[Comprehensive] It is not easy to be abandoned

This is an extremely dilapidated room. The paper pasted on the rhombic window seems to have been poked maliciously by a naughty child, revealing holes one after another. Most of the paint on the pillars has been peeled off, revealing the original withered yellow color of the wood, which is mottled. Unbearable, the curtains hanging on the canopy bed are gray and blue in color, no, it should be said that they can’t see the original color, they only feel gray and black, and there are a few wooden boxes on the bedside, and the locks on them are mostly rusted. Drooping there lazily.

No one would have thought that this is also the Forbidden City, a magnificent Forbidden City.

Sitting on the stone steps under the eaves, looking at the narrow and square piece of blue sky above his head, Meng Guqing wondered more than once whether this was God's dissatisfaction and punishment for his inaction.

It has been more than three months since I came here, and my daily pastime is to sit in this dilapidated courtyard and bask in the sun. There are no books, pens and inks, or rouge and gouache, let alone anyone to talk to.

The only thing that can be said is the old eunuch's dry answer when delivering the meal.

She didn't quite understand it at first, but she found out her identity little by little from the mouth of the old eunuch who delivered the food, and she felt that everything was logical.Wu, the empress of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, was abolished because of the court lady Wan in less than a month. After that, Wan was favored as Concubine Wan, covering the sky with one hand. He who is at the helm, who would have a good look at his abandoned queen?

Not to mention the leftovers of the daily meals, sometimes even the old dishes that have been stored for a few days have a strange smell.

Later, she stuffed some broken silver to the old eunuch who delivered meals, and got some vegetable and fruit seeds. After studying for a long time, she withered and died several times. Now, she looks good.With the vegetables grown by myself, and the abandoned small kitchen cleaned up, although the food is not very good, at least it is fresh and comfortable.

Looking at it now, on the wooden shelf leaning against the wall, loofahs are hanging crookedly, with some cute and cute yellow flowers; Melon, light yellow, deep green, lying half under the leaves, picking one or two and soaking it in cold water for half a day is the most delicious time of the day.

I still remember that when I first came here, I just caught typhoid fever, lying on a broken wooden bed, looking through the leaky window, what I saw was a spring scene without spring, and the yard was still full of weeds and wild flowers, clumps and clumps. , Rich green, withered yellow, mixed together, interspersed with shades of white flowers, make this gray yard even more dilapidated, making people feel depressed when they look at it.

Now she also has an excellent name, Nemin, who is slow in speech but quick in action. It's a pity that she has failed to live up to the good wishes of her parents. The current self is living in this cold palace courtyard, unable to move a single step. what else?

Every time she received a little bit of silver and clothes that the family had worked so hard to hand over, it would always make her weep silently all night.Bringing the family to suffer such an indiscriminate disaster, and making parents worry and work so hard, really...

But how?

Concubine Wan Gui is domineering and domineering, but no one dares to fight against her. Right now, the only thing she can do is to arrange a place to live, so that her life will not be so miserable.

Thinking of this, I feel bitter in my mouth.

I don't know how this Wu Namin survived this period of cold palace. It's a full 23 years. She has only been three months, but she can't imagine whether she can survive to that day.

However, this stagnant day was finally broken by a sudden storm.

After July, I don't know if there is too little rain in spring, or what, but it rains continuously, and there is no sunny day.The terrain of Namin's small courtyard is not high, the bluestones on the ground are uneven, and a lot of water has accumulated in the potholes. Seeing a few vegetable beds soaked in rainwater made her feel distressed.Although they had already been picked and two jars of pickled vegetables were pickled, there was still a lot left in the bamboo basket. She couldn't finish eating them for a while, and if they withered and rotted, she wouldn't be able to eat them any more.

When the rain stops, and then planted, it is not possible to harvest in a day or two.Looking up at the sky, it was gray and gloomy, and then looking at the water on the ground, there were circles of bubbles in the puddles. I am afraid that the rain will have to fall again for a while.

Sighing worriedly, without even lighting the oil lamp, he lay down on the bed to rest.I don't know what happened today, I tossed and turned for half the night, but I still haven't fallen asleep.I just feel that the sound of rain that is getting more and more raging outside the house, combined with the sound of the wind, is really disturbing.Unable to fall asleep, and reluctant to get up and light the lamp, Namin could only keep her eyes open, staring at the dark curtain in a daze.

Suddenly, there seemed to be a knock on the door, faintly mixed with the sound of wind and rain, which was somewhat inaudible.After listening carefully for a while, Na Min was sure that someone really was knocking on the door.Her cold palace is very remote, there are very few people walking around on weekdays, not to mention, it's still late at night, who could it be?

Putting on a coat, he grabbed the coir raincoat and bamboo hat at the door. As soon as he went out, he felt a chill all over his body. He went down the steps trembling, and opened the door, only to see a strange maid standing outside holding an oil umbrella. Leng.The palace maid also ignored her doubts, and hurriedly said: "Miss Wu, Ji from An Le Tang... the girl got seriously ill at night, and the servant girl really can't do anything about it. If there is something wrong with it, then...you help her, madam." Bar."

