"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother." The eunuch saluted hurriedly and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, a message has just been sent from the palace saying that Concubine Ning is about to give birth..."
And it is said that if the Yang water breaks first, the situation will be a little more difficult.
Emperor Qingming's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he immediately stood up.
This unborn child is very important to him, and the birth of Concubine Rong is also the most important event for him recently.
"It's such a big happy event, so I have to go back to the palace to see it." The Queen Mother also got up.
Although she didn't care about it at all, she still wanted to do it with the look of surprise.
"Yes." Emperor Qingming responded: "Empress, let's come and see Jingrong another day."
"Madam is leaving now?" Princess Jingrong hurriedly grabbed the Queen Mother's hand with a look of reluctance in her eyes.
"I will come again another day." The Queen Mother patted the back of her hand and warned her warmly: "Remember to eat well and don't always get into childish tantrums with Jiao Jiao."
The eldest princess nodded reluctantly and watched the Queen Mother and Emperor Qingming leave.
"Farewell to Your Majesty, the Queen Mother."
Xu Mingyi stood in the outer hall and saluted.
The Queen Mother looked at her again, smiled and nodded slightly to her.
Xu Mingyi was slightly startled.
Does the Queen Mother recognize her?
Or maybe he guessed her identity - after all, Jiao Jiao was the only friend of a similar age to her in the entire city.
However, the way the Queen Mother smiled and nodded just now made her feel familiar...
There seems to be some resemblance to someone...
Who is it?
Xu Ming was lost in thought when his friend's voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Zhao Zhao, did you hear that just now? Concubine Rong Gui is about to give birth."
Xu Mingyi came back to his senses and nodded.
"I heard it."
"I wonder if I can give birth to a prince." Princess Yufeng said, "If there is really a prince, the Rong family's tail will really fly to the sky."
Xu Mingyi smiled.
If you say that, it is destined to fly to the sky.
Inside Yongfu Palace, everyone was busy up and down.
The queen stood outside the delivery room and directed the palace people in an orderly manner.
Although she had no experience in giving birth to children, she had extensive experience watching the concubines in the harem give birth to children.
"The Emperor has arrived——"
The eunuch's loud singing came, and the queen stood up from her chair and saluted.
"What's wrong?"
Emperor Qingming asked as soon as he stepped into the outer room.
"The first pregnancy will inevitably be slower." The Queen said softly, "Your Majesty, don't be anxious."
There's no point in being anxious, after all, he doesn't have the ability to go in and give birth on his own.
Emperor Qingming nodded and looked frequently in the direction of the delivery room. He seemed calm and collected, but many emotions were surging deep in his heart.
He has not had an heir for ten years——
Time passed little by little, and the sky gradually darkened.
In the delivery room, Concubine Rong's voice became weaker and weaker, as if she was exhausted.
Seeing the palace maids coming in and out holding a blood-stained water basin, Emperor Qingming, who had been waiting here for most of the day, gradually began to become unable to sit still.
He wanted to say to the midwife responsible for delivering the baby, "No matter what, we must keep the child," but the words came to his lips, and due to the name of a benevolent king, he did not say them out.
He thought that those midwives must also know what to do——
When Emperor Qingming was feeling anxious, he suddenly heard the surprised voices of midwives coming from the delivery room: "It's happening, it's happening!"
"Come out!"
Soon a midwife walked out quickly, her face full of joy and she said: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, the imperial concubine has given birth to a little prince!"
Emperor Qingming paused, and his heart suddenly surged——
"Okay... reward! Everyone in Yongfu Palace will be rewarded!"
After saying that, he turned around and walked to the queen, smiling and saying: "Did the queen hear you? It's a prince, and we have a prince again."
"..." The queen nodded.
This really stumped her. She really didn't know how to answer these words so as to appear less shameless.
The news that Concubine Rong had given birth spread quickly.
In Yongfu Palace, there were piles of congratulatory gifts sent from all over.
On this day, Concubine Rong was lying on the bed, being fed soup by the palace maid, while listening to her confidant nanny reading out the gift list.
"Mother, do you want to accept all of this?" Mammy asked softly.
"Why don't you accept it?" Concubine Rong asked nonchalantly.
While Mammy was thinking about it, she was about to say something, when suddenly she heard a maid coming in and saying, "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince is here."
Concubine Rong frowned slightly.
"Prince?"
What is he here to do?
From the moment she gave birth to the child and found out he was a prince, some of her thoughts could not help but change quietly.
"It has been five days since the little prince was born. It is reasonable for the prince to come and see his little brother." A confidant, the nanny, glanced at her noble concubine, with a hint of reminder in her tone.
Concubine Rong gave a faint "Yes".
The prince was quickly invited in and spoke to Concubine Rong through the screen in front of the bed.
"These are some gadgets I have kept since I was a child. Today I specially sent them to my fourth brother." As the prince spoke, the eunuch beside him handed a box to the hands of Concubine Rong's confidant.
Nanny smiled and held it in front of Concubine Rong. She opened the box and saw that there were rattles, red gold rattles and other items inside, all of which were well preserved: "My Lady, look -"
Concubine Rong twitched her lips and said with a smile: "Your Highness is interested."
The confidant nanny came out from behind the screen and asked with a smile: "Your Highness, would you like to see the little prince?"
The prince's eyes lit up when he heard this and he nodded quickly.
Grandma took him to the cubicle.
Looking at the little baby lying in the cradle, the smile in the prince's eyes grew stronger.
very nice!
It can be seen that this must be a very healthy child.
Not as dissatisfied as he is——
Sister Xu was indeed right, the imperial concubine really gave birth to a younger brother for him.
With this younger brother, the father no longer has to worry about heirs, and someone can finally take over the position of prince from his hands.
Or maybe he was too happy, and in the excitement of his mind, his throat suddenly felt a little itchy. The prince quickly turned around, covered his mouth with his sleeve and coughed a few times.
"I will come see my fourth brother another day." He said to his mother: "When he is older and the weather is warmer, I will take him out to play!"
Grandma smiled and nodded.
The prince has a simple and pure heart, and it is obvious that he really likes the little prince.
After the prince left, Concubine Rong scolded her confidant in a low voice.
"How can we take him to see the child...his sickly body, what if he gets over the illness? I heard that he was coughing like that just now, and I was frightened..."
"Your Highness's illness is caused by the fetal belt. It is an old illness. The imperial doctor said it is not contagious..."
"That's also unlucky! I think he can't sit still anymore..." Concubine Rong said with a sneer: "If you want to fight, you have to see if you have that fate."
Grandma's face changed slightly, and she quickly reminded: "Your Majesty, you must be careful what you say..."
In the past, the empress would not have said such words. Now, if you don’t take the confinement period seriously, your brain will be lost?
They say that wealth is alluring, but this is not a good sign——
Mammy lowered her voice to remind her, and Concubine Rong waved her hands in annoyance. Seeing that no one else was in the inner room, she said, "Okay, don't talk about that - didn't you say there was a letter from over there?"
Speaking of the letter, Nanny looked around without leaving any trace and took out the letter hidden in her sleeve.
…
It was night, the moon and stars were sparse.
In the Zhenguo Palace and Xiyuan, Xu Mingyi suddenly woke up from his nightmare.
