After a light snowfall, the weather is getting colder and colder.

The dragon in the palace is warm, Chu Xue is at ease to raise the fetus, and every day except for the two palaces of Funing and Fengyi, she does not go out often. This year's rain and snow, coupled with the severe cold, fell on the ground and became ice, although the palace people tried their best to clean, but the ground was still inevitably slippery, in order to avoid accidents, she tried to nest in the house as much as possible, now the stomach is the most important, she must give birth to the child peacefully.

The imperial doctor asked for her pulse twice a day, morning and evening, she knew that this was Song Chen trying his best to protect their mother and son, and when the hour came every day, she obediently waited for the imperial doctor who came to ask for a pulse.

In order to ensure his safety, the Queen Mother asked her full-time imperial doctor Ji Yuan to come to Yufu Palace for this trip, Chu Xue understood the Queen Mother's hard work, and she was very warm-hearted.

But early that morning, it was not Ji Yuan who came to ask for a pulse.

The new imperial doctor saw that she was surprised and explained that the third prince Song Qi had a high fever last night, and early this morning, Ji Yuan personally went to Yanhui Pavilion to take care of her.

Chu Xue was even more surprised, Song Qi usually practiced martial arts, and his body was very strong, he hadn't heard of any illness from him, why was this illness so urgent?

The imperial doctor explained her confusion, "Niangniang doesn't know, but all people with strong bones are often in a rapid and violent condition, and I heard that the third prince was still practicing martial arts outdoors when it snowed a few days ago, so he should be sweating and catching a cold, and he was infected with wind and cold." ”

Chu Xue nodded, what the imperial doctor said was not unreasonable, think about the first emperor, I heard that the body bones are also quite tough, and there is no need to pass on the imperial doctor in normal times, but it will only take a few months to collapse......

It is a simple matter to ask for a pulse, half a cup of tea, and the imperial doctor will retire, and when the hall is cleared, Chu Xue is pondering one thing, the idea she mentioned to Li Jiaoyun a few days ago may be ripe now.

Just thinking about it, another person came outside the palace gate, but it was Hong Shan from Yaohua Palace, who was also leading Xiao Song Ning, followed by the nurse.

Chu Xue likes the little girl the most, and when she saw the little girl in a little pink jacket coming, she was happy in her heart, and she was busy making pastries to greet Song Ning.

Hong Shan saluted, her face was a little embarrassed, and said: "Concubine Yi Niangniang, the third prince is sick, Concubine Rong is staying in Yanhui Pavilion, I am afraid that the princess will be sick, so I let the slaves and maids take care of it, but the princess said that I miss you, I have to come to you, you see ......"

"It doesn't matter." She interrupted Hong Shan's words with a smile, "The palace is also stuffy, the princess is just here to relieve the boredom of the palace, you go to reply, just say that the princess is here, let Concubine Rong rest assured, it is appropriate to take care of the third prince first." ”

"But your body ......"

"This palace is not flexible, isn't there still a wild goose like the moon? Leave the nurse behind, you go to Yanhui Pavilion to help Sister Rong! ”

"Yes, thank you so much!"

Hong Shan was just about to turn around, but Chu Xue remembered something again and asked her, "How is the third prince now?" ”

Hong Shan replied: "Your Highness is a little better now, but it is still a little hot, and you can't leave people if you stay asleep." ”

Chu Xue nodded, the child is sick, and being a mother is the most distressed, she can't help anything else, so she can only take good care of Song Ning for Li Jiaoyun. Thinking of being a mother, she asked again, "Has the queen been to see it?" ”

"I've been there once." Hong Shan nodded, looked at the people around her who didn't matter, and then continued: "The queen mother went this morning, but she saw that our master was there, and she left after a while, the queen mother was busy after all." ”

Chu Xue sneered in her heart, the queen is busy? When Song Chi was sick, she was not worried about it, but now that it is Song Qi's turn, she can leave in a while...... Sure enough, it's not biological!

She nodded at Hong Shan, "Got it, you go quickly, if there's anything you want me to help with, come and talk about it." ”

"Yes." Hong Shan bowed and hurried to Yanhui Pavilion.

