In August of the thirty-first year of Longzheng, Yihe Palace.

In Empress Shen's bedroom, Emperor Longzheng was crooked on the couch and waved his hand to the palace maids and eunuchs: "All step down!" I talked quietly with the Queen. ”

In this time, Emperor Longzheng often made this move, and the palace maids and eunuchs bowed down and retreated.

When only Emperor Longzheng and Empress Shen were left in the hall, Emperor Longzheng took out a small box from his sleeve and handed it to Empress Shen: "Open it and take a look." ”

Empress Shen didn't know why, so she opened the box and took a look. The box contained a phoenix hairpin inlaid with beads and treasures. That phoenix hairpin is of course brilliant and luxurious, but judging from the understanding that Empress Shen and Emperor Longzheng have been with for many years, if it were not for another purpose, Emperor Longzheng would definitely not personally send a phoenix hairpin to her, and specially rejected everyone.

Emperor Longzheng took the phoenix hairpin out of the box and uncovered the silk silk padded at the bottom of the box, revealing the bottom of the box with many honeycomb-shaped holes. Emperor Longzheng carefully counted those small holes, aimed the tip of the phoenix hairpin at two of the small holes and pressed them down, and then heard a soft sound of "click", and the box was divided into two layers!

In the lower layer of the box, there is a neatly folded bright yellow silk silk, except that there is no shaft handle, and the trance is the appearance of a holy decree!

Empress Shen looked at Emperor Longzheng with some suspicion. Emperor Longzheng motioned for her to unfold the piece of silk and take a look.

Empress Shen took out the piece of silk and carefully unfolded it to take a look, and after reading it, her heart was shocked, and she could hardly hold the piece of silk in her hand. She took a deep breath, tried to stabilize her mind, didn't let herself lose her temper too much, and asked slowly, "The emperor wants to pass on the crown prince's position to King Xiaogong?" ”

This piece of bright yellow silk is actually the edict of Emperor Longzheng's handwriting and stamped with a jade seal!

The object of the succession is King Xiaogong!

Emperor Longzheng smiled bitterly: "If you really want to give him the position of the crown prince, this edict will be issued openly, instead of being quietly handed over to you!" He motioned to Empress Shen to put away the edict, "You put this edict away!" If...... If I suddenly die before I have time to establish the crown prince, you will follow this edict and set up King Xiaogong to succeed to the throne! Let him quickly stabilize the situation of the court, and don't let the disaster of Xiao Wall ruin the country that the ancestors worked so hard to fight! ”

Empress Shen hurriedly said solemnly: "Why did the emperor say this? The emperor has always been strong and healthy, and with the support of Yingzhou, he must have a long life, why do you say such an unlucky word? ”

Emperor Longzheng sighed: "No matter how strong and healthy you are, you are still in your sixties and seventy!" Life is rare for seventy years, and I can live to this age, which is already a matter of virtue in my previous life and blessed by my ancestors! Who knows if I'll ever go to bed and never wake up again? ”

Empress Shen was speechless.

She knew that at this moment, the emperor was telling her heart-wrenching words! If she still uses those false and untrue auspicious words to perfunctory, it will be too uninteresting! But if you want to follow the emperor's words: You are right, it is indeed possible that you will not wake up one day...... That's even more stupid! Therefore, she had no choice but to say nothing, just listen to the emperor.

"In the past few years, the courtiers have been urging me to establish a prince as soon as possible, so as to reassure the society and the people; In the past few years, I have often felt tired and don't want to take care of the government. If it weren't for Jia Yingzhou's variable, which brought out the variable of seventeen, I am afraid that I would have re-established the prince ten years ago, and I am afraid that I would have been in the prince a few years ago. I and the queen, fortunately, in the twilight of life, enjoy a few years of good fortune and a few years of leisure......" Emperor Longzheng grabbed Empress Shen's hand and patted it, "At our age, if we were in the people, we would have been teasing our grandson and not asking about the world!" How can you work so hard?! Over the years, you have taken care of the palace affairs in an orderly manner, and it has been really hard for you! ”

Empress Shen smiled: "The emperor is working so hard, how can the concubines be lazy?" ”

Emperor Longzheng smiled and said, "There is one thing that I have never told anyone before: when Jia Yingzhou entered the palace as a female official, I ordered someone to visit the high monks and high roads. Although there were two liars, but later, the former owner of Lingbao Temple couldn't shirk it, and secretly entered the palace once......"

