Chapter 198: Gao Cheng is sorrowful
Yifang woke up a day later, Liu Heng still had political affairs, and he didn't accompany her all the time, so he didn't come over until ten in the afternoon. It also happened that at this time, she slowly woke up.
At these times when Yifang was dizzy, Tengling was the most worried, and from time to time he came to take a closer look, which led to Zili pulling her outside, worried that she would disturb the news of Yifang. The doctor said that Yifang was out of danger, but he was too tired and needed some rest before he woke up.
"Tengling, where's the kid?" As soon as Yifang woke up, he was thinking about the child.
At this time, Zili hugged the child in, and hugged him directly in front of Yifang: "Look, the child is here, isn't it cute?" β
Yifang finally showed a smile full of eyes, and sure enough, this was a mother's look at her child. After a night of thrilling adventures that night, the child was finally born safely, and it was difficult for her to ask about the child's situation first.
After holding the child in his arms and teasing him for a while, he asked the nurse to carry him out. Although they all survived safely in the end, there are some things that should be dealt with and must be dealt with.
"How's Heci doing?"
When it came to this, Teng Ling was very angry: "I thought she was doing a good job, but I didn't expect to hide such a big evil intention." Speaking of it, it's also a slave, isn't it, if you look at people more accurately, you won't let the beauty suffer this big sin. β
Yi Fang patted her hand lightly: "It's not your fault, she deliberately hid it, and went to so many palaces, even if she checked it carefully, she couldn't find out." β
"Yifang, I have to say that you are really fierce, you can directly stab her to death in such a situation." Zili interjected, and Yifang knew that her knives were indeed killing her.
"Is there any disposition to these things?" Yifang was worried that things would be as she thought, and Liu Heng would be angry with He Ci's family.
Fortunately, Zili shook his head: "The king is busy with government affairs these days, and he is worried about you and the child, so he has little time to take care of other things." The prisoner in this matter is dead, and how to deal with it will be pushed back again. β
Yifang breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good." β
"Is there anything else the beauty wants to do?" Teng Ling thought that Yifang had experienced life and death that day, and now that he had escaped death, he must be looking for the initiator to vent his anger.
But Yifang shook his head: "I don't want to do anything, it's just that He Ci told me about her experience and the old mother in her family." Aside from everything else, she is still a filial and loyal servant, and it would be a sin to punish the Nine Clans and her mother to die together because of this matter. β
"What does beauty mean to forgive her?" Teng Ling stood up in disbelief, "If you want me to say, a wolf-hearted and immature white-eyed wolf like He Ci, even if he dies, he has to expose his body for three days, so that others can see the fate of the traitor." Let those people outside know that our Guangyang Hall is just kind to people, and it really has a temper. β
"Okay, Tengling, Yifang has just woken up, so don't talk about it." Zili tugged at Tengling's sleeve and signaled her not to be so excited.
While the three of them were talking, a report from the eunuch came from outside. Before the report was over, Liu Heng hurriedly walked in. He had already heard the news that Yifang had woken up at the door, although the doctor said that she was fine, but the person had not woken up, and Liu Heng was always nervous in his heart.
"See the king." After Teng Ling and Zi left the salute, they retreated in good spirits, leaving space for the two of them to talk alone.
"Yifang, you finally woke up, this time there was no danger, and you got a mother and daughter safe." Liu Heng's joy hung on his face, and he couldn't fade for a long time. Even if he gave birth to a daughter, it was the flesh and blood of him and Yifang, which was enough to make him happy for a while.
"The concubine heard that the king was very happy at that time, and the concubine was also very happy."
"By the way, this king just heard you talk about the palace maid named He Ci?"
Yi Fang nodded seriously and said, "The king knows about He Ci's affairs?" β
Liu Heng slapped the edge of the bed fiercely: "I didn't expect that there are such people in Guangyang Hall who harbor evil intentions, if she is allowed to succeed, you and the child will not be safe." This king is going to break this man's body into ten thousand pieces to relieve the hatred in his heart. β
Yifang hurriedly grabbed Liu Heng's hand: "Your Majesty, in fact, He Ci talked a lot about his concubine that day, and she is also a poor person." She treated the concubine like that, just to give a breath to the deceased Yue Liang. β
"What does Yue Liangren's death have to do with you, that palace maid is so indiscriminate, you still speak for her?"
