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The queen also immediately ordered someone to come in and help change her clothes.

After the two were dressed up, they went to Concubine Guo Xian together.

Concubine Guo Xian is eighteen years old this year, with a beautiful appearance, a refined temperament, although she is young, her words and deeds are also dignified and steady, and her cheerful personality makes her deeply favored by the emperor.

Because her stomach was too big and she was in great pain, Concubine Guo Xian had no way to get up and salute when the emperor and queen came in.

The emperor and queen also stopped her from saluting.

Wen Po had already arrived, and at this time she was standing in front of Concubine Guo Xian's bed and guarding carefully.

There were also several grandmothers and palace maids standing next to Wen Po.

The emperor looked at Concubine Guo Xian, who was sweating profusely, and asked, "It hurts?" ”

"Well, it hurts." Concubine Guo Xian answered truthfully and looked at the emperor pitifully.

Her feelings for the emperor are more dependent, just like a daughter depends on her father. She knew that the emperor's feelings for her were the same.

She knew that she would never be able to replace the empress and the imperial concubine in the emperor's heart, so she would rather treat him as her half father. Her father died young, and she had a strong paternal complex.

The emperor also knows this, so the emperor cherishes her very much, just as he cherishes his own daughter.

The queen also knows, so the queen is not jealous.

"Hold on a little longer, and when the child is born, it won't hurt." The emperor said softly.

In fact, he wanted to get close to touch her, but because the queen was there, he still held back.

Concubine Guo Xian nodded. She knew the emperor's thoughts and took into account the queen's feelings, so she smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the concubine has good bones and full of energy, and she will definitely be able to give birth safely." ”

The emperor smiled and bowed his head. The others laughed along.

Indeed, Concubine Guo Xian is a master who can eat, sleep and loves to exercise, so everyone is not too worried about her production.

Thinking that the emperor would go to the morning court early tomorrow morning, the queen couldn't bear to feel that the emperor was too tired, so she sent someone to escort the emperor back to the palace to rest. She stayed to accompany Concubine Guo Xian.

"Queen Mother, why don't you go back and rest?" Concubine Guo Xian said with a look of unbearability.

In the entire queen/palace, she respects the queen the most, and she has said to herself since the day she met the queen - she will never be embarrassed by anyone and will never be embarrassed by the queen.

So she has always treated the queen as her mother, and always wants to try not to drag the queen down, let alone do things that make the queen sad.

"It's okay, I want to see you give birth safely." The queen said, reaching out and stroking her messy sideburns.

As soon as the corners of Concubine Guo Xian's eyes were hot, tears flowed straight out, she held the queen's hand and asked, "No matter whether the concubine is born male or female, will the queen treat him like your own child?" ”

She knew that the queen had raised King Pei with her own hands.

"Of course, children are spring, and whether they are male or female, they also deserve our care." Empress Jingzhuang said as she shook her hand.

"With the queen's words, the concubine is relieved." Concubine Guo Xian smiled at Empress Jingzhuang, it was a thoughtless smile, as innocent and brilliant as a child.

What a child.

The queen smiled.

When she was ugly, Concubine Guo Xian gave birth to a baby boy, and the news soon spread throughout the palace.

The emperor was asleep at the time, and after learning the news, he got up and wrote the words "Zhao Yuming" on a white paper, which was the name he gave to this newborn and his fourth son, and canonized him as King Ze.

Although many of the princes of the past dynasties were canonized as kings by the emperor at a very young age, there are really not many who were canonized at birth.

The emperor's doing this shows his love for this newborn son.

In the early days of the Imperial Court, the emperor immediately told the news to the civil and military officials, and said that when the moon was full, the king of the feudal lords and the kings of neighboring countries would be invited to celebrate.

After learning the news, Empress Jingzhuang couldn't help but feel heavy.

Then, he will also return to the capital at that time.

For so many years, every time she learned the news of his return to Beijing, she would be scared, nervous, and couldn't sleep all night.

