29 Chapter 29
◎Two chapters in one◎
Jiang Bibo's matter was settled. Huiyin asked her to stay in the palace for a day before making arrangements. Jiang Bibo's mood was very up and down today, so she followed the maid downstairs.
As soon as she left, someone outside said that Yin Liyi was coming.
Huiyin rubbed her waist: "What is she doing here? Could it be that she is here to find out about Governor Xie? But how can such military information be leaked now? Prince, I am a little tired, so I will go down first. You can talk to her."
"No, a single man and a single woman cannot stay in the same room." Li Cheng stood up quickly and bowed to Huiyin again: "I still have to trouble Madam."
Only then was Yin Liyi invited in. Yin Liyi did come to ask about Xie Jiuyi's situation.
Li Cheng hesitated for a moment and said, "We cannot spy on military intelligence nowadays. Don't worry, if there is any major change, I will definitely tell you."
Yin Liyi was quite understanding: "It's my fault. I have to thank the little prince and princess."
Hearing her say this, Huiyin thought she would leave immediately, but she asked about Jiang Bibo: "Little Prince, I think Miss Jiang is in a serious situation. If she is seduced by Huo Qi, that pervert, she will be in danger. You are the only one in the world who can help her."
Yin Liyi of course didn't know that Jiang Bibo's problem had been solved in a moment. She just wanted to say something for the poor woman. It was really not easy for the woman. If Xie Jiuyi was here, she would definitely work with her husband to find a solution. But now that her husband was not here, it would be great if she could help Jiang Bibo persuade Li Cheng.
Li Cheng smiled and said, "How can I help her? This matter still depends on the princess."
But Huiyin had a subtle feeling in her heart. These things should not be handled by Yin Liyi, and they have nothing to do with her. She was a little generous to others when she said these words.
Yin Liyi heard that it was Huiyin who helped, so she asked her how. Huiyin thought that she was meddling too much, so she just smiled and said, "I thought it would be bad for our little prince to break up with the Huo family, so I just took her in as my sister. This is better than that."
Yin Liyi was stunned by these words and quickly admitted her mistake: "It's my fault."
"You mean well." Huiyin shook her head to show that she didn't care.
The two women were not really sincere in their conversation. Yin Liyi felt that Huiyin was not very considerate and asked Huaiyin Palace to change the world. You have to know that the old man who followed Huaiyin Palace in the past had gone through life and death for Li Cheng. This was too inhumane.
But seeing that the three of them were silent, Yin Liyi felt a little awkward for a moment, so she left first.
As soon as Huiyin left, she held out her hand and asked someone to help her back to her room. Li Cheng followed her and massaged her waist himself. His hands were neither too light nor too heavy, just enough to press those sore spots, allowing Huiyin to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Are you comfortable?" Li Cheng asked.
Huiyin nodded: "It's comfortable. Hey, the Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon. I have prepared gifts for all places, even for your wet nurse, Mama Chao. Please help me take a look and give me some advice later."
At first, Li Cheng had to review everything, and he did give some pointers, but later he realized Huiyin was more prepared, so he quickly said, "Just prepare it for you, and hand it over to Manager Qiao to prepare it. You don't have to worry too much, because you're going to give birth next month, so you need to take care of yourself."
"Of course, I will pay attention to my body." Huiyin touched her belly and shook off the bad influences.
The next day, she personally assigned ten personal soldiers to Jiang Bibo, wrote a personal letter to the King of Wei, and asked someone to escort Jiang Bibo out.
Mother Nan was puzzled: "Little Princess, what you did was a great favor to her, why don't you go out yourself?"
"Don't expect anything in return for a favor. Those who are willing to repay will remember to repay you even if you don't tell them. Those who are ungrateful won't remember your kindness even if you help them many times. Besides, I help her for my own good." Huiyin felt that if she did something good, she shouldn't expect anything in return, or she shouldn't waste her time and energy helping others.
