On a morning on May 16 of the third year of Kangxi, Sizhen was woken up in pain.

Because she had known that she was going to have a seizure in the past few days, and she was mentally prepared, she did not panic, and called out softly to Bai Ling, who was sleeping under her bed: "Bai Ling, wake up quickly, I feel a little pain in my stomach, maybe I am going to give birth." ”

Bai Ling was still asleep, but when she heard Sizhen's words, she woke up immediately, and her eyes didn't widen, so she got up with a grunt and asked, "Princess, will the slave maid ask someone to help you go to the delivery room now?" ”

Sizhen opened her eyes, just for a while, she already felt the pain wave after wave, and juice was coming out of her forehead, she nodded: "Well, call someone quickly." ”

Bai Ling wiped the sweat of Sizhen with a handkerchief, put on his coat as he walked, and went out to wake up the lark and the two midwives sleeping in the outer room.

The lark got up quickly, one step faster than the two midwives, and went to the delivery room in the west chamber with Sizhen half in his arms with Bai Ling.

The two midwives hurriedly rushed to the delivery room and prepared for the delivery together with the two midwives there.

The things in the delivery room were prepared two months in advance, and the nurse was also prepared a few days earlier, all of them were clean and neat people who had just given birth, and their children were raised in the princess's mansion, and the skills of the four midwives were counted in the capital, and everything was ready, just waiting for this day.

The delivery room in the west wing is not far away, and it is only a few steps away on weekdays, but at this time, Sizhen is already in pain and her limbs are weak, if it is not for the support of Bailing and Skylark, she can't walk through such a short few steps.

When they arrived in the delivery room, the midwives had already made preparations, the two of them took Sizhen from the lark's hands, helped her to lie down on the delivery bed with fine white cotton, one and Mama Qin instructed the little maids to prepare hot water, towels and scissors, etc., and the most experienced one was to check and fill in the gaps and give orders, everything was in order.

Sizhen was lying on the bed, her limbs were not like her own, and she was in cold sweat on her body and face, but she clenched her teeth hard according to the midwife's explanation, conserved her strength, and did not shout, and when the pain was severe, she grabbed the corners of the quilt tightly and bit the towel.

After hearing the news, the first to rush over was Sun Yanling's mother, Lin.

She didn't avoid the blood, she went into the delivery room, held Sizhen's hand, and said with concern: "Princess, a woman giving birth to a child is a foot into the ghost gate, you must bear with it, I asked people to boil ginseng soup for you, drink a few sips when you have no strength, at this time, you have to endure it, you have to save your strength, otherwise when it is time to give birth, you will have no strength!" ”

Sizhen snorted and said with a smile: "Mother, you don't have to worry, I'm fine." She didn't say a word, and soon another wave of labor pains hit, and she lost the strength to speak.

The first child is usually born slowly, as little as a few hours, and even some can't be born after a day or two, but fortunately, the four people who practice martial arts, although they lost their vitality in the early years, are more active than ordinary people, but it is not so difficult, even so, it hurts for two or three hours, only to hear the midwife say in surprise: "It's open, it's open, you can see the head of the little master, and the princess uses her strength again, and she breathes, exhales, and ...... hard."

Sizhen used her strength, but soon felt that her strength was exhausted, and Lin hurriedly asked her to feed her a few mouthfuls of warm ginseng soup.

Then, again, with force.

People who have not experienced childbirth can find it difficult to appreciate the pain of childbirth.

Sizhen was quite conscious at first, but gradually began to lose consciousness because of the waves of pain, and even Lin Shi felt very distant and vague when she spoke beside her.

She was still conscious, but she seemed to be floating involuntarily.

"Madam, please rest assured, the princess is young, she has a good physical foundation, and she can endure it, and she will definitely be able to give birth to a child safely."

"The slave maid doesn't know how many people have delivered for her, few women can endure the pain of giving birth, how many people are shouting and screaming at the beginning, the princess has been enduring, unwilling to lose her strength, she will have the strength when she launches, and she will be born smoothly."

"Yes, the princess is so strong, and the slave has never heard her cry until now."

The words of several midwives and Bailing came to her ears alternately, and Lin Shi echoed: "The princess is indeed different, this person who has practiced martial arts can't be compared to ordinary people." ”

She also heard the voices of Zhao, Li, and Aunt Yu outside the delivery room.

Then, it was Lin who took the bowl from the little maid's hand and said softly: "Give me the ginseng soup, you have to do this, well, feed her one bite at a time, otherwise you won't have the strength." ”

Drinking the warm ginseng soup into her stomach, although it could not relieve the pain, it made Sizhen feel more strength and helped her survive another wave of pain.

After a long time of pain, Sizhen became more and more groggy and unable to open his eyes anymore.

"Princess, hurry up!"

"I can already see the child's head, and with some force, the child will come out!"

The midwife's words of comfort and encouragement kept echoing in her ears, and Sizhen endured the pain and exerted herself according to what the midwife said.

