[Qing] Empress Xiao Chengren Reborn

It has been an hour, and there is still no movement in the Xinuang Pavilion. There are faint screams leaking from the crack of the door. From time to time, court ladies come and go in and out of the Xinuang Pavilion, but they have never heard the cry of the baby, and no one came out to announce the good news. Ye's eyes became darker and darker, and the palms on her knees were gradually clenched. Something really happened to her, right?

Wulanqiqige and Zhang's and Dong's were only worried in their hearts, and Ulanqiqige was nothing more than that. She had never given birth, and only knew that giving birth was very dangerous, but she didn't know what happened to the empress. She was also young, her face couldn't help but overflowing with worry, Mrs. Dong lowered her eyes and said nothing, only Mrs. Zhang passed by, if it went well, she should have been born by this time, could it be a dystocia?

There was a trace of doubt in Zhang's heart, and she glanced at Ma Jia's direction without any trace. Ma Jia sat there with a pale face. Since she gave birth to her elder brother, her body has not recovered. Now it is Xia One day, she was still wearing jackets, and she looked sick when she sat there. Mrs. Zhang shook her head when she saw it, and thought, the empress is in much better health than Mrs. Ma Jia, so how could it be difficult to give birth?

Compared with the queen's party, Niu Hulu Wanqi and Tong Jiayurong were much calmer, they sat there with unmoved expressions, and occasionally there was a flash of worry, but it was not known whether they were really worried up.

Nanny Qu only reported to Xuan Ye and Xiao Zhuang about the possibility of difficult delivery of Zhujin. Apart from these two people, no one else knew about it. Xuan Ye looked impatiently at the expressions of the concubines He didn't have the heart to take care of their pretended worried expressions, so he waved his hands and said, "You all go back, you don't have to wait here."

If the emperor and empress dowager don't leave, how dare they leave?

Because no one moved, Xiao Zhuang took a look at Xuan Ye, sighed in his heart, and said: "You all go back, the emperor and I are fine here, you are here, you can't help much."

Even the Empress Dowager had spoken, and everyone dared not disobey, knelt down one by one, and left Kunning Palace.

After everyone left, Xiao Zhuang glanced at Xuan Ye again, then turned to Aunt Su Ma and said: "Su Ma, go and have a look, what's going on inside, find out what's going on inside, come out and tell me and the emperor, it's okay So that the emperor can rest assured."

Aunt Su Ma took orders and went to Xinuang Pavilion alone. When she came out, she was accompanied by Nanny Qu. Her hands and feet were still clean, but her body smelled like blood. She came out in a hurry, and the blood on her hands They were all washed, but the smell of blood could not be removed in a short time. Aunt Su Ma didn't have time to wait for her, so she brought her here directly. Nanny Qu was afraid that the smell of blood on her body would hit the empress dowager and the emperor , more than ten steps away from the two of them, they stopped.

Aunt Su Mala said: "Old Ancestor, Your Majesty, the maidservant went in to have a look, the situation is really... the maidservant can't explain clearly, the maidservant brought out Nanny Qu, let Nanny Qu tell the emperor and the old ancestor .”

Aunt Su Ma only went in for a while, but when she came out, she felt as if she had passed away. She didn't even want to think about the situation inside.

Xiao Zhuang and Xuan Ye hurriedly looked at Nanny Qu, Xiao Zhuang asked, "Have you been born? When will you be born?"

Xuan Ye asked, "How is the queen?"

Mother Qu's heart moved, she glanced at Xuan Ye, and immediately lowered her head and replied: "Go back to the empress dowager, back to the emperor, the master has been in pain for more than an hour, the pain is very severe, the birth is definitely possible, but it will be very difficult , this matter can only be relied on by the master himself, but the slaves and the imperial physician will do their best to help the master, and the master...she is still insisting."

Listen to the words, Xiao Zhuang is used to storms all his life, and has experienced three dynasties, I don't know how many times he has seen women giving birth. Hearing Nanny Qu say this, he knew that this matter might not happen. I was also in front of her when she was pregnant. Although she was in severe pain and difficult to give birth, but she was born with difficulty because her elder brother was too big. Is it possible to be born with all your life? Your Majesty, you should have made a decision earlier."

Before Xuan Ye could answer, Xiao Zhuang said again, "When Jin'er told us about this, I told you that if she can pass this hurdle, it will be good, but if she can't, you should think about it. Queen and prince, which one do you plan to keep?"

Xiao Zhuang glanced at the people present, for a long time, pursed his lips and said: "She is the medical girl next to Jin Er, I am not afraid to say this in front of her, I still say that, when it is a last resort, the emperor should Keep the prince."

Back then when Zhu Jin was nine months pregnant, Nanny Qu had concluded that the empress was pregnant with a prince, and if it was born, it would be a legitimate son from the middle palace, which is different from the princes born to concubines .

Therefore, in Xiaozhuang's view, the life of the concubine in the middle palace is much more important than the life of the queen. If the queen is gone, just find someone to set up another one. I have concerns, if... If unfortunately, two dead bodies are lost, the queen is lost and the concubine of the middle palace is lost, who will the grandparents and grandchildren cry for?

Xuan Ye was silent for a long time, gritted his teeth and said, "Nurse Qu, listen carefully to me, and I will still say the same thing. If it is really a last resort, I want you to do everything possible to save the life of the queen, and don't worry about the prince."

"Emperor! Are you crazy?!"

Seeing that Xuan Ye still refused to change his mind, Xiao Zhuang frowned and said, "I advised you that time, don't be arrogant, you have to take care of the overall situation!"

