The next day, the Ministry of Internal Affairs rewarded the emperor to the concubine, and sent all the things needed during the pregnancy to Chengqian Palace.
Probably because he was afraid that she would be bored during her pregnancy, Yinzhen actually gave Ji Ling several clever toys as a reward.
For example, there was a wooden puppy. Ji Ling felt it looked familiar inexplicably when he held it in his hand, so he called Qilin over and compared the two. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that the wooden puppy looked like Qilin.
The puppy's head and limbs can move, and the expression on its face is also very interesting. It has a small dress woven with copper coins and a red crown pom-pom on its head.
Ji Ling tried to move the wooden puppy's head and controlled it to nod up and down for the third princess to see. The third princess was so amused that she screamed and reached out to take it.
Ji Ling asked Nanny Chen to watch the princess play.
There is also a picture of a butterfly table. Each piece is polished to be as smooth as a mirror. The shape is very delicate and exquisite. The largest piece is not as big as Ji Ling's hand.
By moving around, you can combine endless shapes, a bit like a jigsaw puzzle.
Ji Ling looked at several boxes of rewards - small gadgets like this that were used to relieve boredom. None of them were marked in the royal list: whether they were for the third princess or the concubine.
Ji Ling thought silently: Maybe it was the reward given to my daughter by the fourth master... but I robbed it.
Because the third princess is still young, the Chengqian Palace is fully staffed with servants, including Shui Ma, Aunt Jingqi, wet nurses, and birth aunts... which saves a lot of trouble.
Except for delivering grandma.
Ji Ling told the fourth master: When she is a month old, she still wants the midwife who attended her last delivery to come into the palace.
Yinzhen did not agree to her immediately, but only said that he needed to conduct a thorough investigation to ensure that there was no problem with the person before sending him in.
He held Ji Ling's hand and comforted her: "I know you are nostalgic and like to use the old people for everything, but you still have to put safety and innocence first."
Ji Ling nodded and said: "I will listen to the emperor, and the emperor will make arrangements. I am just making a suggestion."
Seeing her being so obedient, Yinzhen's tone became softer.
He held her in his arms and said: "I know your intentions. As long as there is no problem after checking and you like it, I will definitely ask the grandma who delivered the baby last time to come and take care of you."
Ji Ling leaned in Fourth Master's arms, hooked his fingers, and acted coquettishly with him silently. She thought of the last time she gave birth to the third princess, she was nervous and in pain, but the midwife was calm and commanded well.
, while comforting her, teaching her how to find the feeling and exert strength.
Ji Ling took a deep breath at the thought of having to experience another wave of pain nine months later.
Three months later.
It is already the early spring of the fifth year of Yongzheng's reign. It is the second day of February when the grass grows and orioles fly. In the courtyard of Chengqian Palace, there is a delicate and soft new green. The grass and trees have just sprouted. The flowers in early spring also contain flower bones and colorful butterflies.
Flying gracefully, lingering among the flowers.
Ji Ling couldn't see such beautiful scenery.
She held Qixi's hand with tears in her eyes. Bixue and Aunt Chen held her up one by one and kept reaching out to caress her back.
Ji Ling vomited into the copper basin in front of her.
The acid water in the stomach was still coming up in waves. Even if he rinsed his mouth with fragrant tea five or six times, he couldn't suppress the burning pain in his throat - Ji Ling knew that it was caused by stomach acid.
Afraid of hurting her esophagus, she quickly forced herself to drink half a bowl of warm water.
Before the water even fell into my stomach, I felt a twitching sensation in my stomach...
"vomit……!"
Ji Ling vomited it out again.
Oh my God! Is this Nezha pregnant in my belly? Ji Ling wiped her nose and thought with tears in her eyes.
God was very fair in this matter: when she was pregnant with the third princess, she did not suffer from morning sickness.
By this second pregnancy, everything was made up for.
Grandma Chen helped her lie down, and together with Qixi, tucked the quilt in, and then said softly: "My dear, if you keep vomiting like this, you can't eat or drink hot water, that's not okay."
