When the concubine master finished the supper, Qixi and Bixue took the plate down and handed it to some second-class palace maids to clean up. The two of them walked to the courtyard to where Nanny Chen was on duty, and pulled her to bite her ears.
Already.
Qixi stepped into the threshold, stretched out her hands on the table, and went straight to the topic when she came up to Nanny Chen: "The master has such a good appetite, and the menstruation is late. After discussing it with Bixue, we both felt that the master probably
I’ve got it in my belly again!”
Grandma Chen was originally sitting at the table drinking tea. After hearing this, she couldn't sit still anymore, so she stood up and walked around the room.
Bixue was beside her and urged her desperately: "Didn't Mammy say before that even if a pregnant woman has just been pregnant, her body looks different from that of ordinary people? While the master has not yet rested, Mammy
Mom, go and have a look!"
Grandma Chen was slightly embarrassed.
She put on an unhurried look, picked up the tea cup again, and turned it around in her hand - there are only five points for this kind of thing, and the other five points are you yellow-haired girls!
She doesn't have piercing eyes, nor does she have clairvoyant eyes, so how can she tell at a glance whether the master is pregnant with the little master?
If she really had this ability, then the doctors at the Imperial Hospital would not have to work anymore - they would all have their jobs taken away by her.
You know, if the fetus in a woman's belly is too young, not even the imperial doctor can accurately diagnose the pulse.
But no matter what, this is a happy event. If it is confirmed, no matter whether it is a boy or a girl, with two children in hand, it will be a matter of time for the concubine to become a concubine.
If she survives for another three to five years, she might be able to become the first noble concubine of this dynasty.
It's not easy! Once she becomes a noble concubine, regardless of the imperial favor, she will only be inferior to the empress in terms of status.
Grandma Chen thought about how frequently the emperor had come here recently, and how much the concubine Master had put so much thought into dressing up recently. The more she thought about it, the more convinced she became - Concubine Chen has finally come to her senses! She also wants to take advantage of the emperor's favor to get married again.
Want a child!
Her heart was surging, and she stood up and said to Qixi and Bixue: "It's still too late now, so there's no need to look at it. Don't let the queen touch those cold things anymore! You can live in the house on weekdays.
Okay, we have to be extra careful."
Before Qixi could say anything, Bixue rolled her eyes and said, "You still have to say this as a grandma?"
She was the eldest palace maid next to the empress. Even though she was young, Grandma Chen had to give her some thin noodles. She just pretended not to hear, turned around and drank a whole cup of tea to quench her thirst, and then said to Qixi: "Ming Ming
It's the tenth day of the lunar month, so Doctor Di is coming to ask for a safe pulse, right?"
Qixi looked at Bixue's eyes just now and felt embarrassed for Nanny Chen. Now she saw that Nanny Chen had changed the topic and quickly said with a round smile: "That's right, I'll come over at noon tomorrow. By then, it'll be just right.
Let Doctor Di take a look!"
Grandma Chen also smiled, lowered her head and took out a small basket of green-leaf loquats wrapped in coarse cloth on the bench next to her, and said to Qixi: "It is a gift from the master. Everyone has it. Everyone is different. Come on.
, you try it!”
Qixi's eyes lit up and she said, "I was craving for this bite when I saw it delivered by the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs yesterday, but I didn't expect that a portion was given to grandma."
Grandma Chen chuckled: "Don't look at the bluish color, but it tastes very sweet when you eat it!"
Qixi reached out and took one, washed it with tea, peeled off the skin carefully, and handed it to Bixue next to her: "You should try it too."
Bixue twitched her lips and shook her head.
After saying this, Qixi pulled Bixue out and walked into the yard. She happened to bump into Xiao Fenzi. Qixi immediately waved and said: "Fenzi! Come, try this loquat."
Xiao Fenzi was about to say that he also had a basket there - but it wasn't his, it was a tribute secretly kept for him by the young eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
But he looked up at Sister Qixi's smiling face and swallowed his words.
