Concubine Yi suddenly spoke up, abruptly interrupting Concubine Hui's words, which was considered rude by everyone.
Concubine Hui's face immediately fell, and she was trying not to smile. Taking a concubine was Yinzhi's family affair, so how could she interfere
As for inviting the imperial physician, the empress dowager had mentioned it first, and didn't Irgen Jueluo decline it? Imperial Concubine Yi was clearly overstepping her authority and didn't take the empress dowager seriously!
"I hope that Her Majesty Yi will understand," Concubine Hui suppressed her displeasure and slightly emphasized her tone, "Yunxin is my daughter-in-law, so I will naturally care about her. Your Majesty will not have to worry about it."
Who doesn't understand the hidden meaning of these words
Yun Xiu sneered, his smile revealing disbelief and deep sarcasm.
The faces of the concubines and ladies who had old grudges against her changed, remembering the scene in the early years when Concubine Yi's sharp tongue made everyone speechless. They looked at each other and suddenly dared not say a word.
Ruizhu had already trotted out of the Cining Palace and hurried to ask for the imperial physician. Yunxiu sneered and didn't leave Huifei any face: "Care? Who are you fooling? You are really her good mother. It's okay for the concubine to cause trouble, but didn't you see that the eldest concubine had bleeding? Can you bear the consequences of hurting the emperor's grandchildren?!"
He frowned again and said, "She is almost nine months pregnant. We can't neglect her. She looks like she is about to give birth! The most urgent thing is to set up the delivery room and find a wet nurse and a midwife. Please ask the Queen Mother and Sister Wen to hurry up and make a decision."
The eldest wife was holding her belly and sitting below Concubine Hui, and also diagonally behind Yunxiu. There was a low table blocking her view, so if you didn't look carefully, no one would notice that her light purple palace dress was stained red.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the room was shocked.
Concubine Hui's face turned pale, then blue and red. She didn't have the time to care about Yun Xiu's words or her face being stepped on.
Even though she disliked her daughter-in-law more and more, she didn't want to hurt her sweet grandson in her belly!
For a moment, I blamed the first wife again. She was so weak that she even made an excuse that she had a poor appetite. But when I said I wanted to find a concubine for Yinzhi, I saw blood. Was she deliberately trying to harm me
All her dissatisfaction and complaints suddenly stopped the moment she looked down at her daughter-in-law's belly.
"Quickly call the imperial physician..." The blood, the unstoppable bleeding, Concubine Hui's voice began to tremble, "Quickly call the imperial physician!"
Concubine Wen and Concubine Hui were on the same side, and there was a gap between them. If Yun Xiu hadn't reminded her, she would never have noticed it.
Hearing this, Concubine Wen stood up immediately and said solemnly: "Concubine Hui is confused, and it is also my negligence."
Before she finished speaking, the eldest prince's daughter Guoguo started crying. Concubine Wen frowned and kept ordering the nanny, "Take the eldest princess to the side hall and warm up some milk cakes to calm her down. Put her to sleep quickly. Don't scare such a young child!"
Then he thought that by this time, the Emperor should be here with his princes to pay their respects. So he ordered the palace servants, "Hurry up and invite the Emperor and the eldest prince to come. Go!"
Concubine Wen spoke in an orderly manner, and the chaos was immediately stabilized.
The eldest wife's lips were pale, her sallow face looked as if it had been painted white, her forehead was covered in cold sweat, and her face was full of pain.
Her eyes were red, and she opened her mouth and subconsciously looked towards Yun Xiu, her eyes filled with gratitude and a request for help: "Mother, save... the child..." She said with difficulty, holding her stomach, and tears fell in an instant.
She didn't expect that she couldn't bear it like this.
"The midwife and wet nurse have been prepared and are waiting at my brother's place..." She used her last bit of strength to say, "They are all people my daughter-in-law can trust."
Yun Xiu closed her eyes and nodded gently: "Madame Dong, go and take them there yourself."
Then she walked forward and whispered a few words to Concubine Wen. Concubine Wen thought for a moment and turned to the Queen Mother and said, "Look, Yongshou Palace is close to here. Why don't we find a side hall and quickly clean up the delivery room..."
The hall was filled with noise. The Queen Mother was so worried that she could not sit still. She repeatedly asked why the imperial physician had not arrived yet. When Concubine Wen asked, she thought for a moment and sighed, "There is no better way. I will do as you say."
Yongshou Palace
Concubine Hui's heart tightened, and she immediately said, "My concubine's Yanxi Palace—"
At this moment, Su Malagu walked into the main hall with a stern face and stopped Concubine Hui from speaking.
"Empress Dowager, our ancestors said that people who have seen blood should not be moved. Hurry up and prepare a side hall for the eldest wife to live in."
The Queen Mother knew that this was the best way, but she still felt it was inappropriate. A side hall in the Cining Palace... This was against the rules.
Well, could it be that Concubine Wen’s Yongshou Palace is in compliance with the rules
Before the empress dowager replied, Concubine Hui's eyes started to turn red first. She threw away all the fear and anger in her heart, and the only things in her mind and eyes were the three words "Cining Palace".
She suppressed her inner joy and said, "I, Yunxin, would like to thank the old ancestor for his consideration!"
If her beloved grandson was born in the Cining Palace and had the title of the emperor's eldest grandson, how much of a help would that be to Yinzhi
Thinking of this, his dissatisfaction with the first wife, Irgen Jueluo, was somewhat alleviated.
Su Malagu glanced at her, nodded slightly, and then returned to the place where the ancestors rested. Only those who were familiar with her could detect the hidden anger in her.
When she reported back, she lifted the bed curtain and whispered a few words to the Empress Dowager who was resting with her eyes closed.
