Chapter 60: Freaks
Just when the banquet was happy, a little eunuch hurriedly ran over and said a few words, Kangxi heard a touch of joy between his eyebrows, waved his hand to stop the song and dance, and then left the banquet.
When everyone saw this, they suddenly looked at me, I looked at you, and they couldn't figure out what Kangxi was doing?
It was Concubine Tong, because she was sitting closer to Kangxi, so she also heard what the little eunuch said just now, and she was angry and tore a veil directly.
Shu Wan looked at Zhixing next to her, only to see Zhixing nodding with a smile, Shu Wan knew that tonight's highlight was about to begin.
At this moment, the eunuchs and palace maids of various palaces also came to report, it turned out that just now, the concubine who had been waiting for labor in Zhongcui Palace had already begun to launch.
Because according to the estimation of the imperial doctor, Concubine Rou's delivery date is in these days, so Kangxi simply asked Concubine Rou to recuperate in Zhongcui Palace, and naturally did not come to tonight's banquet.
Is Concubine Rou going to give birth?
The crowd was in an uproar, it would be okay if a single concubine broke out to be pregnant tonight, but I didn't expect that Concubine Rou would give birth tonight.
Everyone was simply angry in their hearts, after all, most people tried their best to dress up tonight, and the jewelry at the bottom of the box was worn out on weekdays, just to make Kangxi look at it twice, but I didn't expect the limelight to be robbed by two pregnant women.
Despite this, they didn't dare to show the slightest displeasure, since Kangxi had rushed to Zhongcui Palace, they naturally couldn't sit still, and came to Zhongcui Palace with Kangxi.
Zhongcui Palace
At this time, the time had just arrived at three o'clock, and after Rou Concubine took the oxytocic medicine, there was a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, and her brain was blank, and she completely lost the ability to think.
Haitang happily ran into the delivery room, came to Rou Concubine's side, leaned over and said, "Niangniang, the emperor is here." ”
Hearing this, Concubine Rou's originally closed eyes suddenly opened, and her body seemed to be re-injected.
Seeing this, the midwife on the side also hurriedly shouted: "Niangniang is hard! Little Brother is about to be born! ”
Kangxi walked around anxiously outside the door, since he knew that Rou Concubine's delivery date was in these few days, his heart could not be calm for a long time.
Recently, there has been no good news in the palace for a long time, he needs a good news to lift the hearts of the people in the former and harem, there is nothing better than the birth of a little brother, he is extremely looking forward to giving birth to a healthy brother on his birthday, which is why he left the table in a hurry to come to the Zhongcui Palace.
Soon, Concubine Tong also arrived with Shu Wan and her entourage, seeing Kangxi's anxious look, Concubine Tong felt very uncomfortable, she had long regarded Kangxi as her husband alone, and now her husband is guarding other women to give birth, how can Concubine Tong's mood be good?
The Empress Dowager, who had already returned to Yongshou Palace, also sent Su Ma to wait here, and in this way, the three parties gathered in Zhong Cui Palace to wait for the birth of Rou Concubine.
As the minutes passed, the voice of the concubine from the delivery room became weaker and weaker, and Kangxi was anxious and impatiently playing with the tea bowl on the table.
The dark clouds in the sky gradually covered the moon, and the surroundings suddenly became gloomy, and at that moment, a heart-rending cry came from inside the house.
Kangxi stood up suddenly, and the tea bowl on the table was accidentally swept to the ground, could it be that the child had been born?
Everyone was worried in their hearts, and the surrounding atmosphere was indescribably weird, but after a while, they felt that something was wrong, why didn't they hear the cry of the little brother?
The concubines in the delivery room used all their strength, and their bodies were wet as if they had been soaked in sweat, and finally the concubines fainted with a scream, and several midwives took the opportunity to pull out the 'child' who had already shown their heads.
Who knew that as soon as they saw the child, the two timid midwives were directly frightened and fainted, and the other midwives stood there with straight eyes, and their upper and lower lips tried hard several times but could not speak, and their hands and legs trembled uncontrollably.
Feeling that the newborn child in her hand who had not had time to wrap up the swaddling clothes seemed to move slightly, the midwife finally came back to her senses, and threw out the things that had just been born by the concubine in her hand, and ran out screaming, shouting while running: "Monster! Monster! ”
The midwife stumbled out of the delivery room, but before she could run two steps, she hit the pillar and fainted on the spot.
The few people who were waiting for the birth of the concubine in the house were also frightened by the abnormal behavior of several midwives, but the three midwives were no longer good, there was no way, Haitang could only muster up the courage and stepped forward to pick up the child who was thrown on the ground.
After only one glance, Begonia couldn't believe her eyes, where is this child, it's just a bloody mess of meat!
The difference is that there is still an eye on the lump of meat, no eyelids, it is so wide open, and the people who look at it are stunned.
And as soon as her hand touched the lump of meat, the lump of flesh seemed to be conscious, and it squirmed, so frightened that Begonia took three steps back directly, and sat down on the ground with a limp body.
Seeing this, the palace people who were waiting next to him didn't dare to step forward, their legs were as if they had been injected with lead water, and they stood motionless, looking at the scene in front of them in horror.
The people outside the door were startled by the crazy midwife, and they also became curious about what was happening in the delivery room, what was going on?
Seeing that the midwife who died on the side was still with her eyes wide open before she died, her hands clenched, and she looked like she was not blind, several timid palace concubines also exclaimed slightly.
Kangxi's frosty eyes swept over, and suddenly no one dared to speak out, the scene was silent, and the atmosphere was dull and a little depressing.
