83. Giving birth to a daughter
The moon sinks in the west, the east glows orange-red, and the palace lanterns of Ruyiyuan gradually become faint and unpretentious, fading their bright colors in the morning light. Qingqiu asked the palace people to move the stove to the porch to boil water, and instructed the small kitchen to boil black chicken soup, and asked people to go to the gate of the courtyard over and over again.
Moran groaned in pain, and said angrily: "It seems that the amniotic water has broken ......"
When Qingqiu heard this, she was so anxious that tears burst out of her eyes, and she didn't know how to help, so she secretly swore in her heart that if Zhaoyi had three longs and two shorts, she would definitely follow her to death.
It was in a hurry that an attendant ran from the gate of the courtyard shouting all the way, shouting: "Coming, coming, the doctor is here." ”
Qingqiu hurriedly wiped her tears and went out to greet her, only to see Su Wenjun coming quickly with the medicine box on his back, and his hair was not even tied on his head, so he was only tied with a rope at random and pressed with a silver hairpin. She was followed by several capable medical women, and she asked, "How is it?" ”
Qingqiu hurriedly replied: "Zhaoyi said that the amniotic water has broken. ”
Su Wenjun didn't care about etiquette, and strode into the inner hall, Mo Lan wanted to smile, but he didn't even have the strength to laugh, he only moved the corners of his lips, and said in a low voice: "Master......"
Her face was as pale as paper, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on her forehead, her hair was messy and covered with pillows, and even the corners of her lips were bitten with blood. Su Wenjun couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, stroked her hand and said, "Don't speak, just rest assured, with me, I will naturally keep your mother and son safe." ”
The West Taiyi Palace is not better than the palace, everything is simple.
Before dawn, Zhao Zhen had been called up by the chamberlain, because the Son of Heaven wanted to punish himself in order to move the sky to rain as soon as possible, so he did not wear a dragon robe, only a plain clothes, and breakfast was just white porridge with a few plates of exquisite pickles, which was very simple.
When it was dawn, he walked to the altar and burned incense and prayed. Seeing that the sky was as blue as the sea, the courtiers were all worried. At noon, Zhao Zhen was extremely tired, and went back to the side hall to eat, although it was a vegetarian diet, it was more fragrant than in the past, and ate two bowls of Yutian japonica rice.
After lunch, Zhao Zhen half lay on the rattan chair and closed his eyes to recuperate, the hall was quiet, and the stilt table was lit with sandalwood with the smoker of the god finch and the chick, and a wisp of white green smoke floated out from the mouth of the bird, far away.
Outside, there was an inner attendant entering the hall to pay tribute to Yan Wenying, and Zhao Zhen asked casually: "What's the matter?" ”
Yan Wenying hurriedly walked over to him and said happily: "Congratulations to the official family, there is another princess under your knees." ”
Zhao Zhen suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "Mo Lan gave birth?" ”
Yan Wenying couldn't help but see Zhao Zhen's joy, and said with a smile: "Yes, official." ”
Zhao Zhen asked, "How is Lan Zhaoyi's body?" ”
Yan Wenying picked up the good words and said, "The mother and daughter are safe, just waiting for the official family to name her." ”
Zhao Zhen couldn't be quiet anymore, paced back and forth in the hall, and after about half a pillar of incense, he suddenly stood up and said to Yan Wenying: "You go and prepare the sedan chair, I want to go back to the palace." ”
When Yan Wenying heard this, he didn't dare to be disobedient in person, so he agreed to retreat, turned around and went to tell the official again.
When the ministers found out, they broke into the inner hall and admonished: "The officials must not ignore the people of the world in dire straits because of small losses." And they all knelt at the gate of the temple, and did not let the officials go out.
Zhao Zhen was in a dilemma, and it was not good to reprimand the ministers, but when he hesitated, suddenly a palace maid rushed from far to near from the outer hall, and shouted loudly: "Congratulations to the official, it's raining, it's raining......"
