Madam Hou

Chapter 64

The weather is getting colder, and it is November in a flash.Winter makes people lazy, and Yin Niang returned to the days when she stayed in the yard all day and refused to go out.Although she was too lazy to go out, Yin Niang also felt bored hiding in the yard all day embroidering wedding dresses, handkerchiefs and purses.

Because the wedding date is approaching, and because Yanniang's due date is approaching, Yinniang is afraid that she will not be a good wife of the Hou family, and at the same time worried that Yanniang will have another daughter, and she is also anxious and nervous.

In the palace, although the empress still asked the midwife to come into the palace every three days to see Yanniang's belly, the content of the inspection was naturally whether the child was male or female, whether the fetal position was right or not, and so on.Although all the midwives said that the little prince was inside, but after the previous experience of being hopeful but disappointed, the queen was not so convinced by the midwife's statement, anyway, let's see clearly after birth.Instead, they pay more attention to whether the fetal movement is normal, whether the fetal position is correct, and whether the delivery is normal.

Although the delivery room is not located in Fengyi Palace, but with the experience of being almost calculated by someone last time, this time the queen is very concerned about the midwives during the delivery. The midwifery maid and the accompanying imperial physician are all ready, waiting for Concubine Chen to give birth.

Perhaps it was because she had given birth once before, but this time Yanniang was not as anxious as the last time, her mind was calm and contented, she ate and slept every day, and took a walk in the courtyard after she slept, so as to facilitate a smooth delivery.

This year's winter came late, the first snow fell in mid-November, and the white expanse outside the window looked really beautiful.

The wedding is approaching, but it is not easy for the bride to go out at her husband's house, not to mention that Yinniang also wants to spend more time with her mother and sister before getting married, so one month before the wedding, Yinniang packed her luggage and went back to live in Yangjiaoer Hutong with.

The courtyard of Yangjiaoer Hutong has three entrances. Originally, only Mrs. Chen, Ping Niang and a few maidservants lived in it. People, a group of Haohaotangtang, all squeezed into this three-entry courtyard, it seemed a bit crowded.

Mrs. Chen felt that she bought the house by herself, and she never wronged herself to fulfill the concubine's reason. Therefore, when allocating the room, she and Pingniang took the second largest of the three, and the concubine and concubines were not easy to give up. They lived in the first entrance next to the gate, so they were all stuffed into the third entrance, and the maids occupied the first entrance.As for Mr. Chen, except for the second entry, he can live wherever he likes.

When Yinniang came back, she naturally lived in the same courtyard with Mrs. Chen.

On this day, it snowed heavily in the sky, and the weather was so cold that people were frozen into ice slag.Mrs. Chen, Yinniang, Pingniang and a few close maids hid in the room and chatted by the fire. Pingniang, who liked to eat, said something somehow: "If there are chestnuts, corn and potatoes to roast at this time, then I really enjoyed it the most." Mrs. Chen didn't criticize Pingniang for being greedy like a cat this time, but she became interested and gave five taels of silver to the maids around her, and asked them to go to the street to buy the food. After buying it, I asked some other maids to set up ovens and barbed wire, and prepared to bake something to eat.

The three mothers and daughters and decent maidservants such as blue and white vines gathered around the oven, abandoning the dignity of master and servant, and everyone chatted happily while roasting and eating.It was at this time that Mrs. Lin Hou sent a woman to Yangjiaoer Hutong to tell Mrs. Chen and others good news: "The concubine Chen in the palace has given birth to a little prince."

When the people in the room heard the news, they were all stunned for a moment.Yin Niang was roasting a chestnut with the tongs, but the chestnut landed on the grill with a "click", but the hand holding the tongs was fixed in mid-air.Pingniang opened her mouth, she had already put the chestnuts into her mouth, but she was so dazed that she forgot to close her mouth, and the chestnuts fell to the ground.Madam Chen was even more so, she was so stunned that she almost forgot that she could speak.The maidservants around her were also stunned for a while, not knowing what to say.

The woman also understood the mood of the people in this room at the moment, and she didn't show any abnormality when she saw Mrs. Chen and the others. She just smiled and said to Mrs. Chen: "Congratulations, Mrs. Now she is the grandmother of our Third Prince."

Mrs. Chen seemed to have finally recovered from the shock. She stepped forward and grabbed the woman's shoulders, shaking vigorously while asking eagerly: "But it's true, it's true, our mother Yan really gave birth to a son?"

The woman was grabbed so hard, she didn't know if it hurt, but she replied with a smile without changing her face: "Yes."

Yin Niang also woke up from the news, and when she heard the woman's words, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Lan and the palace.

The queen watched as the midwife came out of the delivery room with a little baby wrapped in red swaddling clothes, and the baby wailed loudly in her hands.The midwife smiled and said many auspicious words to her, but she only heard the first sentence: "Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations, you are a little prince."