"Lingbaoguan?" Empress Shen was a little surprised. Lingzhou Lingbao Temple?

The ancestor of Lingbaoguan was a friend of Emperor Tai'Zu back then. It is said that the reason why Tai' Zu dared to raise troops was because he was instructed by the Lingbaoguan Patriarch. Later, Tai' Zu was in danger twice, and it was the Lingbaoguan Patriarch who secretly rushed to the rescue.

Later, the dynasty was established, and the ancestor of Lingbaoguan refused all the rewards of the imperial court, and went to Lingzhou to build a small Taoist temple - that is, the current Lingbaoguan.

It is said that the ancestor of the Lingbaoguan learned from Yuan Tiangang all the way. Since the establishment of the Lingbao concept, it has also been good at looking, approving orders, divination, and the art of public opinion.

"Yes! Lord Yu Guan told me personally: The auspicious rui in the tenth year of Longzheng was indeed born because of Jia Yingzhou; The origin of this Jia Yingzhou is indeed extraordinary! It's just that Jia Yingzhou is protected by the power of true immortals, and what kind of extraordinary method it is is not something that he, a folk scholar, can spy on. ”

Emperor Longzheng was silent, and then let out a long sigh: "Later, I asked Lord Yu Guan to approve Jia Yingzhou's life, and calculate whether she is a blessing or a curse, a murder or an auspicious thing for the Shui family. The Lord of Yu Guan began to refuse, saying that Jia Yingzhou's life was not something he could approve. Later, I really couldn't shirk it, and I actually explained the aftermath to the Taoist servant who accompanied me. I just thought he was acting, but I didn't expect that when he began to calculate Jia Yingzhou's fate, he suddenly spurted blood from his mouth and fell to the ground, but he died in the blink of an eye. The tortoise shells and copper coins he used turned into powder for no reason......"

Empress Shen was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth!

Her expression made Emperor Longzheng couldn't help laughing, but he smiled very bitterly: "My expression at that time, I'm afraid it was like you at this time!" Lord Yuguan's Taoist servant said: Lord Yu Guan knew that this time he entered Beijing and had a lot of luck, so he specially confessed a few words to him and asked him to tell me after Lord Guan died. Those few words are: the destiny of heaven is unstoppable; If you go with it, you will prosper, and if you go against it, you will die. ”

"Destiny is unstoppable; If you go with it, you will prosper, and if you go against it, you will die. Empress Shen chewed these words in her heart, and she only felt thrilled.

Emperor Longzheng said: "All these years, I have been guessing: What is the 'Mandate of Heaven'? Is it Jia Yingzhou? Of course, I can't guess, so over the years, I have always been courteous to Jia Yingzhou, and I have always been laissez-faire. She wanted to go out of the palace and go home, so I let her go out of the palace and go home; She wanted to go to Jiangnan for disaster relief, so I let her go and sent her additional guards; Whether she marries or not, who she wants to marry, I have never forced her in the slightest. I just want to see where her path will go.

"She doesn't like that kid in Shuilan, and wants to marry Seventeen, and I let her do it. I thought: Whether it is Shui Lan or Shui Xiao, she has married into the royal family after all! I'm glad to see it happen. Although I wanted to pass on the throne to the third child before, I revealed to the third child about Jia Yingzhou's 'rules of the master'. But after looking at it in the past few years, Seventeen is not bad, if I let Seventeen succeed to the throne, I can rest assured! But I have been waiting for five years, but Jia Yingzhou has never been pregnant! I'm so anxious! If Jia Yingzhou's 'Mandate of Heaven' is really a mother's honor in the world, why has she been married for five years without an heir? How can a queen with the 'mandate of heaven' have no heirs?!

"In the past two years, her medical clinic has been extremely prosperous, and I sometimes can't help but think: Could it be that I have misunderstood the destiny of heaven? Could Jia Yingzhou's destiny be to practice medicine to help the world, and it has nothing to do with the throne? That's why she has no heirs? Then why don't you let her be a good doctor for a hundred years, and let Seventeen be a free prince, and don't trap them in the palace? ”

He let out a long sigh: "It's so hard to guess what the 'Mandate of Heaven' is! So now, I can only gamble once. Isn't Jia Yingzhou a skilled doctor? If she can survive until the birth of her son, this edict of succession will be null and void; If she can't, then the throne passes to the third child. Jia Yingzhou...... Let's continue to practice medicine to help the world! ”

Empress Shen suddenly realized: No wonder the emperor personally wrote the edict of succession to King Xiaogong, but it was kept secret and wanted to be placed here for her!