"Your Majesty, you first listen to the concubine, He Ci's mother is seriously ill, and in order to treat her mother's illness, she begged the mother of the Yue Liangren and became a slave of her mother's family. Later, he was sent to the palace to accompany Yue Liangren, and after Yue Liangren died, he put his hatred on his concubine. But her heart is kind, she just wants to avenge her benefactor, and if it involves her family, it will be bad. β
"So what you mean?" Although Liu Heng was angry in his heart, he still wanted to hear Yifang's opinion.
The concubine thought that this matter had passed, and the concubine's mother and daughter were safe, but He Ci was dead, so the matter was over. Moreover, He Ci's mother must have been sad when she suddenly lost her daughter, and the concubine wanted to send some people to take care of the old man. "Yifang killed He Ci out of desperation, but this is also the first time she has ended a person's life with her own hands, although she is the first, Yifang is always reluctant to go, so she wants to do something for her.
"What you said is also true, although this king wants to severely punish this palace maid, but since you think so, then it's okay." Liu Heng looked at her gently, "This matter will be done according to your wishes!" β
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yifang smiled.
As soon as the matter was finished, the nurse picked up the child, and the child had fallen asleep after eating, and looked very ruddy, and also cute and loving.
"Look at our daughter, how handsome she looks, and she must be a beauty who will captivate the country and the city when she grows up." Liu Heng hugged the child and was unwilling to let go.
Yifang smiled lightly: "The king will laugh, it's still so young, how can you see anything?" β
"This king's Yifang is so beautiful, the child born will naturally not be bad." Liu Heng suddenly remembered something, "That kid hasn't been named yet, do you have a favorite?" β
Yifang shook his head: "The child's name is naturally taken by the king. β
Liu Heng stood up and walked around with the child in his arms, weighed it and said: "This child doesn't feel the weight at all, and when he grows up, he is as light as a swallow and has a light body, which is the word 'prostitute'." β
"Prostitute Liu?" Yi Fang muttered twice, "Then what kind of title should I give the princess?" β
"This king plans to give her the Guantao County of the Daidi as a fief, and the title will naturally be called Guantao."
Yifang was shocked: "She is still so young, and the king will give her a fief?" β
"Of course, our daughter must be different, and this king wants everyone to know that even if you give birth to a daughter, you will not be worse than the prince."
Yifang's eyes were a little blurry, she never thought that she would be favored by Liu Heng as a peasant girl. This also made her secretly determined that from now on, she would always stand behind Liu Heng, no matter what he wanted to do, she would be the backing of his side, not only to give him advice, but also to give birth to children.
"The Queen Mother is hereβ" There was another announcement outside, and the Queen Mother Bo also walked in hurriedly. The mother and daughter really acted in unison, not only were they almost the same when they came, but they both came in in a hurry without finishing their announcements.
Yifang hurriedly got up and saluted, and was also exempted from etiquette by Empress Dowager Bo, which is similar to their mother and son.
"Sumei has just given birth, so there is no need to limit these etiquette."
Liu Heng handed the child into the hands of the Queen Mother and let her hug her. has lost several grandchildren in a row, and the queen mother is also embarrassed. Even if Yifang gave birth to a daughter, the Queen Mother was very happy, looked at it, looked at it, and still refused to put it down.
"After the mother, the child has just fallen asleep, so let the nurse take care of it!" Liu Heng looked at Empress Dowager Bo's happy expression, and couldn't help but remind him.
Yifang also laughed, it was really rare to be able to see such a warm scene in the emperor's house. She felt like she was in a fantasy world, and it didn't seem real. However, Yifang definitely didn't expect that all the good things at this time would soon dissipate and eventually come to naught.
"Yifang, after being in the palace for so long, the mourning family still doesn't know where your hometown is? You shouldn't be from Chang'an, right? Empress Dowager Bo suddenly changed her words and asked this question.
Yifang was stunned for a moment, and then quickly replied: "Back to the Queen Mother, the concubine is indeed not from Chang'an, and the concubine's hometown is in Qinghe County." β
"I heard that Qinghe County is beautiful and it is also a good place, can your kindergarten teacher be literate?"
