Chapter 174: A Child Who Can't Be Born

The spring of Kangxi's fifty-seventh year seems to have come a little late. The national funeral of the www.biquge.info pen & fun & pavilion and the serious illness of Kangxi made the whole capital shrouded in a gloomy and bleak atmosphere.

For me, everything is also out of my control, and it is moving in an unpredictable direction, especially with this unexpected child in my womb.

Yinzhen was very happy when he learned that I was pregnant, but he was happy with a strong sense of melancholy, I knew that he was worried about Nian Qianyao's reaction, after all, Nian Qianyao's sister Nian Shi married into the house for seven years, in addition to giving birth to a daughter who died early, even if there was a look of special pet, the stomach did not move, but I was pregnant again, which inevitably made Nian Qianyao feel that Yinzhen did not like his sister as much as he seemed on the face.

Nian Qianyao is the only fierce general in Yinzhen's hands that can be reused, once Nian Qianyao has a swaying heart, Yinzhen, who is surrounded by enemies, is only afraid of being like meat on the board, and even the slightest hope of turning around does not exist.

Because of this, after a hurried visit to Guan Guan, he asked the Ulanala clan to take care of me, but he never came to see it again. According to some long-tongued servants in the house, in addition to handling official duties every day, he spent his spare time accompanying Nian's family in the courtyard last year, and he didn't know whether to appease or seize the time to make a villain to stabilize Nian Qianyao's heart.

As for the Wulanala clan's request to Yinzhen, he naturally readily agreed, but I saw a hint of calculation in addition to envy, jealousy and hatred from the unnatural look of the Wulanala clan. Then the Ulanala clan tentatively said "You are blessed" from time to time, and sighed a little contrivedly, "I am blessed, poor Honghui died early", and then cried and said seemingly casually, "If I have a male fetus this time, I will raise her by **" Yunyun and the like.

Naturally, I knew that Ulanara's words were not just a joke, and she really had this in mind. After all, a large part of my relationship with her is the mutual maintenance of interests. Back then, I asked her to support Hongli, who was born to the Qian family, because it was much easier for her to master the Qian family than to deal with me, once Hongli attacked the lord, with the simple and indisputable nature of the Qian family, she would not threaten her, she could still honor her mother-in-law to grasp the power of the inner government, even if Hongli married a wife and had children, as long as she was alive, the right would not waver for a day. And I think that in terms of love with the Qian family and the stable life I want, I will also bow down to her and use it.

However, this scale, which is based on their own interests, has been tilted because of the arrival of this unformed child in the womb. Once I have a second child, especially if it may be the second son, my weight in the mansion is far greater than her mother, who has lost her son, and the Qian family is a solid ally with me, then the threat to her is huge. So no matter what, you must keep a child by your side, let this child be close to you, maybe you don't need to care about the Qian family and Hongli at all, and it is not impossible to directly raise this child as a son-in-law as an heir.

This is not their own vigilance and suspicion, just because the Wulanala clan is so calculating, it is inevitable, after all, the women in the courtyard of the deep house, only if they can control their own destiny can they live freely and peacefully, who would want to have one or two more concubines and concubines around them.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Qian didn't have much worry about me being pregnant, except for the joy, that is, he found out the small clothes that Hongli and Hongday had used before, saying that ten months is not long, and when it is warm, he will start to prepare the things needed for the child, after all, with experience, he will not be in a hurry. Then I thought that there were always people around me who were playing tricks, worried about what would happen in the small kitchen, and every meal was personally watched by the next person to make the meal, and sent someone to taste it before it was delivered with peace of mind.

Looking at Qian, who has been busy since he got the good news, it is like seeing the little girl who was a simple foodie before, and his heart is warm, and he is ashamed of his plans and estrangement from her.

"This kid can't stay. Standing on the corridor, looking at the Qian family who was instructing the servants and maids to do their work, he said in a deep voice to the little shunzi behind him.

