Dugu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, "It's your birthday in a few days? But I neglected it. You were promoted to Concubine Wan and you are pregnant again. It's a double happiness. You should have a banquet. I will take care of this."
Let the Ministry of Internal Affairs handle it.”
Seeing that he agreed, Concubine Wan said happily: "Thank you, Your Majesty, then...will the Emperor come?"
Dugu Chen chuckled, "This is natural."
After hearing this, Concubine Wan smiled happily and stood up and said: "I thank the Emperor, so I will not delay the Emperor's handling of political affairs. I will go to the back hall to rest first. I made a few snacks with my own hands. If the Emperor is hungry, you can
Let father-in-law bring it”
Dugu Chen smiled and said: "If you are not in good health, you should not do these things all the time."
Concubine Wan smiled shyly and said: "You are so dignified, but this is still okay. Besides, I am doing it for the emperor, so I don't feel tired."
Dugu Chen nodded and said, "You should go and rest first."
"Yes, I will take my leave." Concubine Wan saluted, turned around and walked towards the inner hall.
…
In Shou'an Palace, Su Qingyi was lying on the couch, closing her eyes and relaxing.
Yuzhu stood beside the couch, gently shaking her fan. On the huanghuali wood table beside her, incense smoke curled up from the incense burner.
At this time, a palace maid came in with a bowl of porridge. Yuzhu stood up, took the porridge bowl from the tray, picked up a spoon and stirred it gently. Suddenly, she paused, turned around and whispered to the palace maid: "What's the matter?
With these few longans, didn’t the Ministry of Internal Affairs say that the best longans from Guangxi came here just yesterday?”
The palace maid lowered her head and wondered: "That's what I said yesterday, but when I went to pick it up today, there wasn't much left. It was said that... they were all sent to Chuxiu Palace."
"Chu Xiugong?" Yuzhu said angrily: "Why does Chu Xiugong eat such good longans? This is the fine longan that Master Junjie specially asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to purchase in Guangxi to nourish the queen!"
Su Qingyi heard Yuzhu whispering to the palace maid at the side, slowly opened her eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"
Yuzhu turned around and said dissatisfied: "My dear! The longan that Mr. Junjie asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to buy for you in Guangxi has been taken away by the people in Chuxiu Palace. Now I only count three in the porridge!"
"Chu Xiu Palace?" Su Qingyi frowned slightly, "Yesterday I heard that Concubine Wan was unwell. The emperor should have given her a reward."
Yuzhu snorted coldly, "It doesn't matter how unwell she is. The concubine Fang and the concubine almost died from the poison, and they didn't receive any reward from the emperor. Besides, the queen's pregnancy is a top priority. Besides, this is the queen's thing. With her
What?!"
Su Qingyi wanted to say that it was just a few longans and there was no need to worry about it. At this time, the little palace maid on the side whispered: "I heard from the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs today... that Concubine Wan is pregnant, so..."
"What?" Su Qingyi was startled.
Yuzhu was also startled when she heard this. Then she turned around and looked at Su Qingyi with some worry.
Su Qingyi's face turned slightly pale. She tried hard to calm down the sudden turbulent emotions in her heart and managed a smile. "It turns out she is pregnant. No wonder she wants these longans."
After saying that, she took a deep breath and said: "Yuzhu, give some of the nourishing ingredients in the palace to Chu Xiugong."
"Your Majesty!" Yuzhu said dissatisfied: "My Majesty is also pregnant! What's more, your health is not good and you are very old. Besides, it belongs to your Majesty in the first place!"
Was it originally hers? Oh, there are a lot of things that should have been hers, shouldn’t they all be shared equally?