The child in Concubine Xu's belly in the Ciqiu Palace, the ten* is not the holy one today.

As for who's, it's hard to say.

This Concubine Xu can be said to have experienced chaos all her life, and she is only □□ years old, and what she can count is already the owner of the three changes.

She was originally the daughter of Xu Changqing, a doctor in the previous dynasty, and her boudoir name was Xu Si, who had a good reputation since she was a child, and it is said that she was already the emperor of Yanguan at the age of thirteen. At that time, the beauty of the heavenly family was Princess Jingyi, the eldest sister of the former emperor of heaven, but the princess was ashamed of herself when she saw it. Although he graciously admitted that "I am not as good as me", he also left the sour words of "this demon will be a disaster".

At that time, he was still a distant branch of the previous dynasty, and he was good friends with Xu Changqing. Although he was twenty-four or five years old, he was unable to marry a wife because of his perennial wars. He admired Xu Si's beauty in his heart, and had the heart to be this family with the Xu family, but unfortunately he was one step too slow. Before he was hired, Xu Si was already included in the palace.

Thinking about it, Xu Si did not get any favor in the palace of the former dynasty - after all, less than half a year after she entered the palace, the rebels invaded the imperial capital, and the world was in turmoil.

It is said that before Xu Si's brother fled, he desperately went into the palace and rescued his sister first. In this way, in the past four or five years, Xu Si finally did not let others abuse like the palace people and concubines in the previous court, and life was worse than death.

Four or five years later, when Jinzi finally swept away the rebellious party and recovered the imperial capital, he was surrounded by everyone and ascended the throne as the emperor. At that time, the Son of Heaven already had a wife, but he still missed Xu Si. Xu Si's father and brother were also very happy to see Xu Si enter the palace and had the heart to dedicate her.

It's a pity that Xu Si was born with no blessing - it coincided with the rebellion of Situ in the Northern Dynasty and brought everyone to the south to surrender. The rebel general's name was Li Hu, although he took the name of the Han people, he had more blood on his body, and he was also an important minister from the official to the third prince in the Northern Dynasty. This is a great event worth proclaiming, and although the emperor does not trust him, he still shows favor. learned that he had recently lost his wife, so he had the heart to be a matchmaker for him. Who knew that Li Hu asked for Xu Si when he opened his mouth.

The Son of Heaven was stunned and said, "She is a person who has been married once, which is not auspicious." The fourteen ladies of the Zhongshu Wang debate family are known for their talents, and the nine ladies of the Xie Teng family are also beautiful, all of them are in the year of flower letters. ”

Li Hu didn't answer, and the Son of Heaven said, "Even there are many good women in the clan." Why do you have to have the quality of the willow? ”

Li Hu said: "The minister led a state to return, why should Your Majesty be stingy with a woman." ”

The Son of Heaven smiled and said, "It seems that Aiqing has a soft spot." Well, I'll tell you about her. ”

In this way, Xu Si was decreed by the Son of Heaven to marry a vassal of the Northern Dynasty.

As for why Xu Si finally returned to the emperor again, it's a long story.

In a word, Li Hu rebelled again. The emperor killed all his family members who left in the imperial capital, leaving Xu Si alone, and confiscated her into the palace as a maidservant, and was promoted to Jieyu in a few days.

So the gossip came - Xu Si entered the palace less than two months ago, and found out that he was five months pregnant.

Outsiders don't know who this child is. Unless the Son of Heaven had already communicated with Xu Si when Li Hu did not rebel, this child would definitely not be today. But even if it was really him, the Son of Heaven would not admit that he had committed adultery with his wife before Li Hu's rebellion.

Therefore, the future of this child has become the focus of many people's discussions in Taicheng for a while.

As a party, Xu Si knows who this child is. Whether it is his own or not, the Son of Heaven also knows it.

Recently, Xu Si has been quite unpleasant, and he can't sleep when he wakes up at night, and often sits alone in front of the mirror, waiting for the dawn without saying a word.

Her nurse got the abortion pill out of nowhere, quietly showed it to her, and persuaded, "Let's get it...... His majesty pampered the lady and didn't say anything. But who of this man can really tolerate his own woman being pregnant with someone else's child? When the child is born in the future, he watches the enemy's son dangling in front of him every day, can he not get bored in his heart? Sooner or later, patience will have to be exhausted. At that time, not only the child, but also the mother was also implicated. ”

Xu Sixin only felt that his heart was like a knife. She was silent by nature, and she couldn't speak at this time, so she lowered her eyebrows and stroked her lower abdomen, refusing to answer.

