==Chapter 147==

Anyway, it was the prince who rescued Jiuniang, and although the King of Chu was in a complicated mood, he still ordered someone to prepare a gift and went to the East Palace.

In the past, the King of Chu was a frequent visitor to the East Palace, but in the past year or so, he has rarely set foot here. It may be that the form of the East Palace is becoming more and more complicated day by day, and it is not suitable for mixing in it, or it may be because of other reasons. Stepping into the East Palace again, the scenery is still the same, but the King of Chu is full of surprise.

The king of Chu was welcomed to the Haoran Palace.

The prince, who was half-lying on the chaise longue, seemed to be the eternal scenery of the East Palace, still half-closed his eyes, with a thin leather mattress on his leg, and stayed there quietly.

Today's Haoran Hall is more lively than usual, when the King of Chu arrived, there were two small chamberlains on a small platform in a corner of the hall with small lambskin drums, holding cloud boards, just like talking books. Like this kind of versatile chamberlain, there is never a shortage of servants here in the East Palace, and the prince rarely sets foot in the gate of the East Palace, so he always has something to pass the time.

Seeing that the king of Chu was coming, the prince opened his eyes and glanced at him, showed a smile, beckoned to him, and often pushed the king of Chu to the prince by the way.

Seeing the appearance of the prince clearly, King Chu was a little surprised.

The prince lost weight again, and the lifelessness on his face became even stronger. If it weren't for the prince opening his eyes to greet him, the king of Chu would have thought at first glance that it was not a person lying there, but a mold with only a human form left.

He couldn't help but say, "Brother Huang, you should pay more attention to your body." ”

The crown prince did not answer his words, but asked, "Why do you have time to come to the East Palace today?" Soon he came to his senses and smiled teasingly: "Don't tell Sù Lonely, you are here to thank you." ”

"Brother Chen should have come here."

At this time, the stage was talking about the story of the previous dynasty's 'Xue Rengui's expedition to the west', which was told that it was a series of high dynasties, which made people want to stop. Most of the attendants serving in the palace paid attention to that place, but the crown prince and the king of Chu didn't seem to listen.

For a time, only the sound of storytelling and the sound of beating on the cloud board could be heard in the whole hall.

After a long time, the crown prince breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Don't blame your father, he ......"

Probably the crown prince also felt that he couldn't excuse Emperor Chengyuan, and the rest of the words were not spoken.

King Chu's eyes flashed, and he diverted the topic: "The younger brother has newly obtained some medicinal materials, and he doesn't know whether to use them or not, if they are used, they should be used to replenish the emperor's body." ”

The crown prince nodded, "Fifth Brother Lao is worried." Then he asked: "The fifth brother and sister are in good health, nothing serious, right?" He didn't mention sending the imperial doctor from the palace to see him, and he probably knew in his heart that even if he sent the imperial doctor, the Chu Wangfu would not use it, and it would only add embarrassment.

"Some of them have tire gas, and the doctor said that it will be good to raise them for a few days."

"That's good, the fifth brother and sister are from a woman's family, and they must have been frightened this time, so the fifth brother should accompany her more. Because my brother is not in good health and it is inconvenient to visit, you help Gu give a message to the fifth brother and sister, so that she can raise the baby in the house, and Gu is still waiting for her to help Gu add a lively and lovely nephew. ”

This is not so much to say to Jiuniang, but to the King of Chu, the meaning of the words is that they should not worry anymore, just give birth to children at home with peace of mind, and Emperor Chengyuan will not have any bad thoughts.

Hearing this, King Chu's mood became even more complicated, obviously this person in front of him was also one of the culprits, but he couldn't hate it. The king of Chu still vaguely remembers that back then, as a prince, he had a humble status in the palace, and he was helpless, so he could only cautiously approach this royal brother who had the supreme status in his young mind to seek a little shelter.

At that time, he didn't have the joy and anger at this time, and he thought that the prince probably understood his thoughts. But he never showed Xiàn out, nor did he show his strange view of himself, but he didn't show that Shanshui treated himself like before, he wouldn't be too close or too cold, but in secret he took care of himself.

He was grateful, and there was a distorted resentment, they were both princes, why were they treated so differently. Later, he gradually understood that the anger in his heart could not change his situation, and if he wanted to change his fate, he still had to rely on himself.

