Chapter 8: Heirs
Ye Tingfeng took off the thick cloak on his body and handed it to the little palace maid, slowly walked in front of Queen Qin, and said softly, "The concubine asks the queen to say goodbye." ”
Empress Qin let out a long breath when she heard this, as if she had just woken up. She opened her dull eyes slightly, pointed to the round table next to the low couch, and whispered to Ye Tingfeng, "Zhaoyue, you sit down." ”
In the past month's contact, Empress Qin's title to Ye Tingfeng has changed from Zhaoyue's sister to Zhaoyue, and she has become a little closer invisibly.
Ye Tingfeng got up, moved the lotus step lightly, walked to the round table and sat down. After straightening the hem of the lake-green skirt, she raised her eyes to Balsam and asked, "Balsam, how many days has the queen been better?" ”
"It's much better, the little emperor's heir is finally less noisy." Balsam put a cup of flower tea on the side of Ye Tingfeng's hand, and a slight smile appeared on his face, "I can eat in the past two days, and I don't vomit so much......
Empress Qin raised her eyebrows, and after a long sigh, she did not speak.
"Queen Mother, if you are not feeling well, then let's do it another day." Ye Tingfeng heard Empress Qin's sigh and said softly.
"Just today." Empress Qin stretched out her thin right hand to the balsam and said, "It's been a long time, and I'm going to enter the wax moon before I see it, and if I don't settle down, I will have to delay the big thing." ”
Balsam took Empress Qin's hand and helped Empress Qin sit upright on the low couch.
Ye Tingfeng raised his hand and gently brushed the hair on the side of his ear, touching the sapphire pendant that was hammered off the bun. She turned around and took the booklet from Cai Xiang's hand, unfolded it and said to Queen Qin, "Queen Mother, the palace people have reported the budget for the Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet, because the emperor promised to invite the queen mother's mother's family, so there are eleven more seats than in previous years......"
"Eleven seats?" Empress Qin raised her eyebrows, stroked her lower abdomen and leaned in the direction of Ye Tingfeng, and said, "You bring the list of banquets to the palace to take a look, the palace remembers that last time you said eight seats." ”
Ye Tingfeng turned around and took another booklet from Cai Xiang's hand, handed it to Empress Qin, and said, "It was specially instructed by General Xie to add it......"
Empress Qin took the night listening to Feng handing it over, and the banquet roster with a light blue cover looked at it carefully.
In addition to the original Xie Yuanxing couple, Xie Yuanxing's eldest son Xie Donghua and his wife, Empress Qin's biological father and mother, biological mother, and Lu Boyun, three more young ladies were added. They are Xie Ruyu, the son of the Xie family, Xie Donghua, the second daughter of the Qin family, Qin Ruolan, and Lu Boyun's sister-in-law, Lu Miaoer.
Empress Qin's eyes swept over the roster, and as her face turned pale, she clutched her chest and retched, Ye Tingfeng hurriedly got up and patted her on the back.
By the time Empress Qin stopped vomiting and sat up straight, her face was already as pale as paper, and the black under her eyes was even thicker.
After rinsing her mouth, Empress Qin gasped lightly and said to Ye Tingfeng, "Let's arrange it according to the eleven seats, Xie Lao and his wife, according to the right product." The three elders of the Qin family, according to the second grade. General Xie Xiao and General Lu, according to the third grade, and the three ladies of the family according to the fourth grade. ”
Ye Tingfeng listened carefully, wrote it down, looked at Queen Qin, whose face was like a blue face, and said, "Queen Mother, concubine, let's come back tomorrow." ”
"Just today, you say, this palace listens." Empress Qin leaned on the low couch, her eyes closed, her eyebrows tightly locked, and her face was full of forbearance.
Listening to Feng at night, he sighed softly and told Empress Qin some details of the Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet one by one. If Empress Qin's eyelids moved lightly, she would stop at night and wait for Empress Qin to speak.
