Chapter 146 The three Yinzhens came back very late and saw Qi Buchen...
Yinzhen came back very late and saw Qi Buchen waiting for him: "Why haven't you slept yet?"
"Got it?" he asked.
Qi Buchen bit his lip and nodded.
Yinzhen tapped her forehead and said, "Nothing is bigger than you and the child. This matter has nothing to do with us. Why are you worrying so much?"
Qi Buchen snuggled up to him: "I'm just scared..."
"Don't be afraid." Yinzhen hugged her and patted her gently, "I'm here."
"What's going on? So sudden?" Qi Buchen asked quietly.
Yinzhen patted her hand and paused for a moment before recovering: "Something went wrong. My trusted aides were bribed by the other side."
After a simple explanation, Yinzhen urged her: "Don't think about it, it's already late, go to sleep."
Qi Buchen was actually holding on. Although the answer was vague, when she heard that it had nothing to do with the prince, she put aside some of her worries and fell asleep in a daze.
Yinzhen couldn't sleep, he didn't lie to his wife, Soetu really had a setback this time, betrayed by his confidants, the mastermind behind the scenes was indeed Mingzhu's people, but the crime that Soetu was framed for was participating in the dispute over the crown prince.
By blatantly dealing with Soetu on such a charge, some of Kangxi's thoughts were clearly revealed.
Yinzhen still couldn't believe it and thought about it all night with his eyes open.
After Soetu was detained, the capital was in a state of panic and became unusually quiet. Almost every household stayed indoors, and all kinds of banquets and entertainment disappeared.
Unfortunately, bad news came in droves. Not long after Soetu was detained, Prince Gong Changning passed away, and Yinzhen went to pay his respects.
Less than a month after Chang Ning left, Fuquan was also gone.
If Changning's death was not a big deal to Kangxi, Fuquan's death seemed to have crushed Kangxi, who had just celebrated his 50th birthday. He personally went to Prince Yu's mansion and cried bitterly in front of Fuquan's body. He also asked all his sons to mourn Fuquan.
Afterwards, the Empress Dowager also visited Prince Yu's Mansion in person. Under such circumstances, even though Qi Buchen was pregnant, he had to go to Prince Yu's Mansion to pay his respects.
Although she was only seven months pregnant, her belly looked like she was about to give birth at any time. Yinzhen was very worried, but he could not say to stop her from going.
Fortunately, Princess Consort Yu was very kind. Even though she was grieving, she did not forget to have people take good care of Qi Buchen and then send him out of Prince Yu's Mansion safely.
After three days, Prince Yu Fuquan's funeral was held, Kangxi and the Empress Dowager returned to the palace, and Qi Buchen and Yinzhen no longer had to report every day.
Although Doctor Fu is now the chief judge of the court, it is well known that he is tied to the Prince Yong's Mansion, so Qi Buchen still asked him to see this baby.
"Judging from her current pulse condition, there's a high chance that Concubine Fu will have a premature birth, and it's possible she'll go into labor immediately. I hope your family will be prepared." Imperial Physician Fu spoke his mind as always.
Yinzhen was extremely worried: "It's only seven months, premature birth... is there no way?"
Although all the delivery arrangements had been made a month in advance, Yinzhen still could not accept premature birth when the time came.
It's too dangerous!
"It can't be helped. Twins are often born prematurely." Imperial Physician Fu shook his head. "Your Highness, don't worry too much. The princess is still in good health, so the chances of anything happening are slim."
Yinzhen couldn't help but glare at him. How could this guy talk like that!
Qi Buchen patted Yinzhen's hand soothingly and said to Doctor Fu, "President Fu, please recommend a doctor. If he happens to be on duty on the day I give birth, we'll have a backup."
Doctor Fu pondered for a moment and said, "Doctor Yan in the gynecology department is quite skilled and can be considered as a backup."
"Thank you very much."
From then on, everyone in Prince Yong’s Mansion was in a state of solemnity, waiting for Qi Buchen to take action.
