The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 157 A Pair

Out of safety considerations, Xie Zhao sent a message to Imperial Physician Yan to get another pulse before the "evening" came.

He vaguely expressed the meaning of thinking about that, and Yan Yuyi hesitated and said that it is better not to do that.

As soon as this meaning came out, Xie Zhao became a little worried: "Is the fetus bad?"

"The fetal image is... quite good." Yan Yuyi's face was deep, and after uttering these seven words, he remained silent for a long time before saying, "But your Majesty, it's better not to be with Lady Ruan...cough."

This is strange to hear, Xie Zhao clearly remembers that what he read in medical books is not only "can", but also "beneficial", and the last time when he inquired in Sydney, Yan Yu himself was the same told her.This time, he said he couldn't do it, and he stuttered, obviously hiding something.

The emperor frowned: "To be honest, what happened?"

Doctor Yan had a layer of cold sweat on his forehead, wiped it with his hand, looked at the emperor's expression, and bowed down: "Your Majesty, Miss Ruan's fetus is stable. But she, but she may be pregnant with twins. It may be bad for the fetus."

There was a moment of silence in one side room.

"What did you say?" There was a smile in the emperor's words.

"I said that Mrs. Ruan may be pregnant with twins." Yan Yu wiped his sweat while speaking, "but but but...but it's just 'possible', and I dare not promise it."

After that, for about a moment, Imperial Physician Yan was emphasizing to the emperor "maybe not".When he quit, he saw Chen Jijiang having fun under the wall.

"...Master Chen." Physician Yan bowed his head sullenly, Chen Jijiang hurriedly suppressed his smile, turned around and bowed: "Master Yan, go slowly, go slowly."

As soon as Imperial Physician Yan left, he couldn't help laughing again.

Chen Jijiang thought to himself, this Imperial Physician Yan is not bragging about being cautious and timid—he is afraid that if he misses, His Majesty will blame him, so he puts his life on the line after mentioning "maybe twins" and emphatically " Or maybe not".

If Chen Jijiang were to say it, he would definitely not emphasize the latter group.

Really, what's wrong with making His Majesty happy?Even if there is only one at that time, it will still be a happy event. At most, His Majesty will be a little disappointed, so he won't really blame anyone for this.

After he finished slandering in his heart, Chen Jijiang turned his head and went to find Xu Shishui. He said to Xu Shishui, "Go, first pick out the wet nurse for Mrs. Ruan. You know the rules, you must find out, and I will be the first to cut you if something goes wrong in the future."

Xu Shishui hurriedly promised that he would not dare, and then said: "Master, people have already been selected. According to the rules, there are four, and I have selected eight for backup. In case someone gets sick, someone will replace them." .”

He felt that he had handled this matter thoroughly enough, but Chen Jijiang said again: "Don't talk nonsense, go and pick eight more. After the investigation, they will be picked up from the imperial city, and they will be taken care of. Maybe they will be useful."

...Choose four out of sixteen? !

Xu Shishui didn't quite understand, but he had to do as the master said so, so he hurriedly bowed and went.

Chen Jijiang was so happy in his heart. In fact, he really wanted to share with others the good things he heard just now, but after thinking about it, he decided to bear it, so as not to cause trouble for nothing.Mrs. Ruan is already eye-catching enough now, so many people follow her as soon as she gives gifts to the Queen Mother, which shows how many people are staring at her inside and out.

Chen Jijiang was thinking like this, and he didn't even tell the people around Xue Li—anyway, her fetal image is very good, isn't she?Then how to fix the fetus, as for whether it is one or two, when it is born, others will always know.

Sydney, who was lying on the couch, was still a little excited.

Not only he endured this kind of thing for a few months, she also did the same!

Thinking about Huai Ayuan, who would come here once in a while, she still remembers the wonderful feeling, she could feel his different love, and she also felt the existence of the child carefully while letting herself relax .

After giving birth to A Yuan, she often thinks about the feeling at that time, and sometimes she still misses it a little, after all, it is a different feeling!
Then, she lay on the couch and waited and waited and waited and waited...

He was late.

