Chapter 75 Chapter 75 "What do you say, little prince?" ——…
Li Shuyao was "driven" back to Changchun Palace by Concubine An and Concubine Hui.
I heard what happened next from Nanny Yan.
——I heard that Huipin and her companions invited all the doctors in the Imperial Hospital to Kunning Palace that day, vowing to get to the bottom of the Empress's condition.
In the end, there were only four big words: No medicine can cure it.
——I heard that the emperor and the two ancestors also rushed to Kunning Palace that day.
It happened that Nanny Ru was seen throwing a tantrum and cursing at several imperial doctors, and then the emperor frowned and sent guards to pull her away.
On the second day, the Niuhulu family outside the palace sent people into the palace.
The concubines who had been attending to the sick in Kunning Palace were all dismissed and returned to their own palaces and were not allowed to move around freely.
During those days, the atmosphere in the harem was extremely stagnant.
Li Shuyao stayed in her Changchun Palace, and did not dare to send anyone to inquire about the news, nor did she dare to ask for food.
She even wanted to build a small Buddhist temple like the imperial concubine in Chengqian Palace, and bring back a statue of Guanyin, so that she could pray sincerely there whenever she had the chance.
...At least you should show enough attitude, right?
She shared her thoughts with Nanny Yan.
Nanny Yan's eyes were full of helplessness, and she told her to just take care of herself and the little dragon fetus in her belly.
Even if the sky falls, there will be tall people to hold it up. What does it have to do with her?
Then I asked her if she was distracted because of the excessive thoughts during pregnancy.
Li Shuyao pondered for a moment and found that it was indeed the case.
Although she already knew the ending of the queen in the book, when she was actually there, she was still involuntarily affected by the nervous state of the palace servants.
Li Shuyao pulled Nanny Yan aside and asked her what she should do to stop thinking too much.
Nanny Yan said she would find something for her to do.
Li Shuyao waited patiently for two days, and finally a little palace maid with a baby face appeared.
The young palace maid said that she had just passed a minor selection and entered the palace at the end of last year. As soon as she entered the palace, she was assigned to work in the embroidery room. Perhaps because of her good talent and luck, it only took her two months to become the best embroiderer in the embroidery room.
Then she was spotted by Nanny Yan, who sent her to work in Changchun Palace for the next few months, and to teach Concubine Ling how to sew clothes for her unborn baby.
Li Shuyao was a little nonchalant when she heard her self-introduction, but when she heard that she wanted to be her teacher, the expression on her little face immediately became unhappy.
By the end, I heard that they were going to make clothes for the baby...
Li Shuyao couldn't help but imagine that scene and thought, it seems, not bad?
So he agreed with some hesitation, and then asked the little palace maid's name.
The little palace maid said, "My name is Lotus."
Li Shuyao:?
She tilted her head in confusion and asked, "Is this your own name, or was it given to you by the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
The young maid thought for a moment, "This is my original name. After I entered the palace, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department thought it was interesting, so he named all of us after flowers. I'm still called 'Lotus', and the others are called Jasmine, Lotus, and even Morning Glory..."
Li Shuyao was greatly shocked.
…
After He Hua arrived, she began to teach Li Shuyao embroidery little by little.
Start with the simplest fabric sewing.
Li Shuyao actually found it a bit difficult to learn because she was too restless to sit still and was always sewing stitches. When she heard someone talking outside the window, she subconsciously wanted to go out to see who it was and what they were talking about.
Fortunately, Hehua was calm and composed. Whenever she raised her head and looked around, she would speak up in time, praising Li Shuyao's fine and dense stitches, and said that she would be able to embroider better than her in time.
Li Shuyao was praised so much that she even believed it herself.
So time passed by unknowingly, and when she came to her senses again, she found that she had sat peacefully for more than half an hour and had even sewed several "small pockets".
Li Shuyao looked at the bags and asked, "Did I sew all these?"
Lotus nodded with a smile and continued to praise her: "Your Majesty's hands are actually quite steady. It would be even better if you paid more attention to the distance between each stitch every time you place the needle."
At this time, Nanny Yan came in, picked up the small bag next to Li Shuyao's hand, looked at it carefully, and then followed Hehua to praise her, "Your Highness, your embroidery is so beautiful!"
A blush crept up Li Shuyao's cheeks. She rubbed her slightly hot face with the back of her hand, feeling a little embarrassed. Her eyes sparkled as she asked Nanny Yan, "Is it really okay?"
Nanny Yan nodded. "Really? Look, at least it won't leak."
leak?
The joyful expression on Li Shuyao's face froze, and she looked in the direction of Nanny Yan's hand.
Of course, it won't leak, right? Each of her stitches is extremely close together. Whether viewed from far or near, it's a densely packed long strip, just like a centipede with two hundred pairs of legs...
