Chapter 374 Seize the Opportunity

Qin Jingshu obviously had this experience before. She still remembered the first day she had dinner with Concubine Xian. Concubine Xian was like a mother who had just found her child. She wanted to ask hundreds of questions during the meal.

Such meticulousness allowed Concubine Xian to know her adopted daughter's taste in the shortest time.

After Qin Jingshu said many times that she preferred to pick up the dishes by herself, Concubine Xian finally stopped worrying about it.

Niuniu could only say, "I want to eat ginger cake."

Concubine Xian stretched out her chopsticks to pick up a piece of ginger cake for Niuniu, and said, "Anything else? There is a whole morning of classes. How can one piece of ginger cake be enough?"

"Thank you, Concubine Xian, but like Jingshu, I prefer to do it myself." Niuniu said obediently.

Concubine Xian only corrected, "You should call her mother."

Niuniu:...

Niuniu is really not used to calling the emperor's concubine like this.

Concubine Xian looked at the little girl expectantly at this time.

"Good boy, just call her, otherwise she will keep looking at you." The queen mother said.

Niu Niu had no way to deal with these people, so she could only shout, "Xian mother concubine."

"Ah!" Xian concubine happily responded, as if she could have a child immediately after getting this shout.

Qin Jingshu looked at this scene, and suddenly felt sour in her heart. She knew that Xian concubine had been kind to her for a purpose in the past, but she had grown up so much, and even this kind of purposeful kindness was not very common.

Xian concubine suddenly saw Qin Jingshu stretching her chopsticks to pick up the mutton spring rolls, and immediately stopped her: "You child, aren't you getting angry? How can you eat this!"

Qin Jingshu was stunned when she heard this. She originally thought that Xian concubine would ignore her after having Niu Niu. At this time, seeing that Xian concubine's eyes were still full of concern, the sourness in Qin Jingshu's heart suddenly disappeared.

"Eat another bowl of white fungus soup, so that you won't cry again at night that the bubbles in your mouth hurt." Xian concubine advised.

The queen mother saw that her niece had Niu Niu and didn't forget the adopted daughter she recognized before, and nodded silently in her heart.

After Niuniu finished this warm breakfast, she and Qin Jingshu were taken to Baisunyuan by Concubine Xian's hand.

"You two, listen carefully in class. I'll pick you up after class." Concubine Xian said.

On the way, Niuniu knew that Concubine Xian would take her to school from now on.

"What happened to your mother today?" Niuniu was confused from beginning to end.

Qin Jingshu lowered her voice and whispered, "My mother wants you to give her a child."

"Children are fate from heaven, and I can't do anything about it." Niuniu was helpless.

Qin Jingshu was quite concerned about Concubine Xian. After hearing this, she couldn't help asking, "Is it really impossible? Mother has been looking forward to it. If she knew, I don't know how disappointed she would be."

Niuniu scratched the back of her head and said, "I'm not Guanyin, so it's hard to say."

Qin Jingshu sighed and said, "You're right. You are Niuniu, not Guanyin Bodhisattva."

The child's temper came and went quickly. After they made it clear, the two held hands and went into class happily.

Ten days passed in a blink of an eye.

The Queen Mother and the Emperor asked the imperial doctors of the Imperial Hospital to take Luo Meiren's pulse almost every day. Every day, they both looked forward to good news.

Until the tenth day, the old doctors of the Imperial Hospital got together to take the pulse and finally gave the Emperor and the Queen Mother a definite answer.

"That's great. God bless my son!" The Queen Mother was so excited that she burst into tears.

The Emperor was full of energy, as if a mountain that had been pressing on his shoulders for many years had been moved away.

"Decree, Shun Meiren has served meritorious service, and is promoted to Shun Fei, and is granted the title of the head of Yongfu Palace. The canonization ceremony will be held next summer." After repeated consideration, the emperor still felt that the word "Shun" was the best meaning for the title.

Next summer, by then, Concubine Luo is expected to have finished her confinement. The canonization ceremony was postponed because they were afraid that she would be tired during pregnancy. For this child who was obtained with great difficulty, the emperor and the empress dowager could not be too careful.

Niuniu was also very happy. She threw herself on the empress dowager and asked, "Grandma Empress Dowager, Meiren sister is really pregnant, so can I leave the palace to watch the ceremony?"

Niuniu has always been thinking about Liu Xiaoru's marriage. The empress dowager did not expect that such a young person would have such a good memory.

Although she was reluctant, Niu Niu was only going out of the palace for one day, so the Queen Mother nodded in the end: "Okay, it's hard for you to remember it."

Niu Niu not only sought benefits for herself, but also remembered her friends: "What about the others? Can they also go out of the palace to reunite with their families for one day?"

The Queen Mother hesitated. It was okay for the others, but Miss Li San was still living in the palace of Li Zhaoyi. She was afraid that Li Zhaoyi would use Miss Li San to pass on the news.

"Queen Mother, please!" Niu Niu saw that the Queen Mother was silent for a long time, and immediately acted like a spoiled child.

The Queen Mother sighed and said, "Okay, since you begged me like this, how could I not agree?"

In Guanju Palace, although Li Zhaoyi was still dressed in gorgeous clothes and had pearls and jade on her head, she aged at a speed visible to the naked eye after being demoted and confined.

She was in her thirties, and she looked like she was in her twenties in the past, but now she looked like the same age as the emperor.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Li Zhaoyi held a piece of paper, her face full of madness.

The entire Guanju Palace was filled with people sent by the emperor and the empress dowager, and her people had gone through a lot of trouble to pass on the news that Concubine Luo was pregnant.

"My queen, what's wrong with you?" The voice of the little palace maid came from outside the house.

"Get out! Get out of here!" Li Zhaoyi cursed fiercely at the people outside the house.

When the little palace maid heard what she said, she didn't ask any more questions.

It was quiet again outside the room. Li Zhaoyi looked at the note in his hand steadily, his eyes full of madness: "Why? Why? Why did it end up like this again?"

Li Zhaoyi tore the note into pieces, stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it.

"I can't accept my fate! I can never accept my fate! I want to be the queen and the unique queen mother!"

Li Zhaoyi's eyes were stern, and the expression on his face was changing.

"Auntie!" Miss Li San's voice sounded outside.

Li Zhaoyi now has a bad temper. When she gets angry, she often beats and scolds her servants. Her maids dare not get too close to her. Only when facing Miss Li, does her temper calm down a little.

"Come in!" Li Zhaoyi said.

Miss Li San naturally understands that Li Zhaoyi is in a very bad situation now, and the Li family is all in harm's way, and she also wants to help.

"Auntie, there is a holiday in school tomorrow. The Queen Mother allows us to leave the palace for a day. If you have anything to say to my father, I can convey it to you."

Li Zhaoyi's eyes lit up.