She carefully folded the edict again, put it back in the box, and restored the box again. She inserted the phoenix hairpin in her hair, and held the box with the edict in her hand, as if she was holding a hot charcoal ball, which made her hands hurt and her head ache!

Where are you going to put this thing?

In the Yihe Palace, Emperor Longzheng and Empress Shen could not sleep.

In the Zhaohui Palace, Yuan Chun suddenly woke up Shui Xiao.

"Hurry up! Get up! She said eagerly and excitedly.

Shui Xiao slept soundly, and opened his eyes in a daze and looked at her: "What's wrong?" "Make an effort to blink your eyes and keep yourself awake!

"The lotus seeds are ripe!" Yuan Chun said excitedly, "The five lotus seeds are already ripe!" Floating on top of the lotus canopy! We can have kids! ”

Shui Xiao woke up in an instant, sat up with a bone, and said excitedly: "The five lotus seeds are all ripe?!" Five, all ripe? ”

Yuan Chun nodded again and again: "That's right!" Five ripe together! ”

"Then we can have five children in a row?" Shui Xiao was a little silly with joy.

"Liansheng...... Five children? Five children?! Yuan Chun was a little stupid by this data!

"Don't! No way! I would never have had so many babies! According to the efficient calculation of "holding two children in three years", the time of pregnancy plus the time of confinement and recovery of the body, the time required to give birth to five children is seven and a half years!

Seven and a half years!

When she imagined that she would spend seven and a half years in the cycle of preparing for pregnancy, conceiving a child, giving birth, confinement, and nursing a child, she had a feeling of collapse!

Ma Dan! Labor and management are not sows!

"Two children! Up to two children! "Yuan Chun bargained with Shui Xiao.

Shui Xiao came back to his senses from that state of being stupid, glared at her and asked, "If these two children are daughters...... So what to do? ”

Yuan Chun was stunned for a moment, and hit the pillow with hatred: That's right! This wasn't the world in her previous life. In this world, no son is considered to be no queen! If I give birth to two daughters in a row, Shui Xiao will still have no queen, and I will have to continue to give birth...... Oh my God, I'm not really that unlucky, am I?!

Also, although I myself like my daughter very much, this is the world of red mansions! Except for a few strange existences, all men in this world are pits, and once a daughter gets married, there is a more than 99.9% chance of falling into the pit and not getting up! Therefore, for the sake of the happiness of her children, she hopes that she can have a son - it is easier to watch her son harm other people's daughters than to watch her own daughter be harmed by others. At least she, the mother-in-law, will definitely not stuff the concubine into her son's room, and will not give her daughter-in-law a look on her face and small shoes to wear!

"You crow's mouth!" She scolded Shui Xiao hatefully!

Shui Xiao laughed and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes!" I'm crow's mouth! We're sure we'll be able to get a man in one fell swoop! Aren't you going to eat that lotus seed? Lotus seed lotus seed, isn't it just a son? ”

Yuan Chun ignored him and buried his face on the pillow to think about it. No matter how Shui Xiao is influenced by her, it is also a man in the feudal era, it would be good to make him not a daughter, do you want him not to care if he has a son? That's not possible!

"That's it! No matter how many births you have, as long as you give birth to two sons, you won't have any more children in the future! What do you think? Yuan Chun raised his head and asked Shui Xiao.

"Two sons?" Shui Xiao felt a little less.

"Son, this kind of thing, it's not much more expensive!" Yuan Chun began to brainwash Shui Xiao again, "Think about it, if there are too many sons, we can't control them, and if we accidentally let a certain son grow crooked, won't we be angry with him in the future?!" The two sons are just right, they can support each other, and when the family is divided in the future, the family property will not be too thin, lest they and their daughters-in-law fight for the family property and make a big trouble......"

Shui Xiao squinted his eyes very dissatisfied: "You call your son 'this kind of thing'?" ”

Yuan Chun smiled: I was too straightforward just now! Then he joked: "Isn't my son a thing?" ”

Shui Xiao slapped a popcorn on her forehead: "Don't talk about my son like this!" ”

"Are you kidding? Why take it seriously! "It's, so humorless.