Just like that, an hour later, the two finally went through the details of the Chinese New Year's Eve Palace Banquet, the First Sixth Palace Banquet, the Lantern Festival Palace Banquet, the venue, time, and the ministers invited to the banquet.
When Ye Tingfeng handed the booklet back to Cai Xiang, Empress Qin's forehead was already oozing with sweat, and her face was even worse.
When Ye Tingfeng got up to leave, Empress Qin suddenly asked Ye Tingfeng, "Zhaoyue, Wen Chongyuan is okay lately?" ”
Ye listened to Feng nodded, and the beads on her bun trembled slightly. She knew that what Empress Qin wanted to ask most was the dragon heir in Wen Chongyuan's womb, so she said bluntly to Empress Qin, "The concubine went to see Wen Chongyuan two days ago, her body has been more than seven months, and she is very lazy after winter. The concubine also wanted to ask the queen what she meant, Wen Chongyuan's month is old, so you don't have to participate in the Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet......"
"I don't need it, let her take care of it in the palace." Empress Qin advised, "Tell her to be careful with the palace maid in the palace, she has given birth to a princess for Da Yue, and then gave birth to a son and a half daughter, is it a blessing that others can compare?" ”
"Yes, after the concubine goes back, she will go to Wen Chongyuan's Feilin Hall to have a look." Ye Tingfeng got up and said to Queen Qin, "Queen Mother, you can rest, the concubine will retire first." ”
Seeing Empress Qin nodding, Ye Tingfeng put on a thick cloak of flowers and went out with a hand stove.
Watching Ye Tingfeng's back walk out of the Guanju Palace, Empress Qin smiled palely at the balsam, and said, "Balsam, did you hear that?" The maternal grandfather of the palace arranged for three beautiful women to attend the palace banquet. I'm afraid that after the palace banquet is over, they will stay. ”
Empress Qin stroked her lower abdomen and shed tears, "Bengong, what about the future?" What about the future? ”
"The Queen?" Balsam took the handkerchief and lightly tested the corner of Empress Qin's eyes, and comforted, "You have to think about it, right now, there are Wen Chongyuan, Le Chongrong, and Yun Ronghua with their bodies, and they will definitely give birth to a little prince safely." Besides, in the womb of the mother, Xu is a princess......"
"Look at Mrs. Jade......"
Because of the good sunshine, after leaving the Guanju Palace, Tingfeng did not rush to the Fengyang Palace in a hurry, but took Cai Xiang and Yao Yuan to take a long detour in the imperial garden.
Even in the extremely cold and humid winter, the garden is still full of greenery, and some of the hardy flowers have not yet bloomed in the cold, so you don't have to worry about not having a view to see.
Yao Yuan glanced at the Imperial Garden, where only rough slaves were busy, and persuaded Ye Tingfeng, "Master, it's cold, let's go back after a while." ”
Ye listened to Kaede's soft hum and raised his eyes to look at the sky with only a few clouds.
Cai Xiang also raised her head, and after looking at Xu Xuan, she asked Ye Tingfeng, "Princess, what are you looking at?" ”
"Didn't look at anything." Ye Tingfeng lowered his head, and the pendant that shook his feet rubbed against his ears and gave rise to a chill.
Shivering, she said to Yao Yuan and Cai Xiang, "Go back to the palace, it's cold wherever you touch, even the wind is cold." ”
When I heard Feng return to Fengyang Hall at night, Emperor Jianning had been here for a long time, lying on the beauty couch in the inner hall, and fell asleep.
Listening to Feng whispering to ask her to untie her cloak, "When did the emperor come?" ”
"The emperor will come not long after you leave." Wen Qing replied softly.
Ye Tingfeng nodded, quietly walked to the beauty couch, and saw that Emperor Jianning's chest was sinking and falling asleep, so he put a light smile on his face and sat on the Taishi chair on the side of the beauty couch.
Let Caixiang bring a few pamphlets, and she read them carefully while roasting the charcoal basin.
When he saw the three young ladies that Empress Qin's mother was going to bring into the palace to participate in the palace banquet this time, Ye Tingfeng brought the banquet roster and took a few more looks.
