063, the prince with a cleft lip and palate
Xiuxin put the things in her hand on the head of Yu Lanqing's bed, and responded, "Yes." β
After that, he felt that Yu Lanqing's tone was not quite right, and hurriedly asked again: "Does Niangniang think there is something wrong?" β
Yu Lanqing shook her head, Li Lerong's fetus has always been very unstable, but the doctors in the Tai Hospital have changed several diagnoses, but they can't say why, probably because she came from Sichuan and Chongqing, and because of her special physique, so her appearance is not quite the same as others.
"Now is an eventful time, inevitably there will be thieves looking for opportunities to take advantage of the situation, Concubine Li must keep an eye on it more, make sure that all the manpower and prepared things have been seen by our own people, and we must let this child be born safely." Yu Lanqing advised, in the past few days, she would always think of Su Yaoyao, and she didn't even have time to see her own children, so she died of blood, it was so pitiful, such a tragic thing, Yu Lanqing really didn't want to see it again.
What's more, under the current situation, if Li Lerong and the child in her belly really have three strengths and two weaknesses, the civil officials of the previous dynasty will seize her, the handle of the queen's dereliction of duty, and make a fuss, maybe they will come up with some vicious ways to deal with the military attachΓ©, and then take advantage of Wei Li's absence, forcing her to accept a few new daughters of civil servants in the palace, I am afraid that it will be provoked together with the feelings of the emperor and queen.
So Li Lerong's baby can't be fine, absolutely not!
Xiuxin heard another meaning hidden in Yu Lanqing's words, and after thinking about it, she also felt a chill in her back, so she hurriedly responded, and walked quickly to Yu Lanqing's side to help her: "The slave has written it down, and I will personally watch it tomorrow, and the mother herself is about to rest, now it is about to leave autumn and winter, and the night is cool and relishing, so don't sit by the window." β
Yu Lanqing stood up, his expression was a little dazed, and he muttered to himself: "When the emperor leaves, it is still summer." β
Yes, it's been almost four months.
Yu Lanqing sighed, she always forced herself not to think about Wei Li, she was a strong enough person, but when she thought of Wei Li's appearance, she couldn't hide the fragility hidden in her heart, she always felt that the corners of her eyes were sour, and she would think about what would happen if Wei Li was here? Can she sit down with peace of mind and don't have to worry about anything?
But after all, these can only be a reverie in the heart, and there is nothing really happening, and I always don't know the ending.
In the two months that followed, although there were still small noises, the big things that made a lot of trouble like last time did not happen again.
Yu Lanqing should accept the intention of the queen mother, and privately sent a letter to Yu Qianqi, signaling him to pay attention to the movements of the remaining soldiers outside Beijing, as well as the signs of the old nobles and old ministers, now the Yu family and the Xu family are already brothers-in-law, and the Jiang family is also a military general with real power that can be trusted, and Jiang Mei's family letter was also sent to the Jiang family.
Li Lerong's due date was supposed to cross the year in January next year, but the time of fetal movement was half a month earlier, and he was about to give birth at the end of the year.
Fortunately, all the manpower and things were prepared two months in advance, even if Li Lerong launched it in advance, he would not be in a hurry.
Li Lerong started in the afternoon, Yu Lanqing just walked back to the house and lay down, he heard Yueying say that Concubine Li was about to give birth, and asked her to go over and watch, and the rest of the concubines also rushed over one after another, Yu Lanqing also quickly got up again, and went out after tidying up casually.
She herself is six months pregnant, so even if she is in a hurry, she must be extra cautious.
The sedan chair is too high, since four months later, Yu Lanqing has all changed to a soft sedan chair, and when he arrived in Li Lerong's palace, Jiang Mei was already sitting in it, and the other concubines were still talking and laughing, and when they saw Yu Lanqing coming in, they all quickly got up and saluted.
"Where's the Governor?" Yu Lanqing looked around and asked after sitting down.
