In the blink of an eye, it's the new year again.
King Jing, as in previous years, entertained the officials under his rule on the twenty-nineth day, and was in the backyard on New Year's Eve.
According to the custom, King Jing's New Year's Eve banquet should be used with the 'whole family'. It is a pity that Princess Jing was grounded, and the other three did not move, so they gave up.
Of course, this is what Xiaohua saw in her eyes. When she was approaching this day, her nerves were always tense, not to say anything else, but to see her like this, Princess Jing, would she want to give her to her? It was eaten alive, and it is estimated that there will be many incidents by then.
Regarding her pregnancy, Xiaohua also discussed with Lilac whether to hide the news. But Lilac said with a smile that she would be relieved to raise the baby. Aunt Qi and Director Fu had already arranged this.
Now that both Fushun and Aunt Qi have intervened, Xiaohua didn't say anything else, as long as she didn't go out anyway. This kind of thinking coincides with King Jing's side, so there is nothing wrong with it.
It was snowy outside, and the lights in the west courtyard were bright.
In the flower hall of the main room, there is a table of the Eight Immortals in the middle, and a table full of meals is placed on it. The ones sitting are King Jing and Xiaohua, Fushun Lilac, Xiaoxiazi and others serving on the side.
The two of them had a simple meal, and after a while, they left the table.
Afterwards, the two went to Dongjima's place, only one was left to serve, and the others went to the back room. There are also two tables of New Year's Eve dinner in the back room. This was proposed by Xiaohua Siji last year. It can't be the end of the year, not even a New Year's Eve dinner for the people below.
This year, the place where Fushun and several people had their New Year's Eve dinner was also moved to the side room next to the main room where Fushun was resident.
Anshun also came back today, and the people sitting there were beaming with joy.
"Brother Fu is finally satisfied now!" Anshun had a straightforward temperament, and he ran outside all year round, so he spoke very casually.
Fushun's face was full of smiles, which seemed no different from before, but everyone present could see the sincerity in his smile.
A few people said a few words leisurely, and An Shun asked, "It's still banned over there?" While talking, everyone knew who he was talking about.
Fu Shun smiled, "His Royal Highness has been busy lately. I didn't mention the masters. Those of us who are slaves naturally don't talk too much."
An Shun laughed a few times knowingly.
Fushun added: "What's more, I've been worrying about this place in the past few days. She has a big belly, and she has two more in her pockets. She is tossed every day.
As soon as these words came out, several of the people present laughed, and the smiles were quite meaningful.
Fushun was a little annoyed and angry, "I went to the little master in my stomach, not to her."
An Shun patted his shoulder clearly, "Oh, Brother Fu, you don't need to explain, we all understand."
East Room
Xiaohua was leaning on the kang halfway, with two pillows behind her, and a thin mattress on her body.
The six-month-old belly is so big that it buckles like a basin on her stomach. At this time, I am sitting, not standing, and the only thing that is a little more comfortable is to lie down on my back.
On weekdays, the most comfortable position on the heated kang had already been given to her, and King Jing sat aside.
"I ate too little." King Jing was still thinking about the fact that she ate a few mouthfuls just now.
Xiaohua grabbed his hand and explained with a smile: "I'm not hungry, and Mammy He said that you can't eat too much in one meal, so you should eat less and more meals."
"So complicated?" Isn't the better you eat, the better the body of the pregnant woman
Xiaohua nodded, "Don't pay attention to the twins, the children are too big, and they won't be born at that time."
King Jing frowned and decided to ask Fushun tomorrow.
"You're sleepy, just rest." King Jing started yawning after seeing Xiao Hua sitting down for a while.
"No, isn't it a vigil on New Year's Eve, I always go to bed after midnight."
In fact, it's not that particular. I didn't see anyone vigil on New Year's Eve last year, but Xiaohua felt that she had seen King Jing less often these days. She always wanted to stay with him for a while and talk or something.
Having said that, Xiaohua fell asleep after a while.
Xiaohua's face under the light seemed to be covered with a layer of golden gauze, her palm-sized face was rounder than before, but the whole person still looked so slender. It was feared that she could not bear the burden.
King Jing watched silently, reached out and touched her hair, and then touched her face, and finally his hand fell on his stomach, his heart was full of infinite warmth.
He has been very tired recently, not only physically, but also mentally. In the past, those who were unwilling, indifferent, lazy to pay attention, and unwilling to do, now have to start to change their attitudes. Maybe in the eyes of outsiders, he is still the same him, and only he can understand how much effort he has put in and how much change he has made.
But after seeing her, this tiredness will disappear strangely. King Jing still didn't understand what it was, but he didn't reject this feeling.
After waiting for a while, he picked up her sleeping and walked into the bedroom.
***
The next day, when Xiaohua woke up naturally, she found that King Jing was still there.
"Your Highness?"
She was a little surprised that he was rarely there when she woke up these days.
She wakes up almost every day until Chen Shi, and he, according to Lilac, gets up very early every day, and sometimes leaves at Yin Shi.
King Jing woke up very early, but did not get up from lying down, but silently enjoyed this rare leisure time.
"Today's first day, no official business."
In fact, it's not that he has no official duties, he has a lot of things to do, but when it's a New Year's Eve, he can't stop, so his subordinates can't stop. After a busy year, there are always a few days to rest.
