Chapter 9: Dead Babies
Emperor Jianning got up from his seat, looked at the bright yellow swaddling clothes, and finally showed a trace of joy on his expressionless face.
Hearing that Feng trembled again and again, looked at the swaddling clothes that were close in front of him, and asked calmly, "Bengong, why didn't you hear him cry?" Why didn't Hongu hear the baby's cry? ”
Imperial Doctor Qian and the midwife fell to their knees at the same time, their bodies trembling.
Imperial Doctor Qian's voice trembled, and he said to Emperor Jianning, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... When the little prince was born, he died......"
The midwife shook her hand and unfolded the bright yellow swaddling clothes, revealing the baby with bruises inside, "The emperor, the emperor, Wen Chongyuan gave birth to a little prince......
Just fell into the womb, and before he could do so, he had to open his eyes and take a good look at the little prince who had died in this world.
Emperor Jianning's eyes instantly turned blood-red, and the hand behind his back was tightly clenched into a fist.
Liu Zhaorong took two steps forward, and when he saw the tense baby, his face turned pale, and he covered his lips and walked out of the Feilin Palace.
Ye Tingfeng glanced at Emperor Jianning's face, and asked angrily to Imperial Doctor Qian, "Imperial Doctor Qian, Wen Chongyuan's body has always been taken care of by you......
"Mrs. Zhaoyue, Mrs. Zhaoyue......" Imperial Doctor Qian kowtowed again and again, tears flowed together, "It's that bowl of fetal medicine that is falling too hard, it's that medicine that is falling too hard!" The little prince is only eight months old in Wen Chongyuan's womb, how can he only afford such a tiger and wolf medicine, Mrs. Zhaoyue, Weichen is wronged, Weichen is ......"
Shui Luo fell to his knees with a puff, and cried to Emperor Jianning and Ye Tingfeng, "Your Majesty, Mrs. Zhaoyue, you must be the master of my family and the little prince who has died......"
Emperor Jianning glanced at Shuiluo, his face was gloomy, and he said to Lu Zhi in a deep voice, "Tell me to go down and investigate, I will definitely find out!" ”
With that, he turned around and left the Flying Forest Palace.
"Imperial Doctor Qian, how is Wen Chongyuan's body?" Ye Tingfeng glanced at Emperor Jianning, bowed his head and asked Imperial Doctor Qian.
Imperial Doctor Qian raised his head, wiped the tears from his face, and said, "Back to Mrs. Zhaoyue's words, Wen Chongyuan fainted when he heard that the little prince had died......
"You prescribe a few pairs of medicines, and take care of Wen Chongyuan."
Ye Ting Feng sighed, and after making a little arrangement for the things in the Feilin Palace, he endured his headache and left.
On the way back to Fengyang Palace, Ye Tingfeng whispered to Cai Xiang and asked, "Cai Xiang, did you say that this method was done by others, or did Wen Chongyuan do it himself?" ”
"It should be, it's not Wen Chongyuan." Cai Xiang held Ye Tingfeng with her right hand, and rubbed her pale face twice with her left hand, "How risky it is to have a miscarriage in such a big month." If the medicine is used lightly, the royal heir will not die, at most it will be born prematurely. The medicinal use is heavy, and the only ones who are afraid of injury are adults......"
The words of picking incense made the night listen to the maple grass to stop suddenly.
She thought of the baby wrapped in a bright yellow soft cloth, purple and blue, not at all like the pink and tender appearance of the baby she had just been born.
Remembering that she had never heard the cry of a baby, she listened to Feng's bold guess that the little prince was not born, but stillborn......
No matter how bold it is, it is unknown when the little prince was born. After all, neither Emperor Jianning nor she went to the dormitory to take a look.
Seeing that the maple face was blue and white for a while, Cai Xiang asked, "Princess, what's wrong with you?" ”
Ye Tingfeng didn't reply, in order to confirm her thoughts, she said to Yao Yuan beside her, "Yao Yuan, you let people go to Feilin Hall to investigate, no matter what, as long as it is abnormal, you have to come back and tell me." ”
Yao Yuan said yes and turned to leave.
