Chapter 1020: Childbirth
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Lying on the makeshift delivery bed, Nanzi felt a sharp pain in her abdomen, a wet feeling between her legs, and the seeds planted in Sishang last April finally bear fruit......
But the process of picking the fruit is not as wonderful as when they are combined.
The pain struck again, and she couldn't help but cry out, gasping for breath like a drowning person calling for help, two witches holding her hands tightly, and an old woman with wrinkled skin was busy between her legs.
"The fetal position is not correct...... the old woman raised her head and muttered to Nanzi: "Don't think about anything else, don't work hard......"
This is her nurse, who knows all the mysteries of the blood-stained birthing bed, and at the same time can keep her secrets, and is a trustworthy person. However, Nanzi just couldn't concentrate, the situation in the Song Kingdom was like this, and there were strange clouds outside, how could she not think about it?
Since last month (January), the princes close to Zhao Wuxian met in Taoqiu to establish a "joint column" to counter the "Lianheng" of Qi, Qin, Zheng and Wei, and the war in the Central Plains has been imminent. As the country closest to Zhao Wuxian, the Song State was the one who had to take on the main force of attacking Zheng.
After Song Guoda Sicheng Le Wei returned to Shangqiu, he has been preparing for this matter - originally Song Guo was co-ruled by the Le family and Nanzi, but as Nanzi's belly gradually bulged, it was inconvenient for her to show up again. So under the pretext that she wanted to meditate and communicate with the ancestral spirits, she began to retreat in the society last winter, and even when she met with people, she hid in the curtains.
However, in mid-January, Le Wei suddenly contracted the epidemic and fell ill, so that Le Shi and Nanzi could not join forces to govern the Song Kingdom.
For a while, the call for the pro-government of the Song Dynasty was flooded up and down the government and the opposition, but fortunately, the Huang family, who also belonged to the Le family's camp, stood up, and the second secretary of the emperor was very enthusiastic to let people give Le Yu Yan medical advice, and at the same time promised to deal with the matter of the Song State sending troops to aid Zhao.
"Cast it with papaya, repay it with Qiong Yao......" he swore to say.
However, Nanzi, who has been secretly manipulating Song ** Zheng, noticed that something was wrong: the soldiers dispatched by Huang Ying were mainly soldiers of the Le clan and the family of doctors who had a friendly relationship with the Zhao family, and according to the secret line she had buried in the palace, Huang Ying had been in close contact with Song Gong recently......
She was suspicious in her heart, so on the eve of the Song army leaving Shangqiu, Nanzi suddenly crossed the Song Gong and the second secretary of the Song State, and issued a divination.
Sure enough, Song Gong and Huang Ying were panicked at this time.
This was originally a long-term conspiracy of the monarch and ministers, the Song Duke was eager to pro-government, and the Huang family was worried about Nanzi's "Ji Si Chen", and the two hit it off, intending to take advantage of the transfer of Le's soldiers to launch a coup d'Γ©tat, control Nanzi, regain the power of the Song State, and at the same time break away from the control of the Zhao family and restore the independent status of the Song State.
However, Nanzi saw through their tricks first, so the Duke of Song immediately launched a coup d'Γ©tat with the group of people loyal to the Gong and the Huang family, took control of the Song Palace and the East City Gate, and also launched an attack on Yuefu and Haoshe.
Nanzi has been in control of the Song Kingdom for ten years, and the believers are all over the countryside and deeply rooted, and the strength of those coups is far inferior to her, even if Le Miao is dying, Nanzi is confident that she can solve the trouble by herself. However, just as she smiled contemptuously and wanted to make the coup disappear with a slight movement of her fingers, labor pains struck......
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When she was carried into the secret room, Shangqiu was already in a mess, and when Nanzi and Le Wei were unable to come forward, many people had already fallen to Song Gong and the Huang clan. What's worse is that someone betrayed Nanzi and advertised her name as a saint, but she was actually a slut and had an affair with Zhao Qing of the Jin Kingdom...... For a time, public opinion was also extremely unfavorable to Nanzi, and the situation in the Song Kingdom became unknown.
Although Nanzi has countless ways to fight back, she can only lie helplessly on the delivery bed, at the mercy of the old woman.
She suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness in her heart.
She is a sacred and inoffensive Song State witch in front of outsiders, and an unattainable princess surnamed Gongzi, but in the final analysis, she is a weak woman after all.
When she was ten months pregnant, Nanzi realized how vulnerable she was to remove those titles.
"Have you ever been so embarrassed?" She couldn't help but think of another woman of high power, one of her distant ancestors.
