Is Princess Zhao pregnant? For a while, the women in the room looked at Wei Liuniang with some admiration, including the always dignified Princess Zhu of Zhou. In this era, the biggest wish of every married woman is to get pregnant soon after getting married, and then conceive in October and have a child in one day. The desire for a son is even deeper than the expectation of a good husband.

Especially for these women who marry into the royal family, whether they can have children and give birth to sons is almost one of the important evaluation criteria for whether they are competent as royal daughters-in-law.

Concubine Wei, who has lived in the palace all her life, has a particularly profound experience of this. Therefore, she tried her best to drive her niece out and not let her touch herself too much.

Xu Zhaoyuan was also anxious when she looked at it, her son's wife was pregnant, and she was much more expensive than those concubines. It's just that in front of Concubine Wei, it's not good to say it directly, but to praise, "Concubine is too careful, she is your niece and granddaughter, and she should serve by your side." ”

Wei said coquettishly: "That's it, grandmother, you see that the mother concubine said so, don't drive people out." ”

Xu Zhaoyuan had no choice but to staring at her daughter-in-law's back, only to feel panicked.

Concubine Wei patted Wei Liuniang lovingly, and pointed to Su Yan's side, "It's okay if I don't drive you out, go to the princess's side and sit down honestly." ”

Wei Shi seemed to have just seen Su Yan, and laughed crisply: "The crown princess has also arrived, but I didn't see it." ”

Su Yan glanced at Wei Liuniang and nodded slightly, "Fifth sister-in-law." ”

Concubine Wei sank her face and scolded: "There are no rules, and I don't salute when I see the crown princess." ”

Wei smiled and said, "Grandmother, I haven't seen the crown princess for a long time, and I'm just too surprised for a while." As she spoke, she held the palace maid with one hand and her waist with the other, slowly swayed in front of Su Yan, and slowly blessed her body.

Su Yan didn't stand up either, and accepted the salute calmly, until after the Wei family saw the salute, he stretched out his hand to help, "Princess Zhao is exempt." ”

Wei's smile couldn't reach the bottom of his eyes, he was supported by the palace maid, carefully sat down beside Su Yan, looked at Wei Wuniang who was standing on the side, and beckoned with a smile: "Fifth sister, come and sit, we sisters haven't seen each other for a long time." ”

Wei Wuniang timidly walked in front of the two of them, and first bent her knees at Su Yan, with a little caution in her movements. Wei Liuniang pulled her to sit down and pretended to reprimand: "The crown princess is very good, what are you doing so carefully." ”

Wei Wuniang smiled and asked softly, "Sixth sister, how are you doing?" She heard that Wei Liuniang and King Zhao were not very harmonious.

Wei Liuniang is now pregnant, and she is full of confidence, and even her husband wants to let her have a few points, "It's still like that, but I can't smell fishy." For this, our prince specially ordered that no one in the house be allowed to eat fish. If I hadn't stopped it, I'm afraid I would have to fish out the koi fish in the lake in the back garden and throw it away. When she spoke, she was still holding her waist with one hand, and she couldn't hide the smugness in her voice.

Wei Wuniang reached out and touched Wei Liuniang's flat lower abdomen, and said, "I think you seem to have lost a lot of weight, are you okay?" ”

"I'm fine." The corner of Wei Liuniang's eyes looked at Su Yan's face with a light smile, and her heart moved, and she quipped: "When the fifth sister has a child herself, she will know that for her mother, this little hardship is nothing." ”

Su Rong stood behind Concubine Shu, looking at Su Yan with a hint of worry in her eyes. When she saw Wei Wuniang just now, she felt that she was a little familiar, and after a few glances, she suddenly felt that her dress, words and deeds were somewhat similar to Su Yan. Thinking of Wei Wuniang in her previous life, she was very favored by the prince, and even the eldest son and eldest daughter were from her arms, so she was a little worried about Su Yan.

Su Yan looked up at her consciously, and slowly smiled lightly.

Su Rong couldn't go over to talk to Su Yan at this time, so she could only hint at her with her eyes and ask her to pay more attention to Wei Wuniang.

Su Yan didn't know if he understood, and bowed slightly at her.

