Madam Hou

Chapter 145

In March of Yangchun, when the grass grows and the warbler flies, everything is full of vitality.Ladies and gentlemen in Beijing, those who have a flower viewing feast, those who have a flower viewing feast, and those who travel together, travel together.

And at the end of March, news came from the palace: Concubine Jing was pregnant again, and it has been more than two months.For a time, there were a lot of concubines in the harem, and everyone envied the good life of Concubine Jing.

Emperor Jinghui's heirs are not prosperous, and up to now there are only four sons and three daughters.Among them, the four princes were freshly released two months ago, and their biological mother was originally a sweeping lady of the Qianqing Palace. She was favored by the emperor by chance, and she was very lucky to win a lottery and gave birth to a son.But because the emperor didn't like the court lady, he didn't show much affection for the fourth prince. However, the royal family had few heirs, and the birth mother was very popular. The queen invited her to raise the position of the palace maid to the concubine.

The fact that the palace girl's child was promoted has already made the concubines who are still empty at the knees envious, and there is a sour smell everywhere in the harem.As a result, news came out that Concubine Jing was pregnant again, which caused a sensation in the harem, instantly killing the fact that the palace gave birth to a child.

If you talk about the matter of the palace girl giving birth, you can comfort yourself by saying, look at the fourth prince's body, the thin and thin body looks like he will die young, it is better not to have such a son, so as not to be half-hearted If you die young, you will be sad again.

But when the news of Concubine Jing's pregnancy came out, even the concubines who were more open-minded began to be jealous. If the palace had a sour smell before, it is now soaked in vinegar.

In fact, it's no wonder people are jealous, the emperor now has only seven children, Concubine Jing gave birth to two by herself, and is the only concubine who has given birth to two heirs, in terms of the number of children, even the mighty Concubine Xue can't compete with her.If there is another one, she alone will occupy three, eight will occupy three, and she alone will almost occupy half of the country.

What made people even more envious was that her son was adopted by the empress. Anyone with eyes knew that he was going to compete with Concubine Xue's eldest prince for the position of crown prince.I heard that the third prince is still very smart. People say that "you can read at the age of three, and you can punctuate sentences at the age of seven." Three Character Classic.The queen has been trying to keep the third prince in her name for the past few years, but recently, the emperor seems to be loosening up.If it happens, the third prince is the direct prince in name, and his status is somewhat nobler than that of the first prince, so there is still a great chance of winning the fight for the first prince.

Concubines and concubines in the harem are scrambling and scheming day by day. What is the ultimate plan is not just one picture of the heir and two pictures of the emperor's favor.Concubine Jing has an heir, and both sons and daughters.The emperor's favor is also there, and no one in the harem can match it.Oh, you mean Wanpin?The emperor personally spoke and was reduced to Jieyu. Now she is reading scriptures and picking Buddha beans in the palace every day.Oh, you said there is still Ying Meiren?Last month, she intended to murder the third prince, but was given poisoned wine by the emperor.Didn't you see Concubine Xue Gui, who promoted her, was reprimanded by the emperor again!

Don't say that if you look bad, you will love to relax, and if you stand tall, you will fall hard and so on.They still have the queen as a backer, even if she fell from the sky, someone would have laid a thick mat for her on the ground.What's more, it doesn't matter if the beauty fades and the love is relaxed, or the confidante breaks the grace before she grows old, it is worthwhile to die if she was once loved vigorously by a generation of emperors.

It really is more popular than people!The little concubines lowered their heads to look at their belly that had never bulged before, and then looked at the moss-grown stone steps at the door, raised their heads and sighed: "Fate!"

Some concubines with gloomy hearts simply cursed in their hearts: "Why didn't the empress think about going to the mother to keep the child!"

Concubine Jing is pregnant, although there are all kinds of uproar in the harem, the sensation caused by the women outside the palace is much smaller.For them, as long as the concubine of their own family is not pregnant, even if the emperor's concubine is pregnant, it is not a big deal for them. Not bad!".

The last time the birth of the third prince attracted their attention for a while, it was because the empress wanted to adopt the third prince, which involved the position of the crown prince, and had something to do with her husband's official career and her own wealth...

It seems to be getting a little too far, so hurry up and get back to the topic!
Concubine Jing was pregnant, both the Yongning Hou Mansion and the Chen family were very happy for a while.Mrs. Chen went to the palace to visit Yanniang, and when she came back, she went to Hou's mansion and chatted with Yinniang for a long time: "Your Majesty, this child is very noisy, and she vomits all day long. When I saw her, her face was sallow and sallow. Yes, it's really worrying. The emperor loves her so much that he specially brought up two imperial cooks to her palace, and asked her to let the cooks cook whatever she wanted. Since she was a child, the empress has always been a temper that doesn't want people to worry about. Although she can't eat anything, she still eats. I force myself to eat something every day, but the morning sickness is severe, and I vomit whatever I eat. If she is married to the normal family, I can take care of her personally, and try some folk remedies, maybe it will relieve the morning sickness Make her feel better. But she entered the palace and was pregnant with a royal child, and some local prescriptions were not allowed to be used by the imperial physician. When you were just pregnant, I still had a lot of pickled plums. I was afraid to send it to the palace. There will be accidents. Everyone envies my good life. I gave birth to a daughter and became a favorite concubine. But now look at it, what is so good about entering the palace? I can’t see each other several times a year. I can’t help with anything. I'm busy, I might as well marry an ordinary family..."

