Although Concubine Zhao Chen's tone was stiff and reluctant, she could be regarded as admitting her mistake to the queen. Queen Qin Yurong just took the opportunity to expand the following words on the matter of Concubine Zhao Chen.

"Concubine Zhao Chen, sit down, the palace summoned all the sisters today to come to the Xuande Palace, there is nothing else, but there is one thing, that is, the matter of the royal heir, as soon as the emperor ascended the throne, there has been no royal descendant in the Huangfu family. It was easy to have a concubine and conceive a child, but because of the harem battle, none of the heirs survived......"

Qin Yurong continued: "There is an example of Lin Chongrong not long ago, the first child of the royal family is extremely rare, but Lin Chongrong has done something that is intolerable, the palace hopes that the harem concubines will serve the emperor diligently and diligently, and extend the heirs for the royal family, and they must not fight each other and kill the dragon descendants......"

The Queen Mother once said that the harem is incompetent.

The incompetence of the harem is reflected in the absence of children, and the main responsibility of the harem concubines is to spread the branches and leaves for the royal family and extend the heirs.

The woman in the harem, the family background, the power of the mother's family and the heirs are equally important existences, if there are both, the position in the harem can be stable.

If there are heirs, Zhao Chenguifei's mother's family will also be affected by her daughter in the palace, if there are heirs, concubines with no identity and no background, such as Xiao Concubine, you can rely on your heirs, and the mother is expensive by her son, and there is no need to live a life of artificial swords and fish in the harem of the Blue Bird Kingdom.

The words of the queen mother are undoubtedly also reminding the concubines in the harem that they need to live in peace and not fight each other.

All the concubines had their thoughts in their hearts, and Concubine Chang spoke: "Since the queen mother said so, in the future, the sisters must help each other, don't want you to fight with me, it will not be a wrong thing to live in peace." ”

The concubines stood up: "The concubines obey the will of the queen......"

Concubine Zhao Chen subconsciously touched her lower abdomen and fell into doubt. has always been a holy self, why is there no news in the stomach? Concubine Zhao Chen listened to Queen Qin Yurong's words, and she also felt that it was not unreasonable.

With an heir, his position in the palace is naturally more stable. Not only did Concubine Zhao Chen think so, everyone in the harem was awakened, and after Concubine Xiao became involved in many things in the palace, she gradually understood that it was useless to only protect herself in the palace, and only the heirs could push themselves to the pinnacle of power.

But Concubine Xiao had two miscarriages and had already suffered from infertility. After listening to the queen's lecture today, I felt a little depressed in my heart. After returning to Yonghua Palace, he didn't want to see anyone, so he directly avoided the palace maid and fell asleep. The palace maid Ziyue cautiously approached Concubine Xiao's mother.

". Concubine Chang Niangniang came to see you, saying that she had something important to discuss. ”

When Concubine Xiao heard the word "important matter", she reacted and immediately got up: "Go and invite Concubine Chang Niangniang in." ”

Concubine Xiao was getting up from the bed and was sorting out and putting on her palace clothes, Concubine Chang had already walked in, saw Concubine Xiao, smiled and personally put on her coat for Concubine Xiao, and carefully tidied it up. Concubine Chang took Concubine Xiao's hand again, and the two sat down in front of the desk.

Concubine Chang glanced at the palace maids next to her, and those palace maids all understood it, leaving only Concubine Chang and Concubine Xiao.

"Sister Changfei, what is the so-called matter? What is the important thing to come to Yonghua Palace to find? ”

Concubine Chang's eyes looked to the side, as if it was something difficult to speak, and she said a little shyly: "Sister Xiao, this palace seems to have a ......."

Concubine Xiao was surprised: "Got it?" Sister, are you pregnant? ”

Concubine Chang raised her index finger and put it to her mouth: "Shhh, be quiet, don't let the others hear it......"

"How much time has it been? Have you seen the doctor? Concubine Xiao asked.

"I felt uncomfortable a few days ago, and I haven't come to Kwai Shui for a long time, so I felt a little strange, so I called the imperial doctor to check, and Lord Zhu checked the pulse, and then I knew that I was pregnant."

Imperial Physician Zhu, Master Zhu, not long ago, Concubine Xiao had a headache, and she was specially looking for Imperial Doctor Zhu to come for diagnosis and treatment.

Now, the good sister Concubine Chang is pregnant with a child, and Concubine Xiao is naturally happy for Concubine Chang, but when she compares her infertile body with Concubine Chang's happy son, she can't help but feel uncomfortable when compared with her precious son. It's just that Concubine Chang didn't know that Concubine Xiao had seen Imperial Doctor Zhu's body, and Concubine Xiao herself really didn't tell Concubine Chang about these things.

Concubine Xiao suppressed the sadness in her heart, and turned to celebrate with a smile: "I really want to congratulate my sister, my sister is so blessed." ”

Concubine Chang looked distressed: "This matter has not been reported to Your Majesty, the Queen and the Queen Mother, just because Lin Chongrong happened some time ago, which made me afraid, so I hid this matter......

Concubine Xiao asked, "Sister, it turns out that you have been pregnant since then?" Hidden for so long? Why didn't you say it when you met the queen? ”

Concubine Chang smiled bitterly: "How come this palace doesn't know that the best time to talk about this matter is when I meet her, but when Concubine Zhao Chen is present, how dare this palace talk about it in front of someone like her?" ”

Concubine Chang is right, Concubine Zhao Chen is narrow-minded and jealous. and set off countless waves in the harem, Zhao Chenguifei had the heart to kill Yang Zipei, and immediately started after having an idea, after Yang Zipei escaped from danger, he and Zhao Chenguifei became mortal enemies.

If Concubine Zhao Chen, who has a strong and difficult personality, knows about Concubine Chang's pregnancy, I am afraid that there will be a storm.