Xiao Song Ning saw that Chu Xue was always standing still, and vaguely knew that she couldn't pester her, so she only played with Yanling a few times, and after eating at noon, she asked the nurse to accompany her to rest, stay awake for a while, and then come over to eat some fruits and pastries, and a day passed quickly.

When Song Chen came over for dinner, Song Ning hadn't left yet, and when she saw her father coming, the little girl was very happy, and she came forward sweetly to call her father, and the villain was liked, Song Chen quickly picked up the incense and took a sip.

"Why did Ning Ning come here?" Putting down the child, he asked Chu Xue.

Obviously, he didn't know about Song Qi's illness yet, Li Jiaoyun was busy taking care of the children and didn't have time to spread the word, and Xu Jinhe didn't care...... Chu Xue secretly sighed at this woman's partiality and told Song Chen the truth.

Of course, Song Chen was surprised, Song Qi rarely had such an emergency illness since he was sensible, and after dinner, he went to Yanhui Pavilion in person.

~~

After night after night, Song Qi's high fever has subsided, but people are still not energetic, when Song Chen and Chu Xue passed, they were still lying on the couch and fell asleep, Li Jiaoyun stayed in front of the couch for a day, and her eyes were full of exhaustion.

Song Chen raised his hand to stop Li Jiaoyun's movement to salute, and asked slowly, "What did the imperial doctor say?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the imperial doctor said that it would take about two more days to get him out of bed." Li Jiaoyun replied softly.

Song Chen nodded and said to Li Jiaoyun: "Thank you for your hard work, have you eaten?" ”

Li Jiaoyun smiled reluctantly, "This is what the concubine should be, and the concubine will go back to use it in a while." ”

"Let the nurse take care of it at night, and you go back and have a good rest." Song Chen commanded.

"Yes."

As he spoke, a rumor sounded outside the hall gate, and Xu Jinhe came over.

Seeing Song Chen in the house, Xu Jinhe was obviously surprised, Song Chen had been in the Qinzheng Palace, and she didn't let people go to the ceremony, how did he know? But when she saw that Chu Xue was still standing in the room, she immediately understood, who else could be, it must be this woman who sued him.

Chu Xue didn't know if Xu Jinhe came here because she was really worried about Song Qi, or just because she heard that Song Chen was coming, the urgency in her eyes meant that she was caring, but according to Li Jiaoyun, her mother-in-law, it was still far behind.

Song Qi's condition had stabilized, and several people said a few more words, and then left Yanhui Pavilion one after another.

Seeing Song Chen's concern for Song Qi and Li Jiaoyun, Chu Xue felt that she was already eight points sure.

For three days in a row, before Song Qi recovered, Li Jiaoyun stayed by the side of the children in Yanhui Pavilion, and Song Ning was sent to Yufu Palace every morning.

On the fourth day, Song Qi was finally in good spirits, but Li Jiaoyun still did not allow him to practice martial arts immediately, although Song Qi had itchy hands and feet, but he listened to his mother's words, his mother didn't let him move, so he obediently stayed in the house, and Li Jiaoyun also took the opportunity to help him make up for the homework he had pulled down before. With the gentle mother's harmonious teaching, Song Qi's weakest literary class has really grown, and the back of several "Mencius" is much smoother, and when I see Song Chen again in the evening, I shook my head and memorized an article, and I also got a few words of praise.

~~

Just when the atmosphere of Yanhui Pavilion gradually improved, there was news from Fengyi Palace, perhaps because of the sudden cold weather, or because of overwork, Queen Xu Jinhe, who followed in the footsteps of Song Qi, also fell ill.

The imperial doctors are busy again, and the queen is sick, although there are various supervisors in charge of their duties, and the order of the harem is also orderly, but the children can't take care of it.

Song Chi is thirteen years old, there is a Taifu in the upper study to teach, there is a nurse in the East Palace, a palace maid and a bunch of people to serve, Song Qian is also eleven, and the palace people in the palace are also serving, only Song Qi is young, and he is only sick, so he stayed with his mother for a few more days.

The queen is not faster than the child to recover, seeing that after lying in bed for six or seven days, the weak body finally has some strength, and if she wants to be completely well, she will have to wait for a month and a half. Seeing such a situation, Chu Xue estimated that the time was ripe, so she planned to mention the matter of Li Jiaoyun's mother and son to Song Chen.

