Little Cardamom - Chapter 52

The audience was silent, and for a moment, the theater building and the cool room below were so quiet that a needle could be heard. I don’t know who stood up first, the beauties in palace costumes all stood up in twos and threes, and saluted together: “I have seen the emperor, the emperor is blessed and safe.”

Emperor Cheng Kang didn’t make a sound, everyone was half-blessed and didn’t dare to get up by himself as usual, even Jia Shuyi who was very proud of her child was not at all pretentious, tense and half-yielding, behaved well.

Cheng Kangdi’s expression was difficult to distinguish, and he walked up to Jia Shuyi with his hands behind his back.

Jia Shuyi was also obedient, she knew something was wrong, she quickly admitted her mistake and said: “The concubine made a slip of the tongue, please be punished by Your Majesty.”

She was also used to speaking bluntly in front of Emperor Chengkang on weekdays, and said many things that were out of order. Cheng Kangdi was used to beauties in the harem being obedient and respectful, so he indulged her occasional presumptuousness.

This time I accidentally offended His Royal Highness King Dingbei. She thought that she would admit her mistake obediently, and the emperor would at most reprimand her and she would gently expose the matter. After all, she usually refuses to admit her mistake or admits it reluctantly. Well, the emperor didn’t really take her seriously.

But Cheng Kangdi’s attitude today was a bit unexpected, his voice was cold and majestic: “If you don’t change after repeated admonition, I should punish you.”

“Your Majesty!” Jia Shuyi hurriedly raised her head.

“Come on.”

Seeing that Emperor Chengkang was going to make a real move, she hurriedly turned around, gave Jiang Xu and Ming Tan a deep blessing, and quickly said before Emperor Chengkang gave orders: “My lord, my concubine, just now I made a slip of the tongue, please ask my lord and my concubine Forgive me.”

Ming Tan looks at Jia Shuyi with admiration at the moment, she is not brainless at all, at least at critical moments, she is very relaxed.

Jia Shuyi is indeed considered Zhang Zhi frivolous in the harem. Relying on her good family background, she often provokes high-ranking concubines, bullies low-ranking concubines, and even dares to insinuate that the queen is unfavorable outside the queen’s palace. It is the family background and the arrogance that is not afraid of death.

She knew that Concubine Lan had always been an innocent and talented girl, so she must have disdain to argue with her. As long as she was not too presumptuous, Concubine Lan would not fight back.

And the empress always maintains a magnanimous, virtuous and dignified demeanor of the mother of the country. In her eyes, all the quarrels in the harem are nothing more than concubines. Even if she arranges a few words about her in private, she would not bother to do it Put down your figure and make more calculations.

Just now she ridiculed Ming Tan, she was out of breath for a while, she really lost her sense of proportion, unfortunately, she was bumped into by the emperor and King Dingbei again, the emperor was fine, mainly because King Dingbei killed a Hou Ye a while ago. What else can I do when I meet this unprovoked killing god, I can only admit cowardice.

She admits it without hesitation, but there is no reason in this world that if you admit it, others must accept it.

“If you commit a crime, you can cover it up with a slip of the tongue, and what you want the law to do.” Jiang Xu said coldly.

Emperor Chengkang pondered for a moment, then nodded: “King Dingbei’s words are reasonable, come, Jia Shuyi…”

Seeing this, Jia Shuyi was in a hurry, and suddenly frowned and covered her stomach, shouted softly, and made an appearance of patience: “Chen, my stomach—”

The palace concubine who helped her talk before helped her to sit down, and said anxiously: “Your Majesty, Jia Shuyi is not feeling well, maybe it is caused by the fetus in the womb. According to my concubine’s opinion, it is better to let Jia Shuyi go back to rest first.” Come on, it’s not too late to talk about other things later.”

“If you’re not feeling well, you can rest if you rest. If there’s an emergency over there, can you wait until you get better?” Jiang Xu said casually, “If there’s a war, fight it, and if you’re sick, treat it.”

Emperor Cheng Kang glanced at Jia Shuyi, and ordered in a deep voice: “Come here, please ask the imperial physician.”

Jiang Xu: “Please confer the title of Imperial Physician.”

Jia Shuyi bit her lip and looked at Emperor Chengkang: “Your Majesty, the concubine’s concubine’s fetus has always been seen by Imperial Doctor Li.”

“Shuyi can’t trust the Imperial Physician?”

She held back the panic and fear in her heart and said: “Then, can the prince not trust Doctor Li?”

“I can’t believe it.”

“…”

Only His Royal Highness Dingbei Wang dared to say this.

