Chapter 21 Favoritism
Fu Meiren was still kneeling on the floor tiles of Fengwu Palace at this time, the queen was gossiping with other concubines, everyone saw this, and knew that the queen was supporting Zhao Cairen, and for a while, the words that were originally full of stomach and wanted to ridicule Zhao Cairen were all held in their stomachs, and no one dared to attack Zhao Nuoqing again.
The queen's actions completely confirmed the rumor that Zhao Nuoqing was her person.
Zhao Nuoqing sighed silently, his mind heavy.
No one on Fu Meiren's side dared to speak for her, and she lowered her eyebrows and didn't say a word, but Concubine Shu was full of disdain, put aside the teacup in her hand, and reminded the queen: "Queen Mother, Fu Meiren is still pregnant with a dragon seed, if there is any accident in this Fengwu Palace, I'm afraid that the emperor and the queen mother will not be easy to explain, right?" ”
Fu Meiren looked at Concubine Shu gratefully, and the hatred for the queen in her heart was even worse, and the queen couldn't conceive the dragon heir herself, so she couldn't see others pregnant, maybe the emperor's heir was thin and the queen's back was ruthless!
Thinking of this, Fu Meiren's heart suddenly rose with a creepy feeling.
The emperor is now twenty and three, and he has been on the throne for five years, and there are not dozens of pregnant concubines, but only Concubine Jin and Concubine Shu gave birth to dragon heirs, especially in the past three years, since the queen fell into pregnancy, the harem concubines have either slipped or never been pregnant, until now, among the harem concubines, except for herself, no concubine is pregnant.
The more Fu Meiren thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she couldn't help but feel afraid in her heart, she was still proud of the queen, and now she just wanted to go back to her palace quickly, and never come out again, until the child was successfully born.
At that moment, Fu Meiren no longer dared to look directly at the queen on the throne.
I heard the queen say coldly: "Fu Meiren go back to rest early, it's better not to move if there's nothing to do, the fetus in the womb is the most important, if there is any difference in the fetus, this palace is asking for you!" ”
After that, Qingyan immediately stepped forward, helped Fu Meiren up with a smile on his face, and then called the palace maid beside Fu Meiren to come over and helped Fu Meiren away.
Fu Meiren hurriedly said goodbye and returned to her palace as if she was about to be amnestied.
After Fu Meiren left, Concubine Shu snorted coldly and rushed at Zhao Nuoqing, "I heard that Zhao Cairen didn't do anything in his bed last night?" But it's not liked by the emperor? Also, being forced to be pampered, it's strange that the emperor can be interested! ”
Concubine Shu is the daughter of the first product of the dynasty, and she was elected to the palace to contain the queen of the prime minister's daughter, on weekdays, the father of the two mothers did not deal with each other in the court, and the concubine also gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor, the only prince in the palace! Therefore, Concubine Shu is not afraid of the queen.
Hearing what Concubine Shu said, there was a whisper in the room, and the eyes that looked at Zhao Nuoqing were also full of mockery.
In order to ensure the purity of the bloodline of the imperial heir, the concubines will be registered every day after bed, Zhao Nuoqing knew early in the morning that she would have to endure this humiliation, but fortunately, she didn't care much and let them laugh.
Lin Cairen on the side wanted to help Zhao Nuoqing say something, but he thought that his brother was now just a junior official who had just entered the court, although he was loved by the emperor, but he was never as good as the prince who had been in the court for more than 30 years, so he could only lower his head and couldn't bear to look at it directly.
When Xu Cairen heard what Concubine Shu said, he immediately swept away the haze of being bombarded by Concubine Shu, and was overjoyed in his heart, the emperor is really not the kind of person who is greedy for appearance, even if she Zhao Nuoqing has the support of the queen, but the emperor still doesn't like her!
