Chapter 494: Just Chips
Here, Zhang Lingyang had just sent away Xiaofuzi and was about to review some folds, but at this time, Jenny, the palace maid in the Imperial Concubine Victoria's Palace, came over.
"Let her in!" Zhang Lingyang was a little surprised in his heart, to say that Jenny rarely came to Chen'an Palace, even when Victoria was the most favored, in order to avoid suspicion, Jenny basically never saw herself alone, why did she come here? Thinking like this, Zhang Lingyang let Jenny enter the Chen'an Palace.
Jenny was already familiar with the rules of the palace, so as soon as she saw Zhang Lingyang, Jenny hurriedly saluted and said, "Long live Lord, our princess is pregnant!" ”
"When?" When Zhang Lingyang heard this, he hurriedly got up and stared at Jenny and asked.
"At noon today, our princess couldn't eat, and vomited several times, so the slave asked the imperial doctor to come and diagnose, I didn't want to diagnose the pregnancy, the imperial doctor said that it had been two months."
"Good! Good! Good! I'll go over and see the Imperial Concubine now! Zhang Lingyang said excitedly, it's also pitiful, it's been three or four years, and the harem hasn't licked the mouth, Zhang Lingyang heard this, he could still sit there, and hurriedly walked to Victoria's dormitory.
"Why did Concubine Ai lose so much weight?" As soon as he entered the dormitory, Zhang Lingyang saw that Victoria was about to get up and salute, so he hurriedly stepped forward to support him and asked.
These days are busy with official business, Zhang Lingyang has not set foot in the dormitory of any concubine for several days, and he can't help but be a little surprised when he looks at Victoria's somewhat thin face.
"It's nothing, it's just a loss of appetite these days!" Victoria can only blame the loss of her appetite due to pregnancy, so she looks a little thin. How else to say it? It can't be said that I have suffered from a lot of concubines these days, so that I have no appetite!
Zhang Lingyang actually knows something about the flies in the harem. But because Zhang Lingyang had established authority in the harem before, and Victoria's position was the imperial concubine, and she was second only to Queen Wang in the harem, who would dare to give her anger? So at first, Zhang Lingyang didn't think about it, and he felt that what Victoria said was also true, so he didn't ask any more.
"If you don't eat, how can you do that?" Zhang Lingyang said, "Now you have our baby in your belly, you can't let him go hungry!" ”
"But what do you want to eat? Let the Imperial Dining Room do it right away! As soon as the words came out, Zhang Lingyang changed his words, "Forget it, at this time, Concubine Ai should want to eat Western food, so I will order to go out of the palace to find a Western chef!" ”
"Why bother?" Seeing Zhang Lingyang's concerned appearance, Victoria said with a smile, "The concubine wants to eat Western food, just let Jenny go out of the palace and bring some back." ”
Although Jenny is Victoria's personal maid, she is not a palace maid in the formal sense after all, as the daughter of Wilson, the British envoy to Zhou, Jenny has the opportunity to leave the palace twice a month, so Victoria wants to eat Western food, and it is really difficult.
Zhang Lingyang nodded noncommittally and said, "How can this work?" Blame the trouble. Otherwise, I will let Jenny go out of the palace to the embassy area to find a Western chef for Concubine Ai to enter the palace, and this time is dedicated to cooking food for Concubine Ai, I wonder what Concubine Ai thinks? ”
"Everything is up to the emperor!" Victoria did want to eat Western food during this time, especially after being diagnosed with pregnancy, her heart was even more eager to eat, so she nodded and agreed.
After receiving Zhang Lingyang's order, Jenny took the token out of the palace and came to the English Embassy to tell her father Wilson her request.
"The chef is easy to find, there are two chefs in the embassy, and one of them is specially prepared for Her Royal Highness the Princess." Wilson agreed without thinking about it, but it was obvious that Wilson didn't care about the chef at the moment, "How is Her Royal Highness the princess doing in the palace during this time?" ”
"That's it anyway!" Jenny said, "Although I am fortunate to have the favor of the Emperor of the Great Zhou, none of the concubines in the harem are fuel-efficient lamps, and I pick the fault of Her Royal Highness the princess at the end of three days." Especially after the relationship between Da Zhou and European countries cooled down during this period, this is even more so.
In the past few days, Her Royal Highness the princess has been angry for not eating well for several days, and now everyone is thin and out of shape! ”
Wilson was very surprised when he heard this, "Didn't you say that the Great Zhou Emperor was very fond of Her Royal Highness the Princess?" Could it be that the Great Zhou Emperor didn't know about this matter? ”
"I don't know!" Jenny nodded and shook her head again, "The Great Zhou Emperor is very busy during this time, and he hasn't set foot in the harem for more than half a month in a row, as for whether the Great Zhou Emperor knows it or not, I can't guess it." ”
Hearing this, Wilson sighed and said, "It's just before, you must take care of Her Royal Highness the princess's body during this time, and you must not find the slightest accident, you know?" ”
Seeing that her father said so solemnly, Jenny's eyes were full of confusion and asked, "Father, but what happened?" Why are you suddenly so interested in Her Royal Highness today? ”
"It doesn't hurt to tell you, it's not a secret anyway!" Wilson said, "According to the exact news from China, His Royal Highness Jack has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, and I am afraid that it will only be three or five years." Once Her Royal Highness Jack dies of illness, as the second-in-line heir to the throne of the British Empire, Her Royal Highness the Princess will be much more likely to become king. ”
"How is this possible?" Hearing this, Jenny was a little incredulous, "Her Royal Highness the princess is now the imperial concubine of the Great Zhou, and she is also pregnant, and now the nobles in the country are afraid that they will not agree to the succession of Her Royal Highness the princess!" ”
"How could it be?" Wilson sneered, "Don't you understand the urine sex of the domestic aristocracy?" They value bloodline more than anything else, although the British Empire and the Great Zhou are now hostile relations, but no one can deny that the child in the belly of Her Royal Highness the princess is the most noble bloodline in the world.
With this alone, there is a great possibility that Her Royal Highness the Princess will inherit the throne in the future. And, out of political considerations, no matter who wins or loses between the British Empire and the Great Zhou in the future, the child in the womb of Her Royal Highness the Princess will be beneficial to the relationship between the two countries. ”
Hearing this, Jenny was a little silent for a while.
In Jenny's heart, she was extremely disdainful of her father Wilson's words, because her father was the same as the nobles in the country. In the final analysis, whether it is Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria or the child in her womb, it is just a bargaining chip for their group of politicians to obtain political benefits, and no one really cares about Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria's own feelings......