Yes, it is very practical, but not at all enjoyable or interesting.
Li Shuyao slumped her shoulders in dismay, then glanced at He Hua and the purse tied around Nanny Yan's waist. Undeterred, she asked, "If I wanted to embroider a purse like this, how long would it take me to learn?"
Lotus pondered and calculated the time in her mind, two years, three years?
But Nanny Yan was much more experienced than her. She said to Li Shuyao calmly, "Your Majesty doesn't need to learn how to embroider purses. You only need to learn how to embroider a few pairs of socks and a few small clothes."
Li Shuyao was stunned. Yes, she started learning from Hehua in order to embroider clothes for her babies.
So she quickly put aside her previous unhappiness and asked Nanny Yan excitedly, "Can I start learning to embroider socks now?"
Nanny Yan rubbed the small pockets with her fingers and shook her head at Li Shuyao. "Your Majesty needs to practice for a few more days to master the flat stitch before starting to embroider socks. How about that?"
Li Shuyao nodded obediently, and suddenly remembered something, "Mammy, do we have any cotton in the palace? If so, can you bring some over and stuff it into these small pockets to make pillows?"
Nanny Yan was naturally worry-free and did not respond.
Soon someone brought in a large bag of cotton.
Li Shuyao eagerly stuffed the cotton into the small pocket she had sewn, and then Hehua sewed the last edge.
After sewing, Hehua thought for a while, then picked up the needle and thread and embroidered up and down with her back to Li Shuyao. No one knew how she hid the needle, but she had quickly embroidered several flower and bird patterns on the bare surface of the pillow.
Li Shuyao exclaimed "Wow" and pushed the other pillows over.
This time, Lotus did not embroider a pattern. Instead, she picked up the cushion and threaded the needle back and forth as if she was tying something.
Li Shuyao watched helplessly as the square pillows became three-dimensional in her hands.
This one is a puppy doll, that one should be a pony doll, and there's also a rabbit...
The lotus is so amazing!
At this moment, Li Shuyao's admiration for lotus reached its peak, and she no longer resisted learning.
I just followed Hehua and learned embroidery quietly for a few days.
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On February 16, the 17th year of the Kangxi reign, Empress Nianhulu died in her sleep in Kunning Palace.
The entire Forbidden City suddenly turned into a vast expanse of white overnight.
All the funeral ceremonies for the Queen were presided over by the Grand Empress Dowager.
Like everyone else, Li Shuyao put on a sad expression and knelt in front of Empress Niuhuru's Kunning Palace for a few days, then returned to her own Changchun Palace.
Later, it was heard that the Imperial Household Department had moved Empress Niuhuru to some place, but the Emperor was very dissatisfied. After waiting for a few days, he ordered that Empress Niuhuru's coffin be moved to the Wuying Palace. [1]
The whole of late February and March was noisy.
Li Shuyao was as quiet as a chicken and didn't dare to make any mistakes at this time.
Even though she made a mistake, no one would blame her.
In the intercalary March of the same year, the funeral ceremony was officially over after the posthumous title of Empress Niuhulu was given.
However, the concubines in the harem still did not dare to wear brightly colored clothes and jewelry, for fear that they would be caught by the officials of the previous dynasty and accused of disrespecting the late queen.
Naturally, Li Shuyao no longer dared to use all kinds of brightly colored and gorgeous fabrics to embroider small clothes for the baby in her belly.
Time passed quickly, and by the time the Forbidden City had completely fallen silent, it was already mid-April.
In two or three months, Li Shuyao will give birth, so she needs to find a midwife and a wet nurse for the baby after it is born.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has sent quite a few palace maids to Changchun Palace in recent days.
Li Shuyao was dazzled by what she saw.
Fortunately, Concubine Tong and Qingyao have always been concerned about her affairs. Knowing that she wanted to choose a midwife, they rushed to Changchun Palace to take charge of Li Shuyao.
Li Shuyao was very moved.
But she was still a little dissatisfied, and said with a slightly puffed cheek: "But, Noble Concubine and Qingyao, you two have never given birth, and you have no experience in finding a midwife. What makes you say that the person I chose is not good enough?"
Concubine Tong didn't even look at her, but just waved her hand and ordered the midwives standing in front of her to step back and be replaced by another group of people.
Qingyao looked left and right, and found that there was really no room for her to perform. So she left Concubine Tong's side and sat on the chair next to Li Shuyao. She picked up a fork and put a piece of peach into her mouth. After swallowing it, she slowly said, "Isn't it because I am worried about you?"
As she spoke, she reached out and rubbed Li Shuyao's belly back and forth.