"Dousha?" She called softly, and Dousha came in through the curtain to listen to orders. She asked, "Where's Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty is copying scriptures in the South Chamber." Dou Sha replied.

... What kind of scriptures are you copying!
Why do you have to copy the scriptures before doing this kind of thing!
Can you still be in the mood to do this after being pure and ascetic...?
Xueli lay on her side in a daze on the couch wondering, but she didn't ask Dousha to invite her.

After another quarter or so, she heard the sound of bead curtains colliding, and the light hit her eyes before she realized that she was so sleepy that she closed her eyes just now.But seeing that he had changed into his coat and was walking this way, she immediately scrambled to the inside of the couch to make room for him to come out.

Xie Zhao lifted the curtain, and what he saw was that the couch was rubbed a little messy by her, which showed that he was not lying down obediently just now.

"..." His eyes met her bright eyes, and he immediately avoided them.After sitting on the side of the couch, I took a deep breath before lying down, and said again in my heart, "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, if you practice the deep prajna paramita for a long time, you will see that all five aggregates are empty, and you will overcome all hardships."

Xue Li stared intently at his side face, rubbed against him, and climbed onto him with her left hand and left foot at the same time.

Xie Zhao who was meditating for himself: "..."

Xue Li shyly replied in his ear with a smile: "Come on, I'm ready! I've also taken the anti-fetal medicine!"

As she spoke, she grasped his neckline with a more or less provocative meaning, but saw his eyebrows twitch.

He quickly pinched her hand and turned his head to look at her: "Sydney."

"...Huh?" She noticed that his emotions were a bit complicated, but she didn't know the reason.

"That...cough." Xie Zhaoqiang gathered his concentration, first put down her hands, and then pulled her legs off his body, finally slowing down his heart rate.

He took another deep breath: "Let's not... well, it's better. Doctor Yan said that you may be pregnant with twins. Although your fetal image is very stable, it's better to bear with it."

The blankness on Sydney's face suddenly turned into shock!
She looked at him dumbfounded, with three words on the brow and bottom of her eyes: What did you say?
Xie Zhao looked serious, turned over and hugged her, and stroked her back with his hand: "Be obedient, let's not take this risk. You will give birth in more than four months... we will talk after confinement!"

Xue Li was completely immersed in the shock and couldn't recover, even after hearing what he said.

After a while, one of the thousands of thoughts came out fairly clearly: "That... twins..."

Xie Zhao: "Huh?"

She looked up at him with a pale complexion, full of helplessness: "It hurts to have a baby... When I, I gave birth to A Yuan, I felt that I was almost dying of pain, this time this time..."

When she thought about the process, she didn't think it was a good thing at all!
——In fact, I didn’t think it was beautiful at the beginning, and the pain was so overwhelming that life was worse than death.Knowing that a child will be born after gritting her teeth just gives her a "hope", but it doesn't mean she can enjoy the severe pain!

So until now, she just thinks that she can bear the same pain again, but if it's two children...

Sydney is uncontrollably terrified! ! !
Not only is it painful, but it is also easier to die.Although her fetal appearance is really good, giving birth to a baby is a waste of energy after all.She also reads books on this topic when she has nothing to do. More than one example let her know that although many women are not considered "difficult to give birth", they gritted their teeth and died after giving birth to two children. Doomed!There are more people who fall ill after giving birth—this is because the weaker the body, the easier it is to fall ill. Having two births is more labor-intensive than giving birth to one, so it must be weaker!
Her voice choked up, and she clutched his neckline again, but she was full of fear, "I'm scared! I'm so scared!"

"It's okay, don't be afraid..." He hugged her and coaxed her palely, somewhat blaming himself for his joy when he heard about it: he obviously only thought that he would have another child, but for a moment he ignored that she would How painful and tiring it was, that was something that could really kill her.

Xie Zhaofu tightened his hands on her back: "Don't worry too much, your fetal appearance is fine, so there shouldn't be any danger."