At this time, the topic of the palace concubines in the palace has already revolved around the child, and the waist of the virtuous concubine is the straightest, and Wang Jing, who is sitting quietly next to her, has a protruding lower abdomen.

"Erniang's body has been in existence for more than five months, right?" Concubine De was very envious, her son only got a daughter, and she was born to a side concubine. She didn't like the Wang family very much, and even her granddaughter was indifferent. Zhu's heart is very strong, but this child has been married for almost a year, why is his stomach not moving? Even Princess Zhao Wei, who married after her, has it.

There was smugness in Concubine Xian's eyes: "It's been six months." It's just that this child was born with a slender body, and he doesn't look very conspicuous. "Concubine De's own figure is slightly plump, and even the two princesses with her son are not the most popular thin beauties with willow waists.

Concubine De's face was worried, "Sister, this palace thinks that Erniang is too delicate, and it is not very good for children." ”

"Speaking of delicate ......" Concubine Wei's worried gaze swept over Su Yan and Su Rong, "Liuniang and the crown princess have to take care of themselves, especially the crown princess, giving birth to an heir, but it is a very hard thing, and the body is not good, so it will be extremely uncomfortable." ”

Concubine Shu is all kinds of satisfied with Su Rong's daughter-in-law, but she has been in the house for more than half a year, and her stomach has not moved, and she is also a little anxious, especially after knowing that Princess Zhao and Princess Wei are pregnant, she plans to return to the palace in a while, and she will invite the imperial doctor to come and give Su Rong a good look. Nowadays, the saint does not have a grandson, and whoever gives the eldest grandson will definitely give the saint extra blue eyes.

As for Wang Jing and Wei, who were already pregnant, Concubine Shu secretly pouted, what if she was the first, whether she could give birth to a son or not.

Xu Zhaoyuan has always been incompatible with Li Xiurong, her daughter-in-law has children, but Li Xiurong's daughter-in-law has not moved, of course, her own family won first, with pride in her eyes, she deliberately smiled at Li Xiurong: "Sister Li, does Siniang have good news?" She knew that Li Xiurong was not satisfied with the daughter-in-law chosen by the saint for her, especially the mother whose daughter-in-law had such a reputation, and she was even more disgusted. However, King Qi is still quite satisfied with Liu Chunjiao, although he has a romantic temperament and has a woman, Liu Chunjiao's position as the princess is still very secure.

Li Xiurong looked at his newly dyed nails and said casually: "Although the matter of the child depends on fate, it also depends on how well the young couple get along." If these two get along well, the child is naturally not in a hurry, if they don't get along well, who knows what will happen in the future? You say yes, Sister Xu. "Who doesn't know that King Zhao and Princess Zhao have a small quarrel for three days, and a big quarrel for five days, and the relationship between husband and wife is about to end. Recently, she heard from her son that King Zhao was obsessed with a maiko and couldn't be spoiled.

Xu Zhaoyuan said with a smile: "As the old saying goes, if you don't fight, you can't make a husband and wife, and the more noisy you are, the better your feelings." ”

Su Yan estimated that it had been a quarter of an hour since she came in, and she didn't have to sit down at all. When the topic of the four concubines came to an end, he got up slowly, walked to a stop about a foot in front of Concubine Wei's bed, and said goodbye gently, "The concubine's illness has not healed, so I won't bother much, and I'll come to see you in a few days." ”

Concubine Wei hurriedly sat up, "The crown princess walks slowly, Wu Niang, send the crown princess for me." ”

"Yes." Wei Wuniang hurriedly got up and came over, with a small smile on her face, and meekly followed behind Su Yan.

Walking to the gate of the hall, Su Yan stopped, turned around and said lightly: "Fifth lady, please go back, there is no one to serve the concubine." ”

Wei Wuniang's face turned white, she opened her mouth, and she still didn't say anything after all, but there was grievance in her eyes.

Su Yan was still wondering, how could this woman's expression be so strange, so she heard the prince's clear and amorous voice behind her: "Yan Yan, you came out." "Great, he didn't want to go in to see that old lady Wei at all.