Qixi poured more than half of the green leaf loquat in her hand to Xiao Fenzi, then pursed her lips and said: "Okay! That's all, I have to leave the rest to Bixue."
Xiao Fenzi silently stared at the loquat in her palm, and suddenly she thought of the winter in the second year of Yongzheng's reign. When she was in the west courtyard of Jingyang Palace, Sister Qixi did the same thing, wrapping two small roasted sweet potatoes with a coarse cloth handkerchief.
for myself.
He whispered: "Thank you, Sister Qixi."
Qixi turned around and saw that Bixue also lowered her eyes and said nothing, and couldn't help but said: "What's wrong with you two? In the past, whenever we bumped into each other, we would fight and make trouble, and I couldn't pull them away - but now I'm with two
It looks like a gourd with its mouth cut off!"
Bixue still didn't speak.
Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Xiao Fenzi forced a smile at Qixi, held the loquat and left.
After he left, Bixue raised her head.
As if a lot of pressure had been relieved, she suddenly let out a deep sigh.
Qixi reached out and pulled her sleeve, and said calmly: "Let's go back too."
Bixue followed her obediently and walked forward until she entered the palace maid's room. After passing the bunks of the second-class palace ladies, Qixi's eyes wandered around Yiquan's bunk.
After walking around to the back of the cubicle, Qixi suddenly held Bixue's hand, stared into her eyes, and asked softly: "You and Fenzi..."
When Bixue heard the word "fenzi", she felt as if she had been pricked by a needle and immediately wanted to dodge away.
She broke away from Qixi's hand, walked aside, bent down and folded the quilt on the bed, and then whispered: "Sister Qixi, it's nothing."
Qixi walked over, sat down next to her, gently held her shoulders, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly whispered in her ear: "Is it because of Yiquan?"
…
Early the next morning, just after breakfast, Ji Ling asked Qixi to find the menstrual brochure.
Qixi was so happy that she thought that her master was confused when she was pregnant with the third princess. Now after the princess fell into the water, she finally became interested in him.
She didn't want to hide anything, so she told in a low voice what she had read in the brochure yesterday, and then said: "Master's menstruation is occasionally inaccurate, but this time it took seven days. I thought about it with Master yesterday.
I went there, and when I checked, it turned out that it was indeed too late! Master, why don't you take your pulse as soon as Doctor Di comes over at noon?"
As she spoke, Ji Ling raised her hand and touched her belly.
Bixue looked expectant and asked almost out of the blue: "What? Master feels there is something going on?"
Ji Ling looked at her with a "you silly girl" expression on her face and said with a smile: "Even if you have it, you are so young at this time, how can there be any movement?"
She raised her head and looked at the third princess who was sleeping on the small bed with her arms and legs spread out. She thought that if Yinzhen really had another child, the age difference between her and the third princess would be very small.
At noon, Doctor Di arrived as scheduled.
Ji Ling didn't need to speak, just gave him a look, and Qixi told the story again.
Without saying a word, Imperial Physician Di took a pulse pillow for Concubine Chen to hold on, and began to diagnose her pulse.
For a moment, there was silence in the palace, and the servants' eyes were fixed on his face.
Doctor Di frowned slightly, with a heavy look on his face.
When Ji Ling saw this, he comforted him: "Mr. Di, it's okay - there is no need to feel pressure, not to mention that there may not be any pressure. Even if I am really pregnant, the month is still too young at this time, so it is normal not to be able to diagnose it.
."
Before she finished speaking, Doctor Di's eyes lit up, he stood up, brushed his sleeves, knelt down and said, "Congratulations to the empress, concubine Chen, congratulations to empress Chen concubine! The empress is indeed pregnant!"
Everyone in the room was overjoyed. Grandma Chen stepped forward and asked with joy, "Sir, are you sure the diagnosis is accurate?"
Dr. Di kowtowed again, then stood up, and said with a firm tone: "My dearest concubine, please rest assured, my pulse is strong - the fetus is small, but it is very healthy! Congratulations to your concubine!"