There are many grandmothers and palace maids in the palace, and if the little prince is born early, it is impossible for no one to know.
Hearing that Feng was biased towards the possibility of stillbirth, Wen Chongyuan had long known that he was a prince in his womb, so he bought the money imperial doctor......
The news of Wen Chongyuan's birth of a little prince spread throughout the harem within half an hour. At the same time, it was spread throughout the harem that the little prince had just been born.
Wen Chongyuan's little prince failed to bring any benefit to the harem concubines.
When Empress Qin heard this, she was so angry that she smashed the things in Guan Ju Palace. After thinking about it for a long time, Empress Qin stared her hateful gaze on Madam Yu again.
Wen Chongyuan gave birth to a little prince, which was a happy event for the concubines in the harem. Only Madame Jade, who is too old to conceive again. As long as the imperial heirs in the womb of a few concubines are removed, the Empress Qin can be put in danger.
How could Madam Jade not seize such an opportunity.
Empress Qin was furious, and locked her eyes on Le Chongrong and Yun Ronghua.
In the womb of these two people, there must be a little prince, and he must be born safely!
If not......
Empress Qin clutched her lower abdomen tightly, if not, she could only ......
There was a little prince in the harem, and Ye Tingfeng thought that Emperor Jianning would stay in the Qingxin Palace to be quiet, but he didn't want Emperor Jianning to stay in her Fengyang Hall that night.
Emperor Jianning's face was indifferent, as if this had not happened.
But when I heard it at night, Feng was worried in my heart.
The prince is different from the princess, if Wen Chongyuan is a princess in this birth, Emperor Jianning will definitely not have bloody eyes when he is in the Feilin Palace.
At this time, Emperor Jianning, who seemed to be calm, was extremely abnormal in the eyes of Ye Tingfeng.
In a panic, during dinner, I heard that Feng did not use Emperor Jianning to feed, but took silver chopsticks and spoons to feed Emperor Jianning.
After seeing Emperor Jianning eating and drinking, Ye Tingfeng's heart was even more puzzled.
Could it be that Emperor Jianning really didn't care about that prince at all?
After all, it was his own flesh and blood!
Emperor Jianning saw that Ye Tingfeng looked at him cautiously, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why, you look at me like this, am I more handsome today than before?" ”
Ye Tingfeng glanced at Emperor Jianning, picked up a piece of deboned chicken and put it in front of Emperor Jianning's mouth, and said, "Open your mouth." ”
Emperor Jianning opened his mouth, and after eating the chicken, he said to Ye Tingfeng Zhengse, "Feng'er, I'm fine." ”
"Are you alright?" Ye Ting Feng blinked his eyes and asked.
"I can eat and drink," Emperor Jianning pulled the corners of his mouth and said with a smile, "If I can still laugh with you, I will be fine." ”
Looking at the far-fetched smile on the corner of Emperor Jianning's mouth, Ye Tingfeng's heart tightened and hurt.
Emperor Jianning just endured it, he didn't want to worry about it.
Ye Tingfeng raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, and said with bright eyes, "If you are fine, I will rest assured." ”
As he spoke, he scooped up the soup again and went to feed Emperor Jianning to drink.
Emperor Jianning didn't know the taste of food, and ate the dishes fed by Ye Tingfeng one bite at a time, and there was always a smile on his face that he thought was soft.
Seeing that there was an oil stain hanging from the corner of Ye Tingfeng's mouth, he stretched out his index hand and wiped it down.
Only by looking at the person in front of him will he not think about the little prince who died after giving birth to the Feilin Palace; I don't think about it for a month and a half, located in the middle of the mountain of Jianbu, the largest iron mine in the entire Great Moon, there was a mining disaster, and countless casualties were killed; I won't think about how the international trade with Dashun next year can be carried out as scheduled and not cause disputes between the two countries.