The queen frowned slightly, staring coldly at Concubine Shu, at this time, Concubine Yi, who was quietly drinking tea on the side, suddenly said: "It's just that I didn't get Longen overnight, and our emperor is not a faint monarch who lingers on the bed every day, he must always be restrained, the first three days were occupied by Xu Cairen, and the emperor will inevitably have to be restrained for the sake of his body!" It is also Zhao Cai's compassion for the emperor, if other foxes go to the dragon bed, I am afraid that he will not let go of any opportunity to seduce the emperor! This palace looks, Zhao Cairen should be rewarded! ”
Xu Cairen lowered her head in fear, because she was favored by the emperor for three days in a row, Concubine Shu saw that she was unhappy, and even insulted her in front of all the concubines for no reason.
The queen smiled lightly, nodded at Concubine Yi, and said with a smile: "Concubine Yi is right, she should be rewarded!" ”
As he spoke, he rewarded Zhao Nuoqing with a jade bracelet that was transparent all over his body.
Zhao Nuoqing hurriedly knelt down to thank him.
Concubine Yi and the queen have always been good friends, and now both of them are biased towards Zhao Cairen, and the fact that Zhao Cairen was covered by the queen is also a real hammer, although Concubine Shu is dissatisfied, but if she argues again, she will be charged with the crime of ignoring the dragon body.
Concubine Shu glared at Concubine Yi hatefully and stopped talking.
Zhao Nuoqing, who was originally the center of the storm, not only did not suffer any harm at this moment, but was rewarded, and he looked like he was out of the way, which made many concubines jealous.
Xu Cairen's heart was even more sad and jealous, and he looked at Zhao Nuoqing with a faint hatred in his eyes.
So, is she the only one injured today?
Behind Zhao Nuoqing stood the queen, so no concubine dared to say anything to Zhao Nuoqing, and the concubines in the palace had different thoughts, some were jealous and some were envious.
The concubines chatted a few words and then dispersed.
Zhao Nuoqing went out of Fengwu Palace with everyone, because the palace where she lived was relatively remote, so no one was on the way with her, and she was happy.
However, after walking a few steps, I saw a brightly dressed Xu Cairen accompanied by a palace maid named Xiyue from a distance, who was standing not far away, waving at her, obviously waiting for her.
Since Xu Cairen went to bed, everyone who went out always wanted to be accompanied by palace maids and eunuchs to show his identity, but now he only took one palace maid to travel, and I don't know if he has changed his temperament.
Zhao Nuoqing was puzzled in his heart, but on the surface, he walked to Xu Cairen's side quietly.
The two saluted each other, and Zhao Nuoqing asked, "Sister is waiting for me here?" ”
Xu Cairen nodded, with a worried look, took Zhao Nuoqing's hand and said, "Sister, sister only found out last night...... Hey, don't be sad, the emperor will summon you again! ”
Zhao Nuoqing was a little confused about Xu Cairen's meaning, did she care about her or did she deliberately mock her?
So he slowly pulled out his hands, bowed half-bent, and said with a shallow smile: "Thank you sister!" ”
Seeing Zhao Nuoqing's seemingly alienated appearance, Xu Cairen secretly gritted his teeth, but his face was still enthusiastic and full of envy: "Although my sister is not officially sleeping now, she has been taken care of by the queen, my sister is really envious!" Do you see how much the queen protects you today? ”
Zhao Nuoqing listened, her heart was bitter, others only said that the queen protected her, but they didn't know the price she had to pay for it.
It's just that these can't be communicated with outsiders.
Xu Cairen didn't notice Zhao Nuoqing's strange appearance, and complained to himself: "Don't you know, when you were away a few days ago, my sister was bullied by Concubine Jin and Concubine Shu, but the queen didn't say a word of reprimand!" ”
Zhao Nuoqing didn't know how to answer, and secretly said in his heart: Xu Baolin is waiting for her here, is it just to complain and express envy?
Just thinking about it, Xu Cairen suddenly changed the topic, half-covered his lips, and whispered: "Can you see today's Concubine Jin, seeing the queen is like seeing a cat, does my sister know why?" ”