Nanzi read the divination of the Wu Ding era, which recorded that Wu Ding's wife not only participated in the government affairs, met with the elderly, inspected Wang Ji, she even had her own fiefdom, extremely wealthy, in the event of a war, she would also go out with Wu Ding, the husband and wife slaughtered the dissatisfied Fang Guo together, and returned with honor.
In short, women are involved in a lot of affairs, everything that men can do, women are involved, women are not allowed to shave their eyebrows, sometimes she is simply half an emperor......
However, such a heroic female general, heroine, died on the birth bed.
"Jia Shenbu, Shell Zhen: Is the woman a good woman? Wang Zhan said: Thirty days and another day, Jiayin gave birth, and he was not ...... Izutra ...... King...... Yu Mu Xin...... Baekzai ...... Blood ......"
When he saw this paragraph on the tortoiseshell divination, Nanzi's heart suddenly cooled.
She suddenly understood why the nurse had nagged: the man's battlefield is in the city and the wilderness, and the woman's battlefield is on the delivery bed.
Compared with the spear and sword, the blood-stained birthing bed is more dangerous for women, and the same is true for Nanzi......
"Am I going to die here?" The pain that made her almost faint make her think about it.
"Don't think about it!" The old woman reprimanded again, waking Nanzi up, Nanzi gritted her teeth stubbornly, and tried to pull herself back to reality.
Yes, she looked at her high bulging lower abdomen, new life was waking up, and Zhao Wuxian's heir was kicking wildly in her womb......
Only by giving birth to this enemy can she leave this dangerous delivery bed and return to her familiar territory.
And as long as the child can survive, Zhao Wuxian will never ignore her, no matter how much the situation in the Song Kingdom is erosive, Nanzi believes that as long as there is Zhao Jun's support, she can turn it back!
Sweat condensed on the surface of her skin and ran down her forehead, and Nanko used all her strength, as if she had slammed her father down from the top of Kirinomiya.
The difference is that this time it was to kill a loved one, but this time it was to give birth to hope.
She clenched her fists and hissed......
Sharp pain came from between her legs, and she felt as if her body had been torn to shreds and put back together.
Immediately, her belly suddenly emptied, and something left her body, making her heart feel relieved and empty......
Nanzi lay weakly on the bed, her body was completely soaked with her sweat, and her legs were numb and painful in the depths. After gasping for more than ten times, she raised her head with difficulty with the help of others, and looked eagerly at her nurse, wondering the sex of the child.
"Giving birth to a boy."
The umbilical cord had been cut, and the old woman held the newborn in her hands, and there was no emotion on her wrinkled face, but her eyes looked back at Nanzi with pity......
The joy on Nanzi's face suddenly froze.
The newborn, covered with amniotic fluid and afterbirth, was not breathing......
Is this a stillbirth?
No, no, no, no! This is not true! Nanzi was almost crazy, tears welled up from her eyes, she had never been so sad, her beloved who was still snuggled in her body a moment ago didn't have a chance to see this colorful world, and it was taken away like this? It's not fair!
She struggled to straighten her chest, supported her body with her elbows, wrestled with her limp legs, and it was so hard to even sit up that the whole world was spinning around......
Nanzi opened his arms and snatched back his child, this is a baby boy, the newborn is very ugly, and the skin is wrinkled, but in Nanzi's eyes, if he can survive smoothly, he must be a healthy and strong bandit gentleman in the future.
But it's all gone!
She hugged him and was heartbroken, feeling that the whole world was leaving her, but her fingertips felt the faint heartbeat that she could dream of hearing in the past few months......
This is a trace of life that only a mother can perceive, and the haze in Nanzi's eyes was blown away at once. She hurriedly asked others to help, and again and again, she gently patted and stroked his crumpled back, but to no avail.
Just when everyone else was not hopeful, a light cough spit out a stream of amniotic fluid from the baby's small bean-sized mouth......
Next, there were a few loud cries!
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Accustomed to the dimness of the interior, the outside world is frighteningly bright.
When Nanzi walked out of the temple, she felt that the witches, nobles, and people who had gathered outside the shrine to pray for her response were all watching her.
Still in a white deep robe, beautiful but graceful and solemn demeanor, they let out bursts of cheers when they saw Nanzi finally come out, but there were also sharp-eyed people who saw the baby in her arms......
For a moment, the crowd was filled with whispers, the believer's eyes were round in disbelief, and the nobleman looked at her strangely out of the corner of his eye.
Song Gong and Huang Ying did not hesitate to slander Nanzi with the most vicious rumors, saying that she was not a virgin, let alone a saint, but a slut, with countless faces, often under the pretext of visiting foreign countries, to have an affair with Zhao Qing of the Jin State, and even conceived his evil seed. It was precisely because of this rumor and Nanzi's delay in showing up that some Song people who were originally on Nanzi's side hesitated. Song Gong and the supporters of the Huang clan took the opportunity to launch an offensive, and now they have controlled most of Shangqiu City, only the vicinity of the Le Mansion and the Hao Society are still resisting, and at this moment, Nanzi can hear the shouts of killing coming from a few streets and alleys......
