As I said earlier, the concubine didn't want to live long ago.
After the prince passed away, the princess wanted to die in love, but unexpectedly found out that she was pregnant. For the sake of the child, she worked hard to raise the fetus.
However, she was already weak. In her early years, the imperial doctor said that if she had a child, it would be dangerous, and she would almost certainly have a dystocia. She also had a will to die, and she died after giving birth, which is already the doomed future.
But when Shen Yuqing got along with her these days, she found that the princess didn't care about it.
She stroked her belly every day, and smiled very gently. For the imminent death and rebirth, she had no fear, only anticipation.
"I don't know if I will be lucky enough to see my baby." This is her only worry.
Before entering the palace, she was also worried about whether the child would have a bad life without his parents. But seeing the emperor caring so much about this child, and seeing the "righteous" Concubine Shen, she was relieved. Now, she is only worried that she will not be able to see the child.
Shen Yuqing poked her head: "Don't talk nonsense, you can definitely see it."
She still has some life-threatening pills here, at least it can guarantee the princess to live for half an hour longer.
The princess just smiled and said nothing.
"Your Majesty, the palace test is about to begin." Bi Ling came in to tell the two empresses some interesting news, so that they would not be bored. She looked at her with a smile that made people want to pinch her round face, "Let's start first." It's the Palace of Martial Arts, and the Palace of Literature will start tomorrow."
The time for Wen Dian Wu Dian was chosen by Qin Tianjian after watching the stars at night, and it happened to be two consecutive days, and even the starting time was considered auspicious. The auspicious time for Wu Dian is this afternoon, and the auspicious time for Wen Dian is tomorrow morning.
This time, the Hall of Martial Arts will be held in the Wu Zhai of the former West Palace, and the Hall of Literature will be held in the Hall of Golden Luan as usual.
Wu Zhai was originally a place for princes to practice martial arts, but now there is no prince, so Wu Zhai is vacant. The place is huge, more than enough for the Martial Palace Examination.
Now that the auspicious time has come, His Majesty the Emperor has already rushed to Wuzhai, and began to watch Juzi conduct the palace examination.
The Hall of Martial Arts will also select the No. 1 Scholar, No. 2 and Tanhua, but Wen Wu is the first and Wu Wu is the second. People in Wendian may pay more attention to the handsome Tanhualang, but everyone in Wudian will only pay attention to Zhuangyuanlang.
I heard that there are a few dark horses in the Martial Palace this time, they are very powerful, I don't know how they compare with the sons of the Xiao family.
Concubine Shen Gui just wanted to have a chat with Wang Hao, when she suddenly saw Wang Hao covering her stomach and screaming.
"What's wrong?!" She was startled, and quickly felt the princess' pulse.
The princess shook her head, her face pale.
It was still Bi Ling who was clever and asked: "Is the princess wangfei going to give birth?!"
Concubine Shen immediately came to a sudden realization, she immediately picked up the concubine, and with a flash of lightness, she came to the delivery room next door. Bi Ling froze for a moment, then scrambled and ran to call the nurse outside and the old lady Wen who happened to be away because she was going to urinate.
Soon, all the people who were supposed to come were gathered in the delivery room, and Que Ri hurried out of Jianjia Palace with Bi Ling and Qing Zhou to report the matter to the empresses of the palaces and His Majesty.
"Report-"
At this moment, I don't care about disturbing the imperial examination. The concubine's birth is a big event, so a little disturbance is not too much. Moreover, the palace test has only just begun, and everyone is still doing warm-up exercises, and the competition has not really started.
The imperial guard drew his long sword out of its sheath and stopped Que Ri who was running.
Standing outside, Que Ri breathed a sigh of relief, and instead of arguing with the guards, he shouted: "Your Majesty, my mother is about to give birth!"
The big eunuch looked inconspicuous, but he spoke in a spirited manner. The shout echoed in the empty Wuzhai, and everyone heard it clearly immediately.
Standing next to the emperor, Xiao Bojin, the young master of the Xiao family who was newly appointed as the commander of the imperial guards, his heart skipped a beat. The eldest cousin is about to give birth? !
