Liu Xiu and Deng Yu arrived at the Changqiu Palace, and as soon as they walked to the main hall, they saw that Chen Zhi was wandering back and forth outside the palace gate.

Seeing Liu Xiu and Deng Yu coming together, Chen Zhi was stunned at first, and after a while, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty! Right General! ”

Liu Xiu raised his eyes to look into the hall, and the grandmothers and palace maids went in and out in a panic.

He frowned secretly and asked, "Chen Zhi, how is the situation with the empress?" ”

Chen Zhi swallowed his saliva and said, "Your Majesty, slave maid...... The slave maid listened to Wen Po and said, the queen ...... The queen could be ...... It's a difficult birth...... "Liu Xiu and Deng Yu's faces changed the same, there was no caesarean section at that time, and dystocia was a matter of life and death.

Liu Xiu frowned and said, "How can this be." ”

Chen Zhi glanced at Liu Xiu and whispered: "During this time, the queen has been in a bad mood. ”

Since the incident happened, Liu Xiu has never set foot in the Changqiu Palace, so it's no wonder that Guo Shengtong's mood can be so good.

Seeing that Liu Xiu frowned and didn't speak, Deng Yu coughed lightly and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Xiu came back to her senses and said, "You go in and tell the queen that as long as the queen can give birth to the child smoothly, I will not blame the past." ”

Chen Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this, he didn't think about it, he immediately knelt on his knees, kowtowed forward, choked up and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, slave!" Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

He used to be a dependant of Liu Xiu, and Liu Xiu was naturally familiar with Chen Zhi.

Chen Zhi has a very average character, but he is really loyal to Guo Shengtong.

After setting the capital in Luoyang, Chen Zhi was willing to leave the palace in order to continue to serve Guo Shengtong, how much determination does this require for a man?

Liu Xiu walked up to Chen Zhi, pulled him up, raised his head and said, "Go quickly!" ”

Chen Zhi wiped the corners of his eyes with his cuffs while thanking him, and then hurriedly walked into the main hall.

Even if he was an internal servant, when Guo Shengtong gave birth, he couldn't enter the inner room.

When he came to the door of the inner room, he saw a palace maid coming out, he grabbed the palace maid, and said excitedly: "You, you hurry in, report to the queen, and say that Your Majesty has come to visit the queen in person, and Your Majesty is no longer angry with the queen!" ”

The palace maid was stunned for a moment, and then she was overjoyed, and quickly turned around and returned to the inner room.

Liu Xiu and Deng Yu waited outside the hall, at first, the two could still chat a few words, but as time went by, Guo Shengtong has not been able to give birth to a child smoothly, which made Liu Xiu nervous.

Originally, it was just Chen Zhi walking back and forth in front of the main hall alone, but now it has become Liu Xiu and Chen Zhi walking back and forth.

Deng Yu calculated the time, His Majesty and himself had been coming over for more than half an hour, but the queen still failed to give birth to the emperor, only to see the grandmother and the palace maid bring a basin of hot water in, and then bring out a basin of blood water.

At this time, don't say that Liu Xiu's heart is bottomless, even Deng Yu's heart is up and down.

He walked up to Liu Xiu and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to invite Weijun into the palace?" ”

Liu Xiu stopped, thought about it, turned around and said to Zhang Kun who was standing aside: "Immediately Xuan Pitong enters the palace!" To the Changqiu Palace! ”

Zhang Kun hurriedly agreed, turned around and ran out.

Chen Zhi wiped the beads of sweat on his head and said to Liu Xiu in a trembling voice: "Queen...... When the queen gave birth to the crown prince and the second prince, it was not so difficult, and the queen ...... this time The queen ...... this time, "Seeing Chen Zhi, who has always been old and has a city government on weekdays, she panicked at this time, and Liu Xiu's heart became more and more bottomless, but on the surface, she was still silent, patted Chen Zhi's shoulder, and said: "Don't think about it, Jiren has his own natural appearance, and the queen will be fine!" ”

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven! The Son of Heaven said that the queen is fine, then the queen will definitely be fine! ”

Chen Zhi muttered in a non-dominant voice.

Liu Xiu glanced at Chen Zhi, sighed secretly in his heart, and continued to wander back and forth.

When Pi Tong was invited into the palace, half an hour had passed, but Guo Shengtong still failed to give birth to a child.

Pi Tong learned about the situation from the palace maid, and then took out a brocade box from his arms, opened it, and there was a black pill inside.

