To Be A Virtuous Wife

100

Chapter One Hundred

"Empress, this is what the Emperor ordered nubi to deliver to you."

Qu Qing Ju looked at the objects the palace maids held and saw that it was clothing and shoes suited for a pregnant female. She smiled, commenting: "It must have been difficult for Emperor to take all this trouble." Even though the palace maids on her side had already made many pieces for her, she would remember He Heng's goodwill.

Mu Jin saw the palace maids out to the doorway of the hall. When she came back, she found that everything had already been sorted away. She assumed Qu xiaojie's death a few days earlier had affected the mood of the Empress, and went forward to ask: "Niangniang, nubi heard the taiyi say that when the embryo is three or four months old, there would be movements. Have you felt anything?"

"Really? Ben gong had thought it was an upset stomach," Qu Qing Ju had been very interested in the fetus in her belly. She rubbed her chin, pondering, "No wonder I kept feeling strange movements in my belly."

"If it was an ailment of the digestive system, Dean Du would have already found it," Mu Jin opened the windows in the room, looking at the appearance of the sky, "Nubi sees that the weather is well, niangniang could take a walk."

Lu mama, who had been standing silently at one side, looked out the window and nodded: "Mu Jin guniang is right. Right now, His Highness has been in niangniang's belly for more than three months. Appropriate walking would be beneficial for you and His Highness."

Lu mama had been He Heng's decreed pregnancy mama. She was extremely knowledgeable about pregnancy. For Qu Qing Ju, she was an encyclopedia of pregnancy. From movement to diet to thinking, she knew everything.

"Since Lu mama says so, then let's walk," Qu Qing Ju touched her face, and took Jin Zhan's hand to stand up from the recliner.

Mu Jin placed a fox skin cape to Qu Qing Ju before allowing Qu Qing Ju to walk outside.

The weather at the beginning of winter wasn't very cold. Qu Qing Ju uneasily pulled at the cape on her body, taking in the sun that had no heat. Giving a yawn, she asked: "Heard yesterday that Emperor punished a palace maid, do you know what happened?"

Mu Jin and Jin Zhan exchanged a glance. In the end, it was Mu Jin who spoke: "Nubi isn't very clear but only heard that the Emperor found that the attire of the maid broke protocol. It provoked the Emperor's temper and he flared out." They had been afraid that this matter would affect the mood of the Empress and hadn't told her. Even though they hadn't said anything to niangniang, how did niangniang know?

Qu Qing Ju knew what they were thinking, lazily pointing out: "Ben gong is pregnant, many people in the hougong are having thoughts. Now, even the palace maids have other ideas."

"Niangniang, it doesn't matter what they think since Emperor isn't interested in them. What you should do now is rest and take care of the fetus. Why should you waste attention on these people?" Mu Jin urged, "Futhermore, niangniang, you are Empress, can anyone overtake you?"

"Naturally, I won't waste attention on these people," Qu Qing Ju curled her lips in a smile, looking at a corner in front of her, "But there are those people who come to hinder ben gong's eyes."

Mu Jin and Jin Zhan simultaneously followed Qu Qing Ju's gaze. Their faces both darkened. It was Han liangdi and the Emperor standing together as they talked. Looking at the smile on Han liangdi's face, it was as though she had found a treasure.

Seeing the scene, the two looked worriedly at the Empress and found the smile on the corner of the Empress' mouth had grown wide. Her eyes though, had grown cold. Mu Jin couldn't resist saying, "Niangniang, maybe the Emperor just coincidentally encountered Han liangdi."