The next day before Zhao Heng entered the palace, he reminded the steward to ask Lin to accompany the princess.
It was still dark when he left, and when Song Jianing woke up, it was already bright, and just after breakfast, Mrs Lin came over. Song Jianing walked out happily, habitually supporting her increasingly heavier stomach with one hand, walked to the door of the main room, and bumped into her mother head-on. Lin looked at her daughter with a smile, Song Jianing also looked at her mother happily, and then found that the naturally beautiful mother had accidentally put on a layer of powder, and there was nothing on her face, but her mother's eyes were full of bloodshots.
"Mother, what's the matter with you?" Song Jianing suddenly became anxious.
Lin Shi was very haggard for the past two days. She didn't want to come. She was afraid that her daughter would see that she was worried, but her daughter was about to give birth. It was a critical time. Since his daughter saw it through, Mrs Lin hurriedly supported her daughter, and said helplessly, "It's alright, An'an, don't worry, it's just that Brother Mao had chickenpox a while ago, and my mother was watching, and I didn't sleep well at night."
Is your brother sick
Song Jianing immediately said, "I'll go take a look."
Lin held her daughter's arm and said in a relaxed tone: "The boss said this morning, Brother Mao is fine, just wait for the acne on his face to go away and then he will be alive again, you have a big belly, just be honest, wait for Mao Brother is alright, mother will bring him to see you."
Song Jianing has had acne herself, so she knows it's not a serious illness, but it's her own younger brother. It doesn't matter if they are far away. The family is so close, she just wants to see her younger brother, otherwise she will keep thinking about it and feel even more uncomfortable. Lin couldn't beat her daughter, so she had to personally help her to go to the next door to the Duke's Mansion. Although Song Jianing had a big belly, Lang Zhong said that it would be beneficial to walk more, just don't walk too fast.
The girls slowly walked to Duke Wei's mansion, and soon Song Jianing saw his younger brother, who was full of acne. Song Jianing softly coaxed his younger brother: "Brother Mao takes good medicine, and when he is sick, he will go to the palace to pick persimmons."
Brother Mao didn't want to eat persimmons now, so he looked at his sister's belly and said, "Sister will wait for me to regenerate after my illness. I want to watch you give birth." Mother said, my sister has his little nephew in her stomach, and Brother Mao is anxious to take care of it. What about my uncle
Song Jianing couldn't help laughing as his younger brother spoke childishly, and sat with his younger brother for a quarter of an hour.
The sister and brother had talked enough, and Lin shi helped her daughter out again, going around the shadow wall, and suddenly saw a carriage slowly parked in front of the Guogong's mansion. Lin Shi first thought of her husband's official acquaintance. Just as she was about to stand in front of her daughter, the curtain of the carriage was pulled open, and the man in the car leaned out. His face was thin and pale, but he was cold and romantic.
Surprised and happy, Lin Shi excitedly left her daughter and went out to greet him: "Pingzhang is back!"
Guo Xiao felt uncomfortable in his chest. When he got out of the carriage, he lowered his eyes and raised his head unexpectedly when he heard the voice of his stepmother. However, the first thing he saw was the figure behind the stepmother wearing a lavender robe. Guo Xiao came back early for her. Knowing that she would be born at the end of this month, he ignored the advice of the imperial doctor and set off two months earlier, but Guo Xiao never expected to see her this year. He just wanted to leave when she gave birth. She is closer. It is said that a woman gives birth to a child by breaking through the gates of hell. Guo Xiao wanted to accompany her to break through, but he saw her before he got off the carriage.
Everything in front of her disappeared, only her petite figure remained. One year, I haven't seen her for a whole year. She has grown taller and more beautiful. Because of her pregnancy, her belly is bulging, her face has gained a lot of weight, and she is whiter, tenderer and more charming. His eyes swept across her stomach and landed on her face again. Guo Xiao stared greedily at the face that was engraved in his heart, even though she had already lowered her eyes, even though she showed the look of fear of him again.
Guo Xiao still didn't understand what she was afraid of after so many years, and he didn't want to pursue it. He liked everything she was.
Looking back, Guo Xiaochao smiled at his stepmother who had already walked up to him. He got out of the car and said, "I've been away from home for too long, I want to come back early, how is my mother?"
Lin has no mother-son relationship with this stepson, but the stepson is very kind to Mao Ge'er and is a brave hero. Lin admires Guo Xiao from the bottom of his heart, so after learning that Guo Xiao suffered such a serious injury, Lin sent someone They sent two carts full of valuable medicinal materials and supplements. Now Guo Xiao didn't listen to the doctor's orders to come back early, and he was still holding his right chest with his hand in pain.
"Guo Xiao, meet the princess." Guo Xiao was walking beside the Lin family, and when he was four or five steps away from Song Jianing, he suddenly broke away from the guard who was supporting him, knelt down toward Song Jianing on one knee, looked up at her, and saw The fire was only for her to see. A year, she knows how he survived? Every time he thinks of her lying beside other men, he is worse than death.
Song Jianing didn't expect him to be like this, so she took two steps back in shock, and without looking at him at all, she turned her head sideways: "Brother, you're welcome, please get up quickly."
