"Well, Concubine Yu and the others are here to congratulate me, so I'm a little tired." Hearing what she said, Hongli said: "If you don't want to bother dealing with them, I asked them not to disturb you."
"I'm fine, your Majesty, you don't need to worry." After saying this, Xianyue found that Hongli had been staring at her, and asked strangely: "What are you looking at, Your Majesty? But my face is dirty?"
Hongli smiled and said: "No, I was just thinking that in eight months, my and your child will be born. I wonder whether this child will be more like you or more like me."
Xianyue smiled and said, "Don't you know when the child is born?"
Hongli stretched out his hand and caressed Xianyue's abdomen, and said softly: "Although this is not my first time becoming an Ama, but... I really look forward to this child, and want to see him sooner... and sooner."
Xianyue put her delicate hand on his big palm and said softly: "The child will be very happy to know that the emperor loves him so much."
"I owe him this, no amount of love is enough to compensate." Hongli's words made Xianyue startled for a moment, and then she smiled and said: "Why does the emperor say such things? He is so young and has never left his mother's womb.
How can you owe him!"
Hongli smiled and said nothing. After a while, he said: "Before coming here, I have already given instructions to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. From now on, the use of Yanxi Palace will be in accordance with the imperial concubine."
"Your Majesty..." Xianyue was about to refuse, but Hongli already said: "I will not change what I have decided. The only thing your concubine has to do now is to thank you."
Xianyue's eyes were slightly red, and she choked with sobs and said: "Yes, I thank you for your kindness."
Hongli stroked her cheek and said: "Look at you, your eyes are red because of such a little thing. Don't cry. If you let me see a drop of tear, I won't spare you!"
"Concubine Yi said that when my concubine cries, the child in her belly will also cry. Therefore, before the child is born, the emperor is destined not to see my concubine's tears."
Hongli pinched her nose gently and said dotingly: "That would be the best!"
Since having the child in her belly, Xia Yue has been happy every day. Although the child is still so young, she can feel that the child is growing up day by day. As for the joy, it is not serious, but she cannot eat greasy food.
As for things like shrimps and crabs, because they are cold in nature, Song Zihua suggested that Xianyue should not eat them before giving birth.
A few days before New Year's Eve, an uninvited guest came to Yanxi Palace. Xianyue looked at Hong Zhou in shock and said, "Prince He? Why are you here?"
"I have come to pay my respects to the Queen Mother, and to congratulate the Imperial Concubine on her great happiness." Following Hong Zhou's words, a palace official presented a brocade box, which contained a pair of jadeite and three inlaid jade Ruyi, which was quite exquisite. "This is
I would like to ask your Majesty to accept my thoughts."
Xianyue took a look and said: "I am very grateful that Prince He made a special trip to see me. This pair of Ruyi is so precious, so Prince He should take it back." Although the relationship between her and Hong Zhou was innocent, but
The palace has always been a gathering place for right and wrong. Today, Hong Zhou came to Yanxi Palace to see her. There is no doubt that there will be rumors. If she accepts Ruyi again, I don't know what the spread will be like.
Hong Zhou knew what she was worried about, and smiled and said: "If you wish, you can seek good luck and avoid bad luck, and rest in peace. When I sent it to Kunning Palace just now, the Queen liked it very much."
Xianyue said unexpectedly: "Kunning Palace? Did the prince and the prince also send the queen as a gift?"
Hong Zhou lowered his eyes and said, "Yes, I have prepared three pairs of Ruyi and dedicated them to the three empresses respectively."
Xianyue originally wanted to avoid suspicion, but when she heard that the queen and the golden concubine were both present, she no longer refused and ordered A Luo to accept it and said: "In this case, I will accept it. Thank you very much, Prince."
"Your Majesty, you're welcome." Hong Zhou took a sip of the tea handed to him by the palace attendant, and said, "I am here, and I have one more thing to tell you."
"Something?" Xianyue frowned slightly, then remembered something and said in shock: "But is there any news from Liu Erniang?"
Hong Zhou nodded and said: "Yes, I have been asking for a long time and found out that Liu Erniang has not returned to her hometown. The family is still hiding in Jiaxing Mansion."
Zhichun said anxiously: "So, Your Majesty, have you caught that Liu Erniang?"
Hong Zhou sighed and said: "Originally we were able to catch them, but I didn't expect that someone was secretly protecting them. They were able to escape and lost their trace. However, Liu Erniang was also injured. I have ordered people to pay close attention.
All around."
Xianyue said with a complex expression: "More than a year has passed since this incident. I thought... the prince had already ignored it, but I didn't expect that he was still bothering to investigate."
Hong Zhou smiled and said: "Since I promised you, I will definitely investigate to the end and never give up halfway." At this point, he said with some annoyance: "It's also strange that I think this matter is too simple. If I can
If you think more carefully, you won't let Liu Erniang run away."
"My lord, don't say that. You have tried your best. No one would have thought that someone would secretly protect Liu Erniang, and after such a long time." At this point, Xianyue stood up and walked a few steps, and said hesitantly: "Actually,
...Those people are not so much protecting Liu Erniang's family as monitoring them. How can they do this?
The only one who did this was Concubine Yu, because she was afraid that Liu Erniang would tell the story about the fifth elder brother. But... Based on Concubine Yu's thoughts, she would not let Liu Erniang live. After all, only Liu Erniang was dead, and her secret
Only then can we continue to keep it secret. To be honest, I am really surprised that Liu Erniang can survive until now."
She had thought of this at the beginning, so she didn't ask anyone to ask Hong Zhou about the result of her search, because it was very likely that what she found after all her efforts was just a speechless corpse.
Hong Zhou nodded and said, "I also find this very strange. If Liu Erniang hadn't lied at the beginning, then she shouldn't have had those people around her."
Qi Kuan interjected: "Your Majesty, now that those people know that you are looking for Liu Erniang, will they kill you and silence you?"
Xianyue said: "No, if she was going to die, Liu Erniang would have died a long time ago. How could she still be alive now? I suspect that she grabbed some leverage on Concubine Yu to survive."
A Luo thought for a while and said: "Isn't the clue she can grasp the vision when the fifth elder brother was born? But as soon as she dies, these clues will naturally disappear. Unless Concubine Yu is temporarily soft-hearted and cannot bear to kill her, otherwise
I really can’t imagine the reason why she can live so long.”
"Concubine Yu will not be soft-hearted." Xianyue was sure of this. Concubine Yu could not even kill an innocent child, let alone Liu Erniang, who was a threat to her.
Hong Zhou thought for a long time and said hesitantly: "Could it be that... it's not just the three people we know about this matter?"