Xiao Lu, who was getting heavier and heavier, had entered the palace several times to ask Emperor Chu and the empress for peace after the fetal position was stable.

When Xiao Lu came for the first time, Emperor Chu didn't see her, but only ordered Wu Chuan to send her to Zhaoyang Palace and let her go to talk to the queen.

Xiao Lu didn't say anything, and didn't dwell on it, she went directly to Zhaoyang Palace, and after seeing the queen and Concubine Chen, she sat for two hours and left the palace.

When Xiao Lu re-entered the palace for the second time, her belly was bigger again, and she came to Lingyun Hall again to ask to see Emperor Chu.

Emperor Chu heard Wu Chuan say that she was here again, and he didn't bear it in his heart, so he sent someone to summon her in.

At this time, Xiao Lu had a big belly, and her movements had slowed down a lot during walking, she slowly walked into the hall, waiting for her to walk in front of Emperor Chu, she stood still and was just about to salute.

Emperor Chu saw that she was struggling to even walk now, so he stopped her movements.

"Now that you're pregnant, you don't need to bow down." Emperor Chu said as he glanced at Wu Chuan.

Wu Chuan immediately understood, moved a chair over and helped Xiao Lu to sit down carefully.

"Thank you, father." After Xiao Lu sat down, he looked at Emperor Chu's eyes reddened slightly, and said.

"When you are pregnant, you can raise a baby in the house with peace of mind, and the most important thing is to give birth to a child safely." Looking at Xiao Lu's current appearance, Emperor Chu had to soften his voice and say. "You don't have to always go into the palace to say goodbye."

"The father's instructions to the daughter must be written down." Xiao Lu had tears in her eyes. "My daughter was ignorant before, and she repeatedly collided with her father and bullied her sister, which is really not my daughter's. Now that my daughter has her own family and her own children, she knows her father's good intentions for me. ”

Emperor Chu looked at Xiao Lu in front of him with heavy eyes, and did not speak for a long time.

Once upon a time, when Xiao Xuan was not born, Xiao Lu was his only pearl in his palm. Although Emperor Chu didn't like Concubine Chen to be timid and cowardly, and to cling to the queen and only make promises, Emperor Chu still cared about the only daughter at that time.

In order to see Xiao Lu more, he would take time out to go to Concubine Chen's place every few days.

Even after Xiao Xuan was born, Emperor Chu was able to treat his two daughters equally in terms of food and clothing. But if Xiao Xuan has something, there will be no less things for Xiao Lu. The only difference is that Xiao Xuan's maternal grandmother is the eldest princess of Yongshou, and she is willing to send a carload of good things into the palace for her daughter and granddaughter, and Emperor Chu naturally can't stop her.

However, Concubine Chen's maiden home, Ding'an Hou Mansion, has been declining for several generations, and she can't spare any extra energy to take care of Concubine Chen and Xiao Lu's mother and daughter, who are not favored in the palace.

Moreover, Xiao Xuan's small personality is likable, more likable than Xiao Lu, and it accumulates over time, plus in terms of favor, Xiao Xuan's mother Concubine Liu Huang is the only one in the harem, and gradually Emperor Chu prefers Xiao Xuan more.

Xiao Lu often sees Emperor Chu hugging Xiao Xuan's intimate appearance, Xiao Xuan's clothes and jewelry are more delicate than hers, when she was a child, she inevitably had a little jealousy in her heart, Concubine Chen was still too busy to take care of herself, and she didn't care about correcting her daughter's thoughts.

"Hey." Emperor Chu looked at Xiao Lu's upright belly. "It's good to know that it's wrong, my father only has your two daughters, although he doesn't force you to be sisters, and he doesn't want you to turn against each other."

"Father, rest assured, my daughter has already figured it out and will never give birth to those thoughts again." Xiao Lu heard the looseness in Emperor Chu's words, and burst into laughter. "The daughter only thinks about waiting for the child in her womb to be born, and she can often take her into the palace and ask her father to say goodbye."

"Well, although children are important, your body is also important." The child in Xiao Lu's womb is the child of Emperor Chu's first grandchild, and Emperor Chu has his own hopes in his heart. "Go back and take care of the baby, and strive for you and the child to be safe. When your child is born, you don't have to wait until adulthood, whether you give birth to a boy or a girl, I will grant him a hereditary title. ”

"Thank you, Father." Emperor Chu's words were an extra surprise for Xiao Lu, and Xiao Lu immediately reached out and asked the parrot brother next to her to support her and slowly stand up and salute Emperor Chu.

"Alright, get up." Emperor Chu waved his hand and said. "I still have an excerpt here that hasn't been approved, you can go to Yuxiu Palace to see your mother."

"Yes, my daughter will leave and will not disturb her father's handling of government affairs."

Emperor Chu's attitude towards Xiao Lu directly affected Xiao Lu's reputation in the imperial capital. Xiao Lu's reputation has improved after she got married, and after she left the palace this time, Emperor Chu's reward was sent out of the palace to Princess Nan'an's mansion.

Beginning the next day, many ladies of the family went to Princess Nan'an's Mansion to meet Xiao Lu with gifts.

Xiao Lu's style of acting was different from the past, coupled with the change in Emperor Chu's attitude towards her, which made Xiao Lu's situation in the imperial capital even better.