The three young ladies of the family are all as old as flowers.
Xie Ruyu, Xie Yuanxing's granddaughter, is fourteen years old. Compared with Empress Qin, Xie Ruyu's identity is more suitable for the queen.
Qin Ruolan, the sister of Empress Qin, is fifteen years old.
Empress Qin's biological mother, Xie Shi, is not Xie Yuanxing's concubine, so Xie's marriage to the Qin family is not the main house.
It is precisely because of this that the concubine of Queen Qin was sent to the palace to wait beside the young King Jin at that time, as a slave and a maid.
Right now, Empress Qin's future is unknown with a dragon heir, and the Qin family wants to send in a concubine.
The biological mother of Lu Boyun's brother and sister, Xie Shi, is Xie Yuanxing's daughter. Lu Miaoer, the granddaughter, is much closer than the granddaughter of Queen Qin.
Ye Ting Feng let out a long sigh, and a trace of sympathy for Empress Qin rose in his heart. The imperial heir in her womb has not yet been born, and the Xie family has already made this kind of arrangement.
Emperor Jianning opened his eyes, rubbed his eyes with two fingers, and then took the roster in Ye Tingfeng's hand. After a few glances, he threw it aside casually and said, "These chores are all left to the palace people to do, you don't have to worry about it." ”
Ye Tingfeng stood up, picked up the roster and handed it to Cai Xiang, and smiled at Emperor Jianning, "The left and right are also idle, when it is time to pass the time." ”
Emperor Jianning sat up, stretched out his hand to take Ye Tingfeng into his arms and sat down, and said, "In recent days, you have been busier than me, and you have not been there several times in Fengyang Palace. ”
Ye Tingfeng chuckled, put his forehead on Emperor Jianning's chest, and said coquettishly, "If you are allowed to be busy, I will not be busy?" Besides, I'm busy, it's not for you, if it's a big harem, isn't it all yours? ”
Emperor Jianning hugged Ye Listening to Feng, and said after a long time, "Feng'er, I am not flattering and not idle when I am the emperor, and you have no place to worry about being a lady...... It's better to "Emperor Jianning's voice paused, and he said with a smile, "It's better to elope." ”
"Huh?" Ye Tingfeng looked up at Emperor Jianning in surprise, blinked his eyes, and asked, "Elopement?" ”
"Yes, when you leave the palace, I am no longer the emperor, and you are no longer a concubine," Emperor Jianning said seriously, "Let's be a poor couple......
"Okay, when are you leaving?" Ye Tingfeng had a bright smile on his face, patted Emperor Jianning's shoulder, and asked, "Where are you going?" ”
"When you want to go, go. Go wherever you want. The look in Feng's eyes also made Emperor Jianning's heart heavy.
"Then ......" Ye Tingfeng wrapped his arms around Emperor Jianning's neck and said with a smile, "Then listen to you, you can leave when you say." ”
A joke made the two of them really talk. After laughing, there was a brief silence in the inner sanctum.
If Da Shun and Da Yue are just two powerful clans, they may not be able to elope if they really elope.
Yes, two countries......
He couldn't run, and neither could she.
On the fifth day of December in the third year of Jianning, Mrs. Yu's one-month ban was lifted.
Because Empress Qin was weak during pregnancy, she was exempted from Mrs. Yu to ask for peace, and only passed on an edict to let Mrs. Yu stay in peace.
Waiting in peace, these five words fell on Madame Yu's ears and struck the raging anger in her heart.
Mrs. Jade used to be the queen, how could she have let people trample on it so wantonly?
The time entered December, and Wen Chongyuan's pregnancy officially entered the ranks of eight months. Although there are still two months left before the day of childbirth, Ye Tingfeng has already made all the preparations.
Palace maids, grandmothers, midwives, nurses, and many others.
When I heard Feng send a nurse to Wen Chongyuan's Feilin Palace, Wen Chongyuan greeted her from the palace with a smile on her face.
Although there was a tired look on his face, his eyes showed joy, and he listened to Feng talk about the east and west, all of which were ardent expectations for the imperial heir in the womb.
