Madam Hou

Chapter 40

On the Eighth Laba Festival at the beginning of December, every household in the capital makes Laba porridge. After it is ready, put several bowls in white porcelain bowls and place them on the altar to show respect to the gods and ancestors.After the ceremony, put them in porcelain urns and distribute them to relatives, friends and neighbors before noon.Although the palace was catching up with Concubine Chen's birth, because the queen handled it properly, the Laba porridge was given to the meritorious nobles and civil and military officials on time.

Wait until the third quarter of the hour, when each family has just finished eating Laba porridge, or sitting comfortably on a chair and belching, or walking along the Chaoshou veranda while digesting food, there is news from the palace that the concubine Chen in the palace was born at the time of Chen Shi. The next princess.

Of course, this is the time for the official release of the news, and official news is always delayed.There are some people who have contacts in the palace or who have a vital interest in this matter have known the news from special channels early on, and among them are the Kang Guogong Mansion and the Yongning Hou Mansion.In addition, there is another news that came out through special channels: It is said that this time Concubine Chen gave birth to a difficult child, and it took three days and two nights to deliver. It's hard to get pregnant.

When this news came out, some people in Beijing were happy and others were sad. Those who were worried would not be the Concubine Shu's Party, and of course the happy people would not be the Queen's Party.

When the news came, Mrs. Ying, the wife of Duke Kang's son, dropped the wooden fish in her hand, looked at the portrait of the Bodhisattva for a long time, finally sighed deeply, and then threw all the scriptures and wooden fish into the brazier.This reaction is considered normal, and the more intense ones are like Mrs. Yongninghou, who fainted outright.

After Mrs. Lin Hou woke up in Tangrong Courtyard, she hugged Yuan Momo and cried loudly: "Well, what should I do, even if it is to give birth to a princess, as long as I can give birth, there is still hope, but like now I hurt my body, what hope do I have in the future? Why was I so impulsive at the beginning, and let the son hire the daughter of Bapin County Cheng, I am crazy to do this." This is clearly an investment failure, or that This kind of big investment with all her net worth, she will lose money to death.What kind of person is her son? At the age of 16, he won the first prize in the martial arts examination and became a general by relying on military merits. Such an outstanding person is only worthy of a daughter of Bapin County Cheng. The son is next to him, and when the princess comes out in the future, he won't get much help.

Yuan Meme patted Mrs. Lin Hou on the back, and persuaded: "This is just the news from the maid, I'm afraid it may not be accurate, you must first confirm it before you feel sad."

"What else is there to be sure of? This is what Li Yuanzheng of the Taiyuan Hospital said personally. Could it be false?" She was born with the business genes of the Tian family. She has a unique vision and can invest successfully every time. She has never failed, but she did not expect to fall here this time.

As for Madam Chen, she did not have a special channel, but before the official news came out, a servant who claimed to have received Yanniang's favor in the palace informed her in advance of the news of Yanniang's birth. There will be no news of pregnancy in the future.Mrs. Chen didn't completely faint when she heard it, but she was about the same. She murmured to her servant: "I've seen so many brides-to-be. Don't you all say that you are a little prince? Why did you become a little princess?" Then the whole person sat down on the stool in a daze, and it took a while to wake up, followed by a loud cry.

Mrs. Chen hugged Ping Niang beside her, and cried, "My poor Yan Niang, why did you suffer such a miserable life, and what will happen in the future!"

Yin Niang sat on the stone steps in Jingxiang Courtyard, looking at the snowflakes falling in the courtyard, this is the first snow this winter, it started to fall at Yin Shi, and now the ground has been covered with a thin layer of snow. layer of snowflakes.Yin Niang caressed her arms, only feeling that today's winter is a bit cold.

Inside the palace, there is a side hall of Fengyi Palace.

There were charcoal fires burning all around the hall. Although it was already winter, the charcoal fires made the house warm and warm, so that the people in the house could not feel the cold outside the house at all.

Yan Niang was sitting on the bed, holding a baby wrapped in a red soft quilt in her arms. The baby was so small that it seemed to be only as big as her two fists. Because it was just born, the baby's skin was still a little red, and its eyes were narrowed. The mouth will move from time to time.Obviously she hasn't learned how to hold the child yet, but she dare not move the child in her hands, for fear of hurting the little person in her hands.

Sitting beside Yanniang's bed, the emperor pushed aside the soft satin that covered the baby's face in the red brocade quilt with one hand, then gently placed his fingers on the baby's skin, and said to Yanniang, "Look, this is the baby you made for the baby." The little princess I gave birth to has eyes like yours, nose like mine, ears with earlobes like you, but this eyebrows are thick like mine."

The baby is still young, and Yan Niang really can't tell who she looks like, but she just thinks that this baby fell from her stomach, and she stayed in her stomach for ten months, occasionally kicking Her belly was playing games with her, and now she has come out of her belly and become a separate life, when she grows up, she will become a girl like her, she only feels the magic of life, and a devotion to The natural maternal love of this child.

Yanniang finally tried to move her hand slightly, and slowly hugged the child closer to her arms, tears slowly came from her eyes like autumn water, she looked at the emperor, and said incoherently: "Your Majesty, It's my child, it's our child!"

The emperor hugged Yanniang into his arms and comforted her: "Yes, this is our child."