I don't know when, he started to change.

The assassination in the paddock, he had already seen the clues, but he had been pretending not to know. He took advantage of the crown prince and gambled with the sky at the same time......

He won the bet, and his fortunes began to change.

Many times, the king of Chu would always think, did the prince know about his use of him? You may or may not know. Once he wanted to ask, but every time this inappropriate impulse was suppressed by himself, and later, he could no longer ask......

At this moment, many thoughts crossed King Chu's mind, and there was a sudden sense of experiencing endless vicissitudes.

He pressed down the chaotic mood and said to the prince: "Certainly, it is Brother Shi who must bring the child to see the imperial brother." ”

The crown prince seemed to be very happy, and said with a smile: "Then wait alone, and when the time comes, I will definitely prepare a rich meeting gift for my nephew." ”

The two chatted a few more words, and the prince looked a little tired.

When the king of Chu saw this, he said goodbye.

After going back, Jiu Niang asked him about going to the East Palace, and when he heard that the prince asked the king of Chu to convey to him, his mood was also very delicate.

After a long time, it finally turned into a sigh.

The king of Chu hugged her and said, "Don't think about it, now your biggest task is to give birth to this child safely." ”

In the following days, Jiuniang spent time in the fetus, and drank the fetal medicine for more than half a month before Doctor Liu allowed her to stay.

As soon as Imperial Doctor Liu stopped here, Mama Yu came again.

It is said that when the labor period is approaching, it is better to walk around more, so that it is easier to give birth. So Jiu Niang's suffering came again, and every day she let a few personal maids accompany her around the garden, once in the morning, noon and evening, and each time she had to move for two quarters of an hour before she could stop.

The weather is gradually getting warmer, and in the blink of an eye, it has entered the spring of March.

In the last month of Jiuniang's birth, the Chu Wangfu entered the stage of 'preparing for war'.

Regarding the matter of Jiuniang's delivery, the king of Chu had already ordered people to prepare, and the experienced Wen Po found four, and they were placed in the palace of the king of Chu to eat and drink well, and the nurse also prepared several in advance, all of whom were innocent and had a clear background.

By the end of March, Jiu Niang's due date had arrived, but there had been no movement, and everyone was worried. Seeing that March was about to pass and April was approaching, even the always calm King Chu couldn't help but show a little worry, and tried not to leave the house if he could not leave the house in the day, and even handed over most of the official affairs in his hands to his henchmen.

In the middle of the night on the first day of the fourth lunar month, Jiuniang finally launched.

When she slept until midnight, Jiu Niang suddenly felt a burst of heat leaking down. She thought it was incontinence at first, and she was a little embarrassed, thinking about whether to wake up the King of Chu and let the lotus branches come in to change the bedding. As soon as she moved, the king of Chu woke up, asked what was going on, called Lianzhi and others who were keeping vigil, and invited Mama Yu again.

Only then did Jiuniang know that she was breaking water and was about to give birth.

For the rest of the time, Jiu Niang was in shock. To be honest, she was also very nervous when she was approaching the delivery period, but she couldn't wait for the first time, and the second wait still didn't come, so this anxious mood slowly faded, and she didn't expect to come like this when she was unprepared.

The delivery room has been prepared for a long time, and in the east chamber, Jiuniang was carefully supported by Lianzhi and a few people, lying on the delivery bed covered with clean bedding. The midwife's mother has also been invited, Mama Yu and Lianzhi Xiaocui watched them change their clothes and clean their hands, combed all their hair tightly, and all the gold and silver jewelry on their bodies were removed, and finally washed their hands again with strong wine before letting them get close to the delivery bed.

Wen Po's experience is very rich, but I just got close to see how Jiu Niang's birth canal opened, and it was still early to let someone on the side go to prepare food for Jiu Niang, so that the body could be reserved. Wen Po and Yu Mama and the elderly women were very calm, and Lianzhi was inevitably infected, so they did what they were told.

After Jiu Niang ate something, wiped herself and changed into clean clothes, the labor pains began to intensify.

Most of what happened next, Jiu Niang didn't remember it, she only knew that she was in pain, but she still knew that she inhaled and exhaled according to Wen Po's explanation......

