Phoenix Knot: Butterfly Dance

Chapter 10

"Empress Dowager", a maid came in: "General Gong's womb, Jing Tong, please see me."

"Oh? Fourth brother, call him in quickly."

"See Queen Mother"

I lifted Jingtong up and pinched his handsome face: "Jingtong, you've grown taller again."

"Sister!" He broke away from me a little impatiently, Jing Tong was born on the same day and the same year as me, but she was a little later than me, so she had to call me sister.

"Jing Tong, you're here, I won't feel bored in the future." I took advantage of the situation and put my arms around his neck. Our relationship was very good when we were young, and he would pick a peach blossom for me every year.

"Empress Dowager!" He pushed me away again: "The general just came back from the frontier and wants to rest. Please arrange a place to stay, Empress Dowager."

"...Okay, okay, Gu Yan"

"Yes, Fourth Young Master, come with me."

"The last general resigns." Speaking of which, Jing Tong is now a major general, and the Gong family really has a lot of talents.With Jingtong, everything will be easier in the future.

"Come here, go to the imperial dining room and give an order to start preparing the dinner. Yu Zhong, you go and tell Wen Gui that the Ai family will entertain the emperor."

"Slave obeys orders"

At the dinner, the emperor came with Concubine Tong, followed by Concubine Yue and Wu Yan, who also came to join in the fun, and Concubine Xiang was the last to come.

The emperor just brushed Concubine Tong's hair lightly, but Concubine Xiang stared with her nose crossed, alas.

The second sister looked happy and shy, could it be...

"Xiao Yuzi, did you call the female officer Zhilan?" I said lightly, and aimed at the emperor, but I was calm.

"Zhilan, come in." Xiao Yuzi stepped back.

"Slaves...Kowtow to the Empress Dowager, see you ladies" Zhilan paused: "See the Emperor"

"Take a seat, sit next to Ai's house"

"Does the Queen Mother like this female officer very much?" Wu Yan asked curiously.

"That's right"

Zhilan sat down tremblingly, not daring to lift her head.

"Let's eat"

I saw that the emperor brought food for Concubine Tong, and Wu Yan ate and drank without any scruples, looking very cute.

Concubine Yue and Concubine Xiang rarely moved their chopsticks.I picked up the shark's fin and put it into Zhilan's bowl: "Zhilan, the Ai family treats you well, right? You are also a sensible woman, aren't you?"

"Queen, slave—"

"Eat it while it's hot, this is made for you by the Ai family."

She picked up the chopsticks and picked up the shark's fin, trembling slightly.

"Ugh—" she suddenly turned sideways to retch.

"Bold Zhilan, unexpectedly—" I stopped the roaring Gongyan.

"But you're not feeling well?" I asked kindly, but she knelt down in fear.

"What's wrong?" I became more and more puzzled.

"Queen Mother, why don't you ask the imperial doctor to take a look?" Cong Yan said.

"No no! Queen Mother! Please don't—" Zhilan had already burst into tears.

Slightly frowning: "Gong Yan, what's going on?"

"Zhilan, don't you..." The emperor rushed over to hug Zhilan's shoulders with surprise on his face: "Really?"

"Yes…"

The emperor immediately knelt down beside Zhilan again: "Queen Dowager, my son..."

"What the hell are you..." I really don't understand anymore.

"Empress Dowager, I'm afraid Zhilan is pregnant." What Cong Yan said completely shocked me.

"Empress Dowager, in terms of seniority, you are the half-mother of your minister, and Zhilan's child is half of your grandson. I hope the Empress Dowager will be kind to you." The emperor's humility shows that he attaches great importance to this child.

half mother?half a grandson?How can I have such great luck.

"The Ai family is not so blessed, there are sons and grandsons"

"Queen Mother! I don't care, please! Keep this child, please!" Zhilan kowtowed to me in a particularly loud voice.

"It's not that this child is mourning for his family, but he can't keep it." My voice was almost ice-cold: "Gong Yan"

"Yes"

"You know what to do, don't you?"

"Yes, Queen Mother"

"Queen Mother!" Zhilan cried unswervingly: "This child will call you the emperor's grandmother in the future."

"Ai's family said that there is no such blessing, Gu Yan"

"Yes" Gu Yan pulled Zhilan up from the ground.

"Empress Dowager!" Concubine Yue suddenly knelt down: "Please, Empress Dowager, be merciful"

"Queen Mother, Wu Yan also begs you, after all, it is a small life." Wu Yan also knelt down.

It's not that I don't want to stay, but that in the future, the birth of this child must be unknown and excluded by the royal family.If it was Lien Chan, I am afraid that the mother and son would have already died in Huangquan.

"Zhilan, the Ai family can still save your life, if it is the Duke of the Emperor... the emperor, you should understand"

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.

"Queen Dowager, the concubine also begs the Queen Mother for mercy." Concubine Tong also knelt down at this moment: "Queen Dowager, that child is innocent."

I looked at the emperor: "Is the emperor going to protect the mother and child no matter what?"

"Yes!" The emperor looked directly at me with firm eyes.

"Queen!" They pleaded again.

"Okay, it's not that the Ai family doesn't want to keep this child, you have to understand the helplessness of the Ai family!"

"Queen Mother, the concubine has the best of both worlds." Concubine Tong's words successfully attracted everyone's attention.

"Say"

"Queen Mother, you can...accept Zhilan as a righteous daughter, make her the princess, and marry her to the emperor justifiably"

"..." She and I looked at each other, and she didn't evade her eyes at all: "Forget it, it seems that Aijia doesn't agree."

"Thank you Queen Mother for fulfillment"

"Thank you Queen Mother Long!"

"Your Majesty!" Gong Yan was anxious at the side.

"Okay, let's do this."

"The Queen Mother is wise!" Wu Yan jumped up all of a sudden.Oh, wise.

This matter was finally resolved satisfactorily.

(End of this chapter)