Chapter 178: The Queen Mother
After Brother Zhan'er's first birthday banquet, the emperor began to cultivate his self-cultivation without warning, governed the government conscientiously, raised his children seriously, and responded to Shen Tingnian's needs and grace.
The weather began to heat up, and Pu Yangxu received a detailed report, and it was not as bad as he had predicted.
Several young eldest princesses were pregnant within a year after they got married, and then they all gave birth safely, and now there is no physical abnormality.
And the medical records of the eldest princesses of Emperor Kang'an's generation are all normal infections, colds, headaches, brain fever, and elderly women's diseases...... Occasionally, one or two died of illness but died suddenly, the same as Emperor Kang'an's violent death.
Looking at the feudal kings with fiefdoms, most of the generals are healthy, and the injuries that appear in the diagnosis are all external, and the Wenchen is slightly worse, and there are various reasons for prescribing prescriptions to recuperate the body, and even those who consolidate the foundation and nourish the yuan...... Pu Yangxu eliminated them one by one, until he saw the familiar word "King Cong", and his expression changed slightly.
"In the autumn of the first year of Jianyuan, he suddenly fell from a horse while patrolling, but fortunately he only suffered skin injuries, and the reason for the fall is unknown."
"In the winter of the same year, Princess Cong was critically ill once, relapsed into old diseases, and coughed all day long."
"In the third year of Jianyuan, the prince suddenly had a rash and a high fever overnight, but fortunately he took care of the medical woman to reduce fever with medicine, and prescribed a strange prescription to treat the rash, and the prince was safe."
Pu Yangxu hadn't paid attention to their news for a long, long time, as long as he knew that they were safe in the distance.
Today, when I saw these small pieces of news, I was stunned for a while.
"Someone comes, pass on my edict, and summon the scholars of the Hanlin Academy to draft an edict ......"
Pu Yangxu suddenly decided to summon King Cong to return to Beijing with his family, and the ministers of the two prefectures were all alarmed.
Fortunately, although there is no warning, it is not too ridiculous, and everyone expresses their opinions when they talk about it.
The emperor is not bent on going his own way, since it is the Hanlin Academy that drafts the edict, it means that there is room for discussion in this matter.
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In the afternoon of the same day, Brother Zhan began to speak.
At first, it was to say, "Hug every year." Shen Tingnian was consulting ancient books at the time, and replied casually, "I'll hold ...... later."
"! The little prince ......" Xiao Youchun reacted first, looking at Brother Zhan, who was already able to walk on his own, and explained excitedly, "I can speak." ”
"Mother's hug." Brother Zhan opened his hand to hug her, and called her mother like Xiao Youchun.
Shen Tingnian came back to his senses and immediately picked him up, and smiled happily, "Zhan Zhan, you are not calling Niangniang, calling Mother Concubine." ”
"Mother."
Although some voices were immature but articulate clearly, Shen Tingnian, who listened to it, was extremely happy, and couldn't help but kiss him several times, "Call again, mother." ”
"Mother."
What is taught, what is said, what is learned.
Pu Yangxu, who rushed to hear the news, finally got his wish and heard the "father" and "father" ...... There was also a "Emperor".
The others shouted, and he learned immediately.
The happy Pu Yangxu took Brother Zhan to the imperial study on the second day, and the princes and ministers who came to discuss the matter had to complain to the family after they went back, this emperor really likes to show off his son, isn't he able to speak, as for bringing the children to call them one by one?
But this little prince is so beautiful, there is a kind of natural advantage that strangers can like just by looking at it.
If he grins at you again, he will immediately take out all the candy in his pocket and give it to him.
was stirred up by Brother Zhan, and when the matter of recalling King Cong was agreed, there was not such a heavy atmosphere, everyone said a word, I replied, the emperor was also very kind, and finally decided to send an edict to King Cong first, and people may not necessarily respond to the edict and return.
The edict that was quickly sent to Beifeng City was sunk in stone, and it took more than half a month before a letter was submitted to the imperial case along with the returned edict.
King Cong not only didn't come back, but also asked him euphemistically, "Is the emperor too idle in government affairs?" ”
"Even the idle son was almost kidnapped by someone?"
"Do you still need Uncle Huang to arrest Zheng Wanghai for you?"
Three consecutive blows - the emperor was about to kick over the imperial case, but he was stopped by Chen Luo and others.
"It's so arrogant! Ever since I opened up maritime trade for him, he no longer had to even eat green vegetables and turnips, and he began to be so arrogant! ”
During the dinner in the evening, Pu Yangxu complained to Shen Tingnian while holding Brother Zhan who was on the table, "Tell me, are you used to it, greet him kindly, and ridicule me like this!" ”
Shen Tingnian's ears were already hot when he heard it, and the uncle and nephew were arguing with each other, and they were doing some diametrically opposite small actions behind their backs.
"King Cong personally went to West Wind City in May and cleaned up the mess left by Zheng Wanghai for you, why didn't you say it?"
"There is also a batch of seafood sent to the palace last year, which one is not of great value, so that you can expand your private treasury, so that you will not reward an official and the people are tied up without a face......"
"Where am I rare!" Pu Yangxu stubbornly refused to admit that since the New Deal, the people have gotten better and better, but he has become poorer and poorer, and the money has been used to repair fortifications in various places, provide disaster relief, and reclaim wasteland to build new cities...... The population increases, and there is not enough land to live in, and in the last year alone, thirteen new cities have been built.
