At this time, the time has entered the wax moon, the mourning period of the emperor has finally passed, and there is gradually a New Year's atmosphere in the capital.

But for the court, this means that the New Year will soon be the new year. At the New Year's Day court meeting, he liked to announce the change of the yuan, and from then on, it was the beginning of his real escape from the influence of the emperor and his independent assumption of imperial responsibility.

The tax reform, which has already been passed, is only in preparation and will not be implemented until New Year's Day.

The combination of these reasons made Layue, which should have been idle, even busier than before. The people of the various yamen were busy with their feet on the ground, hoping to arrange everything as much as possible before the beginning of the year.

This year's winter seems to have come very late, and there has been no snow in the capital by this time. It's just that the weather is getting colder and colder, and the sky is always gloomy, as if something big is brewing.

After talking about business, Yuan Ziqing and Yuan Zifang went to make specific plans, and as for Meibian, they naturally accompanied Zhou Yingyue, a pregnant woman, out for a walk. Although she came up with a lot of ideas, everyone didn't want her to work too hard, and they still wanted to rest.

Because of the cold weather, the two came out of the main courtyard, walked slowly all the way to the garden, and entered the pavilion that had been prepared long ago to rest.

It was said to be a pavilion, but now it was surrounded by wool felt, leaving only one exit, and four braziers were lit in it, and as soon as you entered, it was so warm that people were about to sweat. Meibian and Zhou Yingyue had to get rid of the big foil outside.

For this matter, the maids and daughters persuaded Zhou Yingyue for a long time, afraid that she would be cold if she took off this.

"Actually, it's not that fragile." Zhou Yingyue said helplessly, "It's just that I won't be busy, although my heart is very empty, but in the end, it is for the sake of this ancestor in my stomach." But this also has to be managed, and it is also worrying, and it is annoying to read it from day to night. ”

She is an idle person, since she was a girl, she has not been able to stay at home safely, and she has long been accustomed to running around. On the contrary, I have been staying at home for most of the six months since I got married. At first, it was because it was inconvenient to move around, but now that she has a child, Yuan Zifang naturally will not allow her to go out casually.

Not only can you not go out, but even at home, you are restrained everywhere, and this is not allowed or that. Zhou Yingyue has been able to endure it until now, all for the sake of the child.

Even if you know that this is for your own good, you still feel impatient.

Meibian had no choice but to say, "You're already good." I was pregnant at the time, and my son and my father didn't even let me hear the news from outside. Everything is arranged by the mother, and it can't be done if you don't listen. "Zhou Yingyue doesn't live with her mother-in-law, as long as she can convince Yuan Zifang of anything, naturally no one cares.

Zhou Yingyue pursed her lips and pouted at the two grandmothers who were guarding outside the pavilion not far away, "Have you seen it?" It was given by the palace. I don't know what the emperor means. With these two here, even if Zifang agrees, I still can't be free. ”

I've heard of people from the palace, but this is the first time I've seen it. She looked at it for a while and said, "That's it, I think they are quite well-behaved, and they don't take care of everything." For example, at this moment, knowing that she had something to say to Zhou Yingyue, she didn't follow up to serve, but guarded outside. It is worthy of coming out of the palace, and this vision is very rare.

I don't know if her comfort has played a role, Zhou Yingyue sighed, and then stopped saying this, "That's it, when the child is born, you can't detain me anymore." There will be more to do by then. It's nothing to wait now. ”

The child in her belly is already five months old, and it will be enough for another four or five months.

With a smile on his eyebrows, he asked again, "There should be a fetal movement in five months, right?" ”

Zhou Yingyue shook her head, "Not yet." But the doctor came to see it and said that the fetal appearance was normal. Presumably the child likes to be quiet, or grows slowly...... Ouch! ”

As he was talking, his stomach was lifted. Zhou Yingyue was completely unprepared and completely stunned. Fortunately, his eyebrows were on the side, and he stretched out his hand to hold the person, and said with a smile, "I guess I heard you say bad things about him, so I protested." ”

Zhou Yingyue stupidly raised her hand and touched her stomach, and asked in a daze, "Will he move?" ”

Meibian has always seen her, she is calm and calm, this is the first time I have found that she has such a time, and said with a snicker, "It's time to move, you are so anxious as a mother, and the child is naturally anxious." ”

While speaking, the child moved again, and Zhou Yingyue said in shock, "He, he, he...... It's moving again! ”

Seeing her like this, when I thought of the first time I was pregnant, I must not have been much better than her. It's a pity that Yuan Ziqing was with him at that time, and he didn't let others see it.