From beginning to end, Jiu Niang didn't scream, she always remembered what Wen Po said, don't scream, save the body......

Until dawn, the king of Chu, who was waiting outside, couldn't help but crush the two tea cups, and finally there was a cry of a baby in the house.

After a while, Mama Yu walked out with a happy face, "Your Highness is overjoyed, the princess gave birth to a little royal grandson." ”

Only then did the king of Chu's heart come to fruition, and he asked, "How is the princess?" ”

"The princess is very good, after the little emperor and grandson were born, the princess is still awake. Lianzhi and the others are cleaning up the delivery room, and when the delivery room is cleaned up, His Royal Highness can go in to visit the princess. ”

Mama Yu also knew that the relationship between the husband and wife had always been very good, so she didn't say anything that men should not enter the delivery room.

"Chang Shun, reward!"

Chang Shun laughed so much that he couldn't see his teeth and eyes, and then went down to order someone to arrange a reward.

At the same time, the people who reported the good news from the Chu Palace's palace also went to the palace.

Emperor Chengyuan had just gotten up and was about to go to the early dynasty, Ruan Ronghai reported the good news, Emperor Chengyuan was stunned for a while and didn't say anything.

When it came to the early dynasty, the reward of the palace went to the palace of the king of Chu. No matter what, the face that should be done still has to be done.

Seeing that Emperor Chengyuan's reward went to the Chu Palace, and the reward of Luan Hall also followed.

Before noon, the news of the birth of a boy in the Chu Wangfu spread throughout Chang'an City.

*

As soon as Jiu Niang woke up, she felt that someone was watching her.

When she saw the King of Chu, she was still a little stunned, and then remembered that she seemed to have given birth, so she hurriedly turned her head and looked around.

Almost as soon as he turned his head, he saw the swaddling clothes next to his pillow, the big red swaddling clothes, and there was a small baby inside. The little face was red and wrinkled, and he couldn't even see his eyebrows clearly.

Jiu Niang was a little surprised, and couldn't help but glance at King Chu, as if to say Is this our child?

It was the first time for King Chu to see Jiu Niang's appearance, and he couldn't help but smile a little, "They say that newborn babies are like this, and it will be fine in a few days." ”

Ask why the king of Chu knew about such a thing? Because he had also asked this kind of question before, the child was brought out to show him, and the immediate reaction of King Chu was that this was definitely not his and Jiu Niang's child. He and Jiu Niang's skin is white, handsome men and beautiful women, how could they give birth to such an ugly child, and in the end, Mama Yu solved his puzzles.

The baby was asleep, Jiuniang carefully touched the child's face with her fingertips, and the red skin was so delicate that people didn't dare to touch it, for fear that a piece of meat would be accidentally punctured. The small mouth the size of the tip of the thumb squirmed unconsciously, and Jiu Niang was suddenly so frightened that she retracted her hand.

At this time, Mama Yu walked in, saluted the king of Chu first, and then walked to the couch. She picked up the baby and reached inside the swaddling clothes, and only smiled when she felt a dry patch.

"Is the princess hungry? The food is ready, should I use some? ”

Jiu Niang also felt that she was hungry, so she nodded.

The next thing is to eat, during which Jiu Niang's eyes have been spinning on the swaddling clothes in the corner of the couch.

Mama Yu said: "The little emperor and grandson are very obedient, and after the nurse has been feeding her once, she has been sleeping. At this time, the little baby sleeps more than when he wakes up, and when he grows up, he is more active. ”

After eating, Mama Yu invited the king of Chu away, asked Lianfang to put down the curtain, and went to untie Jiuniang's clothes after confessing the crime, and explained to Jiuniang while unraveling to see if she had milk.

Generally, noble ladies do not nurse their children in person, and they all ask a nurse to feed them. Mama Yu has been in the palace for a long time, and knows a partial recipe, saying that the woman's colostrum is beneficial to the newborn baby, if Jiuniang has milk, she will feed the child, if not, she will directly ask Doctor Liu to prescribe milk medicine, and completely let the milk go back, so as not to be unbearable in the future.

Mama Yu looked at it and said yes, so she asked Lianfang and others to bring hot water handkerchiefs, and put a hot compress on Jiuniang's chest for a while, and then began to massage. Jiuniang felt an unbearable pain, and before she could exhale out the pain, she heard Mama Yu say happily.

