Chapter 135: Returning to Beijing Kangxi arrived as promised. After returning...
Kangxi arrived as promised. After returning, he summoned Yinzhi to meet him immediately, and then called Yinzhen to come.
Qi Buchen finally left the yard to welcome the empress dowager and the concubines. It was also at this time that she announced the news of her pregnancy to the public.
"Pregnant?" The Queen Mother was delighted at first, then nervous. "Oh, then what are you doing here? You should just rest in your room. You've suffered so much earlier, you need to take good care of yourself. What does the imperial physician say?"
The Queen Mother spoke very quickly. Although Qi Buchen had studied Mongolian over the years, she only understood a few words. However, she could guess what the Queen Mother was saying and smiled, "The Imperial Physician said that my grandson's pregnancy is fine. Your Majesty, there's no need to worry."
The Queen Mother felt relieved after hearing this. She ordered someone to add cushions and a cushion for Qi Buchen, and asked her to sit down and ask, "How many months has it been?"
"It's almost three months." Qi Buchen said shyly.
"Well, the fourth son finally becomes a father." The Queen Mother couldn't stop smiling.
Concubine Hui smiled and said, "I also want to congratulate my sister Concubine De. You will have a grandson this year."
In front of the Empress Dowager, Concubine De smiled and said, "More Sister Huifei."
But after leaving the Empress Dowager's place, Concubine De's face was filled with frost: "Go back, stay in the room if you have nothing to do, don't wander around."
Qi Buchen took her leave silently. To this day, she and Concubine De really had nothing to say to each other.
When she returned to the yard, she couldn't rest because her sisters-in-law, who knew she was pregnant, came to her house one after another.
Perhaps because she and Yinzhi had a harmonious marriage this time, the Third Lady was not sarcastic and instead talked a lot about her experience during pregnancy. The Fifth Lady and the Seventh Lady came together, and both of them could not hide their loss and envy in their expressions, and the Fifth Lady was even more sad.
Baya came with Yinsi, Yin'er and Yin'e. Several men congratulated Yinzhen in the outer room, while Baya and Qibuchen sat in the inner room, looking at each other in silence.
It wasn't that Qi Buchen embarrassed the guest, it was mainly because she had just said several sentences, but Baya said nothing and just stared at her belly, which made Qi Buchen feel a little creepy.
Although we know that the Eighth Concubine in history never gave birth, Baya and Yinsi have been married for just over half a year. Baya should not have any obsessions and should not have such an expression.
Qi Buchen was wondering when he heard Baya suddenly say, "Fourth sister-in-law is pregnant. Have you arranged someone to take care of Fourth Brother?"
Qi Buchen's face darkened. The Empress Dowager and Concubine De never asked this question after they knew she was pregnant. Who are you, Baya, to have the right to say this?
Originally, because Yinsi and Baya had no one in the same room after their marriage, people in the capital no longer focused their discussions about jealous women in the royal family on her alone. Qi Buchen was somewhat grateful to Baya. In addition, the two families were neighbors, and she was also thinking about developing a sister-in-law relationship with Baya, but she had not taken any action because she was newlywed.
At this moment, Baya's words completely dispelled her plan to develop a sister-in-law relationship.
Whoever she loves, she doesn’t want to be a good sister-in-law anymore!
"So the rule in Prince An's Mansion is that the sister-in-law is concerned about what goes on in her eldest uncle's bedroom?" Qi Buchen said in a gloomy tone.
Baya's face fell, and she twisted the jade bracelet on her wrist, raised her eyelids and said, "I am just worried about Fourth Sister-in-law. Others would not ask as casually as I do."
Qi Buchen covered his mouth and chuckled, his laughter was so fake: "Then sister-in-law has to thank my sister-in-law. Although there are not many servants around me, there are still a few. If there is anything, they will remind me. There is no need for my sister-in-law to worry about it."
Baya's expression turned even uglier, and he hummed softly, "You don't know how to appreciate kindness."
Qi Buchen heard her whisper and didn't intend to pay any more attention to it. Maybe Baya didn't mean to accuse her of not arranging someone for Yinzhen, but no one would be happy if she said that right away.
