Chapter 1,448 Premature Birth

The servant said, "No wonder the eldest master wanted to beat you up."

The second young master's concubine endured the pain for Miss Yudie, which made the eldest young master's teeth itchy.

The end of the autumn harvest relieved Zhou Shuren's pressure on grain and fodder. However, the decrease in grain production also made the emperor look worried.

The weather has cooled down significantly with each autumn rain.

At night, Zhulan curled up in her quilt and said, "My eldest brother wrote to say that everything is fine. The only regret is that Wuchun and Wuhe did not kill the enemy."

Zhou Shuren paused in rubbing his hands. "The Yang family will not make any further progress in the northwest. This defense of the city has explained everything. It's not just because of me, but also because of Yang Wen's connections in the navy."

They could only choose one from each side, and the Yang family obviously chose the navy, and that was the fate of Wu Chun's life.

Zhulan understood that the emperor did not want the Zhou family to have military power, and the Yang family was destined to not rise. Later, the Yang family sent their children to the navy, and they had to choose one from the navy and the army, so this time no one from the Yang family went to the battlefield to make achievements.

Zhulan changed the subject, "The temperature has dropped significantly this year, and we don't know when the two-front war will end."

Zhou Shuren, "The Northeast is already cleaning up the battlefield. Some of the remaining Northeast tribes have surrendered or been killed. They no longer have the strength to resist."

"What about the battlefield on the grassland?"

"The grassland is too big, and some grassland remnants have hidden themselves away. But it doesn't matter. We can slowly clean them up. The troops in the northwest are gathering."

Zhulan exhaled, "It's finally over."

Zhou Shuren, "Don't be too happy too soon. There are many problems to come. After cleaning up the leaders of each tribe, we need to take over the land and people of each tribe. There are many things to do."

The next day, the Emperor did not attend the morning court, but the Crown Prince did. Zhou Shuren and others looked at each other and thought that if there was nothing serious, the Emperor would not miss the morning court. The only major event in the palace was the birth of the Empress.

In the harem, the queen went into premature labor. It was not easy for the queen's body to hold on until now. She had labor last night, and her body was already weak, so the delivery was not smooth.

The emperor sat in silence. He had already sent his concubines back. Hearing the shouting, his heart sank. The imperial physician had just been shaking like a sieve. It was very dangerous for the empress to give birth this time.

The queen was already in a trance and didn't even have the strength to shout.

When the news of the Empress' difficult labor spread, the Liang Palace was very quiet. Princess Liang knelt in front of the Bodhisattva to pray for the Empress, hoping that the Empress could give birth smoothly. Although the Liang Palace was protected by the prince's military achievements, the Empress's accident still made the Liang Palace a thorn in the emperor's heart.

When Zhulan heard the news, the first person she thought of was Xuehan. Xuehan had suffered several miscarriages and she didn't know whether she could give birth smoothly.

The capital is waiting for news from the palace. If the empress is gone, the chances of the concubines in the harem being killed are too great.

Near noon, news finally came from the palace that the Empress had given birth to a princess, and there was no other news.

In the Queen's bedroom, she suffered heavy bleeding after giving birth. Although she was saved, her life span was again affected. This pregnancy and childbirth damaged the Queen's foundation.

The little princess was weak, and the imperial physician was very cautious, fearing that something might happen to her.

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the empress was safe, the country needed the empress, the prince and the little princess needed their mother's protection, and he also needed the empress to balance the harem. The empress was stable in the harem. Once the empress passed away, there would be turmoil in the harem and the front court.

The Emperor held the Empress's hand. She was his wife, but he had to consider the political situation first. Suddenly, he seemed to see the Empress marrying him. The Emperor's hand holding the handkerchief trembled for a moment, and finally he held his wife's hand tightly.

The next day, Zhulan was well-informed. Xuehan came back from the palace and whispered, "The queen is not awake yet."

Zhulan asked, "What did the imperial physician say?"

"The imperial physician said that the queen was too tired and would wake up naturally after a good rest. I heard from my mother that the emperor stayed with the queen all night."

"The Emperor has feelings for the Empress."

Xue Han also thought so, "It's just that this feeling is in front of Jiang Shan."

Xue Han didn't say the rest. Her father had deeper feelings for her mother than the emperor did for the empress. But in the end, her mother suffered a lot of grievances when her father didn't abdicate.

Zhulan sighed, "It's already good enough."

Xue Han added: "I went to see the little princess, she was crying like a kitten, the doctor was trembling with fear."

The queen would not be able to bear it if the remaining princess died young after she had fought so hard for him.

"I heard that the old lady of the Wen family entered the palace yesterday."

"Yes, I still live in the palace."

"This is to wait until the Queen wakes up."

"Um."

Zhulan asked again, "How do you feel?"

Xue Han touched her belly and said, "I'm in a good mood. After returning to Beijing, the imperial physician has been watching over me and I'm recovering well."

In Zhangzhou, Liu Feng was at home on vacation, and he was not idle either, flipping through books on medicinal herbs. Yu Shuang came in with some tea, "You've been reading since you got up this morning, come and rest your eyes."

Liu Feng stood up and said, "Alas, the autumn harvest is over, but the people are still having a hard time."

"Hasn't the county government already decided that each village will open up wasteland and plant medicinal herbs next year?"

"That will be next year. Right now we have to get through this winter. After the autumn harvest and tax payment, people don't have much food left. It will be hard to get through this winter."

The county government made a good profit from selling the medicinal herbs grown in various villages, but he did not dare to touch the money because the county government had many uses for money.

Yu Shuang, "Don't be impatient. Changing the current situation cannot be accomplished overnight."

"I know."

Yu Shuang smiled and said, "We have pork ribs and kelp soup tonight. This is your favorite."

The spare ribs were bought and the kelp was sent by my parents.

Liu Feng smiled, "That would be great."

He had never eaten any seafood before he got engaged to his wife. He ate it at Zhou Mansion after they got engaged, and he liked it the first time he drank it.

He thought of some cheap dried seaweed. He wondered if he could buy some in the name of the county government and distribute it to the villages when there was a food shortage.

The first snow of winter came earlier than in previous years. Since the arrival of the first snow, the snow has hardly stopped. This winter is also colder than last year.

The war in the northeast was over, but King Liang did not return to the capital. Most of his troops remained in the northeast to guard the territory he had brought with him.

In the palace, the little princess survived, but she didn't have a third-day bath or a full-month celebration.

Zhulan went to the palace to see the empress. The empress was in good condition and her face had some color.

As Xue Han's belly grew bigger day by day, Zhu Lan focused all her attention on Xue Han and did not notice Liu Jia's abnormality.

Mrs. Li was also carefree and would not notice that her daughter-in-law would touch her belly and sigh from time to time.

On this day, Xue Han returned to her parents' home. As she was sitting and talking, she suddenly felt a stomachache. Zhu Lan spilled the tea in her hand, "Quick, clean up the house and go back to the Qin Palace to pick up the midwife. Send someone to notify the Qin King and invite the imperial physician."

She had mentally prepared for her daughter to be born prematurely, but she never expected it to happen at her parents' home.

The house was cleaned up quickly. Since Xue Han couldn't be sent back to Prince Qin's Mansion at this time, Zhu Lan followed the maid into the house.

Xue Han felt extremely painful. She had never felt such pain since giving birth to her two children.