Ye Tingfeng tilted his head, opened his mouth and took Emperor Jianning's fingers, bit it gently, and said something vaguely.
"What did you say?" Emperor Jianning didn't hear clearly.
Ye Tingfeng let go of Emperor Jianning's fingers, blushed, and asked with flashing eyes, "I said, do you eat fish?" ”
Emperor Jianning raised his eyebrows, glanced at the seat, and said, "Feng'er, there are no fish ...... today."
As soon as the words came out, Emperor Jianning understood the true meaning of Ye Tingfeng's words.
Listening to Feng's coquettish snort at night, he put down the dishes and chopsticks, stood up and came to Emperor Jianning, lowered his head and kissed it, "I, I want to be thirsty for fish soup......"
It was the first time to take the initiative to listen to Kaede at night. She bit Emperor Jianning's lip unfamiliarly, blushed, closed her eyes and didn't dare to look.
Emperor Jianning took Ye Tingfeng into his arms and kissed the back of Ye Tingfeng's head. Until the breath of the two became unstable, he carried Ye Tingfeng to the dormitory, put him on the bed, and joked, "Feng'er, are you here to Kwai Shui?" ”
Ye Ting Feng laughed, hugged Emperor Jianning's neck, shook his head and said, "No, not this time." ”
As he spoke, he raised his head and bit into Emperor Jianning's Adam's apple.
Emperor Jianning snorted, and after listening to Feng at night, he let go of his teeth and asked, "Feng'er, are you a puppy?" ”
Ye Tingfeng stretched out his hand to wipe his neck, blinked his eyes and said, "I've long wanted to bite and see, why don't women have an Adam's apple, and besides, they don't have a beard yet." ”
Ye Tingfeng's slender and white jade hand slid gently on his white neck, and gently rubbed under his smooth and white chin, successfully making Emperor Jianning's eyes confused.
He lowered his head and kissed inch by inch along the place where Ye Tingfengyu's hand passed, and said, "Because, women are women, and men are men." ”
Listening to Feng Jiao's laughter at night, he untied the brocade belt around Emperor Jianning's waist, and his jade hand slid along the placket to Emperor Jianning's side.
Emperor Jianning pressed Ye Tingfeng's naughty little hand, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and didn't open his eyes to look at Ye Tingfeng, "Feng'er, you don't have to be like this." ”
"How?" Listening to Feng's smile at night, he was held down twice by Emperor Jianning.
"Feng'er, you know I'm upset in my heart, I'm afraid of ......" Emperor Jianning opened his eyes and looked at Ye Tingfeng, he knew that Ye Tingfeng wanted him to vent the boredom in his heart, "I'm afraid of hurting you." ”
"Will you hurt me?" Listen to Kaede's serious questioning at night.
Emperor Jianning looked at the beautiful woman in front of him who wanted to share the pain in his heart for a long time, kissed it gently, and said, "No, I won't ......."
Wen Chongyuan was put into poinsettia in the fetal pills, and finally caused the little prince to give birth to the crime of dying, which was attributed to a rough envoy in the Feilin Palace.
That rough envoy fell on the Emerald Lake a few days ago and broke her arm. In order to reduce the swelling, I bought the palace maid in the small kitchen and went in to boil poinsettia to reduce swelling.
But I didn't want to, when the negligent little palace maid boiled the medicine in the medicine jar again, she didn't clean the medicine jar, which led to such a tragedy.
After the matter was clarified, the rough grandmother was beaten to death with the little palace maid who was negligent on an errand.
The concubines in the harem all know that the truth is not as simple as it seems. Some people think that it is a means made by the concubines who have a big disagreement with Wen Chongyuan on weekdays.
Wen Chongyuan's indifference on weekdays made the entire harem concubines think that she was pregnant with a princess. Maybe he was the one who was serious and wanted to use his opportunity to let Wen Chongyuan die twice.
