78. Birth, old age, sickness and death

In the spring of March, Concubine Lu has begun to put on a light gauze dress, fluttering like a fairy in the Cloud Palace. And the crown princess Chang is afraid of cold and cold, and she is still wearing a thin jacket, last year she gave birth to the emperor's grandson Shuisheng, and the plump raised by sitting on the two confinement children has long disappeared with the death of her eldest son Zhu Xiongying.

In the imperial garden, Lin Hua thanked Chunhong, too hurried.

Trees such as peaches and plums have already borne green fruits, and they hang lonely on the branches. Chang's, who sat by the goldfish pond and fed the fish, was like a withered spring flower, withered.

Chang Jin hurriedly walked over and said, "Sister, why did you come out?" Now the catkins are starting to float in the garden, and if you smell this, you'll get asthma. ”

When the crown princess was young, she used to learn from her father to practice martial arts in spring, and she was in good health, but she didn't have this disease, but she had difficulty breathing when she smelled catkins, and pan asthma was an accidental miscarriage and fell into the root of the disease.

Therefore, at the turn of spring and summer every year, when the catkins are flying, the crown princess basically closes the door to avoid illness.

The crown princess calmly fed fish food into the goldfish pond, and asked lightly, "Aquatic asleep?" ”

Zhu Xiongying from the onset of illness to his death, to the funeral and burial, the crown princess has always been by the side of her eldest son, and she herself has fallen ill.

Speaking of the little nephew, Chang Jin's eyes had a touch of warmth, "Well, Shui Sheng is very well-behaved, he sleeps when he is full, and when he wakes up, he plays by himself for a while, and he pees and hums a few times, reminding the nurse to change his diaper." ”

Speaking of her own son, the crown princess had no waves in her eyes, and said: "That's good, aquatic can eat, sleep, and grow meat, and after a hundred years old, he doesn't even cough, and he is not sick or sick, he is more blessed than his brother." His brother Fu Bo was reincarnated in the emperor's family, but he was not blessed to enjoy wealth and wealth, so he was reincarnated early and went to be the son of someone else's family. ”

Chang Jin knew that the crown princess was sad and sad, she was a beautiful girl who had not been out of the cabinet, and she couldn't understand the pain of losing a child, and any words of comfort were pale, so she had to say: "Sister, you have to cheer up early, Shui Sheng will count on you in the future." ”

The crown princess chuckled, as if she was listening to some joke, "What do you expect?" What is there to hope for? What people gain and lose in this life is predestined, and they cannot be forced. ”

"I used to think that I had seen through it, let go of the heart of competing for favor and profit, didn't care about the little tricks of those sluts, and guarded the lives of my two sons, but so what? Nine deaths and one birth were born in the water, but God took my Xiong Ying away. Now that I think about it, I regret that I snubbed Xiong Ying when I was pregnant, and when I was sitting in two months, I also threw myself on Shui Sheng, and I rarely cared about Xiong Ying, if it was ......"

Crown Princess Mu Ran's eyes moistened a little, "How good would it be if there was a chance to start all over again?" But God doesn't give anyone a chance to do it again, if you miss it, you miss it, God must be punishing me for not cherishing Xiong Ying and taking him back, pity our mother and son only have eight years of fate. Xiong Ying, my son, if I have the opportunity to be a mother and son again in the future, I will definitely not make this mistake again......"

Watching the crown princess torture herself day and night, remorse. Chang Jin was anxious, but helpless. Even the aquatic can't cheer up her sister, what can she do?

I can only watch my sister wither and wither. Chang Hibiscus was under tremendous pressure with her weak body, taking care of her sister for four months of aquatic life.

Zhu Xiongying's untimely death was a heavy blow to the Ming royal family and the imperial court. Emperor Hongwu suffered from the double blow of the assassin and the untimely death of his eldest grandson, and suffered from a headache, which was like a thousand needles piercing through his brain, and he was in great pain.

The crown prince Zhu Biao lost his eldest son, was very sad, and had to act as the government of the court during the period of Emperor Hongwu's recuperation.