He subconsciously looked at the majestic emperor, only to see that his majesty's expression did not change, still deep and solemn. He looked at the crowd not far away with his hands behind his back, and then slowly said, "Bo Jin, I'll leave the imperial concubine to you."
Xiao Bojin was shocked, and immediately knelt down and cupped his hands: "The last general takes orders!"
Then, the commander of the imperial guards hurriedly left Wuzhai with a group of imperial guards. He ordered the Jianjia Palace to be surrounded, and no suspicious person was allowed to enter or leave the Jianjia Palace, even the concubine's personal maid and eunuch were not allowed to enter.
"Go away!" Mrs. Shu glared at Xiao Bojin coldly, "I'm afraid that General Xiao is too much in control, and you can stop my wife?"
Unmoved, Xiao Bojin cupped his hands and refused to back down even a single step, only saying: "Your Majesty, this is His Majesty's intention."
Regardless of whether it was His Majesty's intention or not, Miss Jinli, who rushed over later, ordered so. Jinli is the grand maid by His Majesty's side, and many of her orders can represent His Majesty the Emperor.
Madam Shu gritted her teeth angrily, seeing that her maid might not be able to follow her in, she had to snort coldly and let the maid go back first. Then, she raised her eyebrows and looked at Xiao Bojin: "I'm afraid it wasn't His Majesty who gave this order, but General Xiao Xiao who used his power for personal gain and used chicken feathers as arrows, right? I heard that General Xiao Xiao is the cousin of the imperial concubine. . . . ”
This implies that Xiao Bojin has an affair with the noble concubine, which is why he loves Shen Yuqing so much.
These words are really heartbreaking, the concubine is most afraid of being slandered and having adultery with other people. The emperor can't tolerate cuckolds more than ordinary people, so such words are really vicious.
Xiao Bojin was unmoved, he was indeed calm and reticent, but that didn't mean he couldn't speak, nor was he stupid. He quickly understood what Mrs. Shu meant, and killing intent flashed in his eyes.
He rarely saw his eldest cousin, and his mother, Mrs. Xiao, moved to Bashu with her family a few years after marrying his father. At that time, Xiao Bojin was only four years old, and his eldest cousin was just born. What kind of affair could the two baby dolls have
Later, Ms. Shen never left the capital, only Xiao Bojin followed his father back to Beijing to report on his work a few times, and met a few times. Where did the childhood sweetheart come from
Xiao Bojin was not easy to deal with, so he turned against the general: "Your Majesty cares so much about the general's affairs, the general is flattered."
"You!" Madam Shu gritted her teeth angrily.
She said that Xiao Bojin cared too much about Shen Yuqing, Xiao Bojin was good, but she said that she cared too much about him Xiao Bojin, implying that she was unruly and fell in love with a foreigner. What kind of thing is he, Xiao Bojin, who is ashamed to say that he pays attention to him? !
Mrs. Shu flicked her sleeves angrily and went in, Xiao Bojin bowed his hands at the later concubines indifferently, still only willing to let the concubine herself in.
The concubines saw that Mrs. Shu was devastated, so they dared to talk nonsense. Cooperate obediently and let the palace servants go back first.
But it was worthwhile to watch a good show for nothing.
Once entering Jianjia Palace, the empress was already sitting in the outer room outside the delivery room. The palace servants around her were not kicked out, Dong Xiao stood behind the empress to wait on her, but Han Qiu didn't know where she was.
There is also a nanny here, who is being forced to sit down by the empress dowager, and it is Fu nanny who is beside the empress dowager.
Although she is a palace man, her status is actually higher than that of ordinary concubines. The queen asked her to sit in another seat at the top, and Madam Shu dared not speak out no matter how unhappy she was, her face was a little unsightly.
All the concubines stepped forward to salute the empress one by one, and took care of the empress dowager's health with Madam Fu, and then sat down one by one.
