Chapter 24: The Birth of the Twins
"Yingying, I'll surprise you later."
"What surprise?" The emperor shook his head and said nothing, Orange Creek was a little curious, and looked at Yu Lan who was smiling on her face, "Dare to be in the dark alone?" β
Yu Lan blindfolded Orange Creek and led her to the door, Orange Creek slowly opened her eyes and saw the lotus pond in front of her, she covered her mouth with one hand, walked to the edge of the pool excitedly, and touched the lotus flowers in the pool.
"Happy? Surprise? In the future, don't run out with a big belly, just enjoy the lotus in this yard, how good. β
"I won't just say it casually, why should the emperor take it to heart."
"As long as it's what Yingying wants, even if it's a star in the sky, I'll pick it for you."
"Your Majesty, you are laughing again, how did you get the stars."
"Really, tomorrow I will order someone to build a star-picking tower that goes straight up to the sky, and I will personally go upstairs to pick stars for Yingying."
"Okay! Don't embarrass the emperor, this has already moved the concubines very much, thank you for the emperor's love for the concubines. Orange Creek plucked a lotus flower, put it in front of his nose, and felt the smell of love deeply.
Four years have passed in the blink of an eye, and it is the day of the draft again.
Since the queen and Orange Creek were both pregnant, the emperor quickly pampered a new show girl and promised to live in the Moon Pavilion. This woman's name is Youyue, she is the granddaughter of Zongren Fucheng, fifteen years old, with a beautiful appearance, and two small dimples on her cheeks, which is somewhat similar to Orange Creek.
"Promise, be careful, be careful of falling into the water." Youyue lay on the fence by the pond, and the two palace maids behind her dragged her to death. His hands went up and down in the lotus leaves, as if he wanted to pick the lotus flowers in the pond.
"Did you promise to pick lotus flowers?" Orange Creek, passing by, asked her kindly.
Youyue jumped off the fence, "I've seen my sister, yes!" I especially like lotus flowers, which are elegant and refined, and I want to pick some and put them in the house. β
"Promise that if you really like it, follow me to Chuxiu Palace! There is a pond of lotus flowers in my yard. β
"Really? Okay, let's go. Youyue smiled happily, revealing two small dimples, and there was a childish spirit in her voice.
As soon as she entered the courtyard gate of Chuxiu Palace, Youyue jumped and ran to the edge of the pool, where is this a woman, she is clearly a child, without the appearance of a master.
"Promise to pick whichever one you like!" Orange Creek seemed to see her former self in her.
"Then Youyue is welcome, thank you, sister, you are so good, sister, are you willing to be friends with Youyue?" You Yue asked Orange Creek innocently.
"Of course, as long as my sister likes it, she can come to Chuxiu Palace every day to play."
In this way, the two became good friends, and the naΓ―ve Youyue had nothing to say about Orange Creek, and simply regarded Chuxiu Palace as her home, and came to visit the door every day. Orange Creek also treats Youyue as a younger sister, and if there is anything good, she will be the first to think of her.
Time flies quickly, and seeing that it is about to come to the day of childbirth, Orange Creek still doesn't believe that she can be so peaceful, and no one will calculate her.
In Kunning Palace, "Is there any medicine that induces birth?" The queen was half-lying there with a big belly.
"Hui Niangniang, there is." Imperial Physician Jian knelt on the ground, taking a pulse of peace for the queen, and at the same time replying to the queen's words.
"There is still half a moon to go before the day of delivery, and now the medication is not a big problem for the child, right?"
"Hui Niangniang, the fetus is fully developed, and it will not have any effect."
"Okay, you give Bengong a sticker, Bengong will give birth tonight."
"Niangniang, I'll go with the imperial doctor to get the medicine." The queen nodded in response, and Yun Ling followed the imperial doctor out of the room.
When the sun set, Yun Ling came in with a bowl of medicine, "Niangniang, it's just warm, drink it while it's hot!" β
The queen took the medicine and took a big sip, maybe the medicine was too bitter, the queen's expression was a little painful, and finally she drank the rest of the medicine in one gulp. After about an hour, the queen began to feel a dull pain in her stomach, for a while, but it was bearable, she lay down on the bed to rest.
After another two hours, "my stomach hurts, it hurts...... the queen began to roll on the bed in pain, and blood oozed from her white underwear.
"Niangniang, I'm afraid I'm going to give birth, come here! The mother is about to give birth, go and invite the emperor, please give birth to the aunt, hurry! Kunning Palace exploded.
"Ah...... It's killing me......" The queen's voice became more and more frequent, and Yun Ling kept wiping her sweat beside her.
"Why hasn't my midwife come yet? Did you even call it? Yun Ling stayed by the bedside, also sweating with anxiety.
"Coming, coming, auntie coming......" The two aunts also trotted in.
"Go and get some hot water, clean paper, and cotton towels." The aunt who came was inspecting the queen and called the people to prepare things. "Niangniang, you bear with it first, it's not the time to exert yourself."
"I can't stand it anymore, I want to go to the toilet." As she spoke, the queen prepared to get up.
The two aunts hurriedly asked her to lie down, "Then Niangniang, try to exert yourself!" β
"Ah...... Ahhh......h
"Why haven't you given birth yet?" The emperor shouted loudly in the inner room.
