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 palace 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 blaming 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. I come with his highness to wish your highness a happy new year."

The empress also laughed. "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 palace 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 Palace, Yun Shang smiled. "This time, your majesty must be very angry." Then she turned around and whispered to Qin Yi, "Send a message to our ladies in the palace, 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 Palace first. Now Ning Qian and Lady Hui are all there. I've just provoked the empress, so I'll make it."

en it before."

After they chatted for a while, the others stood up and left. Now there were only three of them in the palace, 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 palace. Everything goes by the rules here. There are eyes everywhere in the palace. 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 Palace to see Youran after the banquet was over yesterday? This morning, I was told that the empress lost her temper in the Wei Yang Palace last night, and that all her servants were forced to kneel down outside the palace 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 claimed 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 recommend 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 be happy. She won't make any trouble publicly, but I'm afraid that she might do something secretly. "