As a result, Zhou Yingyue's child was probably very active, at first he still used his hands and feet, as if he was greeting, and then gradually it seemed to be fighting. This movement was too big, Zhou Yingyue naturally couldn't stand it, she held her stomach in pain, and looked at her eyebrows with a pale face, "Sister-in-law...... Is it all the same with pregnancy? ”

Meibian was very sympathetic to her, "Probably because of this extra trouble in your stomach, although I also hurt at that time, it was not as bad as you." Let people go and sue Sù Zifang, ask a doctor to take a look, it's not a way to always hurt like this. ”

But what is the use of inviting a doctor to do this kind of thing?

However, after Yuan Zifang, the father, learned the news, he was happy and worried for a while. The child will move very well, but it moves so badly, the imperial doctor who came is a gynecological holy hand, a pregnant woman who has seen it

I don't know how many, and I said that I have never seen such a fuss. It's just that there is no other way, just continue to take the fetal pills, and look at it in a few days, if it is still like this, and then think of other ways.

Fortunately, this situation did not last forever, and after about half an hour, the child was quiet again. Everyone wiped their sweat and finally stopped.

No one dares to mention what to do if it is like this all the time, I hope it is only the beginning of the beginning, and it will be better to go on slowly. Otherwise, in the past five months, wouldn't Zhou Yingyue have to suffer and die?

When I returned to King Fu's mansion, when I went to see the concubine to see her old man and children, I talked about it, and said with palpitations, "It's only been five months now, and I don't know what crime I will suffer when I get older." "It's a shame that Xiao Jiu was quite well-behaved when she was in her mother's womb, and she didn't suffer too much.

The concubine was thoughtful, "I remember that when I first entered the palace, there was a concubine in the palace, and the situation when she was pregnant was similar to Yingyue. ”

"And then?" Meibian hurriedly asked.

The concubine's face was not very good-looking, "Later, it was difficult to give birth during childbirth, and it was gone." After a pause, he said, "The birth was twins, because the mother's womb was not well raised, congenital insufficiency, and suffered during childbirth, and finally did not survive." ”

"Twins!" He frowned, "Maybe Yingyue is also like this." It's good to have twins, but many people can't get through it. It's better to tell them about this matter first, don't care if it's or not, prepare in advance, and it won't be easy to have an accident when the time comes. ”

The concubine nodded, "That's the truth." If there is no one on their side who will take care of the pregnant woman, they will come back here to live for a while, and they will not say anything if they want to come to Majesty. ”

"Your Majesty has given two grandmothers from the palace who are dedicated to taking care of this." Meibian hurriedly said. Zhou Yingyue already felt very restrained over there, wouldn't it be even more depressing to move over again? Besides, she is not indiscriminate, she knows that the child is important, and she will not mess around. Let's let her live on her own.

The concubine didn't force it.

On the second day, Meibian personally went over to see Zhou Yingyue, and told the news, "Maybe it's twins, two children are fighting in your belly, and the movement is so big." ”

When Yuan Zifang heard the news, he was almost dumbfounded, "Two children? ”

Zhou Yingyue was also a little surprised, and couldn't help touching her stomach, "If it's twins, it's also uncomfortable." "It's not the same feeling as it was yesterday. Yesterday, I thought that something was wrong with the child, or he was too naughty, so he made such a fuss. Knowing that there are two of them, it feels completely different. The thought of two little children fighting in their stomachs makes people feel coke.

"Grandmother said that if it is two children, you should make up more things, lest the children grow up badly, and you, the mother, will also suffer." "But you can't eat too much, in case the child is too big, it will be troublesome at that time." ”

"That's not good, that's not right, so what's supposed to be?" Yuan Zifang was completely stunned.

Yingyue simply kicked him out and told him to find something else to do, so as not to make a mess here. Then he said to his eyebrows, "If it's twins, I'll just suffer a little more." ”

It must be interesting to think of two identical children standing in front of you. Zhou Yingyue was originally eclectic, and she felt a little annoyed with pregnancy before, but now she knows that there may be two in her belly, so she is happy.

Meibian couldn't help but ask, "You're not worried?" ”

She shouldn't have said that, after all, it was unlucky. But looking at Zhou Yingyue's appearance that she is not worried at all, it is really unrelenting!

Zhou Yingyue said, "What are you afraid of, it's just to eat more good things to make up for it." You have also seen the ginseng and reishi I gave you, and I will eat more by myself when I go back. I can make up as much as I want. ”

was helpless, so she had to let her go.

However, since knowing the news, everyone's attention in Fuwang Mansion has been focused on Zhou Yingyue's stomach. Hearing that the news reached the palace, the emperor specially sent someone to summon the imperial doctor to inquire.

