Become a winner in life after binding the childbearing system

Tai Chi Hall

"Your Majesty, news just came from Hehuan Palace that Concubine Xi was feeling unwell when she woke up this morning and is now giving birth."

Wei Zhu bowed his head and always treated the affairs of Hehuan Palace as top priority.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yanchen, who was sitting behind a desk and working, looked up and asked, "She gave birth?"

Wei Zhu quickly explained, "Noble Xi has not been born yet, she is just" giving birth.

"Quick, let's go to the Hehuan Palace."

Xiao Yanchen didn't wait for Wei Zhu to finish speaking. He dropped the pen and ink in his hand, stood up and walked out the door.

Seeing this, Wei Zhu had no time to rest, and immediately followed with small steps to clear the way for Xiao Yanchen, while talking about the latest situation of Hehuan Palace.

Xiao Yanchen frowned, his handsome face showing impatience, "Okay, let's talk about it in Hehuan Palace." At the moment, his mind was on the little woman who was giving birth, so he had no time to listen to Wei Zhu's whining and procrastinating.

Wei Zhu: ...

Wei Zhu knew what to do and shut up, but he was not angry. He smiled and urged the eunuch who was carrying the sedan chair to hold on tight.

The emperor is the master, and as a servant, he has no right to be angry about what the master says.

Besides, the more attention the master shows to Hehuan Palace, the better it will be for him.

The reason is simple. The relationship between Wei Zhu and Hehuan Palace has been developing rapidly recently.

In particular, Shen Yao was not only highly skilled in winning over people, but also very knowledgeable and sensible, allowing Wei Zhu to get money and feel comfortable at the same time.

How could Wei Zhu not want to continue cooperating with such a person?

"Wei Zhu, let them go faster."

Xiao Yanchen sat in the sedan chair and kept urging them. He was really anxious.

Not to mention that Shen Yao is the woman he cares about the most, just the twins in Shen Yao's belly, if they are born safely, it will be a good sign.

Xiao Yanchen's children nowadays are not superior in terms of quality or quantity.

Xiao Yanchen finally waited for Shen Yao to give birth to a normal child, so he would definitely treat her as the apple of his eye.

Xiao Yanchen had already made up his mind that once Shen Yao gave birth to the baby safely, he would directly promote Shen Yao.

If she had two daughters, it would be difficult to get promoted to the second-rank concubine, but as long as she had a son, she would do whatever it took to fight for the concubine position for Shen Yao, even if it meant breaking the rules for the promotion of concubines in the harem of the Dajing Dynasty.

All kinds of rogue thoughts popped up in Xiao Yanchen's mind, and he ignored what happened when he ran into the Queen and others on the road.

Queen Wei Jingyi: ...

Looking at the Taiji Temple sedan chair speeding ahead, Wei Jingyi pursed her lips and felt that her previous indifference seemed to be wrong.

This little-known Concubine Xi, who has always been looked down upon by her, may really become the second Concubine Zhou.

Wei Jingyi had no idea at this time that Shen Yao would become more of a threat than Zhou Ningyan in the future, and would even cause her to lose the position that Lai Yi valued.

But those are all later stories. The Shen Yao in front of him was just Concubine Xi, who was pregnant with twins and was about to give birth. Compared with Wei Jingyi, the mother of a country, she was nothing.

"Niang Niang"

Qingsuo, the maid who served the queen, whispered to her master who was sitting in a daze in the sedan chair. After all, according to the rules, when the queen and the emperor's sedan chairs met, the queen needed to give way.

The emperor has already left, and the queen should hurry over to take care of the matter.

Wei Jingyi hummed, looking a little confused, "Let's go, the emperor has arrived, and as the queen, I can't go too late."

The corners of her mouth were tightly pursed. No matter what Wei Jingyi was thinking, she still had to maintain the demeanor of a queen.

Qingsuo sighed, stretched out his hand to send the eunuchs who had stopped to continue on their way, while he thought about how to persuade his master when he returned to the palace.

Hey

It is hard to be a master, and it is hard to be a servant. There are many kinds of people in the harem, and each has their own suffering.

The sedan chair stopped at the Hehuan Palace. Wei Jingyi got off the sedan chair with a perfect and gentle smile on her face.

There is no way. The queen has to save her face and at least she can't show anything in front of the emperor.

Besides, when Concubine Xi gives birth, other high-ranking concubines will come. Wei Jingyi knows that many of them are eyeing the position right under her butt, waiting for her to make a mistake so as to pull her down from the position of queen and replace her. How can Wei Jingyi let them do as they wish?

“Qingsuo, take the herbs I brought with me and hand them over to the people in Hehuan Palace.”

Afraid that there would not be enough time after entering, Wei Jingyi laid out the things first and asked Qingsuo to be in charge.

Qingsuo nodded in agreement, thinking that his master would definitely be upset for a while after returning. Although he couldn't tell from the outside, his master was actually not that mean, otherwise he would have had such an ugly quarrel with his mother's family and still couldn't get rid of the burden of the Duke's Mansion.

Reaching out to hold his master's arm, Qingsuo asked the palace servants behind him to follow, and a group of people entered the Hehuan Palace in a mighty manner.

At this time, there was already a circle of people gathered outside the Hehuan Palace.

In the center of the circle was Xiao Yanchen, who had an impatient look on his face. He frowned and looked like he was about to lose his temper at any time. However, there were many concubines around him who he couldn't understand. Not only were they dressed in red and green, but they were also smeared with all kinds of perfumed powders and ointments, which choked Xiao Yanchen so much that he had to cover his mouth and nose with his sleeves.