She was also telling herself this, but she still couldn't help thinking about it, the more she thought about it, the more afraid she became!It is said that a mother's heart to protect her child is her nature, but in Sydney's view, this so-called "nature" actually means that if she is in a bad situation, she will protect her child as long as she can—for example, if she is as considerate as He Jiao Extremely imaginary, she will use up her last bit of strength to give birth to A Yao.It is better for a child to live a good life than to suffer from illness.

But according to her current situation, she can't do it!
She already had a husband and children, and she couldn't risk her life for one or two children she hadn't met yet.They will have a long way to go after they are born, and they will have a lifetime of happiness-but so does she!

She looked at him with tears in her eyes. After watching for a long time, she wiped away her tears, pushed herself out of his arms and sat in a kneeling position, but she didn't dare to say what was in her heart.

She especially wanted to ask, if something happened to her at that time - for example, she couldn't bear it after giving birth, could he give up the child and save her life?She really doesn't want to die!She had a long-term plan in mind, she thought about seeing A Yao get married, see A Yuan get married, and even thought about matching Yu Xiang with a majestic male lion...

If you die, you won't be able to see them.

But this cannot be said in the end.No matter what reason she has in her heart, she is pregnant with Daqi's prince, Diji.

Moreover, this is their common child. He has never experienced that kind of pain and fear. After hearing what she said, he probably only thinks that she is cruel and selfish. alive...

Xueli bit her lower lip tightly with her white teeth, until her mouth was full of fishy sweetness, and she finally lay down.

With her face facing the wall and her back to him, she said, "Sleep, I will have a good pregnancy."

There was a soft sigh from behind, and after a while, his wristband came over: "Don't worry, I will definitely be with you when the time comes."

"Hmm." She replied muffledly, shrunk into his arms unconsciously, and fell into a deep sleep all night, but had nightmares again and again.

After waking up, she sat for a long time, and finally comforted herself with a sigh and said that life must be lived well.

I can't spend more than four months worrying about this, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid I'll be so troubled that I'll lose my body.That would be suicidal, maybe if it wasn't twins, she wouldn't be able to keep it.

So Sydney told herself: How can it be so serious!There are many people who give birth to twins in peace and live happily for decades!
Tell her to ignore the dangers she can't do, but tell her to try to look on the bright side...she's fine!
After sorting out this train of thought, Sydney took several long and deep breaths, and started a new day with a determined face.

Let's eat breakfast calmly first - I drank half a bowl of porridge more than yesterday and ate an extra fresh meat steamed bun, two children!Should eat more!
Then she went to the small kitchen, and when she passed by the study, she saw A Yao and Jin Shu reading, following Fu's mother sentence by sentence with a melodious voice.Even after she entered the kitchen, she could still hear this immature voice, and gradually became less uneasy.

He Jiao will see A Yao here in the spirit of the sky, so she should bless her as a foster mother to live well!
Otherwise, what would Ah Yao do!

After a while, I heard that A Yuan was also reading poems with the nanny, all of which were very simple five-character quatrains, the same way she taught A Yao at that time.A Yuan stuttered, and occasionally there was a place where his pronunciation was not accurate. The nanny corrected him over and over again, but he didn't feel annoyed, and worked hard to make himself read more accurately and fluently.

A Yuan will be a good brother.Regardless of whether there are two younger brothers or two younger sisters, he will take good care of them!
Xueli lowered her head and touched her belly, sighed and murmured: "You guys have to be good--you are not good if you torture your mother to death! You know? When my brother was born, my eldest sister cried so much because of her mother's pain. If you Mother hurts to death, sister and brother will not like you in the future... Mother is very worried!"

She was silent for a while, and once again forced to put aside these thoughts and think about the bright side.The movements of beating eggs, mixing milk and mincing meat with hands and noodles are very skillful. After a while, I can immerse myself in the cooking process.

When A Yao and A Yuan Jinshu finished reading a paragraph and went to say hello to her, she found that the mother who had been living a lazy life recently had already cooked a lot of food!
On the table are A Yao's favorite double skin milk, A Yuan's recent "Xinhuan" small square cake, Jin Shu's favorite sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and her specialty rose lotus seed jelly and rock sugar stewed pear, and there are not too much Easy to make crab shell yellow, salty and delicious sesame salty shortbread.