Now, this kind of day is here again. She wanted to cry without tears.

……………….

That night, the crown prince Zhao Yuliang, who had obtained the latest data on the number of dead and wounded, immediately convened a meeting of local officials and relevant staff, at which the grain and silver for disaster relief were implemented one by one, and Liu Yan, a cabinet scholar, and two supervisors sent by the imperial court were assigned to supervise the distribution of this batch of grain and silver.

After that, they asked people to go to the scene of the disaster to learn about the latest situation.

An hour later, the man who sent there replied: "There are still cries for help in eight or nine places, and the soldiers are doing their best to rescue them. ”

Zhao Yuliang nodded and said, "Well, it's dark now, hurry up and send them dry food and torches." ”

Guo Mao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the soldiers have been busy for several hours, why don't you let them rest for a while?" ”

Feng Hong, the secretary of the ministry, also immediately echoed: "Yes, the soldiers are indeed very tired, and I am afraid that they will be tired if they continue like this." ”

Zhao Yuliang said in a calm and serious tone: "At such a life-and-death juncture, the two of you can't tell the priority of the matter, and this palace has to doubt whether you are worthy of sitting in the position of Shangshu." ”

When such a sentence was dropped, Guo Mao and Feng Hong were immediately choked, and they blushed and didn't dare to say another word.

Zhao Yuliang continued to deploy work to the assigned personnel.

He knew very well in his heart that Guo Mao and Feng Hong came this time specifically to block him.

But he wasn't afraid of them. He knew their minds, and naturally he would not fall for their tricks.

Peng Wentao and Liu Yan exchanged glances, and stopped talking.

Guo Mao, the secretary of the military department, and Feng Hong, the secretary of the ministry, are not easy to mess with, so they should not get involved.

But I have to admit that although the prince is young, he is not ambiguous in his words and deeds.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, the official surnamed Jiang hurriedly stood up and poured tea for everyone, and said, "You must be hungry too, the little one has asked people to bring food, and it should be there soon." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock at the door, and one of the magistrates standing closest to the door got up and went to open it.

When everyone looked out of the door, they saw several people standing outside the door with steamed buns and dried fruits.

"The stove is gone, so I can't make a fire to cook, so let's eat some dry food first, and please forgive Your Highness and all your lords!" The official surnamed Jiang said apologetically.

Zhao Yuliang said: "At this critical juncture, it's good to have something to eat, so I don't have to say sorry Lord Jiang." With that, he took a steamed bun from the plate.

Other officials also picked up steamed buns and dried fruits to eat.

Because they were so hungry, some officials ate three steamed buns and a large handful of dried fruits in a row, but Zhao Yuliang only ate one steamed bun.

Seeing this, the official surnamed Jiang hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Is Your Highness not used to eating?" ”

As a magistrate, he was obliged to entertain the prince well, otherwise it would be a dereliction of duty.

Zhao Yuliang shook his head and said, "No, the palace is already full." ”

This steamed bun is only the size of a fist, Zhao Yuliang is a dignified seven-foot man, and he has been busy for several hours, is he really full after eating a steamed bun? Everyone's expressions were a little surprised.

Zhao Yuliang looked calm.

Some officials wanted to eat another steamed bun, but when they saw this situation, they didn't dare to reach out and take it again, Zhao Yuliang hurriedly said: "You can eat it, you don't have to be restrained." ”

The official thought about it, but in the end he didn't take it.

Zhao Yuliang motioned for the people to take the remaining steamed buns and dried fruits away.

The people here had just retreated, and the person who had been sent to the neighboring villages and towns to observe the situation came back, and he didn't care about the mud all over his body and knelt down to report to Zhao Yuliang: "Your Highness, there was no earthquake in Bama Town, but the dogs in that town have been barking for some reason today, and the frogs in the pond have all climbed ashore, jumping on the grass in piles, looking quite crazy." ”

Everyone's faces suddenly changed drastically.