"I hope that, as you said, if this palace really gives birth to a prince, it will definitely reward you well. Hua Guifei began to flutter after being praised a few words, if her son became the emperor in the future, then she would not be the queen mother! Thinking of this, she was even more excited, and even the reward was much heavier.

"Thank you Niangniang, I wish Niangniang's wish to come true as soon as possible. The maid took the rich reward and withdrew contentedly.

Hua Guifei stroked her month-old belly, and her happy eyes were about to narrow. Thinking about the future of her in charge of the world in the future, it is no wonder that even Concubine Jin begged the queen to help her cancel the morning invitation, doesn't this obviously want to please her. Hua Guifei also put aside the composure and steadiness that Ling Qi usually commanded, and only thought about the beautiful future she imagined in her head.

Good mood and better appetite. Concubine Hua hurriedly instructed the maid: "The palace wants to eat some bird's nest porridge and Ejiao cordyceps soup today, you go to the imperial dining room to prepare." ”

"But......" the maid hesitated a little, "Hui Niangniang, the imperial dining room stipulates that each master can only enjoy the tonic five times a month. But Niangniang has eaten no less than five times this month, and it stands to reason that Niangniang must advance money if she wants to enjoy it again. ”

"Bastard, this palace is now commanding, and you dare to talk back?" Hua Guifei slapped her palm, and the finger prints appeared on the maid's face, and her feet were swollen in a big circle, and her face was red and stinging like fire.

The maid hurriedly knelt down in shock, muttering words of forgiveness in her mouth: "Niangniang spare her life, the slave knows that she is wrong, and the slave and maid don't dare." ”

Hua Guifei angrily kicked her left and right: "This palace is pregnant with a prince now, isn't it possible that she is not even qualified to enjoy some supplements!" Speaking of which, kick hard again.

"Don't be angry, it's the slave's fault, no matter how the mother kicks the slave, the slave will accept and thank you. But it's not good to be afraid that the mother's anger will implicate the prince in the stomach. The maid slapped herself in fear.

"Hmph, beating you is also defiling the palace, and you can't afford to offend the prince if you are angry, so don't hurry up and go to the imperial dining room to prepare. Concubine Hua glanced at her with disgust.

"Yes, yes, slave and maid will go. The maid got up in a panic and almost stumbled and fell.

Hua Guifei was even more disgusted, thinking that it would be better to change to a maid who was more knowledgeable about current affairs in the future, so she sat down to eat tea to dissipate her anger.

In the imperial dining room, a maid dressed in a cyan gauze skirt with a red and swollen left cheek was begging bitterly: "Boss, if you don't take the supplements back, Niangniang will definitely beat me to death." ”

The chief manager refused with a dark face: "I will also give more to the pregnant concubine, and there are rules in the imperial dining room, so you can take as much as you want." Which of the harem concubines can offend? If I give it to you, then I won't offend the other concubines!

"Where did I get so much money from a little maid, doesn't this clearly cost me my life?" The maid was a little desperate, her eyes were also filled with moisture, her voice was a little choked, her body was trembling, and she looked at the manager pitifully.

"What's going on?" a crisp voice interrupted the conversation between the two present, and when they looked back, a handsome woman stood in front of the door.

"Isn't this a beaded girl? The steward said hello.

"Hmm. Liuzhu nodded to him: "I'm here to help my wife get the tonic from Concubine Jin." ”

"Okay, please wait. The steward walked to the back kitchen.

Liuzhu smiled at the maid who was crying and her eyes were swollen, and asked gently, "Is something happening?" "Liuzhu remembers that this is Concubine Hua's maid, looking at this posture, could it be that something happened?

The maid choked up and told Liuzhu the reason for the incident.

"Because Niangniang is pregnant with the prince, her temper is not good, and she wants to eat some supplements, but this month's tonic imperial dining room has given enough, and Niangniang still wants it, so she must have to subsidize, but Niangniang refuses to give money. The little maid wiped her tears as she spoke: "Okay, I won't chew my tongue with you, let the mother know and it will be terrible." ”

Liuzhu frowned slightly after hearing this, she took out some silver taels and handed them to the maid, "You take these silver taels to the emergency first, don't make things bigger." If the manager asks, don't say it's the silver taels I gave, just say it's your mother's subsidy, you know?"

"Well, more Miss Liuzhu will come to your rescue. The maid wiped away her tears and said gratefully.

The manager quickly brought the tonic and handed it to Liuzhu, and quipped: "Concubine Jin also takes good care of her wife, and she subsidizes Yinliang stewed some supplements to her daughter-in-law every three bad days." ”

Liuzhu thought in her heart, what if Concubine Jin is really good to her wife, these are just what they seem on the surface, Concubine Jin is just maintaining her image of a good mother-in-law in front of everyone, but these can't be said, she can only respond to him politely, and then leave the imperial dining room.

In the palace, the maid carefully placed the tonic on the table, and cautiously poured the tonic into the blue and white porcelain bowl.