The people came quickly, and they didn't know what was wrong, and almost all of them were dressed up beautifully. Those who know know that there are concubines giving birth here, but those who don't know think that the emperor is waiting for them to compare their beauty, like making a one, two, three, four and then going in to serve them in order.
There was no movement in the delivery room for the time being, and it was so quiet that it made people panic.
The concubines cursed Concubine Shen Gui for dystocia and two dead bodies, but at the same time they couldn't help but wonder if it would be like this when they gave birth to a child, and they were both looking forward to and fearing in their hearts.
The empress had never given birth to a child, so she couldn't help but feel a little upset, and couldn't help but find something to do. She asked Nanny Fu: "Mommy, why didn't you hear any movement inside?"
Madam Fu told her to be calm, and said with a smile: "This is just the beginning of labor pains, and the labor has not really started yet. What can there be any movement? When giving birth, don't cry out, save some strength to give birth."
"I see." Fu Qiushui sighed inwardly.
In fact, she already knew the ending. No matter whether the princess survived or not, she couldn't survive herself. I just hope that the child will be safe and sound, not be born weak like his parents, but have a strong body.
This time, the concubine has always been surrounded by a nanny who is good at taking care of pregnant women. She should be able to raise the child healthier, right
Since the birth hasn't started yet, it's actually just waiting.
The princess felt pain in her stomach for a while, and the pain would subside for a while, and then it started to hurt again after a while. Concubine Shen Gui was beside her, she had already untied her fake belly, holding a clean handkerchief, she kept wiping her sweat and palms and so on.
Although there are palace maids doing these things, she is also idle when she is idle, and she cannot go out. In order to save herself from being idle for a long time, she still found something for herself to do.
"Does it still hurt?" Shen Yuqing felt terrible looking at it. Fortunately, she and Qiushui didn't have to have children.
The concubine shook her head with a wry smile, and she recovered now.
Han Qiu, who came in to help, looked around and said, "Servant, go bring a new basin of hot water."
The hot water just now was used to wash the handkerchief and wipe the princess's sweat. Although it was still clean, Hanqiu was in a hurry, so he went to get a new one.
When Han Qiu came out with a water basin, the eyes of the concubines faltered for a moment.
Hey, why is Hanqiu from Fengyi Palace helping inside? Isn't the noble concubine afraid that the empress will let Han Qiu do something wrong, killing her twice
Han Qiu ignored them, bowed to the queen and the others, and hurried to change the hot water again.
Now she can still remember to salute, and when the baby is born, everyone is in a hurry, but there is no time to salute them.
Until the end of Wudian, there was no movement in the room. His Majesty the Emperor came in a hurry and found it was quiet here, thinking he had gone to the wrong place.
"... Where is the imperial concubine?" He swallowed the sentence "why there is no shouting" that he almost asked, and asked another question.
Fu Qiushui knew what he was thinking at a glance, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
Fortunately, this guy is still a guy with a daughter, and he doesn't understand anything like her, except that women will yell when they give birth. I don't know what this guy was doing when Mrs. Wan gave birth to Qingxi.
She glared at her younger brother with resentment, and replied: "The cervix has not been opened yet, and the mother-in-law said that she will have to wait a little longer before giving birth."
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, he almost thought the birth was over, ahem.
However, even though he was not born yet, at least there was no bad news, and that was the best news. To be honest, the emperor was also worried that the child would not be born safely, and how would he go to face Xian Wang under Jiuquan when he died later.
The empress felt that she was an eyesore when she saw him, but she couldn't drive away this unreliable brother in front of so many people, so she could only stare twice more.
"Just now, Manchen brought some soup in and waited for her to drink some. I heard that she looks better now." Madam Fu took the initiative to stand up and get out of the way, and said a few more words by the way, so that the emperor Your Majesty has some understanding of the current situation.
His Majesty the Emperor nodded, as long as he looks good, it seems that there is something going on.
But what about soup...
His Majesty the Emperor suddenly felt a little hungry.
After working all afternoon, he rushed here before dinner. He was really starving to death.
In order not to make it seem awkward to eat alone, he pretended to be considerate and said: "My concubines have worked hard too, let's go down and have some food and rest first." The imperial concubine is still suffering.