Xuan Ye ignored Xiao Zhuang, Xiao Zhuang was impatient, turned his head to Nanny Qu and said, "Go in and ask the queen, if you ask her, just tell me what I said, if it is really a last resort, she wants to protect herself, or Protect her child? The queen has always been a sensible person, I don't believe she can't understand my painstaking efforts!"

Nanny Qu's heart skipped a beat, she didn't dare to say anything, she only said yes, and turned to go to Xinuang Pavilion.

Xuan Ye looked at Xiaozhuang with red eyes, gritted his teeth and said: "Grandmother, she is my wife, do you want me to give up the queen's life myself? I can't do it! If I do this, how will I reconcile with me in the future?" Her son confessed?"

He knows the thoughts of the imperial grandmother, leaving the son of the middle palace is good for the future of the Qing Dynasty, and the empress... Her identity is destined to make such a sacrifice. If a empress is gone, she can naturally make others as her... For the queen, as long as the Qing Dynasty is still there, why worry about not having a queen to stand on?

But in his heart, this queen can only belong to Zhujin, there can be no one else, and others are not worthy of being this queen, as long as he thinks that he will give up Zhujin's life himself, he will feel very heartbroken, and he is unwilling to be so heartbroken , so he can't... can't give up the pearl brocade, even if there is still a glimmer of hope, he still has to persevere.

"...Grandmother, you can't force her, you can't force her to choose between herself and her child... How is it different from killing her if you do this? What she needs most now is support."

"You are the emperor, sometimes you have to make such sacrifices, not just you, including your prince, your princess, and your concubine, your queen, if you can't make a decision, then let Jiner do it, I believe She won't let me down! One day you'll know that I did nothing wrong!"

Xiaozhuang earnestly said, "Since you are going to be emperor, you should be mentally prepared for everything, including losing your wife."

Xuan Ye suppressed the soreness and distress in his heart, and refused to say a word. Although what the imperial grandmother said was so high-sounding, he just felt that she was wrong. He didn't refute, but just gritted his teeth and thought silently, Ah Jin would not be like this. What the imperial grandmother wished, she was such a strong person, she once said that she would not give up, and he also believed that she would not give up now!

Nanny Qu came out, with a stronger smell of blood than before, she met the eyes of Xiao Zhuang and Xuan Ye, pursed her lips and said: "After the servants went in, they came to the master and told the empress dowager to the master, the master She said that she wanted to live with her child, and asked the Empress Dowager to give her a chance. She would bring the Empress Dowager a healthy child. She also wanted to be the mother of the child. You have to persevere and work hard... Master said, she will never give up."

Xiao Zhuang wanted to yell at her just like before, but she was choked up and couldn't make a sound. She was also a mother, and she had experienced this before. How could she not understand that every word of these words was full of blood, tears and love?No matter how well-read and sensible Zhu Jin is, she will eventually be a mother. After becoming a mother, for her own children, no matter how difficult the world is, she can overcome it.

Xiaozhuang let out a long sigh, waved his hands and said, "Forget it...you go and tell her, I'll wait for her to come out properly."

Seeing Xiao Zhuang let go, Xuan Ye returned to his original position with all his heart, and only urged Nanny Qu to say: "Go in quickly, I and the emperor's grandmother will just wait here."

Three hours later, after an extremely shrill scream, the second elder brother's loud cry came from the West Nuan Pavilion of Kunning Palace.

Nanny Long came out to see Xiao Zhuang and Xuan Ye with her packed second elder brother in her arms, and all the people knelt down to congratulate Xiao Zhuang and Xuan Ye: "Servant (slave) congratulates the old ancestor for having a great-grandson again! Slave (slave) congratulates the emperor for having another great-grandson!" Prince!"

"it is good!"

Xiaozhuang was overjoyed, hugging the second elder brother and grinning from ear to ear, and told Aunt Su Mala, "Reward! Reward!"

Xuan Ye was also happy, he glanced at the second elder brother, he looked much more handsome than the elder brother when he was born, and he didn't have the bruises on the elder brother's body, he looked like a healthy little elder brother, he I liked it very much in my heart, but I was thinking about the pearl brocade, so I didn't hug my second elder brother, and only asked Mother Long: "How is the queen?"

Nanny Long said: "Going back to the emperor, the master is very tired and went to sleep right after giving birth to the second elder brother. Nanny Qu has already fed the ginseng soup to the master, and also cleaned up for the master, but it is not easy for the master to move now. The delivery room is also tidied up, as long as the master sleeps peacefully and wakes up again, it will be fine."

"It's getting ugly now, the ancestor and the emperor have been tired all day, why don't you go and have a rest, the queen concubine gave birth safely, there is nothing serious about it, the ancestor and the emperor slept through the night with peace of mind, come back tomorrow Just look at the Empress Dowager."

Xuan Ye nodded, he was fine, but Xiao Zhuang was nearly seventy years old, he couldn't stay up all night like this, his body would definitely not be able to hold on, so he also persuaded: "Grandmother, the queen is giving birth safely now. , the old ancestor also heard, she is fine, the old ancestor went back to the Compassion Ning Palace to rest?"

Xiao Zhuang nodded and said with a smile: "That's fine. Then I'll come and see Jin Er tomorrow."

When Xiao Zhuang and Aunt Su Ma left, Xuan Ye held the second elder brother in his arms for a while, then carefully handed him back to the wet nurse, and then ordered: "You don't need to take the second elder brother to Zhaoxiang's place. With permission, the second elder brother will be raised in Kunning Palace."

The queen gave birth to a son in peace, and many people were jealous. He didn't want to take risks, so it was safer to keep people under his nose.

What's more, the second elder brother has a high status, and he is reluctant to let the second elder brother go away from him and Zhujin to suffer at Zhaoxiang's place.