On the evening of the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the seventh year of Chunjia, with the last ray of sunset sinking into the ground, Yue Xiuyuan, who was born prematurely, almost gave birth to the eldest son of Emperor Chunjia.
The baby who was less than seven months old was almost completely blue when he landed, with his eyes closed and his little face wrinkled. Yun Fenghuang felt that this was probably the ugliest child in the world - and he didn't say a word!
If you can't save it, just bury it.
The thought had just turned around in her mind when the imperial doctor next to her took the child over and patted it, causing a thin baby cry to be heard.
"Did you hear that?" Queen Mother Yuan, who had been holding on for a day, couldn't bear it for a long time. After hearing this, her eye sockets, which were almost dry from crying, were filled with tears again. She asked Yuan Niang, who had fallen asleep, "The child is alive!!!"
Yuan Niang remained motionless.
The Queen Mother calmed down a little, but Yun Fenghuang knelt down on the ground and said softly: "I congratulate the Queen Mother on the birth of the Emperor's eldest grandson!"
As soon as she took the lead, the entire delivery room was filled with congratulations. The Queen Mother couldn't hold back her tears. She cried and laughed again. Her hand on Zhanliu's arm couldn't help trembling, and she said with a trembling voice: "I didn't expect... Sorry... The day will come when my family will have a grandchild in their arms!"
Zhanliu was also in tears, nodded vigorously, and was speechless - since Chunjia's enthronement and wedding, many concubines in this palace have become pregnant, and even more have miscarried due to various reasons. At that time, the emperor kept a low profile, and both the Empress Dowager Yuan and the Empress Dowager Qu locked the palace gates. They were still trembling with fear towards a junior Empress Ji. The temple was the temple of the regent, Ji, Zheng Ju, and Cui Wan; the harem was the harem of Ji and Zheng.
Yuan Yuniang always said that these past years have been too painful. In fact, for Queen Mother Yuan and Chunjia, how about it
Empress Dowager Yuan even thought for a time that Chunjia would have to repay her momentary greed by following in Xiaozong's footsteps.
It's just that at the time of Emperor Xiaozong, the former emperor's harem was worried about his childlessness. The late emperor himself was destined to be childless, and his concubines gave birth to three princesses, none of whom were male heirs.
But Chunjia is...
Until this moment, even though the child was born prematurely, even though he might not live long, even though the weak cry seemed to stop at any time, Queen Mother Yuan still felt as relaxed as a stone falling from her heart.
Her prince will not be childless.
After this child, more children will be born gradually.
Those royal heirs will be stronger and will grow up smoothly, calling her "Royal Grandmother" with great enthusiasm. There would be no peace inside and outside Chunnuo Palace where just a few or two people could quarrel, and if they got older, there might even be intrigues and intrigues for favor... These things are very common and even boring for many people, but for the Queen Mother, they are something she has longed for. The world is full of fireworks.
It took a long time for Queen Mother Yuan to stop crying. Seeing that Yun Fenghuang was still kneeling on the ground, she hurriedly pulled her up with her own hands and said softly: "My good child, I have worked hard for you today."
When the Queen Mother said this, she had obviously calmed down from her excitement.
Yun Fenghuang didn't dare to neglect, and pursed his lips and smiled: "I don't know how many people in the palace want to see the little prince right now, but they can't get it. I am so proud of the Queen Mother, but I got to see the little prince before your majesty. I am so happy." It’s too late to be cheap, so where does the hard work come from?”
This reminded Empress Dowager Yuan, and she asked: "Where is Your Majesty? The child is too young. Don't take it out for a breeze. Let Your Majesty come in and take a look at the door."
As a result, a palace maid went out for a while, came back soon, and said awkwardly: "If you want to go back to the Queen Mother, Your Majesty has just left. Before leaving, someone came in to advise you to go back to the palace to rest for a while, and then send someone after the results are out." Let me inform you!"
"..." The original kindness on Mrs. Yuan's face froze instantly.
Zhan Liu was about to say something but stopped. In fact, when Chunjia left just now, she sent someone to persuade the Queen Mother, and she was right next to her. However, at that time, the Queen Mother was entirely focused on Yuan Yuniang and didn't pay attention at all.
She understood Chunjia's intention, and it was not that she simply didn't care about Yuan Niang, but just like everyone thought before, she felt that Yuan Niang's child would probably not survive.
If you just don't see her, you won't notice Yuan Yuniang's sadness and pain at the moment. She won't feel so uncomfortable when she hears the bad news later.
The reason why I persuaded the Queen Mother to leave was because she was afraid that Queen Mother Yuan would not be able to bear it after seeing it.
She supports Chunjia from Zhanliu's point of view. After all, in her eyes, Queen Mother Yuan is more important than Yuan Niang.
