Zheshu

Chapter 103
Shen Qing looked at Ling'er's face, which was so pale that it seemed to become transparent, with yearning in her eyes.

As if aware of her arrival, Ling'er also raised her eyes to look at her: "Sister-in-law, you are here."

An An broke free from Mingrou's embrace with her calves, and ran to the bedside to pull her clothes: "Aunt Ling'er, why don't you get up yet? An'an is already up, and the sun will be drying her ass later."

An An didn't know why the atmosphere in the room was so gloomy, thinking that Aunt Ling'er was sick, so he wanted to make her happy.

Ling'er did indeed smile, and took out a round and gentle piece of white jade from under the pillow and gave it to An An: "Brother Wu Huan gave it to me back then, wishing for my safety, and now I give it to An An, wishing for An'an's safety."

An An looked back at Shen Qing half-understood, and when she saw her nodding, she stretched out her chubby hand to catch her, but soon put it under her pillow: "An An is very safe, An An hopes that Aunt Ling'er is safe, and that Aunt Ling'er is safe." Auntie's illness will get better sooner."

Listening to An An's soft voice, Linger's heart turned into a puddle of water, but she knew that her time was running out.

Shen Qing walked forward slowly, sat down by the bed, looked at her and said with a smile: "Even if you want to leave, you have to wait until Wu Huan comes back. You can't just want Ji Che and not him, otherwise he will be very sad."

Tears welled up in Ling'er's eyes, and she chuckled lightly: "Brother Wuhuan, it would be nice if his sister-in-law would comfort him."

"You also know that I am sister-in-law, sister-in-law and younger sister, how are they the same?" Shen Qing's nose was slightly sore, but she felt cold while holding her hand.

Shen Qing hurriedly turned her head to ask Mingrou: "Has Zheng Luo not come in yet?"

"The servant has already been sent to pick her up. Dr. Zheng lives outside the city, so it may take some time to enter the city." Ming Rou hurriedly said.

The imperial doctor on duty came, but they were also helpless. It was a miracle that Ling'er could live for so long.

Ling'er stretched out her hand to pull Shen Qing's sleeve, and said with a light smile, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, Ling'er is not sleepy, and you can wait for a while. Sister-in-law, have you seen Ji Che? Can you tell me what he looks like?" of?"

The nanny on the side covered her mouth and dared not cry out, but An An was well-behaved, lying on the side of the bed with a confused face.

Shen Qing sighed softly in her heart, but knowing that it was irreversible, she calmed down and began to tell her about meeting Ji Che back then.

It's just that she spent less time with Ji Che than the two of them, and she didn't have much to say, but Linger was very satisfied.

It was getting brighter outside, and Zheng Luo, who was going to the palace, was already sweating profusely.To enter the palace in the middle of the night, not only had to rush from home, but also had to go through many checkpoints and open doors one after another. Moreover, horse racing was not allowed in the palace, so it was already dawn when he ran all the way here.

When he rushed to the hall out of breath, he heard someone sobbing softly, his heart skipped a beat, and he hurried in. The woman lying on the bed in between had closed her eyes, looking very peaceful, as if she was deeply asleep.

"Your Majesty..." Zheng Luo took a breath, and looked at Shen Qing who seemed to have not slept all night.

Shen Qing handed the sleeping An An to Ming Rou, looked at the people below: "Get ready for the funeral."

Zheng Luo's face was tense, and he didn't care about etiquette, so he hurried forward to take Ling'er's pulse, but there was no movement for a long time.

"Damn it." Zheng Luo hurriedly knelt on the ground.

Shen Qing sighed softly: "Get up, you've already been powerless, you've tried your best." Ling'er doesn't want to live anymore, and no one can stop her, but Wuhuan hasn't come back yet, and their brothers and sisters haven't been able to see the end. one side.

Ming Rou looked at her who was slightly tired, and said: "Your Majesty, you should go back and rest first, your current body cannot work any longer."

Shen Qing shook her head wearily: "Where can I sleep now, take the prince back to rest, and pass an order to the fifth emperor brother, I will not go to court this morning, Ling'er will be buried in the name of the eldest princess Yongle."

