Crossing the East Palace

The Ning family has many talented and loyal ministers, and they are also affectionate.

Needless to say, Ning Shan's eldest son is not only a natural general, handsome, and proficient in the art of war, but even Ning Shan himself often praises him as "the blue comes from the blue and is better than the blue", saying that in another ten years, his The eldest son must be stronger than him.

It's a pity that such a good general is born to like men.And that's all he likes men, there are quite a few people in Chang'an City who like men, and they still marry wives, take concubines and have children, without any delay.But Ning Shan's eldest son is different, he likes one man, and only that one man.For that man, he could disobey his father for the first time in his life, he could reject any female sex and male sex, he could kill off his children and grandchildren because of this, but he refused to give up on the man he liked.

Ning Shan was beaten and scolded, and the boss of the Ning family beat him, punished him and made mistakes, but he refused to change.Ning Shan sighed, and finally had to admit it.

The boss of the Ning family was like this, when Ning Shan disciplined the second son of the Ning family, Ning Junyuan, he inevitably became a little stricter.As a result, he disciplined too much. Ning Junyuan was willing to obey Ning Shan's words when he was marching and leading troops to fight, but when it comes to the person he likes... Ning Junyuan directly fell in love with the former Shanxi magistrate's daughter who disguised himself as a man and came to the barracks Miss Yue, and paid a heavy price for it.

Ning Junyuan regretted it unceasingly, and Ning Shan also hated his second son for being confused.But even so, no matter how regretful Ning Junyuan is, it is true that he likes that Miss Yue.Although Ning Shan gave Ning Junyuan his concubine room, and Ning Junyuan recruited him well, but Ning Shan knew that his second son was accepted by a beauty, but he refused to do anything!Don't want to touch those beauties at all!

No matter how angry Ning Shan was, he used heavy military affairs to force Ning Junyuan, and he gave Ning Junyuan a bunch of women, but Ning Junyuan refused to touch any of them, and he couldn't force Ning Junyuan to perform Zhougong's ceremony .

Therefore, for Ning Shan, the father, the hope of getting a grandson from his second son is gone.

He didn't dare to push Ning Junyuan too much before, but now Ning Junyuan lost a calf, and in the future he can only sit in a bloated and heavy wooden wheelchair, accompanied by attendants pushing carts; Ning Erlang, who was originally handsome, Now it's Raksha Ning Er.Ning Shan didn't know what was going on in Ning Junyuan's mind, but as a father, Ning Shan was too worried that Ning Junyuan would become decadent because of this, and he didn't dare to force him with the matter of heirs.

Ning Shan is getting old, seeing that his eldest and second sons refused to pay attention to women's sex a few years ago, he also thought that he might be able to have another younger son when his sword is still young, and save his eldest and second sons from dying in the future.As a result, several months passed without any results. He asked a military doctor and found out that firstly, he was too old, and secondly, he had been in the army for several years. have children.Ning Shan just gave up.

Unable to rely on his eldest son, second son, or himself, Ning Shan could only place his hopes on Ning Junchi and Ning Junyu who were protons in Chang'an City.

Ning Junyu was young before, so he stared at Ning Junchi, writing letters one by one, but he didn't see Ning Junchi agreeing to anything.It wasn't until Ning Junchi was old that he finally sent him a sentence - he couldn't touch women at all.

Ning Shan wished he could spit out a mouthful of old blood.

In the end, he had to wait for Ning Junyu to grow up.

Ning Shan originally thought that just by staring at him like this, Ning Junyu would always give birth to a grandson for him.In a few years from Ning Junyuan, it is impossible to say that he will be able to completely forget about Miss Yue and let him hug more grandchildren.Unexpectedly, the world is changing, Turkic raids, Ning Junyuan killed the second Turkic prince and captured the first Turkic prince alive, but Ning Junyuan himself lost a calf in this war.

In any case, the Ning family's inheritance cannot be lost.The Ning family has guarded the border for generations, and their loyalty to defending the country cannot be lost.

Ning Shan's hair turned white all night, and when he woke up, he wrote the letter immediately.It was already impossible for Ning Junyuan to go to the battlefield again, so the next person to succeed him could only be Ning Junchi or Ning Junyu.

Men from the Ning family are born generals.Ning Shan knew that whether it was Ning Junchi or Ning Junyu, they all yearned for the battlefield in their hearts.It's just that the inheritance of the Ning family's descendants also continues, and the Ning family cannot live without "hostages" in Chang'an City.That's why he wrote the letter and sent it to Emperor Tianyuan urgently.

At any rate, let the next generation of the Ning family be born; at any rate, leave an intact son in Chang'an City.

Chang'an City.

Emperor Tianyuan read the letter in his hand, his expression was very complicated.

The Ning family has been loyal for generations.Loyalty is not so much the Ming Lord, but the people.

Since Ning Shan was six years old, he lived in Chang'an for half a year and in the military camp for half a year.It wasn't until the age of 16 that Ningshan's elder brother and second brother died on the battlefield one after another, and he married a wife and gave birth to his eldest son before he began to stay in the military camp.