Mama Yu hugged the swaddling baby and handed it to Jiuniang, teaching her how to hold the child and breastfeed. The little emperor's eyes were tightly closed, but when he put him into Jiu Niang's arms, he arched up and started eating.

Jiuniang felt very magical, and there was an unconcealable excitement, and at the same time there was a feeling of blood connection.

This made her decide that she was going to feed her own children herself. told Mama Yu of this, Mama Yu didn't agree very much, but seeing that Jiuniang insisted, she didn't object anymore, only said that the nurse still had to be prepared, and vaguely pointed out that Jiuniang should not put the cart before the horse, and serving her husband as a woman is the main thing.

Jiuniang is not a person who does not listen to people's persuasion, thinking that the birth of the child is only the initial first step, I am afraid that there will be many troubles that will follow in the future, and it is impossible for her to just revolve around the child, so she agrees.

After a while, the king of Chu came again, and the little emperor and grandson were already full and let Mama Yu hug him.

Jiuniang said with some sorrow: "I originally wanted to have a daughter, but I didn't expect a boy to come, I'm afraid that my father won't be so peaceful, right?" ”

Don't look at the incident since that incident, Emperor Chengyuan looked relieved, but no one knows what he thinks in his heart. When the child is not born, no one knows whether it is a man or a woman, if it is a daughter, everyone will naturally be happy, but if it is a man, there will be a lot of variables in between. After all, this is the first person under the grandchildren of Emperor Chengyuan, the prince can't ask for it, and King Zhao and King Cheng can't ask for it, but let the king of Chu get it, and everyone's mood can be imagined.

"The father and the queen mother have come down to reward, don't think about it, Mama Yu said that women should not think too much about confinement, you just have a good rest, don't worry about other things."

Jiuniang nodded, the two chatted a few more words, and the king of Chu left.

This is the first time since the wedding of Jiuniang and the King of Chu that the two of them sleep under the same roof but in separate rooms, and Jiuniang feels very unaccustomed. But these are extraordinary times, and we have to do it.

*

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of washing.

Even if the king of Chu is unwilling, he can't turn away Jiuniang's 'mother's family', but there are not many people from the Anguo Mansion, except for Cui's family, Xiao Siniang, Xiao Wuniang, Xiao Qiniang, who are married, and Xiao Shiniang also came, accompanying Cui's family. In addition, the ladies of Zhao Wangfu, Chengwang Mansion, and Qi Wangfu also came to attend the ceremony, as well as Cheng Wenjing.

Because Jiuniang was in confinement, she did not come forward, and was managed by Mama Yu and Lianzhi.

After a while, Mama Yu walked in with the crying little emperor grandson, Jiuniang was distressed and hurriedly asked what was wrong. In the end, under Mama Yu's explanation, I learned that the newborn should 'ring the basin' when washing the third day, and the louder the child cries, the healthier the body.

Jiuniang was speechless, picked up the little emperor and coaxed her, after these two days, now she can coax the child decently.

The ladies who came to participate in the baptism ceremony all came into the house, all of them smiled and said hello to Jiuniang, and praised how handsome and lovely the little emperor and grandson looked. No matter what you think in your heart, you still have to save face.

Although Jiu Niang knows that most of these people are not right, but on this kind of festive day, it is better to listen to auspicious words than to listen to depressing words. Even Meng Changxi, who has always liked to find fault with her, is very honest today, of course, this has to get rid of the jealous eyes that flashed from time to time at that time.

All in all, the baptism was a great success.

After sending off a group of people, only Cheng Wenjing stayed.

"In the blink of an eye, you even gave birth to a child."

Cheng Wenjing sat on the edge of the couch and reached out to tease the little face of the infant little emperor grandson, the little emperor and grandson were also obedient, obviously frowning, and knew to avoid it, but they just didn't cry. If other children were so pounded, they would have cried a long time ago.

