A quick journey starting from Wu Dalang

Chapter 278: The Goddess of Childbirth: Legend of Zhen Huan (8)

For a moment, there was only silence between the two. Zhen Huan, who had always been eloquent, didn't know what to say at this moment. After a long silence, Zhen Huan spoke: "Since the selection, there have been frequent good news from the palace. I really envy all the ladies."

"Hanhuan and I will also have children," the emperor said casually. Now there are more pregnant women in the palace, and more children are expected. The emperor, who is already cold-hearted, doesn't care about offspring anymore.

"I am looking forward to having a child with the Emperor." Zhen Huan's face was full of longing.

To have a child with the one you love is the fantasy of many girls in their boudoirs. Besides, the emperor's recent favor has already made Zhen Huan infatuated with her. Now seeing that the emperor ignores other pregnant concubines but is very gentle to herself, Zhen Huan can't help feeling some unspeakable pride.

The emperor didn't know what Zhen Huan was thinking. He didn't want her to get pregnant, not for anything else but for himself. In his opinion, the women in the outer rooms of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity were of low status and were not qualified to bear children for him.

But because of Shiyi, any woman who was favored by him would easily become pregnant. As a result, the women in the surrounding rooms were no longer suitable to serve him. However, since many concubines were pregnant, he could not let himself be wronged.

Moreover, he treated Zhen Huan as a substitute, and secretly wanted to let her have a child after he got over his addiction to being a substitute, but some things were not what he wanted.

There are still many residual souls in the first space that need to be reincarnated. Anyway, doesn't the emperor claim to like government affairs? Then let him be a workaholic and give the residual souls a rich life.

Shi Yi had no idea how the Emperor and Zhen Huan got along. At this moment, she was eating for free.

Ever since Concubine Hua discovered that Shiyi liked delicious food, she often invited Shiyi to dinner. Shiyi never refused anyone. The small kitchen in Concubine Hua's Yikun Palace was indeed very good. In just one month, Shiyi gained several pounds, although it was also because he was growing taller.

The Queen Mother had already treated Shiyi as her own daughter. When she saw how Hua Fei had fed Shiyi so well that she became plump and white, her attitude towards Hua Fei became much better.

The concubines who should have been competing with each other for beauty were now quietly resting in their own palaces and taking care of their pregnancies. For a moment, the atmosphere in the harem was exceptionally harmonious. The emperor suddenly realized that there was no woman in his harem that he could favor.

Now he had to be accompanied by memorials every day. After a long time, even the empress dowager felt that it was inappropriate. At the suggestion of the queen, the empress dowager made the decision to send a palace maid to the emperor.

Coincidentally, this palace maid was Yu Ying'er. When Shi Yi looked at Yu Ying'er with a calculating look in her eyes, he was really curious about how she had gone from being a palace maid who was bullied in Yime Garden to this point.

As long as it did not endanger the emperor's rule, no one would hide anything from Shiyi, so she found out the whole story easily.

On New Year's Eve, when the emperor and Concubine Hua were out for a walk, they happened to lose a jade pendant which was picked up by Yu Ying'er. Yu Ying'er didn't know the value of the jade pendant, so she picked it up and took it back. However, it was stolen by a palace maid who lived with her.

Yu Ying'er was already full of resentment because the other party left her alone in Yime Garden to pick flowers on New Year's Eve. Now that she learned that the jade pendant was stolen, Yu Ying'er immediately started yelling, and then the nanny who was in charge of them found out.

When the jade pendant was searched out, the nanny's face changed drastically. When Yu Ying'er saw it, she thought of the nobleman from the previous night and immediately understood something. She knelt on the ground and began to cry, saying that she had picked it up and wanted to give it to the nanny, but who knew it was stolen.

The nanny looked at the cracked jade pendant and immediately blamed the two of them. Yu Ying'er had no choice but to take the jade pendant to the Yangxin Palace to be punished. On the way, she met Zhu Xi who was beside the empress dowager.

When Zhu Xi saw Yu Ying'er's appearance, he changed his mind and saved Yu Ying'er. Only the other palace maid was punished alone and was sent to the Ministry of Punishment. Yu Ying'er stayed in the Empress Dowager's palace until today, when she was given to the Emperor by the Empress Dowager.

It seems that Yu Ying'er is destined to have this disaster. Fortunately, even Zhen Huan is pregnant now. All the concubines with names and surnames in the palace are pregnant. Yu Ying'er has also received training in the Empress Dowager's palace and will not offend others for no reason.

The harem was still peaceful, but what broke the peace was the emperor's request to go to the Old Summer Palace. The empress and Concubine Hua had to think hard about who to arrange for him to go with him.

In the past, everyone wanted to be with the emperor, but the situation is different now. Pregnant women should not travel by boat or train, but it is not a big deal for everyone to serve the emperor, and Yu Ying'er alone is not enough.

"Cousin, don't you still have me?" Shiyi volunteered. It was really too hot in the palace, and she also wanted to go to the Old Summer Palace to escape the heat.

"Of course there is one for you, but I can't let you serve the emperor. I have to find a few people who can serve the emperor," the queen said to herself. If she wants to serve the emperor and be able to get pregnant and give birth to children, she has to choose from among the ministers.

There were still many families who wanted to send their daughters into the palace, and Guaerjia was one of them. The queen naturally did not want a Manchu noblewoman to give birth to a prince, but when she thought that her own child was about to be born and Guaerjia was just preparing to enter the palace, she accepted it.

One Guarjia clan was not enough, so the empress selected several other families and finally chose three people. The four of them were sent to the palace together and became concubines like the concubines of the previous emperor. They stayed with the emperor temporarily and went to the Old Summer Palace with the emperor.

Shi Yi was enjoying the large single-person carriage happily, while the other concubines and Yu Ying'er were all squeezed together. The sticky feeling was very uncomfortable, especially when they were in the same room with the enemy, which made things even worse.

The Queen and Concubine Hua did not come with him due to their health reasons, so Shi Yi temporarily managed the affairs of the Old Summer Palace and lived in the Qingliang Palace where Concubine Hua used to live.

Everyone arrived at the Old Summer Palace in early April. Shiyi spent his days eating and drinking and finding people to play with him. His life was more comfortable than that of the emperor. If Shiyi had been interested, he would have even arranged a male favorite for himself.

The emperor was very happy to have a new beauty. He did not delay in reviewing memorials, but it was obvious that he spent all his free time with several concubines and Yu Ying'er.

"Greetings to the Imperial Concubine." Yu Ying'er was strolling in the garden and inadvertently came in front of Shi Yi. After paying her respects, she squatted down obediently.

"Get up." Shi didn't even look at it. She was busy playing Minesweeper on paper with the little palace maid.

"Thank you, Madam." Yu Ying'er stood up obediently, not showing any arrogance at all: "Madam, this game is quite interesting. I wonder if I am lucky enough to join in?"

"Chunhua, you come and teach Yu Ying." It must be said that Yu Ying'er's talent in playing games is very poor.

In order to please Shiyi, she started singing Kunqu Opera. She started singing so suddenly that Shiyi was surprised, but then he really admired her.