"Why are you crying? Are you still wronged? Do you still have the empress in your eyes and heart?"
Xifu had a gloomy face and said coldly: "I was talking to the empress, and you sneaked in quietly. Could it be that you wanted to pry something?"
"I didn't! I didn't! I didn't. I was wronged!" The palace man finally realized that something was wrong and hurriedly cried out.
Queen Zou gave her a cold look and said bitterly: "Pull her down."
They didn't say what they were going to do, but the palace people understood it and knew that the poor girl wouldn't survive.
Xifu gave the order, and someone came in and dragged the palace man out.
After he was dragged out, he didn't do anything. He just beat him up in the courtyard and asked other palace residents to come out to watch the execution.
All the people in the palace were trembling with fear and their hearts were heavy.
Queen Zou sat in the room, flipping through the book in her hand carelessly, and her originally irritable mood suddenly became lighter.
Xifu said something flattering on the side: "This baby must be a prince. The second baby is usually more pregnant, but you are not pregnant at all.
When I was at home, I heard from the elders in the family that the ones that are tightly conceived are male fetuses, and the ones that are loosely conceived and obviously pregnant are usually female fetuses."
Empress Zou frowned: "Why are you talking so much? Who can tell whether it's a boy or a girl? If it spreads, wouldn't it become a joke?"
Xifu didn't know where he offended her, so he could only remain silent.
Just at this time, a palace servant walked in quickly with his head shrunk, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, your Majesty is here!"
Queen Zou was shocked, dropped the book and walked out quickly.
The emperor only had eunuch Jin with him. He was standing not far away looking at the palace servants who were being pushed to the ground and being slapped. He frowned tightly and looked very unhappy.
Queen Zou's heart trembled, and she walked over tremblingly, bowed and saluted: "I have met your majesty, long live your majesty."
The emperor knew that she was pregnant, but he did not stop her from saluting, nor did he reach out to help her. Instead, he said calmly: "What mistake did this palace maid make?"
Queen Zou glanced over and saw that the palace maid had lost consciousness, her clothes were soaked with blood, and she looked like she had been beaten badly.
"She disrespected my concubine, did not abide by the rules, and spread rumors from outside, so I wanted to teach her a lesson to correct the palace rules."
The emperor asked: "What did she say?"
Empress Zou's eyes flickered, knowing that it was difficult to answer this question, and when it came to the Priest Palace and Concubine Xi, she would inevitably be called a spy.
But it was impossible not to answer, so she said: "She said that His Majesty just went to Furong Palace and did not come to see my concubine."
This answer, she asked herself, was very appropriate.
Not only did he put the matter into perspective, but he also expressed his grievances tactfully.
She was pregnant and deserved more care. Moreover, she had just reported that she had fetal motility, but the emperor did not come to see her.
Under normal circumstances, the emperor should not pursue the matter any further.
In fact, the emperor did not continue to ask about this matter, but said with a straight face: "There have been a lot of big things recently, and you yourself are pregnant. Everything should be done in moderation. When it is time to accumulate virtue, you should accumulate virtue."
Queen Zou was so angry that she trembled. What does this mean? Is she not virtuous? Is she excessive? Who is it that is excessive?
However, the emperor seemed not to notice that she was sad. He looked at her calmly and said, "I see that you look good and are in good spirits. I guess there is nothing wrong with you."
Empress Zou couldn't pretend to be weak at this time, so she had no choice but to remain silent.