After killing four concubines, the queen was sentenced to death and reborn

The next day, Zheng Xiyan woke up and Biluo came to help her wash and change clothes. "My queen, you look really good today."

Zheng Xiyan sat down in front of the dressing table and looked at herself in the mirror. She looked pretty good, but suddenly she thought that this might not be a good idea. "Biluo, do you think I should look a little haggard?"

"Why?" Biluo was a little confused.

"Your Majesty summoned Concubine Rong last night. I can't not be sad at all!" Zheng Xiyan curled her lips and smiled, with a hint of understanding in her eyes. She had to make Xiao Xuanchen feel distressed.

Biluo smiled and said, "I understand."

"Give the order that the palaces don't need to come to pay their respects today." Zheng Xiyan said with a smile.

"Yes!" Biluo understood and hurried out to give orders.

Before lunch, Xiao Xuanchen came to Weiyang Palace and took her to Yaoguang Palace.

Before Xiao Xuanchen came, Zheng Xiyan deliberately wiped her eyes with an onion, and tears immediately flowed down. If you looked closely, you could see traces of crying.

When Xiao Xuanchen approached and saw her like this, he asked, "Why are your eyes still red? What happened?"

Zheng Xiyan pretended to be strong and forbearing, shook her head slightly, and said: "It's okay, I just went out for a walk and the wind blinded me."

Her poor acting skills naturally failed to fool him. Xiao Xuanchen questioned De Biluo beside him, "How did you serve me? Tell me!"

Biluo knelt down quickly and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen couldn't sleep last night, so..."

Hearing that she couldn't sleep, Xiao Xuanchen frowned and immediately understood the reason. He favored Concubine Rong last night, and she must be very sad. He felt a little guilty for a moment.

Xiao Xuanchen said in a deep voice: "My queen, is she so stingy?"

"No, I didn't. I was just a little sad, but as the queen, I shouldn't be stingy. I won't be like that in the future. Your Majesty, please don't be angry, okay?" Zheng Xiyan immediately made an expression of grievance and acknowledgement of her mistake, lowered her head, and dared not say anything else.

Xiao Xuanchen suddenly felt distressed, and gently stroked her face, saying: "I am not angry. Although you are the queen, you are just an ordinary woman. This is human nature."

"Your Majesty, look at me. Is it obvious that my eyes are red and swollen?" Zheng Xiyan looked at him aggrievedly and asked in a coquettish voice.

"If you don't look carefully, you can't tell at all. It's okay." Xiao Xuanchen said lovingly.

"That's good." Zheng Xiyan smiled.

"Okay, it's time to go to the Yaoguang Palace. I think everyone should be here by now."

"it is good!"

Royal Garden

When Xiao Chenyuan's imperial chariot and Zheng Xiyan's phoenix carriage passed by the Imperial Garden, Xi Muyao and Shen Aoning happened to be strolling in the Imperial Garden.

However, when the two saw the imperial chariot and the phoenix carriage, they did not step forward to pay their respects.

"Sister, are we really not going to pay our respects?" Shen Aoning asked.

Xi Muyao said coldly: "There is no need to go, otherwise His Majesty might think that we are waiting here on purpose just to see His Majesty."

She doesn't want to do these thankless and boring tasks.

"But we just came to the Imperial Garden for a stroll after lunch because we were bored. There is no other place for us to wander around in this palace." Shen Aoning whispered.

"But your majesty would not think so. Besides, the Queen is still here, so we'd better not go over there." Xi Muyao turned and walked aside.

Shen Aoning turned around and followed, nodded helplessly, and said: "The Queen Mother is holding a banquet in Yaoguang Palace, we are not worthy to go."

"The Queen Mother has prepared a family dinner in the name of the Queen's pregnancy. What are we going to do?" Xi Muyao asked coldly.

"Being a concubine!" Shen Aoning suddenly felt a little pathetic.

Xi Muyao suddenly thought of something and couldn't help laughing, "Feng Qingyi might be going crazy in the palace right now? Concubine Rong was sleeping with her last night, and the Queen Mother didn't invite her to the family dinner."

"Yes!" Shen Aoning replied with a smile.

Yaoguang Hall

Xiao Xuanchen helped Zheng Xiyan walk up the jade steps, and everyone stood up and bowed.

The two of them bowed to the Queen Mother and said, "Greetings, Mother."

"Don't be so polite, just sit down!" said the Queen Mother with a loving face.

