Chapter 284: Side Concubine

In a blink of an eye, the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, Kang Yan honestly raised the fetus at home, which was the banquet in the palace, and Qi Chenjing pushed it off because he was unwell and was afraid that he would be sick and give the nobles in the palace a reason. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day, Kang Yan is pregnant, and she can't put ice in the house, so she can only endure it, but because the body temperature of pregnant women is higher than others, she feels more and more uncomfortable that it is hotter than others, and she sweats all over her body, and her whole body is sticky and uncomfortable.

Unable to endure the sweltering heat, Kang Yan is a little emotional, often laughing like beads one moment, and irritable the next, and her appetite has not been very good recently, there is always a faint feeling of nausea that appears from time to time, but she has never vomited, but because of this nausea, her appetite has decreased significantly.

The entire Anwang Mansion entered a state of full alert because of her emotional ups and downs, Qi Chenjing first accompanied her to a courtyard in the mansion next to the lotus pond, called Jinghong Courtyard, because it was close to the lotus pond, the water vapor around the courtyard was heavier, and it was much cooler than other places.

As long as Qi Chenjing is fine, he will return to the inner courtyard to accompany her, chat with her, take a walk with her, or do nothing, and the two of them are stupidly fantasizing about what the child in Kang Yan's belly will look like in the future.

When Qi Chenjing was busy outside, Qingmei took the maids to accompany her, Su Yuhuan often came to accompany her, after she and Kang Shaofan got married, they took over the inner house of the Kang family in Bibo Hutong, the Kang family is the same as Anwangfu, and the owners of the family are only Kang Shaofan and her, saying that they are the housekeepers, but in fact, there are really not many things. Su Yuhuan still has a lot of time.

When a man becomes a relative, he becomes an adult. After Kang Shaofan and Su Yuhuan got married, Kang Yan personally handed over the Kang family's property to Kang Shaofan. The Kang family still has a shop in the flower market in Qinxiang Garden in Macheng Mansion, and she herself only keeps a bonsai shop and Tianxiang Garden.

On this day, Qi Chenjing returned home early and accompanied Kang Yan for a walk next to the lotus pond.

In the scorching summer, the lotus flowers in the lotus pond are blooming very well, and the slim lotus flowers in the green lotus leaves are like fairies bathing on the lake with light sand, standing with a smile, and talking shyly; Tender stamens beads. The fragrance is bursting, and the irritability that has accumulated in my heart has been eliminated a lot.

Qi Chenjing touched Kang Yan's lower abdomen, which had not yet protruded significantly, and her face was full of gentleness.

"Why did you come back so early today?" Kang Yeon relaxed her body and snuggled the whole person into his arms.

Recently, I always feel backache, and I don't have much strength.

Qi Chenjing's hands were slightly retracted, making her lean more comfortably, her brows were slightly frowned, and Kang Yan, who was facing away from him, naturally didn't see it. But not hearing his voice, Kang Yan turned her head slightly.

Qi Chenjing's frowning brows relaxed.

"The emperor is in a good mood today, and the ministers are also in a good mood, but they are not willing to sweep the emperor's happiness. So I went down early. ”

Kang Yan blinked, "Is there any happy event in the palace?" ”

If it weren't for some happy event, the emperor wouldn't be so happy.

Qi Chenjing snorted. The voice was faint, "There is a noble man in the palace who is pregnant with a dragon." It has been three months, and the queen mother has also been diagnosed as pregnant. Double happiness is coming, the emperor is naturally happy, the emperor will have a son-in-law born, and the ministers are naturally happy. ”

"Really?" Kang Yan asked in surprise, shook her head and smiled, what the emperor had already announced at the court meeting was naturally true.

Today, the emperor has been on the throne for more than five years, and there is only one prince born by the imperial concubine under his knees.

There are pregnant concubines, but unfortunately none of them were born.

So for so many years, the imperial concubine has been dominant in the harem.

Even the queen had to drag her illness to avoid her edge, and handed over the right to take care of the six palaces to the imperial concubine, after all, a childless queen is compared to

Although the ministers complained about this, no one dared to mention it, because if the emperor really had only one eldest prince under his knees, he would know that the eldest prince would be the next emperor, who would offend the future emperor and his biological mother at this time.

"It looks like the harem is going to be lively." Kang Yeon sighed, but only stated a fact, and there was no element of schadenfreude.

After she became pregnant, she became more sentimental, couldn't listen to any pity or sadness, and couldn't accept the abuse or injury of her children, and she hoped that every child could come to this world healthy and safe.

Qi Chenjing patted her hand, "There are no fuel-efficient lamps in the palace, and the emperor also announced this morning that the father of the queen mother was named the Marquis of Chang'an, and ordered Mrs. Chang'an Hou to enter the palace to accompany the queen mother." ”

The queen's maiden surname is Xia, and her father is the chief military supervisor of the Northwest Road who has been guarding the northwest, and is the third product, although it is said that there is no imperial concubine's maiden family Wen is a noble family, but the Xia family is really with military power in hand, the ancestors of the Xia family in the early years are also the people who followed the Taizu Emperor to fight the world, so many years have been guarding the northwest, operating in the northwest for many years, and accumulating power, otherwise the queen at that time, the current queen mother would not have chosen the girl of the Xia family as the queen.

This is also Queen Xia has been childless for many years, but she has always been able to sit firmly on the throne of the queen, even if the imperial concubine is arrogant, Queen Xia avoids her at most, but it does not really threaten her throne.

"It seems that it won't be long before the imperial concubine takes charge of the harem and gets the right." Kang Yeon smiled.