The queen looked at the little baby with red and wrinkled skin in the hands of the midwife. It was obviously a very ugly guy, but the queen felt so soft in her heart that she could squeeze out a puddle of water. For no reason, she felt kind, as if this was her baby. The child just borrowed someone else's belly to come out of this world, but it is the closest to her.

The queen took the baby from the midwife, and the baby was still crying. The queen shook her hand slightly, but the crying did not stop as she had imagined.The queen asked the midwife worriedly: "What's going on, why is he crying all the time, but why is he not feeling well, or is he hungry?"

The midwife replied with a smile: "Don't worry, Madam, the little prince is opening his voice. All newborn babies are like this. The louder and longer the crying, the healthier and smarter the baby will grow up in the future."

Although the queen knew that the midwife might be exaggerating on purpose, she was still very happy when she heard that the child would grow up smart and healthy. She smiled and looked at the child gently, shaking her hand gently.

The child stopped crying for more than half an hour. The queen thought that the child would be hungry after crying for most of the day, so she hurriedly asked the nanny who had been with her for a long time to feed the little prince.After eating and drinking, the little prince returned to the empress' arms, squinted his eyes as if rubbing against the empress's arms, and then seemed to be going to sleep.

Just at this time, Emperor Jinghui, who had been discussing matters with the ministers in the imperial study, finally rushed to Lanhe Palace in the wind and snow.Recently, the Ministry of Di in the north took office because of a new leader, and the new official took office three times. The new leader took office within three months, and tore up the five treaties of peaceful coexistence signed between the ministry and Dayan during the former leader's time. Attack the Central Plains, defeat the Great Yan Dynasty, and establish a new dynasty that will unify Kyushu.But the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny. Dayan and Di Bu are very different in power.Dayan didn't pay attention to this tribe whose area and population were not as large as Dayan's state.But speaking of it again, although Di Bu, the new leader, has far-reaching ideals, his military talents are really good. Although he can't shake the entire Dayan regime, he still disturbs the north. serious.The emperor sent Ning Guogong's eldest son and Concubine Shu's elder brother to fight Di Bu. These days, news came that the situation in the north was not very good, and Ning Guogong's son was about to be defeated by Di Bu.When the news of Yan Niang's birth came, the emperor was thinking of a solution with his ministers day and night.

When the ministers in the imperial study heard the news that Concubine Chen was about to give birth, and saw the emperor's absent-minded appearance, they were also very interested in deciding on the matters to be negotiated as soon as possible, and then they left immediately and went back to the house without disturbing the emperor to see the little girl. The concubine gave birth to a child, and by the way, I could go back and send first-hand news to my wife, seven eldest aunts and eight eldest wives.

But when Emperor Jinghui arrived at Lanhe Palace, Aifei's baby had already been born, and Zitong was holding the baby and sitting in the warm pavilion, looking at the infant baby tenderly.When the queen saw the emperor coming in, she hurriedly hugged the child and saluted.

The emperor quickly helped the queen up and said, "Zitong, get up quickly." After helping the queen up, he lifted a corner of the swaddling baby, looked at the baby inside, and asked the queen, "Is the little prince born by Concubine Chen?"

The queen nodded with a smile, "Yes, Concubine Chen has worked really hard, and she is still so tired that she fell asleep."

Since the founding of Dayan Dynasty, except for the founding ancestor of the country who had no concubine in the harem because of the jealousy of Empress Yixiao, and had only four legitimate sons in his life, the number of sons of other emperors was counted in double digits. Emperor Jinghui The number of father's sons is relatively small, but ten princes were born. Although three died in the end, this at least shows that there is no problem with their fertility.

However, when it came to Emperor Jinghui, who was in his thirties and almost forty now, and there were only these two princes under him, Emperor Jinghui was not without anxiety about this, ordinary people valued heirs, let alone the royal family.Therefore, when he knew that Yanniang had given birth to a prince, Emperor Jinghui was so happy that he wished he could do somersaults.

Emperor Jinghui smiled and took the little prince from the queen's hand, weighed it, and said to the queen, "It's heavier than Xiaoer's original."

The queen took the child again, and said gently: "Concubine Chen knows how to keep healthy, and she takes good care of herself. When I saw her belly was as big as a basket, I even suspected it was twins."

Speaking of Yanniang, Emperor Jinghui said: "I'm going to see Yanniang." As he said that, he was about to leave, but the queen stopped him at this moment: "Your Majesty, wait a little bit."

Emperor Jinghui turned his head to look at the empress, the empress hugged the child, knelt down on the floor slowly, and said: "Your majesty, when the concubine had a miscarriage that day, the emperor promised the concubine that he would adopt a concubine in the future." The prince is recorded in his name, the third prince is destined to be with the concubine, and the concubine wants to adopt the third prince to bring him up at his knees, and I hope the emperor will make it happen!"

(End of this chapter)