"Didn't you say that you have to get the subsidy money, so how did these come about?" Although it was an inquiry, Concubine Hua narcissistically felt that it must have been sent by the head of the imperial dining room in order to appease her, after all, the prince in her belly was the future emperor.

"This ......" The maid knew that if she told Hua Guifei the truth, she would be angry, so in order not to make trouble for Sister Liuzhu and herself, she decided to do what Sister Liuzhu ordered: "It's the money that the head of the imperial dining room helps us subsidize." ”

"This palace knows! You tell him, when this palace is high and powerful in the future, he will definitely remember him" Hua Guifei unceremoniously ate supplements, and felt that she had given others a great favor.

The maid shook her head and sighed, glanced at the happy Hua Guifei, and had to break all the words back into her stomach and bury them.

"Okay, it's time to go out for a walk when you're full, and it's boring to stay in the house all day, and the little prince in my stomach will be miserable. Hua Guifei rinsed her mouth, stood up leisurely, and walked towards the imperial garden with the support of the maid.

The rest of the maids also hurriedly followed, for fear that they would cause dissatisfaction with the concubine, and when the time came, they would say a few words in front of the emperor, then they might die tragically in this deep palace.

The sun is shining, the flowers are fragrant, the birds are singing, and the butterflies are flying among the flowers with their colorful thin wings. The alluring fragrance of flowers came to the nose, and even the mood of the people improved.

Hua Guifei approached the flower garden and wanted to pick some flower branches, but was stopped by the maid beside her: "Niangniang, this flower can't be picked, this is Jin Guifei's favorite flower species, if you pick it, it will anger Jin Guifei, Niangniang should go and pick something else." ”

Hua Guifei's face turned dark, and she casually slapped her again, and scolded her sharply, "You want to rebel, don't you? I still need you to take care of what I do, right? Now is this palace the master or are you the master? Otherwise, you will be the concubine?"

The maid was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt down, and kowtowed to Hua Guifei with a 'knock': "Niangniang is angry, the slave doesn't dare." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, you'd better remember your identity to this palace, you're just a lowly palace maid, and you're not qualified to drink in front of this palace. ”

"Yes. The maid snorted and bowed her head in response.

"Let's go, you're completely out of interest, it's really disappointing. Hua Guifei impatiently kicked the maid who was kneeling on the ground, then flicked her sleeves, held her stomach, and walked back slowly.

Concubine Jin also took the palace maid to take a walk in the imperial garden, but the posture was not as big as that of Concubine Hua.

"Huh, isn't this my sister?" Jin Guifei walked forward with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

"My sister came at the right time. Hua Guifei looked a little proud, "Thank you sister for your kindness today, I don't have to say hello in the morning, I can raise the baby with peace of mind." With that, he lovingly looked at his slightly large abdomen and stroked it lightly.

Concubine Jin covered her mouth and smiled, and also looked at Concubine Hua's slightly bulging abdomen, a trace of viciousness flashed in her eyes, and then she quickly regained her composure: "Sister is welcome, I'm afraid that my sister will be unhappy if I make the decision without permission." ”

"Why, it's too late for me to thank you. When the child is born in the future, he will let him personally thank his sister. After that, he cordially took Jin Guifei's hand, since Jin Guifei was already afraid of herself, she had to have some attitude.

Concubine Jin patted Concubine Hua's hand as if comforting, and smiled falsely, "Sister doesn't need to be polite, the emperor attaches great importance to the prince in his sister's belly, and I am just giving a heart for the emperor." ”

What Concubine Jin thought in her heart was that since the emperor attached so much importance to the child in Concubine Hua's belly, if she didn't pay attention to it, if something happened to Concubine Hua in the future, wouldn't she blame herself for everything, so Concubine Jin did this to find a way out for herself.

"Then I'm here to thank you. It's not too early, I should go back and take a nap, otherwise I will be tired of the prince, and the emperor will blame him, and my sister will have no way to explain. Hua Guifei was very satisfied with Jin Guifei's intentional flattering words: "My sister has time to come to me more often, and I can also ask my sister for some parenting tips." ”

"Definitely, sister, let's go and rest, it's not good to be tired. Concubine Jin's eyebrows seemed to be tinged with a little worry.

"Well, my sister will retire. Hua Guifei was very satisfied with her attitude, smiled at her, and walked back.

Concubine Jin looked at her figure as she walked farther and farther, a strange smile hooked up on her lips, and she thought silently in her heart, I don't know how long this child can stay in your belly, let you be rampant for a while, don't be rampant in the end, don't cry everywhere.

Hua Guifei knew that Jin Guifei was also afraid of herself, so she was even more reckless, and she was even more vicious towards these palace maids, even if she did something wrong, she would go down to suffer thirty boards, saying that she had hurt the prince or something.

Now Hua Guifei is using the prince as a shield, and everything is said to be for the prince's consideration, and the emperor does not blame, but is more towards Hua Guifei's side