But for Queen Mother Yuan, even though Chunjia was raised as her biological son, her behavior made her feel a little cold.
"Could it be that something happened in the previous dynasty?" Not to mention Empress Dowager Yuan, even Yun Fenghuang, who hated Yuan Fu Niang for surviving the catastrophe and giving birth to the eldest son, couldn't stand it any longer. He coughed dryly and spoke. To smooth things over, "The Queen Mother, your majesty may have to leave, but you are afraid of being overcrowded..."
Queen Mother Yuan's upper muscles twitched for a while. After a while, she said calmly: "That's right. But the Ai family doesn't ask about political affairs, so we won't ask about it. Let's go back and let someone tell the emperor the good news."
She turned her head and glanced at the little prince who was still being held by the imperial doctor, with a hint of sadness between her eyebrows, and said, "The little prince's nickname is... Li Nu."
A group of people were silent for a while before saying: "Yes."
Royal heirs who have just landed at this time are generally not in a hurry to choose a name.
One is to let Qin Tianjian calculate the scope according to the eight characters of birth date, and then ask the emperor to make a final decision; the other is to fear that he will not be able to retain it.
Empress Dowager Yuan didn't mention it at all just now, but she suddenly gave the little prince a nickname. Apparently she felt that with Chun Jia being so cold, she would probably not bother to bother with the child, let alone naming it - it was necessary to give him a name. After taking care of the child, it will be sad if the child cannot be kept.
Chunjia didn't even want to wait outside the delivery room for the results, let alone anything else
Of course, the Queen Mother gave the little prince the nickname "Civet Slave", probably because she hoped that the child would be like the civet cats that can be seen everywhere in the palace, grow up strong and live safely.
"It's getting late in the morning. It's time for the Ai family to go back." After naming the child who was both the eldest grandson and grandnephew, the Queen Mother lost interest. She whispered to Yuan Zhu and others to take good care of Yuan Zhu and her mother, and then got up. He stood up and said, "If anything happens, just send someone to Chunyou Palace."
"The Queen Mother." Yun Fenghuang said hurriedly, "You must be tired after working for a long time. I will take care of you here. If nothing happens, let them go to Xuanqing Palace! I will let you stay here. With the lights on, it doesn’t matter day or night, it works!”
She was quite bitter when she said this, she didn't want to worry so much!
But there was no way. Empress Dowager Yuan's words were basically meant for her. If she wanted to continue to act as the queen, she had to get things done.
After all, if the queen hadn't claimed to be ill, it would have been the queen's responsibility to take care of Yuan Yu's mother and son.
Sure enough, the Queen Mother smiled slightly when she heard this and nodded: "The true concubine has always been filial, so whatever, the Ai family will rely on you."
Yun Fenghuang breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the Queen Mother still supported him in running the harem and letting the Queen become "sick", so she left Qingdu to take care of her, and asked Dan E to go back to Xuanqing Palace and transfer Xie Hengyu to come and take charge, while he led the Qing Dynasty. He took the Queen Mother's arm and walked out: "I will take you back."
"...Actually, the Ai family didn't like her when she was first brought to the Ai family." Empress Dowager Yuan acquiesced to her request, and the group left the main hall, and when they boarded the chariot, they suddenly invited Yun Fenghuang to come with them.
Although Yun Fenghuang was puzzled, he still obeyed his order and accompanied the Queen Mother on the phoenix chariot.
She thought of what the Empress Dowager had told her, but she remained silent until the honor guard left Huzhu Palace. Empress Dowager Yuan suddenly spoke, "If the Ai family hadn't fallen out with the Yuan family at that time, they really wanted to send the person back. Let them change it."
Yun Fenghuang: "..."
She was still analyzing why the Queen Mother said this, why she wanted to tell her, and why she said it at this time, but the Queen Mother continued: "The first thing is that she was born so ordinary, not even as good as the Ai family... How could she be worthy of being a child?" The prince with pink makeup and jade?"
Although people say that marrying a virtuous wife, the Empress Dowager Yuan had no children, and her adopted son was her only child, whom she regarded as her own. With a mother's love for her son, she certainly felt that her son deserved it. For the best girl in the world.
In particular, Chunjia not only came from a royal family, but also had outstanding appearance. She was also intelligent, filial, considerate and well-behaved.
Queen Mother Yuan felt that her son was good at everything and was simply the best child in the world!
Of course, the ordinary lady with both talent and beauty is not worthy of him.
As a result, any maid with a higher rank in the palace could compare to Yuan Niang's appearance.
It’s not just that she’s dissatisfied with her niece’s appearance, “The second thing is that she has an impatient temper. When Ai Jia talked to her parents, she asked Huang’er to take her out to play. For just a short time, she just wanted Huang’er’s things. The emperor was unwilling to give it, so he bit the emperor!"