When they looked out of the window, they saw that the sky was overcast, the wind was blowing, and the rain was pouring down.
A smile slowly appeared on the corner of Zhao Zhen's mouth, and he said, "Drive back to the palace immediately." "Lightning and thunder, if there is a trend of breaking bamboo, the people know that the Son of Heaven went to the West Taiyi Palace to pray for rain, presumably it must be the majesty of the Son of Heaven who moved the gods, in order to have this blessing, they have flocked to the streets, kneeling to send the official family back to the palace.
The holy car traveled for dozens of miles, and it was raining heavily, so it was extremely slow.
Zhao Zhen was concerned about Mo Lan, but he couldn't wait for half a moment, put on a robe, only brought a few guards, and galloped back to the palace on a royal horse. When they arrived outside Bianjing City, it was already the hour, the city gate had been locked, and several guards in armor were patrolling the city walls.
The heavy rain is like a note, more than ten horsemen and horses paused under the corner of the wall, although the royal guards and soldiers were drenched in the heavy rain, they still had a neat appearance and a straight waist.
Su Hehe stepped forward and raised his voice: "Who is in the city, the royal driver is here, quickly open the city gate." ”
But they did not seem to hear it, and said, "The gates are closed today, and they will come again tomorrow." ”
Su Jihe repeated: "The royal driver is here, quickly open the city gate." ”
The guards on the city wall only heard it clearly at this time, led their colleagues over, and said with a smile: "If you are a saint, then I am Lu Xiang!" Su and He were about to speak, but Zhao Zhen took out a gold and jade plaque from his arms, threw it to the roof of the building, and shouted: "Open the door quickly." ”
The guard picked up the jade plate, although he was stupid, but he also had a little more thought, and was busy with the leading general, the general was wet with shoes during his inspection, and was changing his socks, and at first glance he saw the brand, and he was so frightened that he didn't even wear his shoes, and ran out barefoot. After the lock was opened, he hurriedly led someone to kneel by the door and presented the gold and jade plaque with his own hands.
Zhao Zhen accepted the jade card, but he didn't care, and without saying a word, he quickly whipped up and went to the forbidden palace. When he entered the palace, he didn't even have time to change his clothes, he was still dressed in a plain white shirt and robe, and went straight to Ruyi Courtyard. Although Moran was extremely tired, he had a good night's sleep during the day, but he had not yet slept at this time, and was lying on the soft couch looking at the little girl in swaddling clothes.
Qingqiu brought bird's nest porridge and black chicken soup from the kitchen, and was about to enter the palace, when he suddenly saw a few people coming from the rain curtain, all dressed in white, and couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and shouted: "Who is it?" ”
Zhao Zhen was still in a good mood and said with a smile: "Good girl, it's me." Saying that, he had stepped a few steps under the corridor, and Qingqiu was surprised and delighted when he saw him, so he hurriedly bent his knees and said, "The official family is blessed." ”
She put down the food plate and helped Zhao Zhen untie his coat with her own hands, and saw that his sleeves were wet, and wanted to go to get his clothes to change, but Zhao Zhen stopped her and said, "I will go to the warm pavilion to see Mo Lan first." ”
Zhao Zhen walked into the hall, Mo Lan heard the sound and was about to stand up, but he had already walked to his side, held her and said, "You just have to be crooked, I will talk to you." ”
The palace attendants in the hall saluted and quietly withdrew. Zhao Zhen looked at her carefully, Mo Lan blushed from him, turned his head, and said, "I haven't groomed it yet, isn't it strange and ugly?" ”
Zhao Zhen stretched out his hand to hold her face, and said softly: "The temples and clouds want to be fragrant and snowy, and I can't get tired of seeing it." ”
Mo Lan smiled and said, "I can coax people." And he said, "Rokuro look at our children." ”
Although Zhao Zhen has concubines to give birth to children for him, he has never held a baby in swaddling clothes. He picked up the young girl, his arms did not dare to move, his posture was extremely stiff, but his face was very fond of it.
