Chapter 42: The Twelve Princes (1)
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"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you are not allowed to go in. "Faintly, it seems to hear Jiang Shouquan's voice, he is blocking the emperor from letting him in, what is the emperor doing when he comes in, this is the delivery room, a bloody place, is he here to take my child's life, no, no, I will not let anyone take my child.
"Hard, mother, the child's head is about to come out!"
Wen Po's words gave me great encouragement, and I tried my best to give it my last strength...... If I am destined to die in this life, I am willing to exchange my rebirth for the peace of my children.
On the seventh night of October in the twentieth year of Zaide, the twelfth son of the emperor was born.
I looked at my son, who was as young as a cat on the pillow, and his lips were full of sweet smiles, this is my child, I have lived for two lifetimes, I finally have my own child, although he is not less than a month, his size is much smaller than the average newborn, but he survived, and I survived.
I know that I still have a long way to go, and I will protect this weak child on the thorny road so that he will not be hurt in the slightest.
'Spring' brought a bowl of sweet glutinous rice wine, and said with a smile: "Niangniang woke up, the imperial doctor prescribed a meal recipe, and in the future, the slave maid will use this recipe to prepare the meal for Niangniang in the confinement, so drink this bowl of rice wine first." "I drank it according to my words, and said again in the 'spring' equinox: "Because Niangniang was born prematurely, the little prince's 'milk' mother has not yet been found, but Niangniang doesn't have to worry too much, the queen has already ordered the Shang Palace Bureau to choose it with all her might!"
I looked at my son, who was sleeping soundly, shook my head, and said softly but firmly: "I don't want a 'milk' mother, I want to nurse my son myself!"
'Spring' was shocked: "Niangniang, this is not in accordance with the rules!"
I gently 'kneaded' my 'milk' room to alleviate the swelling pain, and also hoped to make the 'milk' better secretion, and then said: "When Shen Qi comes later, I will ask him to prepare some food to promote 'milk', child...... I'll be hungry soon!"
The "spring" equinox and "desire" stopped, I looked at her quietly like this, she sighed silently, and had to respond.
Shen Qi came to check my pulse as usual, and said: "Fortunately, Niangniang's body and bones are quite healthy, but she still needs nourishment, and so does His Royal Highness the Prince, so I must let the 'milk' mother take the 'medicine' and turn it into 'milk' juice for the little prince to take!"
I interrupted him and said, "There is no 'milk' mother, I will feed him myself, so as long as I come to drink the 'medicine', can you add some more 'milk' recipes to the meal you prescribe for me!"
Shen Qi looked at me in a daze, and then looked back at the 'spring' equinox, and the 'spring' shook his head helplessly.
Just as I was hesitating, the emperor came from outside, and I looked at the hour, about the beginning of the court.
Qi Heng walked in with his head held high, his posture was 'straight', and his face was as heavy as water!!, not like a father who had been reborn, as if things had nothing to do with him.
Everyone around him bowed to him, and he looked at me, told them to get up, and asked, "What's the matter?"
I smiled and said, "The concubine wants to ask for a decree and personally feed the twelve princes!"
The 'spring' face changed greatly, looking at me with a very anxious gaze, and then glanced at Qiheng, Qiheng looked at me for a while, then looked at the child in the swaddling clothes, and said, "If you like it!"
I smiled and said, "I don't know when the emperor will give our little twelve names, but several princes have names from birth!"
He looked embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.
I snorted almost inaudibly, and knew that it would be like this, since he didn't expect the birth of this child, how could he give him a name at the first time of his birth, the eldest prince, the second prince, etc., which was not still in the mother's womb and turned over the text several times, and my child was despised like this.
I looked at him, and there was a faint smile on my lips, and said: "It's nothing if the emperor can't remember it for a while, the concubine waits for the emperor to think about it, but the concubine thinks about it, this child is the emperor's youngest son, and the concubine has worked hard to get it, so you can't just call it like this, it's better to call it a 'milk' name first!"
He said lightly: "Whatever you want, you can call it whatever you like!"
I looked down at the child sleeping sweetly, with a little face as white as 'jade', and blurted out: "It's called 'jade'!"
He followed my gaze and looked at the child, sighed for no reason, and said, "Okay, it's called 'Jade'!"
I smiled and said, "Your Majesty, go back and change your clothes first!"
He nodded and left, I continued to lie down to accompany my child, he must be very tired, so in addition to crying for a while when he was born, and then he fell asleep all the time, Shen Qi said, he did not have enough time in the mother's body, and now he still needs to rest, fortunately, the newborn baby can hold on for a while, I hope that my 'milk' can be secreted during this time.
The summer solstice soon made the food that promoted 'milk', I ate and fell asleep, and was awakened by the child's crying, I hurriedly sat up and held him in my arms and coaxed him, his cry was so weak, crying that I was so heartbroken.
"Niangniang, is Your Highness hungry? "'Spring' cautioned.
I'm really confused, he must be hungry, premature babies are not as good as full-term babies, I can't hold on for so long, I hurriedly untie the placket and put the 'milk' to his mouth, he sucked hard after holding it, I was also frequently 'kneading' and pinching, but there was still no 'milk', the child was so anxious that he cried again.
I was also anxious, and hurriedly said: "What's the matter, why don't you have 'milk' yet, doesn't it say that there will be 'milk' after giving birth!"
'Chunfen' and the others are all untrained 'women', where do they know this, they can only go to Shen Qi, but Shen Qi is a man after all, there is a difference between men and women, we only see that across the curtain, the child's cry is faint but continuous.
"Is there any other way, his strength is too small to suck it out. "I was about to cry, and I was at a loss as I looked at my crying son in my arms.
Shen Qi's voice was very embarrassed, and said: "Niangniang is a meridian that is blocked, and she can only rely on external forces to dredge it, so ...... If the mother insists on feeding herself, let people ...... first Dredge the meridians first!"
"How to dredge, you say it quickly!"
"This ......" he hesitated slightly, and I was about to get angry, so he had to say, "Let people suck hard!"
I couldn't help but blush, but I looked at my child...... As soon as I gritted my teeth and looked at the 'spring equinox' and the others, they all blushed and lowered their heads, and as soon as I said two words: "You ......" the emperor came out to sing outside, and I obviously felt that everyone was relieved.
"I heard that the child kept crying and couldn't eat 'milk', what's the matter. He frowned, walked in with a serious face, Shen Qi immediately reported the situation in a low voice, I didn't dare to look at him, I was afraid that he would not let me nurse the child, but I could still feel his sword-like eyes staring at me, after Shen Qi finished speaking, he said coldly: "You all go down!"
There was a sound of rustling, everyone retreated, he sat down on the side of the 'bed', and said, "Would you rather starve your child than let the 'nurse' mother nurse you!"
My tears flowed down my eyes, it was not easy for this child to come, I was just blindly afraid.