Even though Ming Rou felt distressed, she had no choice but to agree.

Thousands of miles away, Ji Wuhuan received the news that it was three days after Ling'er was buried. He immediately stopped his fast horse and stayed in the station. There was no movement for half a day. It was not until evening that he drove the horse to Coming from the capital, it will take half a month to leave.

By mid-October, Shen Qing's belly was already very big.

Ling'er's funeral is not grand, after all, the country is thrifty, she can't touch this bad luck, and now that the delivery is approaching, she has never asked anyone to prepare those red tapes, and only recruited three women who are familiar with childbirth to wait on the preparations, So I didn't let people be extravagant, but the people below, in order to please the good-looking, took the initiative to go to a nearby famous temple and reshape the golden body for the Bodhisattva in her name.

When Shen Qing talked about this matter with others, she still lamented the usefulness of being a queen.

Ji Kang looked at Shen Qing who was walking back and forth in the courtyard with his stomach upright, and smiled lightly: "Sister-in-law Huang hasn't been going to court recently, does she often just walk around in the courtyard?"

"Your Majesty said to move around more, so you won't be tired after giving birth." Ming Rou laughed.

Shen Qing smiled, looked at Ji Kang: "Is there something wrong with Fifth Emperor brother?"

Ji Kang didn't beat around the bush, and nodded directly: "The two Mongolians who were captured earlier called, saying that the last assassination was arranged by Yeluhan, and now he may have escaped from the capital, and it is very likely that he is going to Mongolia. gone."

Shen Qing nodded: "The general of Mongolia is naturally going back to Mongolia, and I will trouble you to make preparations. My child is about to be born soon, and it is time to invite the Mongolian king and his wife to Beijing."

"The emperor has returned?" Ji Kang asked with a smile.

Shen Qing chuckled, narrowed her eyes and saw that the leaves of the ginkgo tree in the yard had started to turn yellow, and nodded slightly: "I sent a letter a while ago, saying that there is only one day's journey away. I arrived in the capital this morning, and at this moment, Xu is going to the tomb of the eldest princess."

Ji Kang was surprised that Shen Qing could guess so much, smiled, and was about to leave when he heard that Ji Rui had brought Zhang Xiaofang into the palace.

Shen Qing said with a smile: "Let's meet together." Even though Ji Kang is now the assistant minister and holds a lot of power, he still maintains his previous habit of not making friends with the prince or the ministers in private, so much so that he has a few friends with him. The relationship between the brothers is very weak, and Ji Rui is also withdrawn, except for Ji Wuhuan, he usually doesn't go out for a walk, but this time is just right for them to meet.

When Ji Rui came in, he didn't expect Ji Kang to be there, so he cupped his hands in embarrassment: "Brother Wuhuang."

"Ninth Emperor Brother." Ji Kang was equally jerky. In the past, he had only heard that this Ninth Brother was acting perversely, but now, looking at him, he was personable and not perverse.

When An An and Shen Changsheng came back from school, they saw the two people greeting each other at the door, and threw themselves on their laps with their calves: "Uncle Wuhuang, Uncle Ninth Emperor, come to see An An."

"Yes." Ji Ruizheng was embarrassed. Hearing An An's words, he leaned over and rubbed his little head. Zhang Xiaofang also smiled and took a palm-sized brocade box to him: "A pair of chains, let's see if you can do it." Untie it, if you do it, we will ask your mother to take you out of the palace to play."

"Really!" An An was very happy, and hurriedly opened the box to look at the chain link.

Shen Qing also glanced at it. It was a relatively simple chain link, but it should be quite difficult for a child like An An who is just one and a half years old.

They were thinking in this way, but An An's chubby man was holding a tinker in his hand, and he untied it.Zhang Xiaofang also thought about why he had to wait until he was two or three years old, this little guy was so fast.

An An looked at several people with a smile: "Uncle Nine Emperors, Aunt Nine, when will you take me out to play?"

When Zhang Xiaofang heard him calling her Ninth Aunt, her face turned red instantly, she winked at him, and said, "I'm begging your queen right now, if she doesn't respond, I won't come back today, and I'll eat her up." Hers, until she says yes."

