Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 42

The carriage drove towards the inside and stopped in front of the corner door of the inner courtyard.

Ruyi looked a little bewildered and was carried out of the carriage by the prince.

Behind the carriage is a large landscaped garden. Although there are lanterns in the courtyard, it is still pitch-black from a distance. Ruyi can only vaguely discern that the garden is huge, with a rockery pavilion and a pond. And in front of her is a courtyard in the style of a courtyard, which looks even bigger than the residence they imprisoned at the entrance of the east alley.

"Your Highness, are we not going back?"

Ruyi's mind was a little confused, and she was afraid of the unknown in her heart. She instinctively grabbed the prince's hand and asked.

"Is it bad here?"

The prince didn't answer Ruyi's question, but just asked, his handsome face was soft and inconceivably soft under the reflection of the two dim yellow lanterns hanging on the top of the corner gate.

Ruyi didn't have this leisurely appreciation, but she clearly remembered that the prince was still imprisoned at this time, even if the emperor decreed to lift the confinement of the prince, he should return to the palace instead of staying in this place .

"Your Highness, wouldn't it be bad for us to come out privately?" She carefully reminded, fearing that she would touch the prince's pain.She didn't know how the prince brought her out. Maybe the prince is very capable, but the prince is still the prince, not the emperor. If the emperor finds out, the punishment will no longer be confinement.

"Don't worry, I've made arrangements!"

The prince smiled consolingly at Ruyi, helped her, and walked into the wide-open corner door: "This is the gift I gave you. From now on, you will stay here until you give birth."

"Growing here?"

Ruyi felt a little unbelievable, but after she walked into the corner door, she saw dozens of servants in uniform uniforms standing in the small courtyard inside, saluting to them.The leading four are all older wives.

"These four are all experienced midwives, and I am also very attractive to the child's nanny. As long as you give birth to the child, you can bring it in." The prince introduced a sentence lightly, and then said: "The rest of the people are released. Serving you in your yard."

"Your Highness..."

Ruyi was a little touched. Although she was pregnant with a child and was about to give birth, she didn't think so far.

"It's cold outside, come in quickly!"

Seeing Ruyi's moved look, the crown prince felt a little uncomfortable, but changed the subject and walked into the room with Ruyi's support.

The house here is naturally much larger than the main house they lived in at the East Alley, and the furnishings are much more exquisite and gorgeous.The house seemed to be filled with earthworms, but without a stove, it was still very warm and comfortable.

Shao Yao waited for Ruyi to take off her coat, and helped her to the couch.

Before she could sit down, a clever maid came up with a bowl of hot soup. The maid didn't bother to show her face, and passed the bowl of hot soup to Shao Yao, who then handed the hot soup to Ruyi.

Ruyi didn't look at it yet, but after smelling it for a while, she could smell the bone soup she almost drank as tea recently.At first, she had spots on her face and cramps on her feet. After hearing about the symptoms, the old doctor told her to drink more bone soup.

Ruyi probably knows that this is to supplement her with calcium. In her previous life, she should have taken calcium tablets for pregnant women. Now she has no choice but to endure nausea and drink this bone soup as water every day.

The prince also let Deng Xian take off his coat, sat next to Ruyi, and said to Deng Xian: "Go and invite the doctor here."

Deng Xian bowed and retreated, but Ruyi was a little surprised when she heard the words: "Your Highness, you brought the old doctor too?"

The prince smiled, but didn't answer, just said: "It took so long in the carriage when I came here, let the old doctor take a look at it for you."

Just as he was talking, another familiar figure of the old doctor came in with a medicine box on his back.

The old doctor had checked Ruyi's pulse for nearly half a year, and he got acquainted with Ruyi a little bit. After saluting respectfully, he smiled at Ruyi.

Ruyi obediently reached out her hand to the old doctor.

After checking the pulse, the old doctor collected the things and said to the prince, "Madam is fine."

After saying this, the old doctor hesitated a bit, and said again: "The madam is in good health, and the child in her belly is also healthy, but..."