An Le Tang?Ji?

Namin was stunned for a moment, and suddenly, her face became serious: "Take me to see." If she hadn't guessed wrong, it might be Xiaozong's biological mother, Empress Dowager Ji.No matter what, it's good to have a good relationship.

The palace maid probably didn't expect her to be so straightforward, she was stunned for a while, and saw that she had closed the door, walked forward, and hurriedly followed.

The An Le Hall was very close to Na Min's courtyard, and the maid led Na Min around, and came to a house with an oil lamp faintly shining.The sound of wind and rain became louder and louder. When he got to the door, Na Min heard a faint hoarse cry of pain in the room. This is...

My heart was even tighter, and I rushed in quickly.

As soon as he entered the room, a strong smell of blood came to his nostrils, mixed with the woman's high and low cries.On the wooden bed, there was a girl about fifteen or sixteen years old with a pale face and cold sweat all over her body, her eyes staring blankly at the roof beams above her, her two hands firmly clutching the bedding under her body, which had been stained long ago It became red, beautiful and tragic.

The body was already emaciated, his face turned pale because of the pain, his voice was weak, he looked extremely weak, and he looked a bit sickly in normal times, but it was very bad for him to go through the hell of giving birth. up.

"Xi'er, you have to hold on, I called Niangniang Wu here, the child... the child will come out soon." It was the first time that the palace maid had encountered such a thing, and she was so anxious that she shed tears, but He didn't know anything like a headless chicken, he just grabbed Ji Xi'er's hand and looked back at Na Min earnestly.

But Ji Xi'er was speechless, and only bit her lips hard, blood had already flowed out from her lips, mixed with sweat and tears, following the sound, her eyes had long lost focus, but The pleading look in his eyes was so clear that people couldn't bear to look at him.

Namin couldn't care less about other things, forced herself to suppress the panic in her heart, recalled the method she had heard from somewhere in her memory and in the book, and ordered: "Quickly find a clean cloth for her to bite on." , it will be bad if you bite your tongue. Ji Xier, can you hear me? Do as I say." Walking to the bedside, pressing her belly hard from top to bottom, said in her mouth , "Yes, take a deep breath, push hard, push hard..."

The maid hurriedly found a piece of cloth, opened her mouth forcefully, stuffed the cloth into Ji Xier's mouth, held a hot towel in one hand, and grabbed the scissors in the other, staring down : "It came out, oh, it's the feet, why did the feet come out first..."

Seeing that it was a foot, Namin's heart tightened even more, rebellious, this is a sign of dystocia, he gave her a hard look, motioned her to stop talking, and suppressed his uneasiness, guessed the general direction, and took the only The foot was pushed in again, the hand was trembling constantly, and even the voice was trembling, but she still persisted, and continued to direct Ji Xier to exert force, praying in her heart, this is the little emperor of Yingzong, It's going to be okay, it's going to be okay...

Ji Xi'er only felt that her whole body had been crushed hard, her lower body was so painful that she couldn't feel it, she just mechanically took a deep breath, exerted force, breathed deeply, exerted force.

This time it was lucky, the child's two feet came out, bit by bit, he could see the body, the small arms, and then the net, the neck and the head.Although it was a reverse birth, the fetal position was still upright, which was a blessing among misfortunes. Before the two of them could breathe a sigh of relief, they saw Ji Xier convulse, and suddenly, went limp, and the palace maid screamed anxiously Said: "Oops, she's out of strength!"

But right now, the hands and legs are out, but the head is still inside.

Namin was also terrified. Regardless of Sanqi21, she stretched out her hand to grab the baby's arms and body, and pulled it down vigorously. After hearing a "wow--", both of them fell limply to the ground.

"Hurry up, cut the umbilical cord, it's not good to drag it on like this." When she came back to her senses, Namin was weak all over, and she was still holding the skinny little one in her hands, urging weakly.

The palace man also knew that he had to hold on tight, and forced himself to stand up, his hands were trembling, and he couldn't even hold the scissors steadily. He closed his eyes, pressed hard on the belt, and threw away the scissors in a hurry, picked up the unknown scissors The hot or cold towel wiped the body clean.

After a while, Namin finally sat up, put the child carefully on the head of the bed, and the two of them worked together to bring out a large basin of blood and pour it into the rain curtain.

"I still have some fresh vegetables and some fruits. Go and get them quietly and cook some porridge for her when she wakes up." Looking at Ji Xier, who had passed out on the bed and was so emaciated, this I'm afraid there won't be too much milk, Namin hugged the cat-sized child, and sighed heavily, "Other things, just think about it slowly."

When the palace man heard this, his eyes lit up suddenly, he almost forgot to take the oil umbrella, and rushed out again in a hurry.