For the imperial court, the eldest grandson is the natural crown prince, Zhu Xiongying died young, the concubine Zhu Yunxi is older, and the second son Zhu Yunxi is young, which means that the future will experience a complicated battle for the crown prince, and it will definitely be a shock in the court.

Then the crown prince died, and for some, it was not a pain or a crisis, but a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

For example, Concubine Lu's sons and her family.

Recently, Concubine Lu's life has been very divided: she almost woke up happily in her dream, but during the day, in front of people, she had to put on a sad face, and even her body was as thin as the crown princess, even if she was wearing a light gauze dress, she looked delicate and pitiful, and she was too weak to wear.

It seems that as soon as the spring breeze blows, she will fly up on the wind and enter the Guanghan Palace to see the jade rabbit pounding medicine.

Concubine Lu carried the food box to the study of the East Palace, where there were rattan and radish cakes made by herself, as well as a few special side dishes. The folds in front of the crown prince Zhu Biao's case were piled up, he glanced up at Concubine Lu, and said, "Put it here, I'll eat after approving the folds in my hand." ”

Concubine Lu said coquettishly: "That's what I said when I went back, didn't I go back as I was that time?" Today's concubine has to be willful. ”

Concubine Lu snatched the red pen from the prince's hand, took his hand and said, "Look at you, you've lost weight, why do you go on like this?" The body is not iron, and today the concubine has to watch the prince eat. ”

has been favoring the concubine for many years, and the prince has no appetite, but it is not easy to refute Concubine Lu's face, and said: "Let's set the meal, and we have to look at the excerpts after eating." ”

Concubine Lu served soup and vegetables to the prince and talked about some trivial things about the children, "...... Nanping learned to tailor clothes, and recently said that he wanted to make socks for his father and queen mother. ”

Speaking of his favorite youngest daughter, the county lord of Nanping, the prince Zhu Biao had a smile on his face, "She is still young, she can't even hold scissors steadily, so she has to learn to tailor?" Don't hurt your fingers. ”

Concubine Lu said with a smile: "I also said, you are still young, it would be good to be able to embroider a handkerchief, what kind of tailoring to learn, you don't have to spoil the silk satin." ”

Zhu Biao ate a vine cake with vegetarian vegetables and said, "Yun Wei likes to eat this the most, why have I rarely seen him recently." ”

Concubine Lu said: "My father has a headache, and you are acting as the government of the court, so you must not be free to do your filial piety to your father." Yun Wei waited on his father's sickbed day and night, and he tasted the decoction or something before serving it to his father. Don't talk about you, even my mother rarely sees him. I don't know what kind of tired he has become at this time, I feel sorry for him. ”

The daughter is well-behaved, and the son is filial.

The crown prince suddenly felt a sense of relief, and sighed: "I am busy with official business, and I lack skills, but fortunately, Yun Wei is filial and serves me by my father's side." ”

Concubine Lu said: "I have a low status, it is not easy to enter and exit my father's bedroom, next time I make rattan radish cakes and copy side dishes, the prince will bring it to Yun Wei for me, okay?" "Actually, with Concubine Lu's current status, why is it difficult for her to send something to Emperor Hongwu's bedroom? It's just a small means to compete for favor.

The prince nodded and said, "I have wronged you." ”

Concubine Lu said: "Being able to accompany the prince and give birth to these sensible children, the concubines are not aggrieved." ”

Since Zhu Xiongying's death, the crown prince and the crown princess have become even more estranged, because as long as the two see each other, they will invisibly remind each other that they have an eldest son who died young.

Similarly, as long as he saw his young son Shuisheng, the prince also recalled Zhu Xiongying in his childhood, his heart would ache, so he rarely went to see Shuisheng, and the crown princess didn't bother to worry about this with him.

The endless pain of losing a child finally erased the last bit of conjugal love.

On the contrary, Concubine Lu and the prince chatted while eating, talking about the children's scriptures, the relationship was close and comfortable, and slowly pulled the prince out of the sadness of losing a child in middle age.

In the prince's mind, Concubine Lu is not just a favorite concubine who talks about the wind and the moon and has children, she will mean more......

The Mansion of the State of Wei, Zhan Yuan.