Jiuniang smiled: "If you are envious, get married quickly, and give birth to one." ”

Cheng Wenjing sighed and said, "My mother is giving me a kiss this time, maybe I will get married in a while." ”

Jiuniang teased: "This is a good thing, you can't never marry for the rest of your life." Do you have a suitable partner, do you want me to help you with the staff? ”

Cheng Wenjing shook her head, suddenly remembered something, and said, "By the way, Wang Shilang will be married at sixteen next month." ”

At this time, when Jiuniang heard the name Wang Shilang, she didn't feel anything anymore, as if she heard the name of a stranger. So she just nodded and didn't speak, but she paid a little attention to Cheng Wenjing's expression, and saw that she didn't have a different color, so she put her mind at ease.

Speaking of Wang Shilang, it is natural to think of Xiao Ru. Thinking of Xiao Ru, who has not had any news so far, Jiu Niang felt a headache, and she always had a hunch that Xiao Ru's disappearance was not as simple as it seemed.

The two talked for a while, and Cheng Wenjing said goodbye, Jiuniang was still in confinement after all, so it was not suitable to be too tired.

And so the days passed.

Because she was in confinement, Mama Yu, Lianzhi and others all detained Jiu Niang and didn't let her do anything, not even the bed, Jiu Niang didn't let her go off the bed, in addition to eating and sleeping all day long, she occasionally hugged the little emperor and grandson.

Now the little emperor and grandson are already a person with a name, Jiuniang gave him a nickname Mumu, as for the big name, there is Emperor Chengyuan, and even the king of Chu is not qualified to take a name at will. According to the King of Chu, if a male heir is born in the royal family, the name will be given by the elder at the time of the full moon, and this elder naturally refers to Emperor Chengyuan.

Xiao Mumu is now a day by day, and it has only been half a month, and it has become snow-white and cute. Long eyelashes, baby blue pupils, eyes and nose look like King Chu, mouth like Jiu Niang, eyebrows are still sparse now, and I can't tell who I look like for the time being.

Xiao Mumu is a very obedient little baby, rarely cries on weekdays, and only cries when he is hungry or pulled. Occasionally, when he is awake, he will look around with a pair of ignorant eyes, but according to the nurses, the baby at this time cannot see anything clearly.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the full moon of Xiaomumu.

Even if the Chu Wangfu didn't want to make a big deal, it wouldn't work at this time. Not to mention that Xiao Mumu is the first person of Emperor Chengyuan's grandchildren, and the first child of the King of Chu and his wife, it is destined that this full moon banquet can only be done big and not small.

As early as more than ten days ago, the Chu Wangfu began to prepare up and down, and there was an endless stream of people from all over the country who came to give gifts. For a while, there was a prosperous scene in front of the palace of the king of Chu, and the traffic was busy, which made people dizzy.

Jiu Niang has long counted the days and thought of the confinement, during this time she was tossed not lightly, the food in the day is light and tasteless, not to mention, Yu Mama said that if a woman has any root cause, it is best to be able to recuperate well in the confinement, so this time Jiu Niang has eaten all kinds of medicinal diets and all kinds of decoctions.

The day before the confinement, Jiu Niang couldn't wait to ask Lianzhi and a few people to prepare water for her to bathe. After bathing for an hour, Jiu Niang felt that the whole person was relaxed.

rubbed balm on her body and pressed it, Jiu Niang was wearing only a bed coat and hung her hair on the chaise longue in front of the window. Xiao Mumu has been carried down by the nurse, and on the first day of moving back to the main room from the delivery room, he naturally can't let the child disturb him.

When the king of Chu entered the door, he saw that the window sash of the bedroom was wide open, and a breeze blew in from the window, and a noble lady lay on her side on the couch in front of the window, with a thin peach-pink bedrobe winding down the curve, and her cloud-like hair was scattered all over the couch. The waist is still so thin, but the curvature up and down has increased a lot......

King Chu couldn't help but darken his eyes, and he felt that his throat was a little tight.

Jiuniang was drying her hair, and she fell asleep in a daze, half-asleep and half-awake, feeling picked up, and when someone was pressed on her body, the whole person woke up.

As soon as his eyes opened, he saw a beautiful color, and saw the man's thin lips covered in the unspeakable place, sucking his son's reserve food......

Jiu Niang couldn't help but turn red, and was about to push him.

If she can be pushed away, the King of Chu will not be the King of Chu anymore.

The king of Chu threw it away and said in a dumb voice: "This king has long wanted to taste it......"

Next, he was turned into a red wave, and even the moon outside the window shy hid his face.