Jiang Mei naturally stood beside Yu Lanqing, and looked inside: "Inside, Concubine Li was afraid of pain and shouted for a while, the midwife said that she hadn't opened her fingers yet, and there were many places to work hard behind, so she didn't call to save effort, this time it was quieter, Niangniang is pregnant, it is not easy to work, why don't you move to the side hall to rest for a while, here I will watch for Niangniang, as soon as there is any news, Niangniang can also know it for the first time in the side hall." β
Jiang Mei roughly explained the situation, and then when she withdrew her eyes and looked at Yu Lanqing, she was full of worry and distress.
Yu Lanqing waved his hand, not sitting here, always uneasy in his heart: "What about Imperial Doctor Liu?" β
"Yes, don't worry." Jiang Mei could see Yu Lanqing's nervousness, so she sat down on the embroidery stool on the side and held Yu Lanqing's hand.
Nan Huazhu on the side sat alone on the first place of the concubines, she glanced at Yu Lanqing's face, picked up the tea cup at hand and drank water, Yu Lan learned to be obedient this time, and did not sit next to Nan Huazhu and squeeze together with Zhao Li'er, but sat on the opposite side by herself, quietly alone.
Xiao Menghuo sat behind with her heart covered, and Zhu Yuqiong had to sit beside her, which made Xiao Menghuo frown, and got up to leave, let alone sit with peace of mind.
Zhu Yuqiong also pretended to be anxious, but in fact, she was very indifferent in her heart, she hurried over, just to see Yu Lanqing's expression when she saw this child for the first time, especially now is the critical time when Wei Li went out to fight, and suddenly got such a child in the palace, and she didn't know what it would be like.
Yu Lanqing was pregnant in her belly, if she was stimulated by a lot at this time and failed to stabilize her emotions, and the fetus was stopped and a stillborn baby was born prematurely, it would be no wonder to others.
Everyone sat with different expressions and thoughts, since Yu Lanqing came in, no one spoke casually, about half an hour later, I heard Li Chen's voice inside, as if Li Lerong was told to exert force, and then there was intermittent Li Lerong's moaning, the voice became louder, no matter how many times the painful voice of giving birth to a child was heard, it was all fearful, all of them were women, everyone here would experience such a time or several times, the one lying inside, I don't know when it was himself, and there was a life to go in, God knows if there is a fate.
Li Lerong's fetus is quite smooth, at least the fetal position is correct, and it is not like Su Yaoyao's fetus that is too big to give birth, the imperial doctors have prepared a lot of decoctions to boost qi and replenish qi, and they are prepared warmly one by one, Rao is so, the palace maids who come in and out still can't run with water basins.
Yu Lanqing's face was very bad, from the moment she heard Li Chen's voice, she was very panicked, she didn't know what was wrong, her heart was beating very fast, her hands and feet were also very cold, Jiang Mei held Yu Lanqing's hand, felt her trembling slightly, startled, and hurriedly turned to look at Yu Lanqing: "Niangniang, are you okay?" β
Yu Lanqing blinked, paused and said, "How long have you been giving birth?" β
"It's just the beginning, mother." Jiang Mei responded, and then regardless of Yu Lanqing's previous meaning, he hurriedly got up and said to Yueying and Xiuxin on the side, "Quick, help Niangniang to rest in the side hall, Niangniang's body is a little cold, I'm afraid it's because it's night, find a blanket for Niangniang to cover, Niangniang has to rest for a while." β
Yu Lanqing wanted to say something, but Jiang Mei didn't give Yu Lanqing a chance to speak again, she helped Yue Ying and Xiuxin to help Yu Lanqing up, and whispered in Yu Lanqing's ear: "Niangniang, you must take care of your body and the imperial heir, here I will watch for Niangniang first, if Niangniang herself falls, how can she preside over the overall situation?" β
Jiang Mei's words were reasonable, Yu Lanqing glanced at her, and after seeing firmness in Jiang Mei's eyes, he withdrew his eyes, and followed Xiuxin and Yueying to the side hall from the small door in the back.