He handed the pill to the palace maid and instructed, "Integrate this pill into the water and feed it to the queen!" ”

The palace maid took it and raised her eyes to look at Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu asked, "Weijun, what is this pill?" ”

"It can restore the queen's physical strength and vitality, and help the queen to give birth!"

Pi Tong said.

Pi Tong has the reputation of the king of medicine, and he can be put into a brocade box by Pi Tong, such a precious elixir, it must be no worse.

Liu Xiu nodded to the palace maid and motioned for her to immediately arrange for Pi Tong to do what she asked.

As the minutes ticked by, and another half hour passed, a baby's cry suddenly came from the inner room.

This cry made everyone outside the hall breathe a sigh of relief, and Chen Zhi cried with joy.

It didn't take long for the two stable women to walk out of the hall quickly, and when they arrived in front of Liu Xiu, they knelt on their knees and said excitedly: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, happy Lin'er, mother and son are safe!" ”

Liu Xiu was overjoyed and said to Zhang Kun beside him: "Reward!" ”

As he spoke, he strode into the main hall.

Chen Zhi knelt on his knees and bowed to the sky, thanking God for his protection.

Entering the inner room, Liu Xiu saw Guo Shengtong lying on the bed, as if he had just been fished out of the water, and beside the bed, there was a stable woman holding a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes.

Liu Xiu suppressed his excitement, slowed down, and walked over.

Although he tried not to make a sound, Guo Shengtong still felt his arrival, she slowly opened her eyes, and the moment she saw Liu Xiu clearly, her eyes were suddenly covered with a layer of mist, and she choked up and said, "Your Majesty is coming...... Come and see the concubine. ”

Liu Xiu is angry with Guo Shengtong, but to say that he has no feelings for Guo Shengtong is absolutely a lie.

He took two quick steps, came to the bed, held Guo Shengtong's slightly raised hand, and said, "Zitong, I'm here!" ”

Guo Shengtong didn't speak again, just looked at Liu Xiu, sobbing silently.

Liu Xiu turned her eyes and looked at the baby in swaddling clothes.

This baby is smaller than Liu Qiang and Liu Fu when they were born, only a small lump, his face and body are wrinkled, and it can be seen that he is much weaker than Liu Qiang and Liu Fu.

Liu Xiu carefully took the baby over, feeling that it was not as long as his own small half of an arm, he supported the baby with one arm, so that Guo Shengtong could see clearly, and asked with a smile: "Zitong, look at it, is our child similar to me." ”

Guo Shengtong, who was already weak, was amused by his words, she looked at the baby, frowned, and said, "So ugly, how can you look like Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Xiu laughed, sat down on the edge of the bed with the baby in his arms, he looked at the baby's wrinkled little face, and said, "Let's call it Kang'er, I hope he can grow up healthy and healthy." ”

After speaking, he looked at Guo Shengtong again and asked, "Zitong thinks it's okay?" ”

Guo Shengtong said tiredly: "The concubines all listen to Your Majesty. ”

Liu Xiu took out a free hand, picked up a hand towel on the side, gently wiped the sweat beads on Guo Shengtong's face, and said: "During this time, I neglected Zitong, Zitong won't blame me, right?" ”

When Guo Shengtong heard this, he couldn't help crying again.

Liu Xiu wiped away the tears flowing from the corners of her eyes and said, "In the future, we all have to live well, live well, and watch our children grow up day by day." ”

"Hmm."

Guo Shengtong nodded, and his tears flowed even more fiercely.

Guo Shengtong's birth of Liu Kang was not smooth, and he tossed back and forth for more than two hours, but fortunately, in the end, there was no danger, and the mother and son were safe.

Liu Kang, that is, Liu Xiu's third son, the third prince of the Jianwu court.

I don't know how long it took, Guo Shengtong fell asleep groggily, Liu Xiu handed Liu Kang over to the nurse, and then, he took Deng Yu and Pi Tong out of Changqiu Palace and went to Qingliang Palace.

Guo Shengtong gave birth to the third prince without danger, which made Liu Xiu feel very good, and even the haze of Pang Meng's rebellion was swept away.

When he arrived at Qingliang Palace, he asked Zhang Kun to prepare wine and food, and dined with Deng Yu and Pi Tong.