Yinzhen also never left the house and kept watching over Qi Buchen all the time, fearing that something might happen to her if he missed her.
But before Qi Buchen could take action, Kangxi came out again to make his presence felt.
The old man issued another decree to tour the frontier area, so he could just go, but he even asked Yinzhen to accompany him. You have so many sons, so what if Yinzhen is missing? Why did he have to take him away at this critical moment?
For the first time, Yinzhen felt some resentment towards his royal father.
But he couldn't say no. After all, if he asked why, he would have to watch his wife give birth? Are you a doctor or a midwife? What's the point of you watching?
In the end, the blame will have to be put on Fu Jin.
With only three days left before departure, Yinzhen was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. He went over the arrangements for the birth over and over again, and forcibly invited the best gynecologist in the capital back to his house, telling him that he would not be allowed to go back until the princess gave birth.
Qi Buchen didn't want Yinzhen to leave either. Although Yinzhen couldn't help much, she felt more at ease with him around. But she had no choice but to stick around for a while while he was still around.
"Have you asked in every shop? None of them has ginseng that is older?" Yinzhen said in a dissatisfied tone, but he gently rubbed Qi Buchen's waist with his hands to relieve her discomfort.
Su Peisheng was very distressed: "Your Majesty, please forgive me."
Yinzhen said angrily: "What's the point of having you! Get out!"
Su Peisheng rolled away quickly. Qi Buchen raised his hand to calm him down: "Don't be angry. What you have now is enough. It won't be of much use if it takes that long."
Yinzhen hesitated to speak, a little worried about telling his wife, so he could only say: "It's okay, don't worry about it."
Qi Buchen was about to say something when he suddenly felt a pain in his stomach.
"What's wrong?" Yinzhen asked anxiously when he saw the pain on her face.
Qi Buchen relaxed his expression and said, "It's okay, maybe the little guy is moving again..."
Before he could finish his words, even more severe pain came over him, and Qi Buchen couldn't help but groan.
Yinzhen wanted to help her lie down: "Did he kick you again? I will give you a good beating when you get out!"
"No, no." Qi Buchen clenched his hand, "But, maybe she's about to give birth..."
Yinzhen's mind went blank for a moment, but he was still startled by the pain in his hand: "Someone come! Fu Jin is about to give birth!"
The whole house was in motion at this sound.
Qi Buchen's feeling was correct. After the midwife came to check, she quickly moved her into the delivery room.
Yinzhen was still blocked outside: "Go quickly, get Imperial Physician Fu! And Doctor Chen, please come here immediately!"
They had already obtained Doctor Fu's duty roster and knew that he was not on duty in the palace today. Doctor Chen was the one who was forcibly invited back by Yinzhen.
Whether it was because of the twins or because she had already given birth once, Qi Buchen moved much faster this time. In just two hours, she lay on the bed and started pushing.
Yinzhen was pacing outside the delivery room. Doctor Fu and Doctor Chen couldn't sit inside, so they could only stand outside with him and wait.
Fortunately, the wait was not long.
With a cry, the first child was born.
"Brother! It's a brother!"
"Hurry! Don't be distracted, there's more!"
The house was busy but not chaotic. Knowing it was twins, they arranged twice as many people for the birth of Honghui.
Baozhu lay on the bedside and wiped Qi Buchen's sweat: "Princess, the first one is the little prince, and there is another one. Princess, just try harder and it will be fine soon."
Qi Buchen took two breaths and followed the midwife's instructions again to use more strength.
"Head, the head is out!"
Qi Buchen bit the cork in his mouth hard, trying to make a final push.
"It's almost there, it's almost there, Fu Jin, come on!"
Qi Buchen's back teeth were almost grinding together when he finally heard the heavenly voice: "It's out! It's out! It's a prince! The princess gave birth to a pair of princes!"
"Congratulations, Princess!"
There were constant congratulations in the delivery room, and Yinzhen and others outside the room had also heard it and were overjoyed.
