Born?
Born!
The steps of Emperor Jingli and the Empress Dowager stopped at the same time.
A maid came out of the room, and after seeing Emperor Jingli and the Empress Dowager, she hurried over to pay her respects: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty—"
Emperor Jingli asked first: "How is the Empress?"
The maid had no choice but to answer Emperor Jingli's question, saying: "Your Majesty, the Empress and the eldest prince are safe."
Safe?
Safe is good.
Safe is good.
Emperor Jingli's heart, which almost jumped out of his throat, finally came back to reality. He seemed to be alive again, and his face slowly relaxed. Then he thought of something and said anxiously: "I'll go see the Empress!"
"The Empress is asleep now." The maid replied.
"Can't I go and see her?"
"The Empress won't let the Emperor go there now."
"Why?"
"The Empress said she's not beautiful right now and doesn't want the Emperor to see her."
"..." This was very embarrassing .
Emperor Jingli looked at the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager
pursed her lips and said, "Since the Empress won't let you go and see her, you should wait a while. Wait until the Empress has prepared everything before you go in."
Emperor Jingli was a little unhappy.
The Empress Dowager said, "You can go and see the eldest prince first."
Emperor Jingli had no choice but to go and see the eldest prince.
The eldest prince was wrapped in a brocade quilt and was being held by a wet nurse. Emperor Jingli walked forward and saw a red baby with a wrinkled face, but he felt a strange feeling flowing in his heart, like an instinct.
"Let me hold it." Emperor Jingli's voice was a little trembling.
The wet nurse taught Emperor Jingli how to hold a child.
Emperor Jingli tried to learn for a while, but in the end, because the child was too young and he was afraid, he changed to holding the child in his arms.
So light.
And yet so heavy.
This was his and Qingqing's child.
It felt so magical.
He called softly, "Fei Fei."
Fei Fei was the nickname of the eldest prince, given by Liao Qingqing. She heard that many pregnant women suffered from morning sickness, weight loss, or other problems during pregnancy, but she didn't have any of them, and the child was very strange.
She was afraid that the child would be introverted, so she gave him the nickname "Fei Fei".
"Fei" in Liao Qingqing's hometown dialect means naughty and smart.
Anyway, it was a nickname called by the elders.
Emperor Jingli and the Queen Mother agreed.
"Fei Fei." Emperor Jingli called again.
Fei Fei fell asleep with his eyes closed, looking very well behaved.
After holding her for a while, Emperor Jingli was still thinking about Liao Qingqing, so he handed Feifei to the wet nurse and asked He Xiang, "Is your master willing to see me?"
He Xiang was stunned. The man in front of her was the king of a country. He had always been asked to see someone else. This was the first time he had been waiting for someone else to summon him. This "someone else" was her master.
He Xiang was happy for Liao Qingqing and said, "I have already packed up for the Empress. Your Majesty can go in."
Emperor Jingli was overjoyed. He
patted his dust-free body and strode into the room. He first smelled a faint smell of blood, and then saw Liao Qingqing lying on the bed.
Although Liao Qingqing had deliberately cleaned up, her face was still pale. When Emperor Jingli took a look, he felt a pain in his heart when he thought of the basins of blood. He quickly walked to Liao Qingqing and called, "Qingqing."
"Your Majesty, did you see the waste?" Liao Qingqing asked weakly.
"I saw it."
"You came out in a hurry, and your head was squeezed flat. It's so ugly."
"... It's not ugly, it looks good." Emperor Jingli comforted her gently, "Thank you for your hard work."
"Yes, it's so hard and painful." Liao Qingqing said.
"I know."
"You don't know
." "I know."
"You don't know."
"Okay, okay, I don't know, I don't know." Emperor Jingli reached out and gently stroked Liao Qingqing's pale face. He responded to whatever Liao Qingqing said.
The maids and servants beside them all knew that the emperor doted on the empress dowager very much, but they didn't know that he doted on her to this extent.
Seeing this, the empress dowager hurried to the next room to see her eldest grandson.
This was the empress dowager's first grandson!
The empress dowager looked cold and distant, but it was just her way of dealing with things after the brutal palace struggle during the previous emperor's time.
In fact, she was also warm-hearted. She wanted to hold her grandson just like the people of the world.
But she knew that her son had been poisoned and almost lost his life, so she never urged her son, nor did she force him to like any concubine. She had made plans for her son to be childless for his whole life.
