The rural doctor bought a husband who was very treacherous

Chapter 313 Old Madam Qi Comes to Stay

Madam Qi took Su Tang's arm and walked into the main courtyard. She held Su Tang's hand all the time, as if she could never get tired of looking at her. "You still need to eat more. You are too thin. But you can't eat too much. You still need to exercise more so that you can have a smooth birth. It is dangerous for a woman to give birth to her first child. You need to exercise more so that the birth can be smoother."

"By the way, I see that there is no experienced maid in your house. Aunt Liu beside me is an experienced one. When Lingheng's mother gave birth, she was the one who helped deliver the baby. I will send her over in a while."

At this time, the two of them had already entered the main house. Su Tang had no objection to Madam Qi's arrangement and accepted it with pleasure.

In the end, Old Madam Qi was still worried, so she wanted to have someone send her name card to the palace and ask the imperial physician to check Su Tang's pulse.

After all, Su Tang is also a princess, and Emperor Jing must know about this.

"I'm still a little pregnant, and I'm afraid the imperial physician won't be able to tell if I'm pregnant." Su Tang said truthfully.

"Then, what about your pulse?" Old Madam Qi raised her eyes and glanced at Qi Lingheng. Although Qi Lingheng had not spoken a word, his face was full of joy, which should be true.

"They are just not well-trained." Qi Lingheng actually believed in Su Tang.

"Today, the eunuch from the palace came to convey the imperial edict. Didn't he convey it to you?" After drinking a few sips of tea, Old Madam Qi finally remembered the news she heard today.

Although Empress Xie was one of the wives of officials of the third rank and above who were summoned to attend to the emperor's illness, Madam Qi was different from ordinary wives. In addition to having a first-rank imperial edict, she had also been to the battlefield when she was young and made great contributions to Dayong.

The late emperor had granted Madam Qi a special pardon. She no longer had to kneel when meeting other royal nobles, except the emperor.

Therefore, Old Madam Qi did not have to go and take care of Empress Xie during her illness.

Today, Empress Xie made quite a fuss. After all, after the eunuch who announced the imperial decree finished reading it, she actually asked the wives of those officials to immediately follow the eunuch into the palace. This was really a bit too much.

Many officials, especially some important ministers in the court and several censors, actually changed into court robes and followed him into the palace, wanting to ask Emperor Jing what was going on.

The reason why Empress Xie was imprisoned in Fengyi Palace by Emperor Jing before was not really because no news had been leaked at all. The fact that such a woman was still in the position of empress had actually made many court officials dissatisfied.

Although no one knew why Emperor Jingdi had not yet deposed Empress Xie, Empress Xie no longer appeared in the harem. Everyone just thought that Emperor Jingdi wanted to gain a good reputation and would make plans after Empress Xie died of illness.

But they didn't expect that they didn't receive the news of Empress Xie's death, but received the imperial decree from Empress Xie to send people into the palace to take care of her.

This made those ministers who knew the truth very angry. They felt that Emperor Jing was foolish for giving power to Empress Xie again.

Among these people, those from Concubine Xian's family were the most unexpected.

"How is this possible? Isn't Consort Xian already in charge of the Phoenix Seal? What's the matter with today's imperial decree?"

The eunuch who just announced the decree took away the wife of Marquis of Jinyang and the wife of Prince of Jinyang together, and they didn't even receive any letter in advance.

Ever since the incident with Empress Xie, Emperor Jing gave the Phoenix Seal to Concubine Xian for custody. After all, all matters in the harem still had to be managed by someone.

They didn't understand why Empress Xie suddenly took back the Phoenix Seal, as the imperial edict could only take effect after being stamped with the Phoenix Seal.

Therefore, among those who entered the palace that day, the branch of Concubine Xian’s mother’s family was the most anxious.

After listening to Madam Qi's story, Su Tang smiled indifferently. She patted Madam Qi's hand soothingly and said, "The eunuch who delivered the decree is here, but I am pregnant now, and I am the eldest princess. Besides, my father doesn't dare to do anything too much to the Qi family now, so after the eunuch goes back, no one will force me to enter the palace anymore."

"Well, that's good. If they insist on having you enter the palace, Grandmother will fight for you even if she has to sacrifice her status as an imperial edict. She will definitely not let you enter the palace to serve the sick."

"Haha, she actually wants me to take care of her. I'm afraid she will really get sick after I enter the palace." Su Tang smiled.

Seeing Su Tang's fox-like smile, Madam Qi held Su Tang's hand with relief, "That's good. When I came here just now, although I heard Qi Yan say that the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict did not take you away, I was still a little worried. I thought it would be a good opportunity to come to your place and take charge. If they really want you to go, I will go to the palace with you. Let's see who can bully my granddaughter-in-law and dare to let Tangtang take care of him when he is sick."

"Don't worry, Grandma. They won't take advantage of me. If they go against me, they will only suffer losses."

"Well, that's fine, but I will stay in your house for a few days to see if she does anything naughty again." Old Lady Qi was still worried and wanted to stay in Prince Qi's mansion for a few days.

Su Tang happily took Madam Qi's arm and said, "Okay, that's perfect. I also want to have a good rest in the mansion these few days."

"By the way, let me take your pulse, too."

Su Tang's medical skills are better than those of the imperial doctors in the palace. Old Madam Qi also knows this. After listening to Su Tang's words, she nodded and said, "Okay, you take a look. It just so happens that I have some reasons to rest here."

Su Tang took Madam Qi's pulse. Perhaps because Madam Qi paid great attention to maintenance and had a foundation in martial arts, Madam Qi's pulse was much better than that of ordinary elderly people.

"You don't need to take medicine. It's more appropriate to replenish yourself with medicated food." Then, Su Tang called Xia Mei and asked Xia Mei to make some medicated food suitable for Old Madam Qi.

On that day, as expected, no one from the palace came to Prince Qi's mansion to look for Su Tang.

However, none of the women who were summoned into the palace were sent back. It was said that they were kept in the palace to facilitate the care of the sick.

As for the ministers who followed Emperor Jing into the palace today to ask the reason, they did not even see Emperor Jing. They were blocked outside the palace by Eunuch Fu who was beside Emperor Jing, on the grounds that Emperor Jing had also gone to Fengyi Palace.

That night, Su Tang heard the news in Prince Qi's mansion and couldn't help but laugh and said, "This Queen Xie is going to settle old scores with the court officials."

"That's right." Old Madam Qi was drinking red date tea. Su Tang said that she could drink this kind of tea on weekdays to replenish her blood.

She had never drunk this kind of tea on a daily basis. Although red dates were precious, they were usually only added to some soups and not used much at other times.

"But isn't she afraid of offending all the court officials by doing this?" Even though Empress Xie was pregnant at this time, Emperor Jing was not without children. He already had four adult princes and several underage princes.

Emperor Jing shouldn't have doted on Empress Xie so much just because she was pregnant.

"I heard that His Majesty rested in Fengyi Palace today, and even Eunuch Fu was not brought to serve him." Qi Lingheng said the news that came from the palace.

"Oh?" This is a bit strange.

"Has the Xie family been doing anything recently?" Perhaps the Xie family had been doing something secretly during the time she was away from Kyoto.