Qin Xun couldn't sleep well for long in his sleep, Qin Xun listened to the faint noise of human voices in the outer hall in his sleep, and couldn't hear the specific sentences clearly, the vague broken words scratched people's eardrums and disturbed people's dreams, Qin Xun's heart was on fire, fortunately, he could still remember in his subconscious that he was staying in Jingyang Palace, and there was a Qi Jing sleeping next to him, he suppressed the angry rebuke that almost came out, barely opened his eyes and blinked a few times, looked at the brocade curtain covering the Chinese bed above his head and woke up, and turned his head to look at Qi Jing beside him.

Not surprisingly, Qi Jing, who has always slept lightly, slept soundly at the moment, and Qin Xun mixed some soothing soup into the medicine when he decocted the medicine, thinking that he hadn't rested well these days, and he was sick again, so he could sleep well.

Qin Xun sat up from the brocade quilt, rubbed his face, and grabbed his messy hair twice at random at the back of his head, hearing the murmur of the outer hall, he had to lightly pull his whole body out of the quilt, kneeling on the quilt to sort out the sleeping Qi Jing, and then tuck the quilt on his shoulders, and then carefully stepped over his body, sat on the edge of the bed, put on his shoes, put on his coat, lifted the curtain of the bed and went to the outer hall.

Qing Yan, as the big palace maid of Jingyang Palace, usually stays in an adjacent room next to Qi Jing's inner room at night, in order to be on call and wait properly.

The outer hall opened a small half of the hall door, outside the hall from the evening light rain to this hour has not stopped, from the slightly open door slipped in the cool rain, the two little palace maids looked at the hall from outside the hall to come here, the oil umbrella put away and leaned against the side of the temple door, the feet were still stepping on the wet footprints, the face was scorched and said something with Qing Yan, Qing Yan also frowned, anxious and hesitant look.

It's probably really something urgent, otherwise Qing Yan wouldn't be like this for an experienced palace maid.

Qin Xun got up and lost most of his anger, and after approaching them, he asked in a low voice, "Qingyan, what's wrong?" ”

Qing Yan hurriedly blessed his body: "Disturb the third son's sleep, and the third son forgives his sins." "I was in a hurry and didn't pay attention to the movement, how could I wake up this little ancestor who got up since he was a child.

The two little palace maids also hurriedly followed Fu Shen: "Disturb the third son, and the third prince forgive his sins." "Isn't this the third son of the Qin family who came to their Jingyang Hall during the day? The two of them have only been in the palace for a year or two, doing some miscellaneous work as little palace maids, and when they saw Qin Xun faced, they heard that they were the nephews of Concubine Shu Niangniang and the cousin of His Royal Highness. Seeing Sister Qingyan in the daytime, it is natural for the third prince of Qin to be familiar with him, and he thinks that the third prince of Qin often visited Jingyang Hall in the past.

Soon after the little palace maid entered the palace, she was very curious, and quietly glanced at the direction of the inner room of the third highness, muttering in her heart that no matter how close her cousins were, it was inevitable that she would not be too outside, so she stayed overnight, why did she sleep in the same room.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Fortunately, the little ancestor who got up and was angry no longer had the pampering when he was young, and only waved his hand lightly and asked about things.

"The third son, the mother has a difficult birth." Qing Yan Road.

was called "Niangniang" by Qing Yan without a title, and there was only Bai Shufei, the mother of the master Qi Jing.

"Auntie?" Qin Xun remembered that he had returned to Beijing

I heard the news that Concubine Shu was pregnant and about to give birth, and it was so coincidental that she gave birth on the day he stayed in the palace, "How about now, did you call the imperial doctor?" Midwife? What about the healer? ”

Qing Yan saw that he was in a hurry, and hurriedly reassured him: "Don't worry, the Third Prince, the Imperial Medical Department has sent someone, I heard that it is not critical, don't worry too much, because it is a lady concubine, this is a letter to Jingyang Palace, the slave maid was supposed to report to the Third Highness in time, but unfortunately His Royal Highness is still sick, the slave and maid don't know whether to ask His Royal Highness to rest for a night, tomorrow morning His Royal Highness will get up and talk ......"

