The emperor is reborn, the cute queen is upgraded

Chapter 80 Dragon and Phoenix
Concubine Liao Xian, who was originally sitting upright, listened to Concubine Si Shu's complaint, she just pursed her lips and smiled, "Since Imperial Physician Gong doesn't want to explain in front of us, it must be that we shouldn't know."

When Concubine Liao Xian said this, Concubine Si Shu became even more curious!
"From the point of view of Concubine Xian, why is the Empress feeling unwell?"

Concubine Liao Xian shook her head lightly, "I don't know about this palace."

Concubine Xian has never been pregnant, so who knows what discomforts a pregnant woman will experience!
Concubine Liao Xian is even more cautious in dealing with people, no matter how close Concubine Si Shu is, she just maintains an attitude of not being too close or not being far away.

Seeing that she couldn't get any useful information from Concubine Liao Xian, Concubine Si Shu turned to Concubine Zhen who was sitting opposite.

"Concubine Zhen gave birth to a little princess for the emperor, so you must know the discomforts that pregnant women often experience?" Concubine Si Shu asked tentatively.

Concubine Zhen has been neglected in this harem for a long time!The daughter is almost two years old, and the emperor didn't even give her a baby name!It was she herself who gave her the nickname "Nian'er".

This time, Concubine Zhen always thought that she could get into the position of Fourth Concubine no matter what!But the emperor only made her a concubine!

Looking at the glorious canonization ceremony of Concubine Liao Xian and Concubine Si Shu, she was jealous, but she could only sigh to herself that her fate was bad!
"As for Concubine Shu, there will be a lot of discomfort during pregnancy, and I don't know what kind of empress she will be." Concubine Zhen replied calmly.

After all the concubines withdrew, Dugu Ye urged Imperial Physician Gong to tell what happened to Empress Si!

Imperial Physician Gong sighed and said, "My Majesty, the empress is overeating and accumulated food, and her stomach feels unwell. Because the mother's body feels uncomfortable, the fetus in the womb also reacted. In fact, it is not a serious problem."

"..." Dugu Ye was in a daze as he listened to Imperial Physician Gong tell the reason for Empress Si's discomfort, several donkeys ran past in his heart!

"In the future, if your empress is hungry in the middle of the night, you should eat less food. After eating three meals a day, you should walk around before resting. This will also help you give birth." Gong Taiji continued, "The empress is pregnant with twins. Pregnant women with one child give birth early, so it is better to pay more attention on weekdays."

Duguye nodded wearily, "Physician Gong will relay these words to the empress, court ladies, and female officials."

Thinking of the mutton pot and fried steamed buns eaten by Empress Si in the morning, Dugu Ye couldn't help but sigh.

After the imperial doctor left, Duguye went into the inner room, saw Si Luoyun lying on the bed with a red face, and when he came in, he pulled the quilt and turned to face inward.

Going to the bed and sitting down, Dugu Ye ordered Liao Muer to go to the Hall of Rites and tell the concubines and queens that nothing happened, and let them all come back!
Empress Dowager Xu also had to send someone to report back, so as not to be said that she, the Empress Dowager, was not taken seriously!
Chunxiao also tactfully retreated to the outer room, leaving the inner room to the emperor and empress.

Duguye looked at the round "turtle" and said amusedly, "Why don't you dare to look at me?"

Si Luoyun was also taken aback by herself!The baby in her womb was kicking so hard that she thought she was going to give birth early!
As a result, the imperial doctor came to make a diagnosis, and it was a false alarm!It was she who ate too much and made herself and the child uncomfortable!
Duguye gently pulled Si Luoyun's body, helped her to sit up again, and said helplessly: "Don't scare me like this anymore! I heard that you are unwell, so I thought..."

I thought their child could not be kept!

Si Luoyun lowered her eyes in shame, snuggled her upper body into Dugu Ye's arms, and said in a low voice: "I made the emperor worry, it's the fault of the concubine. From now on... the concubine will eat less from now on."

Pregnant with two fetuses, it is natural to eat more!Unexpectedly, tossing is also twice as uncomfortable!

