This year's summer is hotter than ever, like the scorching sun that wants to dry the earth.

The little palace maids in Zichen Palace all hid behind the corridor to enjoy the shade, splashed the ground with cold water from the well, and stood in a row to drop watermelons to play.

"Listen, Sister Ling'er is playing the piano again. ”

"Yes, the master asked her to learn the piano, but she played it for several days, and it was still so ugly, haha. ”

"Learning the piano is hard work, Sister Ling'er has only been learning for a few days, and it is good to be able to play like this. You all be careful to speak, beware of Sister Ling'er, and punish you for being on duty at night. Xiangyun reached into the basin with a pair of plain hands to stir the cold well water.

"Sister Xiangyun, you still know the rules, no wonder the master values you. ”

The sound of the piano barely squeezed out of the crack in the door, staggering, drifting across the corridor.

Mother Zhong rubbed her ears, walked in slowly with a mahogany tray, and put a plate of butterfly rolls and a plate of silver silk cake on the table in the tray.

Ling'er raised her head and said with a smile: "Mother Zhong, what progress have you made in listening to my piano?"

"Hmm......" Mother Zhong glanced at Yuan Xi and said with a smile: "Okay, good to hear." ”

"Cut, I don't believe it. I played so badly that you were laughing in your hearts and wouldn't say it in front of me. Ling'er said, covered the strings with green satin, and put them in the case.

Won-hee stroked his belly, the child in his womb was almost six months old. These two children are not big, but they still seem to have very strong bellies. A six-month-old belly is the same size as an average person's eight- or nine-month-old belly.

"Master, let's have some snacks?" Mother Zhong brought the plate of silver silk cake to Yuan Xi: "The master said that the jujube paste filling was delicious, but today I specially asked the small kitchen not to use the osmanthus filling, but to use the jujube paste filling." Master, taste it?"

Yuan Xi ate half of the cake, and the rest was given to Xiangyun Hongxiu and a few little palace maids to eat.

Mother Zhong looked at Yuanxi's belly and said, "There are still four months to give birth, and I don't know how big my belly will be." At night, the master said that his back was sore, and it was uncomfortable to lie down, and now that the month is getting bigger and bigger, it is the most uncomfortable time. ”

Ling'er took the qin, walked to Yuanxi's side, and said, "Why don't we send someone to the people to find out if there is any new way, the master can't eat much in a meal now, if he can't sleep well, how can his body survive?"

It's not so squeamish, Yuan Xi stroked his stomach, and could vaguely feel that the child in his stomach was turning over: "Maybe it's not ten months, I heard Imperial Doctor Wang say that twins don't usually give birth on a monthly basis." ”

Mother Zhong furrowed her eyebrows: "There is no room for twins in this palace anyway, if Niangniang really gives birth to two princes, what should it be?"

"Mother Zhong, you are well-informed, according to your opinion, what should I do about this?" Yuan Xi said with a smile.

Mother Zhong pursed her lips and said firmly: "From the perspective of slaves, Niangniang should make arrangements as soon as possible, if on the day of birth, Niangniang really gave birth to two princes, she should make a decision immediately, send one of them to the people, and entrust someone to raise her." It's just that now, because of the marriage between the eldest young master and the second miss, the Wei Mansion is a little stiff with the palace, and the slave maid is just worried that the Wei Mansion can't do its best. ”

"Mother Zhong, this is how much you are doing, no matter when the Wei Mansion arrives, it is still the mother's family of the queen's master, if even the mother's family is not credible, then who else can we trust?" Ling Er smiled: "I think, if you really want to do this, you have to entrust it to the Wei Mansion." ”

It has to be entrusted to the Wei Mansion, Yuan Xi looked down at his high bulging abdomen. Although the royal family surnamed Chu is his real blood relative, his biological relatives are not as reliable as his adoptive relatives, and they are not as reliable as the Wei Mansion. In addition, the whole Wei Mansion knows the roots, and if they really give their children to raise, they can rest assured.

"From the point of view of the slave, this matter still has to be entrusted to the Zhenguo Gong, after all, the blood is connected. The power of Zhenguo Gong is tilted towards the government and the opposition, and the little prince is in Zhenguo Gong, so naturally no one dares to beat his idea. Mother Zhong said earnestly: "Master, this is not a trivial matter, once the news of the master's birth of twins spreads, the courtiers will definitely be ready to move." Only by ventilating with Zhen Guogong in advance, then Zhen Guogong will be able to calm the scene and not be in a hurry!"

Zhen Guogong will not be in a hurry at any time, no matter how tricky the situation is, there is no need to worry about this. What Yuan Xi is worried about is that the royal family surnamed Chu can't accept the fact that he gave birth to twins. The twins are ominous, especially the twins in the palace, and they will be detained for shaking the country's honor.

Although compared to the power of Zhenguo Gong, the Wei Mansion is as fragile as an ant, but the current situation is not necessarily reliable if it is powerful.

"No one must know about this. In addition to the emperor, the imperial physician, and the three of us, and the one who can know, it is the Wei Mansion. Yuan Xi looked at Zhong's mother solemnly: "We must ensure that nothing goes wrong and we can't leak any news." ”

Mother Zhong paused for a moment and frowned: "So, does the master still want to entrust the prince to the Wei Mansion?"