It's a pity that that man's methods indirectly saved Wen Chongyuan's life, but it was self-defeating.
The concubine who thought deeply, after hearing that it was a little prince who died, stared at Wen Chongyuan with doubtful eyes.
Choose one of his own lives with the little prince, and Wen Chongyuan is likely to choose himself.
Empress Qin, on the other hand, focused her hateful gaze on Madame Yu.
Wen Chongyuan has been pregnant with the dragon heir for eight months, if he wants to do his own means to get rid of the dragon heir in his abdomen, why wait for such a dangerous month as now?
Empress Qin suspected that Madame Yu had inadvertently determined that Wen Chongyuan was a little prince in her belly, so she would be so ruthless.
And the seemingly clumsy rough grandmother and the confused little palace maid were all arranged by Mrs. Yu.
Therefore, when everyone thought that this matter was over, Empress Qin pressed Madame Yu even more step by step.
This kind of tense relationship is not only reflected in the open and secret battles in the harem, but even in the previous dynasty, Xie Dang and Liu Dang also touched many times.
In the end, it all ended with Liu Dang falling behind.
Empress Qin's suppression of Madame Yu everywhere, and the Liu clan could not provide the slightest assistance to Madame Yu, so that Madame Yu was like a beast trapped on a precipice, showing her bloodthirsty fangs slightly.
On December 16 of the third year of Jianning, Mrs. Yu once again came to the Fengyang Palace. Although her makeup was neat and her expression was haughty, her face was very pale, and her eyes were full of haggardness.
Looking at Ye Tingfeng, who had just put on a heavy cloak and was about to go out, Mrs. Yu retreated and said to Ye Tingfeng very seriously, "Mrs. Zhaoyue, it doesn't matter if you are a real princess or a fake princess in this palace. Now, you give this palace a word, do you want to cooperate with this palace, this palace will help you as the queen, and protect you for a lifetime! ”
Ye Tingfeng held the hand stove in his hand, looked at Mrs. Yu and replied with a light smile, "Sister Yu, you don't seem to have been resting well lately, and you are talking nonsense." ”
"You don't agree to cooperate with Hongu?" Madame Jade asked again.
Listening to Feng pouting and smiling at night, the meaning of sending off guests is very obvious.
Madam Yu looked at Ye Tingfeng and nodded again and again, and sneered, "Since Madam Zhaoyue has no intention of cooperating with this palace, then don't blame the subordinates of this palace for being ruthless." ”
Ye Tingfeng raised his head and bypassed Madam Yu, and said with a sneer, "Madame Yu, please take care of yourself, this palace, I am going to Guanju Palace." ”
Looking at the back of Ye Tingfeng's departure, Mrs. Yu's nails stabbed into her palms fiercely, and her eyes showed a determined look.
Walking to the Imperial Garden, Cai Xiang saw that Madame Yu did not follow from behind, and asked Ye Tingfeng, "Princess, didn't you just want to bring down the queen?" With the help of Mrs. Yu, it's not ......"
Ye Tingfeng smiled faintly, saw that there was no one around, and replied in a low voice, "My original intention was to let the two of them balance each other." The queen is now a frightened bird, and she is afraid of Madame Jade many times and suppresses her everywhere. Mrs. Yu used to be the queen, and she was very arrogant, how could she stand such a difficulty, she wanted to fight back. This is a very good situation now. ”
Empress Qin is so worried now, even if others don't do it, it is delusional to want to give birth to the imperial heir safely.
At that time, Mrs. Jade will be the biggest suspect.
The lives of the queen and the emperor's heir are involved in the middle, and it is difficult for Mrs. Jade to turn over again.
As long as these two people who are enemies of her everywhere fall, the others, Ye Tingfeng really don't look at it.
After all, Ye Tingfeng is a princess and has very little to do with the interests in the harem.