She has been pregnant for four months, and Chu Xue's lower abdomen has been slightly bulging, which is usually covered by a wide robe and cannot be seen, but when she changes into pajamas at night, she can see the curve slightly. Li Jiaoyun reminded her that if she didn't take proper care in the past few months, her lower abdomen would be prone to red lines, so Chu Xue asked Ruyue to follow the imperial medicine to make some nectar for skin care, and apply some after bathing every night. She is the imperial concubine and has to pay attention to her appearance.

This night, she leaned on the head of the bed and untied her dress, just as Ruyue was painting, Song Chen came over from the Qinzheng Palace, watched it for a while, he rolled up his sleeves, took Ruyue's work, and personally served her.

The emperor's hand was gentle and delicate, Chu Xue was satisfied, and looked at him with a light smile.

"What's wrong?" He glanced at her, and the work in his hands did not stop.

"Is this the first time the emperor has served people like this?" She asked curiously.

"Or what do you think?" His answer was breezy and natural.

After stroking for a while, seeing that all the nectar had been absorbed, Song Chen reconciled her dress and sighed softly: "The days are so fast, seeing that you are going to be a mother, are you ready?" ”

"Hmm." She nodded, leaned into his arms and whispered, "Although this little guy is only four months old, I don't know if it's a man or a woman, but the concubine is already very reluctant, looking forward to him coming out to meet soon, but also worried about ......"

"Worried about what?" He asked her with his head down.

She explained softly, "I'm worried that he will be born and grow up day by day, and soon he won't want to pay attention to his mother and only care about playing by himself." ”

He kissed the top of her head and said, "Then we will be reborn." ”

Chu Xue laughed, but after laughing, she sat up straight and looked at him seriously, "Your Majesty, the concubine wants to ask you for a favor......

The beauty has long hair and a shawl, and her gentle appearance comes into view, his heart has long turned into water, Mo said that she asks for a favor, even if there are ten, a hundred, he is willing to agree. But he smiled and looked at her, "Tell me about it." ”

"Actually, it's not for the concubine to ask for herself," she said unhurriedly: "A few days ago, Qi'er was sick, and the concubine watched Sister Yun take care of her every day, in fact, she was a little sad, Sister Yun's own flesh and blood fell from her body, but she couldn't keep it by her side for a few years, and the concubine was about to become a mother, can you think of that kind of feeling......"

She looked at him seriously, "I heard that in the past, it was because Sister Yun was not in good health that Qi'er went to the queen's mother to raise her, so now, seeing that Sister Yun's body is already well, Ning Ning is no longer sick, can you return Qi'er to her?" In a few years, when Qi'er grows up, she will have to go out of the palace to build a mansion, and there will be fewer opportunities for mother and son to get along......"

"Also, the queen mother is sick this time, do you know if it's because she worries too much? Let Qi'er go to Sister Yun, and she can also share some worries for the queen. What does the emperor think? ”

Her words sounded in his ears, and Song Chen thought about it carefully, and felt very reasonable. In the past, he gave Qi'er to Xu Jinhe, it was indeed because Jiaoyun's health was not good, and later Ning Ning's health was also poor, and he was afraid that Jiaoyun would not be able to keep him, so Xu Jinhe kept it. But now, Jiaoyun's body has already healed, and Ning Ning's body and bones are also strong, and it is indeed unkind to let the mother and son separate.

A few days ago, Qi'er was sick, and Jiaoyun took care of it personally, and that kind of exhaustion is something that only a biological mother can have, and Jiaoyun took care of it really well...... As for the queen, after entering the palace, she did have more and more things to deal with.

Although he figured it out, Song Chen didn't respond directly, but asked, "Why did you ask for someone else, don't you want something yourself?" ”

Chu Xue smiled, leaned into his arms again, stroked his clothes with his hand and said softly: "The concubine has the heart of the emperor, so she lacks nothing." ”

Song Chen was stunned.

Yes, she is right, Xue'er has her own heart, and the queen has her status and rights, but Jiaoyun, some are just those two children.

After thinking clearly, he nodded and smiled, "It's better for you to think about it, and this matter is according to what you say." ”