Yanniang leaned in the emperor's arms, nodded and said emotionally: "The concubine is disrespectful, but the concubine is too moved."

The emperor was very understanding: "I understand, Aifei is the first time to be a mother, and I was much more excited when I became a father for the first time than you are now."

The emperor helped Yanniang up, and while wiping the tears on her face, he said: "Don't cry, you are confinement now, crying too much is not good for your health."

Yan Niang smiled and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

The emperor wiped Yanniang with his hands for a while, and saw that the tears on her face were wiped dry, so he withdrew his hand, and then said to Yanniang with a somewhat uncomfortable expression: "Yan, Yanniang, I really want to tell you something. ...."

Yanniang interrupted him: "The emperor wants to tell the concubine that it will be difficult for the concubine to conceive in the future?"

The emperor was a little surprised: "You already know?"

Yanniang nodded: "Yes, before the concubine fell asleep after giving birth, she vaguely heard what Li Yuanzheng said to the emperor."

The emperor hugged the child in Yanniang's arms again, and whispered softly in Yanniang's ear: "Yanniang, don't worry, I'm here, even if you don't have a son, I will take good care of you." , I will never let you down."

Yanniang also whispered to the emperor: "Your Majesty, can I let my concubine express her thoughts?"

"You said."

Yanniang pushed the emperor's embrace away with one hand, then looked at the emperor with a pair of eyes like autumn water, and said affectionately: "Your Majesty, if the concubine says that she is not sad at all and will not be able to conceive again, that is a lie. If the concubine says that she doesn't regret not being able to give birth to a prince for the emperor but is only a princess, that is also false. The concubine wants to give birth to a prince, because I know that the emperor prefers a prince, and the emperor is the concubine's husband. The concubine wants the emperor to be happier. The concubine also wants to have many, many children, because those children are the common blood of the concubine and the emperor, and they are the best proof that the emperor loved the concubine. The emperor doesn't like his concubines anymore, and the concubines can look at the children and say to themselves, look, the emperor once loved me. But the emperor, if the emperor is willing to leave a place in his heart for the concubines, don't be too much, as long as Just a little bit, then the concubine will be satisfied, and won't be so regretful that she won't have children in the future."

Hearing Yanniang's words, the emperor was so moved for a moment, this woman loves me so much and insists on everything, and she has such a concubine, what more can a husband ask for.The emperor stretched out his hand to touch Yanniang's face, his eyes were full of tenderness: "Yanniang..."

Yan Niang continued: "My mother said that there is no time in life, so don't force it. Maybe the concubine is not born with this blessing, so the emperor will give birth to the prince, but fortunately, the concubine already has a little princess. Although she is a princess, she is also the emperor. With Chen Qie's child, Chen Qie is very satisfied."

"Yan Niang, don't worry, our little princess will definitely be my most precious princess."

After the emperor left, Yan Niang put the infant baby on the bed, and she lay on her side while looking at the child on the bed. She ordered all the people around her to go out. There was no such indifference as when he was talking to the emperor just now, what was left was worry all over his eyes and face.

Caitao came in with the medicine in his hands, looked at Yanniang and said with some pity: "Your Majesty, it's time to take the medicine."

Yanniang waved her hand and said, "Put it there, I don't want to drink it yet."

Caitao put down the medicine in her hand, turned her head and saw Yanniang's worried expression, couldn't help but choked up with distress and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to cry, you can cry, it will make you feel better."

Yan Niang suppressed the tears that were about to flow back into her eyes, and said, "Crying? What's the use of crying, except for making people laugh. I can't fall down now. Once I fall down, my parents and sisters will all know it." Affected by me. Fortunately, the situation is not at its worst yet. The first thing I need to figure out is whether the queen has given up on me. The second thing I need to figure out is who is framing me. Mother-in-law, everyone said that I was pregnant with a prince, but in the end I gave birth to a princess, if there is nothing in it, I would never believe it."

Cai Tao cried distressedly and said: "Madam, you are suffering too much. Those goddamn evil spirits will definitely die in the future. Let them have sons without buttocks and daughters without eyes."

Yanniang took Caitao's hand and said, "Don't cry, I know you love me, but it's not the time to cry yet. You have to tell me exactly what happened on the day of delivery, so that I know What's the next step."

"Well, good. The lady, you drink the medicine first, and I will tell you when you finish drinking the medicine."

Yanniang looked at the bowl of yellow-brown medicinal juice, and said calmly: "You don't need to drink that medicine, I don't know what ingredients were added!"

Cai Tao was startled and said, "Your Majesty, you mean..."

Yan Niang nodded: "I have loved reading medical books since I was a child. Since I could read and write, I have regarded reading medical books as important as eating. I know what my body is like, and I know whether I can still have children. After drinking these medicines, you will really be unable to give birth."

"Then I poured the medicine down."

"No, so as not to overwhelm the snake. You can find a big urn, and you will pour the medicine juice into the Weng in the future, and then you can find a way to get some medicine residues. These medicines have no smell at all. See Can the dregs see something?"

"Yes.... Then empress, since you are not incapable of giving birth, why don't we tell the emperor and empress?"

"They won't believe it. They will believe what the imperial doctor said more than what I said. Even if I say it, they will only think that I can't accept the reality. As long as I can conceive a child again, then the facts will trump everything eloquence."

(End of this chapter)