we also have to work hard for fear that someone will make trouble."
Xie Yingmei agreed: "yes, when the child is in my belly, I always worry about others hurting me. Now that the child is born, I have to protect him and grow up. This is being a parent."
Xue ronghua smiled reassuringly at her, "you're comfortable. You'll get what other girls need."
"It's nothing. I just took xuanxiao's seat," Xie Yingmei was a little sad. "But xuanxiao can't come back again. If she was imperial concubine Chen, it wouldn't be so easy to go?"
"This is the big day when you gave birth to a prince for the state of Qi. Don't talk about these past things," Xue ronghua said positively. "If xuanxiao became imperial concubine Chen, I'm afraid it would be better to be caught by imperial concubine de."
Xuanxiao reluctantly smiled, "yes, I don't want these things."
"Don't think about being the daughter of the rebels," Xue ronghua said earnestly. "The more you care, the easier it is to be found."
Xie Yingmei was stunned and nodded knowingly, "I see."
Su Rushan restrained the surging waves in her heart and forced herself to drink tea calmly. "What are you doing here now? Don't go to Zhaoyun hall to take good care of your little prince?"
"Don't worry. I've seen it this morning. The little prince is fat and quiet. He's better than you," Meng Qianzhong glanced at her obliquely. "Princess de sent gifts to congratulate Princess Chen. Why didn't you move?"
Su Rushuang bit her lip and said, "what did Princess de send?"
"A circle of wreaths."
Su Rushuang's lips curled up and muttered with disdain, "I thought it was something great. It was just Yingluo."
"After all, the intention is to arrive. If you don't give anything, it will be very strange for Princess Chen," Meng Qianzhong's eyes are covered with ice. "Aren't you going to join hands with Princess Chen to deal with Princess de? Why don't you do this scene when her child is born now."
Su Rushuang's pupils tightened sharply, "how do you know..."
"If I don't know what you want to do, you'd better underestimate me," Meng Qianzhong gently touched his chin. "You should do enough in the play. I don't want to take care of the struggle between you and the German princess, but you should know the measure."
Su Rushuang pursed her thin lips, "I know. Then you want me to give it to imperial concubine Chen..."
"Of course, I told you so long ago."
"I thought you wouldn't kill her because she gave birth to a little prince," Su Rushuang raised her eyes suspiciously. "How are you sending someone to the Qi Qin border?"
"The people I sent met general Xie there," Meng Qianzhong said with a cold light in his eyes. "He changed his face and became a bandit. I dug a big pit to bury them for the sake of border stability."
Su Rushan's whole body was stiff. "I'll see the imperial concubine Chen again. It's good to wait for the first few days."
"I asked you to help me when I thought of the things about Lang Hua before," Meng Qianzhong sighed faintly. "Do we plan to look like concubine Chen now, like we planned to admire Lang Hua before?"
Su Rushan was speechless for a long time, and immediately said, "emperor, you still need to know that mu Langhua is the guilty woman of the dirty back palace, otherwise it's easy to doubt the Donghua palace."
Meng Qianchong turned around and glanced at her, "I know in my heart that you can remove the Chen imperial concubine."
"But..." Su Rushuang bit her lower lip. "What are you going to do with the prospective Princess Xue ronghua? Aren't you very interested in her?"
"Interesting, that's also someone else's princess," Meng Qianchong lowered her eyes. "She said she would stay with Princess Chen until she gave birth to the prince. Now it should be time to return to the state of Qin."
"For a person who has stayed in the state of Qi for such a long time, the emperor is really relieved that she will return to the state of Qin?" Su Rushuang snorted, "don't you think there is a fine relationship in it?"
"The state of Qin hasn't put in fine works in the state of Qi. Xue ronghua is just a female official. It's not good for concubine Chen to be a fine work, but you can see from their relationship," Meng Qianchong curved his lips and showed a sneer. "When you talk about fine works, I doubt Xirong. The emperor of Xirong is a good player."