Yifang didn't know why the Queen Mother asked these questions, so she could only answer truthfully: "The concubine has not visited the teacher, but occasionally she listens to the lectures of scholars in the county, so she secretly remembers some of them. β
"You are very studious and smart enough, if you bury this intelligence, it is a pity, in your spare time in the future, you will come to learn to read and write with the mourning family!"
Hearing the Queen Mother's words, Yifang and Liu Heng were both shocked, the Queen Mother personally taught literacy, what a great honor this is, but ordinary people can't look forward to it. Yifang subconsciously glanced at Liu Heng, looked at his encouraging eyes, and nodded solemnly.
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
Yifang lived a quiet life again for a period of time after giving birth. She was originally the best candidate for the queen's position, and all the concubines also knew that the king and the queen mother liked her, even if they wanted to compete, they didn't have the ability. Now it doesn't matter if she gives birth to a son or a daughter, it doesn't matter much, so the harem has always been calm, and there are no waves.
And in the next two years, Liu Heng still loved Yifang. But he has a lot of things related to Chang'an to deal with in the past two years, and he has been busy all day after all. Yifang followed the Empress Dowager Bo to read and write in his spare time, and also liked to discuss some of Huang Lao's learning.
In the past two years, Yifang gave birth to another son, and Liu Heng gave the child the name Liu Qi. This is the only prince in the palace today, who is the treasure of Liu Heng and the Empress Dowager Bo, and they can't wait to give him all the best things in the world.
On the side of the training ground, Zhou Yafu relied on his strong martial arts, his ability to lead the army, and his upright temperament, after all, he was named a general in the past two years. This is really a gratifying thing, so he hurriedly took a letter of resignation and asked someone to send it to Chang'an.
This letter was transferred to Deng Tong's hands, and after those words were reassembled, it became some instructions given to him by Liu Heng.
Empress Dowager Lu has been ill for two years, although the news of a serious illness came out a long time ago, but with the best doctor in the Chang'an Palace to help her recuperate, she has survived for two years. Judging from the news that has come back these days, it is not very good that Empress Dowager Lu is really right.
She has always loved to hold power in her own hands, but these days, she rarely even pays attention to political affairs, but often summons Lu Chan, Lu Lu and others into the palace, as if she is explaining the aftermath. Deng Tong's eyeliner in the Chang'an Palace sent back the news, and he guessed that the Empress Dowager Lu was really not good.
Even if this is the case, Liu Heng's side naturally has to prepare early. The soldiers under Zhou Yafu have completed their training, and they can go straight to Chang'an just waiting for an order. Liu Heng also had Liu Zhang and Liu Xiang through the news, they were naturally ready to go, and the competition between the children of the Liu family and the Lu family really kicked off.
Expecting that there would be a period of time to leave Daiguo in the future, Liu Heng deliberately set aside a day in his busy schedule to change into casual clothes with Yifang, pretend to be an ordinary folk couple to go out to play, and take a look at the streets of Daiguo again. When they went out this time, they also deliberately brought Liu Xuan, who was more than two years old. Originally, he also wanted to take Liu Qi with him, but he was only a few months old, and it was inconvenient to hold him in his arms, so he had to stay with the Empress Dowager Bo to take care of him.
The liveliness of Daiguo Street is not as lively as that in Chang'an City, but it can be regarded as another feature. Yifang only has the opportunity to come out for a walk when he is hunting in Muzhou, and he is often alone. This time, with Liu Heng by her side, she was very excited, like a girl raised in the depths of the boudoir, and suddenly saw a broader world.
"This lady, do you want to count a hexagram?" Someone suddenly accosted him, and Yifang turned his head to see that he was a fortune teller who set up a stall.
This person was dressed in white, although he was an old man, but she still couldn't help but think of Gu Wenzhou who was far away in Chang'an. After so many years, I don't know if he is good or not.
"Husband, let's count a hexagram too!" Yifang tugged at Liu Heng's sleeve, "Even if you calculate it, will our trip go all the way?" β
Liu Heng was originally not interested, but seeing that she was happy, he also agreed, obediently sat in front of the old man, and asked him to count a hexagram. The two of them were here, and the guards and eunuchs in disguise watched from afar, keeping an eye on their safety. After all, it was the king who traveled, and it was impossible to say that he was not nervous, and the guards were staring at each other, not letting go of a trace of suspicious places.