"Just what?"

Seeing that the old doctor hesitated, the prince didn't have the patience to make him hold his appetite, so he asked directly.

"It's just that my wife is young and her body is immature. The child has been made up too big. I'm afraid it will be difficult to give birth."

The old doctor's words were reserved, but everyone present understood what he meant. When Ruyi gives birth, it may be difficult.

You must know that in this era, when a woman gives birth to a child, it is equivalent to stepping into the gate of hell. Even if the doctor judges that there is no problem with the body, when giving birth, it is very likely that one dead body and two lives will be killed.What's more, Ruyi is still judged by the old doctor in this way.

Ruyi's face instantly turned pale.

And the prince's expression was not good, he looked at the old doctor and said in a stern tone, "Why didn't you bring it up earlier?"

When the old doctor was questioned by the prince, his legs softened and he knelt down on the ground. He couldn't help wiping off a cold sweat. He couldn't be blamed for this, but he also had some responsibilities.When the child was still small in the womb, he of course hoped that Ruyi, the mother body, would be able to nourish the body more, so that the child could develop fully. Now that the child is almost eight months old, he realized that it seemed a little too much.

After thinking for a while, the old doctor replied cautiously: "The old man found out too late, but as long as Mrs. Chen walks around a lot on weekdays and eats properly, there are still less than two months left, and it is completely in time."

The prince just looked at the old doctor and didn't speak.The room was quiet, and the old doctor felt a layer of cold sweat on his back, fearing that the prince's next words would pull him out and deal with him.

"Your Highness, Ruyi is usually too lazy. Starting tomorrow, Ruyi will walk around more."

Ruyi couldn't bear to see the old doctor kneeling on the ground at such an age. She felt that he could not be blamed for this. In modern times, many pregnant women also have the same problem as hers, and they are all born at seven or eight months old. It’s just that modern medical care is more developed, and if pregnant women have such problems, doctors will not force pregnant women to do anything about it. After all, in addition to normal delivery, there is also a method of cesarean delivery that most people prefer to choose.

"Old doctor, next I will trouble you to arrange my daily schedule for me."

Ruyi reached out and pulled the prince's sleeve, motioning for him to speak.

The prince's face finally loosened, and he looked at the old doctor and said: "I don't want to hear that there is something unexpected, you understand it yourself."

The old doctor breathed a sigh of relief, saluted the prince and Ruyi with trembling legs, and stood up with the support of the little drug boy behind him.

Ruyi watched the old doctor leave, but her heart did not calm down. She reached out and touched her stomach, and fell silent.

In her mind, she inevitably thought of the TV series she had seen. When pregnant women in the TV series had dystocia, the midwives would ask whether to protect the adults or the children, and those pregnant women, without exception, chose to protect the children and sacrifice themselves .In case she encountered such a problem... She was at a loss and didn't know how she would choose. At least at this moment, she was really not sure that she would say the words of sacrificing herself to protect the child.

She is very greedy, and she really wants to give birth to the child smoothly, so that both the child and she can be safe.She loved the child very much, but she didn't want to die either.

The prince sighed, looking at Ruyi whose face was still pale, put one hand on her waist, and touched her stomach with the other, and said, "Don't worry, you and the child will be fine."

Ruyi forced a smile and nodded.

That night, Ruyi didn't sleep well. She felt that she had a lot of dreams, and many bizarre scenes appeared in her sleep.When she woke up the next day, she felt that she was covered in sweat.

She opened her eyes, her expression was still a bit dazed, the prince had already washed up, saw her wake up, sat back on the bed, touched the cold sweat on her forehead, and called Shao Yao to take care of her Ruyi to take a bath.

Ruyi stared blankly at the prince, and at the mercy of others, struggled to get up from the bed.

The courtyard I live in now is much bigger than the one I live in at the entrance of the east alley, and there is another clean room in the compartment of the house. After Ruyi was served by Shao Yao, after washing and washing, she found that the prince was no longer in the house.