The side hall burned the stove, and sent soft pillows and futons, and after cleaning up and lying down, Yu Lanqing felt that he was gradually getting warmer, and his body was a lot more relaxed.
On weekdays, at this time, she can still read a book, but today is probably too stressful, she is really tired, and the voice that can be heard in the side hall is already very weak, Yu Lanqing leaned on the soft pillow, and when she closed her eyes and took a nap, she actually fell asleep.
At this time, Jiang Mei was also relieved to see Yu Lanqing go to rest, and when she turned around, she saw that Nan Huazhu was staring at herself, and she didn't lose half of her momentum, she still sat down on the embroidery stool of Fang Cai, and didn't take Nan Huazhu's eyes to heart.
Li Lerong's production in it has not stopped, and the night is getting deeper, and Yu Lan yawns a little sleepily.
This time Wei Li was not there, most of the concubines were a little lazy, waiting very impatiently, only Jiang Mei has always been very energetic, the imperial doctor came out to talk and asked for something, Jiang Mei can also say a few words, in addition to Jiang Mei, Zhu Yuqiong, who was hiding behind Xiao Menghui, was not sleepy at all.
The more the child was about to land, the more excited Zhu Yuqiong became, but she lowered her eyes and supported her head, and no one could show her excitement.
Li Lerong's child also landed in the middle of the night, and Wen Po now shouted happily: "Come out, Longzi come out." β
The laughter stopped abruptly halfway through, turning into a frightened question: "This... What is it?! β
Li Chen originally heard that Longzi had come out, and he was already relieved, and went to see his tired and fainted daughter, but Wen Po's words changed, and the trembling panic in her tone frightened Li Chen, she turned her face sideways and asked, "What's wrong?" What's wrong with the kid?! β
Why is there no crying?
Wen Po didn't respond for a while, and Li Chen didn't care about his legs that were sitting sore, so he staggered up and went to Wen Po's side to see, and then his feet were soft and he knelt down again.
She snatched the child from Wen Po's hand, and trembled her hand to touch the child's snort, although it was weak, but it was still alive.
Li Chen's heart didn't fall half a point, this child... This child ...
How could the prince of their Li family be like this!
"Madame... Give the child to the slave, slave ... The slave is going to talk back to the queen. Wen Po came back to her senses, afraid that Li Chen's emotions would be unstable and do something to the second prince, so she surrounded her with a few people and snatched the second prince back from Li Chen's hands.
The movement was too big, as if it hurt the child, he blushed and cried, but it was weaker than the cry of the eldest prince at that time, and Wen Po carefully washed and wrapped the second prince, trembling and going outside, and whispered that he was born, he was a prince.
How can a prince have such an expression? The concubines looked at each other, waiting for Jiang Mei to invite Yu Lanqing over.
Yu Lanqing had already taken a nap in the side hall, and when he was woken up, he heard that Li Lerong had given birth and was the second prince, so he woke up immediately after drowsiness, and hurriedly got up and rushed over to see.
Wen Po knelt in the middle of the hall, heard Yu Lanqing's footsteps, and trembled in fright, almost tears about to fall.
Yu Lanqing walked quickly to Wen Po and stretched out his hand: "What about the child?" Take a look at this palace. β
Wen Po had red eyes, trembling lips, and finally bent over and kowtowed a little collapsed: "Niangniang, this child... This kid he... β
The uneasiness in Yu Lanqing's heart was about to burst her heart, and Wen Po couldn't say a complete sentence for half a while, so anxious that she suddenly shouted loudly: "Give me the child!" In an instant, the entire temple was silenced.
Wen Po was frightened, and she didn't know what she was going to do, but Jiang Mei asked Xiuxin to drag Wen Po up, and she hugged the child in front of Yu Lanqing: "Niangniang." β
Yu Lanqing took a deep breath, although he was mentally prepared, but the moment he opened the corner of his back and saw the child, Yu Lanqing was still so shocked that his eyes turned black and he almost fell down.