"Congratulations, Your Highness! Congratulations, Your Highness!"
As everyone inside and outside the house rejoiced, Baozhu took the cork out of Qi Buchen's mouth with tears in her eyes and said, "What do you think, Princess? Do you want water?"
Qi Buchen felt something was wrong. Logically, she should have felt relieved after giving birth, but she felt something was wrong with her stomach, as if... as if there was something else...
"My stomach seems to be still..."
Before she could finish her words, the midwife who was cleaning her lower body exclaimed, "No! Why is there another one?!"
"There's another one?!" An unbelievable stuttering sound came from the delivery room where you could hear a pin drop.
Then everyone moved suddenly.
"Why is there another one?"
"Quick! Quick! Bring everything back! There's still one!"
"Feed the princess! Stop losing your strength!"
"Where's the ginseng? Bring it here quickly!"
Qi Buchen had ginseng slices prepared long ago stuffed into his mouth. He chewed them twice and swallowed them. After a while, he felt a warmth spreading through his limbs and strength surged out.
Outside the delivery room, the delighted crowd had already stood still like statues. Yinzhen turned his head paused and asked Su Peisheng in confusion, "Did you hear the sound inside just now..."
Su Peisheng was also bewildered: "Slave, slave did hear, say, say there is another..."
"There's another one..." Yinzhen looked at Doctor Fu again as if sleepwalking, "...didn't they say they were twins...?"
Doctor Fu was calmer than the others and was the first to recover. "It is my fault that I did not diagnose the disease clearly. Your Highness, please forgive me."
Before Yinzhen could say anything, a cry that was obviously weaker than the previous two times was heard in the delivery room.
"He's out, he's out, and he's a prince!"
"My brother is not feeling well, take him out and let the doctor take a look!"
Yinzhen was immediately anxious and rushed to the delivery room. The gatekeeper tried to stop him: "Your Highness, Your Highness, you cannot go in."
"Get out of the way!" Yinzhen had a gloomy face and kicked each person away.
Fu Jin's twins turned into triplets, and he didn't know what the situation would be like. The newborn baby was not in good condition, so he had no time to care about those broken rules now.
He went in, but others didn't dare to follow him in. Su Peisheng called out to Doctor Fu from outside, "Please come closer so that you can check the young prince's pulse soon."
Everyone busy in the delivery room was startled by Yinzhen's sudden intrusion. They hadn't even cleaned up the lochia from the princess's body, and the smell in the room was overwhelming!
"Your Highness!" Baozhu came up to stop him. "Why did you come in? You can't come in. Please get out now. The princess hasn't finished packing yet!"
"Get out of the way!" There were many people in the room, and Yinzhen couldn't even go around them.
Perhaps it was the effect of the ginseng he had taken, but Qi Buchen still had some energy left after giving birth to three children, and hadn't fallen asleep. When he heard Yinzhen rush in, he knew he was worried about him, so he said with some effort, "Your Highness."
Even though he was extremely anxious, Yinzhen did not miss Fu Jin's voice. Seeing so many people in his peripheral vision, he barely restrained himself and said, "Princess, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Qi Buchen said anxiously, "Xiao Si is not feeling well. Your Highness, please ask the imperial physician to check on Xiao Si."
"Your Highness." Baozhu still stood in front of him, not letting him pass.
Yinzhen had no choice but to leave and called Doctor Fu and Doctor Chen into the main hall to wait. Not long after, people from the delivery room came out holding three swaddling babies, one of which was obviously much smaller than the other two.
Imperial Physician Fu and Doctor Chen took turns to work, not releasing them for a long time. "The Fourth Prince was not well-nourished in the womb, and was born too late, resulting in a weak body. He needs careful feeding. I will prescribe a prescription for the wet nurse to drink."
Doctor Chen just thought of himself as someone who was there to make up the numbers, and echoed what Doctor Fu said.
I checked the remaining two again. These two were fine, but still weaker than normal fetuses and needed to be carefully cared for.
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