Yuanhang invited the princess to the upper position, and sat beside her. The four ladies sat down in turn.

Because of the presence of the princess, Xia Yuanwei, Gu Shenyi and others did not go up to the main table, and sat at the second table with Wuying and others. Outside, Tang Ling and Yingyue and other personal maids sat at a table with the princess's maid Birou. The Thirteen Iron Guards of the Ninth Princess occupied two tables. The rest are all people from the house.

Yuanhang got up, raised the cup in his hand, saluted the princess first, turned out, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, tonight is the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and when the time comes, it will be the new year." It is a great honor for me to be with you all to welcome the New Year. Now that the princess is here, it makes the mansion even more vibrant. Thank you all for your hard work over the past year, and tonight we will drink heartily and not get drunk. ”

Everyone thanked in unison, and then each shouted, and the hall suddenly became lively.

The Ninth Princess took out two silver immortal locks from her arms, and said with a smile: "This palace came abruptly, and no gifts have been prepared. Some time ago, he ordered someone to make two silver locks in the city and give them to the two ladies, hoping that the children would grow up safely. It has caused a lot of inconvenience to Yefu, and I hope that all the ladies will forgive me. After speaking, he handed the silver lock to Liqiu and Du Wen respectively.

"Stingy, don't give a gold." Yuanhang muttered in a low voice, but the ninth princess heard it, sat back and turned her head sideways and said: "How can this palace bring a lot of silver taels when you come to Jiangzhou, and you will be supplemented with two gold locks when you go back to the back hall." ”

"Hehe, joke, joke, the princess is to give an iron lock, we are very happy." Yuanhang hurriedly laughed and said, Xindao This girl's ear is so good, she can listen to such a whisper.

Liqiu and Du Wen thanked her, and the ninth princess looked at Wanyue and said with a smile: "But if Mrs. Yuanhang is pregnant, this palace will send an immortal lock, and you two still need to hurry." ”

Wanyue and Qinghe looked at Yuanhang shyly, Yuanhang laughed, and said, "Soon, soon, the princess should be ready in time." ”

After dinner, the next person brought tea and melon seeds. And the crowd chatted and waited for the time to come. Yuanhang is bored, there is no Spring Festival Gala to watch, and there is no mahjong to play, how long will this be sitting?

"Well, you talk first, I'll go back to my room and take a nap." After a while, he yawned and was sleepy, and he got up to go back to his room.

"No." The women shouted almost in unison, which really frightened the voyage.

"Why not?" Yuanhang asked as he raised his eyelids and looked around.

"Xianggong, you can't sleep tonight, otherwise you will be sick and plagued in the coming year." Wanyue got up and grabbed Yuanhang's arm and said.

"Who said that?" Yuanhang grinned and asked, in previous years, he fell asleep watching TV, and woke up in the middle of the night.

The ninth princess took a sip of tea and said lightly: "You are still my important minister, but you don't know such customs, is it possible that you have slept in previous years?" ”

"I ......" Yuanhang blinked, and suddenly said: "No wonder you all went to sleep in the afternoon, only I was making the lamp, why did you tell me now." ”

"It's not too late, it's midnight in one hour." The Ninth Princess couldn't help but laugh.

"Xianggong, let's hold on for a while." Qinghe felt distressed about the voyage, but he didn't dare to let him sleep, so he said in a dilemma.

"That's it, put the wishing lantern away." Yuanhang needs to find something to do, otherwise he will only sit in this hall for an hour, and he will fall asleep while he sits.

The Ninth Princess looked at him and asked, "Didn't you say that in the afternoon, it was only effective when the child was born?" ”

Yuanhang looked back at her and said, "The princess has a really good memory, please wait for the princess here, and the ministers will go with the ladies first." After saying that, he pulled up Wanyu and walked to the front hall.

"Eh, eh......" The ninth princess shouted that he would not return, and when she saw that everyone got up and left, she pouted and followed with her dress.

In the vestibule, there are six Kong Ming lanterns placed side by side, and the voyage is framed with thin bamboo strips and pasted with paper, so it should be able to fly.

Yuanhang ordered someone to take a large candle, first chose a lamp that seemed to be more reliable, turned around and said: "One for each person, go to the lamp to make a wish, who is the first one?" ”

"Let the princess be the first one." Wanyue said first, and the women nodded yes. The ninth princess was not polite, and walked out to stand beside Yuanhang.

"Please, you go to the lamp and make a wish, what's the use of standing next to me." Yuanhang sneered and pointed at Kong Ming's lantern.

The ninth princess swallowed her anger, and in front of the women, she had a bad seizure, and walked to the lamp with small steps.

"Close your hands, close your eyes, and make a wish." The voyage fixed the candle underneath and lit the fire.

"Can I make a wish for two?" The ninth princess looked innocent and lowered her head and asked.

"No, choose the one that you think is important." Yuanhang replied angrily, this princess is really eventful, if she makes a wish for all good things, then it is still useless.