An An was so happy that she hurried to her to be good.

Chang Sheng chuckled at the back, trying to untie the chain buckle, but it took him a while to untie it. An An just glanced at it and opened it casually. Is it a coincidence?
Ji Kang was also puzzled, but Shen Qing smiled and nodded Zhang Xiaofang's head, then patted An An's little head: "I want to go out, wait for your father to come back and take you out, otherwise..."

"No, An An hasn't gone out for a long time, and she's stuck here like a little bird raised in Eunuch Zhang's cage." An An suddenly became petty, and she was still a child after all, so she didn't know so much.

Shen Qing was about to educate him, but she just wanted to bend over, and suddenly felt a pain in her body, and the familiar feeling when she was born with An An came back.

"Quick... pass it on!" Shen Qing hurriedly said, Ming Rou sensed something was wrong at a glance, and hurriedly ordered to invite the midwife, and then hurriedly helped her to the delivery room that had been prepared earlier.

Everyone hurriedly followed, but An An was frightened. He froze on the spot, looking at his mother who suddenly cried out in pain, and seeing everyone anxious, his eyes immediately filled with tears.

Chang Sheng followed behind him, seeing that he did not leave, he hurriedly asked: "Prince, what's wrong with you?"

An An looked at him with a red nose: "Is my mother angry with me, that's why she became like this."

Changsheng didn't understand either, and before he could speak, he heard a gust of wind, and then saw a figure with a little chill flashing past.

"Who is it?" He immediately asked, and Yuan who followed behind looked at the two little ones and hurriedly said: "It is the emperor who has returned."

When An An heard this, she took a step back in fright.Ji Wuhuan almost lost his memory, but he was vaguely afraid of this father.

"Prince, what's wrong with you?" Yuan didn't understand.

An An asked him with red eyes: "Uncle Yuan, I made my mother angry, will my father be angry with me?"

"Qi disease?" Yuan didn't understand, and Chang Sheng hurriedly explained: "Just now the Empress suddenly said that she had a stomachache, and then everyone was very anxious to help her into the room."

When Yuan Ye heard this, he laughed, and hurriedly said: "Prince, don't worry, Your Majesty is not sick, she is going to give birth to a little sister for you."

"Give birth to a little sister?" An An seemed to understand, but at least she knew she was not sick: "But mother still seems to be in pain, and Uncle Nine Emperors and the others are very anxious..." An An chewed and said with tears.

Yuan Ye knelt down and looked at him with a smile, and said: "It hurts to have a baby. When the mother gave birth to the prince, it was also very painful, so it doesn't matter about the prince. It's just that the mother suffered a lot for the prince. The prince will not be able to make the empress angry again in the future."

"An An must not make my mother angry." An An nodded heavily, then looked forward again: "Then can I go and see my mother now?"

"Of course." Yuan Ye smiled and picked him up, and went straight forward.

In the side hall, Ji Rui and Ji Kang were waiting. Zhang Xiaofang was not allowed to enter the delivery room because she was a girl who had not left the court. It was not the first time for Ji Wuhuan to go in regardless of others' obstruction.

But giving birth to this little princess seemed to go much smoother, Shen Qing didn't feel much pain, the child came out with a chirp, and the cry was loud and clear.

Yuan Yecai carried An'an to the door, and when he heard the voice inside, he hurriedly laughed and said, "Prince, look, the little princess was born as soon as you came here. You are really the lucky star of the empress and the little princess."

"Really?" An An was a little concerned that this sister made her mother suffer, but she was a little happy when she heard what Yuan Ye said.

Yuan Ye quickly nodded: "Of course."

Just as I was talking, the woman inside came out to announce the good news, saying that a little princess was born.

An An wanted to go in to see her sister, but when she entered the room, she saw Ji Wuhuan looking towards him, and shrank back involuntarily.

Seeing his timid look, Ji Wuhuan frowned slightly.

Ming Rou was also a little afraid of the emperor, but seeing An An's pitiful appearance, she hurriedly said, "Prince, pay your respects to the emperor."

An An looked at Ming Rou, held back the tears in her eyes, bowed her hands decently, bent her waist and said in a milky voice, "An An has seen Father."