During the banquet, Liu Xiu thanked Pi Tong for his kindness, but Pi Tong did not take credit, and said happily: "Your Majesty praises it!" Weichen didn't do anything, the queen's mother and son were safe, all because of His Majesty's blessings! ”

Liu Xiu laughed and said, "With Weijun here, I'm like eating a reassuring pill!" ”

Pi Tong smiled and didn't answer.

Deng Yu noticed that Pi Tong had been absent-minded, and he asked curiously, "Does Weijun have something on his mind?" ”

Hearing this, Liu Xiu immediately looked at Pi Tong, who said very little today, as if he had something on his mind.

He asked, "What's on Weijun's mind?" ”

Pi Tong pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen is old and wants to ...... Say goodbye to the old and return to the hometown. ”

As soon as his words came out, Liu Xiu and Deng Yu were both shocked.

Pi Tong is older than Liu Xiu and Deng Yu, but he has not reached the point where he is old and has to return to his hometown.

Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment and asked, "What grievances has Weijun suffered?"

You name it, and I'll help you out! ”

Pi Tong smiled when he heard this, shook his head and said, "Your Majesty said that you are laughing, what grievances can Weichen suffer?" ”

He is too often, ranking first among the nine kings, second only to the three dukes, and the three dukes of the big Situ Fuzhan and the big Sikong Song Hong, all of them belong to senior workers, how can their relationship with Liu Xiu be compared with the relationship between Pi Tong and Liu Xiu.

Speaking of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, the only one whose status can really be above Pi Tong is the great Sima Wu Han.

And Wu Han has been fighting abroad for many years and rarely returns to Beijing, in Luoyang, who else can bully Pi Tong?

Who would dare to bully Pi Tong?

He said: "Your Majesty, I can't hide it, Weichen feels that the limit is approaching, and he wants to return to the fiefdom and do what he wants. ”

Deng Yu subconsciously stood up and reprimanded loudly in dissatisfaction: "What is Weijun talking nonsense?

What a limit is coming! It's nonsense! ”

Liu Xiu looked at Pi Tong blankly, and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Pi Tong is a meritorious minister who followed him to fight the world in Hebei, the founding father, and Liu Xiu is very clear about Pi Tong's character.

Pi Tong is not the kind of person who will talk about it, on the contrary, Pi Tong is extremely conservative and cautious, even if he is ten percent sure, he will only say eighty percent, and if he is eighty percent sure, he will say fifty percent.

He asked, "Is Wei Jun sick?" ”

Pi Tong looked at Liu Xiu and nodded with a smile.

Deng Yu hurriedly said: "You are the king of medicine!" Even if you are sick, you ...... You can be cured too! ”

Pi Tong shook his head and said, "It's difficult for a doctor to heal himself!" Weichen's condition, Weichen knows it in his heart.

Your Majesty, let Weichen return to the fiefdom! ”

Liu Xiu looked at Pi Tong, and suddenly, his eyes were red, he picked up the wine glass on the table, raised his head, and drank the wine in the glass.

Then, he slammed the glass to the ground.

Syllable! With the crisp sound, the people outside didn't know what was going on, Zhang Kun and the two Yu Linwei subconsciously rushed into the main hall.

Liu Xiu shouted: "Get out!" ”

Zhang Kun and the two Yu Linwei came in quickly and went out faster.

Liu Xiu looked at Pi Tong and said, "No! Weijun can't go anywhere, so let me stay in Luoyang! ”

Looking at Liu Xiu, who was a little out of shape, Pi Tong smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly.

Liu Xiu stood up, paced back and forth irritably, walked for a while, he stopped, and said: "Back in Hebei, it was so difficult, so dangerous, we all survived, and now in Luoyang, you can share the glory and wealth, but you want to go?" ”

Pi Tong can understand Liu Xiu's mood very well.

Liu Xiu, even if he is the Son of Heaven and the emperor, he also attaches great importance to his feelings, and he does everything possible to protect the brothers who were born and died with him and share weal and woe, giving him knighthood and Houlu, hoping to pass on this hard-won glory and wealth from generation to generation.

It's just that Pi Tong doesn't value these, and his ambitions are not here, he wants to concentrate on medical skills, although he can't cure his own diseases, but he can cure many people's diseases, and if he continues to stay in Luoyang as an official, it is equivalent to being trapped here, and he can't do anything.

"Your Majesty......" "Okay, don't say it again, I'm not allowed!"

Liu Xiu sat back on the couch, looked at Pi Tong with some annoyance and distress, and said in an accentuated tone: "It's not allowed!" ”