Chapter 645 Complicated Imperial Household


    The empress must have thought that Luo Qingyan was like the others. Reluctantly as he was, he could


    only swallow the truth in his heart and responded, "not too long."


    But she didn''t expect that Luo Qingyan just sneered with a hint of sarcasm on his face. "Yes, we''ve


    waited for a long time. Your majesty''s nap time is really a little strange. I''ve heard that the empress


    always has a nap at about 2 p.m., but it seems your majesty has changed the nap time today."


    The empress was embarrassed. She smiled awkwardly. "Maybe it''s getting cold at night, so I got a


    headache today, and decided to have more sleep since I was free. But the maid didn''t report to me that


    you were waiting outside as she didn''t want to disturb my sleep."


    Luo Qingyan was surprised, "Really? I thought the servants in the pce were all trained strictly, but I


    didn''t expect the grand maid of your majesty dared to ignore what you said, which opened my eyes. "


    The hand that the empress was holding on the maid tightened. Yun Shang saw that the maid was


    trying her best to control her uneasiness. After a while, the empress smiled slowly and whispered,


    "Your Highness, are you ming me for not educating my maid well? I''m sorry that she neglected you.


    " Then she released her hand on the maid and sneered, "Did you hear Prince Rui? Go to take your


    punishment. "


    The maid shuddered at her words, and obeyed.


    Then the empress walked to a chair and sat down. The smile on her face softened a little. "Prince Rui,


    Lady Rui, is there anything important?"


    Luo Qingyan remained silent. Yun Shang said with a smile, "today is the first day of the lunar new year.


    Ie with his highness to wish your highness a happy new year."


    The empress alsoughed. "Good. You are pregnant now. I am very happy this new year. Except for


    Yun Xi, no other princes have children now."


    Yun Shang''s face changed when she heard the emperor''s words. The smile on her face became


    brighter. "Yes, the imperial pce will soon be filled with noise and excitement again. Besides me, Lady


    Hui is pregnant now..."


    As soon as Yun Shang finished speaking, she saw the empress''s face darken, but her voice was still


    very gentle. "Yes. It has been a long time that no concubine in the imperial household gets pregnant.


    It''s really a happy thing."


    Luo Qingyan didn''t say anything again. Yun Shang talked with the empress for a while and then left.


    When the two of them walked out of the Wei Yang Pce, Yun Shang smiled. "This time, your majesty


    must be very angry." Then she turned around and whispered to Qin Yi, "Send a message to ourdies


    in the pce, asking them to be prepared..."


    Qin Yi replied in a low voice.


    Luo Qingyan looked around, frowning, and then looked at Yun Shang, "go to the Tai Chi hall?"


    Yun Shang smiled and said, "You could go, but it''s not appropriate for me to go there too. I''ll go to the


    Xiang Zhu Pce first. Now Ning Qian and Lady Hui are all there. I''ve just provoked the empress, so I''ll


    make it."


    Luo Qingyan meditated for a moment and nodded slightly, Well, I''ll go greet his majesty and then pick


    you up at the Xiang Zhu Pce."


    Yun Shang agreed and separated from Luo Qingyan, walking towards the Xiang Zhu Pce. When


    she walked to the imperial garden, she came across Hua Yutong. She must have alsoe to pay


    respects to the empress, and looked a little nervous.


    When she saw Yun Shang, Hua Yutong walked up to her quickly. "Have youe here to greet the


    empress?"


    Yun Shang nodded and looked back. She frowned and said, "Isn''t the seventh prince with you?"


    Said Hua Yutong, shaking her head. With a sad look on her face, she forced a smile and said, "His


    Highness has gone to the Taiji hall."


    Yun Shang thought about it for a while. The empress must have been pissed off by Luo Qingyan and


    her just now. If Hua Yutong goes to her pce at this time, the empress will certainly be in a bad mood.


    This is the first time that Hua Yutong pays respect in the imperial pce as a concubine of the seventh


    prince...


    Yun Shang thought for a while and said gently, "I just came out of the Wei Yang Pce. The empress


    has just woken up from a nap. I''m afraid that she is not in a good mood. If you want to greet her, you''d


    better ask the seventh prince to go with youter."


    Hearing that, Hua Yutong was stunned. She kept silent for a long time. Then she nodded. "Thank you


    for reminding me. I see."


    Yun Shang nodded and smiled, "I''m going to the Xiang Zhu Pce. Do you want to go with me?"


    Hua Yutong''s face changed. She shook her head and said, "Well, I''d better go to Tai Chi hall and wait


    for his highness."


    Yun Shang said yes and went to the Xiang Zhu Pce with Qin Yi and Qian Zhuo.


    When they finally arrived at the Xiang Zhu Pce, they heard people talking and chuckling inside. Yun


    Shang''s face lit up with joy when she heard theughter. She stopped the servant who was about to


    report and stepped into the gate.