Cai Xiang thought for a while and figured it out, she squinted at Ye Tingfeng and smiled, "Princess, you are so smart. ”
"What, don't dislike me and won't embroider?" Listen to the night maple raise eyebrows.
"Embroidery, that's all the work of a little woman." Cai Xiang flattered, "The princess has a lot in her heart, how can she compare with those princesses who can only embroider flowers." ”
"Master, it's rare for a slave to hear Cai Xiang speak like this." Yao Yuan lowered his head and smiled, "If you close your eyes, I really don't believe it's what she said." ”
Cai Xiang stood up, slapped the account book in his hand on Yao Yuan's body, and said angrily, "When will I stop talking!" ”
Yao Yuan chuckled, dodged, and said, "Cai Xiang, it's nothing if you break your hand, carefully break the account book in your hand." If it is broken, the master must punish you. ”
"Hmph, the princess is reluctant to punish me." Having said that, Cai Xiang still held the account book in his arms again.
Talking and laughing, the three masters and servants came to the front of Guan Ju Palace.
Putting away the smile on his face, he heard Feng lift the hem of his skirt and walk to the hall.
Balsam was already waiting inside, and when she saw that she was blessed by the maple queen at night, she said with a smile, "Mrs. Zhaoyue, the queen has been waiting for a long time." ”
Ye Tingfeng took off the thick cloak on his body and handed it to the little palace maid on the side, and asked the balsam, "How is it, the queen mother is eating well today?" ”
"When I got up early, I ate a bowl of lily pearl porridge and a pickled cucumber, and I didn't throw up." Balsam personally lifted the thin cotton curtain of dark blue embroidered dark phoenix, and smiled at Ye Tingfeng, "After breakfast, I took a nap, and when the palace people came to report that Mrs. Zhaoyue was coming, the queen had just woken up. ”
Ye Tingfeng stretched out his slender hand and pressed the cotton curtain picked up by balsam, and said with a smile, "I will go in after a while, this palace will come in from the outside, and my body will be cold and ......."
Balsam lowered his eyes and smiled, not insisting.
After about half a cup of tea, the balsam lifted the cotton curtain again.
This time, Ye Tingfeng did not refuse, raised his hand to hold the step on his hair bun to prevent it from scraping the door curtain, and lowered his head slightly and entered the inner hall.
Empress Qin was wearing a dark purple wide-body palace dress, and was sitting on a low couch with a flower bandage to take a closer look, and her body was draped with a dark green quilt embroidered like a beast. There is a loose bun on his head, and there is no hairpin ornament, which is a little more lazy.
Empress Qin's complexion is much better than in a month, and although she is still very thin, her cheeks are a little ruddy.
She looked up and saw Ye Tingfeng coming in, smiled and beckoned to Ye Tingfeng, pointed to the round table that had been placed earlier, and said with a smile, "Zhaoyue, it's cold outside, sit down quickly and warm up." ”
At night, Feng Shou saluted Queen Qin and asked for peace, and then stepped on small steps to sit in front of the circle.
Raising her beautiful eyes, she glanced at Empress Qin, and said with a smile, "Empress Niang's complexion is really good today, and she will be fine in a few days." ”
"He's finally stopped making trouble in the palace." Empress Qin put down the flower bandage in her hand and gently stroked her hand on her lower abdomen, her eyes full of warm love.
"Queen Mother, you are holding the flower bandage again, and your eyes are uncomfortable again after a while." Balsam poured a cup of hot tea on Ye Tingfeng, and reached out to pick up the flower bandage that Queen Qin had placed on one side.
On the flower bandage, embroidered is a pair of small uppers.
"The palace doesn't move the needle." Empress Qin smiled and watched the balsam stand aside to fly the needle and line.
Ye Tingfeng turned around, took a small belly pocket prepared in advance from Cai Xiang's hand, handed it to Queen Qin, and said with a smile, "I have been idle for the past few days, and the concubine has embroidered a small belly pocket, is it still satisfactory for the queen to see it?" ”