Chapter 7 Childbirth
Time flies so fast.
Yan Furong became pregnant in October and gave birth to a son. On the day of delivery, she was in pain to death, and several midwife aunts were busy on the side in an orderly manner, and Songyan lay on the side of the bed and held Yan Furong's hand tightly.
Yan Furong was dripping with cold sweat, and asked with a sloppy look, "What about Mother?" Why didn't she come to see me? ”
At that time, Lord Yan was transferred to Qingzhou to do the history of assassination, and Mrs. Yan packed up her things and went to take office with Lord Yan, and she was no longer in Beijing. Yan Furong already knew that it was just that the pain was separated from the soul and flesh at this time, and she was in a trance.
Song Yan held back her tears, "Madame is just outside the door, just waiting to hear your good news." ”
Yan Furong's eyes widened, looking at the intricate lotus pattern on the bed tent above her head, and said in a low voice, "I'm going to die, and I'll never see my cousin again." ”
Songyan was so frightened that his hair stood upside down, and tears flowed all over his face, "Don't scare me!" Good people have good rewards, and you'll be fine! ”
Suddenly, there was a joyful voice from the midwife's aunt, "I was born, I was a handsome little boy!" ”
In the delivery room for a while, the sound of congratulations continued, waiting for the cui wisps outside to listen, they were all happy and couldn't help themselves, they were busy coming in to ask Yan Furong for peace, who expected that Yan Furong had just given birth to a child, and fainted, the two hurriedly went to see the little boy again, but even the calmer Cui Wei didn't dare to hug the child directly, for fear of bumping into it, and said directly, "Why is it so soft?" How is it so soft? ”
Songyan saw that the two aunts didn't care about everything, the servants and maids in the room were all messy, and there were still small maids in the outer courtyard who came to beg for money, so she had to entrust Yan Furong to Ganlu Yuhua, and asked Mother Jin to take a few mothers-in-law to guard the road between the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard, and did not allow casual exchanges, and asked Cao's mother to personally find the chief steward of Shao Ding in the outer courtyard, and asked him to punish the idlers in the outer courtyard according to the rules of the Hou Mansion, and ordered Xue Ya to take the right cards to open the treasury, and distribute gold and silver bills to several midwife aunts and ladies who served around them, and send copper coins to the subordinates of the entire Hou Mansion. Ordered the clouds and mist to take the right cards to the Hou Mansion to intersect several households to report the good news. Songyan sat in the outer room of the delivery room by himself, and asked if others had an errand that could not be solved.
Although a maid sat in the formation and said it was too unusual, but the matter was in a hurry, and the two aunts from the palace were safely guarding the little boy in the ear room of the delivery room, and no one jumped out to question Songyan without a long eye.
Hongying watched the two aunts bathe the little boy in the room where the quilt sealed the window and burned the earth, and she had the heart to help, but she really didn't know where to go, although she didn't help much, she was tired and sweaty.
She wiped her sweat, glanced out the window, and said to the equally sweaty Cui Wei on the side, "Let's just look at it?" ”
Cui Wei glanced at her, "It's as if you know these people's relationships." ”
Hongying smiled, "I don't understand, do you understand?" ”
Cui Wei said, "Naturally, I don't understand. The two of us don't need to understand, it's enough to just guard the world. ”
Hongying nodded.
Songyan worked hard for half a day, and finally reluctantly settled these things.
The little maid came to report that Yan Furong had woken up.
Songyan was overjoyed, and hurriedly grabbed her skirt and ran to the room, Yan Furong was really crooked on a pillow, although her face was pale, but she was more naturally romantic, and when she saw her, she couldn't take her eyes off it, and she couldn't pay attention to others.
Songyan walked over, and Xueya Yunwu hurriedly gave up a position. Yan Furong never cared about these details, but just asked, "Where have you been?" ”
"It's a mess outside, and I'm banging on someone." ”
Yan Furong nodded absently, and Song Yan saw that she was still a little tired, so she said, "What do you want to eat?" ”
Yan Furong shook her head, and Song Yan asked again, "Do you want to see Xiao Gongzi?" ”
Yan Furong frowned in disgust and asked lightly, "Where is he?" ”
Song Yan said, "The two aunts of the green wisps and red tassels are in the ear room." ”
Yan Furong breathed a sigh of relief, "Just let the two of them guard it, I'm a little uncomfortable, I don't need to bring the child, so as not to get sick." ”
Songyan was stunned, and then he should go.
