Chapter 294: Tasting the Bitterness of Love, Phantom Fragrance
"What medicine does she suspect Lonely?" Pei Xuanling took a bite of food and chewed it slowly.
Huang Dechang: "Concubine Ruan suspects that we have given her contraceptive or infertility drugs. ”
Pei Xuanling frowned slightly, as if he didn't expect Concubine Ruan's focus to be here.
"Even though Imperial Physician Wang repeatedly stated that her pulse was normal, Concubine Ruan still suspected that there was something wrong with the cup of tea last night." Huang Dechang put a few prawns on a plate and began to help the prince peel the shrimp.
"If it weren't for Imperial Doctor Wang saying that it was too cumbersome to test whether tea causes infertility, she dispelled this idea, but after she sent Imperial Doctor Wang away, she still asked the palace maid to feed the wild cat and drink some tea.
"Lone knows." Pei Xuanling said lightly: "This time, the person who researched the 'dream-like incense' will be rewarded with five hundred taels of silver." ”
"Okay, the minion will arrange it in a while." Huang Dechang sandwiched the peeled shrimp into the prince's bowl, "Speaking of which, this time thanks to our timely replacement of the 'dreamlike fragrance', otherwise maybe Concubine Ruan would find out the problem." ”
Like a dream, it is similar to the "dream of beauty", and it is only valid for women.
It's just that Beauty Dream is a colorless and odorless medicinal powder.
And "dreamlike incense" is a kind of incense similar to sandalwood.
But it's the same as the "beauty dream", as soon as a woman smells it, she will dream about something they dream of, or something that haunts them.
Although the dream of beauty has not been discovered by the concubines, His Royal Highness said that after a long time, it is inevitable that some concubines will be suspicious.
Moreover, every time the rain and dew are wet in the harem, the concubines must be allowed to eat something mixed with beauty dreams, which is really a bit troublesome, so His Royal Highness asked people to study spices that can replace beauty dreams.
No, that's where it comes in handy today.
On weekdays, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the concubines of the palace will light incense in the house anyway, which is much easier and more convenient to operate than the "Beauty Dream".
After the prince confirmed that the "dreamlike incense" was no problem with Concubine Ruan, he used it to dip it in the rain and dew in the East Palace.
It's just that this man didn't go to Jiang Shishi's Shiyue Pavilion alone.
After the prince's operation, everyone in the East Palace found that Jiang Liangdi had completely fallen out of favor.
On the contrary, Lu Meiren seems to have become the new favorite of the prince, and the prince either went to Lu Meiren's to spend the night, or recruited her to sleep in the front yard.
It was at this time that the concubines understood one thing.
That's... Their Royal Highness the Crown Prince may really not like women who are too slender, but like women who are round and plump!
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Since the beginning of winter, Emperor Jianyuan has been hibernating as if he was hibernating, and he has been in a coma for longer and longer.
At the end of the year, political affairs were busy, and when Emperor Jianyuan was in a coma, the crown prince was busy supervising the country.
As for Jiang Shishi of Shiyue Pavilion, the prince didn't go to her, so she stayed in her own yard to read, exercise, count money, enjoy food, and live a very comfortable life.
At the same time, she occasionally took the time to visit Song Jieyu, who was pregnant in Lanqin Palace.
Regarding Song Jieyu's pregnancy with a dragon heir, Jiang Shishi only learned about it after returning to the palace this time.
But in fact, long before she accompanied the prince out of the palace to accompany her, Song Jieyu was already pregnant.
It's just that the fetal position was still unstable at that time, and Song Jieyu was worried that someone would do something, so she kept it a secret.
After all, once the harem concubines are pregnant with the dragon species, they will be jealous of the concubines.
There are often concubines who are framed after being pregnant, and end up with a miscarriage.
If it's serious, there will be two lives in one corpse!
Early one morning at the beginning of the lunar month, after Jiang Shishi changed her clothes and washed, she sat in front of the dresser and was combed by Chunxing to help her comb her hair.
As usual, she casually flipped through the yellow calendar on the table and muttered to herself: "It's the fourth day of the lunar month, and it's time to go to my aunt's to have a look......
Chunxing: "You, just thinking about others, why didn't you expect your own birthday to be coming." ”
"Isn't there more than ten days left on my birthday, what's the hurry?" Jiang Shishi fixed the yellow calendar, "But my aunt's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and the harem is so messy, if I don't go to her every once in a while, I don't feel at ease." ”
According to the book, Song Jieyu became pregnant after being beaten into the cold palace.
It's just that it's not the pregnancy at this time, but the pregnancy a few years later.
There is one thing that Song Jieyu in the book is very similar to this life, that is, Song Jieyu was pregnant when Emperor Jianyuan was about to die.
Song Jieyu was originally the favorite concubine of Emperor Jianyuan, and when she was not pregnant, she was often calculated by the concubines.
After becoming pregnant with the dragon species, she was even more jealous of many concubines, and also gave some concubines a sense of crisis.
As a result, Song Jieyu in the book went through many ordeals and suffered heavily when she was eight months pregnant.
In the end, Song Jieyu desperately gave birth to the child, but the child was less than a month old and died shortly after birth.
Song Jieyu endured all the hardships, but in the end, she still had no children and no daughters under her knees, and ended up being a martyr.
Thinking of these, Jiang Shishi wanted to secretly spoil to help Song Jieyu avoid trouble.
"If you're not at ease, let's take a look after a while." Chun Xing inserted a hosta on Jiang Shishi's head.
