Born short-lived

On the first day when the winter jujube bears fruit, Princess Changning gives birth.

During that time, Dongsheng was disturbed by all kinds of trivial matters inside and outside, and he was so busy that he could barely leave the door of the study. Finally, the matter of appropriating funds for the northern and southern Xinjiang was over, and Donghai wrote to ask for money again—or The Xuantian Pavilion is about to select new recruits, Qiu Cangyang is quarreling with some cabinet official again, or the imperial dining room is flooded at night...

It was already late at night when the mountains of papers on the case were finally approved, Dong Sheng relaxed, and sleepiness flooded his limbs like a tide.He was about to pack up and go to bed, but before he finished changing his clothes, Eunuch Lin came to report hurriedly on tiptoe. He was sweating all over in late autumn and panting like a broken bellows. : "Your Majesty...Your Majesty...Changning...Elder Princess...Ah, it's time to give birth!"

Dong Sheng's overworked mind went blank for a moment, as if he suddenly couldn't understand human words, and it took him a long time to reorganize Eunuch Lin's broken words and think about it again...

He trembled all over, and instantly became sober, and suddenly realized——I'm going to be an uncle.

"Show the Moon Palace!"

Dong Sheng only had time to change half of his bedtime clothes, so he rushed out in a hurry. On the way, he felt that the walking chariot was walking too slowly, so he actually wanted to go on the road in person - fortunately, he was stopped by Eunuch Lin. His Majesty the Emperor was not allowed to run wildly in the huge imperial city.

When he arrived at Moon Cold Palace, the room was full of maids and servants who were busy going in and out to change the water. Pots of blood soaked in red poured out, and Dong Sheng could smell the bloody smell even standing outside the door.

The princess screamed heart-piercingly inside, and it was inconvenient for Dong Sheng to go in. His heart seemed to be scratched by a crazy wild cat, so he caught a maid who came out to change the water and asked, "What's the matter?"

The maid was sweating profusely, and when she saw Dong Sheng, she subconsciously hid her bloody hands: "Return...Report to Your Majesty, the head...the head is stuck."

Dong Sheng was stunned for a while, but didn't say anything for a long time, the maid got a tacit consent and hurried to get the medicine.

Even if Dong Sheng is not a woman himself, he knows how dangerous it is to encounter such a situation during childbirth.

Seeing the situation, Eunuch Lin hurriedly said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's useless for us to be anxious now...the eldest princess is auspicious and has her own destiny, so she should..."

Dong Sheng nodded in disbelief, and asked, "Are all the most experienced imperial doctors in the palace here?"

Eunuch Lin: "Isn't that right... During this period of time, the amniotic fluid was supposed to break, and there were imperial doctors waiting in Moon Cold Palace all the time. As soon as she was about to give birth, almost the entire imperial hospital was summoned."

Eunuch Lin was very good at observing words and expressions, knowing that Dong Sheng would definitely not want to go back easily, so he went with his servant to bring Dong Sheng a warm cloak.When it was four o'clock, the screams of the princess in the room gradually subsided, and Dong Sheng dozed off sitting in the brought chair, and was awakened by the suddenly louder movement at the gate of the palace.

Seeing a group of people rushing out in a panic, Dong Sheng's eyelids twitched, feeling that something was wrong, and stopped one of them: "What's wrong inside?!"

The little maid was weeping, and said tremblingly: "Return...report to Your Majesty, well...it seems that the princess...has no strength."

The delay is too long, and no one can bear it.

After a while, an imperial doctor rushed out to report while hurriedly wiping off his sweat: "My Majesty... the eldest princess is bleeding too much... I'm afraid it's a bit dangerous, if it's not safe..."

The imperial doctor didn't dare to speak too bluntly. After hearing this, Dong Sheng broke out in cold sweat for no reason: "...First try to keep it safe, and if it doesn't happen... if it doesn't work, then I will protect the princess. In any case, nothing will happen to the eldest princess."

Imperial doctor: "My minister complies with the decree..."

After the imperial doctor finished speaking, he hurried in again. Eunuch Lin quickly brought up a cup of hot tea: "Your Majesty, take your time, don't hurt yourself..."

Dong Sheng raised his hand and pushed the cup away, then sat back in the chair with a sinking face, closed his eyes and said nothing.

They waited until it was almost dawn, and the commotion in the Moon Palace subsided.Dong Sheng opened his eyes, and the imperial doctor came out in small steps with his hem lifted: "Your Majesty...Your Majesty, the baby is born."

Dong Sheng was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly lost all sleepiness, and stood up from the chair: "How about the eldest princess?"

The imperial doctor took a deep breath before he had the strength to laugh: "Mother and child are safe."

Dong Sheng closed his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.

Eunuch Lin knelt on the ground with a plop: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Dong Sheng: "...Boys and girls?"

Imperial doctor: "Boy, he is too big, so it is not easy to give birth..."

Dong Sheng said: "Take me in and have a look."

There was still a bloody smell that couldn't be dispelled in the room. Dong Sheng tried to walk as lightly as possible, and could clearly hear the crying of the baby coming from behind the curtain, so he was full of energy.

Dong Sheng carefully raised the curtain just enough for one person to pass through, and slipped in, and walked lightly to the side of the princess' bed. The princess was too tired to open her eyes, her face was so pale that it was almost transparent, and her whole body looked like she had just come out of the water. fished out.

Dong Sheng squatted down slowly, and smiled at the person who had already lost strength on the bed: "Thank you."

The princess was half asleep and half awake, a little dazed, and it took a while to figure out what Dong Sheng said, and finally managed to pull out a smile, half-closed her cloudy white eyes, and said angrily: "Your Majesty won't look at him..."

Dong Sheng followed the princess' gaze, and another imperial doctor was kneeling beside him, holding a cloth bag in his arms.

The imperial physician Buxiao Dongsheng opened his mouth, and moved over by himself upon hearing the sound.

Only then did Dong Sheng see his nephew with his own eyes—it was said to be big, but it was actually a small one wrapped in a satin quilt, his head wished it was not much bigger than his fist, his whole body was red and wrinkled, and his nose was so flat. Two round nostrils can be seen, already tired from crying and fell asleep.

The little cub was so tossing people when he was born, it is estimated that it will not be a fuel-efficient lamp in the future.

Dong Sheng stared at him for a long time, and suddenly a strange idea popped up in his mind——

How could it be so ugly?

Dong Sheng: "Have you figured out what to call it?"

After a while, the princess said lightly, "Your Majesty, please give me a name."

Dong Sheng wanted to reach out to hug him, but looking at such a small person, worried that if he broke his hug, he took one of his outstretched hands halfway, and finally just gently scratched his face.

Dong Sheng thought: This is my own nephew.

"You came out in the first year of Taiping," Dong Sheng said to his nephew under the quilt in a voice that sounded like he was talking to himself, "Your surname follows your mother, so give me the name... Qiming."

May your birth be the enlightenment of the prosperous age.