It is now past the second day of February, and although it is still a little cold in spring, you can feel the vitality of the recovery of all things from the grass buds that have begun to emerge. At this time, the position where you stand can bask in the warm sunlight of early spring, and the words you speak become lazy and soft. It's just that on such a day, when he says such a cold truth in a soft voice, he still can't help but feel cold.

"Why did Gege say that, but what do you think is wrong?" Xiao Shunzi suddenly heard my words, and couldn't help but stiffen her body, and asked sullenly.

I don't know how to explain my uneasiness to him, I can't tell him that this child is supposed to be non-existent, and I can't tell him that the arrival of this child probably means that something has deviated from the correct trajectory of history, and that such a change could lead to history going the other way.

I was silent for a long time before I said quietly: "Because this child came at the wrong time, he is not a blessed child, and it may even break the balance that I have built up with Ulanala over the years, and may make the plan that I have been preparing for many years lose everything." There is no other way but to give up. ”

It was replaced by Xiao Junzi falling silent, and he didn't know how to answer. He thinks in his heart that his master's heirs are thin, and it would be good to have more children, let alone that they were born by me, and he is also happy to see that I can consolidate my position in the palace. But he didn't know that the current situation was unfavorable to the master, and then carefully thought about the current situation and the reactions of all parties, but he felt that the truth would indeed be as I said, I am afraid that once this child is born, if it is a small Gege, it may be fine, but if it is a little brother, I am afraid that it will not only attract the dissatisfaction of General Nian and Nian Fujin with the master, but also Chang Fujin will really find a way to take this newborn little brother back to his side to raise, and at that time everything Gege has done in these years will be in vain, and it will become an unpredictable and controllable situation.

"If Gege wants to deal with it, he can't do it directly, after all, this matter has been spread to the palace, and the emperor has always attached importance to the reproduction of heirs. Not only that, but disposing of this child without a name may also make the master's suspicion and suspicion of Gege deeper. Junko said in a voice behind him that only me and him could hear.

Obviously, he understood the meaning of my words, and I also understood the meaning of Xiao Shunzi's words. He was telling me that if he wanted to deal with this child, first, he couldn't do it himself, and second, he had to be famous. Neither can the charge of murdering the royal heir fall on Prince Yong's Mansion and himself, nor can he let Yinzhen feel guilty and suspect that I don't want this child in order to leave a way out for the future.

It seems that not only does this matter need to find a suitable substitute for the dead ghost, but also must find a way to cause trouble, if you can use this child's miscarriage to bring some help to Yinzhen, and at the same time let Kangxi interfere with Yinzhen's idea of opposing Yinzhen as the prince, which makes him hesitate, so that Yinzhen can buy enough time to continue to find a way to turn the tide.

Thinking of this, the best person to do something came to mind, and only by doing it could she achieve the effect she wanted.

But this matter can't be rushed, it needs to be arranged well, after all, this time it is not someone else who has to face, but Kangxi, who is extremely smart and claims to be the first emperor of the ages, if he wants to influence his thoughts, he can't rely on simple and naïve planting, how can ordinary little tricks of framing each other between women coax the emperor and Concubine De, who have long been accustomed to seeing the struggle between the palace and the concubine. But there's no need to rush, there are still six or seven months to go, and you can plan slowly and think through all the details.

Caressing the lower abdomen that has not yet been conceived, I didn't expect that in the previous life, as a doctor who strongly opposed abortion, in this life, he personally planned how to kill his own child for the sake of power struggle and selfishness, how ironic and sad it was.

I want to cry but can't cry, and I can't even show a little sadness, so I can only silently repent to this child over and over again in my heart, praying that it can choose a stable life in the next reincarnation where ordinary people who are rich and wealthy are concerned and pampered.

From this day on, I, who did not believe in gods and Buddhas, began to religiously copy Buddhist scriptures, just to atone for the guilt of this child and pray for his future life. This is the only heart that he, a selfish mother, can do for him.

After Zhu Tianbao's family was killed, no one in the court mentioned the matter of Lichu again, but the things that were proposed and tacitly approved before continued to be carried out. However, the good news is that Kangxi's body finally fully recovered in the warm spring of March.

