Chapter 166 Preparation for Childbirth
"It's born! It's born!"
Pei Tingyue was awakened by a burst of urgent voices.
After hearing this, she suddenly woke up and half sat up.
"Li Jieyu gave birth?"
Yun Shu responded, "Yes, Concubine Li gave birth to a little prince, and both mother and child are fine."
After hearing this, Pei Tingyue sighed: "Li Jieyu, you are so blessed."
Not only did she give birth to a prince, but she was also able to keep him. She was quite lucky.
Yun Shu whispered, "I heard that the Emperor and the Empress have already sent people to visit the temporary palace. This time they should be bringing Concubine Li and the Third Prince back to the palace."
Pei Tingyue nodded: "Now that Concubine Li has returned, she should be promoted. Tomorrow you should prepare our gifts. We will definitely go and take a look then."
Yunshu agreed.
The palace was very lively that night.
This situation was the same throughout the palace.
After learning that a prince was born in the palace, not many concubines were able to fall asleep again.
Especially Qin Baolin in Bixiao Palace.
My eyes turned red with hatred.
She entered the palace with Li Jieyu.
Previously, with the support of the Empress Dowager, she was many times more glorious than Concubine Li.
But now, Concubine Li had given birth to a prince, and was only waiting to be promoted to the position of the head of the imperial palace. However, she was demoted to a little Baolin, and everyone laughed at her.
The two people's status is very different.
How could this not make her feel disappointed?
Qin Baolin pinched his palm until it bled before letting go.
She murmured, "Aunt, since you don't consider Yan'er, then Yan'er can only think about herself."
*
Concubine Li returned to the palace five days later.
The emperor and the empress went to visit together, named the third prince, and conferred the title of Xiuyuan on Concubine Li.
The positions of the biological or adoptive mothers of the three princes are arranged in order.
Wen Zhaoyuan, Xie Xiuyi, and Li Xiuyuan.
After the Emperor and Empress had met, all the concubines in the palace went to visit.
Pei Tingyue also went.
Concubine Song had nothing to do, so she accompanied her.
Li Xiuyuan had already moved into the main hall. Concubine Song and Pei Tingyue walked in side by side. They first asked the imperial physician to check the gift, and then entered the bedroom.
Li Xiuyuan's face was a little pale, and she was leaning on the couch teasing the third prince.
Seeing the two people, Li Xiuyuan was stunned and was about to stand up to salute, but was held down by Concubine Song.
"Okay, sit down."
Li Xiuyuan smiled and thanked him, then turned her gaze to Pei Tingyue behind her, smiling, "Empress Zhaoyi is here too."
Pei Tingyue smiled and nodded.
The two had always been pretending to be nice to each other, and now they were even more skilled at putting on fake smiles when they met.
The three of them chatted for a while.
Pei Tingyue looked at the third prince several times. The child was only the size of a palm, and his crying sounded like a cat's meow.
It seems that the baby has been born, but whether it can be raised to adulthood is another matter.
Seeing that Li Xiuyuan was not in good spirits, the two of them said goodbye and left.
On the way back to the palace.
Concubine Song touched Pei Tingyue's belly and said hesitantly, "It won't be born this small and fragile, right?"
Pei Tingyue shook his head: "No. Now it looks like it's as big as the Third Prince."
Concubine Song was struggling.
She wanted to persuade Pei Tingyue to eat more, but the fetus was too big and it would be difficult to deliver. She also wanted to teach it to eat less. What if it was as weak as the Third Prince? How could it go to the Northern Frontier to gain experience when it grew up? She also wanted to pass on all her life's knowledge to it.
Hesitated for a long time.
Concubine Song tapped Pei Tingyue's belly seriously and said, "You need to give birth well and be strong. Do you hear what I say?"
Pei Tingyue's stomach moved.
Seems to be protesting.
She was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
She felt that after having a child, the two of them would not be very harmonious and would probably quarrel all day long.