Maybe he didn't know how to appreciate a good person, but Baya was definitely ky without even realizing it.
Both of them were in a bad mood and were too lazy to maintain the superficial sister-in-law relationship. They were each daydreaming and let the atmosphere become cold.
After Baya and his group left, Yinzhen came in and keenly noticed that Qi Buchen's mood had changed: "What's wrong?"
Qi Buchen turned his face away and ignored him.
Yinzhen paused. Was this because he was in a bad mood? But he hadn't done anything at all?
Confused, he approached Qi Buchen and tentatively hugged him. Fortunately, he was not pushed away, which proved that he was not very angry.
"Why are you in a bad mood, huh?" Yinzhen coaxed, "Did you have a quarrel with the eighth wife?" Trying to put the blame on someone else.
Qi Buchen snorted and said, "My eighth sister-in-law asked me if I had arranged for someone to serve you."
Yinzhen's trapezius muscles tightened and his brain started working at high speed.
Before he could come up with a perfect response, Qi Buchen pinched his chin and pulled it down, staring at him: "How many servants do you want?"
Yinzhen intuitively knew this question was a trap, so he ignored it and focused on the first sentence.
"I knew that the Eighth Brother's family was out of tune!" Yinzhen frowned and said angrily, "How can a younger sister-in-law care about the affairs of her eldest uncle's room! The Eighth Brother is also useless. He can't even teach the wife well. Tomorrow I will teach him a lesson about the management of the family!"
When he was angry, he always looked intimidating without being angry and spoke little, but now he was like an angry husky, and it was obvious that he was pretending.
Qi Buchen replaced Yinzhen with the husky and laughed.
When she smiled, Yinzhen's trapezius muscles relaxed. He knew that he should have passed this hurdle, but he felt unprecedented dissatisfaction with Guo Luoluo in his heart. In the past, he only knew that there was such a person and had never cared about anyone else. From today on, he decided to write Guo Luoluo down in his little notebook.
And the eighth brother, it was because he was too henpecked that Guo Luoluo was so out of control!
Although Yinzhen had heard that the outside world called him and Yinsi the representatives of henpecked royal family, he never thought that he was the same as Yinsi. He only had one wife, and that was because he was not interested in women, and his wife was gentle, virtuous, well-educated, beautiful, and elegant... That was why he and his wife had a mutual understanding and a harmonious relationship.
What about Old Eight? He had heard that Guo Luoluo was arrogant and domineering, had a bad temper, and would fight with Old Eight at any time. He couldn't even control a woman, so how could he be compared with him?
Qi Buchen didn't know what was going on in Yinzhen's mind. She didn't really want to pick a fight with him. It was just a matter of marital interest. But since the topic had come up, she felt she had to discuss it with Yinzhen: "Although the Queen Mother and Mother didn't ask me about this this time, I'm sure it might have just come to mind. If the two elders bring it up, how should I answer?"
Fu Jin leaned in his arms, her fingers tracing circles over her heart. Yin Zhen let her tease his mind and grasped the restless finger, so that he could concentrate on answering her question: "Just say you came back and asked me what I meant. Don't worry, I have already told everyone that I will not take anyone in until you give birth to your eldest son."
"What if I give birth to a son this time?" Qi Buchen remained content even when his fingers were held, tickling his palm. "There's another talent show next year."
Yinzhen sighed, lifted her face and said seriously, "I'll have my own plans when the time comes. Do you really not trust me?"
"No." Qi Buchen felt a little guilty when he was looked at. "I'm pregnant. Do you always think too much?"
Yinzhen couldn't do anything about her. The imperial physician had said to her in this situation: "Okay, I know you're bored, just bear with it. When we return to the capital, if the imperial physician says there's nothing wrong, I'll stop bothering you."
"Really?" Qi Buchen was pleasantly surprised. After receiving Yinzhen's confirmation, his mood finally improved. However, he became depressed again after a short while. "I finally came to Yangzhou, but I didn't see anything."