There was no one to refute, and Emperor Chengkang sat at the head with mixed emotions, waiting for the doctor Feng to come to take the pulse.

In fact, everyone present here is very clear in their hearts, how can they be unwell by such a coincidence, whether they will be given a step or not, it is all up to the emperor’s will.

It’s just that His Royal Highness Ding Bei Wang would be so serious for the sake of the princess, and directly made the decision for the emperor, not to give Jia Shuyi any shame.

Sure enough, Imperial Physician Feng took the pulse several times carefully, and said cautiously: “Return to Your Majesty, the dragon fetus in Empress Shuyi’s womb is very stable. It stands to reason that it should not have abdominal pain. This abdominal pain… I really don’t know where to come from.” come.”

Jia Shuyi was terrified in her heart, she bit her lip and dared not speak out.

Emperor Chengkang looked at her for a while, and suddenly he blew his head angrily: “Pa——”

The sound of porcelain shattering was extremely crisp, and everyone knelt down unconsciously. Only Jiang Xu stood with his hands behind his back, fearless of the emperor’s wrath.

“Jia Shuyi’s words and deeds are insignificant, and she uses her son to favor her, so she is not worthy of the position of Shuyi. She will be demoted to a noble person, and she will be confined until she returns to the palace, so she can calmly raise her baby and think about her past.” Emperor Chengkang made a final decision in a calm voice. conclusion.

Jiang Xu nodded slightly: “Your Majesty is wise.”

Others also hurriedly shouted: “Your Majesty is holy!”

Cheng Kangdi: “…”

He glared at Jiang Xu angrily.

Jiang Xu seemed not aware of it: “If there is nothing wrong, I will leave.”

Cheng Kangdi waved his sleeves, signaling him to get out of here.

He turned around and walked in front of Ming Tan, stretched out his hand towards Ming Tan who was still kneeling on the ground, and said quietly: “Get up.”

Is this possible?

It seems that no one has an opinion.

Ming Tan paused, carefully stretched out his little hand, and slowly got up. After getting up, she bowed to Emperor Chengkang, and was led by Jiang Xu obediently, and left the cool room step by step.

Concubines: “…”

It was a little envious.

Ming Tan breathed a sigh of relief when she walked to a place far away from the cold room, but she was still worried, and while taking small steps forward, she asked after deliberation: “Husband, you are like that just now, will the emperor be a little… “

As if forcing the emperor to dispose of Jia Shuyi, I always feel that the emperor will be dissatisfied with him. How to put it, Jia Shuyi is pregnant with dragon sons, and the face of dragon sons should be given.

If Jia Shuyi is depressed because of this and hurts the fetus in the womb, it is hard to guarantee that the emperor will not have a grudge against him in the future.

But Jiang Xu didn’t take it seriously, he just replied: “It’s okay.”

Since he said this, he presumably had his own sense of propriety, and although he didn’t know why, Ming Tan also felt that Emperor Chengkang’s trust in Jiang Xu seemed to have exceeded the trust that ordinary monarchs and ministers and royal cousins ​​should have.

Thinking of this, Ming Tan nodded obediently, and did not continue to ask. It’s just that she hesitated again, and talked about another topic coyly: “Actually, what Jia Shuyi…Jiagui said is true. Husband, we have been married for more than three months, and my stomach doesn’t seem to be moving at all. “

“It’s only March, what do you want to do?”

“Then many people are newlyweds and they will be happy…”

“Then many families still have no heirs for life.”

“…”

“Which one?”

Ming Tan was genuinely curious.

Jiang Xu paused: “I’m not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry, and a woman’s early pregnancy is not good for her body.”

“Oh.”

When Jiang Xu said that, Ming Tan was relieved a lot. Since the husband is not in a hurry, then she is not in a hurry, and she really has no plans to become a mother.

The garden is quiet in the evening.

Jiang Xu left the garden and went to work in the military camp. Ming Tan was bored playing the piano in the pavilion, but Concubine Lan came to find her on her own initiative.

Ming Tan was slightly surprised: “Lady Concubine Lan.”

“Princess.” Lan Fei saluted.

Lan Fei is a light and graceful beauty, her temperament is somewhat similar to that of Shen Hua, but in comparison, Lan Fei is more calm, looking a little cold and cold. Ming Tan has seen her several times, but has never heard of her. Said a few words.

Before Ming Tan could speak, Concubine Lan took the initiative to explain: “Thank you, Concubine Wang, for not caring about me today. I really have no other intentions when I click on “The Full Moon”.