Especially in Shu and the northwest.
"Yes, you're not uncommon, is that happy man humming a little tune a pig?"
Shen Tingnian almost died of laughter, every time he looked at his secretly cool and suffocated appearance, it was very funny.
A dignified emperor likes windfalls so much, as if he has taken a big advantage.
The search is the same as asking Chen Luo to pick the flowers in her yard without paying.
"Every year, your family is so arrogant!"
"I'm from your family too."
"Then my family must be arrogant and arrogant, nostrils facing the sky-"
"You're just nostrils ...... up"
The day passed like this.
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In the autumn of the third year of Jianyuan, the Queen Mother fell ill again.
Shen Tingnian asked people to invite a famous doctor from Jiangnan to Beijing, but he also successfully entered Ci'an Palace to ask for a safe pulse, but the result was unsatisfactory.
The Queen Mother was so sick that she couldn't get up for months, and the people who diagnosed it said that her organs were weak and her heart rate was abnormal...... In addition, the Queen Mother dictated heartache and asthma, which is indeed a symptom of heart disease.
The queen began to lead everyone to serve the sick, this time the battle was bigger than before, and Shen Tingnian was no exception, and took out more than an hour before and after dinner every day to serve the queen mother in Ci'an Palace.
There is really no need for her to serve tea and pour water or something, it is the rules and regulations, and it is their duty to be filial piety, and they want to set an example for the people of the world.
The emperor staggered the time with her, and went to see the Queen Mother after lunch every day.
The queen didn't have a choice and began to get up early every day, rushing to Ci'an Palace at breakfast time, with the three of them taking turns, and the others were free to choose.
"The queen's mother, the slave locks the bridge, and comes to pass the word on behalf of my mother......"
In the afternoon of this day, as soon as Song Yu walked to the gate of Ci'an Palace, he was hit by the lock bridge that came in a hurry.
"Concubine? What's the matter with her? ”
It's not a big deal, it's just that Shen Tingnian is going to die and can't come to serve the sick.
"Concubine, she...... I was so sick that I couldn't get up, I was dizzy, and I could only lie in bed. ”
This is the original words of Suoqiao, Song Yu frowned, and did not doubt it, since he was sick, he would have to rest, and there was nothing else to explain.
But Shen Tingnian's sick leave is one month, and then ...... The gossip spread out of Yan Xitang: It is said that Concubine Xi is not sick at all, she is pregnant again.
What was even more shocking was that the imperial doctor diagnosed twins.
The Queen Mother, who was sick all day long and drowsy, was excited when she heard the news, her heartbeat was unbalanced, and she sat up.
It's no wonder that her body can't stand it, it's really that the Great Zhou royal family has not had twins since the founding of the country.
It's not just her who is rare and weird, the emperor himself has been suffering from insomnia for several days.
The news gradually spread more widely.
"How did you get pregnant with twins!" Someone was surprised.
"How did she get pregnant?" Someone is eccentric.
"How can she still be pregnant!" Someone is annoyed.
Only Song Yu stroked his palms and smiled, this is Shen Tingnian! It's not in vain that she waited for almost half a year and didn't see Shen Tingnian make any moves, so she wanted to do it once and for all, so that those who had ghosts in their hearts were dumbfounded. A prince will ask you to jump up and down, then come a few more, Shen Tingnian is determined to give birth, where can his father stop the child.
And in the middle of this process, several things happened, but it was not big or small, and few people knew about Yan Xitang without making trouble.
The happy event of Xi Guifei's pregnancy and twin births was officially announced to the world on her twenty-third birthday, and the emperor extended his favor and reduced the tax of the Great Zhou State by 30% a year, which is a bold act that can be recorded in history.
However, the great joy of heaven did not change its life against the sky, although it temporarily diluted the heavy sickness of Ci'an Palace, and soon ushered in a greater backlash.
If there is a first birth, there will be an end of age, and the laws of nature cannot be reversed.
The Queen Mother returned to the light, the first person she saw was not the emperor, Mama Qi knew her thoughts, and went to Yanxi Hall early to deliver the message.
But Shen Ting didn't come for a few years, and she wasn't sure.
After all, with a double body, it's always a little inappropriate to go out.
She ...... Is it coming? ”
Mama Qi didn't know what to do for a while, so she said hot-headedly, "The queen has actually been outside all the time, and she has been ...... these days."
After speaking, I felt that I was really dizzy, knowing that the Queen Mother didn't see the queen, why did she have to see Shen Tingnian, but she wanted to say these useless words.
"Ahem......" The Queen Mother coughed lightly and waved her hand, and when it came to this breath that was about to fall, she behaved quite softly, "Go and ask again, I will wait for her to come, if she doesn't come, I won't leave." ”
Mama Qi's tears rushed out of her eyes at once, and she was so uncomfortable that she couldn't wait to replace her, she knelt down, and she didn't even have time to wipe her tears, "Niangniang!" You stay, the old slave can still serve you, the old slave hasn't served enough......"
Shen Tingnian heard the crying sound before he entered the hall, the older palace people have been serving the Queen Mother for many years, they heard Mama Qi's cry, and they all cried silently, some cried on their backs, and some knelt on the ground with their mouths covered......
This situation is somewhat poignant.