C74 (2/2)

Su Rushuang bit her lips and said, ”Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your consort was momentarily muddle-headed …”

”What's there to be sorry about?” Meng Qianzhong laughed softly, but his eyes did not contain the slightest bit of gentleness.

Luo Ninghai looked at them blankly. She guessed that the one who could cause the Emperor and Su Rushuang to feel so awkward should be the former Empress Mu Langhua.

Meng Qianzhong raised his hand and poured a cup for Luo Ninghai, ”Imperial Concubine Wan, this is made from the wine of the past in the palace.

Luo Ninghai covered her face and drank a mouthful of wine. Her brother, General Luo, was a wine lover, and would often bring some fine wine from outside the palace to invite the family to taste. She still had some knowledge of the art of drinking, but the cup in her hand was not sweet nor could it be rated as the best wine in the world. Thinking about it again, this wine should be related to Mu Langhua, so it was best to be cautious with his words.

”Your Majesty,” Luo Ninghai smiled, ”Although this wine is a bit stinging, it is still a good wine.”

”Hehe,” Meng Qianzhong poured himself a cup of wine and drank it all off, ”This is a wine that was personally invented by the previous empress and us.

As expected, it was related to Mu Langhua. Luo Ninghai laughed but did not say a word. She held her cup and drank another mouthful, and her expression became stiff as she looked at Su Rushuang.

”The Consort Xian Empress has arrived.” Another voice came from outside, causing Su Rushuang to be alarmed. Why was Consort Xian here?

”We are afraid that Consort Xian will be bored from staying at the Zhongcui Palace, so we called her over,” Meng Qianzhong waved towards the palace maid, ”Come, Consort Xian is pregnant and can't drink alcohol, bring some scented tea.”

Consort Xian came to the hall, bowed to Su Rushuang, and said, ”Your concubine, please forgive me.”

Su Rushuang raised the corner of her lips, and said: ”Sister is currently pregnant, it was my negligence, I did not ask anyone to invite sister.” Now that Chen Xiang had reached the Zhongcui Palace, yet Imperial Concubine Wan and Consort Xian had come to this place, what should he do?

Luo Ninghai considerately helped the Consort Xian to sit on her seat, and said gently: ”Recently, big sister likes to eat sour dates, why not little sister ask Qing Ning to bring some over?”

Consort Xian immediately shook her head: ”No need, don't trouble Miss Qing Ning to come over.”

Qing Ning blessed herself, and said with a smile: ”Being able to serve the little prince is my fortune.” She ran out of the palace like a wisp of smoke.

Meng Qianzhong looked at her slightly protruding stomach, and said gently: ”Consort Xian likes to eat sour dates when you're pregnant?”

Consort Xian smiled and nodded.

Luo Ninghai clapped happily: ”When I was young, I heard mother say that when she was pregnant with big brother, she also liked to eat sour food, and when she was pregnant with concubine, she also liked to eat spicy food. I believe it was exactly in accordance with the proverb, 'Acid man, hot woman'.

Meng Qianzhong was having a headache and had no children. Hearing Imperial Concubine Wan's words, he felt extremely happy in his heart, ”What you said makes a lot of sense.”

Consort Xian shyly lowered her head, two blush flying onto her cheeks. ”Your majesty, it's only been three months, who knows if it's a prince or a princess.”

Meng Qianzhong rubbed her stomach, ”Does Consort Xian want to give birth to a princess or a prince?”

Consort Xian was about to speak, but she saw Luo Ninghai giving her a meaningful glance, and hesitated: ”... This concubine wishes to give birth to the little prince for the emperor. ”

Meng Qianzhong held her hands in satisfaction, and a smile as warm as spring wind appeared on his face, ”I share the same thoughts as Consort Xian, I think in the future, we will definitely give birth to a dragon for Great Qi.”

Su Rushuang was left alone at the side, she coldly looked at the smiling faces of the three, and sneered in her heart. Huayang Palace was originally her place, but now that it had been occupied by the two from Zhongcui Palace, she had become an outsider instead, completely disregarding herself as an outsider.

”Then Consort Xian must take good care of her health,” Su Rushuang said slowly. ”The heavy responsibility of giving birth to a prince for Great Qi should rest with this Consort Xian.”

Meng Qianzhong nodded his head slightly, and said: ”Noble Consort is right, we will send another group of people to serve you.

Luo Ninghai moved closer to Consort Xian and laughed, ”Your majesty, older sister Consort Xian has always been pregnant, so there's only one portion of food left to eat.”

Su Rushuang held up a cup of wine and drank it all up, slightly narrowing his eyes as she no longer wanted to look at them.

”Imperial Concubine Wan,” Meng Qianzhong asked, ”You have just been promoted to the imperial throne, so General Luo will come visit you in the capital one day.”

Luo Ninghai was instantly overjoyed, ”Big brother will come to the palace to visit me? ”Awesome.”

Su Rushuang's heart stirred, and she took the opportunity to laugh: ”Little sister is so lucky, and there's even Brother maternal family who can come to the palace to see you. What unlucky person like me who has stayed in the palace for so long without seeing any relatives?” With that, she looked at Consort Xian meaningfully.

Luo Ninghai immediately understood what Su Rushuang was going to say, and pretended to be ignorant: ”The Noble Consort Empress' maternal family must be from a large clan, which Su Family might it be?”

Su Rushuang was startled. The Su Family is a small family, they mainly rely on the big tree called Mu Family, which could be considered to be some big clan. ”My maternal family is not comparable to the Imperial Concubine Wan's, my father is just a small official.”

”We gave your father the title of a public official, and from now on, he is no longer considered a small official,” Meng Qianzhong said with a faint smile. ”Noble Consort is blaming me for not bestowing a good official on the country leader?”

She and Meng Qianzhong were clear about why Father Su was able to be the Duke of this country, but they were still trying to stop them from talking about Mu Family and Mu Langhua. Su Rushuang hurriedly lowered her head, ”This concubine doesn't dare to, but compared to the general, the Duke of the Nation, naturally the General Luo has rendered great service for the Great Qi, and is even more respected.”

Meng Qianzhong sneered and no longer spoke.

Su Rushuang's heart was filled with shame and anger. She originally wanted to bring the topic to Consort Xian, but instead burned herself to anger. Meng Qianzhong stood in front of Consort Xian and doted on him because he was pregnant.