Chapter 241
The lively and joyful banquet immediately turned into a pot of porridge, and the queen suddenly fainted, and some people speculated whether it was poisoned, and the panic would be contagious, and this speculation instantly disturbed people's hearts.
"Is there not enough guards in the courtyard, someone must have poisoned it, what if we eat it when it's over?"
"Not necessarily, maybe there's something wrong with the crabs, I've heard that crabs can't eat too much!"
"What should I do, if we eat together, will we also be poisoned!"
“……”
The emperor was still drinking with the ministers, and when he heard that the queen had fainted, he immediately dropped his wine glass and stood up and ran away, without even saying a word.
"What's wrong?" Someone asked, "Why is the emperor so panicked?" ”
"Is something wrong?"
Qi Yanzhi frowned, he asked Qi Da to follow and take a look, and he stayed to appease everyone.
"Don't panic, the queen has drunk too much, the emperor will go up and take a look." He raised his glass to the ministers.
The Marquis of Qingyang is the Dinghai God Needle, and everyone can feel at ease here, so no one discusses the emperor's affairs, and he raised his wine glass and drank it again.
Yu Ning ran almost all the way to the queen's bedroom, and before she entered the door, she asked loudly: "What's wrong with the queen!" What about the Imperial Doctor, call all the Imperial Doctors! ”
He was so flustered that he pushed away the palace people who were blocking him, and went straight into the queen's bedroom, and when he saw Xie Ruqing there, he hurriedly asked: "Ruqing, what's wrong with her, you are not allowed to hide it from me!" ”
Xie Ruqing made a silent gesture, "The Imperial Doctor is still watching, don't worry." ”
Yu Ning immediately stopped talking, he wiped the sweat from his head, and waited next to Xie Ruqing very nervously, after a while, he was not at ease, and asked in a low voice: "What's the matter, why did you faint well?" ”
Xie Ruqing had a guess in her heart, after all, she was now a person from the past, and it was very similar to this, but she couldn't give people hope before everything was determined, so she didn't say anything, but said: "It is estimated that she has eaten badly, she has eaten a lot of crabs and drunk wine today." ”
Yu Ning slapped her head, "Damn, she was greedy yesterday, blame me for not being able to stop her for a while, and today I forgot to tell Xiaoliu to look at her, alas, blame me!" ”
Xie Ruqing smiled, this little couple has a good relationship, look at Yu Ning nervous.
The doctors didn't know if it was in the New Year, and they had a good pulse diagnosis for a long time, and they almost didn't kill the emperor in a hurry. Just when Yu Ning couldn't help but kick the door in, several imperial doctors came out tremblingly and knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor together.
"The emperor is overjoyed!"
Yu Ning was stunned for a moment, and said that my daughter-in-law was still happy when she fainted?
Xie Ruqing covered her mouth with a handkerchief and snickered, she didn't see Qi Yanzhi's reaction when she was pregnant, and she heard Ruhuan talk several times, saying that her uncle seemed to be stupid, and she regretted that she didn't see it. Looking at Yu Ning now, I can probably imagine a thing or two, and I said that men are not stupid in this regard, and when they heard that their daughter-in-law was pregnant, they seemed to be asking someone to take away their souls, and they couldn't react for a long time.
"What did you say?" Yu Ning really didn't turn the corner, and probably made trouble by fainting before.
The imperial doctor had no choice but to say again: "Your Majesty, I am very happy, the queen mother is pregnant." ”
Yu Ning: "!! ”
It's like a child!
I don't know if I'm excited or stunned, the emperor hasn't spoken for a long time. The doctors knelt on the ground and got up, neither to be awe-inspired, but they were all muttering in their hearts.
"Look at our emperor's pleasure." Xie Ruqing smiled and called the doctors to get up, "You guys work hard, how is the queen's health?" ”
The imperial doctor said: "The queen's body is tough, but there is some disharmony in the spleen and stomach, just recuperate for a few days." ”
Before he finished speaking, Yu Ning ran into the inner bedroom to visit Qi Wanru.
Xie Ruqing smiled, asked Gonggong Li to reward a few imperial doctors, and then retreated to the outer room, waiting for the emperor to be excited, and then decide whether to announce it to the public.
Qi Wanru was a little uncomfortable, although she woke up, her face was not very good, Yu Ning said that she didn't say anything to get her up, at this time Qi Wanru was the flower bone that needed to be cared for, Yu Ning just wanted to hold it in the palm of her hand and take care of it.
"Your Majesty, how do you explain to the outside world?" Qi Wanru was worried that she would faint today, and everyone was thinking wildly.
The queen is different from ordinary women, such as Xie Ruqing's initial fetus was unstable, you can hide it first and wait until the fetus is stable before announcing it to the public, but the queen is not easy to hide, she can't always call herself sick and not see guests, some experienced women will actually look at it, if they see that the queen is pregnant and do not announce it, they will probably guess that the queen's baby is not good. And if there is no reasonable explanation for today's events, everyone will definitely have all kinds of speculation, such as whether the queen has a physical problem, and in a few days, maybe the queen who will spread the rumors will die.