The nurse lowered her voice again and asked, "The lady is still thinking about Li Langjun?" ”

Xu Si shook her head, and the nurse breathed a long sigh of relief, revealing a relieved expression, "That's good." This man is unkind, and the Son of Heaven treats him so kindly, that if he says that he is a traitor, he will be a traitor. I don't care about the lady's situation at all......" The words changed, "In this case, why should the lady-"

Xu Si was silent. She was born beautiful, like Xizi holding her heart and cheeks. The sadness and sadness between the eyebrows and eyes were revealed, which made the nurse's words astringent, and some could not speak.

After a while, Xu Sicai said slowly, "Five months, it's already formed...... I don't know if it's a boy or a girl. ”

"Lady ......"

"I want to give birth to him, unless His Majesty himself says that I will be killed." Xu Si's words turned sharp, and there was a hint of mockery in his soft words, "Since Your Majesty ordered me to marry Li Hu, you won't blame me for being pregnant with Li Hu's child." Don't worry about it. ”

But she still couldn't help but worry about the child's future, and after a long time, she whispered, "Maybe it's a girl." ”

"Maybe it's a girl." The Son of Heaven said lightly, threw the watch he had just finished reading on the table, picked up tea and drank it, "--It's a big deal to pay a dowry in the future." ”

He is light-hearted, but Zhang Guifei can't. Bitterly went around to the Son of Heaven, and persuaded, "But what if it's a boy?" That Li Hu is clearly a jackal's heart, not only can he not be cooked, but he also has to wait for the opportunity to take revenge and revenge on his master. Such people should be cut down and eradicated. His Majesty killed the traitor, but let Sister Xu give birth to his son again, and ...... that day."

The emperor interrupted her without raising his head, "I ordered someone to divination, it's a girl." ”

-- Obviously, he said it casually to perfunctory Concubine Zhang.

Zhang Guifei secretly hated in her heart, but she knew that although the emperor could tolerate the courtiers to make a direct admonition, she was most tired of the concubines disobeying him. Choking her sentence means a warning, if she blindly entangles it, she is afraid that the Son of Heaven will be angry. Busy softened his tone and sighed, "That's good...... Now everyone in the palace is talking about this matter, and the concubines are upset and scared when they hear it, and they are strictly forbidden to talk about it in private. But where can it be stopped? On the contrary, he was also in a mess, so he had to come to His Majesty and say-it would be good if the queen's sister was still there. His Majesty asked the concubine to take care of the harem, but the concubine was the most unthinkable person, how could she have such a ability. ”

She entered the palace at the age of thirteen, and now she is in her early twenties, and she is clearly still a little girl with hatred. is delicate and beautiful and a little stupid and innocent, but it is also very pleasing.

However, this time the coquettish failed to impress the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven only sneered with an unknown meaning with his phoenix eyes, and said, "I saw who was playing right and wrong, and I was killed." When the rest of the people saw the punishment, they knew that they were afraid, so they naturally did not dare to talk about it. You are also from the Queen's Palace, why don't you even know this means? Anyway--I'm not going to teach you? ”

He had never spoken to Zhang Guifei in such a cold tone, and Zhang Guifei shrank when she heard it, and she was so afraid that she couldn't speak.

The Son of Heaven looked at her gently. The gaze was as kind as ever, but Zhang Guifei couldn't help but lower her head and take a step back. Qiang smiled, "Your Majesty really likes Sister Xu, she protects her so much." ”

The Son of Heaven smiled, "It's not like I haven't protected you like this. ”

―― Zhang Guifei is twenty years old, and she is already a concubine under one person in the harem. Because of the queen's early death, she is already the de facto master of the harem. Its rise is so rapid that there is no shortage of gossip in the harem.

Zhang Guifei's heart was a little balanced, and said, "It's good that Your Majesty still remembers the concubine in her heart." ”

After Concubine Zhang retreated, the Son of Heaven ate another cup of tea.

Outside, it was getting dark, and the twilight was rising. The Son of Heaven looked at Taicheng in the twilight, and he didn't know what he was thinking for a while. By the time the one hundred and eight drums fell, it was already dark outside. The eunuch came forward to present dinner, and the Son of Heaven turned back with an indifferent face and asked, "How is it?" ”

It took a while for the waiter to react, and he hurriedly bowed his head and said, "The maid Zhai of the Ciqiu Palace quietly ordered someone to prepare an abortion pill, and it has been sent in......"

Only then did the Son of Heaven show some expression and ask, "When?" ”

"Yesterday afternoon."

Tianzi smiled bitterly and said, "There is no news at this time, I think she doesn't plan to eat it." ”

The chamberlain leaned forward, lowered his voice and gestured, and said, "Your Majesty...... It's not as good as ......."

