In the Xia Palace, the palace maid Hongyun served Bao Yao a bowl of freshly boiled lotus seed soup. Seeing Bao Yao take it one by one, Hongyun hurriedly removed the soup bowl and rinsed it with water, destroying the evidence.

Yesterday evening, when the twilight was four, Sister Ningshuang beside Empress Shen secretly called her out and gave her a small bag containing some medicinal powder, and asked her to secretly put it in Concubine Hui's diet.

Hongyun knew that Bao Yao had a habit of eating a bowl of lotus seed soup every morning, so she mixed the medicinal powder into her soup to ensure that she could drink it.

She was a secret chess piece of Empress Shen from the beginning, and this palace is a place where she cheats and cheats each other, as an ordinary palace maid, she has no qualifications to refuse, and she can only do what others ask her to do.

After Bao Yao drank the lotus seed soup, he didn't feel any obvious at first, but around dinner, he began to feel tired and nauseous.

Hongyun specially prepared some greasy dishes for Bao Yao. When Bao Yao saw it, he felt his stomach tumble and retched.

"Niangniang, you are unwell, let me help you call an imperial doctor!" Hongyun helped Bao Yao wipe the corner of his lower lip and said thoughtfully.

"Okay! go!" Bao Yao said weakly.

Soon, a middle-aged imperial doctor with a dignified face walked over.

"The lowly surname is Hu, good at gynecology and pediatrics, please let the lowly post diagnose the pulse of the mother!"

"Then I'm sorry for you!" Bao Yao looked at the appearance of this imperial doctor, and did not doubt him, so he stretched out his wrist.

After passing, smelling, asking, and cutting, Imperial Doctor Hu took two steps back, knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "Congratulations to Niangniang! ”

"What?" Bao Yao's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Niangniang, you are happy to have a child!" Hongyun said with a happy face.

"How is it possible? I have only been favored for more than ten days...... "Happiness came so quickly that Bao Yao couldn't believe it was true.

"Niangniang, you are a person favored by God, maybe you will win a man in one fell swoop this time! Slave and maid congratulations to Niangniang!" Hongyun was full of joy and knelt down to congratulate.

The news that Concubine Hui was pregnant not long after she accepted the favor soon spread from the Xia Palace to all parts of the Zhou Palace. Prince Zhou's heir was thin, and when he heard the good news, he was happy to give a lot of things, and even the concubine who lived in a simple house also sent some supplements that were good for pregnant women. There is a jubilant look in the palace.

Bao Yao was also glad that he had poured his good fortune into the sky! At the same time, a panic arose in his heart. There must be a reason why Prince Zhou's heirs are scarce. If you want to spend this time peacefully, you must set up another target in this harem and divert the attention of Empress Shen and the others. Open guns are easy to dodge, but hidden arrows are difficult to defend. If you keep being remembered, something will definitely happen to the child in your belly.

Bao Yao had just served King Zhou and eaten a piece of dried meat. King Zhou put down the silver chopsticks in his hand and said that he had eaten enough.

"Your Majesty, the concubine will accompany you out for a walk! Eliminate food after meals, which is also good for your body!" Bao Yao said obediently.

"Okay, you can move around a little too!" King Zhou got up and walked towards the entrance of the hall.

Bao Yao suddenly sneezed, not knowing who was talking to her.

"You have a cold, then you can rest well, you don't need to accompany me. ”

"No, Your Majesty, the concubine is not sick, she just took a breath of cool air, and there is nothing wrong. Bao Yao hurriedly covered up. She must not delay her time with Her Majesty because of a sneeze.

"Really not sick?" asked King Zhou with an eyebrow.

"There really isn't!" the concubine swore ...... "Even if there is, you have to say no, let alone really not."

Bao Yao now cherishes the time she spends with King Zhou. She has just been crowned a concubine, and she is a thorn in everyone's side, if King Zhou alienates her, no matter what the reason, she has no doubt that she will be eaten alive. Especially the Shinhou who was hostile to her from the beginning.

"Alright then, let's go!" King Zhou said, turned around and walked outside the palace gate.

Bao Yao hurriedly followed.

The mirror-like surface of the lake, the lake is as still as jade as jade, the shore is full of green trees and flowers, and the spring light is just right.

"Your Majesty, the concubine has a good sister from Bao Guo who came from Bao Country together, and she was also summoned to the palace in advance by the queen mother, and I don't know what is going on now!" Bao Yao saw that King Zhou was in a good mood and took the opportunity to say.

"Oh, do you want to see her?"

"Well, she's the prettiest of our sisters. At the beginning, we said that we would share weal and woe, but I don't know which palace she is in now!" Bao Yao said abruptly.

"What's her name?" said King Zhou, looking interested. He could probably guess Bao Yao's plan, but in order to muddy the water in the palace, he was willing to cooperate.

"Praise. Bao Yao said lightly.

Bao Xi is a woman who is even more beautiful than herself. In fact, because of the existence of a little competition, there will always be a little comparison between women, and the two of them have not spoken much. But in order to make some trouble for Empress Shen and make her feel a strong sense of crisis, she had no time to think about the child in her belly every day, so Bao Yao had no choice but to make this decision.

Even if he will fall out of favor because of this, as long as he can keep the child in his belly, he will not have a bad life in the future. This is the most reliable method that Bao Yao has come up with after meditating for the past two days.