After dressing up, Jiang Shishi had breakfast and went to Concubine Su to say goodbye.
After the morning province was over, she took Chunxing to Lanqin Hall to visit Song Jieyu.
When she got there, Song Jieyu was still having breakfast.
"Why does my aunt have breakfast at this time?" Jiang Shishi took Chunxing's hand and entered the hall.
"Sister Shi'er is here." Song Jieyu raised her head and looked at Jiang Shishi with a smile, "I didn't have much appetite when I woke up early this morning, I only drank a few mouthfuls of porridge and went to say goodbye to the queen. ”
Speaking of this, she smiled and asked Jiang Shishi, "Do you want to have some breakfast with me?" ”
Jiang Shishi: "I'm full this morning, aunt, you eat yours, don't worry about me." ”
Song Jieyu nodded and continued to drink porridge.
The palace maid in the courtyard brought tea and snacks to Jiang Shishi, Jiang Shishi held the hot teacup, took a sip of tea, and turned her head to see Song Jieyu frowning and drinking porridge.
Song Jieyu said that she had no appetite before, but when Jiang Shishi felt that everyone had no appetite, she didn't think much about it.
Now seeing Song Jieyu like this, why is there no appetite? It's clearly anorexia!
Moreover, Song Jieyu is eight months pregnant, except for her round belly, her limbs are still as slender as before.
Although there were doubts in her heart, Jiang Shishi still did not disturb Song Jieyu's meal.
But when Song Jieyu couldn't drink it anymore, so she asked the slave to withdraw her breakfast and rinse her mouth with tea, Jiang Shishi raised the doubts in her heart.
"Auntie, it's already in the third trimester, why still don't you have an appetite?"
"It stands to reason that I usually have a bad appetite in the first trimester, but I am old and my body is not as good as those young women." Song Jieyu wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief.
"Actually, I'm pretty good, last year there was a concubine of the same age as me in the palace who was pregnant with the emperor's heir, and she vomited from more than a month of pregnancy to labor, and she vomited stomach bleeding during the period, which was really a big sin."
Jiang Shishi didn't understand much of this, she just asked: "But the last time I came to see you, your appetite seemed to be quite good at that time, why can't you eat anymore now?" ”
"I also thought it was strange, but when the doctor checked the pulse, he said that I was fine." Song Jieyu also said jokingly: "What about me, you are so dignified, why did you lose so much weight all of a sudden?" ”
Jiang Shishi: "It's too hard to go out of the palace to accompany the prince to inspect the water conservancy, but it's not too thin." ”
"That's what you said last time, but you've been back to the palace for a while, why are you still so thin?"
"How can a slimmed figure grow up so easily."
"What you said, I've only heard that it's hard to lose weight when you're fat, but I haven't heard of it's hard to get fat when you're thin."
"It's good to be thin and thin, isn't this in line with the aesthetics of the Eastern Liang Kingdom......
"If you lose weight normally, I won't say anything." Song Jieyu looked at Jiang Shishi with pity, "I'm afraid that there is a reason why you suddenly become thinner." ”
Jiang Shishi: "You can rest assured, the doctor has shown me, and I am in good health." ”
Song Jieyu: "That's not what I mean. ”
"And what do you mean?"
"You said that it was too hard to follow the prince out of the palace to inspect the water conservancy." Song Jieyu sighed, "In my opinion... You've tasted the bitterness of love, haven't you......? ”
This time, she also heard about Sister Shi'er falling out of favor and the prince having a new favorite.
"......" The corners of Jiang Shishi's mouth twitched slightly, and she hurriedly denied it, "Impossible, there is nothing to do......"
"Regardless of whether there is such a thing or not, my aunt wants you to be as healthy and happy as before." Song Jieyu said softly: "What is yours is yours, it's not that you can't force it, don't affect your physical and mental health because of others." ”
Sister Shi'er is so sensible in other things that it makes people feel distressed, but she doesn't seem to know anything about feelings.
The bystanders are clear, the authorities are fascinated, she has already seen that Sister Shi and the prince have different feelings, I am afraid that Sister Shi herself does not know.
"I know." Jiang Shishi nodded in response.
For a while, the atmosphere was a little cold.
At this moment, a cold wind blew in outside, and Song Jieyu greeted Jiang Shishi: "It's too cold in the hall, Sister Shi'er, let's go to the inner room to bake the fire." ”
When they arrived in the inner room, Jiang Shishi and Song Jieyu were next to the semi-round table to roast the fire.
Jiang Shishi shrugged her nose lightly while drinking tea, "Auntie, as soon as I entered the house, I smelled a faint fragrance, I don't know what it smelled like?" ”
"You're talking about the sachet hanging in my inner room." Song Jieyu pointed to a few sachets hanging on the bedside, and asked the palace maid to take one for Jiang Shishi.
After a while, Zhu Xin handed a sachet to Jiang Shishi: "Jiang Liangdi, can you smell it and see if it smells?" ”
Jiang Shishi took the sachet and put it on the tip of her nose and sniffed it gently, "Well, that's the smell." ”
Throughout the ages, most women have loved all kinds of fragrant tastes.
But there is no perfume in Dongliang Kingdom, and women use all kinds of pure natural spices or petals to make sachets and sachets to drive away the odor of the body or room and add fragrance to themselves or the room.
After confirming that it was this fragrance, Jiang Shishi tied the string of the sachet and asked casually: "Auntie, when did this sachet hang in the inner room, the last time I came to you, it seemed that there was no such sachet?" ”
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