"The child's head is not fully in the basin, and it is estimated that it will take some time." The aunt in the back room returned to the emperor, "Niangniang, you are working hard!" β
In Chuxiu's palace, Orange Creek suddenly had abdominal pain, one after another, and the pain was so painful that he couldn't straighten his waist, "Yu Lan, go and call someone, I'm afraid I'm going to give birth." β
Yu Lan helped Chengxi lie down and hurriedly ran out of the door, "Quick, quick, go and invite the emperor, go and ask the midwife, hurry up, the noble man is in great pain." β
rushed to Kunning Palace to inform the emperor's people, and told the news to Gonggong Chen, who was guarding the door, and Gonggong Chen hurriedly entered the house and whispered to the emperor, "Gonggong Chen, you are guarding here, there is news to inform me, I have to go to Chuxiu Palace." β
"Nobleman, hurry up, come out quickly, see your head." The aunt who delivered the baby said.
"Wow wow......" As soon as the emperor stepped in, the cry of a child was heard.
"Nobleman, born, born, is a little brother." Yu Lan looked at the little brother who was screaming, wiping the sweat on her face for Orange Creek.
"Did you give birth to Brother or Gege?" The emperor couldn't help but ask.
"Congratulations to the emperor, it's a little brother." The aunt in the back room returned, and an aunt wrapped up the little brother and carried it out of the house to show the emperor, "Your Majesty, look, what a handsome little brother." β
The emperor took over the little elder brother, "Reward, Chuxiu Palace will be rewarded all up and down." β
The subordinates cleaned up the inner room, and then the emperor went in to see Orange Creek, looking at Orange Creek's pale face, the emperor was very distressed, "Yingying, hard work, are you happy?" You've added a little brother to me. β
"I am relieved, and now I understand that it is not easy to be a mother." Orange Creek said weakly.
In Kunning Palace, where is the queen still screaming, "Your Majesty, your ...... emperor" Seeing that no one answered, "Where did the emperor go?" β
"Back to Niangniang, the noble Tong over there in Chuxiu Palace is about to give birth, and the emperor has rushed over there." Gonggong Chen, who was guarding the door, heard the queen's voice and returned to the hall to reply.
"Niangniang, when you see the head, you use some more force."
"Wow Wow ......"
"Gege or Brother?" The queen can't wait to see the results.
"Congratulations to the queen, it's an elder brother." The midwife's aunt returned.
Waiting for the people to clean up the back room and send the midwife away, "I didn't expect that I was preempted by her after all my hard work." β
"Is it important to be a little earlier, a little later? Empress. Yun Ling was a little puzzled.
"Of course, the emperor's joy of having a child will be used on the child born first, and when it is the next turn, the happiness has long been exhausted, and the rest is just another child."
The person who reported went to report to the emperor, and the emperor was very happy when he learned that he had twins for a while, and wandered around the house a few times, "Today is a good day, double happiness is coming, the sun and the moon are the same, the eleventh elder brother is named Hongday, the twelfth elder brother is named Hongye, Yingying can like the name Hongday?" β
Yingying nodded slightly, in fact, what is the difference between what name is taken? As long as it is not called Hongli, when the time comes, the nine sons will take the heir, and a few will survive. Looking at her sleeping son lying beside her, she should be happy, and her heart burned with sorrow again.
The emperor canonized Orange Creek as a concubine last time, gave Su Jin ten horses, a pair of mother and son longevity locks, a pair of dragon and phoenix bracelets, a set of silver supplies for Elder Brother, a string of glass Buddha beads, a set of pure gold hair ornaments, and a jade lotus ornament. Chuxiu Palace has also received a lot of rewards.
The birth of the son-in-law, the long-pending position of the crown prince, began to be put on the agenda again, and the ministers said one after another, asking the emperor to establish the position of the prince as soon as possible, and the emperor always changed the topic with the twelve elder brothers.
On the queen's side, it is not easy to get a son, and the position of the prince must be inevitable, and she always knocks on the side of the emperor inside.
The emperor was forced by them to Chuxiu Palace, "Hey! Headache, I really don't want to go to the court, I am forcing the prince every day. β
"Why is the emperor upset about this, in terms of the eldest son, Hongye is indeed well-deserved, is there anything more favorite in the emperor's heart?" Orange Creek hugged and babbled, moving non-stop.
"Ye'er is still so young, who knows what his talent is, how can I be canonized so hastily, not to mention that I have a better candidate in my heart."
"Actually, it's very simple, why didn't the emperor inform the ministers that the prince had been decided, and the edict would be placed behind the plaque in the main hall of the Taihe Palace, and then taken out when it was useful in the future, so that the emperor could not set up the person in his mind, and if the emperor wanted to change it, he could exchange it."
"Wonderful! Yingying, you are really my lucky star, this not only solves the urgent need, but also avoids unnecessary casualties in order to compete for the position of the crown prince. The emperor frowned and happily hugged the little brother.
As soon as the emperor's words came out, the Manchu Dynasty was silent and silent, and even the queen no longer mentioned the prince's affairs, and everything returned to calm.