In the Zhenguo Mansion, Mrs. Zhenguo Gongzi listened to the words from her mother's family, and secretly glad that the previous woman's matter was handled in a timely manner, and did not show any clues for people to detect.

Xiao Lu has nothing else to do every day, so she can only raise a baby in her own house with peace of mind.

After Xiao Xuan's marriage decree was read to her by Brother Parrot, after knowing that Xiao Xuan's marriage partner turned out to be Duan Shaolan, the eldest son of the second room of the Zhenguo Mansion, Xiao Lu, who was originally embroidering, stuttered with a needle in his hand.

"Parrot?" Xiao Lu still suspected that she had heard it wrong.

Duan Shaolan is just a concubine, and his background is much worse than his own concubine.

Xiao Xuan is the favorite daughter in her father's heart, Duan Shaolan is the same year and different months as his own concubine, but he is five years older than Xiao Xuan.

"What's wrong, princess?" Brother Parrot still has the newspaper in his hand.

"Did I hear me right?" Xiao Lu was slightly distracted and asked. "Is it Duan Shaolan? Is it Duan Shaolan, the eldest son of the second room of the Zhenguo Mansion!? ”

"Back to the princess, it is indeed the eldest son in the second room." When Brother Parrot first took the Di newspaper in his hand, he also had the same doubts as Xiao Lu in his heart, so he carefully read the Di newspaper back and forth several times. "Why did Your Majesty choose such a person to be Princess Zhaoyue's concubine?"

After the Duansu County Lord gave birth to his brother, Duan Shaolan, who had been named under the knee of the Duansu County Lord for a long time and had been an adult, was naturally in a somewhat embarrassing situation in the eyes of outsiders.

"That's it, my father has always been conniving at my sister." Xiao Lu said stunned. "Such a colt must be the one that my sister chose herself."

When Xiao Lu said this, she inevitably thought of the past for many years.

She slightly, put the small shoes embroidered with tiger heads in her hands on the table, saw her high bulging belly, and smiled slightly at the corners of her mouth.

"But why did Princess Zhaoyue choose such a one?" Brother Parrot said puzzled. "Besides, Princess Zhaoyue is only fifteen years old, and there are so many young and handsome children in the imperial capital to choose from, why did you choose a concubine?"

"My sister's background doesn't need to be icing on the cake, and Duan Shaolan's conditions are not very bad. His father is a secretary of the ministry, and his mother is the lord of Duansu County, although there is a younger brother at the bottom, but I don't know how long it will take for the child to grow up, and he and his sister are also a bit of a match, besides, they still have some fate. ”

"That princess, this marriage decree has been made, do we have to prepare a gift in our house and send it to the second room of Yihua Palace and Zhenguo Mansion." Brother Parrot put down the newspaper.

"You're right, it's time to prepare a courtesy." Xiao Lu nodded. "I'm too lazy to move around now, so you go to the storeroom and pick a good pick, and you have to choose things that are both expensive and decent."

"Princess, the imperial doctor has already commanded, you and the little master in your belly have grown a little faster recently." Brother Parrot smiled and persuaded Xiao Lu. "The imperial doctor said that you should let the slaves and maids help you move around more every day, so that the little master can grow better, and when the princess gives birth in the future, she can give birth more easily."

"Okay, help me up." Xiao Lu attaches great importance to the child in her belly, so she reached out and asked Brother Parrot to help her get up.

Brother Parrot carefully helped Xiao Lu to get up and walked out slowly.

Early in the morning of the second day, Princess Nan'an's Mansion sent someone to send a gift to Yihua Palace, and the person who came to give the gift was Brother Parrot.

"It's rare that Princess Nan'an still remembers Xuan'er's marriage when she is pregnant." Emperor Liu's concubine took the gift list from Brother Parrot, glanced at it hastily, and said to Brother Parrot with a smile. "I'll accept this gift, and remember to say hello to Princess Nan'an for me when I go back."

"Our princess said that these are what you should do as an eldest sister." Brother Parrot bowed his head and replied.

"The last time the eldest sister entered the palace, I happened to have something out of the palace and missed it, I didn't see the face of the eldest sister, and I didn't come to the door for fear of disturbing the eldest sister's fetus." Xiao Xuan glanced at the gift that Xiao Lu ordered someone to send, but it was very decent. "Brother Parrot, how is the big sister doing now?"

"Back to the princess, our princess has been raising the fetus in the house for a while now, the imperial doctor is conscientious, and the princess and the fetus in the womb are in good condition." Brother Parrot turned his head to look at Xiao Xuan, who was sitting next to Emperor Liu's concubine, and said. "Our princess also said that she should have personally entered the palace to congratulate such a rare happy event. It's just that in this month, the princess's body is really a little bulky and difficult to go out, so she has to send a slave into the palace to give gifts and congratulations. ”

"It's all okay, the big sister is pregnant for the first time, and everything is naturally more important to the big sister's body and the child in the womb. Anyway, it's just a marriage decree now, and it will take some time to get married. Xiao Xuan said warmly to Brother Parrot. I only hope that my eldest sister can give birth to the child safely, and then bring the child to watch the ceremony. ”

"That's for sure." Brother Parrot nodded in response to Xiao Xuan's words.

"I have also prepared some gifts for the unborn child, all of which are for the imperial doctor, you will bring them back when you come today, and say hello to the eldest sister for me."