"real?"
It could be seen that she was very happy, and he said again, "I don't need it for a few days."
It seemed that the spring flowers were blooming all of a sudden, and the smile on Xiaohua's face was extremely bright, and all the happiness was turned into a sentence, "It's good."
The two got up, and after King Jing got out of bed, only to realize that she hadn't sat up yet.
He had never seen such a situation before. He always left when she was still sleeping, but he didn't expect her to act so hard now.
King Jing picked her up in the past and put her on the edge of the bed, Xiaohua blushed, "My belly is big, and it's inconvenient to move around."
King Jing stroked her forehead and raised her voice to call out.
The two washed and changed clothes, and breakfast was already placed on the table in the east room.
After the meal, Xiaohua sat for a quarter of an hour, and then began to walk around the house with Lilac on the side. King Jing was going to the study, but he didn't go there.
When Xiaohua was walking around the house, she couldn't be helped by anyone, she had to walk by herself, and Lilac could only follow step by step. The steps are heavy, step by step. I didn't feel it at first, after all, the time was short, and after a quarter of an hour, Xiao Hua's face began to turn red, and her footsteps were a little staggering, as if she always felt like she couldn't drag her feet.
Even so, she didn't stop, she was still walking, while Lilac was constantly looking at the hourglass on the high table.
King Jing knew that it was very hard for her to be pregnant, and she could tell from her usual sleeping position, but she didn't expect it to be like this.
"Take a break," he said.
Xiaohua turned her face and smiled at him, "It's not time yet."
King Jing's eyebrows twitched involuntarily.
After walking for a while, Xiao Hua had already started to pant slightly. King Jing thought he was going to stop, but he heard the palace servant beside him whispering encouragement, "Madam, hold on for a while, there is still half a cup of tea."
Xiaohua is slender and has a big belly. When you watch her move, you always feel like she is afraid that she will fall forward. King Jing had been a little frightened when he watched it, but at this moment he couldn't bear it any longer.
"what happened?!"
It was the first time I heard such a stern tone from King Jing's mouth.
Lilac's face turned pale, and she knelt down with a plop, "His Royal Highness, Madam is exercising her physical strength. It's like this every day."
King Jing's face was a little scary, and Chuncao explained with a trembling voice, "Mother He said that this will help with future production..."
Before he could finish speaking, he heard King Jing say, "Go and invite Mammy He."
Ding Lan, Xiao Xiazi and the others on the side saw this situation, and they all shrank their necks in fright, Chuncao hurriedly went to ask Mammy He. Xiaohua was a little stunned at this time, and she didn't know what to say.
Mammy He came soon. Seeing that King Jing's face was not good, she felt a little panic in her heart.
"I have seen Your Highness."
"How is this going."
On the way here, Chuncao had already explained the situation at that time in a few words, and Mammy He probably had a clue in her heart, so she rationalized her thoughts and said, "Your Highness, this is a method that my servants came up with. Madam is young and has twins. Moving around is good for future production.”
"Including eating that much at every meal?"
King Jing still remembered what happened yesterday. He didn't eat dinner with Xiao Hua'er before. He knew how much she could eat, but he didn't expect that even though he was tall now, he ate so little last night.
"Yes." Mammy He added: "Even though you eat less at each meal, you eat more meals and you have enough nutrition. If the fetus is too big, it will be difficult to give birth in the future."
After listening to these few words, King Jing grasped the key point. He was stunned for a moment, then calmly looked and waved people down.
"His Royal Highness, I'm really fine. Mammy He gave me a good time to pinch, just enough to exercise my physical strength without getting tired."
King Jing glanced at her, didn't say anything, just touched her hair.
When Xiaohua was taking a nap in the afternoon, King Jing recruited Fushun, Mammy He, and Hu Liangyi from the study in the west side.
"Tell me about the specific situation."
In the morning, King Jing asked her to retire without saying anything, and Mammy He guessed that His Highness would still look for her, and sure enough, she came this afternoon.
Fushun actually came to listen to the situation. It was Mama He and Liangyi Hu who told them what they both knew. As for Xu's mother, she was not qualified enough to meet King Jing.
The comprehensive result is that Mrs. Hua is in good health now, and it shouldn't be difficult to continue giving birth.
But King Jing also heard the 'should', which means that there will be danger during production.
King Jing had never understood this, and when it came to giving birth to a woman, he was heartbroken when Xiao Shi gave birth several times in his previous life. He couldn't remember what his mental state was at that time. He only remembered that Xiao Shi seemed to be screaming miserably. Thinking that Xiaohua'er would be like that, he trembled in his heart.
It took more than an hour to understand these related matters. King Jing, who was sitting behind the desk, looked as usual, but his hands on his knees were clenched into fists.
After letting everyone back down, he sat in the study for a long time.
After that, when Xiao Hua was walking in the house, King Jing didn't say anything, just sat and watched. When eating, she didn't say that she ate less, but began to rarely put some dishes specially prepared by Mammy He into her bowl.
These leisurely days were fleeting, King Jing began to leave early and come back late again, while Xiaohua continued to raise the baby.
He was busy and she was busy, both fighting for each other's goals.