Moran said: "Does Liulang think Le'er is like me?" ”
Zhao Zhen was stunned and said, "Le'er? Isn't your name too common? ”
Moran looked at Le'er's round cheeks, a soft smile appeared on his face, and said, "If she can be "happy" for the rest of her life, I will be satisfied. ”
Zhao Zhen said: "If you like it, just call it Le'er." He whispered again: "Le'er, Le'er, you have to grow up healthy and healthy, don't let your mother worry about ......"
Qingqiu Ben brought the soup porridge and wanted to go in, but he didn't want the voices of the two people inside to get quieter and quieter, and gradually he could only occasionally smell a few coquettish and sweet smiles, so he had to stand in the outer hall and wait for the emperor's order.
On the second day, the official family told the six palaces, and Lan Zhaoyi had a meritorious role in raising heirs, and moved into the main seat of Luanming Hall to live. Princess Zhaole was named Princess Fukang, who was personally served by Lan Zhaoyi, and the official canonization ceremony was held after the full moon. For a time, the Ruyi Courtyard was full of people and was very lively, and it was difficult for Moranda to deal with it with the spirit of twelve points.
Zifei personally made two pairs of children's embroidered shoes and gave them to Mo Lan as a gift, and said: "I didn't do as well as you, but I really can't think of what to give, don't dislike it." ”
Moran said: "You have bad eyes, and you still want to do this for me, it's too late for me to be grateful, how can I dislike it." After a pause, he asked again: "What are your plans and Master Liu for the future?" If you want to go out of the palace, I can also talk to the officials, it all depends on your meaning. ”
Because of the rain for a few days, the weather cooled down suddenly, and the ice cubes were temporarily removed from the hall, leaving only the empty gilt high-legged porcelain bowl on the table, and the porcelain bowl was filled with kumquat on a green lotus plate, which exuded a fresh and pleasant orange fragrance.
Zifei pursed his lips, shook his head and said, "When I don't know if he is alive or dead, I think as long as he lives." Later, when I saw him with his wife, I thought it would be nice if I could see him again. Now that he is by my side every day, I am becoming more and more unsure of what to do with him. As he spoke, his eyes turned red again, and he hurriedly wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Look at me, I love to cry, I don't look like Lu Zifei at all." ”
Moran shook her hand and said, "Actually, you don't have to force it, just follow your own heart." If you want to smile at him, you can smile, if you don't want to see him, close your eyes. ”
Zifei said: "I also understand the truth, but when I see him, I always mess up." ”
Mo Lan smiled and said, "Fool, that's because you still have him in your heart." ”
A laugh suddenly came from outside the curtain, and said, "Who else is in my heart?" ”
The two were startled, only to see a snow-white jade hand lift the curtain, and a blue figure walked in, Mo Lan hurriedly overflowed with a smile and said, "You are a coincidence, Zifei is also there." ”
Zifei hurriedly got up, looked at the moon blessing body, and said, "Zhang Jieyu Wan'an." ”
Lang Yue stretched out her hand to help her up, and said with a smile: "Just the three of us, we can say whatever we need to say, and there is no need to be formal." ”
Zifei still said respectfully: "Yes." ”
Lang Yue's eyes were sharp, and he saw two pairs of children's embroidered shoes on the table in Mo Lan's hand, and several white orchids were embroidered on the tips of the shoes, and said with a smile: "Zifei's craftsmanship has made great progress, which is different from the past." ”
Zifei didn't sit, only stood on one side, and said, "Let Niangniang see and laugh." ”
Seeing that Zi was not so restrained, Lang Yue felt a little sad in her heart, remembering how kind she was when she lived in the same place and slept in the same bed, but now she is so polite, like a stranger.
Mo Lan invited Langyue to sit down, knowing that Zifei was embarrassed, so he said: "You go first, wait for me to get better another day, and then go to see you." ”
Zifei obeyed the order, blessed the two concubines, and retreated.