Su Yan knew in her heart, she glanced at Wei Wuniang, who was shy and hung her head, and turned to the prince, before she could salute in a hurry, she was quickly grabbed by the prince's waist, and the young man's clear voice brought a little grievance, "Yan Yan, I have to go to Taiji Palace in a while." The prince couldn't stop his beloved wife from coming to Funing Palace, and he was afraid that she would suffer some grievances here, so after seeing the emperor, he rushed over to support her.

Su Yan: "Isn't it normal to ......".

Wei Wuniang took the palace maids to bow down to the crown prince Yingying, and the sound of the warbler sounded in front of the gate of Funing Palace, "I have seen His Royal Highness the prince." ”

The prince only had his own delicate wife in his eyes, and he didn't even give a corner of his eye, so he just complained to his beloved wife: "Daddy threw me all the folds, he made tea and played chess with his father-in-law, so it was not easy." ”

Su Yan found that the prince hugged her and left, and she had no intention of entering Funing Palace, so she had to speak, "Qilang, since you have come to Funing Palace, you should go and see the concubine." ”

The prince pouted, "I'm impatient to see that old woman, she is used to pretending. "If it weren't for her support for those people in the Wei family, that Wei Banniang would dare to be unreasonable to his family, His Royal Highness the Prince's ability to hold grudges is the highest level.

Su Yan wordlessly poked the prince's waist, "You want to call the concubine." ”

"It's all a concubine, what's wrong with saying that she is an old woman." The prince tightened his arms. "Yan Yan, let's not mention her." Why did the topic between their husband and wife revolve around an old woman, the prince thought dissatisfiedly.

Wei Wuniang was still kneeling in front of the door of Funing Palace, stunned as she watched the prince and the princess walk away hand in hand, her thin white teeth biting her red lips tightly, and her eyes were full of unwillingness: the prince didn't even look at her, and even treated her like the princess, ignoring her like those palace maids.

The people in Funing Palace, when they heard that the prince had arrived, hurriedly came out to greet them, but they only saw Wei Wuniang, who was slowly getting up from Fudi, and was a little depressed.

Princess Zhao Wei hurriedly pulled Wei Wuniang's hand and asked eagerly, "Fifth sister, where is the prince?" ”

"The prince took the princess and left." Wei Wuniang's voice was thin and small, but it made people understand.

Wei Liuniang sneered twice, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really a golden and precious person." She looked at Wei Wuniang, who was hiding unwillingness in her eyes, and scolded in a low voice: "Waste, people are sent to you, and you can't even invite him in to sit down, what use do you want." After speaking, Wei Liuniang took the palace maid's hand and turned around and entered Funing Palace.

Xu Zhaoyuan was waiting for her daughter-in-law, Wei Liuniang walked over with a smile, held Xu Zhaoyuan's hand, and called out affectionately: "Mother." ”

Xu Zhaoyuan smiled gently, but her words were sharp, "This palace doesn't care what the Wei family's plans are, but on the East Palace, you are not allowed to get involved." "Right now, the prince's favor is the thickest, and those who dare to beat the prince's idea will not be able to pass the saint's level. Although Wei Wuniang entered the East Palace, she may be just a small widow. However, the saint can only choose his own people, but he does not allow others to deliberately approach the prince.

Wei Liuniang accepted it in front of Xu Zhaoyuan, but she didn't think so in her heart. She just didn't like Su Yan, and felt that she had robbed her of the position of the crown princess, and wished that someone would rob her of her favor and let her be disgusted by the prince.

It's just Wei Wuniang alone, it's a bit difficult to win Su Yan's favor, do you want to add Wei Banniang? Thinking of Wei Banniang's charming little face, Wei Liuniang thought in her heart.

Coincidentally, His Royal Highness the Prince, who sent his beloved wife back to the palace, also mentioned a woman in front of Su Yan for the first time, who was the eighth mother of the Wei family. He kissed Su Yan's eyes gently, "Then Wei Liuniang and Wei Banniang made Qingqing feel wronged, and they all remember it for their husbands." ”

The prince smiled evilly, "In a few days, I will ask Qingqing to see a good show for my husband." ”

Su Yan had a bad premonition, and his eyebrows frowned slightly: "What's the show?" ”

The crown prince raised his eyebrows, his face mysterious, "Qingqing will know then." He sent Su Yan back to the East Palace, reluctantly hugged her and kissed her, and then took someone back to the Taiji Palace, and before leaving, he said very depressedly: "I want to eat with my father today, Qingqing doesn't have to wait for me at noon." "This is the condition for going to Funing Palace to pick up his daughter-in-law and bargaining with his father.