Nan's mother brought the bird's nest porridge and couldn't help but say, "You are so kind."
Huiyin laughed and said, "You don't understand."
The Jiang family needs Li Cheng as a protective umbrella. Li Cheng sometimes needs the army and the Jiang family's money. There is no need to mention any feelings when it comes to interests.
Mother Nan really didn't understand all this. She just felt that her young lady thought too thoroughly about everything. People who were too thorough needed someone with extremely abundant emotions, so that the two of them could complement each other. But the little prince was in such a high position, how could he be too emotional?
She also said that Jiang Bibo took the letter from Huiyin and brought ten personal soldiers from the Zheng family, so she felt safe. However, Nanny Lin beside her said, "Miss, you said that the little princess helped us so much, but she didn't seem to have a mentality of giving favors, nor did she take credit for herself."
Jiang Bibo said, "No wonder people say that you should marry a woman of equal status. Zheng is a noblewoman, the daughter of the Grand Commander of Jizhou, so she has the confidence. It seems that we should make more friends with her in the future."
Nanny Lin nodded: "Only those who are truly capable can be so quiet and help with just a flick of the finger. Anyway, she is the one who makes the decisions at the Huaiyin Palace now. If we have any good gifts in the future, we can just give them to the little princess."
"I think so too, not to mention that she is nominally my sister." Jiang Bibo is good at business and has a unique vision. Don't look at how Madam Xie slammed the table. If she really wanted to help, why didn't she ask her sister Yin Cifei, but instead asked her to find Li Cheng.
After Jiang Bibo returned to Jianye, Huo Qi came to her house and saw that she was accompanied by soldiers from Jizhou. Jiang Bibo even delivered a letter to the King of Wei, and only then did Huo Qi stop.
This is a story for later. A month later, Huiyin received the Jiang family's shipload of high-quality silks, tiger-head hats, and gold and silver utensils. She put them in the warehouse and waited until the child was born to arrange them carefully.
Xie Jiuyi and Li Heng fought in Qingzhou, more than a month had passed. The southern troops had been able to fight Ma Kui before, but it was difficult for them to fight the cavalry brought by Li Heng.
When the war was at its climax, Lu Xiao of the Eastern Palace received a gift from the front line. The eunuch was also very good at speaking: "Crown Princess, this is specially sent to you by our Crown Prince."
Lu Xiao glanced at Deyin. She thought these were for Deyin, but unexpectedly they were for her. Zheng Deyin's face turned pale in an instant, and she could only smile to hide her embarrassment.
This reminded her of the day when she came back from Jizhou. Li Heng comforted her that everything was fine, but in fact he was still disappointed in her. All this was because her father was unwilling to help her. If he had helped her, how could she have ended up like this? In her previous life, when Li Heng attacked Qingzhou, her elder brother Pei Shuo followed him to the battle, not to mention when he attacked Xuzhou later and Zheng Wuheng was shot by random arrows. Why didn't he help her? Her father was biased.
She has given out rewards at all times and has never been harsh on her in-laws. Will she not promote my father and brothers when she comes to power?
Seeing the people in the Crown Princess' Palace happy, Zheng Deyin stroked her belly. It was really strange. Why was she so favored, but her belly was not doing well? Was there something wrong with her belly? In her previous life, Huiyin was a concubine of the Crown Prince and she got pregnant. She also got pregnant when she married Li Cheng. It was really unfair.
Thinking back to when she was at home, Huiyin often stayed up late to cool off, and her menstrual period was endless. Unlike me, I didn't feel any pain during my menstrual period every month. How come she is pregnant now? I am not.
Lianzhi saw Deyin was worried, and advised: "Liang Di, the Crown Princess is only in trouble because she is the principal wife, so the Crown Prince is just trying to give her face. Look here, the jewelry on your dressing table is almost all given by the Crown Prince himself."
"But I have let the prince down." Deyin felt very guilty.