Because Yinniang was about to give birth, Mrs. Lin and Lin Fengqi even had to worry about getting her out of the yard, let alone going into the palace. Therefore, even though Yinniang heard that Yanniang's pregnancy was not good, she didn't expect this. As serious as it was, after hearing what my mother described, I also became worried.But seeing Mrs. Chen's anxious look, Yinniang could only hide her worry and comfort her mother.

Mrs. Chen was just anxious to complain to her daughter, and she felt much better when she said it. When she saw her daughter's swollen belly, she couldn't help but regret it: "Look what I'm telling you, you're going to give birth soon. No, I don’t need to make you worry.” After he finished speaking, he paused, as if he wanted to make amends, and said to Yin Niang: “Don’t worry too much about your sister, I think your sister’s physique is like mine, when I was pregnant with Ping Niang At the beginning, the pregnancy was also bad, but after a month or two, it will be fine."

Yin Niang said: "Mother, I'm fine, my baby has always been stable, even the midwife said that this is a rare good fetal appearance."

Mrs. Chen nodded and said: "That's good!" Then she asked some questions about whether the nanny has chosen well, where is the delivery room arranged, whether the baby clothes are ready and so on.Then he and Yinniang had dinner at the Hou Mansion, and then went back to Yangjiaoer Hutong.

After Mrs. Chen left, Yinniang sat alone on the kang, thinking about what she could do for Yanniang.She has learned a few folk remedies for morning sickness from some old ladies since she became pregnant, but even if she knew, the imperial physician in the palace would not allow the pregnant concubine to use it.After thinking about it, I know that if something happens to me, it will be a matter of losing my head.Send food in, but the things that are imported are also prone to accidents, so they can't be sent in the same way.It's too early to give away small clothes and quilts... After thinking about it, she became more and more frustrated, as if she couldn't do anything for her.

When Lin Fengqi came back, what he saw was Yinniang's frowning expression.Lin Fengqi walked over, hugged her and said: "Why, mother-in-law is not happy to see you? Mother-in-law went to the palace to see your mother today, how is your mother?"

Yin Niang shook her head and said: "It's not good, my sister's pregnancy is not good!"

Lin Fengqi comforted her and said: "Don't worry, your empress has always been auspicious and has her own destiny!"

Yin Niang leaned in Lin Fengqi's arms, intertwined her fingers with his, sighed, and said, "I seem to be quite useless, I have been living under the wings of my sister and you, but you have something to do." Sometimes, I can’t seem to help you with anything.”

Lin Fengqi raised the hand he met with her, kissed the back of her hand, and said with a smile: "Who said, didn't you help me take care of the back house and give birth to my baby? It's up to me to worry about it, it's the husband's responsibility to protect his wife from the wind and rain."

Yin Niang curled the corners of her mouth reluctantly, but she didn't feel better because of it.

The days continued to move forward, and on April [-]th, Yinniang gave birth to a son "prematurely".

Yinniang's birth went very smoothly, and within two days and one night, the baby was born smoothly.

It was morning when Yinniang started it, and it was just dawn, she opened her eyes and looked at the green gauze curtain on top of the bed.Behind the screen in the bedroom, Lin Fengqi was being dressed by a maid.He's going to morning court, and it's time to get up now.

In the past few days, Yinniang slept well, and every day when Lin Fengqi left, she was almost still asleep.But today, for some reason, she woke up early. When Lin Fengqi got up, she hugged his arm coquettishly for a while, especially wanting him to stay with her.

Lin Fengqi put on his clothes and came out, lifted the curtain and lowered his head to kiss Yinniang's forehead, and said softly: "Sleep well, I'll go to court."

Yinniang nodded, Lin Fengqi straightened up and was about to leave, when Yinniang suddenly felt a pain in her stomach, Yinniang hurriedly pulled her husband's sleeve, Lin Fengqi turned her head and asked suspiciously: "What's the matter?"

Yin Niang said, "I feel like my stomach hurts!"

Lin Fengqi's complexion changed, he lifted the quilt and picked up Yinniang, and quickly said to the maid beside him, "Go and call Mrs. Wen in, and then ask someone to invite Mrs. Tai over!" Then, without waiting for the maid to respond, he hugged Yinniang I ran to the delivery room.

(End of this chapter)