Qin Xun thought for a while: "Let him rest, I'll wash up and go to Zhaoyang Hall on his behalf." ”

Qing Yan blessed his body, and ordered the two little palace maids beside him to fetch him water.

Qin Xun turned around and went to the inner room to get the clothes on his body in order, Fang reached in from the crack in the bed curtain and touched his belt, his wrist was caught by the warm palm, he was so shocked that he almost screamed.

He took two breaths to calm the sudden heartbeat, and chuckled, "Why are you awake?" As he spoke, he lifted the curtain and went in.

"I slept lightly, and I heard what seemed to be going on outside, so I got up and asked." Qi Jing was still holding his wrist with one hand, and he relied on the other hand to prop himself up, keenly catching the other meaning of his words, "What, it seems to have scared you, it's strange that I woke up?" ”

"It's not strange, it's just that the sound of our talking outside has woken you up from resting, and I'm a little uncomfortable." Qin Xun smiled back casually.

Qi Jing's intuition is really keen, and his brain is not confused when he is sick, and his slightest reaction can make him hear something strange when he blurts out a question.

Qin Xun raised the hand that was not held by him and combed his sideburns, looking at the tiredness that could not be concealed between his newly awakened eyebrows, and the dose of soothing soup should be mixed more when decocting the medicine next time, otherwise Qi Jing's body has been habitually sleeping shallow for many years, and the shallow medicinal properties can't cure him at all.

"I slept a little heavier than usual today, isn't it ......?"

Suddenly, hearing Qi Jing's words, Qin Xun suppressed his heart and looked directly into his eyes, but he didn't think about how to respond.

Qi Jing laughed and took it on his own: "Is it that people are a little drowsy when they are sick, and they are sleepy after drinking medicine, Doctor Qin?" ”

It's really considerate, and if you don't say it, you won't break him. Qin Xun sighed softly, pulled out his wrist from his hand, and said while tugging at his clothes and belting: "I just want you to rest for a while." ”

"yes, I know." Qi Jing responded warmly, saw him dressed, and asked, "What's wrong, I'm not very awake and didn't hear clearly, you want to go out?" ”

"Someone from Zhaoyang Hall reported that my aunt had some dystocia, you rest in the palace, and I will go on your behalf." Qin Xun put on his clothes and combed his hair, heard the sound of Suosuo's clothes rubbing behind him, and turned around to see Qi Jing also getting dressed and getting up.

"What to do? It's not that you are resting, this is only five watches, you haven't slept for long, I'll go for you. ”

Qi Jing's dressing action did not stop, he lowered his eyes and tied his belt to see his emotions, his voice seemed to be a little dull, and he asked: "Difficult birth?" ”

Qin Xun said "um", and thought about it: "But I heard Qing Yan say,

The news delivered by the palace people who came to report is not critical, so don't be too anxious......"

"Difficult birth is not a trivial matter, I am with you." Qi Jing's voice was extremely low, and Qin Xun could barely hear the whole sentence clearly, but he couldn't figure out what emotion was in the words.

He glanced at Qi Jing's expression, and said in his heart, if he wants to go together, he won't stop him, his aunt and Qi Jing's mother and son have always had a very good relationship, and it is normal for him to worry.

The two of them dressed and washed, each held an oil umbrella, accompanied only by a light inkstone, thinking that the emperor was about to be there, and it was not suitable to be delicate in front of him, so they did not take a sedan chair, and hurried all the way to Zhaoyang Palace.

Sure enough, the emperor and queen and several concubines were accompanied in the outer hall of Zhaoyang Palace, the door of the inner room was closed, Qi Jing and Qin Xun arrived when a palace maid was opening the door of the inner room and bringing out a basin of blood water from the inside, giving a blessing to the masters, and bringing it out of the hall.

Qi Jing and Qin Xun both bowed to the emperor, the emperor was a little worried between his eyebrows, and he didn't want to be distracted to greet them, so he only pointed to one person with one hand, and said weakly: "Calm down, child." ”

The two got up, bowed to the queen and the concubines who accompanied them, and then retreated and stood behind the emperor.

