The midwife's voice suddenly changed her tone and shouted, "Child, the child doesn't seem to be moving, what can I do-"

Ruyi came back to her senses suddenly, almost directly fell to the table, reached out to pick up the scissors, and walked to He Xi's bedside, her hands were trembling, and she could barely hold the silver scissors.

The imperial doctor was shocked: "What are you going to do!" ”

Ruyi pursed her lips and said, "Take the child—take the child out—"

The imperial doctor had never heard such an unbelievable thing for decades, and he couldn't help but reprimand angrily: "Ridiculous, really ridiculous—"

Ruyi had to take a deep breath, and she shouted with almost all her strength: "I can't help it, we can't help it, miss, if - if - wherever you go, Ruyi will follow you-"

She just wanted to lift He Xi's quilt with one hand, when suddenly there was a strange and eager flute sound outside the door.

Almost at the same time, He Xi, who was lying on the bed and was about to lose her strength, suddenly groaned in pain, and she almost arched herself in pain.

Seeing that she had a reaction, the imperial doctor hurriedly approached and said, "Miss Mu, the child-the child will come out soon, work harder-"

But He Xi didn't seem to hear anything, her body was a little weirdly twisted, Ruyi only felt that things were not good, she had heard such a flute, it was when she was in Xizhou - yes, it was when she was in Xizhou, at that time, that strange man, a strange man who was with Xiao Nai.

She didn't care much, and lifted the corner of the quilt covering He Xi's body, and sure enough, she saw her abdomen, and something seemed to be surging under her skin, one by one, like insects.

But soon, it disappeared again.

The scissors in Ruyi's hand were held tighter, she didn't know what the situation was outside, but now it must have been that person who urged the Gu worm on He Xi's body, if she let that person continue, I'm afraid that the child won't be able to save it.

The scissors in her hand only touched He Xi's skin, and she heard Wen Po say happily: "It's out—it's out, the child's head is out—"

Ruyi was shocked, and sure enough, she saw Wen Po dragging the head of a small, adult man's fist-sized baby in her hand, and she turned her head to look at He Xi again, only to see that her face was flushed, and her eyes were closed, as if she was suffering some great pain.

Suddenly, the imperial doctor seemed to realize something, he reached out to open He Xi's eyes, and said with a sigh: "Strange, Miss Mu is in a coma at this time, so this child is-"

Ruyi looked at Ruyi's abdomen again, and the bug-like thing, the direction of the surge, seemed to be pushing the child down - this thought almost shocked her hair.

But as if to confirm her idea, the stable woman barely used much force, and the child slipped out little by little.

The steady woman patted the child's body, and suddenly the child opened his mouth and spit out a white thing.

The steady woman was puzzled, looked closely, and was so shocked that she almost threw out the baby in her hand, it was a bug, a live bug!

The child was frightened by her movements, and suddenly began to cry, and her voice was delicate and lovable.

Ruyi hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the child, and then asked Yu'er to send the frightened Wen Po out, fortunately, the imperial doctor was well-informed and calm, he personally cleaned the child, and explained how Ruyi helped He Xi wipe his body.

When cleaning the futon, Ruyi found that there were a few points on the futon except for the black blood, a small white granular object, she touched it with her tentacles, soft, and remembered what the child spit out of his mouth, she hurriedly took a clean handkerchief, put away the three things, and then wiped He Xi's body clean.

changed into a clean bedding again, watched He Xi sleep peacefully, and then went out.

Out of the inner room, I saw Qin holding the child, constantly teasing, the little guy's skin was still a little wrinkled, but the small mouth was pink and slightly upturned.

Even the Queen Mother Xi, who has always been very calm, couldn't help pinching the child's little face.

After almost a day and a night, the imperial doctor was kneeling on the ground and said: "It's a girl, although she was born prematurely, but the minister has seen it, except for the weaker body, the others are still good, and the day after tomorrow needs to be replenished." ”

The Empress Dowager Xi nodded, and as she was talking, someone outside hurriedly ran in, it was Jiang An, and when the Empress Dowager Xi saw him like this, she frowned and said, "Didn't you ask you to go to the nurse, why did you come back so quickly?" ”

Jiang An's face was full of joy, and he hurriedly gasped for breath before saying: "The slave originally wanted to invite the nurse, but when he met the guards beside the prince, he said that the thief had been arrested, and the palace had been cleared. ”

When the Empress Dowager heard that Ning Hong and Jiang Li'er were fine, she said with satisfaction: "Okay-good-"

He turned his head to look at the child in Qin's arms again, and said with a smile: "It's really a little lucky star, okay, I know about the county lord, you go and ask the nurse, don't be hungry for our little lucky star." ”

Jiang An sighed and hurriedly went again.

Sure enough, not long after Jiang An left, Jiang Li'er arrived in a hurry, and she was a little anxious when she didn't see the child and He Xi, but because the Empress Dowager Xi was there, it was not good to be too anxious.

She called the queen mother in a regular manner, and then sat down, but the Queen Mother Xi did not speak, just stared at her fixedly.

Jiang Li'er couldn't sit still, and finally couldn't help but say: "Queen Mother-why do you look at Li'er like this-"

Empress Dowager Xi said calmly: "Say, do you also know?" ”

Jiang Li'er pursed her lips tightly and nodded, but what was waiting for her was not the expected anger, the Empress Dowager Xi suddenly took a deep breath and waved her hand slightly, Qin reacted, got up and said, "I'll go see Miss Mu and the child-"

Although he made a color to the subordinates, everyone retreated.

