Chapter 147: Private Room

Cai Gu greeted her with a smile and saluted Xiao Dong: "Congratulations to the county lord." ”

This sentence is the sentence that Xiao Dong has heard the most in the past few months, who is polite, who is insincere, and who is really happy for her, and it can be distinguished from the expression in the tone.

"It's cold outside, the county lord should go in quickly."

The weather at the end of September is not very cold, and it is not yet time to burn the kang and make a fire, and there is always a feeling of dampness and cold in the house. As soon as he entered Changchun Palace, Xiao Dong felt a chill.

Without waiting for her to kneel down and say goodbye, the Empress Dowager Shengci hurriedly said, "Don't kneel, come here." ”

Xiao Dong still bent his knees and asked for peace, and then sat down in front of the Empress Dowager Shengci.

Cai Gu said with a smile next to her: "The county lord hasn't come these days, but the queen mother is thinking about it every day, and she has to talk about it several times a day." ”

Xiao Dong said: "Actually, I'm fine, but the doctor said to be extra careful in the first few months. ”

"Exactly." The Empress Dowager Shengci nodded in agreement: "What the imperial doctor said is reasonable. You young people don't understand that the first few months are unstable, and there is nothing wrong with being careful. I'll see...... Well, it looks like I've lost some weight. ”

This is pure nonsense with his eyes open, Xiao Dong feels that the clothes he made last year are now tight, it can be seen that he has grown a lot of meat, and the Empress Dowager Shengci can still say that she has lost weight?

Ahem, this is selective ignorance, right?

The Empress Dowager Shengci asked her with concern, "How is your appetite?" Does the doctor ask for a pulse every three days? Is there anything uncomfortable? ”

"It's good," Xiao Dong paused: "It's just a little uncomfortable......"

If all eyes weren't on her belly, maybe she would be much more comfortable.

The Empress Dowager Shengci breathed a sigh of relief: "What's this, everyone in the world has come over like this." Then he asked her, "Is there anything you want to eat?" ”

"Well, it's strange to say, a few days ago, I wanted to eat braised noodles and mutton every day, and I wanted to put a lot of vinegar in it, the more sour, the better......"

She used to feel that she didn't like to eat mutton, and she always felt sick. I don't like to put vinegar, I don't know what's going on, those days I feel very light in my mouth, I want to eat something like this, I want to call it a terrible, I can't wait to cry if I don't eat it, even if the kitchen is doing, she is so anxious that she is restless.

The Empress Dowager Shengci was very pleased: "Okay, it's good." If you want to eat it, people often say that sour children are spicy and spicy, and it is good to want to eat sour. ”

Really?

Xiao Dong has also heard this said, Hu and Qi have said it.

It seems that everyone thinks that she must be pregnant with a son-

What if not?

That Qin Lie, King An, Queen Mother...... Will they be disappointed?

Xiaodong himself can't say well, he wants a boy or a girl.

She likes girls, she is well-behaved, obedient, and can dress up beautifully.

However, in this era, it is too difficult for women to live. I have only been in my own house for more than ten years, and I have to spend most of my life in my husband's house for decades, and it is good to meet a good person, but when I meet a bad person, my husband is not intimate, my mother-in-law is not pity, and the population is more...... It's really a cow and a horse, and there is no joy at all.

Or, like the five princesses, the pony died young......

Women are too bitter, even after a long time, in modern times, it is still so. I have to go to work during the day, come back to do housework, conceive a baby in October, give birth to a child, and raise a child......

It's still a son.

gave birth to a daughter, and I had to worry about her for the rest of my life.

It's better to be a son......

Xiao Dong thought about it very seriously, and then felt that he was a little ridiculous.

It's not up to you to have a boy or a girl, and it's useless to think about it.

Every time I come back to the Empress Dowager Shengci, I don't leave empty-handed, I either eat, wear, or play, and I have to move some back. "Look, is this good?" The Empress Dowager Shengci held a white jade Ruyi longevity lock, not to mention how delicate the jade lock was, even the chain was strung with jade beads, and each bead was carved with different patterns.

"This one is too precious."

"What's expensive, it's a good thing to be able to use it, and it's not worth anything if it's always pressed at the bottom of the box." The Empress Dowager Shengci didn't know what she remembered, and whispered: "This was originally intended for your father, but it's a pity that ......"

Xiao Dong was stunned, and Cai Gu took out the things next to the box again, and the words were crossed.

But Xiaodong was a little confused.

When the Empress Dowager Shengci gave birth to a child, she was taken away by the queen's people, and she couldn't even see it herself, so it was naturally inconvenient to pass things. However, how could there be such a thing in the hands of the Empress Dowager Shengci in the first place?

What kind of life the ordinary palace people in the court lived, Xiao Dong didn't know. Even if he is favored by the emperor, there is so much freshness for three days and five nights, and even if he is crowned a beauty and a talented person, the rewards and quotas are limited. The Empress Dowager Shengci does not have the support of her mother's family, such a treasure, if it appears in the hands of the queen and the concubine, it is not unusual, but the Empress Dowager Shengci was not favored at that time, so the queen allowed her to live well until now.

That's right......

Xiao Dong suddenly remembered that the first time she entered the palace, the things that the Empress Dowager Shengci gave her were not ordinary precious.