"Mrs. Zhaoyue, when the little princess in the concubine's womb is born, she happens to be a companion with the eldest princess." Wen Chongyuan smiled softly, "How gratifying it is for two sisters to grow up together." ”
Ye Tingfeng looked at Wen Chongyuan's bulging belly, with a smile on his face, but he was surprised in his heart.
Listening to Wen Chongyuan's meaning, it seemed that she had determined that she was a little princess in her womb.
As if knowing what Ye Tingfeng was thinking, Wen Chongyuan retreated from the palace people in the inner hall, and smiled at Ye Tingfeng, "Mrs. Zhaoyue, I won't tell you that the concubine is afraid that the imperial heir in her womb is a prince, so she has invited several imperial doctors to check the pulse," Wen Chongyuan bit the word imperial doctor very deeply, glanced at Ye Tingfeng with a deep meaning, and said with a smile, "They all said that the imperial heir in the concubine's womb must be a princess ......"
Ye Tingfeng understood, it turned out that Wen Chongyuan had spent a lot of money to ask the imperial doctor to tell the truth in order to ask for insurance, no wonder she could live so peacefully, without the slightest noise.
After returning to Fengyang Hall from Feilin Palace, Ye Tingfeng sighed to Cai Xiang, "Wen Chongyuan is really a blessing, two children, both princesses......"
"I don't know who is pregnant with a little prince between Le Chongrong and Yun Ronghua." Everyone in the palace hugged the four concubines, and one of them would definitely have the heart of a prince, if it wasn't Zhen Niangzi and Wen Chongyuan, it would definitely be Le Chongrong and Yun Ronghua.
Cai Xiang looked up at Ye Tingfeng and asked, "Princess, which one do you say?" ”
After listening to Feng thinking for a while, he smiled and said, "I thought selfishly, Yun Ronghua must have such a good fortune." ”
"The princess is so disgusted with her." Cai Xiang chuckled.
"The minion looked at it, but it seemed to be full of joy." Yao Yuan, who was standing on the side, said, "Right now, Le Chongrong and Yun Ronghua are both six months pregnant, Yun Ronghua is very quiet, but Le Chongrong has had accidents again and again. It was fine last month, but after entering this month, it made a fuss again......"
"Shhhh ”
Ye Tingfeng looked back at Cai Xiang, raised his eyebrows and said, "You said come and listen." ”
"Princess, didn't you notice that during the month that Madame Jade was grounded, Le Chongrong was very quiet?" Cai Xiang nodded lightly to Ye Tingfeng and said, "As soon as Mrs. Yu's grounding is lifted, Le Chongrong will see ......red again."
As soon as Cai Xiang said, Ye Tingfeng understood in his heart.
After thinking about it for a while, Ye Tingfeng shook his head again and again, "Madam Yu, don't be so stupid. Wen Chongyuan and Yun Ronghua are all fine, why did she paint Le Chongrong in the Liang Palace? I'm afraid that this was released by the queen, and the purpose was to knock the mountain and shock the tiger. Regardless of whether she has such a mind or not, it is best to put it away, otherwise, she will not be able to escape if something happens. ”
Cai Xiang didn't think as deeply as Ye Tingfeng, and after his brain was unclear, he smiled at Ye Tingfeng and said, "Wen Chongyuan's pregnancy has been eight months, and in another month, the melons will be ripe and falling, and the princess will no longer have to bear this heart." ”
It's a pity that the imperial heir in Wen Chongyuan's womb couldn't wait for the melon to ripen.
Before December 12 in the third year of Jianning, news came out of the Feilin Palace, Wen Chongyuan, and his lower body was red.
After hearing the news at night, Feng hurriedly changed his clothes and came to the Feilin Palace. The palace maid in the Feilin Hall was already in a panic, and Wen Chongyuan's screams of pain could only be faintly heard.
Imperial Doctor Qian trembled and knelt on the ground, and Wen Chongyuan's personal palace maid Shui Luo was turning around in the inner hall, not knowing what to do.