Lian Zhi pursed her lips and said, "Actually, I think we should wait until you are pregnant, then make plans. If you give birth to a grandson, I'm afraid the Marquis and his family will definitely help."
Deyin nodded and looked out the window again: "I think my second sister is about to give birth, but I am just a concubine and cannot send things to Xuzhou. I don't know whether my second sister gave birth to a boy or a girl. If it is a boy, she will be better than me."
"Liang Di, it's very difficult to say about giving birth to a baby. Moreover, it's hard to say whether the child can be raised or not. Xuzhou is no match for the capital." Lianzhi said secretly.
Deyin glanced at her maid and said, "Don't talk nonsense. How can you say such things? Huiyin is my sister."
Lianzhi was silent.
On the other side, Huiyin was indeed about to give birth. The due date had arrived, but she had not yet started. Huiyin was a little anxious. She had just walked outside when her stomach started to move. It was Li Cheng who carried her into the main room without taking a breath.
The old lady came in quickly and was startled to see Li Cheng here: "Little Prince, men can't stay here. We are enough here."
Li Cheng saw Huiyin lying on the bed in great pain. He glanced at Grandma Wen and said, "I will feel at ease here. The little princess has no relatives or friends here. Only when I am here will she feel at ease."
Especially in the first month before her birth, he even saw Huiyin having nightmares.
The old lady was unable to persuade Li Cheng, so Huiyin said to her, "Don't worry about the little prince. Just take good care of my fetal position. He is here to protect me."
Even the old lady couldn't do anything about this couple; they were too clingy.
Huiyin didn't expect Li Cheng to come in and accompany her. Although she was a little grateful in her heart, she could only keep the gratitude in her heart now.
