royal princess

Chapter 181 Birth 2
"Open, open, force, force!"

Si Jin couldn't care about anything else, she just knew how to do what the midwife told her, exert force when asked, and pant when asked to breathe.

After passing the [-]th of August and ushering in the [-]th of August, it took a day, and a loud baby cry was finally ushered in Yihexuan.

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, Xi Ronghua gave birth to a healthy little prince." The midwife was so happy that she couldn't see her eyes, she went to the outer room to announce the good news.

Xiao Qi was overjoyed, looked down at the child in the midwife's arms, and immediately asked, "Where's Xi Ronghua? Why can't you hear the sound?"

The smile on the midwife's face froze, but she replied almost immediately: "If you go back to the emperor, Master Xi Ronghua has fallen asleep from exhaustion, but you are fine, mother and child are safe."

Xiao Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to lift his feet to have a look, but the queen grabbed his sleeves and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, look, the little prince is so cute." The child in his hand said softly when he turned half sideways: "The room needs to be tidied up, the emperor will come in later."

Xiao Qi's face was a bit embarrassed, he shook his hands into a fist and coughed lightly, nodded without any trace, and his eyes fell on his son's face again.The small face is wrinkled, and at this time it is hard to tell who he looks like, but the children around him look like him, Xiao Qi really didn't see it.

However, Yuzhen was like this when she was born, but it will be fine after a while, so Xiao Qi didn't dislike her at all.People were asking people to announce the good news to the Empress Dowager one after another. People in the delivery room were tossing things outside, and the midwife over there said with a smile: "Master Xi is the most worry-free thing for slaves who have delivered so many times. The longer pregnancy time is also due to the first birth, which is already very smooth."

The queen smiled and nodded repeatedly, and said to Xiao Qi: "Xi Ronghua has such a temperament, he never causes trouble easily, and even having a child is very worry-free." There was no hysteria, no The tossing imperial doctor's face was numb, and he didn't make the midwife panic. Even when they were listening outside, they didn't hear Xi Ronghua shouting much.

It's too worrying, but it's even more distressing.

The queen looked into the room that she couldn't see through a curtain. Could it be that Xi Ronghua knew that the emperor was waiting outside and couldn't bear to make him anxious, so that's why she refused to shout?
When she went in to see her a few times, she obviously changed her face when she was in pain, but she still endured it.

If it were her, she might not be able to bear it.

Qiao Lingyi looked at the child in the queen's hands, and at the back of his cousin rushing to the delivery room, and vaguely felt that something would never come back.

When Xiao Qi entered, there was still a slight smell of blood in the room. The delivery room had been cleaned up a long time ago. Lime was sprinkled in the room. Looking at the floor tiles, everything was cleaned up inside and out.At this time, incense was lit in the room, and it slowly spread, and the fragrance gradually covered the bloody smell.

Xiao Qi was sitting on the edge of the bed, Si Jin had her forehead covered and her hair was wet and greasy stuck to her cheeks. Although her face was flushed, she was obviously tired.He was not in front of the imperial concubine when she gave birth. First, the imperial concubine must not want him to see her side, and second, he was not very willing to see her at that time.

After all, the imperial concubine and the child in her stomach had more political chips at that time, so it is hard to say how much affection they had.That is, he didn't mean to use the child as a bargaining chip, but the imperial concubine and Cao Guogong did.Therefore, as long as he thinks about that child, Xiao Qi inevitably hesitates.It can't be too far away, and it can't be too close.Far away, as a father and emperor, he is unkind and unfeeling, but too close, it is inevitable that he will be used by others.

It's exhausting to have so much thinking on a child.

But Si Jin's child was different, he was born with full expectation and care.There is no political contest, no calculation between the monarch and his ministers, this child is his child to him.

After taking the handkerchief, Xiao Qi gently wiped the sweat from Si Jin's forehead. Seeing her drowsy sleep, she knew she was really exhausted.Otherwise, with her jealous nature, knowing that she is waiting outside, as long as she can hold on, she must take a look at herself before she is willing to sleep.

Thinking of this, Xiao Qi couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips.

Qiao Lingyi stood at the door, outside the curtain was the empress's teasing laughter of the little prince, while inside the curtain his cousin was wiping Xi Ronghua's forehead with a handkerchief.Seeing him lightly and cautiously, the blood on Qiao Lingyi's face peeled off layer by layer.

The queen over there glanced at Qiao Lingyi from the corner of her eyes, and she breathed a long sigh of relief, her eyes fell on the little prince again, seeing such a small ball, her heart softened.If only she gave birth to this child, she dreamed that she could give birth to a child, even if it was a princess.

It's a pity that God didn't want her to have this blessing.

Xi Ronghua looked pleasing to her eyes, so naturally this child also looked pleasing to her eyes. After staring at Yihexuan for such a long day, the empress was naturally tired, but she couldn't feel it now.