The most important thing is that she threatened Chunjia not to tell the Queen Mother Yuan, but Chunjia really didn't dare to say anything.
Afterwards, when the person who was still serving Chunjia found out, he was afraid of taking responsibility and reported it to the Empress Dowager Yuan.
Empress Dowager Yuan was distressed and angry at the same time. She suppressed her anger and pulled the young Chunjia to ask the reason slowly. At that time, Chunjia said with a sweet voice: "My cousin said that the child can become the heir, and the mother and concubine can have a future." Being a concubine depends on the Yuan family. If the child makes her unhappy... "
There is no need to listen to the following words.
Empress Dowager Yuan was so angry that her whole body was shaking. She forced herself to comfort him and sent him away. She closed the door and hugged Zhan Liu and cried for most of the day.
After wiping away her tears, she saw Mrs. Yuan again and stopped all her criticism. She was gentle, loving, tolerant and generous, and was closer to her than her own mother. Empress Dowager Yuan closed her eyes and said slowly: "Of course the Ai family treated her the same way at that time. I was uneasy and well-intentioned, thinking that it would be best if I could give birth to a legitimate son. If I couldn’t, I would just settle the score and let the Yuan family return it with interest. It also means that the Ai family and the emperor have not suffered all those years of grievance in vain!"
Yun Fenghuang lowered his eyebrows and did not dare to say anything. He thought to himself: My mother only said that you allowed Yuan Niang to become more willful, and she was afraid that she had ill intentions towards Yuan Niang, but she didn't want you to plot against the Yuan family.
If Chunjia hadn't unexpectedly ascended the throne and needed support from the Yuan family, the Empress Dowager Yuan would have long questioned Yuan's fault of being "lax in educating her daughters."
It's no wonder that Yuan Yuniang, who is also a biological niece and seems to be more sensible, is not as favored by the Empress Dowager as the unruly Yuan Yuniang.
Co-author Empress Dowager Yuan has long been dissatisfied with the Yuan family.
"It's a pity that the Ai family overestimated themselves." Empress Dowager Yuan paid no attention to her thoughts, sighed, and said quietly, "In the past twenty years, even a dog or a cat will be reluctant to part with it. The Ai family She is not as ruthless and unjust as she thought, even though the Ai family has been thinking about it all these years, when the time comes, they will throw out this disobedient and trouble-making niece in exchange for some benefits... But as she said, things will come to an end. , but the Ai family couldn’t bear to part with it..."
She opened her eyes and did not look at Yun Fenghuang. She only smiled sadly, "She is really my niece. She thinks she is so cruel, but at the last moment, she backed down."
Seeing Yun Fenghuang lowering his head with a look of fear, Empress Dowager Yuan raised the corners of her lips and said comfortingly, "I have no other meaning in telling you this. Today...Ms. Melia is quite uneasy, and the Ai family's heart...is also in turmoil. . At this moment, I really want to find someone to talk to someone about these things. I should have said it to the emperor, but he happened to be away, so he could only listen to you. Don’t dislike Ai’s family for being long-winded when they are old. !”
"Your Majesty, you treat me as your own." Yun Fenghuang said quickly, "I am only happy in my heart, how can I dislike you?"
Empress Dowager Yuan said softly: "You are very lucky. Although you are not from a high family background, you at least have enough food and clothing. The most important thing is that you have a good mother-in-law. She has taught you well. She is so good that even if you rush into battle, you can give the queen You share the worries and do the same thing... If you have Ji Lingzi's background, you must be much better than her."
"There is no need to spread these words tonight, and don't think too much about it: Mother Neem has been deliberately taught badly by the Ai family from the beginning. Let alone a concubine, she can't even be a vassal princess."
"I hope that after today... she can wake up and live a good life with her children as you said."
While talking, the phoenix chariot had already arrived at Chunyou Palace.
Yun Fenghuang quickly helped Queen Mother Yuan down.
Queen Mother Yuan did not enter the palace immediately after landing, but still held Yun Fenghuang's hand and whispered, "Huzhu Palace is left in your care. The Ai family is very relieved."
"I will definitely live up to your Majesty's trust!" Yun Fenghuang took a deep breath and said respectfully, "Also, Madam, I want to... um... The birth of the Emperor's eldest son is such a good news. I want to find a way to congratulate it myself. Your Majesty, can you please do it next time?"
Queen Mother Yuan took a deep look at her, with a touch of satisfaction in her eyes: "Go."
She knew that Yun Fenghuang meant to personally persuade Chunjia to be nicer to the mother and son in Huzhu Palace.
At least pretend to be better.
This can be regarded as a sign of submission to Empress Dowager Yuan on behalf of Yuan Niang - she will be an honest concubine and take care of her children from now on, and will not target Yun Fenghuang again - and a euphemistic promise of support: she is better than Ji Lingzi.
Carry out reciprocating favor.