Sure enough, as soon as Qi Yuebin heard that Nian Shilan had gone to pick it up, he immediately asked Ji Xiang to make preparations and took Wen Yi to visit Concubine Hua.
"Mom, don't be in a hurry. Let's take a look first and see if there is anything else you want to add to Princess Wen Yi's birthday?"
Huang Guiquan felt even more proud when he heard that Qi Yuebin was going to see Nian Shilan.
Qi Yuebin took a look at the process and was basically satisfied with it. However, she wanted to prepare something special for her daughter, so she thought of a collar in her previous dowry and added it to it.
"I don't have any objections to the process. It's just the princess's gift list, plus a few more things."
With that said, Qi Yuebin took the things he had prepared.
Then Qi Yuebin told Huang Guiquan some other details, and Huang Guiquan left.
"Empress, shall we go to Concubine Hua's place?"
When Ji Xiang saw Huang Guiquan gone, Qi Yuebin sat down instead and asked with some confusion.
"I won't go now."
Qi Yuebin suddenly remembered that Nian Shilan had said before that the two of them should have less contact so that if something happened, they could protect each other.
In fact, Qi Yuebin didn't care about this, but when he thought about Nian Shilan's expression when he said this that day, he felt as if something was going to happen to the Nian family.
Qi Yuebin could not think more about himself, but in the past six months, he had noticed all the kindness Nian Shilan had done to him. It doesn't matter if they don't interact with each other, if something really happens to Nian Shilan, then he can say something for her without being obvious and deliberate.
"Bring some new snacks over and say they were made by me and give them to Princess Shu Yue to try."
After saying that, Qi Yuebin asked Jixiang to take out a pen and paper, write a few words, and then let her go.
Nian Shilan was in the palace thinking about whether the emperor would come over in the evening and whether she wanted to make something light and delicious, when she heard Songzhi say that Jixiang was coming.
"Send her in."
Nian Shilan shook the fan in his hand and said.
"Greetings to Concubine Hua."
Jixiang came in with a food box, saluted, and said quickly: "It's been a hot day lately, so our queen made some snacks and wanted to give them to Princess Shuyue, so she specially asked my slave to deliver them."
Nian Shilan wanted to laugh when he heard the auspicious words. How old is Shu Yue? How can he eat snacks? Qi Yuebin didn't do it for himself.
"Thank you, Sister Duan Fei."
Nian Shilan asked Songzhi to take it over.
But unexpectedly, Jixiang glanced at Nian Shilan anxiously, and then said: "Our empress said that this is food for the princess, and it is better not to pass through other people's hands."
Nian Shilan knew as soon as he heard it that there was something else in it.
"Okay, you can leave it here and go back to help me thank your empress."
Jixiang felt relieved after hearing this, put down his things and left.
Nian Shilan opened the food box and saw a note on the side.
Nian Shilan picked it up and smiled after reading it. Concubine Duan was really cautious.
Nian Shilan burned the note after reading it.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has been coming to our place recently, and the comments outside are not very nice."
Songzhi saw that Nian Shilan's face looked pretty good, so she dared to say it.
Nian Shilan smiled sarcastically. Perhaps they had forgotten what they were like before? Besides, the emperor doesn’t come to her most often, so why does he dare to talk about himself behind his back now? The queen is pretending to be pitiful again.
"Don't worry about her, it's just the queen's little trick."
Nian Shilan said not to care, but when the emperor came in the evening, Nian Shilan looked aggrieved.
"Your Majesty, you have been coming to Shilan's place too frequently recently. What you say outside is not very nice. Otherwise, you should go to the other sisters."
After dinner in the evening, Nian Shilan said unhappily while peeling lotus seeds for the emperor.
"Oh? Does anyone dare to say bad things behind your back? Haha, I have to go and see who is so bold."
The emperor didn't believe Nian Shilan's words at all. No one in the palace dared to talk about Nian Shilan, and the emperor was the most diligent in Shilan's song last year, so the emperor didn't take it seriously.
"Your Majesty, you are making fun of me, my concubine."
Nian Shilan angrily put the lotus seeds on the table: "It's not like those people dared to talk about me in front of my face when they saw that I have a good temper now. I am not young anymore. After all, I am still the same." It’s a matter of face.”
"What did they say about you?"
"I said I can't give birth to a child myself, so I use other people's children to compete for my favor."
Nian Shilan shed tears as she spoke: "What does it mean that I can't have children?"
When the emperor heard Nian Shilan's words, he suddenly understood. Otherwise, the emperor would still feel strange that there was something missing in Nian Shilan's palace, Huan Yixiang.
Nian Shilan seems to have not used Huanyixiang for a long time.
"Why don't I smell Huanyixiang? But it's gone?"
The emperor did not answer Nian Shilan's words, but asked about Huan Yixiang. Nian Shilan was also stunned, but she responded quickly.
"Isn't it because Shu Yue is here with me? I always have to take care of the children, so I don't need incense."
Nian Shilan said not to use incense, but not to enjoy incense.
In fact, Huan Yixiang had already damaged Nian Shilan's foundation, so even if Nian Shilan didn't use Huan Yixiang, it would be impossible for her to have another child.
But when Nian Shilan smelled the Huanyi fragrance, she thought that the emperor personally rewarded it, and she always hated it.
She didn't want to let herself hate that much, she just wanted to protect Nian.
Sure enough, when the emperor heard that Nian Shilan didn't use incense because of Shu Yue, he didn't pursue it further. Instead, he praised her for being sensible.
"Since the emperor arrived at the Old Summer Palace, he has stayed with his concubine all the time. He also went to see the other sisters."
Nian Shilan said with a smile: "Those younger sisters are also more suitable for giving birth."
"You have never pushed me out before."
The emperor felt a little uncomfortable listening to Nian Shilan's serious words.
Nian Shilan naturally didn't want to push the emperor away, but now every time she was with the emperor, she couldn't help feeling sick.
I'm disgusted by the emperor's false love for me, and I'm disgusted by the emperor's kindness to me in every possible way for the sake of the Nian family.
But Nian Shilan still smiled and walked to the emperor's side: "As long as the emperor has my concubine in his heart, I will be content."
Why is the emperor dissatisfied after listening to Nian Shilan's words?
Instead, the emperor will stay here tonight at Nian Shilan, where the atmosphere will be better.
Nian Shilan's appearance was already outstanding. The emperor drank some more wine, and the charming night successfully made Nian Shilan unable to get up in the morning.
Nian Shilan was not awake when the emperor went to the morning court.
"No need to call her, let her have a good rest today."
Songzhi originally wanted to call her Nian Shilan, but she didn't expect that the emperor refused to give in. Songzhi took the call with a happy face and went off.
