Seeing that Wang's expression softened slightly, Qiuyue said again: "Besides, the emperor is very kind to the master. As soon as the master became pregnant, he made you a concubine. When you give birth to your little brother, it will not be a matter of time before you become a concubine."
Son, maybe the emperor will make you a noble concubine if he is happy."
"You girl, the more you talk, the more nonsense you are getting. The position of imperial concubine is not so easy to seal." Even so, Wang's previously frowning eyebrows relaxed. Although Qiuyue said it, she meant to please.
, but to be honest, although Xin Bin’s current glory has come to an end; but she is different. In more than two months, the child will be born, and this child will bring her endless glory!
Thinking of this, the gloom in Wang's heart disappeared, and she stretched out her hand towards Qiuyue, "Bring it here."
The latter took the anti-fetal medicine from the little palace maid's hand with understanding and handed it to Wang's hand respectfully. After the latter drank it, Qiuyue took a pickled plum from the small dish on the side and gave it to Wang's mouth.
to remove the medicinal taste in your mouth.
When Ms. Wang was vomiting out the small plum core, Zhou Minghua also happened to arrive. He came to take Ms. Wang's pulse. He had been taking care of Ms. Wang since she became pregnant.
After taking her pulse as usual, Mrs. Wang asked: "Zhou Yuanzheng, my dragon fetus is still stable. Recently, I feel that my feet are swollen a lot. I can't wear the shoes I used to wear. I often have cramps in the middle of the night.
Is there anything wrong?"
Zhou Minghua cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, Madam, the dragon fetus is very stable. As for the edema and cramps in both feet, it's because the dragon fetus is getting older, which increases the burden on the body, so don't worry too much."
"That's good." After saying this, Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "These past few months, I have troubled Zhou Yuan every day to come to Chonghua Palace to ask for my pulse. I really feel sorry for it."
"Your Majesty's words are serious. This is my duty. If your Majesty has no other instructions, I will leave first." Faced with Zhou Minghua's words, Mrs. Wang smiled and said: "Don't worry, drink some tea to warm yourself up."
Good going." After ordering the palace servants to go down and make tea, she added: Although there are many imperial doctors in the palace, Zhou Yuanzheng is the well-deserved number one in terms of medical skills and medical ethics."
Zhou Minghua bowed and said, "Your Majesty has been praised too much, and I cannot bear it."
Mrs. Wang stroked her swollen belly and said: "I have been having a doubt in my mind for the past few days, and I would like to ask Zhou Yuanzheng to answer it for me."
Zhou Minghua lowered his head and said: "My Majesty, please tell me. As long as I know something, I will definitely answer it for you."
Mrs. Wang stared at him and said: "I heard that as early as six or seven months old, you can tell whether a fetus is a boy or a girl through the pulse pattern. Dr. Zhou Yuanzheng has superb medical skills and takes my pulse every day.
I must have known it well. I wonder... is the child I am carrying a boy or a girl?" When she said the last few words, her voice trembled slightly.
Zhou Minghua frowned slightly and said, "It is true that I told you that, but this method is not accurate. Many times, a boy is diagnosed, but the child is a girl, or vice versa. Even the minister has no idea.
The only way to know for sure whether the baby is pregnant or not is to wait until the time of delivery in October."
His words caused a flash of disappointment on Mrs. Wang's face, and she said unwillingly: "Can't you really make a diagnosis?"
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty." As he spoke, the palace attendant brought tea. Zhou Minghua took it and took a sip, saying, "Thank you very much for the tea. I have to go back to the Imperial Hospital to deal with some matters. I will come back tomorrow to check for your Majesty's pulse.
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Mrs. Wang forced a smile and said: "Well, I won't stay here any longer. Qiuyue, please send Doctor Zhou out."
"I excuse myself." Zhou Minghua bowed his hand again and followed Qiuyue out. After stepping out of the gate of Chonghua Palace, Zhou Minghua let out a sigh of relief. Although things like fetal pulse are not necessarily accurate, with his
With his medical skills, he was still 70% to 80% certain. As early as when Wang was seven months old, he diagnosed that Wang was pregnant with a girl.
But this must not be said. When a concubine in the palace is pregnant, who doesn’t hope that what she is carrying is a little brother? Although the brother and the princess are both heirs of the emperor, the meaning behind the brother is that the princess
It can never be compared.
Although he didn't have much contact with Mrs. Wang, he could tell that she was not a person who wanted nothing. Once he knew that he was pregnant with a princess, he didn't know what trouble would happen.
The heavy snow continued until the 25th, and it was still falling, covering the entire Forbidden City in a blanket of silver.
In the past few days, people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are the busiest. They are preparing for the canonization ceremony on the 26th. This time, the canonization ceremony for the imperial concubine and the fourth concubine will be held at the same time. The things that need to be prepared are more than for ordinary canonization.
There are a lot of them. In addition, because it has been snowing, many roads in the palace are covered with thick snow due to insufficient cleaning. They must be cleared before dawn tomorrow.
The most troublesome thing is that as soon as it was cleaned, it was filled with snow again. In desperation, Zheng Jiu could only ask the people at the cleaning office to clean it every half an hour, even at night.
There was no need to slack off, as there were not enough manpower, and dozens of people were transferred from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to clean up in rotation, even at night they had to go out against the biting cold wind.
Fortunately, on the morning of the 26th, the heavy snow that had fallen for three days finally stopped, and the sun peeked out from the clouds, casting a light golden ray of sunshine.
The canonization ceremony was held as usual in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. After the auspicious time, the envoy read out the imperial edict. After that, the imperial concubine awarded the gold book and gold treasure, and the concubine awarded the gold book and gold seal. After the seal book was awarded, the concubine was in front and the concubine was behind. They went to Hongli and
Xia Yue bowed six times, knelt down and kowtowed three times, and then went to Cining Palace to bow to Ling Ruo. After that, the ceremony was considered completed, and then he rushed to the banquet at the Summer Palace.
Compared with Dai Jia, Xia Qing, who is dressed in imperial concubine attire, is undoubtedly more eye-catching. Over the years, there has been only one concubine named Hu in the palace, and she has never been canonized again. Until today, Xia Qing has ascended the throne.
Although everyone knows that Hongli's canonization was out of guilt and compensation, everyone's eyes looking at Xia Qing are still full of envy; for many people, this position is difficult for them to achieve in their lives.
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Because Hongli still had court affairs to deal with, Xianyue went to Yihexuan first. When she got there, Xia Qing had already returned from Cining Palace. When she saw her coming in, she greeted her and saluted her.
Xianyue helped her up and said with a smile: "Congratulations, sister!"
Xia Qing looked down at her golden court uniform and said solemnly: "I don't think there is anything to congratulate. How did this noble concubine come to be? Your Majesty knows best; if you can choose, I
I would rather everything remain as it was before, nothing has changed.”
Xianyue sighed softly and said: "I understand, but things have happened and cannot be changed. All we can do is to continue to move forward, take care of ourselves and Hejia, and let Yongxuan's spirit in heaven rest in peace.
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Xia Qing took a deep breath, nodded and said, "I understand, thank you very much."