C81 (1/2)
Zhou Leping slept soundly. He slept soundly, felt refreshed when he woke up, and his entire body was transparent. Every step generated wind, and his body was light and graceful.
When she woke up in the morning, Qu Tan said that she and Zhu Guanliang had gotten drunk last night. She was lying on the reclining chair with Zhu Guanliang lying on the table.
The obsession in Zhou Leping's heart had finally been put down. Although she was also drunk, she woke up early, for a weak body like Zhu Guanliang's to wake up early, it was still not good.
Today, when she had to go to court, Qu Tan was helping her change her clothes. She was in a good mood as she hummed a song, but suddenly, a voice that would ruin the scenery came from outside.
”General, I just heard that Empress is pregnant.”
Zhou Leping was holding the jade hairpin to his head. After hearing what she said, he paused for a bit, and the hairpin almost fell off his hand.
She calmed herself down and expressionlessly pushed open the door. ”When did this happen?”
Chang Feng said, ”I just heard that the imperial physician passed through her meridians, and it's already been more than a month.”
The empress had been married to the emperor for four years, and in those four years, this was the first time she had been conceived.
The Queen's pregnancy was of great significance. If she was a princess, why would she fight over her position? If she was a prince, she would be the eldest son of Nuo, the Crown Prince.
The women of the harem were probably panicking with reddened eyes.
She sat in the carriage and entered the palace. Along the way, what she heard was all about the Queen being happy, and the little Palace Maid s loved to talk about it.
”Recently, Worthy Lady Zhou has become the favorite of the palace. The emperor has already visited the Worthy Lady Zhou Palace three times this month. I had thought that the first one to have an heir would be the Worthy Lady Zhou.”
The other said, ”Didn't the Empress say that he was not well? ”Now that we're suddenly pregnant, could it be …”
”Shh!” Worthy Lady Zhou, although she is Chief General's younger sister, she just entered the palace, how can she compare to Empress who has been deeply rooted in the palace, the first person wouldn't be able to stand up to her? ”
”Yeah, I heard that Worthy Lady Zhou's health isn't that good, and it was cold two days ago. The way I see it, the Emperor favored her, and that's only because of Chief General. Who in this palace doesn't know, that the Emperor and the Chief General once …”
Zhou Leping stood behind them and listened, seeing that they were getting more and more excited, he coughed twice and interrupted them, ”What happened before?”
The last little Palace Maid did not react and just as he was about to continue, he was pulled by the sleeves by someone beside him. When he turned his head to look at Zhou Leping, he was so shocked that he fell on his butt, ”General … ”General!”
”What are you afraid of?” Zhou Leping pulled her up, ”I'm also very curious, what happened in the past? Tell me quickly! ”
The little Palace Maid hunched her shoulders as tears welled up in her eyes, ”Chief General, please spare me, I …” This servant slaps her own mouth. This servant will not dare to speak carelessly of things anymore. This general will forgive me this time! ”
”You guys have been in the palace for quite a while already, so you should know the rules better than me. In the palace, the person that you cannot tolerate the most is the person who has the longest mouth.” Zhou Leping dusted off the dirt on her body, and laughed gently and benevolently, ”I heard those words today, it ended here, if there is a fifth person who knows about it …”
She suddenly changed the subject and asked amiably, ”What's your name?”
The three Palace Maid s looked at each other, trembled and reported their names one by one.
”Tritzie.”
”Lotus Fragrance.”
”Lu Wu.”