"Yeah." Ji Wuhuan looked at him for a long while, responded lightly, then turned to look at Shen Qing who was on the side: "Are you tired?"

Shen Qing shook her head, finally recovered some strength, and said, "Don't scare An'an."

Ji Wuhuan pursed her thin lips slightly, but said nothing.

The room was cleaned up, and Shen Qing was moved to the bed in the outer room. All the people in the room retreated, leaving the three of them behind.

An An wanted to go and have a look, but seeing Ji Wuhuan's body move slightly, she stopped immediately.

Shen Qing had no choice but to wave to him: "An'an, come here."

An An got her words, so she quickly ran over with her calves, and threw herself to the bedside: "Mother, are you okay, it's all because of An An's misbehavior, which made my mother unhappy."

"Mother is not unhappy." Shen Qing looked at his aggrieved look, her little heart softened into a puddle of water, and she glanced at Ji Wuhuan with a little reproach: "Now that the emperor is back, do you want to go down to wash up first?" Some time?" She was worried that An An was not mentally prepared and became timid towards Ji Wuhuan, and the child would be so cautious and cautious in the future, she knew Ji Wuhuan's temper, with a cold face and a warm heart, but in the future he will be like this Going down, the father and son will inevitably freeze, so they want to ventilate with An Antong first.

Ji Wuhuan also didn't know how to deal with the young son who seemed to have changed from a baby in the swaddle to a young son who was running all over the place overnight. When he was young, he was not timid towards himself at all, but clinging to him.

Ji Wuhuan also knew that An An was afraid of her now, so she nodded and moved her hand on her lap, wanting to rub his little head, but seeing him shrink back nervously, she withdrew her hand again and stood up. left.

Shen Qing looked at the entangled father and son, and laughed helplessly. Just in time, the midwife had cleaned up the little princess, wrapped it up and brought it in.

The newborn child was still wrinkled, with his eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep.

An An took a look and was startled: "Why is my sister so ugly?"

Just as Shen Qing was about to explain, he heard him say annoyedly: "She is also my sister."

Ming Rou chuckled at the side, and the midwife also hurriedly said: "Return to the crown prince, after a while, the little princess will be beautiful when she grows up. The emperor and empress are both the sons of heaven and man, and you are also a dragon and phoenix among humans. We The little princess must also be overwhelmed by the country and the city."

The midwife talked lively, Shen Qing naturally ordered someone to watch, An An blinked her small eyes and looked at the wrinkled child, and pursed her mouth thinking about her own affairs.Uncle Yuan Ye said that he is her little lucky star, and he will definitely look more and more like himself and look better in the future.

Shen Qing didn't know that he had thought so much, and after sending everyone down, he pulled him and said with a smile: "An An, are you afraid of your father?"

An An heard the words, bit her lips slightly: "Father is fierce."

"Where is the fierceness?" Shen Qing continued to ask.

An An frowned, but he didn't remember that Ji Wuhuan had killed him, so he shook his head: "I don't know."

Shen Qing chuckled and pinched his little face: "It's you who think father is fierce, but father didn't murder you, so isn't father very wronged?"

An An lowered her head thoughtfully.

Shen Qing continued while the iron was hot: "An An is so likable and obedient, your uncles like you very much, and everyone in the palace also likes you, so An An will naturally make your father like you, right? "

An An pouted, thinking of his father, who was tall and mighty, with a cold face, and didn't smile at him, he didn't know what to do.

Changsheng had already walked in from the outside, and when he heard this, he stepped forward and said, "The emperor just walked into the palace from the door all at once, and his kung fu is better than that of Aunt Xia Rao and Uncle Yuan Ye. Madam, is he the most powerful man in the world?" great people?"

An'an was sure, her eyes lit up.

Shen Qing saw that Chang Sheng knew this kid better, and said with a smile: "Almost, if you don't say number one, no one is better than him. An An, your father is the God of War."

"God of War?" An An was ignorant, but he felt that it was very powerful.

"The lightness kung fu you want to learn, your father is the best in the world." Shen Qing bragged irresponsibly for Ji Wuhuan.

An An's eyes brightened: "Really!"