“I know, Concubine Lan doesn’t have to worry about it.”

Concubine Shu asked her to choose between “The Rain of the Indus” and “The Full Moon”, and it was absolutely impossible for her to choose “The Rain of the Indus”.

Sadness is one thing, the most important thing is that “Wu Tong Yu” is about the love between the emperor and his favorite concubine, and the queen is still sitting there, so what’s the matter praising the true love between the emperor and his favorite concubine?

“It’s just that the harem is full of chaos. Concubine Lan needs to be more careful in the future.” She reminded.

Concubine Lan didn’t know what to think of, she was silent for a while, then nodded lightly: “By the way, I saw that Wangfei likes to eat lychees today, and there happened to be some fresh ones in the palace, so I brought them over along the way.”

Ming Tan saw it, and said with a smile: “Thank you, Concubine Lan, for your kindness.”

Ming Tan really likes to eat lychee, but this fresh lychee is a rare item, this time the tribute, apart from the queen, only the second concubine Shulan, as well as the noble lady who is pregnant.

Yesterday, Chunxing Pavilion also sent a small basket, she had already finished eating it, and today I used another small dish in the cold room, still a bit greedy, I didn’t expect that Concubine Lan would like her, and look at it This amount is to send all the rewards from the emperor.

Concubine Lan said again: “The lychee is warm in nature, but it will be cold after being soaked in the ice mirror. It is better for the princess to eat slowly.”

Ming Tan reservedly agreed.

But after Concubine Lan left, Ming Tan hurriedly ordered the maid to put out all the lychees.

It’s not watching a show in the cool room, and she doesn’t have to peel it by herself. While eating the ice lychees peeled by the maidservants, people are dyed with Danko, and Su Xin is still reading to her, listening to the night wind. Cozy” is a great word.

But if he knew that the price of this comfort was abdominal cramps in the middle of the night, and the whole Yongchun Garden mistakenly thought that someone was killed in the Spring Star Pavilion, and the Holy One almost came here, Ming Tan would definitely listen to Lan Fei’s words.

“How is the princess?”

Imperial Physician Feng deliberated: “Princess eats too much ice lychee, again, again…”

“And what?”

“The letter arrives again every month, so I have cramps in my lower abdomen.”

Doctor Feng was startled by the anxious look when the servant girl came to look for him, and the sweat on his back was blown dry by the wind, and it was still chilly: “My minister has prescribed a remedy for the concubine. It varies from person to person, and it may take some time before the pain can be relieved.”

Jiang Xu: “…”

He was in the camp tonight, he was going to hold a candle meeting with the generals who came back from Qingzhou, when someone came to report that the concubine had abdominal cramps, her face was pale, she suspected that someone had poisoned her, so he had to leave all the generals behind and hurried back.

But I ate too many lychees.

He was silent, and suddenly lifted the curtain and entered the room.

Inside the house, Ming Tan curled up on the couch, he had no strength to cry anymore. The lower abdomen was still cramping, and every time it hit, beads of sweat would roll down her forehead, she curled up into a small ball, the pain was so painful that her consciousness was a little blurred.

The matter discussed today is very important, and Jiang Xu was a little bored to be interrupted by such absurd things. Seeing her disheveled hair, pale face, uncomfortable and pitiful appearance, the boredom immediately are replaced by other emotions.

He sat on the edge of the couch, and gently helped her brush away the hair sticking to her face. His rough fingertips stayed on her soft little face for a while, and just as he was about to lean over, he met her dimly opened eyes again.

“Husband.” Her voice was very small, and she was crying, “What’s wrong with A-Tan, is A-Tan going to die?”

“Nothing, don’t be afraid.”

He thought for a while, picked her up, held her in his arms, and pressed his warm palm against her lower abdomen.

“What’s the matter with Ah Tan? He bled a lot just now. Could it be that he ate something wrong and had a miscarriage?”

She had never felt such pain in the past, and today she frequently mentioned the matter of pregnancy, so she subconsciously thought about it.

Jiang Xu had no idea why she thought of this, and was speechless for a moment, not knowing whether he should answer or not.

Seeing that he didn’t make a sound, Ming Tan thought it was a tacit agreement, and tears flowed down his face: “A Tan is sorry for our unborn child, it’s all Ah Tan’s fault, what is it, is it Jia Guiren? …”

“No, it’s not a miscarriage, it’s just that I ate too many frozen lychees and received a monthly letter.” Jiang Xu had no choice but to explain.

“…”

Ming Tan immediately stopped crying, looked at Jiang Xu with teary eyes, and hiccupped unconsciously.