Everyone in the pavilion was stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then they looked frightened.
Several maids came with him and were so frightened that they didn't know what to do. With their status, they would never dream of someone as noble as the Queen.
Afterwards, Qin Huairou took the lead and stood up and saluted the woman in front of her: "A common woman meets the Queen."
Others followed Qin Huairou and saluted the Queen.
"Okay, okay, there are no outsiders here, so there is no need to be polite."
The queen is kind and has no airs at all.
But the Queen's behavior made the people in the pavilion feel a little uncomfortable.
I always feel that the queen in front of me is a bit strange.
The current emperor is over seventy years old, and the queen looks to be in her twenties or thirties, which is the age when she is in her prime. Anyone who says she is the granddaughter of the emperor would probably believe it.
But on the other hand, if you think about it, what's so strange about the women of the emperor's family? Age can no longer affect the emperor's needs for women. This is not only the needs of men, but also for the majesty of the emperor's family. But it is very strange to let such a young woman become the queen.
People are surprised that such a huge gap is always a bit inappropriate. Perhaps this is why there are so few rumors about the emperor's harem in the world.
The queen was very enthusiastic and walked among the people.
Qin Huairou stood up and gave up his seat.
The queen also humbly sat down on the main seat, and then motioned for others to take their seats.
"Mrs. Xia, isn't it a little abrupt for me to come uninvited?"
"Where is the Queen? It is a blessing for a common woman to meet the Queen. How can a common woman be so virtuous as to sit at the same table with the Queen?"
"Hey! That's wrong. Xiaoxin is my princess of Dahua. She has a distinguished status, but the emperor is willing to marry her to Lord Xia. This is the respect that only a vassal king has. It shows how important Lord Xia is in the heart of the emperor.
It’s also because the Emperor does not treat Mr. Xia as an outsider. In that case, why should we distinguish between superiority and inferiority?"
The Queen's approachability made everyone feel more relaxed. Yazhi responded with a smile: "It is said that the Queen is a high-ranking figure. Today, when we see her, she is so approachable. She looks like the big sister next door."
The Queen smiled and saw that there was already a lot of food on the table, so she asked everyone to start eating.
Since the Queen was present at this meal, everyone had nothing to eat.
Being so presumptuous, although the Queen felt very cordial to others, no one dared to be too presumptuous, so they spoke less to each other.
The women drank a little wine, and the charcoal fire in the small pavilion drove away the chill, and all the previous weirdness also dissipated.
There was already a thin layer of sweat on Liu Ruyan's forehead, so she took off her cloak.
Seeing Liu Ruyan like this, everyone felt a little feverish. Qin Huairou also took off his cloak, followed by Li Xiaoxin, Yazhi and others.
Finally, everyone's eyes fell on the Queen.
Before anyone could say anything, the Queen stood up with a smile and untied the knot at her collar.
The Queen's cloak is different from others. She is very camouflaged. From behind to in front, her whole body is tightly wrapped in the cloak. As soon as they met, they noticed that this cloak was extremely luxurious, and that she had a young and beautiful face.
It's enviable.
Taking off the cloak this time was a normal thing, and what I was doing was that women would not care what their figure looked like under the cloak. But when the cloak was taken off, everyone was stunned, and the expressions on their faces were unknown.
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Not only others, but even Li Xiaoxin was stunned.
Li Xiaoxin spent very little time in the palace, and few people knew Li Xiaoxin, but as a queen, both parties had met. Especially in recent years, because Li Xiaoxin's strange illness has improved, Li Xiaoxin has been active in the palace.
As time went by, before she married Xia Shang, Li Xiaoxin and the queen met many times.
Although the two had not seen each other for more than half a year, their memories of the queen were still very clear.
But now that I saw what he looked like under the cloak, how could it be like this?
"You..." Li Xiaoxin's eyes widened and she opened her mouth but could not speak.
Under the astonished gazes of everyone, the Queen's expression was very calm, and she maintained her previous kind smile, not caring at all about the strange looks in their eyes.
"What? Why are you making such a fuss? We are all women, isn't this a happy event?"
The Queen smiled, lowered her head slightly, looked at her swollen belly with very loving eyes, and rubbed it lovingly.
He was wearing a cloak before, but no one noticed.
Now the queen took off her cloak, and it turned out that there was a child who was about to be born hidden under the cloak!
Even women who have never given birth know that
Judging from the current condition of the stepmother, she is at least eight or nine months old.
It is a very happy thing for a woman to give birth to a child, let alone the empress. Speaking of old age, it should be celebrated by the whole country, but every pair of eyes that saw the empress's belly showed a very strange look.
The problem lies in the age of the emperor.
With the current emperor's advanced age, can he still get a woman pregnant?
Although there is nothing impossible about what happened to the Emperor's family, it always gives people a feeling of disbelief.
If the idea is more bold, if the emperor can no longer make women pregnant, then the queen's current belly...
Even Yue'er present had thought of such a possibility, but who would dare to ask such a question?
"Congratulations to the Queen..." Qin Huairou was the first to react and said with a smile.
Qin Huairou's words immediately broke the silence, and everyone tacitly kept their surprises and questions in their hearts.
Everyone continued to eat, looking very harmonious on the surface.
Liu Ruyan was thoughtful and felt that the Queen's sudden appearance and the current situation were a bit strange.
Even though the affairs of the emperor's harem rarely spread to the outside world, the fact that the empress is pregnant, such a big event, should have been revealed a long time ago.
Looking at it now, the queen is about to give birth, but there is no news outside.
To do this, the only possibility is that the Queen or the Emperor deliberately concealed the news, otherwise it would not have been possible to hide it from the world for so long.
If it is true that this matter was concealed, then why?
The Queen's pregnancy is a happy event, why should she hide it?
The real reason is very obvious, because this child was not born to the emperor at all.
Does the emperor know about this? If the emperor knows about this, what is his attitude towards it? There are still many things that are unclear about this.
Liu Ruyan would not think about such deep things, but the queen appeared today and exposed her secrets without any hesitation in front of them. What was the purpose of this?
No matter what the purpose, one thing is certain, everything that happened today was done deliberately by the Queen, and it seemed that she wanted to let someone present know about it.
So what is the queen’s purpose? Why does she do this?
Liu Ruyan felt uneasy in her heart, feeling that women like them would also be involved in some kind of whirlpool...