Xu Miaoyi finally deciphered the "Yang Gong's Paintings", and she cut, split, and spelled various landscape paintings in it according to the method dictated by the lord of Yong'an County to form a new treasure map.

She meticulously copied the patchwork drawings on a piece of paper, burned the originals, put the imitations in a bamboo tube, and sealed them with wax. Xu Miaoyi played with the bamboo tube and said secretly: Where should I hide?

Just thinking about it, the second brother Xu Zengshou came to her and said, "Big sister, King Yan is here, saying that he has something to do with you under the emperor's command." ”

Xu Miaoyi went to the guest hall to see Zhu Di, and Zhu Di said in a low voice: "Follow me to the small building in the middle of the lake, quickly." ”

Xu Miaoyi counted the days, knew what was going on, followed Zhu Di into the carriage, and asked, "Is Yong'an County about to give birth?" ”

Zhu Di nodded and said, "I started it last night, and I haven't been born." She fainted once, and when she woke up, she had to see you. ”

When Xu Miaoyi rushed to the small building in the middle of the lake, Hu Shanwei was bringing out a basin of blood water in the delivery room, looking panicked, "Miaoyi! You've come just in time, ma'am

She fainted in pain again. ”

Xu Miaoyi washed her hands, changed into clean clothes, walked into the delivery room, and saw the county lord of Yong'an lying on the bed on her side. I didn't see it in March, and the county lord who produced it was actually thinner than before! The emaciated body with a huge belly looks particularly weird.

Xu Miaoyi touched the belly of the county lord of Yong'an, the ribs were clearly visible, and the thin hands were thin. It was as if the child in her belly had sucked all her energy and vitality, waiting for a new life like a cocoon.

Perhaps sensing Xu Miaoyi's visit, the county lord of Yongan opened his eyes and said angrily: "You are here, then I am relieved, at least the child will be alive." ”

Xu Miaoyi's heart was sour, and she said: "It doesn't matter, the first child is like this, it's not easy to give birth, you take a break, eat something, recuperate, and we will work together to give birth to the child." ”

Speaking of the child, the county lord of Yong'an had a sense of anger in his eyes, and he ate a bowl of chicken noodle soup and a sugar-hearted poached egg, and his face was bloody. At this time, several maids came in with several buckets of hot water and filled the bathtub with water.

Xu Miaoyi asked, "What is this?" ”

Hu Shanwei said: "When you gave birth to the crown princess before, didn't you give birth to a little prince grandson in the water? ”

Xu Miaoyi said: "To give birth in water, the mother must be healthy and the fetal position is correct. Otherwise, it will be a matter of carelessness. The county lord is weak, his pelvis is narrow, the fetal position is also deviated, his feet are down, and he cannot give birth in water. You prepare a clean pair of scissors and a stitch to suture, and I'm going to cut open the birth canal. ”

When everyone heard the words scissors, needlework, etc., they couldn't help but sweat. In the delivery room, with the heart-rending scream of the county lord of Yong'an, the cry of the baby finally came.

"It's a prince!" Hu Shan hugged the baby boy in swaddling clothes, crying with joy, and finally completed the task.

After Xu Miaoyi skillfully sutured the wound of the birth canal, she said to the weak county lord of Yong'an: "The child is very healthy, don't worry, drink medicine well, eat, and the days will be long in the future." ”

The county lord of Yong'an nodded emphatically, "Thank you." ”

Xu Miaoyi was covered in blood, went to the cubicle to bathe and change clothes, and just buttoned up the placket, she heard Hu Shanwei shouting loudly outside: "It's not good!" Madame is bleeding nonstop! ”

Xu Miaoyi hurriedly rushed out, and saw the blood on the lower half of the county lord of Yong'an gushing out, soaking through the futon, and flowing down the Lingzhi Ruyi shelf bed......

It didn't work. A desperate feeling struck, Xu Miaoyi felt cold all over, and watched the county lord of Yong'an slowly freeze his body.

I don't know how long it took, Xu Miaoyi suddenly turned around and ran out, Zhu Di stopped her, "Where are you going?" ”

Xu Miaoyi shook off Zhu Di's hand and said, "Go to the pharmacy to see the medicine residue!" Someone must have done it! ”