Although the New Year will be celebrated in a few days. But because of the new funeral of the emperor, there was no banquet in the palace, and the officials below were naturally not happy. Although the people of the capital were not greatly affected, after all, there was no imperial court organization, and it was still much more depressed than in previous years.

After a quiet New Year, everyone began to bury themselves in political affairs.

Yuan Ziqing and Yuan Zifang were busy with political affairs, and Meiban and Zhou Yingyue were also busy supplementing pregnant women. - Because Zhou Yingyue didn't move back, the concubine and the princess simply asked Meibian to come over to accompany Zhou Yingyue every day. After all, she has experience, and the relationship between the two is good, she can not only talk to relieve boredom, but also take care of Zhou Yingyue, lest she be ignorant and make a mistake the first time.

Living with a pregnant woman, if nothing else, Meibian felt that his weight was rising very quickly.

In just one month, she grew four catties of meat, and according to Yuan Ziqing, her face was much rounder. The eyebrows were so frightened that they didn't dare to eat anymore. You must know that when she gave birth to Xiaojiu, she gained a lot of weight, and then it was easy to lose weight, and now she grows back, isn't it worth the loss?

However, Zhou Yingyue has no such worries, she has a big appetite, she has to eat seven or eight meals a day, and she eats a lot of each meal, and she is crying hungry almost all the time. I was worried that she would eat too much and that the child would not be able to give birth. But according to the imperial doctor, this is just enough to catch up with the nutrition of the two children, and the child in her belly is actually not big and can continue to eat.

Time passed in such a time to eat and drink. Turning into spring, Zhou Yingyue's belly quickly grew like a balloon. At this time, the doctor was also able to diagnose the pulse of the two children in the womb, and finally determined the matter. Now the anxious thing is to arrange production.

-- Carrying twins is too much of a burden on the mother, and most of them are unlikely to give birth at full term, and many are born in seven or eight months. So in February, everyone began to wait with trepidation. But Zhou Yingyue looked dangerous, but in fact, she didn't suffer anything, she ate and drank well, her face was ruddy, and although her body was also a little swollen, it didn't affect her sleep for the time being.

It wasn't until March that her stomach began to throb from time to time. The doctor diagnosed that this was a sign of labor.

During the whole pregnancy process, Zhou Yingyue herself was very indifferent, and when it was time to give birth, she suddenly began to worry, holding her hand all day long, worrying about what to do in case of dystocia, etc., which made her eyebrows anxious, and she couldn't sleep well at night.

It really kicks in at night.

Mei Pan was still a little unable to come back to her senses when she got the news, and when she hurriedly got dressed and the family rushed to the Hou Mansion together, Zhou Yingyue had already been sent to the delivery room. Yuan Zifang was alone outside, anxious like an ant on a hot pot, turning around in circles. Seeing that they were coming, it was like finding the backbone, grabbing the princess's hand and asking, "Mother, will it be fine?" ”

The princess raised her hand and knocked on his forehead, "What are you talking about?" Did you curse your daughter-in-law like that? He turned his head to look at his eyebrows again, "Eldest daughter-in-law, you go in and have a look, let her not panic, we are all waiting here." "At this time, the birth canal should not be opened, and it is not tight to enter the eyebrows.

As a result, Meibian entered the house, and he already heard Wen Po saying, "You just follow what we say, inhale, exhale, forcefully - by the way, that's it, do it again......"

Eyebrows: "......" said that the good birth canal has not been opened yet? Why did you start giving birth?

Since it was normal here and there was a stable woman, of course she was not good at making trouble, so she had to stand aside and watch.

So I watched the entire production process with a blank face. Then she walked out of the delivery room with a blank face and went to report the news to the people waiting outside.

It was probably the expressionless appearance on her face that frightened Princess Fu, and hurriedly asked, "Eldest daughter-in-law, what's going on inside?" ”

"It's raw." He said in a flat tone.

"What?" Princess Fu suspected that she had misheard. However, at this moment, a loud baby cry was already heard in the delivery room. About a quarter of an hour later, there was another sound.

Zhou Yingyue's production process is simply incredible!

There is no dystocia, no blood collapse, no fetal misposition, there is nothing wrong, the birth canal opens quickly, and the child comes out very happily.

Later, according to Yuan Ziqing, who was counting the time outside, the process from her entering to coming out did not take an hour.

This is not only the eyebrows, but everyone is a little unable to come back to their senses.

In the end, the concubine was old and had experienced a lot of things, so she was the first to come back to her senses and said with a smile, "Peace and security, this is a good sign!" ”

Everyone rejoiced.