"I still think it's too little for two sons! In this way, give birth to three sons, or have five children, you choose! "Shui Xiao repays the money on the spot.

Yuan Chun looked at the sky: "Why should I choose one of the two?" "The options are unfair, okay?" Having a baby is dangerous, you know? When a woman gives birth to a child, she is breaking through the 'ghost gate', do you think this sentence is in vain? I am a doctor, and I can save others when they have a difficult birth; But if unfortunately I have a difficult birth, who will save me? ”

She began to pretend to be pitiful. The advantages of medical skills far beyond the times and reality are: she can be a miracle doctor and be respected; The downside: she doesn't get the same medical treatment!

"Phew! You're the crow's mouth! Don't talk nonsense! Shui Xiao criticized her very seriously. But his brows furrowed: Indeed, what if danger occurs? Who will save Yuan Yuan and save his children?!

"But I'm telling the truth! What if I have a difficult birth and die? ”

"You still say!" Shui Xiao directly covered her mouth and stopped her from continuing!

After a long while, he sighed, "Okay! Listen to you! Just give birth to two sons! Other than that...... Your concerns are well founded! Your apprentice Xu Feiying, you have to let her out as soon as possible! From today on, if someone carries the woman with dystocia to the Yingzhou Medical Center to beg you for help and let Xu Feiying go for surgery, you can just watch from the side! Now that she has learned your medical skills, she has to take charge of herself as soon as possible, and she can't rely on you for everything! You, a gentleman, have to give her a chance to practice medicine! There is also that little girl from the Lin family, she looks very clever, let her get started early, and you can have a helper sooner! ”

Yuan Chun's mouth was covered by him, and he nodded.

The clinic has been open for almost two years, and there have been many patients and surgeries done, Xu Feiying has grown up very quickly, and she can indeed start trying to be the chief surgeon.

Daiyu, who returned to Beijing last year to help and study in the medical center, also fully demonstrated the essence of being a scholar, and her medical skills have improved by leaps and bounds.

"Good! Now, why don't you eat a lotus seed first, and then let's have a good discussion about how to give birth to the first child? Shui Xiao ambiguously held up Yuan Chun's hand, put it to his mouth and kissed it.

Yuan Chun smiled: "The lotus seed has been served!" "And it's my ovulation period! Your little tadpoles must be powerful, dear!

Of course, it can't be too powerful! Encountering the problem of super tadpoles and spermatospermia is also a big trouble!

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Since that night, Yuan Chun has been using the medical system every day to monitor his physical condition.

About ten days later, the medical system suddenly "ding" a sound, giving her a hint: the fertilized egg has successfully implanted in the child's uterus, the position is good, and the pregnancy has officially begun. During pregnancy, pay attention to the following......

Yuan Chun was overjoyed! It's been five years, and it's not easy!

The little tadpoles in the water are really just right! She carefully read the precautions given by the system again, so as not to miss anything.

That night, she quietly told Shui Xiao the good news, lest Shui Xiao come to trouble her again.

Shui Xiao is crazy with joy! Carefully touched her lower abdomen: "He...... Already here? Tears of excitement flowed in her eyes, and he put his ear to her lower abdomen and listened carefully to the sound inside.

"Yes!" Yuan Chun touched Shui Xiao's hair, feeling that Shui Xiao was a little cute like this, "Fool! Now the child is just a very small gestational sac, and the fetal heart rate cannot be heard! ”

"How small?" Shui Xiao asked curiously, "When will I hear the fetal heartbeat?" ”

Yuan Chun began to give Shui Xiao common sense during pregnancy.

After finishing speaking, Shui Xiao said: "Since you said that it is easy to slip tires during this time, don't go to the hospital during that time!" Let's rest and raise the baby! ”

Yuan Chun shook his head: "It's not that serious!" The embryo implantation is in good condition and I can continue to go to the clinic. But I'll be careful not to get tired. ”

"Yuan Yuan, don't mess around!" Shui Xiao strongly disagreed with her decision.

"Don't worry! I'm a doctor, I know what I can do and what I can't do, and I don't joke with children. She put a finger in front of Shui Xiao's lips and stopped him, "Don't fight with me!" I'm pregnant now, I can't get angry, I can't get excited. ”

Shui Xiao held his breath in his chest, took a few deep breaths, and then spit out the stuffy breath and dispersed.

