Everyone in the harem knew that the queen was ill. Many people waited for the queen to be abolished, and even the court began to post the abolition of the queen, and the harem was chaotic for a while.
Feng Jin sat on the dragon chair and watched coldly as the civil and military officials quarreled over the women in his harem. When these people were almost quarreling, he opened his mouth and said, "Everyone is really interested, and you are so conscientious and conscientious for my harem, why not? It is up to you to decide what happened in the previous dynasty,"
Everyone heard that the emperor's words were inappropriate, and they were so frightened that they did not dare to speak any more.
"I don't dare to wait, it's just that the middle palace has no sons, and my father and brother are big treacherous and evil people. It is really unbearable to be the mother of the country." A censor said, "The mother of the country should be a role model for the world and a woman. The minister thought that the queen should be abolished."
Feng Jin glanced at the talking censor, and it seemed that he had something to do with Concubine Xiangui's family. He sneered: "I know better than you how the empress behaves. Since she has no children, she should be abolished. I remember that your sister was married for 18 years. Son, the husband's family should also abandon her."
This censor did not expect that the emperor would actually know what was going on in his family, his expression changed, and he did not dare to speak.
"I don't know what it means!" Feng Jin got up and said angrily, "You are the pillars of the dynasty, but who knows that you only care about the harem, I am really sad!" After speaking, he left the hall angrily, leaving behind The next courtiers, whose faces changed greatly, looked at each other in dismay.
The matter of the abolition of the queen dissipated so silently, and the concubines and concubines in the harem gradually understood that the queen would not be abolished, and the virtuous concubine who had been moving frequently in the past few days was a little embarrassed. Sometimes when she walks outside, she faintly feels that someone is laughing at her, but when she looks back, she only sees these people being respectful, and gradually she doesn't like going out.
Without the eldest prince and without the emperor's favor, Concubine Xiangui also knew in her heart that when the queen got better, her actions these days would definitely be hated by the queen. Although the queen was gentle, she was definitely not a woman who repaid her grievances with virtue.
Shaking the fan in her hand irritably, Concubine Xian Gui took a sip of the herbal tea next to her, and when she saw the palace maid hurried in, she hurriedly said, "Have you heard, how is the Queen's health?"
The little palace maid knelt in front of her with an ugly face, not daring to say a word.
"Concubine Xiangui really cares about the body of this palace," the queen suddenly walked in with a group of palace maids and eunuchs, with an indescribable smile on her face, "Looking at how good this palace is, is Concubine Xiangui very disappointed? ?"
Concubine Xian Gui smiled dryly and saluted: "Concubine and concubine give the Queen's concubine sympathy."
"Everyone in the palace is safe, and this palace will be safe," the queen sneered at her, sat down on the top, and slowly shook the beauty fan in her hand. "Xian Guifei, do you think this is true?"
Concubine Xiangui didn't dare to sit down, she stood in front of the queen honestly, and smiled reluctantly: "Empress Empress, you are right."
"It's best if you can understand this principle, and Ben Gong didn't take this trip in vain," the queen continued to slowly shake her fan and glanced at Concubine Xian with a little dissatisfaction, "Forget it, Ben Gong just happened to pass by, it's so hot God, I will go to Xihe Palace to have a look." After speaking, he got up and was about to go out, when he saw a eunuch hurried in.
"Empress Qi, concubine, concubine Zhao, I am afraid that she is about to give birth, and she has already entered the delivery room that has been prepared for a long time."
"What?!" The queen's expression changed, and she didn't care to continue to make things difficult for the noble concubine, and said urgently: "Quickly go to Xihe Palace, are the imperial doctor and maternity ready, and let people watch Xihe Palace? , Anyone who is suspicious will be detained."
"Yes," the eunuch who passed on the message hurriedly retired, and the queen hurried to Xihe Palace. She knew very well that the emperor was in a bad mood now. It must be difficult, and the first to bear the brunt is her queen who is in a precarious position.
No one felt hot at the moment. The queen sat on the phoenix carriage and squeezed the handle of the fan so much that she sweated, but she still felt cold on her back. All the concubines who were saluting, held Heyu's hand and walked in. The remaining concubines looked at each other and followed in silence.
When the group arrived outside the delivery room, they didn't hear any screams, but heard the faint voice of the midwife and the maid who brought food in.
A palace maid and eunuch brought some seats, but no one dared to sit at the moment, all of them stared at the delivery room with serious expressions.
On the delivery bed, Zhuang Luoyan endured the pain caused by uterine contractions while swallowing hard to eat, apparently trying to save her energy for giving birth.
"Niangniang, you must not scream aloud later, it will consume your physical strength," after the midwife checked Zhuang Luoyan, "you are in good condition now, there will be no problem, wait for the old slave to say When you can, you can follow the contractions, and if the contractions stop, you can also take a breath, and you must remember not to scream."
Zhuang Luoyan nodded, feeling that the feeling of contractions had shifted her internal organs, she barely finished eating, and took a breath, "You don't have to take this palace into consideration, if this palace doesn't do anything during the delivery, just don't worry about it. Loud reminder, this palace will definitely not blame you, after giving birth, this palace will definitely reward you."
Several midwives breathed a sigh of relief. It was extremely painful for this woman to give birth, and sometimes they had to sharply remind the mothers what to do to keep them awake. Since Concubine Zhao said this, they can pay less attention to it later.
