The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 119
Yuwen had a round belly, and with her back supported by her hands, she paced back and forth in the hall with the help of the maid.

Wan Lai and Rong Yue looked at her from the warm seat, her figure looked like a hill.

A wide Roland purple robe with folded branches, hundreds of flowers, entwined with butterflies and flowing clouds was obviously made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to match her figure, but the speed of making the clothes could never keep up with her fattening speed, and the clothes stretched tightly on her body, even though she changed her feet The flat soft cloth shoes are still very difficult to walk on.

Rong Yue really watched her working hard, so she called out: "Sit down and have a rest, I see you staggering, I'm always worried that your feet will slip and something will go wrong."

Yuwen responded with a smile: "Actually, it's okay. I wasn't used to it at first, but now I'm walking in the hall like this every day. The midwife said that it's helpful for giving birth."

With the support of the palace maid, she sat on the warm seat with difficulty, and panting her chest, said: "The imperial doctor saw it, and said that the fetus is moving violently, and it will be the time of birth at the end of the month. Seeing how hard the queen mother is giving birth, my heart feels so down. I'm a little scared."

Rong Yue took Yuwen's hand and smiled, "Who is a woman who can escape this hardship? Now that you look at the queen and smile at Cheng Hu every day, you have become a lot more easy-going." , how can I still remember the suffering of giving birth that day."

Wan Yu nodded and said: "Just wait for the prince to be born safely in the future, and your status should also be promoted."

Nala Yuwen, Queen and Concubine Yi all entered the palace in the fourth year of Kangxi, and they are old people in this palace.

But now she is the only one left, still struggling in the promised position.

In the past, depending on the empress, and then depending on Ma Jiaxiuyan, it was not good for her, but only by relying on Wanyu and Rongyue, was the emperor favored and had the honor to give birth to a son.

Although she sincerely admires the emperor and doesn't care about the status, if she can have both, who would not want it?

Yuwen lowered her head and caressed her lower abdomen, sighed: "It's not clear whether the one I'm pregnant with is Princess Elder Brother. People often say sour and hot, but I am gluttonous for both. The former one The hot and sour fish in the imperial dining room also ate a large plate. After all, the blessing of having an elder brother is not something that everyone can have." At this point, she raised her eyebrows and said happily: "But as long as it is me With the emperor's child, who cares about his elder brother and princess, how can a mother not love her?"

The three laughed and chatted until Lianxin Fuli entered the room and told Concubine Yi to invite Rongyue to Yikun Palace to discuss with her about reducing the cost of the harem.

Wan Lai picked up the tea cup in her hand, took a sip to moisten her throat, but felt that the taste was sweet, she opened the lid of the tea and took a closer look to find out that the tea cup contained sweet red dates soup, so she asked with a smile: "It's not easy to drink tea during pregnancy. But I’m afraid it’s not good for my sister to always drink some sweets.”

She moved closer to Yuwen, stroked her high swollen belly, and persuaded softly: "Children are important, but you have to worry about the emperor's wishes. My sister is gluttonous now and likes sweet and greasy things. She will give birth to a prince in the future. I don't know how much pain I have to suffer to return to the skinny and boneless body before pregnancy."

Yuwen disapproved and said with a smile: "You're making sense. But I got a good thing a few days ago, and I'm not afraid of the meat that comes out of my body."

She pretended to be mysterious and raised her eyebrows at Wanyu, and whispered softly: "Miss Hui always ate at the same table with me a few days ago, and she has become a lot rounder in the past three or two months. But I haven't seen you for three days, then When she came to my side hall the next day, she was skinny and boneless, with a light body. I asked her privately how she did such a miracle, and she shied away and said that it was just that there were fewer eclipses. But about ten catties of meat were spread out on the table But if it scares people to death, how can it disappear from the body after eating less for a few days? So I secretly sent a maid to spy on it secretly, no, I found this thing."

As Yuwen said, he took out a four-square brocade box from the warm seat table, and there were pills of different sizes and colors in the brocade box.The pill had a unique fragrance, Wan Lai looked at it carefully and wondered: "What is this?"

Yuwen smiled secretly, took a pill and was about to give it to her mouth, Wannai hurriedly stopped her, and asked: "Sister is pregnant now, the origin of this imported thing is unknown, how dare you take it?"

"Why are you nervous, it's fine." Yuwen sighed, put the pill back into the brocade box and explained: "Although I don't know what it is, but it has the miraculous effect of slender stature. I also asked the imperial doctor to see it, and I'm sure it's all right. I dare to use it."

Hearing Yuwen say that she secretly obtained the pill from Huibi, Wanyu was secretly alert, and asked: "Did you ask the doctor Liu who helped you to have a baby?"

"That's not true. After I took the pills that day, the imperial doctor Qi who had always served Concubine Hui happened to come into the palace to ask for Concubine Hui's pulse, so I took it to him to see. It's just some motherwort, Alisma, ebony, pockmark kernels It is a pill made by mixing and purifying dozens of common traditional Chinese medicines, which has a miraculous effect on lightness and will not hurt the fetus in the abdomen. I started taking it five days ago, once in the morning and in the evening, and now my body is much lighter."

Although Yuwen said so, Wanyu felt that there was still something wrong with this matter, so she ordered Yunchan to go to the Imperial Hospital to invite Bai Changqing to test the medicine again.

Bai Changqing came very quickly, and rushed into the Changchun Palace in about a stick of incense, Wannai decided to hand this thing into his hands, and said in a deep voice: "Doctor Bai will help you to test, there may be some damage in this pill. The medicine of the fetus."

Bai Changqing made a promise, took one of them, dissolved it with water, and examined it carefully on the tip of his nose. After a while, he frowned and replied: "Return to your lord, this thing is Alisma, ebony, tangerine peel, Pu'er, mint, pockmark Jen, motherwort, and cassia seed are originally used to reduce body weight, but they are full of safflower and achyranthes bidentata powder. Mixing the two will greatly increase the effect of promoting blood circulation and dredging menstruation.”

Yuwen's heart was agitated, and she fiddled with the brocade box to the ground, causing all kinds of pills to scatter all over the ground like big beads and small beads falling on a jade plate.Her face was filled with fear, and the acacia tassels on the side of her bun lightly hit her cheeks, causing a trace of coolness: "Why is this so?"

Wanyu lowered her eyes slightly, looked sideways at Bai Changqing and asked, "Nala promised to take one pill in the morning and evening. After five days, will it harm the dragon fetus?"

Bai Changqing clasped his hands and replied: "Achyranthes bidentata and safflower are very light in weight. According to my humble opinion, if you want to affect the dragon fetus in your belly, it will take at least ten days."

Wan Yu nodded, and then said with a concentrated expression: "Don't make a fuss about this matter today, you should step back first."

Nala Yuwen clutched his lower abdomen, sobbing with tears in his eyes: "It was my greedy mouth that almost killed the fetus in the womb!"

"Sister, do you really think that you are confused about this?" Wanyu sneered, and turned her eyes to the main hall where Concubine Hui lived: "Emperor Bai's qualifications are far inferior to that of Imperial Physician Qi, who is taking the pulse of Concubine Hui, how can he easily detect something wrong? , but Imperial Physician Qi can't?"

Yuwen's expression froze, she followed Wanyan's eyes, her lips trembled and said, "Sister, you mean Concubine Hui?" As soon as she said the words, she immediately shook her head and said, "I have lived with her in the Changchun Palace for several years. She has always treated me kindly, how could she harm me?"

(End of this chapter)