Xu Junying glanced at his uncle who was bowing his head, then looked at the emperor with a smile on his lips: "As a younger generation, I cannot bear to disobey the orders of my elders again. Cousin Zhuang is gentle and virtuous, and comes from a noble family. She only asked for the gift of heaven because she entered the family later. I have nothing to say, but I leave it to the emperor and the queen mother to decide!"
The emperor took a sip of tea and put down the cup. "You have to consider whether the elders' orders are reasonable or not! Qin Meiniang is the marriage I arranged for you. She is not in good health. Can't you treat her? The palace doctors are not good enough, but can't Zhang Jingyun and Lingxuzi cure her? The Queen Mother made Cousin Zhuang your concubine. You have nothing to say, but the Queen will blame me for not telling her in advance... Hey! In the end, it will become my fault! Keep Cousin Zhuang for now. You can have as many concubines and beauties as you want, but you can only have one principal wife!"
Xu Junying secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said nothing more, letting the Second Master drink tea. The Second Master drank half a cup of fragrant tea with shaking hands, and Xu Junying was about to leave. The Emperor looked at him with a somewhat depressed look in his eyes:
"I don't know what will happen today. Zhang Jingyun and Lingxuzi are still guarding Kunning Palace. They haven't started yet, but they are weak and asleep... I can't go near them. I'm very worried!"
Xu Junying nodded in understanding and said, "I will send my uncle out of the palace and will be back soon!"
Ji Qing came over and leaned over and said, "If Weiyuan Hou is relieved, let Zhang Lian send Xu Yuanwailang home!"
The uncle and nephew looked at each other, and Xu Xiping said hurriedly: "It is more important to accompany the emperor! Uncle will go home by himself, nothing will happen, don't worry!"
Xu Xiping knelt down and kowtowed. Ji Qing led him out of the pavilion and handed him over to the imperial guards to be sent back to Xu's mansion.
There was no one around, so the emperor and Xu Junying sat down on the balcony in a relaxed and natural manner, setting up the chessboard and preparing to play a few games. Just as they started, two maids from Kunning Palace came running to report:
"The Queen slept for a while, and when she woke up she said she had severe abdominal pain. Mr. Zhang, Taoist Lingxuzi, requested permission: no need to diagnose her pulse, I want to go into her bedroom to see her true face!"
The emperor jumped up and said, "Why do you still need to ask me at this time? Whatever they say is right!"
The nanny added, "The Queen is a little scared and wants someone to accompany her!"
"Who does the Queen want to accompany her? Me?"
The nanny's eyes flickered and she lowered her head: "The Queen Mother is guarding the front hall of Kunning Palace... The Queen only said that she wanted the wife of Weiyuan Hou to come in and accompany her!"
Xu Junying was stunned: Want Cen Meimei to accompany him? He didn't know what it was like to give birth to a child. The emperor was so scared to be the father of two princesses. Meimei, would she be scared
The emperor looked at Xu Junying and said, "I forgot! Mei Niang gave birth to Heng'er before. She knows how to comfort and help the queen. Let her go to Kunning Palace to accompany her!"
Without waiting for Xu Junying to answer, he turned around and told Ji Qing: "Go to the Buddhist temple and convey my order: Madam Weiyuan Hou should go to Kunning Palace as soon as possible to accompany the queen!"
He knew that his mother had been secretly suppressing the Empress. No matter what the Empress wanted to do, the Queen Mother would find reasons to oppose it. If there was discord between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, the son and the husband would suffer. It was not that the Empress was bad, but that the Queen Mother was picky by nature. He knew it very well.
The Queen's request would definitely not be approved by the Queen Mother, otherwise the nanny beside the Queen would not have rushed to ask for permission. It's fine if she stopped him from approaching. The Queen didn't ask for her family to accompany her, so is it okay if she just wanted a girlfriend to accompany her? If he didn't come forward to support her in person, the Queen's wish would be in vain. At this time, he would not allow it!
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Ji Qing took the order and left. The two maids also left quickly. The emperor held his head with both hands and closed his eyes: "It's started! She's going to give birth! God bless her! I hope she can get through this smoothly!"
Xu Junying looked at him nervously: "Don't panic, the queen will pass smoothly, don't worry!"
The emperor opened his eyes and smiled bitterly, "You know nothing! When you returned home, your son was already so big, how do you know the pain of giving birth? When Chen gave birth to her first daughter, I only walked to the front yard, and heard those screams from afar. I was so scared that I turned around and ran away. When have I ever been afraid on the battlefield? My legs were weak! Although Chen is not my favorite, she is my first wife after all, and I don't want her to be like that..."
Xu Junying lowered his head, then raised it again after a while, his expression calm and firm: "We will have children in the future, and I will stay by her side!"
The emperor looked at him and said, "The elders said that it would clash with each other and we can't be around... Maybe we can be closer, in the courtyard? I really want to go over there now!"
Xu Junying looked outside and returned to reality: The Empress Dowager was guarding Kunning Palace herself, so how could she let the Emperor get close
"We can... get closer, but if the Queen Mother finds out, I'm afraid it will be difficult to talk."
The emperor stood up and said, "Never mind! Let's go to Yuzhen Palace, where Concubine Li lives. It's close to Kunning Palace, only about 20 to 30 steps away."