At that time, a royal bloodline with both talent and virtue would be selected from the royal family to inherit the throne. Unexpectedly, Emperor Jingli would favor Liao Qingqing, and Liao Qingqing would give birth to a prince.
The Queen Mother was extremely happy.
Seeing Feifei's rosy face, the Queen Mother's always cold face melted, a smile appeared, and her eyes were as kind as the warmth in March.
"Little Feifei." The Queen Mother called softly.
Feifei seemed to hear it and moved slightly.
The Queen Mother's heart melted instantly. She saw that her grandson was like her son. Her eyes reddened and she gently held Feifei in her arms.
She held him for a long time.
Every day after that, the Queen Mother would come to see Xiao Feifei. When Xiao Feifei was born, she weighed a little over 6 jin, which was a normal weight for a child. It might be because Liao Qingqing ate well, slept well, and exercised well during her pregnancy, so Xiao Feifei was able to eat and sleep well for a whole month and was particularly easy to raise.
The wet nurses had never taken care of such an easy-to-take child before, and they praised her in front of Liao Qingqing and Emperor Jingli.
Emperor Jingli said, "It's because the Empress gave birth well."
Liao Qingqing smiled. During the days of confinement, she had a lot of random thoughts, probably because of the disorder of hormones in her body. Sometimes she woke up suddenly in the middle of the night and burst into tears. She felt very wronged and very sad. She
felt that life was hopeless. She
felt that there was a surge of anger in her chest that wanted to burst out.
She couldn't control it at all. She rolled her eyes at several palace maids, who were trembling with fear. She felt regretful in her heart, regretting that she was so inexplicable, so she was even more sad and wanted to cry.
Fortunately, Emperor Jingli accompanied her, comforted her softly, talked to her, talked to her about national affairs and love, made her realize her importance, and see the beauty of the world. Her mood gradually stabilized.
At this moment, looking at Emperor Jingli beside her, she couldn't help but kiss him on the cheek. Emperor Jingli turned his head and smiled softly, charmingly. Then Feifei, who was sleeping next to Liao Qingqing's pillow, cried.
Liao Qingqing hurriedly asked, "Did you pee?"
The wet nurses hurried forward to hold Feifei.
Liao Qingqing and Emperor Jingli watched from the side, and they slept together at night. When Feifei was one month old, the five thousand acres of potatoes in the capital had a bumper harvest, and six or seven million catties were harvested at once.
This is a great feat in the history of agriculture from ancient times to now!
Emperor Jingli was overjoyed.
The common people naturally attributed this achievement to the Empress and the eldest prince. When Fei Fei held a full-month banquet in the palace, many common people outside the palace spontaneously held some small banquets to congratulate the Empress for her confinement and wish the eldest prince good health and safety. As
soon as Liao Qingqing came out of confinement, winter soon came. Originally, the common people had to worry about food and drink in winter. This time, there were six or seven million catties of grain. After paying taxes, the common people in the capital also had enough grain at home. The common people in other places were envious and wanted to grow potatoes.
Emperor Jingli knew that potatoes had a very short storage time. He did not store them in the granary like grains. Instead, he used the excuse of celebrating the full month of the eldest prince to transport hundreds of thousands of catties of potatoes to various counties and counties, and distributed them to the common people according to households for large-scale planting.
In addition, he ordered people to print Liao Qingqing's hand-drawn potato sketch, which recorded in detail the whole process of potato from tuber to harvest.
It was not free.
You had to spend money to buy it.
Because it was a painting drawn by the Empress, no one dared to steal it, so Liao Qingqing made a lot of money. Emperor Jingli was not greedy and gave all the money to Liao Qingqing.
Liao Qingqing looked at the boxes of silver, her eyes widened, and asked: "Is it all mine?"
Emperor Jingli nodded.
"Why so many?"
"You have sold the most books throughout history."
"Really?" Liao Qingqing was surprised, and then said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, this is a bit inappropriate."
"What's inappropriate about it?"
"I originally painted to benefit the people, and I didn't intend to charge for it."
"I don't charge for my ten thousand catties of potatoes, and you don't charge for them either. That would be a loss. Just keep it and spend it on me later."
"..."
"Where's Feifei?" " She
slept."
"Then let's sleep too."
"It's broad daylight."
"This is more than the first or second time we've slept in broad daylight."
"..."