"Oh." The ninth princess answered, looked at the voyage, closed her eyes, moved the corners of her mouth slightly, and began to make a wish.

"Okay, no, the lights are going to fly." Yuanhang saw her standing in front of the lamp endlessly, squatting on the ground and feeling uncomfortable, and opened his mouth to urge.

"Hmm." The Ninth Princess took a step back, and Yuanhang called her to step forward and hold the bottom of the lamp, feeling that the heat was almost full, and said softly: "Let go slowly and try it." ”

The ninth princess let go of her hands, and the Kong Ming lantern floated up slowly.

"Ahh The ninth princess was stunned by what she saw, how could this lamp still fly into the sky? He shouted out in surprise, raised his head and turned around to follow Kong Minglan's movements.

"It's beautiful."

"Yes, Xianggong is so powerful." The women had never seen a lantern that could fly into the sky, and they cheered happily for a while.

The ninth princess looked at the Kong Ming lantern that was gradually moving away, and thought in her heart, could it be that what he said was true? Can a wish really come true?

Yuanhang released Kong Ming lanterns for everyone one by one, and the last one was left to himself.

"Yilan, I would like to turn into this lamp and float away to meet you. Even after a thousand years, I will never forget you, thank you for accompanying me every day. Yuanhang put the lights down and floated into the night sky with a long thought, the candlelight flickered, as if Yilan's smiling face was watching everyone.

"By the way, I forgot to tell you, you need to tell me what you wish later, otherwise it won't work." Yuanhang suddenly became curious, pretending to be serious, and said with a straight face.

"Why did I tell you, and how did it count as a wish." The ninth princess was slightly stunned after hearing this, and asked very unnaturally.

"I said you were a princess, say it or not, or that sentence, don't blame me if it doesn't work." Yuanhang didn't want to know what her wish was, but only wanted to know what his wives had made.

"You ......" The ninth princess was speechless, he always used this trick against himself, glaring at him fiercely with hatred, but the light was dim and he couldn't see the voyage.

"Wanyu, come here." Yuanhang stood in the doorway and shouted to Wanyo.

"Xianggong." Wanyue came to his side, Yuanhang leaned his head over, and asked, "Okay, what wish did you make?" ”

Wanyu whispered: "I hope that in the coming year, Xianggong will be in good health and prosperous in his official fortune." ”

"Good." Yuanhang smiled, hugged Wanyue and kissed it gently, and said, "It's late at night, go back quickly." ”

Qinghe walked over with a twist, standing in front of Yuanhang but not speaking.

"If you don't say yes, then your wish will be disappointed." Yuanhang scares Qinghe with his face.

Qinghe leaned over embarrassedly, put it in Yuanhang's ear, and said in an extremely weak voice: "The concubine made a wish that she hoped to inherit the ancestral lineage for the princess. ”

Yuanhang nodded and said, "This wish will be fulfilled in the coming year." ”

Liqiu held his stomach and walked over with the support of Chunyue. Yuanhang dodged to the side and said, "Come in, don't get cold." ”

Liqiu stood down and asked, "Why didn't Xianggong ask me what I had promised?" ”

"You still need to ask, it's nothing more than making a wish to have a boy," Yuanhang said with a light smile.

Liqiu opened his mouth halfway, nodded in surprise, and said, "Xianggong is a true god." ”

"Come on, hurry back." The voyage hurried and drove Liqiu back to the house.

The most curious person in Yuanhang is Du Wen, I don't know how she made a wish.

Du Wen was also generous, walked over and looked at the voyage affectionately, and said: "I hope the child is born safely, it is best to ...... Preferably a boy. ”

Yuanhang was amused in his heart, it seemed that patriarchy has been so serious since ancient times, and comforted her: "Wen'er has a good heart, and it will come true." ”

"Thank you." Du Wen laughed happily and was helped back into the house by Sixin.

Yuanhang glanced at the ninth princess who was still standing in the courtyard, and shouted: "Princess, come back quickly, it's so cold, I'll go in first." ”

"You wait." Seeing that Yuanhang turned around to enter the house, the ninth princess hurriedly called out to him and trotted a few steps to his side.

"What else is the matter with the princess?" Yuanhang smiled secretly in his heart, pretending not to know on the surface, and asked deliberately.

The ninth princess hesitated, glanced at Yuanhang and lowered her head. Asked softly, "Do you have to say it?" ”

"Whatever you want." Yuanhang put his hands behind his back, looked up at the night sky, and said to himself: "The wishing lamp is about to disappear, if it is gone, it will be the same whether you say it or not." ”

"I said." The ninth princess hurriedly looked up, lowered her head and whispered, "I made a wish to marry you." ”

"Huh?" Yuanhang was taken aback, what kind of joke, this is not good and will die.