"At this hour, why did you come here with you?" The emperor looked at the closed door of the inner room and asked Qi Jing.

"The palace people came to report, and the sons were worried, so they came here to accompany the mother and concubine with their father." Qi Jing also frowned slightly, full of worry.

"You have always been a filial child." The emperor nodded, and said, "Weizhi is actually staying in the palace today?" ”

Qin Xun said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister heard that His Royal Highness returned to the palace today, entered the palace to disturb, and when it rained at night, he stayed overnight." When she heard about Aunt Shu's birth, she was worried, so she came with Her Royal Highness. ”

The emperor nodded again: "Weizhi and your aunt and cousin have always had a good relationship. ”

Qin Xun stood beside Qi Jing and looked at the closed door with everyone, the emperor didn't speak, and others naturally didn't dare to make a sound, and occasionally the palace maid and doctor who entered and exited the inner room were stopped by the emperor and asked two sentences about the situation in the house.

Because he was afraid that Qi Jing's body would not be able to hold up for a long time, Qin Xun was extremely close to him, and when the little palace maid said the words "Zihengzi is rebellious", he intuitively felt that Qi Jing's body beside him stiffened imperceptibly.

Qin Xun studied medicine, although as a man, he couldn't help with women's childbirth, but he still heard a little about women's childbirth from medical books, and the so-called "Zihengzi reversal" symptom is the taboo of women's childbirth, the main cause of dystocia, and most of the reasons for women's dystocia.

Qi Jing cares about this very much? He turned his head slightly to look at Qi Jing's face, and saw that his face and lips were a little pale, and Qin Xun couldn't figure out for a moment whether he was not healed by the wind and cold or because he was worried.

It seems that Qi Jing has been a little wrong since he heard about Concubine Shu's difficult birth when he was in Jingyang Palace, Qin Xunjue

He was uneasy, but he couldn't figure out why he was in a mess, what did he care about?

Qin Xun's heart was also troubled, he thought to himself, but suddenly felt that Qi Jing's arm close to him moved slightly, and then he touched a cold thing between his side hand, he was stunned, and when he reacted, he quickly held Qi Jing's cold hand, hid it under his sleeve and rubbed it with the heat of his palm to warm him, and understood the meaning of Qi Jing's move to seek his comfort, and his heart was full of pity.

The murmur of the people in the house was still chaotic and penetrated into the outer hall, Qin Xun caught a glimpse of the richly dressed harem master beside the emperor, leaned over and hooked him, looking at him with an uncomfortable smile since he was a child, looking straight at the past, and responding with a faint and decent smile.

The queen immediately spoke: "I haven't seen the third prince of Qin for many years, but he is really a young man who has grown into a dignified person, no wonder the third prince of Qin returned to Beijing the next day, we Lang'er saw it in the imperial garden, and when he came back, he said to the palace that his childhood companion Qin Weizhi is now very beautiful." ”

"The queen mother and the four highnesses praise falsely." Qin Xun had to temporarily let go of Qi Jing's hand and bowed to the queen.

When the emperor heard this, he turned around, as if remembering something, and said: "Return to the city, your fourth brother is not sensible, this time you are the governor of Jiangnan, did he cause you some trouble?" ”

"The fourth brother is a child, just for jokes, and it is not a big problem for Yu Erchen's official business." Qi Jing replied decently, but he also unceremoniously mixed some obscure fingers, saying that Qi Lang's private affairs somewhat hindered his meaning.

The emperor smiled inexplicably, looked at Qin Xun again, and said, "I originally thought that you would not be at ease, worried that he would not be good for the two of you, and leave Weizhi by your side to return to Chang'an together." ”

The emperor's words couldn't help but be sharp and direct, and the queen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, where are these words-"

"Hey." The Emperor stopped her with a raised hand and glanced over, "I'm talking to my son." ”

The queen accepted it stupidly, but Qi Jing smiled calmly: "My father's words are serious, no matter how stubborn the fourth brother is, he is always the son of the emperor who knows the rules and obeys, how can he offend his brother without authorization, and the son can trust his father and his own brother." ”

(End of chapter)