Wei Jingyi: ...ridiculous!

"The Queen Arrives"

Wei Jingyi's arrival temporarily alleviated the troubles around Xiao Yanchen.

Leaving all the concubines to Wei Jingyi's charge, Xiao Yanchen walked alone to the door of the delivery room.

When Wei Jingyi saw this, she was so shocked that she couldn't breathe and her face turned red.

She thought that the emperor was not this nervous when she gave birth to Heng'er. What kind of magic did Concubine Xi, a little concubine who had been in the palace for less than a year, have that could make the emperor so unruly?

Wei Jingyi, who had just thought that the concubines were being too absurd, immediately became dissatisfied with Shen Yao.

It's like this before the baby is even born, so won't she be able to ascend to heaven once the baby is safely born?

"Noble Xi is giving birth, what's the point of all of you wearing gold and silver?

Besides, the mother and the heir cannot stand the strong fragrance on you.

All of you, go to the side hall and wait for me obediently, or don’t blame me for being ruthless.”

Venting the nameless anger in her heart on the concubines who couldn't understand her expressions, Wei Jingyi snorted and turned to go to Xiao Yanchen.

Seeing the Queen coming and going to the Emperor alone, the other concubines immediately looked displeased.

"What the Queen said sounded nice, but she just wanted to avoid us monopolizing her favor?"

"That's right, we are wearing gold and silver, and the Queen is wearing silk and satin, wouldn't it be more eye-catching?"

"The perfume powders and ointments we wear are all developed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They smell elegant and fresh. I haven't heard the imperial physician say that pregnant women and the heir to the throne cannot smell them."

"..."

Those gathered together were all the unfavored concubines in the harem, who had rushed here today to compete for favors while Shen Yao was giving birth. How could they leave a good impression in front of the emperor if they didn't dress themselves up beautifully?

You know, normally they don't have the chance to see the emperor.

snort!

The Empress is a person who is full and does not know the hunger of hungry people. She sees the Emperor on two fixed days every month, so she thinks that these people can do the same? Haha, it is really disgusting to scold them in a condescending manner.

Chirp, chirp

Everyone was talking at once, relying on the presence of the Emperor and the Empress not daring to show them a bad temper, and they were all speaking in a cheerful and self-congratulatory manner.

When Wei Jingyi came back from being so angry in front of Xiao Yanchen, she wanted to curse even more.

"Your Majesty, we are still in the Hehuan Palace. You will need to take charge of the situation later. There is no need to meet these people."

Qingsuo quickly calmed his master, fearing that Wei Jingyi might accidentally damage her image in front of the emperor.

Wei Jingyi panted again and again, took deep breaths, and finally nodded with difficulty.

"Don't worry, I know what to do."

This is just a small matter, not worth getting angry about. It's just that the emperor's behavior just now made her unable to react for a moment, so she got a little angry.

Grasping Qingsuo's sleeve with her backhand, Wei Jingyi spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "The Emperor wishes to confer the title of Concubine Xi on Concubine Xi."

Qingsuo: Huh? !!!

"Your Highness, Concubine Xi is only a Concubine. Even if she gave birth to two princes, according to the ancestral system, she is only a fourth-rank imperial concubine."

Of course, if the emperor likes Concubine Xi very much, he can also take advantage of the opportunity and use the gimmick of the twins to promote her to the third-rank noble concubine.

But the title of noble concubine is already enough. You should know that Li, who gave birth to the eldest prince, was only a noble concubine.

The emperor is so arbitrary that he doesn't even take the ancestral rules into consideration. No wonder the master looked so angry when he came back. Qingsuo believes that anyone else would behave like the master if this happened to them.

Because this is not just an improvement in rank, but also a challenge to the rules and an appreciation of Concubine Xi.

Concubine Xi is young. If she takes good care of herself for two years, then she will have another baby and she will become a concubine.

What happens after that, if there is no more room for promotion, will it impact the master's position as queen?

Like Wei Jingyi, Qingsuo felt a strong sense of crisis.

"Don't worry, the two Empress Dowagers will not agree to this matter," Wei Jingyi was the first to react. She thought of the two huge Buddhas pressing down on her head.

Yes, it is not easy for me to deal with this matter myself, but I can send news to the East and West Palaces respectively.

"Find someone to notify the East Palace and the West Palace and report the situation of Concubine Xi truthfully."

Wei Jingyi glanced at Xiao Yanchen who was circling around the door of the delivery room, and the uncomfortable feeling in her heart became more and more obvious.

Why? The variables that had never existed before are now about to be broken by the newcomers.

Wei Jingyi had a sense of absurdity, as if she had an inexplicable worry. She wondered if Concubine Xi would ask the emperor to make an exception again in the future.

"I have given birth to three children for the Emperor. Shouldn't an exception be made?"

In the delivery room, Shen Yao was giving birth 'with difficulty' under the guidance of the midwife, while watching the drama outside on the screen in front of her through the remote control system.

This time, Shen Yao spent twice as much energy as before, and the dual protection of audio and video would never let her miss any news.

The Queen asked someone to notify the Queen Mothers of the East and West Palaces, and Shen Yao knew about it the moment she finished speaking.

Shen Yao smiled disdainfully. Even with the two Empress Dowagers, they did not dare to refute the Emperor in the face of absolute facts.

"My queen, the little prince's head has emerged. Please use more strength..."

The midwife was still cheering her on, but Shen Yao wasn't nervous at all.

She could feel that the three babies in her belly were eager to come into this world.