Lin Shi didn't expect his stepson to perform such a big ceremony, but after all, he is not a brother or sister. The stepson is cautious in keeping the ceremony. He is concerned about his injuries and quickly persuades him to get up. Guo Xiao nodded, and when he got up, there was another dull pain in his right chest. He immediately raised his hand to press the wound, and pressed it tightly. His face was pale, but his eyes were turned to her.
Song Jianing noticed his movements and his eyes changed slightly. In her previous life, Mammy Li also told her about this Northern Expedition, but she didn't mention whether Da Zhou was a winner or a loser, only that Guo Xiao made credit and was promoted to the third rank at once. But Song Jianing also knew that Guo Xiao's chest was intact in his previous life, and he didn't have any arrow wounds.
"Mother, take care of eldest brother, I'll go back first." Song Jianing didn't want to live with Guo Xiao, and used this as an excuse to leave.
Guo Xiao, however, looked at her deeply: "I'm fine, the princess has two bodies, let my mother take you there."
Song Jianing pursed his lips.
Of course, the Lin family cared more about her own daughter. Since Guo Xiao spoke up, she asked the imperial guard to send her stepson to the Yihexuan, and she continued to walk out with her daughter. Guo Xiao stopped in place, his eyes kept following the slender figure from behind, and he could no longer see anyone. Guo Xiao closed his eyes, as if he could still smell the faint fragrance on her body.
"Sir, let's go?" his subordinate whispered.
Guo Xiao hummed, still clutching his chest with his right hand, took a few steps before barely suppressing the pain, and slowly let it go.
It hurts, but it's worth it.
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On the way back to Shouwang's residence, Song Jianing's mind was full of Guo Xiao's eyes looking at her, like a wolf in human skin. At first glance, he looked like a stern and observant brother, but in those eyes, there were ambitions that only she understood. Song Jianing felt chills all over her body. Her mother told her before that Guo Xiao would return to Beijing as early as the twelfth lunar month, so she dared to come to see her younger brother at the Duke's Mansion. If she knew that Guo Xiao would come back early today, she would definitely not go out.
Guo Xiao's eyes swayed back and forth in his head, before he stepped into the palace, and then walked around the shadow wall, Song Jianing suddenly covered his stomach and looked at his mother in horror: "Mother, I, I may be giving birth..."
Lin Shi was shocked. Whether it was a famous doctor in the capital or the imperial doctor in the palace, they all said that their daughter was born at the end of the month, and she was only fourteen today. How could it be so long in advance
Seeing her daughter's panicked eyes, Lin quickly calmed down and motioned Qiuyue and Shuang'er to prepare first. She held her daughter firmly with her hand and said with a smile, "Don't panic, An'an, it's just a reminder for you now, let the child warn you. We're ready, it's still early, let's walk back slowly, there's still time."
Song Jianing looked at her bulging belly, still afraid, and said uneasy, "Why is it half a month earlier?"
Lin rubbed her daughter's belly and deliberately joked: "Some melon seedlings in the same field ripen a few days earlier, and some are a few days later. It's common to say that you two brothers and sisters, your mother is pregnant with you nine. 20 days of the month, it's Brother Mao's turn, half a month earlier than you. An An eats so well, and the child in her womb grows fast, and the melons are ripe and they will naturally come out."
Song Jianing was distracted by her mother's gentle voice, and said in surprise, "Mother actually remembers it?"
How can Lin Shi remember that, in order to coax her daughter to lie, but she made it up perfectly, Song Jianing really believed it, just thinking that she was going to give birth in a while, Song Jianing couldn't control the fear in her heart, her face was pale and pale, she really wanted to see it. one person. As he walked, the delivery room that had been cleaned up early was in front of him. Song Jianing subconsciously looked at the palace, not knowing when he would return.
In the Hanlin Academy, Zhao Heng held the newly compiled book in his hand, but it was always difficult to read it, and he was inexplicably irritable. But he couldn't find a reason to be irritable. She had insomnia again last night, but he had already sent someone to invite her mother-in-law to accompany her. The mother and daughter should be chatting about family affairs now, and it was still half a month before she gave birth, so there was nothing to worry about.
At this moment, a young eunuch hurried over, lowered his head and reported: "My lord, just now your house sent someone to send a letter in, saying that the princess is about to give birth..."
When Zhao Heng heard the words, he immediately put down the scroll, strode out, and the pace was so fast that Eunuch Fu almost had to trot to keep up, but Eunuch Fu ran comfortably, and was excited that the prince finally had someone to succeed him. The carriage in which Zhao Heng entered the palace was now ready, and the steward who delivered the letter came on horseback and waited respectfully.
When Zhao Heng left the palace, he walked directly towards the steward's horse, got on his horse, and went straight to his palace.
Eunuch Fu didn't think that the master was so anxious, he left him and went back first. He didn't dare to use the ready-made prince's car, so he had to run back bitterly, taking the steward with him.