Zhuang Luoyan was already sweating profusely. She had never suffered such pain in her life. She could even feel the fetus in her belly kicking her legs desperately, as if she was in a hurry to come out.
At this time, she still has the energy to think, no wonder most women love their children more than men. After ten months of pregnancy, they suffered the greatest pain in the world and gave birth to a small life, how could they not love more than their own lives
At this moment, the warm liquid flowed out from under the body, and a midwife's face changed slightly, "Niangniang, your amniotic fluid has broken, you listen to the old slave's password and follow it hard."
Zhuang Luoyan felt that her mind was confused. Without the amniotic fluid, every movement of the child in her abdomen was more painful than before. She followed the order of the midwife, and when she gritted her teeth, it seemed that the pain had disappeared. How to give birth to the child as quickly as possible, because the amniotic fluid is broken, the child will be deprived of oxygen if the child is held in the birth canal for too long, and in severe cases, it will even cause congenital mental retardation.
Outside the delivery room, the queen was sweating with anxiety. When she heard Concubine Zhao's low muffled groan from inside the room, she said to He Yu a little irritably, "You and Tingzhu and the kitchen are serving the soup, if Concubine Zhao doesn't have it. Once you have the strength, let her drink it." After speaking, he began to chant the Buddha.
"The Emperor is here!"
When the queen heard this announcement, she was relieved for the most part. She turned around and saw the emperor striding forward, and she was stopped before she finished her ceremony.
"How's Concubine Zhao?" Feng Jin's usually calm face was stained with anxiety. He looked at the queen seriously, "What did the midwife say, Concubine Zhao's fetal position is correct?"
"Go back to the emperor, the midwife said that Concubine Zhao's fetal position is very good, and the fetus is also very good," the queen looked startled, looked at Feng Jin, seemed to have figured out something, and smiled lightly, "The mother and child will be safe. "
Feng Jin nodded and stared at the delivery room without saying a word. After less than a quarter of an hour, he frowned and said, "I can't hear Concubine Zhao's voice. Empress, send someone to take a look." After speaking, he said again, "Forget it, don't startle them when people come and go." After speaking, he stopped talking, and pushed away the eunuch who came forward to shake his fan.
Feng Jin felt a little bored in his heart, so he paced back and forth, and when he heard Zhu carrying the ginseng soup into the delivery room, he frowned again, took a breath and said, "Queen, why did this woman take so long to give birth?"
It's only been a quarter of an hour, how long does it count? The queen smiled reluctantly, "Your Majesty, women are born like this, they suffer."
Feng Jin's face sank a little bit, just at this moment, the voice of the midwife came out, and his complexion was almost as black as ink.
"Niang Niang, don't rest your strength, hurry up, the child will come out soon."
"Quick, have some ginseng soup!"
Feng Jin was already sweaty at this time, and a eunuch would come up to report to a certain adult to ask for an appointment, and he kicked him, "No, get out!"
The little eunuch rolled around and crawled out of the Xihe Palace. He only hated that the officials who asked to see did not have eyes. At this moment, Concubine Zhao was giving birth. Where is the emperor in the mood to see them
Seeing that the eunuch came running in ashes, the officials who asked to see him felt a shudder in his heart, thinking that he had angered the emperor, so he stuffed a purse into the eunuch, and said carefully, "Father-in-law, but the emperor doesn't want to see Wei Chen?"
"My lord, let's go back earlier. The emperor, the queen, and all your lords are all in Xihe Palace at the moment. The emperor is nowhere to be seen today." After speaking, the eunuch hurriedly withdrew.
The official was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed. What does this mean, Concubine Zhao is about to give birth? Thinking of this, he hurried out of the palace. In any case, if he gave the dealer a letter, it would be a good sale.
Zhuang Luoyan felt that her eyes were darkened, and her whole body seemed to have no strength. She felt that she could fall asleep when she closed her eyes, and she seemed to hear the midwife saying that she was coming out soon.
She opened her eyes abruptly, using almost all of her strength in her life, gritted her teeth with the last force, and then felt that something was separated from her body.
"Congratulations, Niangniang, Hexi Niangniang, you are a healthy and wealthy prince!" The midwife's happy voice came into her ears, and she seemed to have strength again. Looking at the child being carried upside down by the midwife, she didn't seem to agree. It's not sticky, it's very clean, it looks small, but the cry is very loud.
She thought in a daze, this voice is so bright, I'm afraid that half of the harem can hear it? Weary, I closed my eyes and fell asleep to the cry of the child.
"I'm born, I'm born!" The queen's eyes were slightly red, and she rushed to the door of the delivery room with some excitement. When she saw the midwife carefully holding a package out, she knelt down with joy on her face: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the empress, Concubine Zhao gave birth to a prince."
Feng Jin seemed to have just reacted. He strode up to the midwife and asked, "How is Concubine Zhao?" After speaking, he looked down at the wrapped child. The fetal hair had grown past his ears, and his face was red. It looks small and soft.
"Concubine Zhao has already fallen asleep," said the midwife, "I think she is too sleepy."
Feng Jin nodded, and just then stretched out his hand to hug the child carefully, looked at the child's dark eyes, and said with a smile, "Reward, all rewards!"