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The main room was in a state of bustle, and Mother Chao was eating melon seeds like crazy. When Yun Hui came in, she saw the melon seed shells all over the floor, and quickly said, "Mom, please don't eat these melon seed shells in the gift box."
等鄭氏生了孩子，她們做下人的雖然送不出什麽名貴的禮，但是也得略表自己的心意。
晁媽媽沒好氣道：“她還能看上咱們的禮不成，還不是分給她身邊的那些人了，這不過是意思意思。”
“那萬一人家查看呢？凡事都不能讓人拿到把柄才是。娘，您該知道等小王妃誕下世子了，她的地位就更穩固了。”雲慧道。
晁媽媽撇嘴：“一朝天子一朝臣，我哪裏能不知道這個道理。對了，你說那些緞子是謝夫人送的，整整八匹妝花緞呢，她這個手筆也太大了。”
雲慧笑道：“她是怕我也被鄭氏送出去了，所以送東西給我。您也知道的，這個人從來都是心眼很好的，。”
“這倒是，當年吳王妃還很喜歡她呢，只不過當年她身份也太低了。一個錄事的女兒，若非是我們王妃可憐，怎麽能讓她們來王府讀書。”晁媽媽如是道。
這大戶人家的仆婢都自帶一種優越感，把主家的爵位和榮耀都當成是自己的一樣，明明自己也是一個奴婢，卻挑剔人家的家世。
雲慧又道：“不過她也是想和我們交好，日後多打探情況吧，畢竟謝太守現在在前線呢。”
“這些打仗的事情我不懂，但青州那個馬奎常常這裏劫掠那裏劫掠的，也是活該。”晁媽媽自诩自己懂些。
雲慧不讓她娘說下去，只是想着若鄭氏這一胎生的是女孩兒，那吳太妃肯定是要送個女子來，不是她多關心子嗣，而是她覺得有機可趁了。
這是多麽好的機會啊，甚至還能在魏太妃魏王面前說項。
看，日頭落山了。
李澄已經在産房坐了半個時辰了，看着徽音被人扶着起來，以前光鮮亮麗的妻子現在已經不複存在了，她頭上發飾都被拆下來了，身上原本最上等的蠶絲寝衣，如今也皺皺巴巴的，她滿頭汗涔涔的。
妻子後面站着的是叫福桂的丫頭，她正在後面撐着。
只不過李澄道：“我看別人都是躺着生的，怎麽王妃要站着生？這樣是不是對的？”
穩婆百忙之中還要抽空回答：“回小王爺的話，豎位生産孩子容易生，也不容易感染。小王妃懷相很好，羊水還沒破，胎位也正，适合這樣分娩。若是胎位不正，生産的太快，那才容易大出血。”
李澄只覺得聽着都疼，這生孩子實在是太受罪了。
“徽音，我在這兒，一直在這兒，你放心生産——”
“你閉嘴。”
徽音撐在布條上，她是産期過了才生産，所以能夠理解穩婆讓她這般，這樣容易讓孩子快速下來。
當然，這樣也很有可能會大出血，尤其是穩婆太過粗魯，或者生産太快。
生孩子簡直就是九死一生。
以前她聽說人家在地裏幹活，直接就能掉一個孩子來，還能幹活，她真的是覺得說這些話的人絕對是不把女人當人的人。
“參片，拿參片來王妃含着。”穩婆喊道。
李澄見南媽媽不知道從哪裏鑽出來拿了參片過來，妻子一口含住，手緊緊的握住繩子兩端，那福桂好像有些體力不支了，他趕緊也跑了過去幫忙扶住。
周圍的人啞然……
穩婆擦了一下額頭上的汗，倒是很欣慰，男人畢竟力氣大，但是接生婆卻沒有男的，她也大膽的使喚起李澄來：“小王爺，勞煩您一定要扶着小王妃，要不然她滑倒了，可是前功盡棄的。”
“好好好。”李澄迅速站到徽音身後。
徽音突然覺得自己背後穩了，跟一座山似的，她就是往後來靠一下幾乎都沒太大的關系。
“啊……”徽音努力把重心往下沉，但是腿已經站麻了，她意識都有些模糊了，方才含着的參片都被吐了出來。
李澄覺得打仗都沒有這麽慢，這麽痛苦，他簡直感同身受，因為妻子很堅強，之前手被書頁劃傷後，她止血撒藥粉眼睛都不眨一下，還能疼的完全沒有力氣還要強撐着，他實在是心疼。
穩婆很有經驗的對李澄道：“小王爺，您多給小王妃鼓勁兒。”
鼓勁兒？他平日說的話，現在倒是不好說，只好道：“徽音，馬上就是你十八歲的生辰了，你再使使勁兒，到時候就是咱們一家三口都慶祝你的生辰。”
徽音原本不把這裏當家的，不知道怎麽聽李澄說完，她向往起來，腿上濕漉漉的，穩婆立馬道：“羊水破了，快些送參湯過來。”
這是專門用一株老參炖了三個時辰的湯頭，徽音一股腦喝了進去。