"How, how come it's so close?"
The emperor walked forward without looking back: "The queen arranged it. Concubine Li is her cousin. She's closer so she can take care of her!"
In Yuzhen Palace, Concubine Li received the emperor, feeling both happy and nervous: "I don't know what happened to my sister. I am so nervous and panicked!"
The emperor comforted her: "It will be alright! You... go to the back. I and Weiyuan are sitting here. It will be inconvenient for you to stay here!"
Concubine Li said carefully: "Your Majesty...will you make tea for His Majesty and Marquis Weiyuan?"
The emperor waved his hand and said, "No need, I have such people around me, you can go by yourself!"
Concubine Li bit her lip, lowered her head, bowed, and quickly went to the back hall.
After a while, Ji Qing came and the emperor asked hurriedly, "How is the queen?"
"Your Majesty, don't panic. The Queen was in pain for a while, but now it's gone. Mr. Zhang said we'll have to wait a long time!"
"It doesn't hurt anymore?" The emperor asked suspiciously, "What's going on in there?"
Ji Qing shook his head: "I'm not sure, the room was full of maids and servants. After sending Madam Weiyuan in, she drove most of the people out, leaving only three personal maids and two maids, as well as two midwives, Mr. Zhang and Lingxu..."
Xu Junying felt a little uneasy: "They...Mr. Zhang and Lingxuzi haven't come out yet?"
"Mr. Zhang and Lingxuzi taught Madam Weiyuan a lot of things. I was far away and couldn't hear clearly. Later, the two of them came out and stood guard outside. If there was any movement inside, Madam Weiyuan would tell the two divine doctors through the door!"
The emperor nodded: "That's great, let's go check it out again!"
Ji Qing said, "Leave Xiao Fuzi, Xiao Qingzi and the others here, they will be back to report soon."
"Where's the Queen Mother?"
"The Queen Mother looked a little tired. Madam Weiyuan saluted the Queen Mother, but she just nodded without saying anything. I saw the Queen Mother yawning and eating a few snacks!"
Xu Junying suddenly remembered: "Cen... Mei Niang must be hungry! She hasn't had lunch yet!"
The emperor glanced at him and said, "Neither I nor the queen ate it!"
Ji Qing said, "The emperor's lunch has been sent over. The Kunning Palace's housekeeper will prepare meals for the queen and Weiyuan Marquis' wife."
Suddenly, Xiao Fuzi came running over and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty: The Empress Dowager is tired and has a backache. She has left a few maids to look after her. She is going back to the Cining Palace to rest for a while!"
The emperor was stunned for a moment, stroking his chin and thinking, then beckoned to Ji Qing: "Empty the people in Kunning Palace, I want to go over and take a look!"
"But Your Majesty, the Queen Mother..."
The emperor was impatient: "Hasn't the queen given birth yet? What are you afraid of?"
Xu Junying followed the emperor to Kunning Palace. Zhang Jingyun and Lingxuzi received the emperor. The emperor waved his hand, skipping all the formalities, and went straight into the inner room where the queen was lying. Mei Niang was sitting on an embroidered stool in front of the bed, talking to the queen in a low voice. When they saw the emperor coming in, they were both surprised. Mei Niang had just stood up, but before she had time to kneel down, the emperor hurriedly said, "Stand up!"
Then he sat down beside the queen, took her hand, and asked, "How is it? Does it still hurt?"
The Queen's eyes were filled with tears: "Now it hurts again... Mei Niang said that it's better to feel pain, and the pain is getting more and more intense, which means that I'm about to give birth!"
The emperor caressed her slightly wet forehead with a distressed look on his face: "She must be right. Didn't she give birth to Heng'er?"
The queen smiled and said, "She also said: If I think about the emperor, I will have strength and everything will go smoothly... Just after she finished speaking, the emperor came!"
When the emperor looked back, he found that Mei Niang had already left and the maids in the room were also gone.
He squeezed the queen's hand with a little more force: "I am nearby, and I am always thinking about you. When you suffer, I am sad too. We are in pain together, waiting for our child to be born!"
The queen shed tears and nodded with a smile: "I will definitely make sure our child is born safely!"
In the courtyard, Xu Junying stood under a lilac tree. Purple petals were blown by the wind and fell all over his head and body, but he was unaware of it. His eyes were fixed on the flower hall in the north. Under the large diamond-shaped window, Lingxuzi sat at the desk, writing on a piece of white paper. A group of imperial doctors gathered around him, discussing something in groups of three or five. On the other side of the carved partition, Zhang Jingyun and Mei Niang stood side by side at the round table, whispering and talking about something. The two of them only saw each other in their eyes, and their seriousness and concentration made people angry. Xu Junying clenched his fists and almost rushed in, but he knew he couldn't. What they were discussing at this time must be related to having children. Zhang Jingyun was the last disciple of the so-called Northeast God Doctor, with superb medical skills. As for Meimei, I really don't know what kind of country she lived in in her previous life. It seems that she has learned everything and knows a little about everything. She has cured his discomfort several times and knew that his stomach was not good without taking his pulse. Could it be that she also understands having children? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation.) (To be continued)