Chapter 343 Return to School
Madame Sun, who was in charge of serving, asked in a low voice: "Empress Dowager, do you want me to wake Niu Niu up?"
The Queen Mother hurriedly shook her head.
Even if it wasn't for the child who hadn't appeared yet, she didn't want to disturb Niu Niu's sleep.
Niu Niu slept until she woke up naturally. She opened her eyes dazedly and saw the Queen Mother staring at her with sparkling eyes.
"My dear, did you have a dream? What did you dream about?" The Queen Mother asked expectantly.
Niu Niu tilted her head and pretended to recall.
Madame Sun and Qian Rongsheng were very anxious, but they didn't dare to urge Niu Niu.
Niu Niu said after a long time: "I dreamed of the Goddess of Childbirth..."
When the Queen Mother heard this, she couldn't help but breathe lighter.
"What did you say to the Goddess of Childbirth?" the Queen Mother asked.
"The Goddess of Childbirth said she didn't come to the palace to give birth to a child." Niu Niu said.
When the Queen Mother heard this, the light in her eyes suddenly went out.
Niu Niu continued, "I grabbed the sleeve of the Goddess of Childbirth and I wouldn't let her go!"
The Queen Mother's eyes lit up again, staring at the little girl's mouth.
"The Goddess of Childbirth must go, so I followed her and made her give a child."
The Queen Mother immediately asked, "Did the Goddess of Childbirth agree?"
Niu Niu nodded, "The Queen Mother agreed, but she also said that she could only give one child. She also said that if I hadn't made a fuss and didn't let her go, there wouldn't have been any."
Hearing that there was only one, the Queen Mother's face instantly burst into infinite joy.
Niu Niu felt very guilty and said, "I'm sorry, Queen Mother, I'm so incompetent. I should have asked the Queen Mother for more."
The Queen Mother had already become very low-key in her nearly 30 years of waiting. It was good enough to have a child. How could she dare to ask for more.
"It's okay, it's okay. Even if there is only one, thank you, Grandma." The Queen Mother held Niu Niu in her arms and thought she was cute no matter how she looked at her.
Although the Queen Mother also thought that this only child might be a girl, it would be good to have a girl, which is better than the emperor having no child at all.
Although this was just a child's dream, the Queen Mother still gave a death order to the servants in her palace, not allowing them to tell this matter casually.
"Let someone pass the "Tongshi" to me to see."
"Tongshi" is a booklet that records the emperor's sexual life. It has always been kept by the Queen. Now that the Central Palace is vacant, this thing is directly placed in the Jingshifang.
After the Queen Mother passed it over, she immediately saw many names of Concubine Li on it. She didn't think it was anything in the past, but now she just felt that it was very annoying.
However, in recent days, the emperor seems to have favored the concubine less. The emperor said that it was not credible to pray for a child, but in fact, he has favored the concubines who have adopted daughters recently.
Although Concubine Luo did not raise a child, because Niuniu liked her, the emperor could often see her in Shoukang Palace. There is no man who does not love beauty. In the past three days, Concubine Luo was favored.
The Queen Mother closed the booklet and thought that she had already guessed it. When Lady Luo came to pay respects in the afternoon and wanted to accompany Niuniu to do homework, the Queen Mother looked at her with a bit of eagerness.
Lady Luo didn't know what was going on, but she didn't dare to ask more. She still looked honest. Only when facing Niuniu did she show some of her true nature.
"My dear, you seem to have more strength to write recently." Lady Luo looked at Niuniu's latest big characters in surprise.
She didn't expect that Niuniu would make such great progress in just a few days.
Niu Niu raised her head and said, "Maybe it's because my sister taught me a good method. After holding the egg for two days, I feel that my hands are strong! Also, I have gained weight recently! The Queen Mother hugged me and said that I was heavier than before and that I was a little fat girl now!"
Luo Meiren stretched out her hand to pinch Niu Niu's little face and chuckled, "Little fat girl is the most lovable!"
Niu Niu didn't think that little fat girl was an insult, and smiled and kissed Luo Meiren.
Niu Niu liked the beautiful sister the most. She felt that leaning on Luo Meiren's arms, her handwriting was more beautiful than usual.
The Queen Mother looked at this situation from a distance and couldn't help saying to Sun Ma beside her, "If this time it can really be done as you wish, then Niu Niu will be a great contributor."
Sun Ma naturally said nice words without money, and she whispered, "Queen Mother, do you feel that sleeping with Niu Niu seems to be particularly comfortable?"
The Queen Mother was stunned when she heard this.
She had been thinking about Niuniu's dream talk before, but she didn't notice that she slept particularly comfortably today. She seemed to feel lighter all over, just like a person who had just recovered from a serious illness.
After dinner, Niuniu suddenly found that her bedding was carried to the Queen Mother.
"Queen Mother, is my room going to be shared with others?" Niuniu asked with a pair of innocent eyes.
The Queen Mother said: "Your room is still reserved for you alone, but the Queen Mother always can't sleep alone at night, so I want Niuniu to coax me to sleep. Niuniu, are you willing?"
The Queen Mother learned how to get along with children without any instruction. When Niuniu heard this, she immediately patted her belly and said: "It turns out that the Queen Mother needs my help. Don't worry, I am the best at coaxing people to sleep!"
The Queen Mother had seen Niuniu's magic many times, but she was still very surprised when she got up early the next day.
It had been a long time since she had slept well until dawn like she did now. She didn't have endless dreams, and she only felt the solid comfort of returning to her mother's arms.
And her mother has been dead for decades. The Queen Mother couldn't help but think about this good night's sleep during the day.
It wasn't until after breakfast that Niuniu rushed out of Shoukang Palace with a small schoolbag on her back happily that the Queen Mother came back to her senses.
"At noon, I asked the imperial kitchen to cook more of Niu Niu's favorite dishes..." The Queen Mother just said this, and suddenly added: "Ask the imperial kitchen to make an extra portion of food and send it to the school. With all the traveling back and forth, Mr. Gu probably won’t have time to eat.”
Qian Rongsheng naturally knew that the Queen Mother was in love with the house and was worried that Gu Mingda would be hungry, so he said with a smile: "The Queen Mother, I want to ask you for this job, and I can work with Luo Meiren to bring Niu Niu back. "
The Queen Mother nodded casually. She didn't have many other ideas about learning how to deliver food by car. Asking Qian Rongsheng to make the trip in person would also deter those people in the imperial dining room who flattered other people from other places, so that they would not dare to mess around with Gu Mingda's food.
Niu Niu almost dragged Luo Mei and Shen Ling forward and said, "Sister Meiren, today is the first day that my father has come to the palace to attend classes. I want to see if my father misses me after so many days!"