Dugu Ye lowered his head, patted Si Luo Yunlong's high abdomen with his hand, and cursed in a low voice: "Your father and mother are torturing you so much, and you will be spanked hard when you come out!"

A powerful kick came from the palm and fingers, as if responding to the emperor's scolding!

Si Luoyun groaned again, and Duguye withdrew her hand in fright, and said many good things to her stomach.

Not only the feudal lords were unwilling to accept the decree issued by Dugu Ye, but also the ministers of the DPRK and China raised objections!
The implementation of the New Deal will always encounter resistance, and the emperor and his think tank can only deal with it and solve it with all their strength!
Because among Duguye's existing harem concubines, except for Empress Si and Concubine Si Shu's father who is the current prime minister, the families of the rest of the concubines are all subordinates who followed him when they were in Chendi. On the side of the emperor!And Prime Minister Si is a minister who upholds the idea of ​​"loyalty to the emperor", so the shock of the court has no effect on the harem at all!
Time will not stop because of anyone or anything. Even if Dayan has two or three wars in full swing, it will not stop the pace of the New Year.

Si Luoyun was due to give birth in about one and a half months, Feng Gong was extremely nervous!

The delivery room, midwives, and nurses are all ready, just waiting for the little princess or little prince to be born!
Mrs. Zhao also entered the palace much more frequently years ago.

Women's first birth is very difficult, and most of them are dystocia.Empress Si is pregnant with twins again, which adds another level of danger. How can the mother, Zhao, not be worried!
The midwives and wet nurses are all beauties who have been registered in the official family, but if one of the clan or family members has committed any crimes, they cannot be selected!Especially the wet nurse who will feed the prince and princess in the future, her net worth must be as clean as a bottomless stream!

Even though the Ministry of Internal Affairs has carefully selected and checked the candidates carefully, Mrs. Zhao is still not at ease!After asking Chunxiao for the names of the four wet nurses, the three midwives, their backgrounds and other information, they returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion and sent someone to dig deeper in private!

Mrs. Zhao was really right to be careful!Among the four wet nurses, the Lu family has a slight relationship with the Xu family!

Lu's husband's great-grandmother once worked as a maidservant in the Empress Dowager Xu's home, and when she was old, she was assigned by the master to a small steward from another place as his wife.Later, the husband and wife were freed from their slavery by the grace of their master, and bought land in the countryside to become good citizens.The descendants have never sold themselves into slavery, and have no contact with the Xu family.

This has happened for more than three generations of Lu's in-laws' family, and the two great-grandfathers who had served as servants in Xu's family have both passed away.But Mrs. Zhao still felt that this was too much of a coincidence!
After checking, Mrs. Zhao re-entered the palace and told Queen Si about the incident.For the sake of the safety of the unborn child, Mrs. Zhao suggested that Si Luoyun find an inconspicuous way to replace Mrs. Lu!
Assuming that the Lu family is Xu Jia'an's wet nurse inserted into the palace, then it would be too obvious to abandon the Lu family but to scare the snake away!Maybe the Xu family thought of some other way to get people in!
After Si Luoyun found out, she comforted Mrs. Zhao, saying that she would find a way to send Mrs. Lu away.

Soon, the wet nurse Lu and the midwife Xiao suddenly vomited and had diarrhea because of improper eating!The Ministry of Internal Affairs hastened to send someone to remove Mrs. Lu out, so as not to overwhelm the empress and other palace officials with her illness!

After investigation, the two were greedy for food that night when they were young, and the glutinous rice and jujube among the dishes that the Empress Dowager gave were all eaten by the Lu family and the Xiao family!Others only ate one!

This is just a small episode, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will soon send the replacement candidates to Fenggong.

Si Luoyun simply sent someone to send the information of the midwife and wet nurse to the prime minister's mansion and hand it over to Mrs. Zhao for investigation!

Soon it will be the New Year, and the palace is full of lively and bustling scenes.