The little guy in Li Shuyao's belly seemed to sense something and suddenly kicked Qingyao lightly on the palm of her hand.
Li Shuyao instantly forgot what she was going to say.
He looked down at his stomach with an expression of disbelief.
Qingyao was even more excited than her. "He, he, he just kicked me, didn't he?"
Qingyao suddenly jumped up from the chair and rushed to Li Shuyao. With one hand, she firmly held her on the armchair and with the other hand, she stroked her soft belly, saying softly, "Good boy, kick me again?"
Listen, what a niche language this is!
Li Shuyao came back to her senses from the shock of being kicked by the brat. When she heard Qingyao talking to her stomach, she reached out and pushed her away without thinking.
Then he said with an unhappy expression: "He kicked me, not you."
"And when he kicked me, it hurt a little, so I better stop him."
The little guy in her belly seemed to understand something. After that, no matter how long Qingyao waited, there was no response from him.
Qingyao withdrew her hand with some disappointment, stood up, and sat back in the chair next to her.
As if recalling something, he suddenly asked Li Shuyao, "Did it really hurt just now?"
Li Shuyao shook her head. "I'm just a little bit uncomfortable with it, but it's not painful."
Not far away, Concubine Tong, who was still selecting palace maids, might have noticed the movement here and suddenly turned her head to look over. "What's wrong?"
"Why did Shu Yao's face turn a little paler?"
Li Shuyao was too embarrassed to say that she was frightened by the brat's kicking.
Qingyao directly told Concubine Tong the truth about what had just happened.
Concubine Tong immediately became interested, stood up from her chair and walked over, bending slightly to look at Li Shuyao's belly.
She deliberately lowered her voice and said to Li Shuyao's belly, "Good boy, your mother worked so hard when she was pregnant with you. Just be good in there and don't bother her, okay?"
Listen, listen, this is what a good person should say!
Li Shuyao quickly glared at Qingyao beside her.
Qingyao narrowed her eyes and smiled at her.
Li Shuyao originally thought that the baby in her belly would feel a little sorry for her after hearing what Concubine Tong said.
But who could have expected that just a few seconds after Concubine Tong finished speaking, the little baby in her belly suddenly started dancing and clamoring as if a party was about to start.
Li Shuyao couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat after being kicked.
Li Shuyao covered her stomach and whimpered a few times.
Concubine Tong and Qingyao were also startled by her movement and hurried over to support her, fearing that she would slip off the chair.
Nanny Yan saw this from a distance and immediately turned around and ordered someone to call the imperial physician.
Tian Jiarou and others also came over and together helped Li Shuyao back to the bed in the bedroom.
Concubine Tong wiped the sweat from Li Shuyao's forehead with a handkerchief, feeling a little distressed, and asked her softly, "How are you?"
Before Li Shuyao could say anything, the baby in her belly punched her in the stomach again.
Li Shuyao closed her eyes in pain.
Qingyao could only panic and yell at her stomach: "Stop hitting me, stop hitting me, your mother is in so much pain."
"You bad baby!"
I don’t know if Qingyao’s words worked, but the movement in Li Shuyao’s stomach gradually stopped.
Li Shuyao opened her eyes weakly, took a deep breath, and tugged at Qingyao's sleeve aggrievedly, still in the mood to tease her: "Him, do you still want him to kick me?"
"No, no, no, never again." Qingyao shook her head repeatedly and was so anxious that she burst into tears.
She was sobbing, and her appearance was almost as miserable as Li Shuyao, who was lying powerless on the bed.
Concubine Tong glanced at her.
I sighed in my heart. These two people are already grown up, but why would they panic like this when encountering such a trivial matter?
Fortunately, she came today.
Concubine Tong thought about it and continued, "Alright, alright, stop crying. Didn't you see Shu Yao was in so much pain, but she didn't shed a single tear?"
After she finished speaking to Qingyao, she turned her gaze towards Li Shuyao lying on the bed.
Li Shuyao had been crying for a long time, and her eyes had turned red and watery. She looked so pitiful.
Concubine Tong was a little shocked. Why did Concubine Ling cry without making any sound?
She had no choice but to come over again, wiping Li Shuyao's sweat and tears while comforting her: "Okay, don't cry anymore..."
Before she finished speaking, Li Shuyao's belly suddenly bulged with several small bags.
Then Li Shuyao cried out "ouch" twice in pain.
It was obvious that the baby in her belly was not behaving well again.
At this time, Qingyao, who was lying on the edge of the bed, seemed to have discovered something. She wiped her tears with the back of her hand and said to Concubine Tong in a weak sobbing voice: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please step back two steps and try to say something."
Concubine Tong hesitated for a moment, then did as she was told.
Li Shuyao's lower abdomen was quiet.