He knew that pregnant women's moods were changeable, but she changed so quickly that Yinzhen still felt a little overwhelmed. But he couldn't agree to what she said. Yinzhen had a traumatic experience about his wife leaving the palace. The last time she went out was with the Emperor, and so many things had happened. He didn't dare to take people out by himself.
I can only coax: "It's okay, I'll bring you here again when there's a chance."
He was just making empty promises, but Qi Buchen remembered that Kangxi had made five or six southern tours in history. So, she still had a chance to come again.
Well, no regrets then.
Yinzhen found that he could appease his wife by just painting a big pie in the sky. He couldn't help but sigh that his wife was so easy to satisfy. She was completely different from other people. She was worthy of being his wife!
After sentencing the captured assassin's accomplices and instructing Wu Cunli to continue tracking down the remaining culprits, Kangxi announced his departure for Beijing.
When Yinzhen sent Qi Buchen on the boat, he was full of worries. Although he had made many preparations, seasickness could not be cured in advance. He could only find ways to alleviate it when it happened.
Qi Buchen herself was also worried. After all, her seasickness reaction was too severe, even more severe than that of pregnancy. At that time, she could try to make the best of it and think of it as losing weight. Now she dare not think so.
Fortunately, God bless her. Although she felt a little dizzy and uncomfortable from the next day, she did not vomit like when she came. Because she had prepared a lot of things in advance, she did not feel too uncomfortable this time and could eat normally.
The imperial physician came on board on time to take the patient's pulse, and the results were quite good.
The weather was getting hotter day by day. When June was almost here, the group finally left the boat and went ashore. Yinzhen was able to ride in a carriage with his wife.
"You've lost weight again." Yinzhen pinched Fu Jin's chin, feeling distressed. The flesh she had worked so hard to gain was gone again. "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Although the imperial physician always reported to him after taking the pulse, he still wanted to confirm it personally this time.
Qi Buchen leaned against him listlessly and said in a gloomy voice, "I'm fine, I just don't have much energy. I should be fine after I go back and rest for a couple of days."
Yinzhen half hugged her and adjusted her position to make her more comfortable. They were still far away from the capital and the road was not straight. It would be worse to take a boat than a carriage. He could only try his best to make his wife suffer less.
It was indeed uncomfortable to ride in a carriage. When they finally returned to the capital, Qi Buchen was even more listless than when he first got off the boat. The carriage stopped all the way to the second gate. Qi Buchen was carried out of the carriage by a servant, placed on a stretcher, and carried back to the main courtyard.
Yinzhen followed beside him the whole time. He wanted to hold the baby himself, but thinking about the embarrassment of not being able to hold the baby before, and the fact that he was injured now, he wisely gave up the idea.
The old acquaintance, Imperial Physician Fu, was already waiting in the mansion. He was an expert in gynecology and did not accompany the emperor on this trip, so as soon as he got ashore, Yinzhen arranged for someone to come back and instruct the mansion to prepare, and invited Imperial Physician Fu on time.
Imperial Physician Fu already knew about Qi Buchen's previous experience and had even reviewed all the previous imperial physician's prescriptions. He was as straightforward as ever: "The previous prescription was quite appropriate, but the dosage was too cautious and did not achieve the best effect. In addition, Fu Jin has been traveling all the way and has not eaten, so the fetus is still a little unstable. It is best for her to continue to stay in bed and take care of the fetus for the next few days. I will go and prescribe the prescription first."
Hearing that she had to stay in bed to recuperate, the already listless Qi Buchen became even more depressed. She felt that her limbs were about to degenerate.
Yinzhen comforted her and went out to ask Imperial Physician Fu for more precautions.
Yue Mama, Ha Mama, Baozhu and other people who did not go out with him this time surrounded Qi Buchen, all of them crying: "Fujin, you have suffered!"
"It's all thanks to the Bodhisattva! The money you gave to those temples and Taoist temples was not in vain. When you give birth, we will go to each of them to fulfill our vows!"
"I was terrified when I first heard about it. I'm so glad you're okay, Madam!"
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