*
After that day, Pei Tingyue rarely went out.
She also did not attend Empress Cui's birthday party.
He only delivered the gift personally after the banquet.
In her free time, Pei Tingyue would choose a midwife and a wet nurse.
Concubine Song was not idle either. She moved out all the things in the east wing and set up a delivery room for Pei Tingyue.
The red tasseled spears, which were usually treasured, were stuffed into the west wing hall. Tuantuan, on the other hand, was delighted to have the ear room.
Originally, Concubine Song wanted to sleep in the main hall holding Tuantuan.
After Tuantuan had damaged the bedding and broken things for who knows how many times, Concubine Song learned her lesson and expelled Tuantuan into the ear room.
In fact, the place is not small, but it cannot be compared with the side hall.
So Tuantuan always wanted to go into the side halls and the main hall.
The days passed as Concubine Song and Tuantuan battled wits and courage.
The people in Changle Palace became increasingly nervous.
The palace servants became more careful in their work, fearing that any noise would startle Pei Tingyue.
Concubine Song was so upset that she gasped when she saw Pei Tingyue's belly, and then ran around the palace scratching her ears and cheeks.
Xie Chen comes every day.
He came back after court dismissal and returned after seeing that Pei Tingyue was fine.
After finishing government affairs in the evening, he stayed in the back hall.
When Pei Tingyue was nine and a half months pregnant, spring had already arrived. The crabapple trees in Changle Palace were in full bloom again. When the wind blew, petals rained down from the sky.
Pei Tingyue often sits under the corridor to appreciate the flowers.
Sometimes Tuan Tuan accompanied her, sometimes Concubine Song, and occasionally both mother and son were there.
This day.
Yun Shu went to the Imperial Garden to pick peach blossom petals. After washing them, she steamed sweet and delicious peach blossom cakes under Pei Tingyue's guidance.
Pei Tingyue tasted it and found it delicious, so he asked Yunshu to send a plate to the front hall.
As soon as the dish was served, Concubine Song came over smelling the sweetness.
She held Tuantuan in her arms and played with him in the corridor, and soon she had eaten a whole plate.
After eating, he began to touch Pei Tingyue's belly and begged,
"Can you please stop scaring me? Let's get out early and see your mother. She's lost so much weight. And me, you've scared me so much that I can't eat. I can only eat some sweet pastries. If this continues, I won't be able to lift the Red Tassel Spear anymore."
Pei Tingyue ate the snacks slowly without saying a word.
She has become accustomed to this.
Recently, Concubine Song has been begging every day.
The names changed from "bad boy" to "good boy" to "little ancestor", and the tone became more and more humble each time.
But her stomach didn't move at all.
It's like cheating.
"What are you making so much noise about?"
Before Concubine Song finished her mumbling, Xie Chen arrived with his men.
Concubine Song stopped talking and bowed reluctantly, "I am discussing this with it!"
Xie Chen looked at her speechlessly.
He waved his hand and sent her away.
Concubine Song rolled her eyes secretly and went back to the front hall.
Pei Tingyue lay on the couch without moving. Xie Chen had stopped her from bowing a long time ago.
She tilted her head and smiled: "Why does the emperor care about this?"
Xie Chen sat down next to her and said softly, "I'm afraid she'll disturb your rest."
Pei Tingyue shook her head and smiled: "No, I am very happy to have the Imperial Concubine accompany me."
"Yeah." Although he agreed, Xie Chen's face showed a look of disgust.
Pei Tingyue fed Xie Chen a piece of cake, then she remembered something, "I haven't applied the rose ointment today. Your Majesty, please apply it on me."
Xie Chen's eyes were gentle: "Okay."
He stood up and held out his hand.
Pei Tingyue handed him her hand, and just as she stood up, she felt a surge of heat from below.
She covered her stomach in shock, looked up at Xie Chen, and said in a trembling voice,
"I feel like I'm about to give birth."
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