There was nothing strange about her, she just let Shao Yao wring her wet hair with a dry cloth.

While doing this, Grandma Cao brought a group of people in with breakfast. Seeing Shaoyao combing Ruyi's hair, she also came over, took another dry cloth, and gently wiped Ruyi's hair.

"Aunt Cao..."

Ruyi yelled, but didn't stop her.

"Madam Chen looks like she didn't have a good rest last night." Nanny Cao looked at Ruyi's face and said softly while wiping her hair.

"Maybe they changed places!"

When mentioning this matter, Ruyi forced a smile on her face. She was a little bit unable to say that it was because she was afraid of having children.

Grandma Cao smiled, and didn't expose Ruyi's lies, but said softly: "It's not easy to fall asleep if you change places, but as long as you relax, it's the same no matter what time you are. Madam Chen, you are pregnant now. Get some rest."

Ruyi heard the comforting meaning in the other party's words, pulled the corner of her mouth slightly, and smiled.

The hair had just been dried and not tied up, the prince came in from outside the house, saw that Ruyi's end was not tidied up yet, but he smiled and stopped Nanny Cao and the others from trying to tie up Ruyi's hair, and said, "Take the rope It’s good to get up, and we’ll wrap up when we go out after breakfast.”

Granny Cao also smiled when she heard the words, picked out a blue ribbon, and tied up her newly combed hair.

Ruyi sat at the dining table, looked at the richer but lighter meals on the table, and knew in her heart that the words of the old doctor yesterday had already been implemented.

At first, Grandma Cao was in charge of taking care of the meals on the table. Grandma Cao always felt that Ruyi’s body was too thin, and she was afraid that the child would not develop well. Every meal of big fish and meat was a must, and they were all high-protein foods.Ruyi is also very easy to raise, and basically eats whatever it is given.

"After breakfast, I'll walk around this place with you."

The prince smiled and put a bowl of porridge that had just been served in front of Ruyi, and said.

Ruyi nodded.

It wasn't until the prince accompanied Ruyi out of the inner courtyard to stroll in the outer courtyard that he realized how big this place is.She didn't see anything in the pitch black last night, but now walking in this courtyard, with rockery, flowing water, garden trees, it's like a small park.

Ruyi had only walked halfway, and her legs were sore and limp.

If it was in the past, Ruyi might be acting coquettishly, she would have urged the prince to go back, but thinking of what the old doctor said yesterday, she gritted her teeth and did not complain.

On the contrary, the crown prince looked at Ruyi's exhausted panting appearance, and said to stop first: "It's not good to go too much all at once, go to the pavilion to rest for a while, and then go when you are not tired."

Ruyi is also a powerful bow, and nodded quickly upon hearing this.

The pavilion is located by the pool in the courtyard. It is a cold time, so it is really not a good place to go.But the crown prince ordered to go down, and the servants at the other end immediately lowered the curtains on both sides of the pavilion cleverly, and raised the stove again. When Ruyi walked, the inside was already warm.

Shao Yao put the soft cushion brought out on the chair, and then supported Ruyi to sit down. Ruyi sat closest to the stove, and the small hand stove in her hand was too tired, so she put it on the table.

A small part of the curtain in the pavilion was not put down, it was used for ventilation, and through that part, Ruyi saw a house in the inner courtyard in front of her that was not inferior to the inner courtyard where she lives now, and turned to the prince and asked: "What is this?" place?"

The crown prince looked in the direction Ruyi pointed, did not hide anything, but did not elaborate: "Over there is the outer courtyard, where I usually do business."

Ruyi nodded, she was asking casually, but she didn't want to know the details, so she didn't ask further.

It was not until the days that followed that Ruyi found out that that place can be said to be the place where the prince spent the longest time on weekdays.

Sometimes I get so busy that I don't even have time to accompany Ruyi for meals.

Ruyi didn't care. She was only busy walking and exercising every day. Occasionally, when she was strolling in the courtyard, she walked to a place near the outer courtyard. Ruyi could often see many people coming and going.She didn't even have any curiosity to ask the prince.