Is all this true? For a while, believers who have been controlled by the "Heavenly Dao" for nearly ten years feel that the edifice of their faith is collapsing.
Although she was a little dizzy for a short time when she came out, and there was still a lot of pain in the depths of her legs, Nanzi felt that her physical strength had recovered, and her heart was extremely strong. Now she is like a caring mother animal, more dangerous than ever, and anyone who tries to harm her child is killing herself.
After listening to Wu Zhu's report on the situation in the city, facing these puzzled eyes outside, she knew that she had to do something.
She stepped forward and said to the people:
"King Xuan is coming, this prophecy is spread in the Song Dynasty, and the second and third sons are known to ......"
"A few years ago, I dreamed that the Emperor of Heaven spoke out, saying: King Xuan has arrived, and in the north, he will inherit the cause of Emperor Jun. However, Song Jun has no virtue, and the Song Kingdom is afraid of decline, so he gave you Xuanzi and revitalized the Song Kingdom to support it, and then there was a Xuanniao soaring by, falling an egg, which happened to fall into my mouth......"
The crowd let out a sigh, "The Divine Destiny Xuanniao descended to give birth to business." "This is a legend that the Yin people believe to be true for generations, their first generation of ancestors came here in this way, and now Nanzi dreams of falling eggs from the Xuanniao, is it ......
"Not bad." Seeing that everyone was skeptical, Nanzi knew that if she turned back, everything would be over, so she made a trace of shyness and said: "After waking up from the dream, I only felt a warmth in my abdomen, and later I learned that I was pregnant. β
Nanzi's shy smile is beautiful, holding the baby in his arms, like the Holy Mother holding the Holy Son, the Song people are simple, and there are already many people who do not doubt him, but they just think that this is a miracle!
Nanzi didn't wait for the smart people in the crowd to come back to his senses, and then took a few steps forward.
She can't back down, she can't be afraid.
She held up the baby boy, who had already been cleaned and sleeping in swaddling clothes, and announced loudly.
"Nanzi dreamed of a bird falling eggs as a virgin, and was conceived by induction, this son is Xuanzi, and it is destined to revitalize the Xuanzi of the Song Kingdom!"
"Xuanzi!" The people outside the society habitually bowed their heads, and someone raised their heads and asked loudly: "Dare to ask Dawu, what is the name of Xuanzi?" β
"His name ......" Although he is Zhao Wuxian's blood and blood, he is destined not to openly take Zhao as his clan, but Nanzi has no regrets, after becoming a mother, her whole world lives only for him.
"Its name is Zishang!"
"Zishang! Sub-merchant! The cheers rang out, the collapse of the temple of faith stopped, and taller buildings rose from the ground, and under the leadership of Nanzi's cronies, someone was already singing the Shang hymn loudly.
"The Divine Destiny Xuanniao, descended to give birth to business, and the house is full of earth. The ancient emperor ordered Wu Tang, and after the fate of the Quartet in the right domain, there were nine deaths. Shang Zhi successively, ordered not to die, in Wu Ding's grandson. Wu Ding's grandson, King Wu is invincible! β
"The dragon is ten times, and the big gluten is the inheritance. Banggi is thousands of miles, the people of Weimin stop, and the territory is all over the world. β
"The four seas are fake, and Qi Qi is fake. Jingyuan Wei River. Yin was ordered to be Xianyi, what is Bailu! β
In the frenzy, only a few people suddenly thought: Since Xuanzi has been surrendered, who is the "Xuanwang" in the north who inherited the business of the distant ancestor Emperor Jun of the Eastern Clans respected by Yin Shang?
There is only one answer.
In the song of Shang Song, the temple bells and drums rang in unison, after many days of silence, the Miao Society once again issued a clarion call to gather believers, calling on them to defend the temple, and the people gathered outside the Miao Society also raised their chests, holding weapons and sticks, they want to defend the Great Witch, defend Xuanzi, even if the enemy is the monarch, even if the enemy is the monarch, ten years of brainwashing, has made them only know the way of heaven, the Great Witch, but do not know Song Jun......
Nanzi took the awakened baby boy back into his arms, and smiled lovingly as he looked at him sleepily looking for his ***.
He is just a fledgling that has just broken out of his shell, but one day in the future, he will grow into a great hero like his father, and he will fly high!
She decided to give him a birthday gift, a country of a thousand times!
(To be continued.) )