kingnovel Chapter 354 Raising Children
Chapter 354 Raising Children
There was suddenly a new Concubine Xi in the palace, and she was pregnant, so the palace was naturally very lively.
Everyone was busy congratulating Concubine Yang.
The emperor came to Fengyi Palace today. Everyone did not dare to stay for long, and left one after another after paying their respects.
After only the emperor and the empress were left in Fengyi Palace, the palace servants helped the emperor change his clothes, while the empress sat beside him drinking medicinal tea.
The Emperor: "Today in the court, the ministers were all talking about the selection of candidates."
The Queen said calmly, "The Emperor has been on the throne for half a year now, and it's time to consider taking in new people."
Emperor: "...I refuse."
"The Imperial Astronomical Observatory says there might be a snowstorm this year, and fighting on the front lines also requires money. How can I waste national resources on a selection?"
"There will be no new members entering the harem this year. We will discuss the selection next year."
The Queen nonchalantly praised: "Your Majesty is wise."
As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help coughing twice, and raised his handkerchief to suppress the discomfort in his throat.
The emperor said to himself, "There are now several more pregnant women in the harem. I'm afraid the queen will have to work hard for a while."
The Queen said: "I am incompetent and cannot bear a child for His Majesty. Now even my health is not improving, and I have caused His Majesty to worry about trivial matters in the harem."
"Fortunately, with the help of Concubine Zhaode and Concubine Wen, the six palaces are now peaceful and worry-free."
The emperor also likes the peace and tranquility of the harem. "Concubine Wen is weak in character and needs more experience. Concubine Zhaode is now more capable of taking on responsibilities, but her family background is still somewhat lacking."
The Queen smiled and said, "I heard that Concubine Zhaode's brother received an excellent score in the assessment of local governance and has made quite good achievements. The Emperor is currently seeking someone, so he will naturally consider him."
The emperor thought about it and said nothing.
It wasn't the first or fifteenth day of the lunar month, and the emperor came to the queen's palace specially. It was definitely not just to mention a few words about not selecting a concubine.
The Emperor said, "Wu Baolin is already eight months pregnant and will give birth in another month or two. However, she has a bad temper and is not suitable for raising a child. Does the Empress have any recommendations for someone else?"
The Queen thought for a moment, "The only concubines without children now are Concubine Sun and Concubine Wen. Among the nine concubines, there is only Xian Zhaoyuan."
Concubine Sun is also known as Concubine Jing.
The queen also felt that it was not nice to read, and thought that the emperor probably thought the name was not nice, so he gave it the word Jing.
Unexpectedly, Concubine Sun was not taught a lesson at all.
The emperor's face darkened slightly: "Just these few people?"
Princess Sun didn't have to think about it, she knew the emperor would definitely not let her raise the child.
Concubine Wen was a princess of the Xia Dynasty. The emperor honored the empress but did not like to honor Concubine Wen.
Besides, isn’t giving the child to Concubine Wen to raise the same as giving it to the Queen?
The emperor would not agree, and the queen would not mention it.
Only Xian Zhaoyuan is left.
The Queen said: "Xian Zhaoyuan has a gentle temperament and is considerate and thoughtful. She is indeed suitable for raising children."
The emperor frowned and asked, "The queen is recommending her this time, but she doesn't mind her past disrespect?"
At the beginning, the empress dowager was dissatisfied with the queen and used Xian Zhaoyuan to compete with the queen. The emperor thought that the queen would be a little bothered.
The Queen laughed and said, "When has she ever been disrespectful to me? How could I not remember it?"
The emperor raised his eyebrows.
Eunuch Shi'an, standing by, immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have heard that although Xian Zhaoyuan is favored by the Empress Dowager, she is not at all arrogant. She comes to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager every day and has never done anything out of line. The Empress Dowager even praised Xian Zhaoyuan."
When Xian Zhaoyuan was favored by the Empress Dowager, she came to pay her respects although she was late.
The Queen also knew that she was in a dilemma, and since Xian Zhaoyuan had a good attitude, she did not make a fuss about it.
The emperor didn't pay attention to these little things before, but now that he heard about it, he already had a struggle in his heart.
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News from the harem always spreads the fastest.
Concubine Zhaode and Concubine Jing had a quarrel, and Concubine Jing's title was lost due to the quarrel.
The people in the palace once again realized how favored Concubine Zhaode was.
Lady Lu enthusiastically shared her experiences with Xie Run along the way, but Xie Run could only smile helplessly.
"How do you know that the Emperor stripped Concubine Jing of her title because he favored me, rather than because he had already been planning to punish her based on her actions and just wanted to use an excuse to spread the word today?"
Concubine Lu subconsciously said, "That's why the Emperor favors the Empress! Concubine Jing has bullied so many people, and each one of them has an excuse. Why doesn't the Emperor vent his anger on them?"
Xie Run: "Because the emperor happened to run into it today."
Lady Lu was quiet for a moment, then whispered, "Sis, what you said today reminded me of something."
"what's up?"
"It rained a while ago, and I was bored, so I took the maids to pick up flower petals. I happened to see Xian Zhaoyuan and Hui Xiuyi arguing."
Xie Run was really curious this time.
"Hui Xiuyi considers herself aloof and usually doesn't interact with others. Xian Zhaoyuan is also a quiet and peaceful person. How could there be any conflict between these two?"
This news is as unreliable as the claim that Xie Run and Concubine Wen had a quarrel.
However, since it came from Lady Lu's mouth, Xie Run believed it a little.
Lady Lu: "That day, the Third Princess's nurse took her out to play. Hui Xiuyi, who had just returned from her visit, found out about it and hurriedly took people to look for her. She flew into a rage."
"Sister Xie should know how much Hui Xiuyi values the Third Princess."
"She was in such a hurry that she accidentally bumped into the Sixth Prince's wet nurse, frightening him. Xian Zhaoyuan saw this and spoke up for him, and the two of them started arguing."
Hui Xiuyi is aloof and looks down on other concubines, and also looks down on the unfavored Sixth Prince.
Who asked the Sixth Prince's biological mother to be of such a status, and to be adopted in the front yard of the palace as soon as he was born?
Even after entering the palace, no one mentioned the Sixth Prince.
The Sixth Prince lives like an invisible man.
Hui Xiuyi was worried about her own daughter, so she didn't care much about scaring the Sixth Prince. Xian Zhaoyuan was a good-tempered person, so she said a few words when she couldn't stand it.
Pianxian Zhaoyuan is a person with a bad mouth. When she meets someone who is equally bad mouthed but a bit more aloof and mean, she is immediately no match for him.
Lady Lu: "This was originally a small matter, not many people knew about it."
"But that day, from a distance, I vaguely saw the shadow of a yellow umbrella flash across the top of the forest. At the time, I thought I was dazzled, but now I think that the emperor was there too."
It was also because Concubine Lu loved to travel around and had been to many places throughout the palace that she encountered so many exciting things.
Lady Lu mentioned this matter simply to say that the emperor still favored Xie Run.
But Xie Run heard something different.
The emperor values offspring very much. Given his personality, it is unlikely that he would just stand by and watch the show, ignoring the third princess and the sixth prince.
After returning to his own palace, Xie Run asked someone to inquire about the matter of the Sixth Prince and Xian Zhaoyuan.
"Some time ago, everyone was looking at the baby in Wu Baolin's belly, wanting to hold it in their arms and raise it after it was born."