After one year in power, Dugu Ye has already won the approval of most of the courtiers!Even those ministers who occasionally jumped out to speak out in the name of loyalty and correct the emperor's improper governance secretly admitted that Dugu Ye was born to be an emperor!

After noon on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Empress Si, who was supposed to give birth in about a month, suddenly felt a belly drop and labor pains struck!
Feng Gong suddenly became busy!

Liao Mu'er sits in charge, lest the palace people make mistakes in their busy schedule!Zhang Caisheng ordered the servant to guard the gate of the palace, so that no one else is allowed to enter indiscriminately!
Dugu Ye was looking at the battle report that was sent to the palace years ago in the imperial study room, and came here in a hurry after hearing the news!

"How is the queen?" Dugu Ye asked Zhang Caisheng who came up to him as soon as he entered the palace gate!

"Going back to the emperor, the midwife said that the empress just felt unwell, and it will take some time before the delivery!" Zhang Caisheng followed closely behind the emperor, and quickly reported the situation.

Duguye entered the Hall of Rites and found that Concubine Liao Xian had arrived.

"Your Majesty." Concubine Liao Xian stood up and saluted.

"Get up!" Dugu Ye waved his hands in annoyance, then strode to the upper seat.

Concubine Liao Xian saw the emperor's distraught look, and knew that he was worried about the empress's birth.I can't help feeling envious... She probably won't have such an opportunity in her life.

After sitting for a while, Concubine Si Shu and other concubines rushed over, and Empress Dowager Xu also sent Mother Huang to wait.

The palace people of Fenggong were busily shuttling back and forth in an orderly manner, and they did not forget to serve the emperor and noble lords of the palaces who were waiting for the good news in the hall of ceremonies.

Concubine Si Shu is most anxious!If it wasn't for the emperor who sat in the upper seat with a sullen face, she really wanted to stand up and go to the gate of the hall to look out a few times!
It just snowed a year ago, and it was cold at this time.

Fortunately, because it was Chinese New Year, there would be a married woman entering the palace to meet the empress, so the earth dragon in the hall of ceremonies kept pressing the fire, and when the emperor arrived, he poked it open and burned it, and the inside of the hall was as warm as spring.

After sitting for nearly an hour, there was no movement from the Queen's side.

During this period, He Baoquan went out three times to inquire, and when he came back, he said that it was not time to give birth!

From noon to evening, when everyone was feeling tired and slightly hungry, they heard someone shouting outside: "It's about to give birth! Get the ginseng slices ready!"

Both Imperial Physician Gong and Imperial Physician Wang from the Imperial Hospital have arrived and are waiting in the side hall!On a very cold day, there were no earth dragons in the side hall, only two charcoal basins, but the clothes in the court clothes of the two were soaked!

Hearing the shout, Dugu Ye suddenly got up and was about to go out!

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Liao Xian reacted quickly, stood up and stopped Dugu Ye, "Your Majesty, it's better to wait for the good news in the palace. The empress probably doesn't want the Emperor to hear and see her exhausted voice and appearance during childbirth."

The most important thing is that when a woman gives birth, a man cannot enter the delivery room!It is said that they are afraid that the blood stains after childbirth will ruin the man's luck, but there are also scenes after childbirth and the appearance of the mother who is really not suitable for men to see.

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Liao Xian stood up, and the other concubines quickly stood up to stop her.

Dugu Ye clenched his fists, and there seemed to be something stuck in his throat, which made him unable to make a sound!

Flicking his sleeves, Dugu Ye returned to the upper seat and sat down.

These two children were born prematurely, but as twins, if they are born at the full month, there is really a possibility of dystocia!
Si Luoyun felt as if her whole body was being torn apart abruptly from below, and her bones were about to split open!All she could hear was someone yelling "Strength", "Hurry up", "Niang Niang" in her ears!
The last thing she wants to do in this world is to "admit defeat"!Since she was a child, she didn't fight because she didn't want it!But what she wants, she must get it!
Si Luoyun did not scream hoarsely, but bit the cork fiercely and pushed the little life in her body outward with all her strength!

(End of this chapter)