Zhao Heng went back to the palace first, jumped off his horse and hurried to the backyard. The steward had been waiting in front of him. At this moment, he hurried with the master and reported in a low voice: "My lord, the princess heard that the fifth son had acne, and went to visit. When I came back, I happened to see the prince returning to the mansion, and I was delayed for a while in the front yard of the imperial mansion. Soon after I returned to the mansion, I…”
Zhao Heng's footsteps slowed down, and he turned his eyes to the Duke's Mansion.
Guo Xiao came back and returned to Beijing two months early. Was she planning to give birth in October and came back on purpose
What did he come back for? Just met her, and she was so frightened that she was born at the end of this month half a month earlier. Could it be that Guo Xiao knew that she was afraid of him and came back to scare her on purpose? But, why is the princess afraid of him, is she guessing that all the frame-ups were done by Guo Xiao, or what Guo Xiao said or did to her before she got married
If so, she must have guessed that the hairpin was given by Guo Xiao, right
But she pretended to be so flawless that even he fooled him.
People had already reached the corridor leading to the backyard, but Zhao Heng suddenly turned around and went to the study alone. Guan Shi is not Eunuch Fu, and does not know Wang Ye's heart as well as Eunuch Fu, but Guan Shi is a father, and I vaguely feel that Wang Ye is too nervous to be a father for the first time, and he doesn't want people to see it, so he pretends to calmly wait for news in the study.
In the delivery room, Shuang'er picked up the curtain and came in, looking at the pale princess lying on the bed, she clenched her hands and boldly lied: "Princess, the prince is back, and he will come to see you before you change your clothes, and halfway through, Eunuch Fu is stunned. After persuading you to stop, saying that you are more nervous when the lord is here, the lord asked me to tell you that he will be waiting in the front yard, so that you can live in peace."
When Song Jianing heard this, she wanted to laugh again, but was a little disappointed. She laughed because the prince wanted to accompany her, and was disappointed...
"There are a lot of royal rules, and someone around the prince reminds them of the rules, and they can't do whatever they want." Lin Shi was not very comfortable, but his son-in-law was the prince, so he really couldn't ask too much. Originally, men shouldn't be in the delivery room. The front yard, etc., are almost the same. Rather than complaining, the most important thing is to reassure your daughter first.
Song Jianing was disappointed, but she was not particularly greedy. She was very satisfied that the prince had come back so soon.
In addition to the mother, there were three of the most famous midwives in the capital. There was also an imperial doctor outside. Song Jianing took a few deep breaths and tried to focus on the child in his womb. She was nine months pregnant, and the prince was so eager, he didn't take a step forward, he cared so much about her and the child, she must give birth well.
The noon passed like this. In the second half of the afternoon, Song Jianing became more and more in pain. In the early winter, she was sweating from the pain, and her clothes were almost soaked through. The pain was so extreme that Song Jianing suddenly wanted to cry. She knew a lot of royal rules, and knew that he was a prince. But he had been so kind to her for the past six months. She really thought he would come to see her, even if she was waiting next door. Better than staying in the front yard.
Song Jianing closed his eyes, Dou Da's tears fell.
Lin is a woman, she knows what her daughter needs most now, but she can give her life as a mother, but she can't make up for the place in her daughter's heart that must be filled by a man, she can only help her daughter to wipe her tears, Drawing cakes for her daughter over and over again: "An'an, don't cry, keep pushing hard. After giving birth, the lord will come over... The lord will be waiting in front..."
Before the words were finished, the panicked voice of the imperial doctor suddenly came from the next door: "Your Highness, you can't go in..."
"Master Liu is here to take care of the princess, you don't need to care about the rest." Eunuch Fu said with a half-smile.
In a word, it not only blocked Liu Yuyi's dissuasion, but also made the three midwives in the inner room swallow their worries, looked at each other, and only greeted the prince when he came in, and then continued to serve the princess. On the bed, Song Jianing looked at the man walking around the screen in disbelief, but her vision was blurry and she couldn't see clearly.
She burst into tears, Lin Shi got up and explained to her daughter sadly: "My lord, the princess is just in too much pain, and it's over, you should go outside and wait?" , The delivery room smells bad, and ordinary men are unwilling to stay there, let alone a prince.
Zhao Heng heard it, but as if he didn't hear it, he went straight around his mother-in-law and sat beside the bed. Song Jianing couldn't see him clearly, but Zhao Heng saw that her face was full of tears, as much grievance as she wanted, she didn't speak, but those tears all fell on his heart, more than any complaint. make him feel guilty.
"Don't cry." Zhao Heng raised his hand and wiped the tears from her face with his index finger.
After wiping a bunch of them, Song Jianing dropped another bunch, but the corners of his mouth curled up little by little.
When the lord came, she felt at ease.
With the consolation of her longing husband, Song Jianing stopped her tears in a blink of an eye and stared at the man beside the bed.
She was easily satisfied like a child, and Xing's eyes were filled with dependence. Zhao Heng regretted the long-term neglect, holding her cold hand and said, "Mr. child, you will be rewarded after giving birth."
Song Jianing looked at his handsome face, suddenly embarrassed, and urged in a low voice, "My lord, go outside and wait."
Otherwise, he is here guarding, she is grinning hard, it is too ugly.