Every year in the twelfth lunar month, the emperor and the queen would go to the ancestral temple in the suburbs to worship for three days.
This year, because the queen's stars were unfavorable and her zodiac signs conflicted, she stayed in the palace, and the prince accompanied the emperor to offer sacrifices.
The night before leaving, the emperor specially came to Cen Yunchu's palace and told her: "I will not be able to return to the palace these days to worship at the ancestral temple, so you should be more careful."
"Sacrifice is a major event and must not be taken lightly. Your Majesty can just go and don't worry about your concubines." Cen Yunchu has always understood the basics.
"The time is not yet ripe, so you and I still have to endure it and make you feel wronged." The emperor gently stroked Cen Yunchu's cheek, "I sometimes think that ordinary couples are not as deprived of freedom as you and me."
"Ordinary couples also have difficulties as ordinary couples," Cen Yunchu said without blaming the emperor. "The grievances I have suffered are nothing compared to the emperor's humiliation and burden."
"Good Yunchu, if you can think like this, I feel much better." The emperor said and gently put his hand on Cen Yunchu's belly.
The child was already moving in the belly. As soon as the emperor put his hand on it, he kicked it.
"This child is so happy and strong!" The emperor was delighted and loved him.
"I'm already so naughty in my belly, I'm afraid it will be even more troublesome when I give birth." Cen Yunchu had a premonition that this child must be naughty.
The emperor looked at her and smiled, and then said seriously: "I really want to have a child with you. When he is born, I will give him the best things in the world."
Then he called Bai Fu over: "You stay in the palace these few days and stay with the empress. Don't let anything happen to them and their son."
Bai Fu quickly agreed: "Old slave, please remember your Majesty's instructions."
Cen Yunchu is more lethargic than before, which is also normal for pregnant women.
When the emperor saw that she was a little sleepy, he said, "Get some rest! I'll watch you sleep."
Even if the emperor is not resting in Cen Yunchu Palace, he still comes to see her every night.
Cen Yunchu lay down, and at first he kept talking to the emperor, but gradually he became more eloquent.
After she fell asleep, the emperor kissed her gently on the forehead before standing up and going out.
Before five o'clock on the second day, the emperor had already gotten up and left the palace.
At this time, Cen Yunchu was still in his dream.
After dawn, Cen Yunchu got up.
During breakfast, Linxi came in from outside, chopped his feet, rubbed his hands, and said, "It's such a cold day! If I go out for a walk, my skin will be broken by the cold."
"Come to Xuncong and warm yourself up," Fulan pulled her and said, "Why are you running out so early in the morning? You deserve to get cold and sick!"
"I didn't go out for nothing," Linxi said with a smile, "When I arrived outside, I happened to meet the young eunuch who was delivering the Queen's orders.
He said that the queen had given instructions that it would be cold in the past few days and that the ladies in the palaces should not go to say hello and wait until the weather gets better."
"That's a good thing. It's really not appropriate for us ladies to go out," Fulan said.
The Queen has always done a good job in appearance, and is happy to show kindness to everyone as long as it does not harm her interests.
"Sister Fulan, please help me tie a knot when you have time." Linxi begged Fulan after Linxi warmed up, "The jade pendant I am wearing needs to be tied with a knot to make it unique!"
"How old you are, you can't even make a knot, so I have to do it." Fu Lan shook his head and said, "Since you were a child, the jobs I have done for you have to be 800 if not 1,000."
"Sister, you are so handy! Besides, you have done so many things for me, so I don't need this one." Linxi said with a smile.
She and Fulan have served Cen Yunchu together since they were young, and they love each other as sisters.
"You go and find the silk thread first, and I'll make it for you when I have time." Fulan said while arranging Cen Yunchu's clothes, "I was just thinking about telling the Shangyi Bureau that although Yunjin Shujin's clothes are good, but
It is more suitable for the empress to wear soft satin clothes now, so ask them to make a few sets of daily clothes according to their body measurements."
"Why do you bother sister to go away for such a trivial matter? I'll go and tell you and that's it." Linxi volunteered.
"It's not enough to just tell them. We have to see what materials they have and let them do it after we specify them." Fulan said, "We have to be careful about everything ourselves first, and we can't rely on others for everything."
"Don't worry, I'll definitely make it right," Linxi said. "Although I'm not as careful as my sister, the good thing is that I will do whatever my sister says."
"You, stop being so glib with me," Fulan said with a smile, "I have been coaxed by my elder sister since I was a child."
"I sincerely treat you as my sister." Linxi said, "When the two of us become old ladies in this palace, I will still call you sister."
"I'm so tired," Fu Lan said as he hid behind him, "Go and do things quickly! The sky is getting longer now. If you have something to finish in a hurry, it will get dark if you delay."
After Cen Yunchu had breakfast every day, he would take a short break and read a book for a while.
But today she felt particularly tired and wanted to sleep for a while after breakfast.
"It's cold today, and I think your Majesty is a little lazy, so I'll tell the people outside that my Majesty has disappeared no matter who comes today." Fulan stepped forward considerately and helped Cen Yunchu lie down.
"I think I have been sitting for a long time enjoying the snow for two days, and I always feel a little sore in my back," Cen Yunchu said.
When Fulan heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little worried, and hurriedly said: "In that case, why not hurry up and send an imperial doctor to come and take a look."
Cen Yunchu stopped and said, "There's no need. I'll just rest more. Now that the emperor is not in the palace, we'd better take a rest, so as not to give some interested people an opportunity to take advantage of us."
"What the empress said is that you should rest for a while. If you still feel uncomfortable, please ask the imperial doctor to come over." Fu Lan gently tucked Cen Yunchu into bed and put down the bed curtain.
After that, she sat aside and arranged the silk thread, preparing to tie Linxi's knot.
Chen family.
Mrs. Zhao went out to visit. Chen Siwen had nothing to do today, so he stayed at home with his wife.
Zeng Nian was embroidering there with an embroidery bag. What he was embroidering was a small horse, with its mane and hooves flying, and its expression was vivid.
Her and Chen Siwen's child will be born next year, and he happens to be a horse. This is prepared for the unborn child.
"After embroidering these two stitches, take a rest. You shouldn't be too busy now." Chen Siwen said considerately.
He sat at his desk and sorted out medical records, and what he recorded were all cases that he had handled.
"I've been embroidering such a small thing for almost a month. I only embroider a few stitches every day. I'm not tired." Zeng Nian said with a smile.
"Are the snacks I bought for you yesterday cute? If you like them, I'll buy them for you." Chen Siwen put down his pen.
"Just send any servant there. It's such a cold day, why do you have to run back and forth?" Zeng Nian felt sorry for her husband. She put down her needle and thread and raised her hand to rub her eyelids, "I don't know what happened today.
My eyelids have been twitching since I woke up."
"You're always a little tired, so take a rest quickly." Chen Siwen didn't allow her to do any more needlework. "It's still a long time before the baby is born, so don't be busy doing it yet."