She rubbed her hands, very anxious.
Concubine Chen was suffering from severe morning sickness, and the people at the Yangxin Hall knew it immediately.
In addition to Yinzhen who came to see it in person, doctors from the imperial hospital also came several times, and they all said that the pulse conditions of the empress and the fetus were very good.
Doctor Tong also asked Concubine Chen if she usually felt dry mouth, bitter mouth, dizziness, thirst, or hypochondriac pain?
He asked seven or eight questions in one breath.
When Ji Ling was asked this question, he felt that every symptom was consistent.
She nodded and said, "Not only is my mouth dry and bitter, but I'm also afraid of smelling greasy food - I can't stand it if I smell it."
Qixi nodded beside him and added to the imperial doctor: "This morning, I brought two plates of fried sweet potato cakes to the master. I just entered the house and the master couldn't bear the smell."
She glanced at Ji Ling worriedly and whispered: "But in the past, my master loved to eat these sweet potatoes the most."
Doctor Tong nodded and said tremblingly: "Mother Chen, everyone's morning sickness is different, it can be more severe. As long as the fetal pulse is stable, there is no need to worry too much.
As for the empress’s feeling of dry mouth and bitter taste, it’s probably due to the disharmony between the liver and stomach. I’ll prescribe a dose of Orange Peel and Bamboo Ru Decoction, along with Su Ye Huanglian Decoction, which can clear the liver and soothe the stomach, reduce qi and stop vomiting - after the empress drank it
, it will definitely be alleviated.”
Ji Ling nodded slowly.
After Doctor Tong bowed and left, Ji Ling glanced at Doctor Di who was kneeling next to him.
Doctor Di understood and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, your Majesty, these two prescriptions are made from orange peel, bamboo root, jujube, ginseng, ginger, licorice, etc. It won't hurt your Majesty even if you drink them until you give birth."
Evian was by the side at this time and cautiously interjected: "My lord, my queen, my servant's hometown has a recipe for treating morning sickness - boil it with vinegar, add rock sugar, wait until the rock sugar dissolves, then add the eggs
One, eating eggs and vinegar can cure morning sickness."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Doctor Di with a smile.
Doctor Di didn't say anything, but said to Ji Ling respectfully: "Ms. Concubine, there are many folk remedies. If you want to try it, put a piece of fresh ginger in your mouth and chew it every day. Remember to do it after a meal."
Before meal."
He paused, glanced at Evian, and said: "You can also use slices of fresh ginger to apply on the Neiguan point, and wrap it carefully with gauze. This is also a method. But in all cases, the empress's morning sickness is caused by liver qi invading the stomach.
, caused by stagnation of heat in the liver and stomach, it still needs to be smoothed out from the source."
After Imperial Physician Di left, Chengqian Palace became busy.
I heard that it was the concubine's medicine. How could the people from the imperial hospital ask the servants of the Chengqian Palace to pick it up? They had already sent people to deliver it in a hurry, and they were all neatly wrapped with red rope and thin threads.
After drinking the decoction for a few days and applying ginger slices, Ji Ling's morning sickness was indeed relieved.
But it was only "somewhat" relieved.
Grandma Chen saw that the mistress Chen's morning sickness was so severe, she said to Qixi in private: "It's probably a little brother!"
She was beaming with joy, Qixi also smiled and whispered: "I hope Master will give birth to a little brother this time!"
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That night, when Yinzhen came to stay with Ji Ling, it happened that Ji Ling had suffered from morning sickness. She felt that her whole body was full of sour smell, so she was unwilling to speak and just lay wilted in the fourth master's arms.
With a face filled with doting, Yinzhen let her lie down, stroking her hair with one hand and gently stroking her back with the other.
After a while, he was afraid that Lingling would press her stomach if she stayed in this position for a long time, so he turned her shoulders over and let her lean on his shoulders.
Ji Ling wiped his nose with a handkerchief, then reached out and poked Yinzhen's chest repeatedly, and started gesticulating again.
The fourth master took a deep breath and immediately grasped the hand of the person in his arms.