Su Yan smiled and straightened the prince's clothes, and said softly: "Today, I will cook by myself, make two Wujun side dishes, and honor my father, what does my husband think?" ”

The prince's eyes lit up, and he could eat the dishes made by Qingqing's novices. But then came a deep worry, although he had never been to the kitchen, but he also knew that there were knives and fire, what if he hurt her.

The prince held Su Yan's soft shoulders, half-leaned down, looked at his beloved wife's clear eyes, and said very seriously: "Promise me, don't cook yourself." ”

Su Yan was dexterous, and immediately understood what her husband was worried about, she didn't argue much, nodded obediently, and at the same time looked left and right with bright big eyes, before standing on tiptoe, putting her small mouth to the prince's ear, and whispering a little shyly: "At that time, I was not good at cooking, so I could only tell the cook to do it, and there were not many places where I could do it myself." ”

The prince hugged her gently, "Qingqing just commands people." Without this worry, he thought in time that although he couldn't come back to eat with his wife today, he could still eat the same food as his wife. This discovery more or less calmed the prince's heart.

The prince moved out of the East Palace step by step, Su Yan changed into a homely Confucian skirt, took off most of the jewelry, sat on the soft couch, drank a cup of tea, and then led people to the small kitchen.

Originally, there was only one dining room in the East Palace, and many of the masters serving in the dining room were eunuchs, and some of them were specially hired into the palace's famous chefs. Before the prince married his wife, he served three meals a day in the dining room. When Su Yan married into the East Palace, Su Zhoucheng and the Lu family, fearing that their daughter would not be used to eating in the palace, specially accompanied her 32 large and small cooks, and returned them to the dowry list.

Of course, the prince knew, and even applauded with his palms, and before getting married, he drew out the location of the small kitchen in the East Palace and rearranged it. On the second day of their wedding, the small kitchen was activated, and for the past few days, Su Yan has three meals a day, plus snacks and supper, two-thirds of which are made in the small kitchen.

Speaking of which, the small kitchen is not far from the main hall of Li, coming out of the apse, turning a verandah, and then passing through a palace gate.

The ladies in the small kitchen are working on all kinds of ingredients. When the person in charge saw Su Yan bringing someone over, he hurriedly came out to greet him, "I've seen the lady." ”

Su Yan walked towards the kitchen and asked, "Do you have any fresh fish today?" ”

The manager hurriedly said: "Yes, extremely fresh grass carp and carp." She saw that Su Yan's feet were not stopping, and she seemed to want to go into the kitchen to have a look, so she stopped and said: "Pickle in the kitchen, don't stain the lady's eyes." ”

Su Yanle said, "When I'm at home, I often come, and I don't see Sister-in-law Lin saying this." ”

Lin Zhangshi smiled, "Now your identity is different. ”

Su Yan said: "The same to eat grains, the same to be born, old, sick and dead, what's the difference." As he spoke, he went into the kitchen.

The kitchen is not dirty, but the windows are bright, but it is hot in summer, and the kitchen needs to be cooked with a fire, which is even hotter, and people will sweat after staying in it for a while.

Su Yan's little face was pink with the heat, but she didn't see a trace of sweat, and her eyes were shining as she looked at the new bamboo shoots in the bamboo basket, "Sister-in-law Lin, today I want you to do it yourself, make a West Lake vinegar fish and pickled duxian, I want to honor my father." ”

Lin Zhangshi said with a smile: "Please sit down widely, and the slave will pick bamboo shoots." "Being able to be one of the four directors of the small kitchen, her craftsmanship is naturally the best among these people.

Su Yan didn't go into the kitchen for a long time, and he still had some nostalgia, so he had the heart to show his skills, but he was persuaded by the other three leaders. When she was still married, when she was learning to cook, these people were scared. Now that she is the crown princess, she doesn't dare to let her do it. If they get burned or hurt, they won't be able to cut off their heads.