Leaving Jiang Li'er and the Empress Dowager Xi alone, Jiang Li'er stood up a little nervously, and kept rubbing the corners of her clothes with her hands, and the Empress Dowager Xi saw it and said with a smile: "You have been like this since you were a child, and if you do something wrong, you will be nervous about the corners of your clothes." ”

Jiang Li'er lowered her head, not daring to look at her mother, but the Empress Dowager Xi took a deep breath and said with emotion: "When the first emperor died, Hong'er was eleven years old, you were twelve years old, three years have passed, and in a few months, you will be in time, time is really fast." ”

Seeing that Jiang Li'er was silent, the Empress Dowager Xi said, "Li'er, are you the queen mother?" ”

Jiang Li'er was taken aback, and hurriedly denied: "No-no, Li'er just thinks that the queen mother has been very hard all the way, but-but-"

"But the mourning family doesn't listen to persuasion, and they can't let go of their vigilance against Ning Yi, you have to do it, right?" Empress Dowager Xi's eyes were full of softness, Jiang Li'er nodded slightly, but said: "It's just that Li'er didn't expect that things would become so serious, at first, I just wanted the queen mother to let go of her vigilance against Ning Yi, but I didn't want them - they took advantage of the situation to enter, and Ning Yi was also determined after leaving Kyoto, but at that time, you have always advocated adding taxes to Prince Kang's fiefdom, he and His Majesty are worried that in the absence of evidence, if they are arrested, it will arouse the suspicion of the old ministers, saying-saying-"

"Saying that the Queen Mother has no tolerance for people, and suppressing the former ministers of the first emperor will chill the hearts of loyal ministers, right?" The Empress Dowager of the West affirmed.

Jiang Li'er nodded, and said in a low voice: "Moreover, Your Majesty said that there must be people in the court who secretly support them, and if they startle the snake, they will not be able to find out those who have two hearts." ”

Her voice became smaller and smaller, no matter how many excuses she had, it was difficult to hide it, Ning Yi and Ning Hong almost planned this time, using the Empress Dowager Xi as bait to lure the snake out of the hole.

Jiang Li'er suddenly knelt on the ground, and said with a guilty face: "Queen Mother, I'm sorry, it's Li'er who is not filial." ”

Empress Dowager Xi sighed, pulled Jiang Li'er up from the ground, pulled her to her side and sat down, and then said: "You kid, take everything on yourself, this matter, even if the mourning family knew about it in advance, they would have agreed, not to mention that the mourning family didn't trust Ning Yi at that time, this trap was set by the mourning family themselves, it can only be said that it is to blame, and it has nothing to do with you." ”

Jiang Li'er shook her head desperately, but the Empress Dowager Xi smiled, smoothed out her somewhat messy sideburns little by little, and then said: "Li'er, you listen to the queen mother, the queen mother knows that you are naïve, and I also thought that if you recruit the county master, as long as the mourning family is still alive, no one can bully you, and you can live happily for a lifetime." You don't need to face the deception in the back house - but the mourning family is wrong, Xing'er's matter, the mourning family has heard Jiang An say, you are very sad, aren't you? ”

Jiang Li'er only spoke slightly, but shook her head for a while and said: "No, Li'er doesn't regret it, Xing'er hurt her mother, and seduced Lord Qin, and Mrs. Qin was under house arrest, she is a bad person-"

Her voice is getting lower and lower, although she is a bad person, but Xing'er is also obedient to others after all, and now she has lost her life, everything is because of her.

She looked at her hands a little stunned, those hands seemed to be stained with human blood, the Empress Dowager Xi looked at Jiang Li'er with some distress, all this is the price of her growth after all, if she marries Ning Yi, maybe this kind of thing will happen a second time, a third time, but this is what she will inevitably experience.

The mother and daughter sat silently opposite each other like this, and the Empress Dowager Xi suddenly patted the back of Jiang Li'er's hand and said with a smile: "In this way, there is a little bit of the appearance of the princess regent——"

Jiang Li'er looked up a little stunned, as if she didn't react for a while, the meaning of the Empress Dowager Xi's words, the Empress Dowager Xi stretched out her finger, gently poked Jiang Li'er's forehead, and quipped: "What?" Don't want to get married? The mourning family went to Tonghong'er and said, "Go down and choose a son-in-law for our lord of Li'er, and you will definitely choose a man who is 10,000 times better than Ning Yi's stinky boy, how about it?" ”

"Queen Mother, no-I-" Jiang Lian'er panicked, but when she saw the smile on the eyebrows of the Empress Dowager Xi, she reacted, she was making fun of herself, and she blushed with shame.

"A man who is 10,000 times better than the minister, I'm afraid that the whole Xiliang hasn't yet-the Queen Mother thinks twice-" Suddenly a handsome male voice came in, it was Ning Yi who hurried from the court.

Jiang Li'er couldn't raise her head even more ashamedly, so she had to bury her face in the arms of the Empress Dowager Xi, who pretended to be annoyed and said, "Bastard, you dare to eavesdrop on us-"

Ning Yi pushed open the door, only to see Jiang An and others standing at the door snickering, everyone's faces were full of joy, Ning Yi spread his hands innocently and said: "The minister has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his ears and eyes are clear, the queen mother said this, she really wronged the minister——"

The Empress Dowager Xi was choked by him, but she was not angry, she looked at him with disgust, and asked, "Why are you here too?" Things in the palace have been taken care of? ”

Ning Yi shook his head slightly, and then said: "The old princess and Ning Yu have been placed under house arrest, as well as Qin Hao, Your Majesty has already found out, and there are still several old ministers involved, it is too complicated for a while, and it is said that after the queen mother returns to the palace, she will discuss again." ”