Emperor Jingli picked up Liao Qingqing and took her into the inner room, not allowing anyone else to come in, and then the two of them -
slept soundly!
As soon as he woke up, Feifei started crying. Liao Qingqing rushed to hold Feifei. Feifei was already two months old. The blush from the womb had faded, and his skin was white and tender. His face had the sharpness of Emperor Jingli and the softness of Liao Qingqing, which blended together perfectly and looked very pretty.
When Liao Qingqing was pregnant, she thought Feifei was very well behaved, so she named him "Feifei". Unexpectedly, this name really suited his personality.
But in just two months, Feifei had gained a lot of weight and was full of curiosity. He would look around when he heard something, like a loach, struggling in people's arms. He was never honest and would cry if he was not allowed to struggle.
Liao Qingqing's arms would get tired after holding him for half an hour.
As time went by, Feifei became more lively, with a very high-pitched voice, and she would scream from time to time. In the blink of an eye, it was the New Year, and Feifei was more than three months old at this time.
Emperor Jingli held Feifei, who was looking around, in one hand, and took Liao Qingqing to pay New Year's greetings to the empress dowager with the other hand.
When the empress dowager saw Feifei, she ignored Emperor Jingli and Liao Qingqing, and coaxed Feifei to play with her together with Nanny Chang.
This New Year became different because of Feifei's existence. The empress dowager
also looked a lot younger.
Liao Qingqing was very satisfied with Emperor Jingli.
In the blink of an eye, it was spring, everything was revived, the sun was shining, Feifei took off her thick cotton padded jacket and put on a single piece of clothing. Emperor Jingli pinched Feifei's arms and legs, and couldn't help saying, "Feifei, you are so fat."
Feifei was stunned and cried "wow".
Emperor Jingli: "..."
Liao Qingqing: "..."
By midsummer, Feifei was already more than eight months old. The little guy ate a lot and had a strong body and a high voice. Liao Qingqing knew that children grow up very quickly, especially those from the royal family, so she always wanted to accompany Feifei to grow up. Fortunately,
Emperor Jingli did not select concubines again, the harem was quiet again, and the agricultural department was temporarily idle, so she gave Feifei a bath herself. She
bathed in a small courtyard in the Zhengqian Palace. She didn't care about the face of the eldest prince, and Feifei didn't care about this either.
When Liao Qingqing stripped him, he screamed happily.
Once in the wooden tub, he giggled and said something. Liao Qingqing didn't understand a word, but she knew Feifei was very happy.
At this time, Emperor Jingli came back. Seeing this, he frowned and sat on the stool beside the wooden basin. Looking at Feifei's small arms and legs, he stretched out his hand to pinch them and said, "Feifei, you've gotten fatter."
Feifei turned her head and stared at Emperor Jingli with bright eyes, as if she was thinking about what her father said. After thinking, she happily splashed water, as if saying, "I'm fat and I'm cute. My mother said I'm fat and I'm cute." She splashed water happily, splashing Emperor Jingli.
Emperor Jingli stood up immediately.
Liao Qingqing stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, are you okay?"
"No problem."
They both looked at Feifei. Feifei was playing with the water happily, but he didn't sit still and slid into the basin. The warm water was about to cover his chubby face.
Seeing this, Emperor Jingli quickly reached out to pull Feifei out.
Despite this, Feifei still took a big sip of water. He was a little confused after drinking it. He stared at Emperor Jingli with his little face blankly, then raised his head and cried loudly. He
really cried loudly.
The sound was very loud.
Very, very loud.
It felt like the leaves next to him were shaking.
Emperor Jingli: "..."
Liao Qingqing: "..."
Feifei cried several times, only the wet nurse looked at him with a worried look, and his father and mother didn't react at all. He stopped, looked at his father and mother, and said, "Forget it, I won't cry anymore, no one cares about me." He smacked his lips, pointed at the wooden basin with his little finger and cried "Ahhh".
Liao Qingqing finally reacted, gently wiped the water marks on Feifei's face, and asked softly: "Feifei, do you still want to take a bath?"
Feifei leaned towards the wooden basin with his naked, chubby, white and tender body: "Ahhh!"
Liao Qingqing put Feifei into the wooden basin again, and Feifei immediately jumped up again, giggling, completely forgetting how he had just drunk a sip of his own bath water.
Liao Qingqing: "..."
Emperor Jingli: "..."
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Feifei: Forget about the couple! I'll play by myself!
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