    There were several people sitting in the hall, all dressed like concubines. Two new faces were seen.


    Ning Qian, who was sitting on the host seat, noticed Yun Shang as Yun Shang stepped into the hall.


    She said with a smile, "How lovely. Your Highness." Then she turned to a maid and ordered, "Go and


    get a chair for Lady Rui."


    The maid fetched a chair in a hurry and put it next to Ning Qian. Yun Shang sat down with a smile,


    scanned the hall, and said, "I heard yourugh before I entered. What makes you so happy?"


    When the two girls saw Yun Shang and herpanions all wanted to get up and salute, Yun Shang


    raised her hand and motioned for them to sit down, then they sat down slowly. When they heard Yun


    Shang''s words, they both called themselves "themselves". There was a surprised look in their eyes.


    Although Leona had seen Yun Shang from a distance, she didn''t sit with Yun Shang and talk with her.


    She also looked up at Yun Shang from time to time.


    Yun Shang noticed her gaze. She smiled and turned to look at Lin Youran. "Lady Hui, are you getting


    better?"


    Lin Youran didn''t expect that Yun Shang would talk to her. She felt ttered and replied, "I''m fine.


    Everything is great." She lowered her head after finishing speaking in a timid voice. Her eyes swept


    across Qin Yi behind Yun Shang, and she paused.


    Hearing this, Ning Qian smiled, "Great? You don''t have to be restrained in front of Lady Rui. Lady Rui


    knows medicine well, and your sickness is terrible. Let Lady Rui take a pulse for you and see how to


    relieve it."


    Hearing this, Lin Youran was stunned, but she shook her head and didn''t dare to say anything.


    Yun Shang smiled at Lin Youran and said, "if the sickness is serious, ask the maids to prepare some


    ginger. When you feel very ufortable, put a piece of ginger and you''ll feel better. And you could


    have ginger tea instead of tea. It''s good for health. "


    The unexpected reply from Yun Shang caught the attention of Lin Youran. With a look of surprise, she


    said in a hurry, "Thank you, Lady Rui."


    Hearing Yun Shang''s words, Lady Xian, who had been listening carefully beside, looked at Yun Shang


    and said with a smile, "Your Highness, the baby in your belly is quiet. It seems that you don''t have any


    morning sickness."


    Yun Shang said smilingly, "I have been exhausted the passing days. I just feel better now." After saying


    that, she took a nce at the hairpin with lotus flower on her hair, and her eyes shed with


    amazement. "The hairpin on your hair is quite beautiful."


    Hearing that, Lady Xian was in a daze for a moment. Then she lifted the hand to hold the hairpin and


    said with a triumphant smile, "Lady Xiang also said so. To be honest, this hairpin is from Qianshui


    Pavilion you like. My mother has asked the shopkeeper to make it for me and send it to the pce.


    Their jewelries are as good as those in the pce. Besides, the style is quite new, which is very good, "


    Hearing this, Yun Shang said in surprise, "Wow, it''s a customized jewelry. No wonder I''ve never seen it


    before."


    After they chatted for a while, the others stood up and left. Now there were only three of them in the


    pce, Yun Shang, Ning Qian and Lin Youran. Yun Shang looked at Lin Youran carefully and said with


    a smile, "Now that everyone in the imperial household is watching your baby, you should be careful."


    Lin Youran nodded and stood up in a hurry, "I got it."


    "You don''t need to bow in the pce. Everything goes by the rules here. There are eyes everywhere in


    the pce. It will be bad if someone sees that." Yun Shang sipped her tea and said peacefully.


    Ning Qian smiled and fixed her eyes on Lin Youran''s belly. She continued, "This baby is probably a


    thorn in the empress'' heart. She just can''t wait to pull it out. Do you know that his majesty went to the


    Xiang Zhu Pce to see Youran after the banquet was over yesterday? This morning, I was told that


    the empress lost her temper in the Wei Yang Pcest night, and that all her servants were forced to


    kneel down outside the pce for a whole night in such a cold weather."


    After a pause, she continued, "Since Youran has been pregnant, normally she should''ve promoted. His


    majesty also mentioned it yesterday, but the empress imed illness this morning, probably unwilling to


    affix her seal on the edict."


    Yun Shang wasn''t surprised at the Ning Qian''s words. "The Empress always feels imperial household


    is under her control all the time, so the sudden thing out of her control makes her unhappy. She wanted


    to rmend Zhao Xianwu to the emperor yesterday, but before she could speak it out, we


    interrupted her. I''m afraid the empress is filled with pent-up anger. But she couldn''t pretend it for a long


    time. She was a model of the imperial household, and she dared not to act jealous in any case. Within


    three days, she had to be submissively stamped with a phoenix mark on the edict, and also pretend to


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    be happy. She won''t make any trouble publicly, but I''m afraid that she might do something secretly.


    "