The news of the queen's pregnancy spread wildly, and the lunch time was well known to everyone in the harem. Compared to the calmness in her heart, the concubines seemed much calmer on the surface. Everyone knows that it is not a good thing to be the first to stand out at this time, and the Cining Palace was later received. It was the emperor who told her the news when he went to pay tribute to the Empress Dowager after lunch at the Empress. "Mother, the Queen, the Queen has been pregnant for nearly two months!"

"The queen is really pregnant again?" The queen asked in surprise. It was less than a year after the queen gave birth to the princess. It was really a strange thing in terms of the queen's grade.

The emperor smiled and said, "My son couldn't believe it at first, even the queen was surprised. She chased the imperial physician like me and asked for a long time!"

"What? Even the queen doesn't know she is pregnant?"

The emperor nodded, "Today, I went to the queen for lunch. I happened to meet the imperial physician to ask for the queen's pulse. I learned the news. Otherwise, I would have to wait another month before I could know this great event!" According to the queen's behavior when she was pregnant with the princess, she must have waited for the first three months before she could tell it.

"It's really a great joy!" The Empress Dowager smiled faintly. If the Empress gave birth to another prince, it would be a great disadvantage to the Deng family. However, no matter what, it is a fact that the emperor's descendants are weak, and it is indeed a great joy to be pregnant with the concubines in the harem. "If the Empress can give birth to a prince this time, it will be even more joyful!"

The emperor agreed, "Yes! The queen has already given birth to a princess. It would be great if she could give me another prince!" Then she smiled, "I just saw that the queen likes to eat sweet and sour foods when I was having dinner with the queen. The palace servants of Kunning Palace also said that the queen would eat three boxes of sour plum cakes a day these days. There are people saying that the girl is sour and spicy. It seems that the queen's baby does look like a male baby!"

It is obvious that the emperor has regarded the child in the queen's belly as a prince, so the empress dowager's smile faded a little, "It would be great to be a prince. The eldest prince can also have multiple brothers. The eldest prince has been alone in recent years!"

Knowing that the Empress Dowager loved the eldest prince, the emperor was also tactful and stopped mentioning the queen's child. I remember that the Empress Dowager was now starting to choose a concubine for the eldest prince, so he asked, "Now that palace maid has a big belly, and the candidate for the eldest prince's concubine should be decided!"

The Empress Dowager said, "The Ai family has already taken a fancy to a few, and they will decide when they see someone!" I remembered that the emperor sent Miss Huang, whom she was interested in, to Rouran, and he couldn't help but blame him slightly, "If the emperor had not sent the legitimate daughters of Huang Xiao's family to marry last year, the candidate for the eldest prince's concubine would have been decided long ago!" The Empress Dowager last year believed that Miss Huang was the eldest prince's concubine.

The queen became pregnant last year, and it was the second offspring that the emperor had only had more than ten years. She was so happy that the emperor could not care about anything else. Naturally, he could listen to whatever the queen said. Even though he knew that the queen was using her belly to make a flirting, she still obeyed her will. Looking back now, it was indeed inappropriate. After all, before the queen gave birth to a prince, he had only one son, and only this hope. Although the queen is pregnant again, the eldest prince's marriage cannot be delayed any longer.

"I remember that the Huang family also has a second daughter, and now she is at the age of marriage. If the mother likes it, she can take a look!"

The emperor's meaning is self-evident, and the Empress Dowager also has this intention. "The Ai family has also inquired about it, and it is not bad compared to her sister. It's just that the eldest prince's marriage is of great importance, so the Ai family still wants to meet him!"

"Then I have to work hard for my mother. Next month's Mid-Autumn Festival moon-watching banquet is a good opportunity. My mother can take this opportunity to consider it!"

The Empress Dowager also made this plan, "The Ai family also thought so. Taking advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival, they will select the eldest prince's concubine!"

"But now that the queen is pregnant, it is not advisable to work on trivial matters in the palace anymore. I have to ask my mother and descendants to take care of the Mid-Autumn Festival moon banquet!"

The Empress Dowager looked at the emperor with dissatisfaction, "The Empress herself didn't even come to talk to the Ai family. The Emperor understood her first! This is because the Ai family is old and has to worry about the eldest prince's marriage. I really have no time to go to the harem. However, in the harem, there are many concubines in the position of concubines, so I just need to go to cook. Why bother to get tired of this old bone in the Ai family!"

The emperor was embarrassed, "But Concubine Shu was not from a high school and had limited knowledge, so she was embarrassed to have great responsibilities!"

The Empress Dowager said, "In addition to Concubine Shu, there is Concubine Li Concubine Hui. Concubine Hui's father is the governor of Changzhou. Concubine Li's grandfather has also served as the Minister of Shangshu Ling. Such a background should be enough!"

The emperor hesitated, "Concubine Li and Hui are young and have a little less stable behavior!"

"Then let's call Concubine Shu, Concubine Li, Concubine Hui and the other three together! The three of them have discussions and the rules set by the queen before, so I can't make any big mistakes!"

"That's good!" The emperor finally nodded in approval.

The Empress Dowager said again, "In this way, Concubine Li and Hui are busy dealing with the affairs of the six palaces. For a moment, I am afraid that I will not have the energy to serve the emperor. The Ai family saw that there were some concubines who were newly admitted to the palace two years ago, and they were good. When the emperor had time, they should go to their places to walk around more. If they could, they could grow branches and continue the royal bloodline!"

The emperor nodded, "What the queen said is that even the queen advised her son just now, and recommended Meiren Li from Xihuaxuan and Meiren Du from Qiudiyuan!"

Meiren Li has always been the leader of the Empress. It is not surprising that the Empress recommends Meiren Li to serve the Emperor when she is pregnant, but Meiren Du has been close to Concubine Shu all year round. Everyone in the palace knows this, and the Emperor also knows, how could the Empress recommend Meiren Du at this time? The Empress is so generous? The Empress Dowager does not comment, but she doesn't want the Empress to be beautiful alone. She said, "Mei Li is too lively, Meiren Du's temperament has become much calmer. When Meiren Jiang committed evil before, it was thanks to Meiren Du's help to suppress that ugly thing! Now the Emperor is not a young man, and he can't stand the quarrel, so go to Meiren Du's place more often!"

"Yes!" The emperor nodded and agreed, but he still thought of a fairness. The queen recommended two concubines to serve him in a fair manner. Although the queen arranged this way to show her magnanimity, she was unwilling to make the queen unhappy for these trivial matters.

Because the eldest prince is now living in Cining Palace and no one sees the eldest prince, the emperor asked, "Why don't you see the eldest prince?"

"Why did the emperor forget? On New Year's Eve last year, the emperor said that the eldest prince had also fought and would take the eldest prince to hunt in autumn this autumn. So from the beginning of spring this year, every other afternoon, the eldest prince would go to the schoolyard to practice martial arts and shoot archery with the palace guards! Now at this time, the eldest prince is teaching the field! The emperor wants to go and see it?"

"Okay! The autumn is coming soon. I will see how he is learning. When hunting for autumn, don't lose my face in front of the civil and military officials in front of the court, and the nobles!"
Chapter completed!