In the ninetieth year of the Great Xia calendar, in August, after autumn overnight, the cold became worse and worse.

Recently, the temperature in Shenjing City, located in the southwest of Shenzhou, has dropped sharply, as if in an instant, the originally extremely unbearable heat was extinguished by the cold wave blowing from the north, and then the autumn rain, accompanied by the cold, shrouded this first male city in Great Xia.

An autumn rain and a cold, so early this morning, with the ringing of the morning bell above the noon gate of the White Emperor Palace, the people of every household in Shenjing City got up and changed into warm cotton clothes, and then pushed open the door of the house with a sigh of anger, as if thinking of something, regardless of the light rain in the sky, three steps and two steps came to the courtyard, and asked aloud to the mother-in-law in the kitchen with great interest:

"Lady, did something big happen in the White Emperor's Palace last night?"

After the inquiry fell, in the kitchen on the other side of the courtyard, a middle-aged woman who had also changed into thick clothes poked her head out, shook her head and responded:

"I went outside early in the morning to inquire, and the palace was still very calm last night, and there was no ceremonial music to celebrate the whole world after the end of the dynasty this morning, which means that our little master of Daxia has not yet been born. ”

After the middle-aged woman finished speaking, she frowned and retracted her head into the kitchen to continue making breakfast, while a slightly puzzled voice continued to sound:

"It's really strange, I remember that although I was a few days late when I gave birth to Xiaobao, it didn't take half a month and there was no reaction at all. ”

In fact, this question has been haunting the minds of all Shenjing City and even the entire people of Great Xia recently, after all, most of this August has passed, and the good news in the White Emperor's Palace has not yet come, such an abnormal situation can't help but make everyone sweat.

In the years after Zhao Yu ascended the throne, the Zhao family, which was sparsely populated in the White Emperor's Palace, including the gentle and virtuous Empress Rouge, became more and more loved by the people, so everyone looked forward to the emergence of a new successor to the entire powerful kingdom.

Although there is a faint atmosphere of tension in Shenjing City, the White Emperor Palace in the center of Xiongcheng is quite peaceful under the swaying rain curtain.

However, the location of the Tai Hospital located on the side of the White Emperor Palace, which is densely packed with figures rushing in and out like ants, indicates that the power center of this Great Xia is in a state of looseness on the outside and tightness on the inside.

In the Tai Hospital of the White Emperor's Palace, the gate of the huge pavilion, the officials in light blue robes, and the white-clothed military doctors and guards who were dispatched from all over the country and were also stationed here blended with each other, and hurriedly walked out.

Then the figure of an old man in a blue robe with a white beard appeared in everyone's eyes, and as soon as this person appeared, all the officials of the Tai Hospital bent down and saluted, and said:

"I've seen Ji Yuancheng. ”

After the neat greetings fell, the rather old Tai Hospital resident waved his hand and motioned for the officials of the Tai Hospital to get up, and then he opened his umbrella, stepped into the rain, and said to an official beside him with a slightly anxious face:

"Can the Sect Master of the Linglong Sect of Canglan City arrive?"

"Hui Yuancheng, I have been invited, accompanied by the disciples of the Linglong Sect, and I am waiting in the side courtyard. ”

"Then what are you waiting for, why don't you hurry up and take the old man there. ”

After the hurried shouts of the old courtyard rolled out, the middle-aged official beside him hurriedly straightened up, raised his hand, and said:

"Lord Yuancheng, please come with me. ”

In addition to the houses where the officials live and the main hall of the attic, the largest area is the medicine gardens, these carefully planted medicine gardens have a wide variety of precious and abnormal medicinal materials.

There is even a saying in the palace that Cheng Jixiang, who cherishes medicinal materials as his life, once asked the young Emperor Fuyao for a small area in the imperial garden to be carefully planted and cared for in order to plant a precious medicinal material.

However, in the autumn rain today, Ji Laoyuan, who passed by a medicine garden with an umbrella, instead of going in to check it, his steps became faster and faster, and then he came directly to a side courtyard, stretched out his hand and knocked three times quickly, and then pushed the door forward.

As soon as the gate opened, the scene in the courtyard appeared directly in front of the officials of the Zhongtai Hospital outside the door, only to see that the small courtyard in front of them had been completely filled with an umbrella that had been opened, and under the umbrella, there were a large number of disciples of the Linglong Sect headed by a white-haired old woman.

"Begonia Sect Master, don't come unharmed for a few years?"

After finishing speaking, Ji Yuancheng outside the courtyard gate did not step in, but after saluting from afar, he raised his hand sideways and led out, and continued to speak loudly:

"Now that the queen has not been born for a long time, I am sorry that it is inconvenient to reminisce about the past. ”

"As it should be. ”

The Sect Master of the Linglong Sect, whose face was ruddy and gray-haired, nodded, and then he stepped forward, and his voice continued to come out:

"The White Emperor's Palace is the emperor's very important place, the disciples are waiting in this courtyard and are not allowed to go out, and Furong and Pear Blossom come together with the old man to meet the queen's mother. ”

After the words fell, the three of Linglong Sect and his party walked out of the courtyard, together with the old courtyard of the Tai Hospital, stepped on a wide carriage that had been parked on the side, and then under the leadership of the imperial city guards, they galloped quickly towards the harem of the White Emperor Palace.

The autumn rain that had fallen since the middle of the night last night had wet the wide and smooth road in the White Emperor's Palace, and then in the carriage heading towards the Xia Palace, the somewhat old voice of the Linglong Sect Sect Leader Haitang sounded:

"Ji Yuancheng, the general situation has been told by Furong and Lihua, but I still have to carefully confirm, how many days has it been postponed since the birth of Niangniang?"

The white-haired old woman's inquiry fell, and the old man sitting opposite him frowned deeply, and then said very solemnly:

"Counting today, it has been twenty and one day. ”

"That's really unusual, as far as the old man knows, our people in Daxia are normal for a few days or even seven days at night, but these twenty-one days are really weird. ”

"Yes, if it weren't for the experienced midwives in the entire Shenjing City and even all over Great Xia, I wouldn't have asked you for help. ”

The old face of Ji Yuancheng in the carriage was full of helplessness, and then he stroked the white beard on his chest and continued to speak:

"Sect Master Begonia, you also understand that there is a specialization in the art industry, and the old man himself is not good at this childbirth matter, and he is not even as good as the grandmothers of the Internal Affairs Department, so he can only hope for you, an old friend. ”

"Old decay is also doing its part. ”

Linglong Sect Leader Haitang showed a smile, and then seemed to think of something, and then said:

"Dare to ask Ji Yuancheng, what is the state of the queen's mother at this time, is she in bed and recuperating?"

As soon as this question came out, not only Ji Yuancheng, who had white hair, but also Furong and Pear Blossom, all showed extremely strange expressions on their faces, and then the corners of Ji Yuancheng's eyes jumped violently, and he responded:

"Niangniang is in a good state at this time, but she is too lively and eats a little more. ”