When Su Yan came back from the kitchen, he felt some peculiar smell on his body, and went directly into the side hall to bathe. After taking a bath, she climbed on the soft couch, and Kumquat and Yinliu massaged her with a special balm, Su Yan was a little dizzy.

"Lady, Princess Zhou is visiting." When Su Yan was half-asleep and half-awake, Mu Lan turned in from the screen and whispered back in her ear.

Princess Zhou? Su Yan woke up suddenly, she was a little annoyed, this person is still endless, what is the reason why she is addicted to training. She pouted, "No." ”

"Yes." Mu Lan bent his knees and retreated.

Being interrupted like this, Su Yan didn't have the mood to enjoy it, got up and rinsed his body with water, rubbed the flower dew, put on his underwear, and then put on a piece of tulle.

In front of the East Palace, Mu Lan said to Princess Zhou, who was visiting again, with a polite smile: "It's really unfortunate, the princess has something to do, and I can't see you today." ”

Princess Zhou had already calculated that she would be blocked from the palace today, and she was not annoyed, so she only left a sentence: "If the crown princess has something, then I will come back tomorrow." After speaking, he simply helped the maid's hand to get into the car and left slowly.

Mu Lan frowned and muttered dissatisfiedly: "Why are you still here." ”

Li Ping said with a smile: "I don't have to go back to my mother tomorrow, our family will send her." ”

Mu Lan thinks a little too much, is this Princess Zhou using the crown princess to brush up her reputation? She came to the East Palace every day, and was stopped outside the palace every day, and after a long time, many people were curious. After inquiring again, it was said that Princess Zhou admonished her with good words, but the princess didn't listen, and rudely stopped people outside the palace and didn't see each other, which caused a lot of damage to the princess's reputation.

Mu Lan consciously knew the sinister intentions of the Zhu family, and hurriedly returned to the palace to return to Su Yan. Su Yan is making tea. She was making a soup that could be used as a substitute for tea at night, so that the prince would not drink too much tea at night, which would be bad for his health.

The fresh cypress leaves that she picked were tied with thin threads, hung in the jar, and then sealed the mouth of the jar with paper, so that they were in a cool place, waiting for a month, and the cypress leaves were slowly dried, and the color remained verdant and undefeated. Then take it out, grind it into fine powder, and put it in a tin bottle. When you want to use it, just take out a small pinch of leaf powder, brew it with hot water, its soup is green, and the leaf fragrance is pleasant. The most important thing is that this soup can refresh the mind, but it is not like tea, and you will lose sleep if you drink too much. It is suitable for people like the prince who love to drink tea at night to refresh themselves.

Mu Lan said Zhu Shi and was filled with righteous indignation, but Su Yan listened a little carelessly, and most of her attention was on the Bai Ye in her hand.

"Lady, the princess was so aggressive that week, you have to have an idea." The straight-talking Banxia said angrily.

Su Yan didn't raise his head, and said lightly: "Let her go, she will come back tomorrow, and you don't have to reply to me, just let Li Ping send her." "She wants to step on her fame, and she has to see if the saint is allowed or not. The crown prince is in such a stable position, and the emperor is bent on cultivating the next Shengming monarch, how can he let the reputation of the crown princess be ruined?

"If the saint knows......" Mu Lan was worried about the emperor, she was afraid that the emperor would be dissatisfied with the crown princess.

Su Yan tilted his head and smiled, "So, today's father's lunch will be delivered by us." "If you care about people, you have to send them to the people you care about, what's the use of just brushing your reputation outside.

There are about twenty days left, which is the Dragon Boat Festival, and she has to think carefully about what Dragon Boat Festival gifts she should give to her father. I don't know, all kinds of small zongzi will please his old man.

At noon on this day, the emperor asked his son very lovingly, "Shichiro, if you want to eat something, I will tell the imperial dining room to do it." ”

The prince was staring at the outside of the hall, and replied absentmindedly: "Yan Yan said that she will send someone to bring lunch." Don't forget to proudly show off with his father: "Yan Yan cooks by himself!" ”

Emperor:...... Bastard, I really want to beat you up.