"Are you sure you heard me right?" Concubine Liu was suspicious.

"I'm so young, deaf and clear-sighted, how could I hear it wrong." Xiao Xuan said. "Aunt Duansu told me from her mouth."

"Okay, okay, I got it." Emperor Liu's heart changed her mind, but she immediately diverted the topic. "Let's not talk about other people's things at home, let's use lunch first."

After lunch, Xiao Xuan went back to his palace to rest for lunch.

Concubine Liu Huang looked at Xiao Xuan's departing figure, thinking about what Xiao Xuan told her just now, and she was a little distracted for a while, Suihong whispered to her in front of her a few times, but she didn't hear it.

"Mother, mother." Suihong saw that Emperor Liu's concubine was distracted, and stretched out her hand to shake her body gently. "Niangniang, are you okay?"

"Well, what's the matter?" was so gently shaken by Suihong, and Concubine Liu suddenly came back to her senses.

"The slave is fine, but I want to ask the lady if she wants to go to the couch and rest for a while." Sui Hong stepped forward with a smile, grabbed the outstretched hand of Emperor Liu, and helped her to stand up slowly. "As a result, I don't know what Niangniang is thinking, and the slave and maid have called you several times, but you don't respond."

"It's not a big deal." Concubine Liu shook her head and said. "I'm tired, help me to rest for a while."

"Yes."

Three days later, the news that the county lord of Duansu was pregnant was reported to the Zongren Mansion.

At this moment, the entire circle of magnates in the imperial capital became lively. If it weren't for the fact that Princess Xian would have been quiet in order to raise her daughter's fetus, she would personally sit in the Zhenguo Mansion every day, blocking many female relatives who were called visiting but actually wanted to see a strange thing, but I was afraid that the county lord of Duansu would not be able to raise the fetus with peace of mind.

Knowing that the county lord of Duansu was pregnant, Emperor Chu and the empress naturally gave generous gifts at the first time.

After Concubine Liu learned the news, she was not very shocked because she learned about it from Xiao Xuan a few days earlier. Thinking that in the future, the future lord of Sujun will be Xiao Xuan's mother-in-law, and Concubine Liu immediately ordered Suihong to prepare a generous gift from her private treasury, arranged for Suihong to go out of the palace for a trip, and sent the gift to the second room of the Zhenguo Mansion.

When Suihong brought people over, because she was going out of the palace to give gifts on behalf of Emperor Liu's concubine, the county lord of Duansu sent Mama Liu to invite her into the room to talk.

"The slave has seen the lord of Duansu and the princess of Xian." Sui Hong walked in front of the Duansu County Lord and Princess Xian decently, and saluted and greeted. "Today, our imperial concubine Niangniang learned that the lord of Duansu County was overjoyed, and specially prepared a generous gift to order the slaves and maids to come to congratulate."

"Suihong girl, get up." The county lord of Duansu has already seen the gift list, and the gifts prepared by Emperor Liu's concubine are indeed heavy, but they also take into account the queen's face, which is a little lighter than the gift given by the queen. "I've been unable to move my body recently, I'm afraid it will take a few days before I can enter the palace to thank you, and I also ask Miss Suihong to thank the imperial concubine for me when I return to the palace today."

Lord Duansu said with a smile, and as soon as she finished speaking, a maid beside her stepped forward and handed Suihong a purse.

"Yes, the slave knows." Suihong didn't shirk it, and took the purse and put it in his sleeve. "The slave will convey the words of the Duansu County Lord to the Imperial Concubine Niangniang, and the Duansu County Lord will also take care of your body. There are still affairs in the slave palace, so I will leave first. ”

"Okay, here's coming." The lord of Duansu County called people to come. "Lead the way for Miss Suihong and send her out of the house."

After Princess Xian knew that the county lord of Duansu was pregnant, she was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth these days. Although the two children of Brother Lan and Sister Chu have been raised under the knees of the Duansu County Lord since birth, and the ancestral hall was opened by the Duan family patriarch and the Zhenguo Gong, the two children were officially recorded in the name of the Duansu County Lord, and for many years, they were not biological but they were better than their own children.

But in the heart of Princess Xian, it is best for Lord Duansu to have a child born of his own.

"The imperial concubine is well-informed, this Your Majesty and the queen's gift we received on the front foot, and the imperial concubine sent the most useful palace maid around her to give gifts." Princess Xian sat beside Lord Duansu and said. "It seems that Princess Zhaoyue really has a crush on your brother Lan."

Listening to Princess Xian's words, Lord Duansu said with a smile.

"Didn't I tell my mother about this earlier? Why doesn't the concubine believe it yet? ”

"I thought you were here to tease me?" Princess Xian said, "Brother Lan has been raised in front of you since he was a child, and I treat him and Sister Chu as my own grandsons. But after all, his identity and background are a little worse than Princess Zhaoyue, who doesn't know that Princess Zhaoyue is His Majesty's favorite princess, and Brother Lan is a little high. ”

Although Lord Duansu felt that Duan Shaolan was no better, he also knew that what Princess Xian said made sense. It was herself, who suddenly learned that Princess Zhaoyue had taken a fancy to Duan Shaolan as the future candidate for the horse, and His Majesty had acquiesced to this matter after communicating with Zhenguo Gong and Duan Chengwen, and she also had doubts in her heart.