Yan Furong slept, Songyan and Xueya kept vigil, Songyan quietly withdrew, entered the ear room, and gave the little boy a greeting ceremony, and the two aunts of Emerald Red Silk saw that she was not light-boned, so they looked at her.
Hongying smiled and said to Songyan, "Look at our little son, exactly the same as Hou Ye!" ”
Song Yan was surprised when she heard her name, but her face was not obvious, she only leaned over to look at the baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, but she couldn't help but want to laugh at this look, this newborn baby had a small face that was not the size of a palm, and her facial features were wrinkled together, and she didn't know how Hongying saw the similarities with Shao Ding. Songyan didn't want to make fun of Hongying, so he glanced at Cui Wei, who knew that Cui Wei, who had always been sensible, also nodded in agreement with Hongying's words, Song Yan was stunned and suddenly found the cuteness of the two aunts, and added a little closeness to his heart.
Song Yan said, "Madame is weak, I am afraid that I will give the little boy a sick breath, and the little boy will work on the two aunts in the future." ”
Emerald Red Tassels glanced at each other, the smiles on the faces of the two gradually put away, and Emerald said, "Got it." ”
Songyan's face turned red, and he said, "Two aunts, Mrs. is not feeling good in her heart. ”
Hongying said, "The two of us came from the palace, I don't know what is wrong with the Hou Ye, which makes the lady unhappy, and even more dislike the prince?" ”
How can Songyan say that on the day of the wedding, Yan Furong had already accepted her fate to marry Shao Ding, but she was bullied by Shao Ding after she was drunk, and when she saw Shao Ding wake up to apologize and blame herself, she took the opportunity not to allow Shao Ding to get close, and she didn't see the children of the two, so as to protect her infatuation with her cousin in her heart?
Seeing that Songyan didn't answer, Cui Wei said, "Hongying and I were also old people from the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion in our early years, and Madame can use it, so the two of us naturally do our best." It's not too early, girl, go back. ”
Songyan smiled bitterly and retreated.
After Shao Ding returned, he named this child, who was not loved by his mother, Shao Ying. He really kept his promise, and since the day he came back, he has never entered Yan Furong's room again. Although the two of them both lived in Zhengqiu Hall, they never met again. Shao Ding took his soldiers out of the city to the camp to train before dawn every day, and returned at night with the lantern.
He spoke less and less, and even when he saw Shao Ying, he didn't seem to be close, and always watched from afar. He never drank alcohol again, and he didn't fight with Wei Donglou and a few freshly dressed angry horses, and he was in a sword fight. Yan Furong had never seen him, and Cui Hongying only felt that he was becoming more and more stable, and the maids in the yard were already afraid of him, and no one dared to approach him.
One day, Yan Furong was fighting grass here, the scene was extremely lively, and suddenly it rained heavily, and several little girls who had no worries about food and clothing couldn't help but applaud and open the window to enjoy the rain. Everyone else was lamenting the rain, but Songyan saw a dark shadow in the verandah that was wet and walked into the east wing.
Songyan said to Yan Furong, "Madam, why don't you go and cook some ginger soup to get rid of the cold." ”
Yan Furong was looking at the pouring rain, and she was in high spirits, and when she heard the words, she waved her hand to let the pine smoke go. Xueya wanted to go with the pine smoke, but was pulled away by the clouds and mist, and the nectar and rain flowers surrounded Yan Furong to wipe the leaf cards. Yan Furong's body was still a little weak, so she just watched from the sidelines.
Songyan went out the door, shutting down the smoky heat in the warm pavilion behind him, and the fresh earthy smell unique to rainy days came to his nose. She took a deep breath and went down the verandah to the small kitchen to boil a pot of thick brown sugar ginger soup. With some hesitation, she took a bowl and took it to the east wing.
Shao Ding did not hold the lamp. It was dark in the room.
Song Yan said, "Master Hou, the maid came to deliver the ginger soup that the maid cooked by the lady." ”
The heavy rain outside the room knocked on the roof tiles, crackling as if falling on people's ears and hearts, and after waiting for a while, Shao Ding's voice came from the inner room, "Put it down." ”
Songyan did as he was told, and couldn't help but say before going out, "Master Hou, drink the ginger soup while it's hot." ”
There was silence in the room, and no one answered.