Empress Xia is now pregnant, and the stuffiness that has been pent-up for many years will definitely be swept away, and she will definitely not allow the imperial concubine to continue to be arrogant, not to mention anything else, first of all, the right to manage the harem must be taken back first, after all, there are too many layers involved, and if Queen Xia wants to keep her child, she will never allow the imperial concubine to continue to be in charge of the harem.

Qi Chenjing took her hand and walked slowly along the path next to the lotus pond, and couldn't help but laugh when she heard Kang Yan's guess.

After laughing, Kang Yan sighed again, "The palace is so lively, the queen mother and the emperor will probably not stare at you anymore for a while." ”

Qi Chenjing thought so, "This way I will have more time to accompany you." ”

The couple laughed in unison.

Walking along the lotus pond, Kang Yeon felt a little tired. The husband and wife returned to Jinghong Courtyard together.

Because the mood is relaxed, there is a moderate amount of exercise. Kang Yan felt a little hungry and told Qingmei to make some simple food and bring it up.

Mother Song walked in hurriedly.

She is now in charge of the inner courtyard of the palace. Kang Yan specially set up a yard for Song's mother, and she was there to deal with things on weekdays, and she was not by Kang Yan's side.

"Lord, princess, there is a holy decree arrived, and the inner servant who announced the decree is already waiting in the outer courtyard." Mother Song saluted the two, with a hint of anxiety in her tone.

Divine decree? Kang Yan was startled and subconsciously looked at Qi Chenjing.

How can there be a decree at this time?

Qi Chenjing also shook his head in confusion, while letting the maid serve their husband and wife to change clothes. Changing into the princess's grade clothes, he asked Song's mother, "Have you inquired about anything?" ”

Mother Song shook her head, "It was Sun Zhong in front of the Queen Mother who came to announce the decree, his mouth was very tight, and the news from the outer courtyard came out every time, and Sun Zhong kept laughing and saying that it was a good thing." ”

Meddlesome?

The couple who were changing clothes looked at each other.

It is a good thing for Sun Zhong, that is to say, it is a good thing for the queen mother and the emperor. Their good deeds will never be the good things of their husband and wife.

No wonder Mother Song also had an anxious look on her face.

Qi Chenjing's face sank and looked at Kang Yan, "Otherwise, don't go." I'll just say you're not feeling well. ”

He was afraid that Kang Yan would be pregnant and would not be able to withstand the stimulation.

Kang Yan shook her head, "Forget it." In that case, it's too much, so let's go out and have a look. Don't worry, I'll take care of myself. ”

Pressed for time. The husband and wife didn't have time to discuss, so they had to hurry to the outer courtyard.

Where is the outer courtyard, Sun Zhongzheng was waiting impatiently, and when he saw Qi Chenjing and his wife coming together, a smile immediately appeared on his face, "Lord An, Princess An, please accept the order." ”

Qi Chenjing and Kang Yan glanced at each other and knelt down.

Sun Zhong unfolded his hand and held the bright yellow cloth, and read it in a sharp voice, "The first emperor followed Emperor Taizu to conquer the world in the early years, and the heirs were not abundant, only now and King An, only hope to be able to continue the bloodline of Emperor Taizu and the first emperor, and extend the heirs of the Liang clan. ”

The decree was very long, and Sun Zhong's sharp voice echoed in the garden, and when the last sentence was recited, the entire outer courtyard was silent, falling into a deathly silence.

Kang Yan only felt that there was a thunder on a sunny day, and the whole person was stunned.

Side concubine? How can it be a side concubine?

Although she had been mentally prepared for a long time, knowing that the Queen Mother might give Qi Chenjing a gift, she had even thought about how to refuse the Queen Mother before, and she never thought that they would directly make a holy decree.

This trick really caught them off guard.

And how could it be Cheng Siya?

Kang Yeon didn't see Qingmei, who was kneeling behind her, her face was pale, and she bit her lip tightly, so she didn't let herself make a sound.

She remembered the last time she knocked on the side of Cheng Siya in the middle of the house to inquire about Qi Chenjing, and the matter of her falling into Qi Chenjing's arms, could it be that at that time, that Cheng girl had already moved her mind, or did she already know something?

Not to mention the complicated entanglement in Qingmei's heart, Kang Yan's brain first looked at Qi Chenjing after the initial panic, and saw that he was looking gloomy.

I didn't have time to think about why it was Cheng Siya, was it that the Queen Mother and the emperor secretly noticed that the relationship between the Cheng family and the An Wangfu might not be as simple as the one on the surface, she and Jordan Hua were better?

What should we do about the current situation?

It should be different from Kang Yan, after Qi Chenjing's initial stunnedness, the first thing that flashed in his mind was why he made a holy decree at this time?

Why didn't any rumors leak out before?

It seems that it is still not possible to have your own strength in the palace, Qi Chenjing sighed in his heart.

If he can't get the news from the palace at the first time, he will be in a passive position, and it will be easy to be caught off guard by others, and it will be difficult to fight back.

"Lord An, Princess An, please accept the order." Sun Zhong smiled and handed the holy decree to Qi Chenjing, but his eyes turned to Kang Yan, "The Queen Mother still has something to say to the princess, and the mother said that I heard that the Cheng family girl and the princess have known each other for a long time, and they must be able to talk about it very well, and they will become sisters in the future, so they should work together, get along in harmony, and serve Prince An well." ”

Sun Zhong's words were slow and soft, like countless fine needles piercing Kang Yan, her heart sank, and she didn't have time to think about the true meaning of the Queen Mother's words, and suddenly felt a strong feeling of nausea coming up from the depths of her stomach.

"I beg your pardon for not being able to accept orders." She heard Qi Chenjing's calm and powerful voice ringing in her ears.

Sun Zhong's face changed greatly, and he scolded: "King Bold, you dare to resist the decree." (To be continued.) )

PS: That's all there is for today, I'm sorry!