In short, it's impossible to gauge the negative impact this will have.
To some extent, the queen is happy in the world, from all aspects, the news is announced as soon as possible, Yu Ning is not afraid of anything else, only afraid of some bad news, rather than this, it is better to announce it to the public, happy events can always make people feel good.
"Don't be afraid, it's a happy event that we have a child, of course, we have to share our joy with the world." Yu Ning said, "With the blessings of the people of the world, our children will be healthy." ”
As soon as he said this, Qi Wanru's heart immediately relaxed, no longer worried that the news would be bad if it was announced too early, and she no longer had to worry about those women annoying her, if she didn't want to deal with it one day, she would hide on the grounds that she was not feeling well.
"It's fine." Qi Wanru stroked her belly and smiled happily, "It's only a little doll for more than a month, this feels amazing." ”
"yes, I still haven't realized that you already have a baby in your belly." Yu Ning scratched his head and smirked, as if he was still a reckless teenager who didn't know anything.
The emperor and queen stayed alone in the room for a while, and Yu Ning came out reluctantly, thinking about the wording of the announcement of the happy event in her mind.
The queen suddenly announced that she was pregnant on her birthday, which was undoubtedly a joy on top of joy, the emperor was happy, rewarded everyone present, and asked the dancers to dance a few times, and the joy was dispersed until late at night.
Xie Ruqing and Qi Yanzhi returned home very late, although they were tired, they were happy for them like and Yuning.
"It's so good, I didn't expect them to have it so soon, and I'm worried that if I can't conceive for a long time, those ministers will encourage the emperor to take a concubine." Xie Ruqing leaned on Qi Yanzhi's shoulder and said.
"Hmm." Qi Yanzhi smiled and agreed, "That's good, just in the future, I will be with our doll." ”
"yes, yes!" Xie Ruqing thought of this question, the two dolls were born a few months apart, and they will be the best playmates in the future, how good is this, "But what if it's a man and a woman?" ”
Qi Yanzhi smiled, "Then you can play, why can't men and women be friends?" ”
That's right, didn't you start understanding Qi Yanzhi from friends, if you ignore those worldly eyes, it's also good for men and women to be friends.
Of course, it's good to have feelings in the future, but these are not things that need to be considered now, the important thing is that the two dolls can be companions in the future.
But it didn't take long for this happy day to happen, and the court had a remark that the emperor wanted to take a concubine, although it was quite unsightly, but the emperor's harem was really space, and there was no woman except the queen, and there were two masters living in the palace of Nuoda, so it was not the same as being haunted?
Therefore, the royal family does not eat a lifetime of a couple, pay attention to the prosperity of the descendants for thousands of generations, the more lively the emperor's harem is more auspicious, the more heirs indicate prosperity, and the cold and lonely are regarded as unlucky.
At the beginning, the emperor can still suppress it, but at this time, the fetus is not yet stable, where is he in the mood to take care of these, although the ministers are pressing, but they are still restrained.
However, more than a month later, after the queen's fetus was stabilized, the concubine's voice began to rise, who doesn't know what the man does, the queen's fetus is unstable, the emperor must hold it, what to hold when he is young and strong, he should spread rain and dew every night.
In the royal family, more than a dozen heirs are basic, after all, not all of them can survive, and surviving does not guarantee that all of them will be able to investigate the great task. For example, when the emperor was the first emperor, plus those who died young, there were twenty or thirty children, it was so much, it was so difficult to choose a virtuous prince, how could one or two women be born?
So in the early dynasties after that, the concubine became a common issue, and almost every day someone wanted to play because of this matter, as if the emperor didn't accept a concubine, the country would not be a country.
Yu Ning was simply annoyed, but he couldn't refute it yet, because the heir was the task that the emperor should basically complete, unless he conjured up a bunch of princes now, he could block Youyou's mouth.
Obviously, this is a fantasy.
"Yu Ning, has been busy with state affairs lately? I see your face is not very good, are you too tired? On this day and night, Qi Wanru asked Yu Ning in private.
Yu Ning habitually reported good news and not bad news, he never told Qi Wanru about these things, because he knew Qi Wanru, this girl was soft on the outside and strong on the inside, once she knew that he was in trouble, she would definitely make a virtuous appearance and take the initiative to ask him to take a concubine, and then she would leave him herself.
This is what Yu Ning doesn't want to see even if he dies.
If he is destined to owe one side of the state affairs, he would rather abandon the state affairs.
"Well, I've been very busy, but I was lazy and delayed a lot last time, and now I'm going to 'pay off my debts'." Yu Ning replied with a smile, "It's okay, Mr. Qi is more laborious than me, I can't push everything to him, if Qing is about to give birth, I have to be considerate of the young couple, right?" ”
Also, a while ago, the two were newly married, and they couldn't wait to be together all day, Yu Ning often pushed some things to Qi Yanzhi to deal with in order to come back early to accompany her, or simply put them on hold until tomorrow to deal with them, and things piled up more and more.
Qi Wanru also felt embarrassed when she heard this, Ruqing had a hard pregnancy like her a while ago, Qi Yanzhi must have wanted to be with her all the time, but the emperor pushed a lot of things to him, Qi Yanzhi was even more tired in order to complete the daily rush as soon as possible.
