Glory all the way

Chapter 258
The birth of the little prince represented the succession of the new generation of the royal family. Whether it was Emperor Jiayuan or the crown prince, they were all extremely happy.

Following the joy of the newborn, Emperor Jiayuan sent a letter to the Royal Garden on the outskirts of the city. In the evening, the Empress Dowager's guard of honor entered the Donghua Gate.

In the main hall of the Eastern Palace, the Empress Dowager hugged the little prince wrapped in a bright yellow swaddle, and said to Emperor Jiayuan with a smile: "This child looks very much like the prince when he was young, look at this nose, this small mouth, yo, yo, laugh..."

The child who was born two days ago will not laugh, but just moved his mouth, the queen mother can't help boasting, and there are Emperor Jiayuan and the queen holding it, the queen mother who originally left the palace in anger, Now the whole body is full of kindness and gentleness.

"Did the emperor give the child a name?"

The more I look at it, the more I like it in my heart, the queen mother asked softly while teasing the little prince.

"Mother, the emperor named the little prince Chengrui, the inherited Cheng, the auspicious Rui."

The queen replied with a smile.

"Chengrui, Chengrui..."

Nodding her head in satisfaction, the queen mother shook the infant child and said, "Chengrui, our name is Chengrui, what a nice name, do you like it?"

After a while, the little prince frowned, and his mouth was pursed as if he was about to cry. The queen mother was a mother, so she naturally knew that the child was either hungry or tired. When she raised her eyes, the nurse beside her was Waiting respectfully, the queen mother nodded, motioned her to come forward, and handed her the swaddle.

Seeing the wet nurse carrying the child into the inner hall, the queen mother looked away, looked at the queen with relief and said, "It's been a long time since there has been such a big happy event in the palace, and it's the prince's first child again. One full moon, one hundred days, none of the ceremonies should be sloppy, and I told the Ministry of Internal Affairs to do it in a lively manner."

The little prince is the eldest grandson of the empress, and the joy in her heart is even greater than that of the empress dowager. Therefore, the empress dowager's promotion of the little prince is tantamount to exalting the prince and the empress. Where is the empress unhappy? down.

When the servant from the House of Internal Affairs reached the Zhuangyuan Mansion, Bai Yingluo was lazily lying on the soft couch basking in the sun. When the butler came in and finished speaking, Bai Yingluo couldn't help but sighed helplessly.

"Ma'am, this pregnancy is really hard. Once I have a body, I have to go to the palace again and again."

On the side, Liu Ying muttered in a low voice.

Bai Yingluo glanced at her sideways, and said softly, "In this case, it's fine to talk about it at home, but it's not allowed to mention it when you go out."

Liuying nodded in response, but muttered: "Ma'am, is this slave girl so outspoken? You don't need to tell me yourself."

Bai Yingluo smiled and sat up, "Who told you not to be as safe as Chenxiang and Tassel?"

Liu Ying looked back, and saw Chen Xiang and Liu Su both pursed their lips and grinning, although they couldn't see any complacency, but the eyes full of smiles were full of jokes about herself, Liu Ying rushed two The man wrinkled his nose, and said maliciously: "Tassel is fine, sister Chen Xiang, slaves always have a chance to surpass her."

Although she didn't say it clearly, but Bai Yingluo heard the meaning of Liu Ying's words, she raised her eyes to look, and sure enough, Chen Xiang gave Liu Ying an angry look with a resentful face that dared not speak out.

Thinking that she once promised Chen Xiang that she would give her a good way out, Bai Yingluo thought to herself, but she didn't show anything on her face, she changed the topic by letting a few people look for clothes and jewelry, so that Chen Xiang would not be ashamed angry.

Chen Xiang is already 19 years old, if you talk about the false age of the country people, she is already 20, no matter how embarrassing the maid, she will not stay with her master until she is [-] years old.

In the past few years, it's not that Bai Yingluo hasn't thought about Chen Xiang, but among the servants around her, Bai Yingluo always feels that one is not stable enough and the other is not careful enough, picky and picky, so she delays it like this, while those in the Zhuangzi outside, Bai Yingluo didn't want to let Chen Xiang out to work hard, so she went back and forth again and again, so she delayed it.

Bai Yingluo wanted Chen Xiang to be the lady in charge of the inner courtyard, so she could save a lot of worry.

When Du Xuan came back at noon, Bai Yingluo mentioned it casually, and Du Xuan said with a smile: "There is no suitable person in our mansion, so is it possible that there is no one in the Marquis of Jingan's mansion? Let the old lady and the eldest aunt choose someone. It is safer than anything else. Wouldn't it be better to give Chen Xiang some face and kill two birds with one stone?"

Her eyes lit up, thinking that she would definitely see Mrs. Xue when she entered the palace the next day to congratulate the Crown Princess, Bai Yingluo nodded in satisfaction.

In the afternoon, the Xue family sent someone to bring a message, saying that the next morning they would stop by to pick up Bai Yingluo, and they would enter the palace together.

Early in the morning on the 24th, Bai Yingluo got dressed and walked to the door, at the entrance of the alleyway, the carriage drove in smoothly.

Getting into the carriage, seeing that Gu Xiang was the only one beside Xue Shi, Bai Yingluo asked her to go to the back of the carriage to talk to Liusu Liuying, and leaned next to Xue Shi, and talked to her about Chen Xiang.

When the carriage stopped at the gate of the inner palace and Bai Yingluo got out of the carriage, she had a relaxed expression on her face, and Mrs. Xue, who was beside her, also had a pampered expression on her face.

First went to Ninghua Palace to greet the empress, and then to the East Palace, only Xue's and other second-rank wives were eligible to enter the palace, so Bai Yingluo kowtowed outside the hall along with the other wives.