Yue Ying quickly grabbed Yu Lanqing, and Jiang Mei also glanced at the child in a panic, and gasped.
After helping Yu Lanqing sit down, Jiang Mei hurriedly called the imperial doctor and asked the imperial doctor to come forward and take a look.
At this point, everyone guessed that there must be something wrong with Li Lerong's birth, but no one dared to say what the problem was.
After Yu Lanqing came to his senses a little, he asked people to go to Cishou Palace to invite the Queen Mother to come over, and then ordered all the palace people to wait at the door, and none of the people present were allowed to move.
If it wasn't a particularly tricky matter, Yu Lanqing would naturally not alarm the Queen Mother, and when she heard that the Queen Mother came to invite someone, the Queen Mother knew that something must have happened, and it was very fast, and as soon as she entered Li Lerong's palace, she watched this battle.
Yu Lanqing saw the Queen Mother, and his heart was a little more settled, but his heart was really blocked, and he raised his hand to signal Xiuxin to hold the child to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother has been in the palace for many years, and she has seen many children who died tragically and palace concubines who died, but the scene in front of her still stirred up the hairs on the Queen Mother's back.
"Imperial Physician Liu." The Queen Mother called the Imperial Doctor in a deep voice, "What's going on?!" β
Imperial Physician Liu knelt on the ground, wiped the sweat on his head, and replied after calming down a little: "Back to the Empress Dowager's words, Weichen and all of your colleagues have checked the pulse of Concubine Li, although Niangniang is weaker, but everything else is fine, Weichen heard that there are also children with cleft lip and palate among the people, such a child is one out of ten thousand, Weichen... Weichen really doesn't know why the prince born to Concubine Li is like this. β
The child's face is hateful, the upper lip is torn, and the upper jaw can be seen, which is really disgusting and frightening, such a child was born in the royal family, and it is a great bad omen when the emperor goes on an expedition!
"This... This is unknown, Li Concubine should not be some kind of monster who cursed the fortune of the Great Wei Kingdom. Zhu Yuqiong sneered in her heart, but she still pretended to be shocked and frightened on her face, and whispered.
The Queen Mother looked at her coldly and scolded: "Bastard! What is the national fortune of Dawei, is it possible that it is pinned on a little baby! β
Zhu Yuqiong hurriedly knelt down: "The concubine is speechless." β
But when such words are spoken, they will naturally leave traces in everyone's hearts, even if everyone doesn't say it, they will definitely think so.
The good days of Li Lerong and the Li family ended here.
Li Chen was kneeling quietly, and the impact of reality had not completely woken her up, but Zhu Yuqiong's words stimulated Li Chen's fragile nerves, she looked back at Zhu Yuqiong, and asked sharply: "This little master is angry, but he doesn't know what the purpose of saying such a thing is!" β
Zhu Yuqiong didn't answer, so she didn't bother to take care of this annoyed and angry woman.
The Queen Mother glanced at Li Chen again and said comfortingly: "Concubine Li gave birth safely, how is it now?" β
One sentence drew Li Chen's attention, she took a deep breath, leaned over and said, "Back to the Queen Mother, Niangniang is very tired and still asleep." β
The Queen Mother nodded, then looked at Yu Lanqing again, and said in a deep voice: "This child, what does the queen think the queen should do?" β
There is no precedent for such a crippled son to stay in the palace, in all dynasties, such a prince was born disgraced and ominous, and he would generally be sent out of the palace for foster care, or he would directly give birth to pray for blessings, and it was not easy for such a child born with a cripple to grow up, and Li Lerong's birth did not even have the strength to cry, and he couldn't raise it if he wanted to.
Yu Lanqing looked at the Queen Mother's eyes, knowing what the Queen Mother meant when she asked her, she was the queen, and the emperor was not there at this time, so it was up to her to decide the life and death of this child.