The body of the midwife who was killed was also quickly dragged down, and Kangxi was very unhappy that this kind of thing happened on his birthday, and an angry expression appeared on his face.
The begonia in the delivery room plucked up her courage, and stood up with a trembling hand on the table next to her, despite this, Begonia still had weak legs, and just walked out of the door of the delivery room and fell to her knees.
Liang Jiugong quickly dragged the person to Kangxi, only to see that Begonia's face was pale, full of cold sweat, and when he saw Kangxi, he forgot to ask Kangxi for peace according to the rules, but he kowtowed deeply, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Concubine Rou Niangniang has given birth, and please ask the emperor to move to the delivery room." ”
"Bold!"
Concubine Tong on the side couldn't listen to it anymore, there was a lot of yin in this delivery room, so men have never been allowed to enter the delivery room, and the emperor is a golden body, what if something happens?
"It's okay," Kangxi waved his hand, signaling Concubine Tong not to say any more, he is a real dragon emperor, what is there to be afraid of, he wants to see what new tricks he has come up with this time.
Kangxi snorted coldly, strode out with a robe and stride, and there was a strong smell of blood in the delivery room, Kangxi frowned with some disgust.
At this time, the lump of meat had been wrapped in swaddling begonias, Kangxi hugged the child over, as soon as he picked it up, Kangxi felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly opened the swaddling clothes to inspect, and the lump of meat appeared in front of Kangxi's eyes all of a sudden.
The lump of meat was still squirming in his arms, Kangxi only felt extremely disgusting and frightened, and the goosebumps rose and disappeared, and he threw out the lump of meat with a direct flick of his hand.
A cold sweat had already broken out on Kangxi's forehead, what was he seeing just now?
He is not a timid person, when he was ten years old when he watched the execution in the criminal department, he could not change his face, and still leisurely drank tea and chatted with people, but the monster just now really scared him, and when he closed his eyes, it seemed that that eye appeared in his mind.
Immediately, Kangxi remembered the possible consequences of this incident, and glanced coldly at the people in the room, these people were no different from dead people in his opinion.
Kangxi is a dignified emperor, of course, his psychological quality is very strong, and it didn't take long for him to return to his usual state of joy and anger, and he had already thought of the best way to solve this matter.
After walking out of the delivery room, Kangxi ordered the immediate blockade of Zhong Cui Palace, and declared to everyone that Rou Concubine died in childbirth, and naturally did not give birth to that freak.
Everyone was caught off guard by this sudden news, and no one knew what was going on.
Of course, Kangxi didn't pay attention to so much, and directly waved his hand and asked everyone to go back to the palace.
In this case, although there are still many questions in my heart, the palace concubines who are full of doubts dare not ask, so they have to return to the palace in a huff.
After returning to the Youyou Pavilion, Shu Wan was finally able to remove her disguise and showed a satisfied smile, and her arrangements in the past few months had finally not been in vain.
In fact, Shu Wan originally wanted to keep Rou Concubine's life and let her survive, but then she thought about it, Rou Concubine's prediction ability has always been a time bomb, maybe it will explode at any time, and she can't keep such a big danger by her side.
As for poisoning Concubine Rou like that, Shu Wan felt that it was too boring, she wanted to let Concubine Rou be tortured, she must not die so easily, she wanted to take revenge on the pain she had suffered before little by little.
Thinking about it, Shu Wan finally thought that there was a wonderful medicine in her space, which would make women have symptoms of pregnancy after taking this medicine, and even the common pregnancy reactions of pregnant women would appear, and no matter whether it was the pulse or the changes in the body, people would not notice that there was a trace of abnormality.
This is the so-called secret recipe for having children.
Of course, this recipe for childbirth will not really make people pregnant, and after ten months, it will not give birth to a healthy and complete fetus, at most it will be a ball of flesh with hair or other human tissues.
Shu Wan knew that with Rou Concubine's ability, as long as she was not completely beaten down, she would never be able to turn over again, and Rou Concubine would always find a chance to make a comeback, especially Rou Concubine's ability to predict the future, which has always made her feel deeply jealous.
So this time, Shu Wan simply used a method that could be done once and for all, as long as Concubine Rou gave birth to the freak in her belly, it meant that she would never have any room to turn over.
An important task for the women in this palace is to give birth to an heir for the emperor, but as long as they give birth to a child with a heavenly cripple or a freak like Rou Concubine this time, they will be sterilized with pregnancy pills and completely lose their ability to have children.
As for Concubine Rou's incident this time, it was even more serious, she gave birth to a freak on Kangxi's birthday, and I am afraid that there is only a dead end waiting for her.
According to the current situation, things are going very smoothly, Shu Wan remembered the look on Kangxi's face after he came out of the delivery room, and she must have seen the child with her own eyes.
Under Zhiqiu's service, Shu Wan returned to the bedroom after removing the hair ornament on her head, so she didn't need to make any more moves, anyway, Kangxi would definitely not leave such a woman who gave birth to a monster in the palace.
Sure enough, late that night, there was a fire in Zhong Cui Palace, the fire spread very quickly, and the fire was finally controlled after everyone's joint efforts to extinguish it, and by the last count, more than 100 people in Zhong Cui Palace, including Rou Concubine, were all killed in this fire.
The next day, Kangxi was sad when he learned the news, and ordered that the people who died in the fire must be buried well, not only that, but also specially invited monks to come to the palace to chant and pray for blessings.
This practice seems to be a deep love for Rou Concubine, but in fact, it is because Kangxi feels that Zhong Cui Palace must have been disturbed by evil spirits, so Rou Concubine will give birth to a monster, so he specially invited monks to enter the palace to exorcise evil spirits.