The Son of Heaven shook his head and said, "She has resentment in her heart. If there is any movement, it will definitely be hated by me first. He exhaled, "That's it, the medicine hurts the body." She didn't eat it, but I was relieved...... Let her be born. ”

The chamberlain wanted to speak and stopped, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Forgive the ministers for trespassing." I thought that Zhang Guifei was also reasonable-if you don't cut the grass and don't remove the roots, there will be endless troubles. Not to mention the royal heir. He did not say it explicitly, but the Son of Heaven understood. He has a difficult heir, but he has only one son, and he has been weak and sickly since he was a child. If there is anything wrong with the emperor's eldest son, Xu Si gave birth to another boy...... Does he raise it, or does he not raise it?

The Son of Heaven came out of his mind for a while, Fang narrowed his eyes slightly, and said to himself, "If it's a girl, then let her give birth......"

These days, Xu Si often thinks of the Hailing King of the previous dynasty - the Hailing King is his title after he was deposed, originally he was the emperor of the previous dynasty and her first husband. Now that I think about it, King Hailing is abnormal, he is tyrannical by nature, no matter what kind of courtier can make him laugh, only when he pretends to be a general and leads people and horses to slash and kill all over the street, and the hot blood sprays all over his face, he will laugh like crazy.

Princess Jingyi is his sister, and once had a banquet with King Hailing, she told this madman, "Have you seen Xu Changqing's daughter? If you don't get this treasure, where have you ever seen the best in the world? The emperor was in vain. ”

King Hailing ordered Xu Si to enter the palace, but Xu Si naturally refused, and Xu Si's father also refused. King Hailing arrested Xu Si's brother and hanged him, and Xu Si's father knelt down and begged, and Xu Si entered the palace with a heart of death. How she wished someone could save her.

But no. The person who said he would protect her for the rest of her life didn't even say a word.

During her first few months in the harem of Queen Hailing, she was forced to accompany him to watch countless tortures. So much so that for many years afterward, the screams she heard at that time always lingered in her ears. But I heard a lot, and the screams were just annoying noises like tinnitus. What really makes her uneasy to this day is a little palace maid whose name she doesn't know. When she was chased and slashed by King Hailing, the little palace maid broke into her palace in a panic, hugged her legs and begged for help, Xu Si hid her under the table and blocked her with her skirt.

But she couldn't save her in the end.

Many years later, Xu Si would still dream of the situation, and every time he woke up from a nightmare, his legs seemed to be soaked in a pool of blood.

But strangely, after learning that she was pregnant, the nightmare stopped haunting her. This child seemed to be here to redeem her, Xu Si just thought, this time she had to protect it no matter what, and wouldn't let anyone hurt him.

If the Son of Heaven can't even tolerate this child, then she can only fight to the death - Zuo is just one corpse and two lives.

However, the Son of Heaven did not embarrass Xu Si.

Maybe he knew that he had treated her badly for many years, and the Son of Heaven treated Xu Si almost as much as he wanted.

Xu Si is not very young, at the age of twenty-seven or eighteen, if he is in the harem, he is called Lao Zhuhuang. Obviously, she was the latest to enter the palace, but she was the oldest in terms of age, except for the deceased queen, everyone had to call her sister. But if you want to say that the Son of Heaven loves the most, she still has to be.

Between the two of them, unlike the emperor and the favorite concubine, there are some folk couples living a life.

Every day, the emperor went to her palace after disposing of government affairs, and even if he couldn't do it, he loved to rest on her knees for a while. More than ten years ago, the emperor still remembered what she loved to eat. Occasionally, when I remember the food of the year, I will specially order the imperial chef to taste it with her, and I will personally feed her a bite when I eat.

The emperor is good at rhetoric, poetry and painting, fine riding and shooting, and good at chess...... He knows everything about the skills of all men in the world, and he is a person who is at the top of his life. Such a person, even if he is diligent in government, loves to play and can play. How much did you like to play and drink in the early years? But after Xu Si, he also became a wife and slave, except for occasionally tuning the rhythm, playing the piano and listening to each other's poems and teasing with Xu Si, he even watched little singing and dancing. Because Xu Sizhong was inconvenient to travel, the emperor did not leave the palace once for several months.

Everyone can see that he has finally got true love.

As for the fetus in Xu Si's womb, the Son of Heaven only said to her, "Your child is also my child." Just give birth with peace of mind, and we will raise him well in the future. He said, "I have wronged you in the past, but from now on, I will not let you suffer any more grievances." ”

Xu Si listened with a smile and said softly, "Hmm." But she knew how much she believed in her heart.

In September, Xu Silin gave birth.

