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The empress smiled tiredly and said, ”I'm afraid you'll have to spend the rest of your life thinking like this. If the empress dowager hears this, she'll definitely say it.”
Rong'er did not reply. After so many years, she was already used to Zhang Leyan's words and did not like arguing with her. If she said that she would feel comfortable, then she would let her say it. She only saw that the empress did not look too good today, so she asked with concern, ”Big sister, Rong'er saw that your complexion was not too good.
The empress nodded with a smile, feeling a little uncomfortable these few days. She planned to let the palace maid pass on the news to the imperial physicians later.
Rong'er nodded sorrowfully. Seeing how the empress was sick all the time, Rong'er felt really sad.
After dinner, Little Qing suddenly came over to tell Rong'er with a smile. Just now, the imperial physician had gone to see the empress. The empress was pregnant again. When Rong'er heard this, he was elated. He hurriedly went to investigate on the empress, and the emperor also came to visit at night. Rong'er was really happy, thinking that if the empress had another child, her mental state could be completely cured.
Unexpectedly, in the next two months, good news came one by one. After Yin Ruo Lan and the others were diagnosed with pregnancy, and after Yin Ruo Lan gave birth to a small child, they had not gotten pregnant for so many years. They thought that they would never get pregnant again, but they never expected that Long Zi would. The people of the imperial harem all said that the masters of the palace were blessed with good fortune, and that the emperor had come to the palace many times before, so the women of the palace received much attention from the emperor. On the other hand, the lords of the palace often did not see the emperor, other than the noble man Bu who was favored by the emperor, the other masters of the imperial palace who had previously promised to help him were much more pitiful, especially Imperial Concubine Zhao, who had not carried Long Si.
Xiaoqing sighed and said, ”Master, look at yourself. You've given birth to a princess this year, and are unable to sleep during the month period. So many women in the harem have gotten pregnant, and the other young masters have also been summoned by the Emperor. All of the people in this palace are pregnant. ” Little Qing paused for a moment before seriously looking at Rong'er and saying, ”And even An Dong has been summoned by the Emperor. She loves to come to your side, this servant thinks so. She knows that her master is pampered, so she often comes here.
Rong'er smiled and said, ”She's just a little girl. How could she have such scheming thoughts? Maybe she just likes me here.”
”Sigh!” ”Mistress, you are really shrewd and do not worry about these things at all.” Little Qing sighed.
Rong'er didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he said, ”Little Qing, my body isn't well. Since the Emperor is young, it's normal for me to invite others to sleep with him. The women in the imperial palace are all women of the emperor, so what's wrong with it? Don't tell me that only Rong'er is allowed to receive royal favors, and no one else is allowed to.” Rong'er gave Xiao Qing a rebuking look. ”Don't spout such nonsense in the future. How can the sisters in the palace be jealous of each other? If the empress and empress dowager heard this, they'd think I was the one who instigated your thoughts.”
”The Lord!” Xiaoqing is serious. Xiaoqing is my master, alright. Think about it, how many people would be jealous of you for being so doted on by the Emperor? Even if they don't say it, it doesn't mean they don't want to, since you're being pampered now, they wouldn't dare to provoke you, so if one day the emperor is enchanted by some master, you will lose your favor, and you don't have the support of an illustrious family, so won't you be bullied to death? ” Little Qing said, feeling wronged.
”No ….” ”How could that be?” Rong'er was amused. Where did all these thoughts come from? She smiled and asked, ”Xiaoqing, where did all these strange thoughts come from?”
”Mistress, isn't this how the scenes play? Xiaoqing thinks that it makes a lot of sense.” Xiaoqing gave Rong'er a look that seemed to take it for granted, and he helplessly smiled.
Could what Xiaoqing said be true? It was very hard for her to believe that these sisters who were together every day would treat her well just like Xiaoqing had said, that it was because she was pampered. Even if Zhang LEqi was extremely jealous, it was only on the surface, if she really wanted to do something bad, she wouldn't say it out loud, and she was actually very concerned about her. She thought that if she really lost her favor one day, she would already be a pitiful person, could it be that someone would ruthlessly rub salt into her wounds?