"It can only be the Wei Mansion, the forces on the side of Zhenguo Gong are intertwined, and there will always be a few people who are not of the same mind as us. Yuan Xi also has no bottom in his heart, there are hundreds of concubines in this century-old foundation in the Great Chu Palace, but he has never heard of twins. Wang Nianen also has a heart hanging when she diagnoses her pulse every day, and she has never encountered such a situation, it is the first time that the eldest girl gets on the sedan chair.

In fact, Wang Nianen didn't say it, and Yuan Xi could also see that Wang Nianen was a little worried about the twins in her womb. It is said that a woman giving birth to a child is a back-and-forth between the ghost gate, isn't it even more difficult for twins to have children? Wang Nianen always told her that she should be diligent in replenishing and replenishing more physical strength. But her appetite is dictated, and she will vomit a mess if she eats more.

Although it has been changed to eating small meals and eating more often, the things you eat every day add up to just a little bit. Recently, I always feel that my qi and blood are insufficient, so Wang Nianen has prepared medicinal food so as not to affect the health of the fetus.

"If the master must entrust it to the Wei Mansion, the slave and maid will not be able to say anything. What the master commands, the slave and the maid do as they are told. However, the slave maid was still a little worried, the marriage between the eldest young master and the second lady, the slave maid ...... "Mother Zhong wanted to speak and stopped."

Yuan Xi rubbed his eyebrows, these two pairs of hard-working mandarin ducks are really a headache.

The day before yesterday, I sent someone to Cheng'an Palace to see it, Princess Chenxiang seemed to see it, and she was no longer as she used to be, she burst into tears when she mentioned Cheng Yong, and now she talked about Cheng Yong with her, and she was able to open her mind and be relieved.

It's just this sixth master......

"I heard that the sixth master is busy again. Mother Zhong sighed.

"Busy with marriage again?" asked Ling'er.

"But no, last month, Princess Chenxiang also persuaded him, and he had obviously been persuaded at that time, but recently, the sixth master didn't know what was stirring up, and sent out all the people who could breathe in the mansion, and handled it with great fanfare. I'm afraid that the movement will not be big enough. Mother Zhong shook her head helplessly: "Our sixth master, it's really helpless, no wonder people want to call him the evil king." ”

Yuan Xi sighed: "Even the emperor can't help him, the emperor sent someone to question, and the sixth master prevaricated, saying that he wanted to take a concubine." Why did the concubine make such a big battle? It was obvious that he wanted to force the marriage to the Wei Mansion, but he didn't admit it now, and the emperor couldn't do anything to him. ”

"So, the slave maid is worried about this, if the Wei Mansion is forced to be urgent, I am not afraid to hate the sixth master, if even the emperor and Niangniang are jealous, how can the mother rest assured that the little prince will be handed over to the Wei Mansion to raise?" Mother Zhong said, sighing: "This is really eventful. ”

Yuan Xi shook his head: "Don't worry about him for now." Ling'er, is there any news about the caravan from the Wei Mansion to the Western Regions?"

"Hmm...... I guess I have. Ling'er said vaguely.

Yuan Xi turned his face: "What does it mean to have something? ”

"The caravan sent a letter, saying that the four gentlemen have found all the medicines, but I don't know if it's the kind you said, master. According to the map, you may not be able to get a good horse. The medicinal materials mentioned by the master are rare for a hundred years, and although the caravan brought a doctor, no one can say accurately. Ling'er tied her hands and said, "But I heard that they are already on their way back, whether the medicinal materials are real or not, the master will soon be able to see." They set out by water, and this time they were going to come back by dry road, saying that they could be faster. ”

"Hopefully, hopefully the drugs they find are all right. Yuan Xi stroked his lower abdomen and sighed: "If the medicines brought back this time are all right, then the poison in the Queen Mother will be resolved soon." ”

"Is the master going to make medicine for the Queen Mother himself?" asked Ling'er.

Yuan Xi shook his head: "The decoction is naturally handled by the Gongzhongtai Hospital, but this detoxification method cannot rely on decoction alone, and it is inseparable from two months of acupuncture." Bengong is now pregnant and has difficulty moving, so he can only explain the acupuncture points to Doctor Wang. ”

The Queen Mother has been cultivating in the North Palace these days, and she didn't ask Yuanxi to come over to ask for peace. In fact, it's just that he has a cold on his body, and he will be fine after a day or two of cultivation, but he is panicked in his heart, and he doesn't want to see the people of the Wei family, so even Yuan Xi refuses to see it.

The emperor is now almost thirty years old, but he doesn't even have an heir under his knees, when the first emperor was at his age, the emperor's eldest son Xiao Rongshen would call his father. Although Won-hee is pregnant, there is only one after all. This palace is empty, there is only one queen, and several concubines* are idle, and the emperor doesn't seem to have any intention of accepting concubines, and he hasn't even mentioned it.

According to the rules since the founding of the Great Chu, the new emperor must first do two major things when he ascends the throne. The first is to give amnesty to the whole world, and the second is to restore the three-year small election and the five-year major election. But the emperor granted amnesty to the world, but put the draft aside. In the long run, the emperor will inevitably have few heirs. A few days ago, when the emperor came to the North Palace to ask for peace, he also mentioned the draft to him, but the emperor just smiled and said that the state affairs were busy. The country, the country before the family, casually perfunctory.