Listening to the arrival of Feng at night made several grandmothers in the palace calm down, and instructed the palace people to invite the emperor to invite the emperor, prepare hot water, prepare hot water, pick up the wive, and the nurse all followed the little palace maid into the dormitory, ready at any time.
In a moment, Liu Zhaorong, who was closest to him, arrived. Liu Zhaorong's high bun was only two plain jade hairpins. He wore a chrysanthemum-colored palace dress, not a fur jacket to protect him from the cold, but a heavy cloak.
After listening to Feng's greetings to the night, Liu Zhaorong said, "I came from the Tongxin Palace, and I have to go back to the palace to sort out my makeup in a hurry." ”
Liu Zhaorong was very fond of the second princess under the knee of Zhen Niang, and went to the Tongxin Hall to sit idle when she had nothing to do. came and went, but it was a little more appropriate for Zhen Niangzi, who was weak on the outside and strong on the inside.
For fear of hurting the little princess, Liu Zhaorong would take off the angular hair ornament made of gold and silver every time he went to the Tongxin Palace.
The people of the palace moved a round table and put it next to the beauty couch, and listened to Feng whisper at night, "Sit down." ”
As soon as Liu Zhaorong sat down, Emperor Jianning arrived.
After Ask An to sit down again, Emperor Jianning reached out and held Ye Tingfeng's hand and asked, "How is it?" ”
"I just arrived, and I haven't asked carefully yet." As he spoke, he called the water lo who was waiting by Wen Chongyuan's side on weekdays.
Shui Luo looked frightened, and after kneeling down, she said to Emperor Jianning and Ye Tingfeng in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, Mrs. Zhaoyue, my master drank half a bowl of fetal medicine, and within half an hour, he was red. ”“
The bowl of fetal medicine in Shuiluo's mouth became the object of attention of Emperor Jianning and Ye Tingfeng.
After only a moment, Imperial Doctor Qian knelt in front of Emperor Jianning and Ye Tingfeng, and said with a panicked expression, "Your Majesty, Mrs. Zhaoyue, that bowl of fetal medicine has been tampered with, and there is a large amount of poinsettia in it. Poinsettia does not have a special smell like musk and safflower, but its effect of invigorating blood and removing blood stasis is not worse than that of musk and safflower. ”
Emperor Jianning's face was neither happy nor angry after hearing this, but he just held Ye Tingfeng's hand and clenched it tightly.
After being silent for a moment, Emperor Jianning said to Imperial Doctor Qian, "Do your best to ensure the safety of Wen Chongyuan and the imperial heir in her womb." ”
Imperial Doctor Qian kowtowed again and again, wiped the sweat on his forehead and went to the dormitory.
A quarter of an hour later, the little palace maid entered the dormitory with a bowl of oxytocic medicine, and Wen Chongyuan screamed even more miserably.
Ye Tingfeng held Emperor Jianning's hand back, and his knuckles were pale. She said to Lu Zhi, who was standing on the side, "Check, see who did it." ”
After Lu Zhi glanced at Emperor Jianning, who had no expression, he turned around and went out.
Liu Zhaorong's eyes stared at the hands of Emperor Jianning and Ye Tingfeng for a moment, and he was stunned.
After looking at it for a long time, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Emperor Jianning.
But Emperor Jianning only looked in the direction of the dormitory, and did not look at Liu Zhaorong.
For a whole hour, the blood of the little palace maid became thicker and thicker, but Wen Chongyuan's shouts became smaller and smaller.
Just when I heard Feng Feng's heart at night, thinking that Wen Chongyuan couldn't support it, there was suddenly no sound in the dormitory.
Ye Tingfeng stood up at once and took a few steps in the direction of the inner hall.
Suddenly, Imperial Doctor Qian lowered his head and walked out with a blue face of the midwife.
In the hands of the midwife, she was holding a bright yellow swaddling cloth.
In the big moon, the princess has always been born, with pink swaddling, and the prince is born with bright yellow swaddling.