The moon is full and the people in the west building have not yet returned

Time passed day by day, Xia Ruolan's belly grew bigger day by day, Xiao Jianzhang still treated her the same as before, and went to Xia Ruolan's bedroom to accompany her every day after court.

The relationship between the two of them was extremely good, just when they were extremely happy, but there were bad voices from the court.

Some officials said that the emperor's harem only had the empress, which was not in accordance with the etiquette system, and asked the emperor to issue a decree to choose a concubine.

Xiao Jianzhang naturally refused. There were rumors in the court that Xia Xiang's family had a large army and controlled the government, which caused the emperor to be afraid of internal affairs and dare not choose a concubine.

Xia Ruolan couldn't help being very troubled when she heard this, Xia Xiang and his wife went to the palace to find her, "Lan'er, since ancient times, there has never been a reason for only one queen in the harem. As a queen, you should be virtuous and virtuous, and persuade the emperor to choose a concubine."

Xia Ruolan was naturally unwilling, but she also knew that there was no reason for the emperor to marry only one person in all dynasties, so she personally persuaded Xiao Jianzhang to make an order to choose a concubine.

Xiao Jianzhang put his arms around her and teased: "Isn't Lan'er afraid that I'll neglect you after choosing a concubine?"

"I'm afraid, but I can't monopolize the harem, your majesty, you should order the selection of concubines."

"Duplicate little thing, if I don't choose a concubine, I will pamper you alone. Let's see who dares to complain. Is it possible that who I like and who I don't like will be recognized as swaying?"

Xiao Jianzhang's confession made Xia Ruolan happy, but the new queen mother was not happy. When she heard that her son did not choose a concubine, she blamed all the responsibility on Xia Ruolan. Xuan Xia Ruolan went to teach Xia Ruolan a lesson.

Said that she was jealous, that she had a big belly and couldn't serve the emperor and didn't let the emperor choose a concubine. The emperor was in his prime and had no reason to defend her. Xia Ruolan was speechless.

Returning to the bedroom with a bitter face, Xiao Jianzhang also knew about the empress dowager reprimanding Xia Ruolan. Already! I beg you to choose a concubine for the sake of the reputation of the concubine!"

Seeing her aggrieved face, Xiao Jianzhang had no choice but to choose a concubine reluctantly.

The emperor made a decree to choose a concubine, and the officials and officials who were about to marry their daughters were so happy that they sent their daughters to the palace to be selected.

In order to calm his tongue, Xiao Jianzhang selected a dozen or so beautiful women to stay in the palace, and sealed them respectively.

Although newcomers were added to the harem, Xiao Jianzhang went to Xia Ruolan's bedroom to report as soon as he came down, and never set foot in the palace where the newcomers lived.

The Empress Dowager became angry again when she heard that, wondering if the newly selected beauty girl was not good enough to attract the emperor, so she personally provoked a lady official to enter the palace.

This official lady selected by the Queen Mother is also quite related to the Queen Mother. Three years ago, the Queen Mother was still a nun in the Royal Nunnery. This lady surnamed Liu once went to the temple to offer incense. When the Queen Mother was unwell, this Miss Liu Linger Asking the accompanying doctor to diagnose and treat the queen mother can be regarded as saving the queen mother.

Liu Ling'er looks beautiful and can play the piano well.

On the night of entering the palace, the Empress Dowager hosted a banquet and invited the emperor over, and let Liu Ling'er play the piano to add to the fun.

Liu Linger's qin sound was really extraordinary, Xiao Jianzhang was so fascinated by it that he ordered the palace servants to fetch the jade flute, and played a qin flute ensemble with Liu Linger.

The sound of the zither and the flute was sobbing and sobbing throughout the half of the harem, Xia Ruolan stood under the verandah and heard it clearly, she couldn't help but look down at her hands.

Her hand was pinched off by Su Yuer's palace servants. Although she recovered, she could no longer play the piano like before.

The past when Xiao Jianzhang and her played the piano and flute together slowly came into Xia Ruolan's mind.

Xia Ruolan couldn't help feeling sad when she looked at her hands, she no longer wanted to enjoy the flowers, so she ordered the palace guards to close the palace gate and rest early.

The banquet at the Queen Mother's side didn't end until late at night, and Xiao Jianzhang, smelling of alcohol, came down to Xia Ruolan's bedroom with the help of Wang Shanxi and called the door.

The palace man opened the door and reported: "The empress has already fallen asleep! Long live, go rest elsewhere!"

Xiao Jianzhang's face froze, and he staggered into the room with a heavy face. Xia Ruolan was facing inside, lying quietly on the bed. He walked to the bedside and called her softly twice.

Xia Ruolan turned her head, "Long live, Lan'er is not feeling well, I'm afraid I'll disturb you, you'd better go rest somewhere else!"

"Lan'er, don't make trouble!" Xiao Jianzhang stretched out his arms to hug Xia Ruolan. She smelled a woman's fragrance in her nose, and her eyes glanced at the long hair on Xiao Jianzhang's skirt. Her face froze, and she opened Xiao Jianzhang's hand impatiently.

After all, Xiao Jianzhang was the king of a country, and Xia Ruolan couldn't hold back his face after being repeated several times like this, so he stood up abruptly, got up and left the queen's bedroom.