After a while, Mrs. Wen came out with the two children in her arms, and came over with a smile to ask for a reward, "Congratulations to Master Hou, you got a good word!" ”

Yuan Zifang probably didn't come back to his senses in a daze, and was a little stunned when he heard the words, "What is a good word?" ”

Wen Po couldn't help but smile, "Of course it's both children and daughters, a good word!" What a blessing you have! ”

"Good, good!" Yuan Zifang came back to his senses and shouted loudly.

And his father and his brother had already taken a child and looked at it. A pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, both children and daughters, a good word, it is really a good sign!

Wen Po was still on the side and said, "This is my sister, this is my younger brother......"

Princess Fu frowned, "How is it my sister and brother?" It's my brother and sister, it's a good omen. ”

"Nonsense, it's all the same." Wang Ye said, "They are all born in one child, the kung fu of the front and back feet, what do you do with these?" ”

The princess retorted, "You men have big hearts, so of course you don't care. This girl was born in the back, and she will naturally have her brother to support her in the future, which is a blessing. The eldest daughter sounds like a good name, but it's actually much harder! "It is right for the elder brother to take care of the younger sister, but the elder sister has to take care of the younger brother upside down, how can it be the same?

The prince smiled, "Then change it to brother and sister, it's not bad anyway." Besides, the boy is in the front, and he will know that he has a younger sister to take care of in the future, so he is naturally willing to forge ahead. ”

Yuan Zifang nodded again and again on the side, "Yes!" ”

The corners of his mouth twitched at the side of his eyebrows, and he wanted to say that he hadn't asked the child what he meant by the fuck, but after thinking about it, he still forgot it. Anyway, you'll know when you look back. If she doesn't agree, she can't change it. -- Now is no longer the time for King Fu to take charge of the Zongren Mansion and say that the jade will be on it.

Although Zhou Yingyue's production was smooth, it was launched from the ugly time to the end of production at this time, and it was almost time. Yuan Zifang got a son, but at this time there was no provision for the man to give maternity leave, so he still had to go to the Ya, Yuan Ziqing couldn't escape, as for King Fu, such a good thing, naturally he had to go to the elders in the clan first to talk and get a message. So they went home and changed their clothes, and then hurried into the palace.

The female dependents who left the family couldn't sleep when they went back, and it was not good to disturb the pregnant women, so they simply found a room to sit down and take turns to play with the two children. There are many children, many blessings and many prosperity, and children are naturally not too few. Although there is already a little Jiu, but two more children have been added at this time, and it still feels different.

The princess was in high spirits and planned to choose a name for the child. It was inconvenient to speak on the side of the eyebrows, but the concubine said, "Their parents are here, so naturally they have their parents to name them." What are you following to make do? ”

The princess said, "I'll take one, and the other will be kept by his father and mother." ”

Then regardless of whether everyone agreed or not, he insisted on giving the sleeping girl a milk name, "Look at this red little appearance, and it will spit bubbles, just like a red carp, why don't you call it a little carp, how about it?" ”

When I heard her say carp, I thought I was going to call it a fish, but fortunately, it wasn't, and the carp sounded much more reliable. Although the meaning doesn't seem to be much worse.

So the little girl's name was decided.

The princess also said with great interest, "The prince turned around and knew that I took this name, and he must regret forgetting to take one first." Okay, keep my brother's name for his father and mother, and no one can grab it. ”

"......" Actually, no one wants to rob it, right?

Even Zhou Yingyue, after waking up, learned that the princess had given her daughter a nickname, and she was very calm. They are elders, and the names should have been given. Besides, a child has a big name and a milk name, these are four names, not to mention that they can take words in the future, and they can always get one.

Besides, Zhou Yingyue didn't just give birth this time. She and Yuan Zifang are not yet twenty years old, and they will have two children casually in the future, and if they are lucky enough to have twins, there will be more children. Maybe no one will want to choose a name at that time, so just grab one and call it.

-- It's not impossible, because people with many children, the more they go to the back, the more careless they choose their names, and when you look at them in comparison, you wonder if the one in the back is biological.

So for the matter of choosing a name, Zhou Yingyue was very calm, and she didn't even fight for her son's name, so she generously let Yuan Zifang toss it by herself.

Yuan Zifang almost rummaged through the Four Books and Five Classics, and finally named his son Qi'er without any new ideas, but was disgusted by Zhou Yingyue: "In the past, the courtyard was called Qilin Courtyard, but now you have such a name for your child, how confident are you?" ”

The unicorn is the beast of the country, and it is auspicious to see. How narcissistic it must be to pretend to be like this!

Yuan Zifang was deflated, "Then what do you call it?" ”

"The eldest brother and sister-in-law's family are called Xiao Jiu, then let's call Xiao Eleven." Zhou Yingyue clapped her hands and said, "At first glance, you can tell that it is Xiao Jiu's younger brother." ”

Yuan Zifang: I can't argue with it at all.