Chapter 96 Someone in the House Has a Baby
It was not until dusk that the princess looked at King Zhao and said, "My Lord, do you want to send someone to the palace to ask for leave?"
There is a Mid-Autumn Festival dinner in the palace tonight. According to custom, the prince and princess are supposed to go with their children from the palace. But given the current situation, I'm afraid they can't go.
But the princess didn't feel sorry at all. Things in the palace were very troublesome, so it was better not to go.
King Zhao did not hesitate: "No need, ask Concubine Wen to come and guard. No, ask everyone else to go back. Princess, guard here, and I will go into the palace myself."
The princess nodded: "That's fine."
The others had not given birth yet, so it was not appropriate for them to stand here. However, the prince looked so unhappy just now that it was difficult for her to persuade him.
Now that the prince had spoken, the princess sent the others back and took a group of servants to guard the place.
The girls saw the prince off and hurried back.
next day
Ji Yunqing walked back and forth in the yard. This was the advice of the court doctor, who said that she had eaten too much in the past few days and should exercise more.
Unexpectedly, Hong Xing and Hemerocallis came back and brought a piece of news.
"Master, the two concubines gave birth last night. They gave birth to a second son and a third daughter."
"Ok?"
After hearing this news, Ji Yunqing felt something was wrong. It was inconsistent with the time she calculated. She hesitated and asked, "Why did they give birth together? As far as I remember... they didn't get pregnant at the same time, right?"
King Zhao doesn't look like a very useful person!
"no no"
Hong Xing and Hemerocallis put the food box they brought from the kitchen aside, took out another food box, and worked together to set up breakfast.
This food box was sent by the prince, and it is the real meal that the master is going to eat. The other one was brought from the big kitchen just for show.
She said quickly, "Master, you don't know that something big happened at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet yesterday!"
"What happened?"
Hearing this conversation, Nanny An couldn't help but stop and listen carefully.
"Master, there was an accident at the banquet yesterday. Both concubines gave birth to their babies prematurely at the same time. They finally gave birth to their babies with great difficulty."
Hong Xing suddenly lowered her voice a lot, looked around furtively, and then continued: "I heard that the imperial physician is still here!"
It seems that the situation of these two people is indeed not very good.
Xuancao was relieved and scared: "Fortunately, Master, you didn't go. It's a blessing!"
Ji Yunqing frowned. His first reaction was that something had happened to the two concubines, and he didn't know whether it was an accident or not.
Finally she shook her head. Whether it was true or not, she should continue to be vigilant. As long as the child was not born, she must not relax.
What Ji Yunqing and his servant didn't know was that the aftereffects of their childbirth were much more serious than they had imagined.
Concubine Lou gave birth to the second son, who had many purple marks on his body when he was born, which was very scary.
Fortunately, the imperial physician said that with careful treatment, although my body would be weaker than others, I could still grow up well.
When Concubine Lou heard this, she couldn't believe it: "How could this be?" The child she gave birth to with great difficulty, a boy, was actually useless?
You have to raise her carefully to let her grow up. What’s the difference between this and giving birth to a daughter?
After the nurse finished feeding the baby, the maid asked if she wanted to see the baby. Concubine Lou frowned and said, "Take the baby away. I'm tired."
Separated by a wall, Concubine Li heard that she had given birth to a daughter and sighed, "Fortunately I have Zhi'er, so a daughter is a daughter!"
She lay down peacefully, and the maid covered her with a blanket and whispered, "I have sent someone to report back to the Marquis' Mansion. The master and his wife are very happy."
"Huh, what's there to be happy about?"
Concubine Li couldn't help but confide her true feelings to the maid she grew up with, "Do you want to wait for this child to grow up and marry her back to that ruined marquis' mansion? I might as well smother her to death now to save myself the trouble."
The maid couldn't help shedding tears when she heard this: "Master, that's all in the past."
It is said that life in the boudoir is the most carefree, but once the master becomes sensible, she will be forced to engage in all kinds of open and covert struggles.
There isn't a single good person in that marquis's mansion!
Concubine Li sighed, "That's fine. Fortunately, the girl next door gave birth to a weak boy, so it's useless. At worst, I can take care of myself and have another baby."
"Yes"
The maid agreed with difficulty, and luckily she didn't show any signs of it. When she turned around, her face was covered with tears.
The master doesn’t know yet, how can there be another baby?
The imperial physician said that the master had injured her body during childbirth and she might not be able to get pregnant again in the future.
Fortunately, the eldest son is still here, so there is hope.
After much investigation, it turned out that the fall during the Mid-Autumn Festival was just an accident.
King Zhao personally sentenced the first few people who fell down to meditation in a small Buddhist temple for a year, and each of them copied the Lotus Sutra three times by hand to pray for the two young masters.
He also specially invited the most expert imperial physician in pediatrics in the palace to see the two children regularly.
Everyone in the palace could see how much importance Prince Zhao attached to his two children.
Ji Yunqing heard Nanny An sigh like this and thought it was quite normal: "They only have five children now, and two of them are in poor health. How can they not take it seriously?"
Nanny An took a deep look at her master and thought, what a fool!
The prince hasn't set foot in the gate of Shouzhuyuan for a long time. In addition, the children of his two concubines were born weak and attracted attention. He seemed to be paying less and less attention to his master. Even the princess had a child with her concubine Jian.
I’m afraid that the master’s children will not be taken seriously in the future.
How can this be done?
Nanny An was worried about her and suggested, "Master, would you like to make a piece of clothing for the prince and send it over?"
Ji Yunqing looked at Nanny An in disbelief and patted her big belly: "Mammy, I'm still pregnant!" How could I do such strenuous work?
Clothes are considered big items. Even though men's clothes are not so fancy, the prince's clothes are also exquisite. Considering the actual situation of the master, Nanny An made the next best option: "Then make a purse?"
We have to give him a gift, preferably something that will always be with the prince, so that he can think of his master from time to time!
As a result, Ji Yunqing was not worried at all. She even comforted Nanny An: "Don't worry, I wish I could not see the prince now, and he would not think of me in the end."
King Zhao must be in a bad mood right now, and she doesn't want to bring bad luck upon herself.
In response to this, Nanny An was hesitant to speak.
Does the master think too highly of himself?
Have you ever thought about the possibility that by the time the master made it, the prince might have already calmed down?
"Why don't you want to see the king?"
King Zhao's voice suddenly appeared outside the door. Ji Yunqing's pupils dilated and he was extremely shocked.
Omg!
When did this man come?
How long had he been standing there?
Ji Yunqing was confused. She pinched her fingers secretly and felt that she really should learn fortune-telling and test her luck every day.
Maybe this situation can be avoided.
"Huh? Why aren't you talking?"
Prince Zhao walked in slowly, followed by Eunuch Shi, who looked indignant. How could the master of the backyard not welcome his own prince?
At this time, King Zhao had already walked to the recliner where Ji Yunqing was sitting, and looked at her with heavy eyes: "Not talking? Or are you still thinking about how to make it up?"