"Surname?" King Zhou's eyes were a little puzzled. Most of the people surnamed Ji gathered in Linchuan County of the Zhou State, and did the Bao Kingdom also have it?

"Yes. She is said to have been an orphan adopted by her parents. She had already made a name for herself a few years ago, and there was an endless stream of people who went to their homes to propose marriage. I didn't expect to end up here with me. Bao Yao tried hard to get King Zhou to mention his interest in her.

"Okay, I'll check it out for you. King Zhou said. Hopefully she's someone who won't let herself down.

At the same time, in the Phixiang Palace, Concubine Jiang was also hesitating, not knowing how to arrange Bao Xi in the future.

Just like now, hide her in her own palace, secretly take care of her, let her eat and wear without worry, and it will be fine for a short time. But with her appearance, she will be discovered sooner or later. If she is deceased by then, what will she do? Without her own care, she is just a palace maid from an enemy country, and her status is very low, and it is difficult to keep herself.

Sending Bao Xi out of the palace, Concubine Jiang was also unwilling. She finally reunited with her daughter, how could she be willing to be separated from her like this?

"Concubine Niangniang, why don't you just accept Miss Bao Xi as your righteous daughter! Just say that she takes good care of you, and you like her very much! In a few years, please ask Your Majesty to help Miss Bao Xi find a good partner, and you don't have to worry. Zhi'er saw that Concubine Jiang was hesitant and helped come up with an idea.

"Okay! That's it!" Concubine Jiang became excited when she heard this, "Zhi'er, you are really getting smarter and smarter!"

"Niangniang has won the award! I am all because I have been following Niangniang all the year round, and I have been trained by you to be a little smarter!" Zhi'er said modestly.

"You~~ Just be obedient!" Concubine Jiang pointed at Zhi'er's forehead with her finger and said angrily.

The next day, Concubine Jiang wrote a letter to accept Bao Xi as her righteous daughter, and sent it to King Zhou.

"It's Bao Xi again?" King Zhou said with a frown as he took the book in his hand.

This woman really has the means, so quickly she even subdued Concubine Jiang, who didn't listen to anything outside the window! In this way, she can really reuse her. If it weren't for a particularly smart and scheming woman, she wouldn't be able to fight Empress Shen! Now that Shenhou has a lot of power, it's not easy for him to cut his daughter directly!

Since it has been decided to use Bao Xi, King Zhou naturally will not let Concubine Jiang adopt Bao Xi as a righteous daughter again. He can tolerate Concubine Jiang as the force behind Bao Xi, but he doesn't want her to have the right to blatantly dominate the affairs of the harem. Otherwise, it will be easy to give up power, but it will be difficult to take it back.

"Ronghe, if you go to sue Concubine Sù Hui, just say that the news of her good sister has been found out, and it is in Concubine Jiang's palace. If the will continues, it will be said that there are too few people in the palace of Concubine Hui, she is now pregnant, and she needs to add new palace people to serve, and the king is especially gracious to allow her to choose some palace people in the harem to be on errands in the Xia Palace. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Rong He, the first chief of the internal prison beside King Zhou, bowed his head respectfully and retreated. It seems that there will be another storm in this palace.

Concubine Jiang waited left and right in the Phixiang Palace, not waiting for the will of King Zhou, but waiting for the news that King Zhou's newly sealed Concubine Hui Niangniang came to visit.

"What is she here for? This palace has never been involved in the affairs between the concubines. Concubine Jiang asked Zhi'er who was standing on the side depressedly.

If it was a lower position, she would have rejected it directly. But as a third-grade concubine, she can't be too unbiased. After all, she was only treated slightly better than the average concubine by relying on the supernatural events at the beginning, and she did not establish a particularly good relationship with the current King of Zhou. If the other party blows the wind in the ears of King Zhou, it will be bad for himself.

"I brought some gifts, saying that I came to visit my mother as a junior. She also has a sister here who wants to see her. ”

"Sister, won't it be ......" Concubine Jiang suddenly thought of Bao Xi. During this time, I have only entered such a person here.

The slave didn't know, she didn't say. Zhi'er replied honestly.

"Okay, you let her in!" Concubine Jiang said.

"Yes!" Zhi'er turned to say nothing.

"The concubine greets the concubine!" Concubine Hui said, with a respectful attitude and thoughtful manners.

"You are the newly sealed concubine of His Majesty? Yes, it looks good. Why did you come to my middle of nowhere?"

"As soon as the concubine entered the palace, she heard the name of the mother, and she wanted to come to pay her respects, but unfortunately she was trapped in the family temple...... Now that there is finally a chance, the concubine body is here. I hope you don't dislike me for bothering me!" Bao Yao finished speaking, and he was full of apologies and another blessing.

"Where's it, I'm very happy if you're willing to come and talk to me, a lonely old woman!" Concubine Jiang has been in the palace for so many years, and this kind of superficial work is also perfect.

"How about tasting this soup? The imperial doctor said that it can beautify and nourish the skin, and it is also good for pregnant women like you!" Concubine Jiang never mentioned the matter of Bao Xi, and chatted with Bao Yao.

"It's delicious!" Bao Yao replied.

But Concubine Jiang chatted with her for half an hour, and Bao Yao didn't have a chance to knock on the side to find any information. He had no choice but to tell the truth.

"The concubine is here this time, and I want to ask you about someone. I have a sister named Bao Xi, who is said to have been settled here. I wonder if you can let me meet her?"