But this kind of thing is not an ugly thing to see, and the pregnancy will definitely become a well-known thing, and sooner or later it will be said, but if you don't say it, it will have an opportunity for those who have murderous thoughts.

So Concubine Xiao persuaded Yang Zipei: "You still have to report this matter, the identity of the saint is here, don't be afraid, others don't say it, just tell the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother will definitely ensure that you give birth to the prince safely." ”

Now the one who cares most about the belly of the harem concubine is really the one that the queen mother cares about the most. What Concubine Xiao said was true, Concubine Chang originally planned to sit the fetus firmly and then say it, but after listening to Concubine Xiao's persuasion, she immediately reported the matter to the Queen Mother.

As expected, the Queen Mother sent two elderly and experienced aunts to Weiyang Palace to take care of Concubine Chang, always keeping an eye on Concubine Chang's situation, and taking care of everything.

Ganquan Palace.

Concubine Rou's body is getting worse and worse, in addition to cold hands and feet, she will also be dizzy and weak, she can't even walk, she often has poor memory, she will forget what happened before, and she often has unbearable abdominal pain, which is very painful.

At this time, the palace maid Zhishu had already returned from the queen's mother, and when she saw that the master was awake, she walked to the edge of Concubine Rou's bed and told Concubine Rou what the queen said today.

The palace maid Zhishu collided with Zhao Chen's concubine in the Xuande Palace, and was trampled on by Zhao Chen's concubine, at this time her hand was swollen and unpresentable.

Concubine Rou dragged her tired body, asked Zhishu to get closer, stretched out her cold hands to gluttonously grasp the red, swollen and cracked hands of the palace maid Zhishu, and frowned: "Zhishu? What's going on? This palace didn't go to the queen, did the queen punish you? ”

The palace maid Zhishu shook her head violently with tears: "No, the queen mother is very good to the slave and maid, and she doesn't blame the mother or the slave, the queen just asked the slave and the maid to come back and tell the mother that she wants the mother to take care of herself, and she doesn't have to come to the Xuande Hall to apologize." ”

Concubine Rou continued to ask, "Then what's going on with your hands?" Who hurt the people of Hongu? Who did this? Tell Hongu? ”

Concubine Rou was not in good health, her breath was weak, and she was reluctant to say so many words, her neck was stretched out, her face was pale, and she looked very weak. The palace maid Zhishu felt very sorry for her master, and was silent for a long time and finally told the truth.

"Yes...... It's Concubine Zhao Chen, it's the slave who is not good, I looked down at the road, I didn't see anyone coming in, and I bumped into Concubine Zhao Chen, so I ......"

So Concubine Zhao Chen stepped on the hand of her palace maid Zhishu? Needless to say, Concubine Rou has long understood in her heart that Concubine Zhao Chen has always been like this, arrogant and domineering, Concubine Rou feels that Concubine Zhao Chen is simply the nemesis of her life, and she wants to be stable in the harem, and she is not attached to power and favor.

However, Concubine Zhao Chen often went to Ganquan Palace several times for the emperor, and Concubine Zhao Chen poisoned Concubine Rou, and Concubine Rou's sick body was caused by Concubine Zhao Chen. Repeatedly bullied the palace maids and eunuchs of Ganquan Palace, and even bullied Concubine Rou herself, how can you not hate?

Several aunts in Ganquan Palace took ice to give the palace maid a cold compress, which can reduce swelling, but fortunately, the injury is not very serious, and it will be cured soon. However, the palace maid Zhishu's hand is easy to treat, which does not mean that Concubine Rou, who was bullied by Concubine Zhao Chen, can recover quickly.

Concubine Rou's body has never been well healed, presumably it was the poison that Concubine Zhao Chen had given before, it was too toxic, and the doctors had no choice but to use some medicine that treated the symptoms but not the root cause, and the disease dragged on for a long time, and Concubine Rou's body was gradually eaten away, and it became worse and worse.

At night, the palace maid of Yixin Zheku was lying on the window of Ganquan Palace and peeking, this was already the third and fourth time that this palace maid had come here.

Although the number of times I have come is too much, I am still surprised every time I see Concubine Rou.

It's really, unbelievable......

In the past, when this palace maid was working in Xinzheku, no one had ever said that she and Concubine Rou were so similar, not similar or similar, but exactly the same, even the palace maid herself would be surprised when she saw it, and when she saw Roufei Niangniang on the bed, it was like seeing herself in another world.

It's just too similar.

"Somebody there!" The eunuch of Ganquan Palace noticed that a person was sneakily picking at the window of the main hall and peeking at something there, so the eunuch hurriedly walked over.

The palace maid was frightened by the eunuch's words, and hurriedly covered her face with a veil, and trotted away.

Whew, it's okay, it's almost discovered, the palace maid of Xin Zheku trotted all the way, trotted around the palace road, ran to a place with water as a mirror, took a breath, supported her knees, and looked into the water.

The palace maid of Xinzhiku touched herself on the surface of the water, and suddenly had a strange feeling, as if the face in front of her was not the face of Xinzhiku's slave, but noble, the face of the lady in the palace, even the picture in front of her has changed, and what is presented on the water surface is not a rough clothes, but a gorgeous costume, and even a phoenix crown and golden hairpin appear on her head.

The palace maid of Xin Zhiku hurriedly shook her head and sobered herself up, this is too terrifying, how is this possible?

In the mind of the palace maid of the Xinzhiku, the face of the mother who disciplined the mother, the look on the face of the grandmother, and the surprised look of the grandmother when she first entered the Xinzhiku.

Today, I really know, what did Mama's meaningful expression mean back then? Mama was stunned, and that's because ......

His face is too similar to Concubine Rou's.