Hurt!

It hurts!

It hurts terribly!

Wave after wave of severe pain swept in, Sizhen bit the towel in his mouth tightly, tears mixed with sweat ran down his forehead and cheeks, rolled down the pillow, and imprinted a puddle of water stains.

Sizhen almost gritted his teeth, but he endured it all the time, and he didn't cry out until this moment.

Even the Lin family, who had persuaded her to endure it before, couldn't stand it anymore, and comforted: "Princess, it really hurts, just shout, don't keep putting up with it!" ”

Sizhen was so hurt that he didn't even have the strength to shake his head.

A sharp stinging pain struck, and she finally couldn't help but scream.

With her shout, the midwife shouted in surprise: "The child has been born!" ”

Then I heard the midwife pick up the child and pat it on the buttocks, and the child cried out with a "wow", and the voice was very loud.

"It's a son, congratulations to Her Royal Highness the princess for giving birth to a son." The midwife shouted the good news, happily put the child on the gold weighing plate, and carefully weighed it: "Seven pounds and eight taels, he is a healthy and strong young man." ”

Lin happily took the child wrapped in swaddling clothes after the midwife weighed it, and said happily: "This child's eyebrows and eyes are exactly the same as Erlang." She carried the child to Sizhen, "Look, this little mouth looks like a princess, he has grown up the advantages of both of you, and he will be a good boy in the future!" ”

Sizhen looked at the wrinkled face and looked like a red lump of flesh, she really couldn't see anything like her and Sun Yanling, but she was extremely happy in her heart, she hummed weakly, and subconsciously asked: "Why is he crying so loudly?" ”

Lin replied with a smile: "The crying sound means that the body is good, you see how much love this child is for white and fat!" You just gave birth to a child, and your body is weak, don't let him affect your rest, Bailing, you and the nurse take the child to the next room, and wait for the princess to sleep, and then hug the little master when she wants to see the little master. ”

Sizhen wanted to see the child again, but a wave of sleepiness hit, and she only had time to hum and fell asleep.

When she woke up again, it was already dusk, and as soon as she woke up, she couldn't wait to see the child.

Lin and the nurse hugged the child together, she handed the child to Sizhen's eyes, and said with a loving face: "This child looks so painful, so young, he knows that he is considerate of his mother, and after drinking some water, he will not make a fuss." ”

"Drink water? Why not feed him? Sizhen asked distressedly.

"You're giving birth to your first child, you don't understand." Lin said angrily: "The newborn child has to be fed two streams of water to drain the fetal poison in his mother's womb before he can take it, if he is born with milk first, the child will be prone to abdominal pain." Again, the born child, can not eat the too thick milk, so I asked to find a nurse with a similar delivery period to you, the milk at the beginning, is relatively clear, just suitable for the birth of the child to eat, if it is ten days and a half months, the milk will be thick, the newborn eats, it is easy to diarrhea......"

Sizhen heard it impressively: "Fortunately, my mother knows, otherwise, I would have done something bad with good intentions!" ”

The more she looks at the flesh-like child, the more she loves it, the black eyes, although they are wrinkled, and the hands are not as long as her little fingers, but the little hands and feet are extremely cute, and she can't see anything at first, looking closely, the outline of her facial features does have the shadow of Sun Yanling, and she is a little like her.

is such a wrinkled little man with no eyebrows and eyes, Sizhen looked at it, and only felt infinite pity in his heart.

She stretched out her hand and gently touched the child's little hand, which seemed to sense something, and the little hand subconsciously bent and clenched, as if it was about to grasp her finger.

Sizhen couldn't help but smile.

The child seemed to see her, his eyes blinked, his little mouth cracked, and he looked very cute.

"Mother, look, he laughs, he laughs with me." Sizhen said in surprise.

"It takes three months for a child to really laugh." Lin listened to Sizhen's words and corrected her with a smile, but looking at the child's smiling appearance, he couldn't help but lean over, touched the child's little face and said: "But when he looks at you, he really seems to know people, and Erlang was born too, and he laughed very early!" By the way, I remember you said that before Erlang left, you named the child? ”

Sizhen hummed softly: "The name has been chosen a lot, and it has not been decided, so let's call him Brother Ze'er!" ”

Zegoer? Lin knew that this meant blessing, so he smiled and praised: "This milk name is simple and easy to remember, so I will call him Brother Ze in the future." ”

After a pause, she smiled happily: "This child is the eldest grandson of our Sun family's generation." ”

Sizhen's words came to her mouth and swallowed again, if at this time, she told her mother-in-law that she had discussed with Sun Yanling, this child was going to be under the name of her brother Kong Tingxun, would her mother-in-law be able to stand it?

She smiled and asked casually: "The eldest brother has two children over there, how can Brother Ze be regarded as the eldest grandson?" ”

Lin said coldly: "It's a concubine over there, how can it be counted?" If you want to talk about the long, of course, we are Brother Ze. ”