I also made a large plate of grilled meatballs for Yuxiang.There are several beef, pork, and mutton, each of which is the size of a fist. There is no seasoning in it, but a little vegetable is mixed in, and now the fragrance of fish is already eaten.

Seeing A Yao and A Yuan coming in, Yu Xiang, who had eaten a mouthful of minced meat, looked up at them, then lowered her head and continued eating her own.

"Wow...thank you, mother!" A Yao sat down on the chair and ate stewed pears with rock sugar, pushed the sweet-scented osmanthus cake to Jin Shu, and handed a piece of sesame salty shortbread to A Yuan, patted his head and told him Say, "Eat slowly! Don't choke!"

"Thank you sister!" Ah Yuan took it happily, and after taking a bite, she wanted to feed Xueli again. Xueli smiled and bowed her head to kiss him, "You and sister eat slowly, mother go and watch the stove."

Ah Yuan obediently thanked her mother, and then had a very happy meal with her sister!
They used a lot of breakfast, and they were full after eating two or three yuan of dim sum, so they jumped off their chairs to bully Yuxiang, rolled Yuxiang's big balls all over the room, and looked at the huge body of Yuxiang. Fluttering balls in the room as lightly as swallows.

Yu Xiang's ability to pounce on things is really worthy of the word "heroic and valiant", she is steady, accurate and fast, and does not move easily, as long as she pounces, she will be able to pounce.After the pounce, there is no other extra action, just eat when you stand firmly, and then go to the next pounce after eating.

Xueli could hear their bullying Yuxiang's laughter through the two doors, and she couldn't help laughing too.Finally feeling relieved, she patiently cooked a stewed squab for A Yao's mother Fu, which contained a whole pigeon and pigeon eggs.

As soon as the small stew pot was stuffed, Sydney heard "Master Xu" from outside, and looked up, Xu Shishui was wiping sweat with frowning brows as he entered the courtyard.

"Master Xu." She greeted the kitchen door and called, Xu Shishui, who was about to enter the main room to find her, stopped abruptly, and bowed to her: "Miss Ruan."

"Is something wrong, sir?" Sydney asked politely.

"Hey!" Xu Shishui sighed, "Guess what? Since the morning, Changle Palace has been saying that they want to see His Majesty, and they have been invited more than 20 times. His Majesty is not willing to go. It's nothing at all, but now from the courtiers and relatives to the harem. , There are a lot of people who are admonishing at the gate of Zichen Palace!"

Huh?This is another variable?
It's been a long time since no one came to beg His Majesty to see the Empress Dowager, but all of them came all at once, must there be something hidden?
But this is obviously not what she can intervene in. She twitched at the corner of her mouth: "Then I should prepare a dish that suits His Majesty's taste. Your Excellency will persuade His Majesty to come over later?"

Generally speaking.From the front to the bottom of the imperial court, starting from Master Chen, they all imprinted an invisible big seal on her forehead, thinking that she was the only one who could unravel His Majesty.

But this time, Xu Shishui went to shake his head: "Don't worry about it, my lady."

Sydney: "That's...?"

Xu Shishui bowed again: "My master means that you will take the prince Di Ji to Zichen Hall for dinner later. If you stay there, Your Majesty will have a reason to block others, after all, you are pregnant. Are you I know... all of them are pretending to be kneeling outside, but they are talking about things with the word 'filial piety', it is not appropriate for His Majesty to get angry."

Such a big fight? !
Xue Li became more and more convinced that there must be something hidden here, so His Majesty's insistence not to see the Queen Mother is probably not just out of anger.

"Okay, I'll take them there in a while." Sydney stepped out of the threshold of the kitchen and told Xu Shishui, "The Shangshi Bureau has not started preparing meals yet, tell them to prepare something with enough taste - you can add a few You can also add soups, stewed ones and steamed ones. You can also add one to the long-steamed and long-steamed ones. When these kinds of dishes are served in Zichen Hall, the lid of the food box should be lifted when it is ten feet away. Don’t worry about being exposed. It was cold when I entered the hall, I will explain it clearly to His Majesty."

(End of this chapter)