Princess Zhaoyue, that is a pearl held in the palm of His Majesty's hand, and her grandmother is also a long-lived eldest princess with a very high status among the royal family. My aunt is Princess Mu, and both uncles are also in high positions.

"That's what the mother said." Lord Duansu said. "I was also taken aback. However, Princess Zhaoyue is rare and gentle, and she has always treated Sister Chu very well. Brother Lan went out to investigate the case and didn't return for a long time, she could still remember him, and she told me the news of Brother Lan's safety as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, our princess of Dazhao usually gives her title when she is about to get married. Princess Zhaoyue had a title as soon as she was in time, and she was still a very noble title. Princess Xian looked at Lord Duansu and said. Brother Lan is a promising child, and he is waiting for him to become a princess in the future, but he is afraid that the future is limitless. But now that the wedding date of the eldest princess has been set, and she will get married in the spring of next year, why has the matter of Princess Zhaoyue and Brother Lan not moved yet? ”

"The eldest princess is nearly twenty years old, and she really can't delay it now." Lord Duansu thought for a moment. "Princess Zhaoyue is only fifteen years old, I'm afraid Your Majesty is reluctant to marry her beloved daughter out of the palace early, and it is estimated that Princess Zhaoyue will have to stay for a while. Anyway, this marriage has already passed the path of His Majesty, so there is no need to worry about changes. ”

"It's hard to say this kind of thing, such a hot princess is a sweet treat." Princess Xian said. "This kind of thing is still waiting for the marriage will come down before it can be truly decided. But it's not bad to slow down for a while, if it's really a marriage in front of you, I don't know how many things are for you, the mother-in-law, to take care of Brother Lan. ”

"Then I'm also happy, how good it is for Brother Lan to have such a wife, but what does it matter if I am tired."

"Don't talk about it, you're having a hard time." Princess Xian glared at Lord Duansu and said angrily. "When you were pregnant with your first child, you were still young, and you couldn't take care of that child and your own body. At the moment, I'm afraid that your age will become more difficult to conceive later, but fortunately, your second room is quiet, and I can rest assured. ”

"Mother, I actually think it's okay. This child was not guilty of pregnancy, but it was only because he was worried that Brother Lan would have a fetal gas. "Lord Duansu knew that Princess Xian was worried about herself and the fetus in the house, so she hurriedly spoke to appease." Since yesterday morning, I learned the news that Brother Lan was well, and my health was much better. I slept very well last night, and Mama Liu, who was also in the second room, took care of the chores well, Sister Chu was obedient and well-behaved, and my situation couldn't be better now. ”

"Okay, okay." Princess Xian compromised. "I've told you everything, what more can I say. Anyway, now I will leave all the affairs in our palace to your sister-in-law, and I will come to see you more in the future. Don't just sit and lie down, and get up once in a while and take a walk around the yard, it won't hurt you. ”

After Suihong returned to the palace, she went to the concubine of Emperor Liu to return to her life.

"Well, I'm relieved that I'll leave things to you." Emperor Liu's concubine instructed Sui Hong to call Xiao Xuan. "I have something to tell her, tell her to come over quickly."

"Yes, the slave will go and invite the princess over."

Sui Hong invited Xiao Xuan over, Xiao Xuan walked to Concubine Liuhuang and found that Concubine Liu was in a trance.

"Mother, what's wrong with you lately?" Xiao Xuan simply sat down beside Emperor Liu's concubine, and asked suspiciously, "Always look like you have thought about things?" ”

"You." Concubine Liu glanced back at Xiao Xuan angrily. "Now that Lord Duansu is pregnant, haven't you thought about anything else?"

"Aunt Duansu is pregnant, what should I think?" Xiao Xuan looked back at Emperor Liu in confusion. "Does the concubine mean to let me back up the ceremony too? But in what capacity am I giving a gift? ”

"I see you're usually very good, but now you're saying such stupid things." Emperor Liu's concubine said with hatred of iron. "Although Duan Shaolan is recorded in the name of the Duansu County Lord, it is right that he is acting as a concubine at the moment, but in case the Duansu County Lord gives birth to a boy safely this time, and the second room of the Zhenguo Mansion has a serious son-in-law, his situation will inevitably be a little embarrassing in the future."

Hearing Emperor Liu's words, Xiao Xuan was stunned for a moment.

"The second room of the Zhenguo Mansion can't inherit the title of the Duke of Zhenguo, even if the Duansu County Lord gives birth to a son-in-law, Duan Shaolan respects his mother-in-law, and he will definitely take care of his son-in-law as his own brother." Xiao Xuan said calmly, "Besides, Lord Duan and Aunt Duansu didn't have a newborn like that, so they didn't care about the people who had children before. ”

"Not necessarily, aren't you and your big sister half-sisters? Why does your father prefer you? Emperor Liu said. Most people in the world prefer young sons and young girls. ”

"So what, Duan Shaolan is also much older than the newborn child." Xiao Xuan also thought through in his heart. "There will be no competition between them,"