随着穩婆的要求吸氣呼氣，如何用力，她也一直都按穩婆的要求在做。
還好在一旁一直有李澄陪着，最後用力一博，似乎有什麽東西滑落出來，穩婆特別快速的剪斷了臍帶，又拍了一下嬰孩，那嬰孩哭聲震天響。
徽音往李澄身上一靠，李澄抱着她到了床上，她前世在東宮的時候很緊迫要生兒子，甚至還另外準備了一手，如果她生不下來，就弄一個男嬰進來，如此才能穩固整個鄭家的地位。
現下嫁給李澄倒是沒有那種迫在眉睫，所以生什麽都無所謂了，因為李澄都能陪着她生孩子了。
“恭喜小王爺，王妃生了小世子。”穩婆道。
李澄看了躺在床上的徽音一眼，見她已經汗水和淚水凝結在一起，頭發一縷縷的，卻覺得她真美，真的有母親的樣子。他靠在她耳邊道：“你聽到沒有，咱們倆有兒子了。”
“嗯。”徽音如釋重負。
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接着整個王府動了起來，王府有了新的繼承人了，還是正房所出，這個意義又格外不同。李澄給全府都給了雙倍賞錢，晁媽媽也專門跑過來道喜。
“恭喜小王爺，賀喜小王爺，得弄璋之喜。”
李澄趕緊扶起晁媽媽：“是啊，王妃真是不容易啊，女人生孩子真的是天下最痛苦的事情。”他是純粹有感而發，而且親身經歷。
晁媽媽心道天下女子生孩子還不都是一樣的，但這些話哪裏敢說出來，只是讪笑的道：“是啊，想當年吳王妃生您的時候還弄的大出血了，也是不容易。那時候您又哭鬧的兇，都是媽媽我日複一日的抱着您方才好。”
“是，勞累媽媽了。”李澄對他這位乳母晁媽媽的确常懷感恩之心，否則也不會留着雲慧一個守望門寡的做管事姑姑。以前甚至讓晁媽媽管着內務，甚至鄭氏嫁過來之後四時八節的禮單子他都看過，送的禮十分厚重。
晁媽媽有心多啰嗦幾句，見南媽媽過來了，南媽媽早就看晁媽媽不順眼了，新婚的時候就挑唆王妃，什麽東西啊！大家各為其主，現下王府的奴婢們自從她家小姐嫁過來後，從不打罵，也不會有晁媽媽那種吃不完變質的食物逼着人吃。
“小王爺，大夫過來了，小王妃說讓請您過去。”南媽媽道。
李澄點頭：“好，我這就過去。”
見李澄匆匆離去，晁媽媽撇了一下嘴，嘟囔着離開了。
現在她在這內院是完全沒地位了，沒有小王爺發話，她連正房的門都難進。
守在院門口的粗使丫頭見晁媽媽離開了，對身邊的姐妹道：“這老貨可算是走了，以前我在她底下可沒少受罪，逢年過節多吃了一塊油糕，就讓她把我褲子扒了，讓人打了我二十板子，還好我命大活了下來，若還是她管着家，咱們這些人恐怕被她折騰死。”
“也不能這麽說，雲慧姑姑人還是很好的。你也算可以了，如今小王妃嫁過來，何曾打罵過一回下人。上次我爹病重了，被小王妃散步的時候看見，還替我爹請了大夫，再沒有比她和氣的人了。就是院子裏的福桂冬順姐姐，也從來都是好言好語的，家裏誰不服小王妃？也就那晁媽媽不死心罷了。”
兩個粗使丫頭雖然只是守着院門，一個月工錢五百個大子兒，但勝在清靜事兒少主子和氣。雲慧姑姑人倒是不錯，常常接濟這個幫忙那個的，人又公道，但她有這個娘，指不定也是裝出來的。
兩個丫頭又想這大概就是小王妃平日待人和氣，行善積德，所以一胎就生了男孩兒。
又說李澄領着大夫進門，隔着簾子把脈，大夫道：“産婦只是有些氣虛，等過三天後開始服用生化湯，記得千萬別用酒煎服，藥性太猛了，一日一帖，服用五帖即可。再就是要調理脾胃，只有調理好脾胃了，日後其他的補品才能吸收，黨參、淮山、茯苓或者扁豆蓮子都成，可以和豬肚、排骨一起熬清湯服用。等産後兩旬後，再用十全大補湯，如此能壯骨健腰。”
李澄記性很好已經記下了，又讓管事拿了診金給那大夫。
送那大夫出門之後，他才讓人掀開簾子，上前親自握着徽音的手：“大夫說你沒太大的事兒，月子一定要好好坐，想吃什麽，只管和我說。”
Huiyin was sweating all over because she had just given birth. As Li Cheng spoke, he took out a handkerchief and wiped her sweat.
Huiyin didn't know why, maybe because Li Cheng accompanied her throughout the birth, she looked at him with eyes full of love: "What should I do? I think I'm starting to like you a little bit."