The autumn wind at night shuttled among the bare branches, making a fine sound. The bright moon like a white jade plate hung high in the sky, setting off the stars in the sky.
Luo Ninghai touched Meng jou Chia's forehead, and the tightly wrinkled eyebrows finally loosened, "fortunately, the fever has finally subsided."
After a busy day, Jiang Jinwen also breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. "Madam, the princess is getting better slowly, but concubines see your face is not good, so they'd better go and have a rest."
Luo Ninghai covered the tired look between his eyebrows and eyes and said with a soft smile, "no, the palace wants to look at jou Chia here. If anything happens again, it can be found in time."
"But the empress has stopped eating and drinking for a whole day, and her body still matters," Jiang Jinwen comforted. "The gifts from concubine Chen's empress have been sent to her. It's better for the princess to help her watch."
Luo Ninghai said with a smile, "you've been working with the palace all day. Now you're the one who should rest. Go and have a rest. You look pale."
Jiang Jinwen saw that she couldn't resist, so she had to give up. "The concubine will go to Zhaoyun hall to see concubine Chen and the little prince tomorrow, or go on behalf of her mother."
"Tomorrow, such as imperial concubine Qi, imperial concubine Qi and beauty Shen will also go," Luo Ninghai said with a smile. "The palace can't pull away. You must explain it to imperial concubine Chen in front of her. Don't make imperial concubine Chen unhappy."
Jiang Jinwen nodded, "the emperor listened to the meaning of imperial concubine Chen and named the little prince Yanqi."
"The name is interesting," Luo Ninghai slightly raised his lips. "The palace sees that concubine Chen is very smart. I hope the little prince can let the emperor go to Zhaoyun hall without saying a word like a peach tree and a plum tree."
Jiang Jinwen was stunned and said, "the original name still has this meaning. Concubines only think that the name doesn't look like a royal style. I didn't expect that there is this meaning in it. Concubine Chen is really..."
"Which of the concubines in the harem do you think is easy to get along with?" Luo Ninghai flashed a trace of evil at the bottom of his eyes and showed a sad smile. "But you're still an outsider outside the matter. It's hard to say in the future."
Jiang Jinwen lowered her head and murmured, "the concubine still depends on the German concubine. It seems that the noble concubine doesn't like concubines very much."
Luo Ninghai smiled and patted her on the shoulder. "You don't have to worry. You're a member of the palace. Doesn't the palace take care of you much? If the imperial concubine doesn't have to worry, she stays in Huayang palace all day and has little chance to come out of harm."
"That's good. After all, concubines don't have the blessing of their mother. The emperor won't come to concubines here," Jiang Jinwen bit her lower lip. "I don't know if my father will worry about concubines."
"It's all right. The emperor will come," Luo Ninghai said softly. "Don't worry, it's just that you're tripped by imperial concubine Chen and the little prince."
"Then... Concubines will wait for the emperor."
"But when you go to Zhaoyun Hall tomorrow, you still have to be careful, such as the imperial concubine," Luo Ninghai blinked. "If the imperial concubine is dissatisfied with imperial concubine Chen and doesn't like you, maybe it's going to make trouble in Zhaoyun hall. You should be careful. It's okay to suffer some losses yourself. Don't hurt imperial concubine Chen."
"Pay attention to your concubine?" Jiang Jinwen was stunned and said with a smile, "don't worry. Concubines must be far away from your concubine. She won't pinch her concubines, but let her work there in vain."
"The imperial concubine is going to be busy for nothing. She has been in love for many years, but she has no children. The imperial doctor of the imperial hospital didn't know how much she took, but she still didn't give birth to a man and a half," Luo Ninghai showed a regretful smile, "what a pity."
"How could the imperial concubine have no children?"
Luo Ninghai covered his mouth and smiled, "the palace doesn't know. Maybe it's her poor health."