At that time, the Empress Dowager Shengde was still jumping, and it was very beautiful. King An and the emperor and the Empress Dowager Shengci were not close......

Where did those things come from?

And it seems that the Empress Dowager Shengci's private rooms are not endless, and those that have been sent to her one after another in the past.

Of course, after the Empress Dowager Shengde lost power, it goes without saying that as soon as the Empress Dowager Shengci has a birthday, the precious things can be collected and the treasury can be filled.

What about before?

Where did those priceless treasures come from? She kept it so closely, King An didn't know it—eighty percent, and the emperor didn't know either.

Xiao Dong was stunned here, and the Empress Dowager Shengci patted her hand: "What about this?" Do you like it? ”

It was a pair of small jade cicadas, which at first glance looked like the real thing, carved and lifelike.

These things are cute and cute, and they are precious enough, but none of them are for children. Play this for him, and he fell as soon as he turned his head, so he threw a lot of money just to hear a sound.

"It's still early, and it's not too late for you to reward me in another ten or eight years."

The Empress Dowager Shengci put down the cicada as well, as if she was a little sullen: "Actually, I don't know what children play with...... Although he gave birth to two, he couldn't even speak. ”

Xiao Dong saw that Cai Gu had also gone out, and the other palace people were not close, so he mustered up the courage to ask in a low voice: "Queen Mother...... How did you save all these things? ”

The Empress Dowager Shengci glanced at her, and Xiao Dong shrank her head.

"Or else, you ...... Just because I didn't ask......"

The Empress Dowager Shengci smiled: "There is nothing that cannot be asked. Anyway, now...... Nobody is pushing me anymore. These things, of course, were given to me by the first emperor. ”

Xiao Dong couldn't help but ask again: "But...... At that time, there was a queen, and there were other concubines......"

Can the emperor give such an eye-catching thing to the little Wang Zhaoyi at that time? Doesn't that mean pushing her to the guillotine? None of the women in the harem are vegetarians.

"Look at you like this," the Empress Dowager Shengci was rarely relaxed: "Of course, it is not explicitly rewarded, it is all given secretly, and there is no record." ”

Belch......

Xiao Dong guessed the same thing.

"Don't you think it's weird? At that time, Empress Chen was so tough, and there was Cui Guifei...... Some people say that beauties are in the city, and I wonder if Concubine Cui is such a beauty. Later, Zhu Jieyu was favored...... "The Empress Dowager Shengci touched Xiaodong's face: "But none of them survived, and besides, their children did not survive." ”

The Empress Dowager Shengci's words were very gentle, but the meaning of the words made Xiao Dong's heart tremble.

"When I was a child, I knew that I wasn't smart enough, that my hands were not as smart as my sister next door, and that my mind was not as flexible as my sister at home. My mother loves me because she thinks that if I was born well, I may be able to marry well in the future...... After entering the palace, I also knew that I was inferior to others everywhere. I have no family background, no talent, I don't know anything about singing and dancing, and I don't even do as well as ordinary people. I just want to be an honest wife and stay up for more than ten years until I leave the palace. But at that time, when I was older, I might not be able to find any good people. I didn't expect to be picked by Queen Chen, together with Sister Zhu - her maiden name is Zhu Ziyan, and she knows that she is very charming when she hears the name. The emperor also liked her more, and at that time, in the palace, in addition to the queen, Cui Guifei, she was counted. But I know that it can't be done, no one teaches me, but I know it can't be done...... Isn't there something to say? The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. If you are too top-notch, you will always suffer. ”

Yes.

No matter what dynasty or generation, it is always like this in the palace.

"The queen mother, when they have children, either they can't give birth to them, or they can't raise them when they are born. I was pregnant for the first time, and I wasn't happy at all. Not to mention happy - almost scared to death. ”

Xiao Dong leaned next to her, feeling that the tips of the Empress Dowager's fingers were cold.

"The emperor knew that I had a child and came to see me. He asked me what was wrong, I really had no choice at that time, I begged the emperor, can you let me out of the palace, I want to live, I also want the child to live. When you go out of the palace, no matter how poor and difficult it is, at least the mother and son can survive...... The emperor was stunned. ”

Ah, Xiao Dong was also stunned.

"And then?" Instinctively, she asked.

But later, of course, she knew that the Empress Dowager Shengci was alive, and she also gave birth to her eldest son, who was the emperor.

"Later, the emperor told me that he could naturally protect women and children......" The Empress Dowager Shengci had a little smile on her lips. It's very light, but it's really very warm and happy: "The people around me have been changed for a reason, and the emperor hasn't come to see me again, but I gave birth to a child." ”

However, the child was still raised by the queen......

"The emperor secretly gave me a lot of things, but he didn't come to see me often. Two years later, I became pregnant again, this time by your father. ”

Uh......h

Xiao Dong used to only think that the Empress Dowager Shengci was lucky-

Luckily, I ate under Queen Chen and saved my life. was lucky to give birth to two sons, one of whom was a promising and capable prince. The other was more promising, becoming an emperor.

But now, luck is one thing.

If there is no emperor's black-box operation, no matter how good your luck is, it will be in vain.

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Belch. If I really get fat if I break my promise, I must be fat to death ==

I was dizzy from taking cold medicine yesterday...... There's nothing empty in my head.