She was giving birth for the first time, and her pelvis couldn't be opened, so she suffered a lot of sins. The amniotic water broke in the early hours of the morning and continued to hurt until the evening. When the fetus is close to collapse, the fetus will be exposed on the top of the head.

Xu Si gritted his teeth, his eyes turned black several times, and he was about to faint. But in a hazy way, I heard Wen Po ask whether to keep the big or the small, or to wake up again and force herself to exert herself.

She knew very well that this child was not the Son of Heaven at all, and the Son of Heaven would not have allowed this child to live without her. There is no room to keep the big or small in this production, and if she dies, the child will not live.

The voices of the voices spoken on all sides became a murmur. Xu Si was so hard that his ears were almost ringing, his eyes seemed to be cracked, and sweat stuck all his hair to his scalp, neck, and forehead. She wanted to grab someone and cry and scold, even if it was a bite on him...... But my mind was just blank. She had had three men in her life, but none of them she felt she could rely on.

But even after experiencing so many people and so many things, she still wants to live well. I want to give birth to a child and teach him to adulthood.

Li Hu always said that if he has a child, his unrealizable ambitions can be realized by the child. At that time, she scoffed - children are children, why should she bear the ambition of this villain. But in fact, she is not exempt from vulgarity. She hopes that this child will become an adult, never experience the experience of her life again, and go to the life she wanted to live but could not get.

She also pinned her wish on her child.

So if she doesn't give birth to this child and doesn't watch her grow up with her own eyes, how can she be willing! How can you be willing!

As soon as his lower body fell, Xu Si vaguely felt relaxed. There seemed to be people around saying, "Born, born!" But she was a little dazed, and the last sound left in her head was a clear cry. Xu Siwei asked the child to be brought over to show her, but she couldn't support it anymore and fell asleep.

The midwife carries the baby out of the delivery room.

The emperor was waiting outside, and Xu Si's screams made him anxious. When he saw someone come out and say "it's raw", he was busy and was about to break in.

Fortunately, the eunuch asked for him in time, "How are?" The midwife said, "Mother and child are safe, mother and child are safe...... are just too tired to fall asleep for a while, so it's okay. ”

The emperor suddenly realized something and stopped.

He looked at the midwife, then turned his gaze to the baby. The baby had just vomited filth, bathed and wrapped in tiny swaddling clothes. The newborn's fetal skin has not retreated, and it is as red and wrinkled as a monkey, and it is impossible to distinguish gender, beauty and ugliness at all. The emperor looked at it for a moment, frowned and lifted the corner of the swaddling clothes.

Boy. Clearly, it was a boy.

The moment the gender was confirmed, the emperor suddenly felt that the baby's eyebrows and eyes looked like Li Hu, and a sense of disgust arose. He threw away the swaddling clothes and motioned for the midwife to carry the baby away.

Although he said to Zhang Guifei, "The divination result is a daughter", if he believed the divination theory, the emperor would not have been able to go to this step - he had already prepared for the fact that Xu Si might give birth to Li Hu's son.

"Ready?"

The eunuch hurriedly said, "Yes." Then he turned back and whispered a few words to the attendant.

A short time later, a young woman with a baby in her arms hurried in and knelt down with her head down. The emperor ordered someone to lift the swaddling clothes and take a look, and Fang nodded.

It's just that when I saw the red marks on the baby's shoulder, I asked again, "What's on her shoulder?" ”

The woman busily showed the baby's shoulder to the emperor, "It's a birthmark." "The birthmark was clearly outlined, and it turned out to be a lifelike butterfly.

The emperor was a little displeased in his heart, and said, "There is no side?" ”

The woman hurriedly said, "Of those mothers who were looking for them in advance, only one of them happened to give birth to a baby girl today—it was not so easy to find." ”

What else did the emperor have to say, there was a faint □□ sound in the room, and after a while, a palace lady came out, holding her breath and whispering to the emperor, "Niangniang wants to see the child." ”

The emperor glanced at the baby boy in the midwife's arms in disgust and said, "Dispose of it." ”

Then he took the baby girl in his arms and walked quickly into the house.

Xu Siyou woke up, although she was still dizzy, she immediately cheered up and asked people to hold the child to her side.

The emperor carried the fetus to her side, Xu Si struggled to get up to check, his fingers gently caressing the child's cheek, and a shallow smile appeared on his face. She said tiredly and pitifully, "Like me." ”

The emperor said softly, "Yes, look at these eyebrows, they are clear and beautiful, they are exactly the same as you." ”

Xu Si was a little speechless and stopped.

The Emperor said, "It's a girl." ”

Xu Sicai finally let go of his heart, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "It's good if it's a girl...... Girls are better than boys. ”