"It's okay, anyway, I'm stable now, and I don't have anything to do on weekdays, so you can work harder, and ask Mr. Qi to spend more time with Ruqing." Qi Wanru said.
"yes, I know." Yu Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
But things are always not hidden for a long time, the court is so fierce, the emperor in order not to accept the concubine, once sternly refused, and even demoted a minister's official, this move suppressed the voice of the concubine, but it led to another trouble.
The emperor is obsessed with the queen and can't extricate himself, everyone doesn't dare to say how the emperor is, but the queen is not virtuous, I don't know how to fill the harem for the emperor, this is still good, it is unpleasant to say that the queen is in calamity to the country, I don't know what method was used to make the emperor addicted.
All these news were suppressed by the emperor, but if there was a person in the palace who chewed his tongue, no matter who it was, he would be sent out of the palace.
However, even so, it could not stop the news from reaching the queen's ears.
On this day, Qi Wan was like having breakfast, she loved to eat porridge made in the imperial dining room since she was pregnant, and she had to drink a bowl every day, but today she tasted something wrong, so she asked Xiaoliu, "Has the imperial dining room changed the cook?" ”
Xiao Liu was speechless, and didn't answer for a long time, Qi Wan looked up at her suspiciously, "What's wrong?" ”
"No, it's fine." Xiaoliu is a sincere girl, she can't hide things, if it weren't for the emperor's order that some news can't reach the queen's ears, she wouldn't be able to hold it back.
Qi Wanru didn't know Xiaoliu, and at a glance, he knew that she didn't say anything.
"Why, but the cook is sick?" Qi Wanru guessed that the cook was sick, so he was temporarily replaced.
"Ah, yes!" Xiao Yanagi suddenly opened her mouth, why didn't she think of this excuse, "I was sick, so I temporarily changed someone to make it, and it is said that it was given to Fang Zi to do it, but I didn't expect the taste to be different." ”
The second half of the sentence is true, it is indeed the previous imperial chef who left the recipe, and the new imperial chef did it, but cooking this kind of thing, even if it is the same recipe, different people will not make it completely the same taste, and the subtle difference is probably only possible with people who drink it regularly.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Qi Wanru suddenly slapped the table and said sternly: "Xiaoliu, you have something to hide from me?" ”
Koyanagi knelt down.
Xiaoliu has been with Qi Wanru for more than ten years, like a sister, and has never hidden a thing, only a few days after entering the palace, and he began to learn to hide from her?
Qi Wanru knew that the harem was a big dye vat, and any kind of clean person who came in could be taken badly, but she didn't expect it to be so fast. Xiao Yanagi is still the person she trusts the most, if even she hides it from herself, Qi Wanru doesn't dare to think about how intriguing she will be in the future.
"Miss, Koyanagi didn't ...... I kid you not. "This girl is too sincere, and she is so humble that normal people will know that she is lying.
Qi Wanru became even more angry, "Don't treat me as a fool, let's talk about whether something has happened recently!" ”
The cold sweat on Xiaoliu's body broke out all of a sudden, and she was panicked to death, but the emperor didn't tell her to say that the two sides were embarrassed, but they wanted her life.
"Don't say yes, if you don't say it, you can go back to Qi's house, I don't need a disobedient person by my side." Qi Wanru was so angry that he didn't eat anymore.
Xiaoliu's tears fell, the girl disliked her, the girl didn't want her anymore, she was most afraid of this, compared to this, even if the emperor killed her.
"Miss, I said, don't drive me home, woo I said ......"
Qi Wanru didn't really want to drive her away, and when she heard her cry, her heart suddenly softened, but in order to give her a long memory, she still kept a straight face, "Say it quickly!" ”
Xiao Liu sobbed and told Qi Wanru the truth.
It turned out that there were a few girls in the harem who gossiped about the queen, saying that the queen had a good life, and the emperor was pampered and loved, and she didn't know anything about the outside world, so she enjoyed happiness and leisure in the harem, and the queen of her life did not have such a good fate as her.
These things can't be hidden from Gonggong Li's ears and eyes, of course, they will reach the ears of the emperor, and the emperor can't tolerate a little sand now, even if he orders these people with broken mouths to be expelled from the palace.
The people in the imperial dining room were involved here, and it happened to include the steward who cooked porridge for the queen.
Not to mention a mouthful of porridge, even a grandmother who has been serving in the palace for more than two years has been thrown out, this steward naturally has no life amulet, the emperor ordered her to leave the recipe for porridge before leaving, and ask someone else to make it, who would have thought that a mouthful of porridge could make a big difference?
I didn't expect the difference to be there, and the queen drank it differently as soon as she drank it.
However, Xiaoliu didn't say what happened, only that the steward made a mistake and was kicked out by the emperor.
Qi Wanru didn't ask again, but it happened that the next day, another grandmother familiar to the queen disappeared, and she asked where the grandmother went, and Xiaoliu said that she had committed something as she did yesterday.
Qi Wanru became suspicious again, "Why is the emperor so strict, what mistakes have they made?" ”