Concubine Tong took a few steps forward, approached Li Shuyao's belly, and said slowly, "Good boy?"
The next second, a small bag almost bulged and hit her in the face.
Li Shuyao cried out "Ouch, ouch" again.
Then Concubine Tong quickly took a few steps back.
She tested it over and over again and found that she could not get too close to Li Shuyao. As long as she was within one step, the baby in Li Shuyao's belly would dance with excitement as long as he could hear her voice.
I don’t know if it’s because I’m too happy, or some other emotion.
After Li Shuyao and Concubine Tong discovered this, they both felt very complicated.
Concubine Tong felt that she was probably destined to have this child, but it was hard to say what kind of fate it was.
——If he dances because he is happy, then this is a happy fate.
And if he tortured Li Shuyao like this because he was angry when he heard her voice, then it would be a bad fate.
But Li Shuyao didn't think so.
She calculated that if the baby in her belly could be born and survive to adulthood, the ranking... might be the fourth.
In other words…
Li Shuyao thought about it halfway, and suddenly realized that she still didn't know whether the baby in her belly was a boy or a girl. How could she be sure that the one born would definitely be the fourth, and which one it would be?
Don't let your imagination run wild. Don't let your imagination run wild.
It's impossible to think about it anymore.
Li Shuyao calmed down a little.
Outside, the palace maid that Nanny Yan sent to call the imperial physician has returned.
Concubine Tong and Qingyao quickly made way for the space in front of Li Shuyao's bed and stood aside, watching nervously as the imperial physician took her pulse and came to the conclusion that Concubine Ling was safe and sound.
Qingyao felt that Li Shuyao had probably encountered a quack today, and angrily pointed at Li Shuyao and said to the imperial physician, "Imperial Physician Zhang, look at Concubine Ling, she's in so much pain, and you still dare to say it's okay?"
Doctor Zhang stroked his beard with ease, shook his head and said a lot of "qi". The words he used on the surface and inside were finally translated into four big words: It's really okay.
After Imperial Physician Zhang finished speaking, he glanced at Concubine Tong and said cautiously, "The young prince is in good health, with strong limbs. This is a good thing. I can't just pretend that Concubine Ling is unwell just because the young prince is too lively, can I?"
It seems to be the case.
Li Shuyao leaned against the head of the bed and nodded weakly. She felt that what the imperial physician said was correct.
Then, the next moment, she seemed to have heard some incredible news. She suddenly raised her little face and looked at the imperial physician, "Zhang, Imperial Physician Zhang, what did you just say?"
Doctor Zhang turned towards her with his body bent, and repeated what he had said before.
Li Shuyao reached out and touched her belly. "What do you mean, little prince?"
Her vision almost went dark. Could it really be that person?
Doctor Zhang, unaware of her inner turmoil, nodded seriously, "This humble servant's pulse diagnosis is indeed as expected. If your Majesty is concerned, you can ask the other doctors from the Imperial Hospital to come and take a look."
Yell, you must yell!
If the gender of the doll cannot be confirmed today, Li Shuyao feels that she will not be able to sleep.
Concubine Tong and Qingyao didn't know why she suddenly became obsessed with this issue, and walked over with some concern.
Qingyao carefully chose her words and whispered, "Actually, a prince wouldn't be bad either. Have you forgotten what I told you in my dream before? If it's a little princess, you'll have to take care of her in the future."
Concubine Tong didn't dare get too close to Li Shuyao, and could only stand at a distance and comfort her: "Yipin is right, and whether it is a boy or a girl, it is a blessing from the Eternal Heaven. Lingpin, you should cherish it."
She found that she couldn't quite understand Li Shuyao anymore.
Who in this palace doesn’t hope to give birth to a strong and healthy prince?
But Li Shuyao acted as if she had seen a ghost.
Does she really love her daughter that much?
Just as Concubine Tong was thinking, she heard the sound of palace servants kneeling and paying respects outside. "This servant greets the emperor."
The emperor is coming.
Concubine Tong was a little surprised at first. How could the emperor know what was going on in Changchun Palace?
Then she changed her mind and realized that they had just been selecting palace maids outside, and that Concubine Ling was kicked by the baby in her belly in front of everyone, making her sweat all over her head. She had no choice but to be carried back to the bedroom by the palace maids.
It is normal for the Qianqing Palace to know that hundreds of people from the Imperial Household Department were left in the courtyard and outside the Changchun Palace.
After figuring it out, Concubine Tong first comforted Li Shuyao and told her to just lie down on the bed. Then she took Qingyao out of Li Shuyao's bedroom to welcome the arrival of the emperor.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they stepped outside, the emperor asked them a barrage of questions, "I heard that Concubine Ling has severe abdominal pain. Is she about to give birth?"
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