"Yes!"

After the two sat down, Xiao Xuanchen waved his hand and said, "Everyone, stand up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After everyone was seated, Xiao Xuanchen said, "My mother specially set up a family banquet here today. The queen is pregnant, which is a great joy. I am celebrating with all the uncles and brothers."

As soon as Xiao Xuanchen finished speaking, Concubine Yi said, "I haven't congratulated your majesty and the queen yet. The queen is pregnant, which is a cause for celebration for the entire Daliang."

"What Concubine Yi said is very true."

"Mother is right. The Empress is very happy. As her brother, I should express my gratitude. A few days ago, I got a piece of jade and had it carved into a jade pendant. Today, I will present it to my unborn nephew."

Everyone's eyes were attracted to him. This person was Xiao Xuanchen's third elder brother, the current wise king. He was handsome, with long and sparse eyebrows. The radiance in his eyes was as soft as the sheen on jade. He was wearing a black robe with golden auspicious clouds embroidered on the cuffs that glowed faintly. He wore a vermilion and white jade belt around his waist, and his demeanor was imposing.

King Ming ordered someone to present the jade pendant to Xiao Xuanchen. Xiao Xuanchen took a quick glance at it and found that it was indeed a fine piece of jade, flawless white, moist, transparent and sparkling.

Xiao Xuanchen smiled and said, "Third brother is really thoughtful. Show it to the queen."

"Yes!"

The eunuch brought the jade pendant to Zheng Xiyan, who took it and looked at it carefully. "It's a good piece of jade. I would like to thank the King Ming on behalf of my unborn child."

"As long as the Queen likes it."

After King Ming sat down, the man next to him, who was dressed in a dark satin robe, with a jade belt around his waist and an ivory folding fan in his hand, looked handsome, with an innate nobility revealed in his eyes.

"Third brother, you are really thoughtful, but it makes us who didn't prepare gifts feel embarrassed." After he said this, he deliberately glanced at Zheng Xiyan. Zheng Xiyan caught his eyes. If she hadn't been reborn, she would never have thought that the King of Xiang had other thoughts about her?

This is Prince Xiang, the fifth son of the late emperor and the fifth elder brother of Xiao Xuanchen.

The late emperor had many sons and daughters, and Xiao Xuanchen was the ninth among them.

Prince Ming laughed softly and said, "Fifth brother, what you said is true. How long has the Queen been pregnant? When the Queen gives birth to your Majesty's eldest son, will you worry that we won't have time to send gifts?"

"Third brother is right. I am too impatient." King Xiang sneered.

Both King Ming and King Xiang had military merits, and the late emperor was quite fond of them when he was alive. Therefore, they had always been dissatisfied with Xiao Xuanchen and wanted to replace him at all times.

Xiao Xuanchen's two elder brothers both died young. As the only legitimate son of the late emperor, he was placed with high hopes since childhood. However, due to his young age, he grew up too slowly, so the late emperor wanted to abolish the convention of establishing the eldest legitimate son as the heir several times.

However, the custom of Daliang to establish the eldest son as the heir did not allow him to fulfill his wish.

With the support of the majority of ministers in the Zongchen Court, Xiao Xuanchen succeeded to the throne smoothly. King Ming and King Xiang were still his greatest concerns, and he would feel uneasy until they were eliminated.

Zheng Xiyan looked at Xiao Xuanchen's solemn expression and recalled his previous life, when he had tried his best to eliminate King Ming and King Xiang. Although he successfully eliminated the two of them in the end, he also paid a heavy price for it.

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "When the prince or princess is born, it would be unreasonable for you uncles not to present a gift to them."

Concubine Shu looked at the Queen Mother and said, "Your Majesty, what you said is very true. I would like to offer a toast to Your Majesty and the Queen Mother. I wish the Queen Mother to give birth to a prince in one go, so that the Queen Mother can hold a legitimate grandson as soon as possible and Your Majesty can have a legitimate son."

"Then I'll borrow Sister Shu's good words."

The Queen Mother and Xiao Xuanchen both picked up their glasses and drank, but Xiao Xuanchen's face still didn't look very good.

At this time, Zheng Xiyan spoke up, "I have never asked about this before. I wonder if Concubine Yi and Concubine Shu are doing well in Cining Palace these days? There are many people in Cining Palace, and the concubines are crowded together. I have been busy with the concubines entering the palace these days, and I have no time to care about Cining Palace."