Li Chen saw that the Queen Mother had such a meaning, and he was reluctant to take the initiative to keep this child, and even hoped that Yu Lanqing could dispose of this child in this way, it was really useless to give birth to such an evil animal! Originally, I thought that Li Lerong would give birth to a prince, and the glory of the old aristocratic forces would be able to fight back in one fell swoop, but unexpectedly, to the current situation, everything is really ready, and the east wind can't afford it! It's okay to dispose of it, lest Wei Li see this kid after he comes back, and I'm afraid that he will have a shadow on Li Lerong for the rest of his life.
Yu Lanqing was silent for a while, everyone waited to hear what Yu Lanqing's final decision was, and after a long time, Yu Lanqing said: "The child's breath is so weak, I'm afraid it won't be able to survive if I send it out, everything in the palace is the best, Erchen thought, let's keep it in the palace first, and when the emperor comes back, it's not too late to make a decision." β
She herself is going to be the queen mother, and there is really no way to deprive a child of her life so ruthlessly.
If this child loses his life if he doesn't fight for it, if he can survive, then whether he wants this child or not, it is still up to Wei Li, the father, to decide.
The Queen Mother expected that Yu Lanqing would answer like this, and she was not surprised, she nodded slowly and said: "It's okay, the emperor has been gone for so long, and he is about to come back, let the child be raised by Concubine Li's side first, and then make a decision when the emperor comes back, everyone's mouths are closed to the mourning family, if the mourning family hears a gossip spread outside the palace, what will be the consequences, you can see for yourself." β
Everyone hurriedly got up and saluted and said yes, only Li Chen's face was ugly, kneeling and crawling to the Queen Mother, knocking his head to the sky: "The Queen Mother, please be merciful to the Queen Mother, Li Concubine Niangniang worked hard to give birth to this prince, it is already a loss of blood, at this time the person is still in a coma, if this child is seen by Li Concubine Niangniang, I am afraid that he will cry blind and burn his body, and please ask the Queen Mother to have mercy, this child can not be raised under the knees of Li Concubine Niangniang, in case the child fails to survive, Concubine Li is afraid that she will also go with the child. β
She cried so much that she had a motherly face that loved her daughter.
But these words fell on the ears of the Queen Mother, it had no effect, how could the Queen Mother not know the little Jiujiu in Li Chen's heart, she was afraid that this child was by her side, even if she wanted to kill her, she couldn't, because something happened and she was definitely going to be found out, but this child looked weak, who knows how long he could live? She heard that Wei Li was about to come back, and she was afraid that Wei Li would see it, and Li Lerong would completely lose her grace.
If a person can go so far as to kill and preserve grace without even recognizing his own flesh and blood, then what is the difference between him and an animal?
The Queen Mother looked at the crying Li Chen, her face was as usual, and she stretched out her hand to pull Li Chen up a little.
The Queen Mother personally supported her, Li Chen lowered her eyes, did not dare to look directly, thinking that her words moved the Queen Mother, and let the Queen Mother open her mouth to raise this child to anyone's knees, but she didn't expect the Queen Mother's voice to be so light and so close to her ears, there was no mercy and compassion she expected, only a deterrent shock that made people's hearts tingle and numb: "The second prince is Li Concubine's biological flesh and blood, pregnant and born on October 1, is the mother's heart, mourning the family and the queen, unwilling to let Li Concubine's flesh and blood separate, Thinking that Li Concubine woke up and learned that the child was raised by her side, she would also be relieved, and the mourning family thought that the most painful difference in this world is the mother who can't even see the child, if the mourning family takes the child, thinking that Li Concubine is really going to be painful, Mrs. is also a mother, so she naturally understands the truth, even if people in the world don't want this child, Li Concubine will definitely love to raise it like a treasure, and only hope that this child can survive, isn't it? Could it be that Madame thinks that there is anyone in this palace who can do more than her biological mother? β
The Queen Mother referred to in her words, and when asked about her biological mother's intentions, Li Chen couldn't defend herself, so she could only bow down again: "The Queen Mother is thoughtful, and the courtiers thank the Queen Mother for her grace." β
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