"Of course, what did mother lie to you for?" Shen Qing smiled with crooked eyebrows.

Just as she was finishing speaking, Ji Wuhuan had already changed and came over.Wearing a black long gown embroidered with sky-colored cloud and dragon patterns, and his black hair combed behind his head, after half a year in the battlefield, he seemed a bit more rough and cold, but when those phoenix eyes met Shen Qing, they all turned into tenderness.

An An secretly cheered herself up, stepped forward and hugged Ji Wuhuan's leg and raised her pitiful eyes to look at him: "Father, mother said that your lightness kung fu is the best in the world."

Ji Wuhuan's face twitched, number one in the world?He couldn't afford it, but seeing An An's eyes full of admiration, he coughed lightly: "Want to try?"

"Can you?" An An was pleasantly surprised.

Ji Wuhuan's cold and hard mouth finally raised a little bit, bent down and hugged him with one hand: "Are you afraid?"

When asked like this, An An hesitated a little.

Changsheng hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the emperor is the God of War, and nothing will happen."

After An An listened, she shook her head heavily: "Not afraid."

"Okay." A smile appeared in Ji Wuhuan's eyes, and he took An'an outside for a walk around the eaves and walls.

Listening to An An's exclaimed exclamation outside, Shen Qing laughed aloud, looked at the sensible Chang Sheng, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Chang Sheng, I heard that you want to ask for orders to enter the barracks?"

Seeing Shen Qing's sudden question, Chang Sheng hurriedly turned around and saluted.

Shen Qing asked him to sit on the stool next to him, and then said: "Life in the military camp is very hard, and you have to do a lot of training every day. You can't rest or play. Have you thought about it?"

"I heard the county king...Mr. Zhang said that you are not afraid of longevity." He said firmly.Ever since he heard that Ji Wuhuan also entered the military camp since he was a child, he has thought about going to the military camp. Although he can't see An An or his empress for the time being, when he comes out after becoming a strong man, he will be able to Protect them better.

Shen Qing knew Changsheng's thoughts, but she felt sorry for his sensibility, and said with a smile: "Then you go try it for three days first, if you can bear it, I will allow you to go. If you can't bear it, it doesn't matter, I will invite you Master is studying at home, and you can also study poetry."

Chang Sheng nodded happily, then quickly knelt on the ground and saluted again.

Not long after, Zhang Xiaofang came in with Xia Rao, looked at Changsheng, and said with a smile: "My father said that Changsheng is a good seedling, did he mention going to the military camp?"

"I mentioned it, let Mr. Zhang know more about it when the time comes." Shen Qing said with a smile. The king of Dongyang County couldn't stay idle since he recovered. Teaching those poor children to practice martial arts, not charging tuition fees and including a meal, every day is full of students.

Zhang Xiaofang nodded with a smile.

Xia Rao looked at Shen Qing and said with a smile: "Your Majesty wants to rest now, so you don't have to worry about these things. The Emperor is back now, and he will take care of it."

"It's just giving birth to a child, but you are treating me as a patient." Shen Qing chuckled.

After finishing speaking, it was a long time since An An came back, and when people asked, they found out that the child was still walking through the palace walls clinging to Ji Wuhuan, and it seemed that he made this cold-faced father happy.

A few people were talking, time passed quickly, and when everyone left, An An also fell into a deep sleep tired and happy.

Shen Qing just gave birth and couldn't sleep with him, so she placed him in a side hall to rest.Ji Wuhuan and she finally got to see each other. Both of them had a lot of things to say, but when Ji Wuhuan packed up and carefully held her in his arms, the two of them couldn't say anything, they could only talk to each other. Holding and feeling each other's existence, I feel at ease.

The news that Shen Qing gave birth to a daughter spread quickly, and Hu and Lu also knew that the one who should come had come. Wei is here.

In a tavern where the Great Wei and Mongolia were handed over, the Mongols discussed the matter of Hu and Lu going to the Great Wei, and by the way discussed the assassination of the Queen of the Great Wei, but most of them supported it.

In the corner, under a gray cloak, a bearded man drank a bowl of spirits on the table, looked at the cold wind blowing outside, and stepped out.

(End of this chapter)