novelaction Chapter 360 Brother's Death and Brother's Death 9
Chapter 360 Brother's Death and Brother's Death 9
"Have you prepared everything?" Jiang Chunxi said, "Go and tell the musicians to pay extra attention when they play music for me tonight. Don't make any mistakes or play the wrong notes."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I'll go and tell the musicians right away." Wen Qing hurried outside.
Jiang Chunxi has prepared a Dunhuang dance tonight, and even the dance costumes are specially made. I guarantee that the emperor will be stunned when he sees it. What's more, it is a Dunhuang dance, so the visual experience is one plus one equals two. I guarantee that the emperor will feel incomparable stimulation.
And the fact is indeed so. Jiang Chunxi's hard work tonight really stimulated the emperor. As a result, the emperor favored Jiang Chunxi for half a month before turning to other concubines for cuckoldry.
Time soon came to the New Year's Eve palace banquet. That night, all the ministers in the court entered the palace with their families.
Jiang Chunxi's father in this world was a third-rank official, so the couple naturally entered the palace. However, due to the rules of the palace, Jiang Chunxi did not speak to her parents and just looked at each other from a distance.
"vomit!"
After the palace banquet had been going on for a while, several concubines and Jiang Chunxi suddenly vomited.
The Queen Mother's face suddenly changed, but soon returned to normal: "It seems that the royal family is going to have a happy event. The Emperor should quickly send someone to send the concubines who vomited back, and let the imperial physician see them."
"Your Majesty, do you mean that I am pregnant?" Jiang Chunxi's face was not happy. "But I just summoned the imperial physician two days ago, and the imperial physician did not say that I am pregnant!"
"It's strange. I've been sleepy lately and always feel nauseous. I can't stand the smell of fish. Plus, my period didn't come as expected this month. I thought I was pregnant, but the doctor said I wasn't."
"Your Majesty, my condition is the same as Concubine Jiang's, but the imperial physician also said that I do not have a pulse of pregnancy." This was the voice of Concubine Sun, and as Concubine Sun's voice fell, several other concubines who had vomited said the same thing.
The empress dowager's face almost turned dark. What was going on? The empress dowager naturally believed the imperial physicians of the Imperial Medical Bureau. Since the imperial physicians said that Concubine Jiang and others were not pregnant, it must be true. After all, if Concubine Jiang and others were really pregnant, the imperial physicians of the Imperial Medical Bureau would have reported it to her long ago.
But if Concubine Jiang and others were not pregnant, then according to what they said, they were definitely pregnant. So what was going on? The Empress Dowager couldn't help but feel a little panicked.
In fact, the empress dowager did not give the concubines sterilization drugs mainly because she thought that if no one in the harem became pregnant, not to mention the emperor, even the ministers in the court would probably become suspicious.
Musk and safflower cannot completely prevent women from getting pregnant. After all, they are not taken directly, so how can they have such a great effect? However, if pregnant women are exposed to these two things for a long time, it will have a great impact on the fetus in the belly.
If the mother is weak and is exposed to these two things every day, she will definitely have a miscarriage. If the mother is healthy, even if she can give birth to the baby safely, the baby will definitely be sickly.
This child is weak from birth, so it is hard to say whether he can be raised. Of course, the Queen Mother will not allow too many weak princes to be born. She has already made plans. If the concubine is pregnant with a girl, then there is no need to worry about it.
But if the baby is a boy, whether it can be born depends on the situation.
"Since the imperial physician said you are not pregnant, then you are definitely not pregnant," the queen said. "Okay, I think you just have a stomachache. Let's go back and let the imperial physician prescribe some medicine for you."
Although the Queen didn't know why Concubine Jiang and others were in such a situation, her intuition told her that she must let Concubine Jiang and others leave quickly.
"Your Majesty, it would be fine if only Concubine Jiang had this condition, but since so many concubines have this condition, I think it would be better to let the emperor's imperial physician come and take a look." Lord Jiang stood up and spoke. He instinctively felt that this matter was not simple.
"Master Jiang, who gave you the courage to say such a thing?" the Queen Mother said sternly, "How can the Emperor's imperial physician treat a concubine? I think you are simply outrageous."
"Empress Dowager, I think there is nothing wrong with what Lord Jiang said," the one who stood up to speak was Lord Wu, and he was the father of Concubine Wu. Concubine Wu was naturally one of the concubines who vomited. After all, Concubine Wu's family background was there, and it was impossible for the emperor to not favor her forever. "It's just to check the pulses of the ladies. It won't cause any trouble. Why does the Empress Dowager have to speak so seriously?"
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As Lord Wu finished his words, two more ministers stood up and spoke. They were also the fathers of the concubines who vomited.
They were all old foxes in the court, and they realized something was wrong at once. Naturally, they couldn't let the empress dowager help the queen to fool them.
The Queen is the Queen Mother's niece.
Yes, at most these ministers thought that the empress dowager wanted to cover up something for the queen, and did not think about it in terms of brother-to-brother succession. After all, the emperor was the empress dowager's biological son, and no normal person would speculate in this direction!
"Alright," the emperor finally spoke, "Imperial Physician Xuankang and Imperial Physician Meng."
"Your Majesty..." The Queen was about to speak when the Queen Mother stopped her with a look, forcing her to shut her mouth.
"Then let's ask Imperial Physician Xuankang and Imperial Physician Meng!" The Queen Mother stopped the Queen and then spoke, "lest Lord Jiang and others think that I am covering up for someone."
"We dare not." Lord Jiang and others hurriedly said in fear and trepidation:
"Alright, you've said what you want to say. What else do you dare not do?" The Queen Mother sneered, "And don't you think about it? I am the Emperor's biological mother. Can I allow someone to stir up trouble in the Emperor's harem?"
"Royal brother, you just let Lord Jiang and others question the Queen Mother like this," Prince Gong finally found an opportunity to speak, "Lord Jiang and others' words just now clearly imply that they are doubting the Queen Mother."
"Alright, shut up," the Queen Mother scolded her youngest son, "I know very well how filial your brother is to me, and I won't allow you to question his filial piety to me."
"Your Majesty," the Queen Mother then looked at her eldest son, "You know your brother's temper very well. Don't bother with him."
"Don't worry, mother. Why would I bother with my own brother?" The emperor said in a calm tone, making it impossible to tell his emotions.