Chapter 109: Despair
Spring went to autumn, and many months passed, but no one in the harem was pregnant. One concubine is sick, two concubines are sick, and all concubines can't have health problems, Empress Dowager Xiao can't help but feel a little sad, but she also knows that the heirs are in a hurry.
When the palace people had different thoughts, they also ushered in Queen Xiao's birthday.
This is the first birthday of Empress Dowager Xiao after Zhou Ziyu ascended the throne, so it is natural to do it in a big way. Two months in advance, Zhou Ziyu ordered people to prepare. The concubines are also racking their brains to prepare a birthday gift for Empress Dowager Xiao, wanting to win Zhou Ziyu's favor.
In this way, Yan Lingyue is the most leisurely. I spend most of my time with Zhou Ling'an every day, and the days are calm and warm.
But I never expected that at the birthday banquet of Empress Dowager Xiao, something happened that everyone did not expect. Just when the ministers were presenting gifts to the Empress Dowager Xiao, Duan Nianyun, who was sitting at the front of the concubines, suddenly fainted.
Seeing this, the concubines sitting next to them exclaimed.
Duan Nianyun's mother, Li, was originally sitting next to Duan Er's master, and after seeing her daughter fall to the ground, she ran to her side desperately.
"Call, call the Imperial Doctor," Li took Duan Nianyun into his arms.
There happened to be a physician present, and after diagnosing Duan Nianyun's pulse, he reported with a happy face, "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king, Yun Guifei is happy." ā
Bun in the oven?! Everyone present was stunned for a moment. Empress Dowager Xiao, who was the first to react, confirmed again, "Confirm that you are happy?" ā
"It's true, your concubine is already two months pregnant," the Imperial Doctor confirmed.
Li's excited eyes turned red, and Second Master Duan laughed directly.
The officials congratulated one after another.
It has been more than a year since Yan Lingyue gave birth to Zhou Ling'an, and finally a concubine is pregnant, Empress Dowager Xiao is very happy, "Okay, this is the best birthday gift that the mourning family has received this year." ā
"What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and send your concubine back to the palace," Empress Dowager Xiao ordered.
Until Duan Nianyun, who was still unconscious, was sent away by the crowd, Zhou Ziyu was still sitting motionless, and his expression was not good-looking.
Seeing that her son was so cold, Empress Dowager Xiao glared at Zhou Ziyu.
Looking at the smile on Empress Dowager Xiao's face, Zhou Ziyu opened her mouth and closed it again, and looked at Yan Lingyue with a frown.
Yan Lingyue, who noticed Zhou Ziyu's sight, raised her head and glanced at him, although there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, but the sadness in her eyes could not be concealed.
Even if she had been mentally prepared for a long time, when this moment really came, Yan Lingyue found that she was really difficult to accept. At the thought of another woman giving birth to Zhou Ziyu's child, Yan Lingyue's heart hurt and couldn't breathe. But as the queen of the Great Zhou, she must not show a trace of dissatisfaction.
Today it is Duan Nianyun, tomorrow it may be Gu Yun, or someone else. Yan Lingyue knew that this was just the beginning, from now on, she had to accept all this, Zhou Ziyu was no longer her own Ziyu, he was the king of the Great Zhou and the husband of countless women in this harem.
The more uncomfortable Yan Lingyue felt in her heart, the happier the smile on her face became.
The night's birthday banquet ended with everyone's continuous congratulations. It wasn't until she returned to Ming Hanxuan that Yan Lingyue came to her senses, sat on the chair, and kept thinking of the words of the imperial doctor in her mind, "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king, Yun Guifei is happy......"
Bun in the oven......
Yan Lingyue endured her tears all night, and she fell down with a "bang".
Mama Li, who had just put Zhou Ling'an to sleep, stepped into the room and saw her young lady's dejected appearance, tears fell with her, "Queen, it's late, go to bed and rest, don't forget that you still have a little princess." ā
Yan Lingyue looked up at Mama Li, wanting to wipe away the tears on her face, but the tears were uncontrollable. Crying and crying, she laughed out loud, "Look what's wrong with me, Mama Li." Don't worry, I'll go to bed right away, right away. ā
Yan Lingyue propped herself up, stood up with difficulty, and bumped into the small case next to the chair without taking two steps. The porcelain on the case "popped" and fell to the ground. Yan Lingyue also fell to the ground.
"Queen!" Mama Li was frightened by this scene, "Queen, you are not hurt, are you," Mama Li rushed to Yan Lingyue's side and found that their young lady was in tears.
"My young lady," Mama Li hugged Yan Lingyue into her arms and couldn't help crying.
"Mama, why, why am I the way I am now, I don't want to be a queen, I don't want to be a queen at all. I don't want Ziyu to be the king......"
Outside the door, Zhou Ziyu, whose hand had just touched the door, listened to the crying sound coming from inside the house, and swung his fist to the pillar.
"Wang Shang......" Zhang Yugang shouted, but was stopped by Zhou Ziyu with a look.
Zhang Yu hurriedly covered his mouth, his eyes were fixed on Zhou Ziyu's bleeding hand, and he shouted, "Your Majesty, your hand?" ā
Zhou Ziyu pursed his lips, turned around and strode out.