"Well, princess, don't you have two wishes? This one is more difficult, what is the other one? I'll help you make it happen. "Yuanhang really didn't dare to marry the princess, for fear that they would be wronged, and second, for fear that she would lose her temper and not be able to control it, and she didn't dare to scold her, and the backstage was hard.

"Another ......" Princess Jiu rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "The other is that I hope you will marry me." ”

"You ......" looked at the innocent smile of the ninth princess, and the voyage was completely speechless, and she hunted geese all year round, but was pecked by geese.

"We'll talk about it another day." Yuanhang was afraid that they would wait too long, so he dropped a word and ran back into the house. The Ninth Princess giggled and followed in with her dress.

Yuanhang had just entered the hall, Chunyue ran out in a panic, saw Yuanhang, and said nervously: "My lord, it's not good, the third young grandmother has pain in her abdomen, I'm afraid she is about to give birth." ”

"Ahh Before Yuanhang's ass sat on the chair, he bounced up again when he heard the back, and asked loudly, "Raw?" ”

Chunyue shook her head and replied, "I haven't been born yet, I'm afraid I'm going to give birth soon." ”

Yuanhang's head is hot, and I don't know what to do. It was fine just now, but it's about to give birth in a blink of an eye.

"Hurry up and call the divine doctor." The ninth princess entered the hall and hurriedly shouted.

"Yes, yes, go and call the Divine Doctor." Yuanhang said.

Chunyue cried out anxiously and said, "The slave maid is gone, Doctor Gu has just been drunk, and he can't wake up." ”

"I'll rub it, this Gu Shen Doctor." The voyage is choked enough, not drunk in the morning or not drunk in the evening, but I can't get drunk at this time.

Qinghe ran out of the house and said to Yuanhang: "Don't worry, my father said that Granny Li in the neighborhood of the old house is the midwife, but someone can find it." ”

"Oh." Yuanhang subconsciously responded, looked around and didn't see Tang Ling, grabbed Chunyue and ordered: "Go to the East Courtyard quickly, and call Tang Ling, Wuying, and they all to me." ”

Chunyue wiped away her tears, nodded and hurriedly ran to call someone.

Yuanhang left the Nine Princesses and hurriedly ran towards the autumn room.

Liqiu cried out in pain on the bed, holding her stomach with one hand and Wanyue with the other, shouting: "Sister save me, I am dying of pain." ”

Yuanhang stepped forward and took Liqiu's hand and comforted: "Xianggong is here, Liqiu is not afraid, it won't hurt when it comes out in a while." ”

Liqiu gasped for breath, teary eyes, shook his head vigorously, and looked straight into the distance.

"Boil water, go boil water, prepare some linen." There was no experienced person in the room, and he was still the most experienced in the voyage, so he hurriedly turned back and ordered.

Away from the painful death and life, the legs instinctively parted. Seeing the scene, I was afraid that I couldn't wait for the midwife's mother-in-law to arrive, so I ordered someone to cover the side of the bed, so that no wind would come in, and I took off Liqiu's bottom~ pants by myself.

"My lord, Tang Ling and they are here, waiting outside the door for orders."

"Xianggong, I'll pick up someone." Qinghe glanced at Liqiu on the bed, went out and shouted that there was no shadow, and went straight to his old house with Xia Yuanwei.

Doctor Gu's neighbor also had a midwife, and Dao Zi didn't say a word, pulled Qingxiang and ran out of the house.

Yuanhang only knows how to deliver babies in theory, but in reality, he has no way to start. And the person who gave birth is his wife, in case of a mistake, he will not regret his death.

"Liqiu, if you hold on, the midwife-in-law will arrive soon." Yuanhang was a little scared, squatting on the edge of the bed and holding Liqiu's hand, but his hand kept shaking.

"Xianggong...... I...... No more. Li Qiu barely had the strength to speak, panting again and again.

"Don't talk, save some strength." Yuanhang saw that Liqiu suddenly stopped crying out of pain, but was a little uneasy, and hurriedly persuaded her to retain her strength.

Doctor Gu's house was not far from the garrison mansion, and Qingxiang and Dao Zi rushed to the midwife's house first. Dao Zi was anxious, and stepped forward and slammed the door.

Fortunately, tonight was Chinese New Year's Eve, and the family did not sleep, and soon a voice came from the courtyard: "Who, this midnight still comes to knock on the door." ”

"Aunt Zhang, I'm Qingxiang, open the door quickly."

"Qingxiang, it's coming." There was a sound of slow footsteps in the courtyard, and the anxious Dao Zi said to Qingxiang: "I'll take her back to the house later, and then you go back by yourself." ”

The door of the courtyard had just opened, and before Aunt Zhang could see it clearly, Dao Ziyi bent down and carried her horizontally, and turned her head and ran towards the garrison mansion.

"Ouch, help, thief......" A series of miserable cries rang out. Subsequently, it was covered by the drums of the drum tower in the city to welcome the New Year, indicating that the new year has arrived.