It is said that some women spend more than ten hours giving birth for the first time.
Everyone quickly breathed a sigh of relief, they were almost starving, and finally they could eat.
Then His Majesty the Emperor was glared at by the Empress Empress again.
Since the emperor's "take a break" was very vague, it was difficult for the concubines to guess whether this statement allowed them to sleep and come to watch tomorrow, or they had to come over after eating. After all, eating can also be said to be taking a break.
But no one foolishly ran to ask, because asking would definitely offend the emperor, making His Majesty think that they were not willing to come and guard, and wanted to sleep and rest. Although they are indeed not happy, this must not be shown.
The concubines struggled for a while, and rushed back one by two after the meal.
After entering the door, I found that the emperor and empress were there, and I was glad that I didn't hide from my laziness. Even the empress guards the whole time, how dare they be lazy.
—Actually, they misunderstood.
The reason why the emperor and empress were all there was because they ate directly at Jianjia Palace and didn't return to their own palace at all. After eating, I subconsciously come over to watch, and I will be there naturally.
Moreover, the two of them did pay more attention to this child.
The emperor himself was mainly motivated by his emphasis on the true royal blood and his closeness and concern for Xian Wang's family. And he didn't guard it for a while before, and it seemed that he didn't care about this child when he said it. It's not good, so he still has to guard it.
As for the empress, it was even simpler. Shen Yuqing stayed inside the whole time and ate food in the delivery room. When the empress thought of this, she didn't have the mood to rest, so she naturally wanted to stay with the imperial concubine.
When the delivery was approaching, there was a sudden movement in the delivery room, and a woman began to cry in pain. But there seemed to be something in his mouth, and the voice was indistinct, and he couldn't tell whose voice it was.
"This is the beginning of birth?" The drowsy people were shocked when they heard the sound.
His Majesty the Emperor, who was just about to call everyone back to the palace to rest so that he himself had to take a rest, also followed suit. Then, it’s hard to talk about rest_(:з」∠)_
He really wants to go to sleep...
The queen was angry when she saw him like this, if there was nothing blocking her, she would definitely step on her brother's feet hard to wake him up.
In the end, it was the empress who felt sorry for her younger brother and persuaded her majesty to go to rest together with Madam Fu.
"Your Majesty will preside over the Palace of Literature tomorrow, so you can't stay up late."
The Palace of Literature is a major event in the country, and there can be no mistakes.
His Majesty the Emperor found an excuse, so he "reluctantly" went back to sleep. Before leaving, I didn't forget to let the concubines and Nanny Fu also go to rest, after all, it was already so late.
As if they had received an amnesty, everyone followed His Majesty and retreated one after another, and went back to their respective palaces.
Mammy Fu was worried and refused to leave, and the Empress was also unwilling to go back. Man Xing quickly came over to persuade them, and simply let the two of them go to the guest room to lie down, otherwise they will not be energetic when they watch tomorrow.
Fu Momo and Fu Qiushui thought about lying down and taking it easy, and when they were not so tired, they would come over and watch immediately, and let Man Xing watch, and they must be woken up in an hour. Man Xing fully agreed, and then persuaded the two to go to rest.
However, Man Xing didn't wake them up, but let them sleep well all night, and didn't wake up until dawn the next day.
In the delivery room.
Concubine Shen Gui didn't have any problem staying up all night, she was still in good spirits. Others have shifts, there are two midwives and two assistants each, there are several nuns, and there are many more court ladies, so there is no such thing as forced support. Whoever gets tired will go to sleep and the other one will be watching, so the delivery room is still in order and full of energy.
"Aren't you tired?" Man Chen went to rest, and Bi Ge was a little worried when he saw that the imperial concubine was still there wiping the princess's sweat.
Shen Yuqing waved her hand: "I'm fine."
Bi Ge thought of her mother's supernatural powers, so she didn't say anything more.