Ruyi's original due date was probably at the end of February or early March.

However, after a pulse diagnosis in early February, the old doctor frowned and said that the child would come out early probably because of the recent exercise.

However, this is also good news. I was worried that the mother would be thin and the child would be too big to give birth. Now that the child has matured, it is a good thing to come out early.If it's really full-term, I'm afraid the child will be even bigger.

After getting the old doctor's diagnosis, the yard didn't panic, the preparations were already done, and now I just waited for Ruyi to attack.

Ruyi doesn't know why, but when she heard the old doctor's diagnosis, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This pregnancy is really getting more and more uncomfortable. As her belly gets bigger and bigger, she can't rest well at ordinary times. Whether you sleep on your side or on your back, you feel exhausted. It's comfortable to lie down, but it's not a problem to sleep like this.

Moreover, the fear of dystocia has not dissipated in her heart, so hanging on like this has made her very uncomfortable.

The old doctor is now estimating the expected date of delivery for Ruyi to be after mid-February, probably late.

However, Ruyi started to make movement in mid-February.

That night, except for the night watchman, basically everyone fell into a deep sleep.Ruyi also slept very deeply, but she was not stable. She felt her stomach hurting again and again, and she was sinking very hard.

She moaned unconsciously, but still didn't wake up.

The prince, who was still sleeping next to him, heard the movement, and saw Ruyi moaning while hugging her stomach, frowning, and felt something was wrong.

He quickly woke up Ruyi, and asked the night watchman outside to call the doctor.

After Ruyi opened her eyes, she didn't feel a severe stomachache, but the pain was there. She was about to comfort the prince not to worry, but she felt a sudden burst of wetness in her lower body, followed by a slow Slow and somewhat intensified labor pains
The smile on her face suddenly fell, and she took a deep breath.

"What's the matter, is it painful?"

Seeing Ruyi's expression, the prince panicked, and when he was about to go up to see Ruyi's situation, Ruyi grabbed the prince's hand and said, "Your Highness, my amniotic fluid broke."

She said this calmly, but the expression on her face was very flustered.

"The amniotic fluid broke!"

The prince was stunned for a moment, before realizing that Ruyi was about to give birth.

"Call the midwife over quickly."

The prince was also a little flustered at this time, his tone was a little nervous, and he shouted outside.

Ruyi wanted to hold up her smile, but found it very reluctant. She didn't know what other people looked like when they gave birth, but now she was so hurt that she couldn't speak.

Just now she felt that the pain came and went, but now she feels that she is in pain all the time, and she can't tell when it hurts or when it stops. She is panicked and afraid in her head, and there is only one thought, is she going to The pain is dead!
A bunch of people walked in bustling at the door, the old doctor was the first to be notified, so he came the fastest, just glanced at Ruyi's situation, and knew that she was going to give birth.

It's really not his business to have a baby, and he also wants to avoid it.He wisely gave up his seat to the midwives who came behind.

Grandma Cao also rushed over, and when she heard that Ruyi was about to give birth, she saw that the prince was still holding Ruyi's hand by the bed, so she quickly took his hand and said, "Your Highness, Mrs. Chen is about to give birth, you go outside to take shelter." Dodge."

When a woman gives birth, a man should not be in the delivery room.

The prince was also a little stunned at this time, and after hearing what Grandma Cao said, he subconsciously stood up.

Ruyi's hand was still holding on to the prince tightly. Seeing her, Grandma Cao thought that Ruyi would not let the prince go, so she stepped forward to persuade him, "Mrs. Chen, Your Highness is guarding you outside."

Ruyi nodded with difficulty, took a few deep breaths, endured the pain, and said to the prince, "Your Highness, if... If I have a difficult delivery, you must protect the child."

After she said this, she subconsciously let go.

However, the prince subconsciously grasped Ruyi tightly. Looking at Ruyi, he was a little speechless, and in the end, he just lowered his eyelids, and said softly but firmly: "You and the child... are going to be fine."

(End of this chapter)