"Concubine Hui is really outrageous. As for Yinzhi, he learned to cherish after learning a lesson." The Empress Dowager twirled the Buddhist beads and chanted "Amitabha". Her turbid eyes became heavy and distant.
She murmured, "Please pray to the Buddha to bless Lady Yinzhi. I will not allow them to continue like this."
*****
The eldest prince has been in a bad mood recently and was unwilling to send anyone to inquire about the content of the Hadith, let alone confront the crown prince in private.
In fact, he regretted it on the first day he moved out of the main courtyard in anger.
Without his wife, he couldn't eat well or sleep well. When Guan and Wu flirted with each other, he banned them from seeing each other. Resisting the urge to go back to his room to see her, Yinzhi was really ruthless. He ate and slept in the study room, vowing to make Irgen Jueluo realize her mistake.
His self-esteem was shattered. Why couldn't he be better than Yinreng and succeed to the throne
But there was always a voice in his heart telling him that what Fu Jin said was right, but it just couldn't work.
After a sleepless night, he kept his eyes open until dawn. When the first ray of sunlight fell in the morning, Yinzhi's eyes were sore.
He knew that Fu Jin was doing this for his own good, but his mother and uncle were expecting him to be married, so he couldn't get away.
The next day, the eldest prince was eagerly waiting for someone from the main courtyard to arrive, thinking that as long as the wife gave him a step, he could climb down.
As a result, there was no one there. The third day, the fourth day... it was the same.
Yinzhi made himself angry again.
His wife doesn't care about him.
I don't know how many days passed, but the eldest prince, who was originally angry out of spite, gradually became confused.
His toes landed outside the study, heading towards the main courtyard, but he didn't have the courage to move forward. It seemed that if he took a step forward, everything he had insisted on since childhood would suddenly break. He really didn't want to admit it, and didn't want to admit that the fight for the throne was just a ridiculous dream.
He knew that Fu Jin wanted him to see the dream clearly.
After several sleepless nights, Yinzhi kept thinking about his father's attitude, his mother's expectations, Yinreng's shortcomings, his own chances of winning, and all sorts of other things.
He was often distracted during court and was in a daze when paying his respects. Yinzhi vaguely remembered which girl Concubine Hui mentioned to him...
Is he going to arrange a marriage for his cousin? He subconsciously said "oh", and then he started thinking about the matter of Fu Jin.
He hasn't seen her for many days.
Today was the same. It was a minor year, and everyone had a smile on their face, but Yinzhi was the only one who felt miserable and had no one to confide in.
After the court session, he mechanically raised his feet and followed Kangxi to the Cining Palace to pay his respects.
The prince glanced at Yinzhi suspiciously and called out tentatively, "Brother?"
Yinzhi looked at him blankly and said nothing.
That look seemed to contain thousands of words, but there was no provocation or disobedience. The prince got goosebumps all over his body. Did the boss take the wrong medicine
The prince suppressed his discomfort and continued to ask tentatively, "Brother, have you been busy with the affairs of the Ministry of War recently?"
He heard Yi E'niang and Nanny Dong sigh that the eldest son and his wife, Irgen Jueluo, went to the Yanx Palace to pay their respects, but their time was all staggered.
Is there a rift between the couple
He felt happy when he thought about it. With the treasure given by the Emperor, it would not be an exaggeration to say that his friendship with Jingchu has made great progress.
Yinzhi was unaware of the prince's rare gossipy mind, nor did he know that his eyes contained a hint of superiority.
He had not slept all night yesterday, and his head was muddled. Hearing this, he said in a daze, "I'm not busy. I'm busy looking for Hadith."
"…" The doubts in his heart turned into dark clouds, and the prince's face darkened instantly. He laughed, "Brother is really in a good mood."
Yinzhi looked at the prince blankly. Why was he in such a good mood
At this moment, a group of eunuchs appeared from the corner of the palace road, panting. When they saw the emperor, they knelt down as if they had found a savior: "Your servants pay their respects to His Majesty, to the Crown Prince, to the eldest, third, fourth, and fourth princes..."
Kangxi frowned slightly, and Liang Jiugong quickly scolded them: "Enough, enough. Look how anxious you are, hurry up and report the matter."
"The first wife suddenly had bleeding... The imperial physician felt her pulse and said she was going to have a difficult birth..."
The voice was urgent and sharp, and it floated straight into the ears of the eldest prince Yinzhi.
The princes were shocked and looked towards Yinzhi together. They saw their eldest brother trembling all over. His eyes suddenly became clear, and then gradually became bloodshot.
He rushed forward and asked in a lost voice, "Who are you saying is going to have a difficult birth?!"
He was just short of grabbing the little eunuch by the collar.
His eyes were so terrifying that the young eunuch almost peed his pants. Seeing this, Kangxi slapped the sedan chair and called out in a deep voice, "Yinzhi!"
Another eunuch who was a bit more daring, described the whole story in a horrified manner: "Empress Hui said that the eldest prince had a favorite concubine, and not long after, the first and second concubines had their period... It was Empress Yi who discovered it first and hurriedly sent for the imperial physician, so that it was not delayed for long."
As for the looks of the princes, just now they were filled with surprise and sympathy, but now they were filled with anger and condemnation.
The prince fell silent. If he remembered correctly, his eldest sister-in-law had been pregnant for more than eight months, a time when she was sensitive and thoughtful. How could the eldest son still be thinking about taking a concubine
On the throne, the emperor's face turned pale. He finally closed his eyes and suppressed the angry words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Seeing that Yinzhi's face was full of panic and his eyes were red as if he was about to cry, he sighed softly and his anger turned into calmness: "Don't be in a daze, go see your wife."