Chapter 347 Princess Jin is about to give birth!

In a blink of an eye, it was almost noon.

The purpose of this palace banquet was, first, to commend merits and reward meritorious officials, and second, to celebrate the full moon of the little grandson.

Now, both the reward and the full moon celebration have been completed. The highlight is over, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly relaxed.

In the center of the hall, the dancers were still dancing, and the guests on both sides had begun to leave with their glasses of wine to drink and chat with people they knew.

There were also some people who were good at socializing, and took the opportunity to build relationships with high-ranking guests.

Xia Miaoyuan stuffed two snacks into his purse and ran to find Xiao Wanyin.

"Little cousin, you have been living at home these days, and I missed you." Xia Miaoyuan said in a baby voice.

Xiao Wanyin blinked her big eyes: "In two days, I will go back to Kunning Palace to live."

"Wow! That's great!"

The two sisters laughed and ran outside the palace to play.

The two found a place in the corridor and started kicking shuttlecock.

Xiao Wanyin could kick more than ten in one breath, but Xia Miaoyuan couldn't do it yet, so Xiao Wanyin patiently taught her.

When the two sisters were concentrating on kicking shuttlecock, they suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Uncle Nine, I appreciate your kindness, but I don't want to consider this now."

[Huh? Isn't that the second brother's voice! ] Xia Miaoyuan grabbed the shuttlecock in his hand and tiptoed over with Xiao Wanyin.

When they walked to the corner of the corridor and looked over there, the second prince was standing with the ninth prince.

From what the Ninth Prince said, it seemed that he wanted to introduce a certain daughter to the Second Prince.

The Ninth Prince was a little embarrassed: "Chengnian, you are not young anymore, it's time to consider these things."

The Second Prince smiled but didn't smile: "Thank you, uncle."

As he said that, he turned around and left, leaving the Ninth Prince alone.

[Why do I feel something is wrong? ]

[When the Crown Prince was discussing marriage, wasn't the Second Brother very yearning for it? ]

[Is it because the noblewoman introduced by the Ninth Prince is too ugly? ]

While Xia Miaoyuan and Xiao Wanyin were wondering, the Second Prince had already walked up to them.

The Second Prince touched the heads of his two sisters lovingly, and then picked up Xia Miaoyuan.

At this time, the Queen also walked out of the hall slowly. Yingxue and Sang Qi followed behind.

After sitting upright in her seat for the whole morning, the empress was already sore from backache, so she came out to stretch her muscles.

"Mother!" Xia Miaoyuan called loudly.

When the empress saw her daughter, niece, and the second prince were all there, she came over with a smile.

"You are all here!"

"Miao'er, Ayin, when the banquet starts, you two must go back to the banquet obediently." The empress instructed softly.

"Don't worry, aunt! I will take Miao'er back when the banquet starts!"

After a few jokes, Xia Miaoyuan suddenly remembered that the second prince had just rejected the ninth prince. She wanted to tease him, so she deliberately said to the empress: "Mother, the ninth uncle just introduced a noble girl to the second brother, and the second brother said no!"

"He must think she is ugly!"

Xiao Wanyin covered her mouth and giggled.

"No way!" The second prince blushed and tried to explain.

"It's not that I think she's ugly, but I don't want to get married so early."

The queen pursed her lips and said lightly: "Chengnian, it's nothing. Someone introduced her to you. If you don't like her, just reject her. I'll find you a better one later."

Unexpectedly, the second prince reacted strongly and waved his hands repeatedly, saying: "Mother, I really don't want to consider marriage now."

"I'd better make more achievements in the army while I'm still young."

The queen and Xia Miaoyuan looked at the second prince in surprise.

At this time, Xiaoqiu beside Princess Jin hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, our princess has a stomachache. She may be about to give birth!"

When the queen heard that Princess Jin was pregnant, she didn't care about anything else and strode into the palace with her skirt flying.

The second prince, Xia Miaoyuan, and Xiao Wanyin also followed her into the palace.

When the queen came to Princess Jin, she was already frowning in pain.

"What's wrong?" The queen stepped forward and held Princess Jin's hand.

"Your Majesty, I have a stomachache, which comes and goes. It's more severe than the menstrual pain on weekdays." Princess Jin replied with difficulty.

"And it hurts more and more!"

The Queen's face was instantly filled with surprise and joy: "Yes, yes, she should be about to give birth!"

At this time, the Queen brought people back to the palace in a hurry. This scene had frightened everyone in the palace. They stopped talking and looked at the Queen and Princess Jin.

"What happened?" The guests talked about it.

"Is Princess Jin having a seizure?"

"Oh, looking at Princess Jin's face, she really looks like she is enduring pain."

"Hey, you finally got pregnant, but you don't stay in your house to take care of the baby, and you come to the palace banquet to join in the fun?"

"That's right! And you are so stubborn to try exotic fruits and vegetables."

At the same time, the Queen has already given orders in an orderly manner.

"Yingxue, take someone to send Princess Jin to the west wing of Shanglin Garden, and have someone boil more water."

"Xiaoluzi, the midwives prepared by the Jin Palace may be too late, go to the palace and call a few midwives over."

"Sangqi, take Doctor Yin to the west wing in case of emergency."

At the Queen's order, the palace servants got busy.

Princess Jin was carried out by the palace servants in a sedan chair.

Originally, it was time for lunch, and the guests should return to their seats to enjoy lunch.

But at this time, seeing that Princess Jin was about to give birth, everyone had no intention of lunch, and all their attention was focused on Princess Jin's delivery.

In the hall, Minister of Works Niu Baijin took a sip of wine and gossiped to the Vice Minister of Works Lord Wang behind him: "I wonder if the exotic fruits and vegetables and exotic foods that the Princess of Jin has eaten for so long will affect the fetus in her belly."

Lord Wang was used to currying favor with his superiors. When he heard his superior say this, he immediately echoed: "I heard that those exotic things will cause chronic poisoning for us Central Plains people."

"Today, the faces of the Prince of Jin and the Princess of Jin were both waxy yellow, which is definitely not the color of health."

"I guess it must be because they have eaten those exotic fruits and vegetables in recent days."

At this time, Zhang Yushi on the side stroked his beard and said: "I think what Lord Wang said makes sense."

"Today, I also felt that the faces of the Prince of Jin and his wife were strange."

"Thinking about the fact that the Princess of Jin is still pregnant, oh, what a sin! The adult's poisoning will definitely affect the fetus."

"Even if the child is born, I don't know if it can survive."

The discussion became more and more heated, and more people around joined in.

A white-haired civil servant said coldly: "In my opinion, if a living baby can be born, it will be considered lucky."

"In the past, I have personally witnessed that the pregnant mother was poisoned, causing the fetus to be poisoned, and finally a stillbirth was born."