The servant said, "No wonder the eldest master wanted to beat you up."
The second young master was a stingy person. He endured the pain for Miss Yudie, which made the eldest young master so angry that his teeth itched.
The end of autumn harvest relieved Zhou Shuren’s pressure on food and fodder. However, the emperor was also worried about the decrease in grain production.
The temperature dropped significantly with each autumn rain.
At night, Zhulan curled up in the quilt and said, "My eldest brother wrote to say that everything is fine. The only regret is that Wuchun and Wuhe did not kill the enemy."
Zhou Shuren paused while rubbing his hands. "The Yang family will not make any further progress in the northwest. This defense of the city has explained everything. This is not only because of me, but also because of Yang Wen's relationship with the navy."
They could only choose one from either side, and obviously the Yang family chose the navy, and that was how Wu Chun's life would be.
Zhulan understood that the emperor did not want the Zhou family to have military power, and the Yang family was destined to not rise. Later, the Yang family sent their children to the navy, and they had to choose between the navy and the army, so this time no one from the Yang family went to the battlefield to make achievements.
Zhu Lan changed the subject, "The temperature has dropped significantly this year, and we don't know when the two-front war will end."
Zhou Shuren, "The Northeast is already cleaning up the battlefield. Some of the remaining Northeast tribes have surrendered or been killed. They no longer have the strength to resist."
"What about the battlefield on the grassland?"
"The grassland is too big, and some remnants of the grassland have hidden themselves. But it doesn't matter. We can slowly clean them up. The troops in the northwest are gathering."
Zhulan exhaled, "It's finally over."
Zhou Shuren, "Don't be happy too soon. There are many follow-up problems. After cleaning up the leaders of each tribe, we need to collect the land and people of each tribe. There are many things to do."
The next day, the Emperor did not attend the morning court, but the Crown Prince did. Zhou Shuren and others looked at each other. Unless there was something serious, the Emperor would not miss the morning court. The only major event in the palace was that the Queen had given birth.
In the harem, the queen gave birth prematurely. It was not easy for the queen's body to hold on until now. She went into labor last night, her body was already weak, and the delivery was not smooth.
The emperor sat there in silence, he had already sent the concubines back. Hearing the shouting, his heart felt heavy. The imperial physician had been shaking like a sieve just now, and it was very dangerous for the queen to give birth this time.
The queen was already a little dazed and didn't even have the strength to shout.
When the news of the Queen's difficult labor spread, the Liang Palace was very quiet. Princess Liang knelt in front of the Bodhisattva and prayed for the Queen, hoping that the Queen could give birth smoothly. Although the Liang Palace was protected by the prince's military achievements, the Queen's accident still made the Liang Palace a thorn in the emperor's heart.
When Zhulan heard the news, the first person she thought of was Xuehan. Xuehan had suffered several miscarriages and she didn't know whether the delivery would be smooth.
The capital is waiting for news from the palace. If the queen is gone, the chances of the concubines in the harem being killed are too great.
Near noon, news finally came from the palace that the Queen had given birth to a princess, and there was no other news.
In the Queen's bedroom, the Queen suffered severe hemorrhage after giving birth. Although she was rescued, her life span was again affected. This pregnancy and childbirth seriously damaged the Queen's foundation.
The little princess was weak, and the imperial physician was very cautious, fearing that something might happen to her.
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the queen was safe, the country needed the queen, the prince and the little princess needed their mother's protection, and he also needed the queen to balance the harem. The harem was stable with the queen. Once the queen was gone, there would be waves in the harem and the former dynasty.
The emperor held the queen's hand. She was his wife, but he had to consider the situation in the court first. Suddenly, he seemed to see the queen marrying him. The emperor's hand holding the handkerchief trembled, and finally he held his wife's hand tightly.
The next day, Zhulan was well-informed. Xuehan came back from the palace and whispered, "The queen is not awake yet."
Zhulan asked, "What did the imperial physician say?"
"The imperial physician said that the queen was too tired and would wake up naturally after a good rest. I heard from my mother that the emperor stayed with the queen all night."
"The Emperor has feelings for the Queen."
Xue Han also thought so, "It's just that this feeling is in front of Jiangshan."
Xue Han didn’t say the rest. Her father had deeper feelings for her mother than the emperor had for the empress. But in the end, her mother suffered a lot of grievances when her father didn’t abdicate.
Zhulan sighed, "It's already good enough."
Xue Han added: "I went to see the little princess. She cried like a kitten, and the imperial physician was trembling with fear."
If the princess that the queen fought so hard for died young, the queen would not be able to bear it.
"I heard that the old lady of the Wen family entered the palace yesterday."
"Yes, I still live in the palace."
"This is to wait for the queen to wake up."
"Um."
Zhulan asked again, "How do you feel?"
Xue Han touched her belly and said, "I'm in a good relationship. After returning to Beijing, the imperial physician has been watching over me and I'm recovering well."
Zhangzhou, Liu Feng was at home on vacation, he was not idle, flipping through books on medicinal materials, Yu Shuang came in with tea, "You haven't taken your eyes off the book since you got up this morning, come and rest your eyes."
Liu Feng stood up and said, "Alas, the autumn harvest is over, but the people are still having a hard time."
"Hasn't the county government decided that each village will open up wasteland and plant medicinal herbs next year?"
"That will be next year. For now, we have to get through this winter. After paying taxes in the autumn harvest, the people don't have much food. It will be difficult for them to survive this winter."
The county government sold the medicinal herbs grown in various villages and brought in silver, which made a good profit. However, he did not dare to touch the small amount of silver, as the county government had many uses for silver.
Yu Shuang, "Don't be impatient. Changing the current situation cannot be accomplished overnight."
"I know."
Yu Shuang smiled and said, "There will be pork ribs and kelp soup tonight. This is your favorite."
The spare ribs were bought and the kelp was given by my parents.
Liu Feng smiled, "That would be great."
He had never eaten any seafood before he got engaged to his wife. He ate it at Zhou Mansion after they got engaged, and he fell in love with it the first time he drank it.
He thought of some cheap dried seaweed, and wondered if he could buy some in the name of the county government and distribute it to the villages when there was a food shortage.
The first snow of winter came earlier than in previous years. Since the arrival of the first snow, the snow has hardly stopped. This winter is also colder than last year.
The war in the northeast was over, but King Liang did not return to the capital. Most of his troops remained in the northeast to garrison the territories they had brought over.
In the palace, the little princess survived, but there was no third-day bathing or full-month celebration.
Zhulan went to the palace to see the queen. The queen was in good shape and her face had some color.
As Xue Han's belly grew bigger day by day, Zhu Lan focused all her attention on Xue Han and did not notice anything unusual about Liu Jia.
Mrs. Li was also careless and didn't even notice that her daughter-in-law would touch her belly and sigh from time to time.
One day, Xue Han returned to her parents' home. As she was sitting and talking, she suddenly felt a stomachache. Zhu Lan spilled the tea in her hand, "Quick, clean up the house and go back to the Prince Qin's mansion to get the midwife. Send someone to notify the Prince Qin and invite the imperial physician."
She was prepared for her daughter to be born prematurely, but she didn't expect the birth to happen at her parents' home.
The house was cleaned up quickly. Since Xue Han could not be sent back to Prince Qin's Mansion at this time, Zhulan followed her daughter into the house.
Xue Han felt extremely painful. She had never felt such pain since giving birth to her two children.