After no longer the torture of illness and the threat of death, Kangxi's enthusiasm for Lichu seems to have weakened a lot. After all, he is not a foolish emperor who will casually decide on an heir at the moment of hot-headedness. He knew very well what the emperor of the country meant to the country that his ancestors had worked so hard to build and the people who had lived on it for generations. He also knows very well that if he wants to live forever, he must carefully observe and consider the choice of successor, and only by selecting the most suitable person can he hand over the world he has worked so hard to control. He has twenty-four children, and his body seems to be able to last for a few more years, so he is not in a hurry, he chooses slowly, and he will always choose the best.

Listening to Xiao Shunzi talk about the news coming from outside, the anxiety and tension in my heart also relaxed a lot. Fortunately, things are still under control, and the news in the court has given me more time to plan.

Time flies like a white horse, and in the blink of an eye into May, the slightly bulging lower abdomen can already feel the child's strong and powerful fetal movements. The doctor came several times and said that nine times out of ten, judging from the pulse, it was a healthy male fetus.

The imperial doctor's words did not give me a trace of joy, but even more bitter, in fact, I have been dragging my feet and reluctant to start because I hope that there is a daughter in my womb, as long as it is a daughter, I don't have to kill my child in order to balance the interests of all parties. But God did not fulfill people's wishes, and this child could never be born.

From the day I planned to cause trouble, I began to go against the old closed-door temperament, and I liked to walk in the courtyard of the palace, and I always met Yishi.

In fact, Yi Shi did care about me getting pregnant again, she said that since I had a choice, I should not have this child again, and would often ask me about my plans for this child, and would also tell me that if this child was a boy, it would definitely not be allowed in the future, and even some strong hints that I had to make a decision.

I suddenly felt very ridiculous about Yi's anxious look, it seems that I am not the only one who has thought of the role of this child, I am afraid that there are also people who want me to dispose of this child myself, and then whether it is to grasp my handle to murder the royal heir, or to use this matter to cause the emperor's dissatisfaction, in short, they also have a heart.

is not in a hurry to respond to Yi's urging, and does what a pregnant woman wants to do and should do every day, which also makes Yishi more and more impatient again and again.

Strange to say, after hearing the news that I was pregnant, Lao Shi didn't do much at first, but when he learned that I didn't have much appetite, he asked people to send a few jars of pickled kimchi. Xiao Shunzi was worried that there would be a problem with the kimchi sent by the old family, and she planned to take it and throw it away, but I stopped her.

I said to Xiao Shunzi, "Since she kindly sent the things, why don't I eat them? Since she dares to send the things directly, it means that there will be no problems in this thing, otherwise how can she get out of the way?"

Xiao Shunzi didn't throw away the things at my insistence, but after finding someone to eat them, he found that there was nothing wrong and went with me.

Lao's kimchi skills are really good, but in the kimchi that I sent later, I vaguely ate some unique taste of Chinese herbal medicine, but the taste is very light, if it weren't for my sense of smell and taste to be nurtured by years of studying Chinese medicine, it is almost imperceptible, it can be seen that the weight is not heavy, it should be intended to slowly let the accumulation of medicinal properties penetrate.

After discovering that kimchi was inappropriate, I didn't avoid it, but reduced the amount of food I ate at each meal and tried to control the amount of food I consumed. I don't know why, I always feel that Lao Shi didn't plan to poison me, and maybe what she wanted to target was the child in her belly, because every time after eating kimchi, she would obviously feel that the fetal movement was slightly abnormal.

This child is indeed not blessed, and it seems that except for the Ulanala clan, who has unusual expectations for this child, everyone else hopes that this child will die soon with their own unknown purposes.

The longer the time drags on, the stronger the bond with the child becomes, and the reluctance to be sad makes the mood depressed because of pregnancy more and more depressed, and the whole person looks thin and haggard. But it's been five months, and some things are like arrows on the bow, and everything is in full swing and secretly arranged, just waiting for the moment when it is about to happen. (To be continued.) )