The Return of An Lingrong in Legend of Zhen Huan

Half a month before the due date, An Lingrong's belly felt as thin as paper. It was extremely scary.

Before An Lingrong became pregnant, she weighed only about 75 jin (one jin in the Qing Dynasty = 16 liang = 600 grams, 90 jin).

It is really scary for a woman who is less than five feet tall (one foot in the Qing Dynasty was about 35 centimeters, and the average height of women in the Qing Dynasty was 1.55 to 1.65 meters. This article sets An Lingrong to 1.6 meters because Emperor Yongzheng was 1.66 meters tall in history) to have such a big belly.

After watching it once, Xia Dongchun felt traumatized by the idea of ​​having children.

In order to prevent her daughter from being disliked by the emperor, Lin Xiu would cover An Lingrong's belly every time the emperor came, trying to make it look less scary.

Seeing her mother thinking about her like this, An Lingrong was very touched. But she also felt sad. Yes, the emperor didn't love her. If the emperor saw her belly, he would definitely dislike her. In this palace, she couldn't do without the emperor's favor.

An Lingrong had never been loved properly in her two lives. When Lin Xiu saw An Lingrong crying, she thought she was also scared by her belly, so she quickly comforted her: "It's okay, Rong'er, don't be afraid, there is an imperial doctor, mother will apply some egg white on you, so there won't be any stretch marks on your belly. (There was no specific name for stretch marks in ancient times, so we had to call them "stretch marks")"

An Lingrong looked at Lin Xiu's worried expression and touched her belly again. Who said she was not loved? In her previous life, she had her mother's love. In this life, she not only had a mother but also a child. She, An Lingrong, was also loved by someone.

After finally waiting until the due date estimated by the imperial physician, the baby still didn't move. An Lingrong was a little overwhelmed, she just wanted to give birth to the baby quickly, so that she could relax, she was too tired.

An Lingrong even suspected that it was because she burned moxa too early. Not only did she burn moxa in March, she also did moxibustion several times.

Lin Xiu felt very distressed to see her daughter in so much pain, but there was nothing she could do as the baby was not born yet, so she could only comfort her daughter by saying that a late-born baby is a noble person, and her children will definitely be blessed in the future and will also bless their mother with safety.

The emperor attached great importance to An Lingrong's pregnancy, and had dug a wedding pit early in the morning, and put gold, silver and red silk in it. There were ten maids each for Denghuo and Shuishang, and Wei Lin and Wen Shichu, who were in charge, were also fully prepared.

To be on the safe side, the emperor directly found five midwives and thoroughly checked the background of all of them to ensure the safety of An Lingrong and her child.

An Lingrong didn't start labor until six days after her due date. She woke up suddenly in pain in the middle of the night. Everyone in Luxiangzhai was on alert. Even though the emperor checked everyone's background, Lin Xiu and Baoyu still checked everyone secretly to make sure no "dirty things" were brought in.

An Lingrong cried out in fear: "Mom, mom, I'm scared, mom."

Lin Xiu also comforted her daughter with heartache, telling her not to cry. After all, An Lingrong was pregnant with multiple babies and she needed to conserve her strength.

The emperor was extremely anxious when he learned that An Lingrong had a seizure in the middle of the night, so he went straight to Luxiangzhai after the court session. He waited outside for another hour before he heard a cry from the room.

"It's born, it's born, it's a prince!"

After hearing the news from the delivery room, everyone was not excited but waiting for the second child. After another cup of tea (a cup of tea in the Qing Dynasty was ten minutes), the second cry was heard in the room.

"Princess! It's a princess! It's a princess!"

The emperor was very pleased and immediately awarded Luxiangzhai a year's salary, and all the midwives were rewarded generously. Jin'an Lingrong was made Concubine Rou.

But just after giving the order, news suddenly came from the delivery room that the third baby was in an abnormal fetal position and might be difficult to deliver.

When the queen heard the news, she quickly chanted "Amitabha, may Buddha bless you." Everyone else thought that the queen was kind.

The third child was lying face down, so An Lingrong had to rely on herself to carry the baby. However, An Lingrong had already given birth to two children, so she didn't have much strength.

The palace maid hurriedly prepared ginseng soup for An Lingrong, which took nearly two quarters of an hour (a quarter of an hour in the Qing Dynasty was fifteen minutes).

The news came from the delivery room that the third child was a boy. Both mother and child were safe.

In other words, except for the Emperor and the Queen Mother, who were truly happy, everyone else was more or less envious and jealous. Needless to say, the Queen and Concubine Qi had livid faces. The Queen was able to hide her anger, but Concubine Qi showed it directly.

If the Queen hadn't warned Concubine Qi with her eyes, she would have been discovered by the Emperor.

The emperor quickly asked one of the midwives who was delivering the baby: "How is it? Do the two princes look alike?"

The midwife's face wrinkled with laughter: "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations, Your Majesty. They don't look alike at all."

The emperor was very happy: "Does that person look like me?"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations, Your Majesty. Not at all..." The midwife quickly responded: "Sixth Prince and the Emperor are cut from the same cloth."

The emperor was so happy that the midwife was in great fear: It was a close call, I almost said the wrong thing.

Because he had promised An Lingrong that she could feed the children herself, but it was impossible for all three children to be breastfed, so the emperor arranged a wet nurse for each of the three children, and An Lingrong agreed, after all, it was too much to feed three children.

According to the rules, when a prince or princess is born, there are 40 people to take care of the laundry, sewing, etc., in addition to eight wet nurses and eight babysitters. Now that An Lingrong has given birth to three children, there are 120 people in total.

Because An Lingrong planned to feed the baby herself, the emperor replaced the other five wet nurses with nannies and ordered them to take good care of Concubine Rou and the children.