Inside the Orchid Palace.
When Duan Nianyun woke up, he always felt that the atmosphere around him was different from usual, and the maids who were usually always cautious had a smile on their faces today.
Duan Nianyun's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he was just about to sit up, when Xiaoyu, the personal maid, hurriedly stepped forward, "Little master, you can be careful, why don't you lie down for a while." ā
"Go and pour a glass of water for the main palace," Duan Nianyun pressed his eyebrows and asked, "This palace fainted at the birthday banquet?" ā
Xiaoyu nodded, and just as she wanted to speak, another maid came to the room with a smile with the medicine.
Without waiting for anyone to approach, Duan Nianyun frowned, covered his nose and said, "What are you doing?" The palace is in good health, and I don't drink medicine. ā
The servant girl paused at her feet, and looked at Xiaoyu with some embarrassment.
Xiaoyu followed Duan Nianyun from Duan's Mansion to the palace, and he could still speak in front of Duan Nianyun, "Little master, you can't skip this medicine, this is what the Queen Mother personally told the little master to boil, and the little master has to endure drinking it for the sake of the child in his womb." ā
"What did you just say?" Duan Nianyun's face turned pale.
Xiaoyu said with a smile, "At the birthday banquet today, the imperial doctor said that the little master is two months pregnant. The little lord was in a coma at the time, and he didn't see the Queen Mother, and how happy our lord and lady were. ā
"You mean, IāI'm pregnant?" Duan Nianyun touched his lower abdomen, and the whole person collapsed on the bed, "Or was it found out at the birthday banquet, and everyone knew about it?" ā
"Yes," Xiao Yu took the medicine from the handmaid and sent it to Duan Nianyun's hand, "The little lord is now pregnant with the emperor's heir......
Without waiting for Xiaoyu to finish speaking, Duan Nianyun overturned the medicine bowl, "Get out, get out of the palace!" ā
The medicine bowl shattered to the ground, and the medicine soup was spilled on the ground. Xiaoyu and another servant girl "poofed" and knelt on the ground together, "The little master is angry, the little master is angry, the slaves and maids are going to get out." ā
Hurriedly cleaning up the broken bowls on the floor, the two maidservants hurriedly left the room.
The door was closed, and Duan Nianyun let out an "ah", and his face turned white.
In the past few months, although Zhou Ziyu has turned over her green head card a few times, she also came to Youlan Hall to spend the night. But if others don't know, can she not know herself? From beginning to end, Zhou Ziyu never touched her!
How could she possibly be pregnant with an heir?!
Zhou Ziqin!
"Zhou Ziqin, I'm going to kill you!" Duan Nianyun's eyes widened, his hands clutched the thin quilt, and he almost sank into the quilt.
It's over, now she's completely finished!
Every time Zhou Ziqin forced her, she took medicine, why did she get pregnant? It's still at the birthday banquet, and she was checked out in front of everyone, and she can't hide it even if she wants to.
Zhou Ziyu...... Zhou Ziyu must have been very disappointed in her.
During this period of time, although Zhou Ziyu didn't come over much, and he didn't really spoil her, he would have dinner with her, and occasionally chatted with her when he drank tea. Seeing that the two of them are getting along better and better, Duan Nianyun is overjoyed in her heart, she believes that one day, Zhou Ziyu will be moved by her infatuation, and she will have a place in Zhou Ziyu's heart.
But the result? Duan Nianyun touched his stomach, and then slapped it fiercely. Zhou Ziqin, it's all because of Zhou Ziqin! If it weren't for him, how would she be where she is today?
At this moment, Duan Nianyun was cold from head to toe, she really experienced the taste of despair.
The maidservants of the Youlan Hall looked at the door of their little master's confinement and felt strange. I don't understand why their little master's reaction is so strange.
When Duan Nianyun was living like a year, Empress Dowager Xiao's rewards were like flowing water. The other concubines in the palace also came to the Youlan Hall one after another to congratulate them. Even the queen came to visit.
Listening to everyone's congratulations and looking at everyone's envious eyes, Duan Nianyun was in a trance for a moment, if she was really pregnant with Zhou Ziyu's child, how good it would be.
Usually, she expects Zhou Ziyu to come to Youlan Hall to see her more, but now Zhou Ziyu, whom she loves the most, has become the person she is most afraid of and the most unwilling to see.
She's scared! She is afraid of losing everything she has now, she is afraid of affecting her father and mother, she is afraid of affecting Duan Mansion. What she is more afraid of is Zhou Ziyu's disgust!
Whether she was forced by Zhou Ziqin or not, she was unclean after all. Zhou Ziyu must think that she is a debauched person. Thinking like this, Duan Nianyun's tears flowed down again.
She didn't know why Zhou Ziyu didn't expose her, and she didn't punish her. Compared with the days when she was worried now, she actually wanted a result, but she didn't dare to go to Zhou Ziyu.
Once she goes to find Zhou Ziyu, it means that she and him may not have anything in the future.
Since learning the news of her pregnancy, within a few days, Duan Nianyun has lost a lot of weight, and her morning sickness reaction is also very strong.