After handing the child to the nanny, the queen walked over slowly, looked at the distraught Qiao Lingyi and said, "Qiao Xiaoyi, go back first, I'm tired after waiting for a day, so I should rest earlier."

Qiao Lingyi subconsciously looked at his cousin's back, and was about to say goodbye to his cousin, when he heard the queen say again: "Don't disturb the emperor, now all your hearts are on Xi Ronghua, we Don't go in and disturb the emperor, you can go with me."

What else could Qiao Lingyi say?
The queen seriously ordered the nanny and others to take good care of the little prince, and scolded with a very serious expression: "The little prince is well, you are all well, and your family is also well, if the little prince has good or bad, don't blame me The ugly words are in the beginning, you are small, and the whole family of your family will follow and serve the little master, remember?"

The two nannies turned pale with fright, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, repeatedly saying: "Your servant must do my best."

The queen told Yun Shang carefully, "There is no aunt in charge of the Summer Palace to watch over. You are the one who waits on you. You have to prepare soft porridge and put it on the stove at night. Xi Ronghua woke up You must be hungry, don’t be lazy.”

"Yes, servant girl, thank you for your advice." Yun Shang was relieved when she heard what the queen said, because she was afraid that the queen would be unhappy watching their master give birth to a prince.

After the queen gave her orders, she took Qiao Lingyi and left together. When they left the Yihexuan, the queen took a look at Qiao Lingyi, got into the soft sedan chair, looked down at her, the corners of her mouth curled, "This Gong already knew that we would meet again sooner or later in this palace, Qiao Xiaoyi said, right?"

Qiao Lingyi didn't know what the empress meant, but even though she was the empress dowager's niece, her status was too low after all, so she had to salute respectfully, "Concubine sends the empress empress respectfully." But she refused to answer this question , No matter what you say, you are asking for trouble.

The queen glanced at Qiao Lingyi, and then ordered someone to carry the sedan chair and leave.

The full moon was in the sky, and the silver glow was everywhere. Qiao Lingyi wrapped his clothes tightly around his body, feeling the coldness of the autumn night, as if oozing from his bones, making the soles of his feet feel cold.

"Master." Shuhui glanced at the master cautiously, walked slowly behind her, and persuaded softly: "The master has only entered the palace not long ago, and Xi Ronghua is pregnant. , this made Xi Ronghua more valued by the emperor. Speaking of which, he was honored as the first prince, and now he is finally born, and there will always be opportunities in the future."

Qiao Lingyi heard the words and looked at Shuhui sideways. Shuhui didn't see the scene where his cousin wiped Xi Ronghua's sweat with a handkerchief, and didn't see the look in his eyes looking at Xi Ronghua, that's why he was so confident to persuade her.But she saw that even though she repeatedly estimated Gao Xironghua's weight in her cousin's heart, she was still more surprised than she thought.

The cold wind in the middle of the night brushed against his cheeks, walking alone on this empty palace road, he only felt lonely for a while.All that entwines on the heart is the scene of my cousin holding the handkerchief and lowering his cheeks just now.I want to drive it out of my mind, but the more I want to get it out, the clearer it becomes.When she was young, she often went to the palace. At that time, there were many princes in the palace. My aunt asked my cousin to study hard all day long, and she must be the one who studied best among the princes.If one time the late emperor failed to answer the school homework, he would always be punished when he returned.

At that time, she felt that he was so pitiful, and she always went to see him secretly, brought him delicious food, and said good things for him in front of her aunt.Gradually, he treated her differently. He didn't like to smile in front of people, but when he saw him, he would curl his lips.Later, there were fewer and fewer children in the palace, the smiles on the cousin's face became less and less, and the aunt became more and more strict. Gradually, she also knew some tricks played by the palace leaders, and knew that people's hearts were unpredictable.

This is the biggest change in the world, that is, the late emperor asked his aunt to pray for blessings, and demoted Qiao's family to Chuyang.She knew that Qiao's family blocked her cousin's way, and the first emperor wanted to make way for her cousin.She knew that as long as her aunt was the queen mother, she could come back again.She always thought that they were childhood sweethearts, and he treated her differently, even if he came back in a few years, it would not change.

However, she never imagined that Xi Ronghua would be born out of nowhere, who not only took away the favor of the imperial concubine, but also took away her cousin.

When stepping into the threshold of Suyun Palace, Qiao Lingyi glanced out subconsciously.There are only sporadic palace lanterns emitting faint light on the long palace road. It is quiet in the silent night, and occasionally there is the sound of wind slipping by, which is fleeting.This kind of night, like the cold and silent harem all year round, knocked on her heart one after another.

Is she going to accept her fate like the people in this palace?

In terms of age, she is only one year younger than Xi Ronghua, so she really doesn't have much advantage.

(End of this chapter)