The princess was biting a thick strip of cloth in her mouth to prevent her from biting her own tongue in pain. At this moment, there would be occasional cries of pain, and the expression on his face was a little ferocious, which made people feel unbearable.
Having a baby is scary.
"My lord, you have to hold on." Bi Ge clasped his hands together, bowed to the gods and Buddhas, and prayed for the safety and health of the little prince.
Not only was it difficult to toss and turn in the palace, but outside the palace, after hearing the news that the imperial concubine had given birth, several families were happy and some were sad.
Needless to say, the Shen family and the Xiao family hoped that the imperial concubine would give birth to the prince safely. It is not necessarily the case for other families, those who sincerely hope for the continuation of His Majesty's heirs, although they don't like the imperial concubine, they also look forward to her giving birth to a dragon son; In the name of "praying for the noble concubine and the little prince", go to the Bodhisattva to recite Buddhist scriptures, and you are not afraid that your dirty thoughts in your heart will pollute the Bodhisattva's ears.
"Little General Xiao." Qing Yuan led the eunuchs to deliver hot tea to Xiao Bojin and the guards who were guarding outside.
It's cool in the late autumn night, and being able to drink some tea to warm up is a very good treat for the guards. They patrol at night on weekdays, and they can drink some tea and rest only after changing shifts. Before changing shifts, they can't slack for a moment.
"Thank you." Xiao Bojin thanked all the imperial guards.
Qing Yuan smiled and shook his head, without saying anything.
Concubine Shen is his great benefactor, and the relatives that the concubine empress valued are naturally also valued by him. Although, Concubine Shen is not the real Miss Shen.
The imperial guards have been on guard for most of the day, plus the guards in the morning, it's time to change shifts. The deputy commander brought a group of people to replace them, Xiao Bojin asked his guards to rest first, and stayed behind to give instructions to the deputy commander, mainly conveying what Miss Jinli had ordered during the day.
The deputy commander is a stubborn guy, he doesn't have so many twists and turns, and he is strict. What the commander said was what he said. Since the commander said that he would not let the maids of those people in, he would not let them in. Xiao Bojin was very relieved about this.
On the second day, when the concubines came to guard, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the commander had changed. Mrs. Shu still wanted to bring the maids in, and felt that this person was a deputy commander, and he was definitely not as tough as the one in the Xiao family.
The deputy commander's face was serious: "Your Majesty, don't embarrass the last general. If you want to bring someone in, please ask Your Majesty first."
God knows that he really didn't have any meaning in what he said, and he didn't have any irony, just the literal meaning-the emperor wouldn't let him go until he said he would let him go.
But what people in the harem are best at is distorting other people's meanings. Madam Shu immediately felt that the commander was threatening her. If she doesn't cooperate, the deputy commander will complain to His Majesty the Emperor.
She gritted her teeth angrily, and could only back down, remembering the vice-commander severely in her heart.
—Of course, the deputy commander is the emperor's confidant, and Mrs. Shu, whose natal family has no real power, can't do anything to him.
After entering the delivery room, there was a scream, which was so tight. Mrs. Shu, who was originally furious, suddenly lost her mind. After greeting the empress, she quickly sat down and stroked her frightened little heart.
Is giving birth really, really so scary
After a few more rounds of onlookers like this, she might not dare to have a baby...
Today's greeting ceremony was directly set up in Jianjia Palace. The concubines rushed over early in the morning to greet the empress and then sat down quietly. There was very little conversation, and they did not dare to be sarcastic as usual. There was a woman giving birth inside, and they were arguing outside like a vegetable market. If His Majesty the Emperor knows about it, think about it.
After a long silence, the Empress finally broke the silence: "Is the Palace of Literature going to start today?"
This child was activated suddenly at the beginning of Wudian, and now it is unknown when it will be born.
Counting the time, ten hours have passed.
The author has something to say: Please post the author's column collection in the front row. By the way, there are 2 completed Lily books in the same series [Poison Sister and Pao Sister] and 1 pending Lily book in the same series [The next book's Dunluo ], if you haven’t seen it, remember to take a look, to save you who are in the literature shortage (*^▽^*)
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