After getting up and leaving, Bai Yingluo went to the East Palace to talk to Lin Zhimei.

Lin Zhimei has been pregnant for more than eight months, but her belly is bigger than Bai Yingluo's, her face is also slightly swollen, and she no longer has the charming appearance of that day.

"Did the midwife tell you the day when the side concubine will give birth?"

Seeing Li, Bai Yingluo stood up and asked.

Lin Zhimei smiled, pointed to the place beside her and let Bai Yingluo lean on her, "It is said to be in mid-April. How about you?"

"In the middle of May. When the second prince was full moon, my concubine happened to be in labor."

Bai Yingluo replied with a smile.

Bai Yingluo's words deepened the smile on Lin Zhimei's face. In addition, several midwives also said that this baby is a prince, so Lin Zhimei said with a smile: "After all, I already have a prince, and I can continue to have an heir for Your Highness. It doesn't matter whether my child is a prince or a princess. I would rather be a princess."

The daughter is the mother's caring little padded jacket, but such a thing can be taken seriously outside, and the women in the palace probably don't think so.

Bai Yingluo smiled and said: "Since it's all good, then I wish the side concubine will give birth to a little princess and have both children."

Compared with Lin Zhimei and the princess, Bai Yingluo naturally likes Lin Zhimei. Although the future is uncertain, from the perspective of a mother, Bai Yingluo also hopes that Lin Zhimei can have children around her knees.

After hearing Bai Yingluo's words, Lin Zhimei's heart was filled with joy, and she said joyfully, "I just like talking to you. If you hadn't gotten pregnant, I would definitely hope that you would come to the palace every day to accompany me."

Near noon, I heard that the wives in the main hall were all gone, Zhilan went to inquire about the news, and came back to tell Bai Yingluo that Mrs. Jing'an Hou and Mrs. Bei Ningbo went to Shoukang Palace to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager, and had left lunch , Bai Yingluo stood up and said goodbye.

After walking a few steps out of the East Palace, I met Dou Xiuqiao who came in a hurry.

Seeing Bai Yingluo, Dou Xiuqiao slowed down her pace.

Bai Yingluo sighed softly in her heart, and went up to meet Li.

"I haven't seen you for a long time. Mrs. Du looks even more beautiful than before. It's really gratifying."

Dou Xiuqiao smiled.

The old people said that if a pregnant woman is pregnant with a boy, her complexion will be rough and dull, but if she is pregnant with a girl, her skin will be fair and tender. Dou Xiuqiao's words seem to indicate that Bai Yingluo is pregnant with a girl.

But no matter whether it is a boy or a girl, they are all the flesh that fell from his body. What's more, with Du Xuan's sincere vow of "growth forever", even if this child is a daughter, there will definitely be a boy in the future .

Bai Yingluo never worried about the gender of the child in her womb.

Smiling joyfully, Bai Yingluo replied: "my husband and I are looking forward to the birth of a girl. If so, I owe Madam Fang an auspicious word. If a girl is really born, I will definitely send a double copy to your house later. happy egg."

After finishing speaking, Bai Yingluo didn't want to talk to her, she nodded and smiled, and tried to leave, but was stopped by Dou Xiuqiao.

"Mrs. Du stay."

Looking sideways at Bai Yingluo, who had already stopped her figure, she saw that her appearance has become more and more beautiful since she got married. Although she is a bit bloated now that she is pregnant, the radiance radiating from her body is even more beautiful. The self on the side was overshadowed, and Dou Xiuqiao said with some vicious words: "I heard that Mrs. Du was appreciated by Princess Qingcheng, but I would like to congratulate Mrs. Du. In the future, Mrs. Du will be on the rise, and Mrs. Du will also enjoy the honor. Isn't everyone happy? ?”

The words insinuated that Du Xuan was about to become the guest of Princess Qingcheng, Bai Yingluo's face changed slightly, and the next moment, she thought of Du Xuan's advice to herself last time, saying that a dog bites a dog, and don't get angry with those who are not worthy, Bai Yingluo Yingluo laughed and said, "Man is doing it, the sky is watching. My husband acts in an upright manner. Even if he is promoted to an official position, it is also a great grace of the emperor. What does it have to do with the princess, a woman who must not interfere in the affairs of state? Thank you, Mrs. Fang, for your kindness." I miss you, but please think of yourself, madam."

After finishing speaking, Bai Yingluo's eyes flashed past Dou Xiuqiao's flat belly, she turned around and walked away Shi Shiran.

"Bai Yingluo, you..."

Shouting anxiously behind her, she saw that Bai Yingluo's footsteps did not stop in the slightest, and from a distance, it seemed that someone could still be seen looking around at the gate of the inner palace. It must be Du Xuan, the one in Dou Xiuqiao's heart. The gas is becoming more and more difficult to contain.

Turning around and walking slowly towards the East Palace, Dou Xiuqiao's hand could not help covering her lower abdomen.

We have been married for more than half a year, and I have drank a lot of decoction for pregnancy, but there is no movement at all. Thinking of the uncertain face of her husband and son-in-law, and thinking that her parents-in-law will return to the capital this year, Dou Xiuqiao's heart is as anxious as It's like a cat scratching.

When Bai Yingluo walked to the gate of the inner palace, she saw Du Xuan was looking outside the gate, and the two servants guarding the gate had already seen the strangeness, and talked to Du Xuan politely, Bai Yingluo smiled and looked back Liusu Liuying glanced at it.

Liusu and Liuying hurried forward, and handed the purses they had prepared to the two servants.

Back at Zhuangyuan's mansion, I ran into the little maid from Su's mansion who came to announce the good news, saying that Bai Yingyun was happy.

(End of this chapter)