He was silent: "In that case, don't disclose the news that you are pregnant." Your pregnancy, my good brothers will definitely not be able to sit still, I have to make some arrangements first, so as not to be exploited by those people. ”

Yuan Chun smiled and said, "Okay! Then bother you. "This kind of brain, let's let the child's father hurt it! She just eats and sleeps well and raises the baby.

The next day, Shui Xiao specially summoned Qiu Ningshuang, Qin Zhen, Baoqin, Xu Feiying, Ah Zhen, Ah Wu and others, and said: "The princess may be pregnant, you must be extra careful this time and protect the princess!" In addition, don't tell anyone else about this matter yet, this king needs to make good arrangements before he can announce this matter! ”

Qiu Ningshuang and the others were all overjoyed, they looked at each other with excitement on their faces, suppressed their excitement, and whispered: "The slave (people's girl) obeys the order!" ”

This day coincides with the sixth day, which is the day of the opening of the medical center.

Yuan Chun went to the hospital as usual, and checked the pulse as usual, and she would also check the prescriptions prescribed by Xu Feiying and Daiyu, but she had already paid special attention to rest. For those patients who need surgery, she no longer operates herself, but sits or stands by and watches, letting Xu Feiying take the lead.

Within a few times, they encountered a woman with a difficult birth who was carried over, and Xu Feiying dealt with the whole process without any mistakes. Yuan Chun was deeply grateful.

After Yuan Chun was pregnant for more than two months, Shui Xiao had already been arranged. Yuan Chuncai took the opportunity to enter the palace to check the pulse and told the queen that he was pregnant.

Empress Shen was overjoyed when she heard this: "You really have it?!" ”

"It's true! It's been more than two months. Yuan Chun said with a smile. She could feel Empress Shen's heartfelt joy.

"It's good to be pregnant! It's good to be pregnant! It would be better if you could win a man in one fell swoop! "Queen Shen thought about the box containing the secret edict of succession, and her heart was happy! She hoped that Yuan Chun would be able to win the man in one fell swoop, so that the things in that box would completely become a piece of waste paper!

Yuan Chun smiled: "Borrow the auspicious words of the mother!" ”

Empress Shen looked at Yuan Chun's belly, and couldn't help but be happy in her heart, and ordered: "Go and tell the emperor that Princess Xiaogong is pregnant!" He also asked someone to bring supplements such as bird's nest, and said to Yuan Chun with a smile, "You are the doctor, whether these things are suitable or not, you can decide for yourself!" ”

The person who went to report to the emperor came back not long after, and she came back with Shi Zhong, a confidant of Emperor Longzheng.

Shi Zhong brought several rewards from the emperor to Yuanchun, and said: "The emperor said that since Princess Zhaohui is pregnant, let's take care of it!" There is no need to go to the palace regularly to check the pulse. The peace of the emperor and the ladies of the palace was temporarily handed over to the people of the Tai Hospital. ”

For this "grace" of Emperor Longzheng, Yuan Chun smiled with great satisfaction.

She is also worried that the people in the palace are complicated, and if she is plotted by others when she enters the palace to diagnose the pulse, then there is nowhere to cry.

The news of Yuan Chun's pregnancy quickly spread among the magnates in the capital.

The happiest is Jiafu. Jia Daishan, Jia Mu, and Mrs. Wang were accompanied by Li Kun and Wang Xifeng, and they all came to see her in person.

Jia Daishan's expression was a little solemn: "You kid, I'm afraid you will attract the resentment of many people!" Be careful, don't be plotted! ”

He took out another peace charm and a golden unicorn accessory and handed it to Yuan Chun: "This peace charm is specially prepared for you by Daoist Zhang, and this golden unicorn is also a magic weapon that he has opened the light, you wear it with you to ward off evil spirits and keep you safe." You are naturally unmatched in medical skills, and no one dares to be so blind-eyed and poisoned to you. But those ghost domain tricks have to be guarded against. ”

Jia's mother told a lot of precautions, all of which were taboo customs of their generation after pregnancy, such as avoiding three rooms, avoiding needlework, taboo knives, etc., so they should not perform surgery on people. Yuan Chun listened with a confused face.

Mrs. Wang was so happy that she cried: "I've been looking forward to it for five years, and now this heart can be put down a little." You must take good care of it and give birth to the child safely......"

When Prince Yizhong heard the news, he was so angry that he almost smashed his study.

When Prince Xiaogong heard the news, his face sank like the sky before a blizzard, and his teeth were almost crushed by him!