Before Ning Shan was 16 years old, during the six months in Chang'an, Ning Shan served as the prince's riding archery and martial arts training partner. Emperor Tianyuan was very familiar with him, knowing that Ning Shan was the same as the ancestors of the Ning family, and they all swore to protect the family. The people of Weiguo.Such a person, even if he has selfishness, his selfishness will not go beyond the interests of the common people.Therefore, after Emperor Tianyuan succeeded to the throne, he dared to use Ningshan boldly.

Now Ningshan has four sons, the eldest son has died on the battlefield, the second son is disabled on the battlefield, Ningshan himself has been leading troops on the battlefield for several years, and he has accumulated "minor illnesses" all over his body. Now what Ningshan wants is only to let the three One or four sons get married and have children, and after keeping the sons, they go to the battlefield and continue to guard the border of Datang.How could Emperor Tianyuan refuse such a request?

However, what Emperor Tianyuan hesitated was that Ningshan's request was not a big deal.But what about Queen Ning's life?

The Ning family changed sons first, treated harshly and tried to kill the emperor's heir several times.During this period, Concubine Xin had dystocia, almost died and so on.With all these things, why shouldn't the Ning family die?

However, the Ning family happened to be the daughter of the Ning family, a loyal general for generations.

However, the Ning family has lost another great future.

Rao is that Emperor Tianyuan always has the world in his heart, and will abandon some people's interests from time to time.But at this moment, she couldn't be cruel enough to let Ning Shi go to death immediately.

In the generation of Ningshan's grandfather, only one uncle died in Chang'an City, and died of illness. Ningshan's grandfather and other uncles all died on the battlefield; Ningshan's eldest brother, second brother and younger brother also died on the battlefield.

Now that Ningshan's eldest son is dead and his second son is disabled, how can Emperor Tianyuan let Ningshan's daughter die in his palace?

Emperor Tianyuan sighed deeply, finally put down the news and letter, and said, "Xu Youwei?"

Tang Luojin doesn't know how Zichen Palace is.

At this time, the moon was already in the middle of the sky, and the queen still did not give birth to the child because the fetus was too large and difficult to deliver.

Tang Luojin sat expressionlessly, playing with a small sachet in her hand.

At this time, the empress had already been in labor for a long time, and the midwife couldn't help it, so she had to ask the imperial doctor to check her pulse through the curtain to see if she wanted to prescribe a oxytocin medicine.

Sitting in the main hall of Qingning Palace at this moment, the crown prince is the one with the highest status.Therefore, the imperial physician came to report to the prince after examining the queen's pulse.

"The empress's pregnancy is too big, so it's not a big deal. After all, the empress has given birth to five children before, and this time the child is a bit big. Although it is relatively difficult to conceive, but for a woman like the empress who has given birth to five children Said, logically speaking, it wouldn’t be dystocia. It’s just.” The old doctor stroked his beard and said, “It’s just that the empress is out of her mind now, as if she has just been frightened. Besides, the miscarriage medicine that the empress drank before is not the slightest bit to the empress. There is no impact, so it will..."

Tang Luojin patiently listened to the old doctor's words before asking: "Then what should I do?"

The old doctor said: "You should give a strong oxytocin. Otherwise, the baby will be depressed in the mother's womb for too long, and I may not be able to give birth, or after birth..." The old doctor paused, and then continued, "Only in this way, the medicine There is no hindrance to His Royal Highness, but it may cause damage to the mother's body."

All the concubines were listening quietly, but they were secretly thinking that the prince is young, so they might not know how difficult the difficulty of having a child is. Run to report to the empress dowager, the empress dowager, and the emperor, and the time will be delayed longer and longer. It is best to kill two people.

Concubine Xin kept looking at Tang Luojin.

It is rare for her to have such an opportunity to look at Tang Luojin in such an upright manner.But the old doctor's words were too serious, and even Concubine Xin, who was so simple-minded, could hear that it was difficult to deal with.

——Either let Tang Luojin make the decision by himself, brew the oxytocin, and let the queen give birth to the child smoothly, but the queen's own body is hindered; I'm afraid that when the little eunuch rushes back, the queen mother and son will not be able to wait.

Concubine Xin opened her mouth, and was about to speak, when Tang Luojin spoke first.

Tang Luojin didn't expect that the empress would encounter such a catastrophe without him doing it, so she paused for a while and said, "Then I'll have to work for the imperial physician to personally prepare the oxytocin for the empress."

The old imperial doctor bowed deeply: "The old minister obeys His Highness's order."

Although in this way, the one in the queen's stomach can be kept, but the surrounding concubines can't help but cover their lips with a veil and smile—look, in this situation, no matter how the prince chooses, it is wrong.Although it failed to delay the death of the empress, mother and son, the crown prince became the "direct murderer" who caused the empress' physical damage. I am afraid that the empress would not wait to see him even more after she woke up.

Tang Luojin remained expressionless, turned her head without looking at the concubines, and asked the little eunuch to tell the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager and Emperor Tianyuan about the matter.

The old doctor quickly prepared the oxytocin medicine.

The fifth princess was waiting at the side, her hands trembling slightly.Seeing that the old doctor's medicine was ready, he pinched his palms hard to stop the trembling of his hands, and then stepped forward with a smile and said, "Your Excellency, give the medicine to Ben Gong. Ben Gong will go and bring it to the empress herself."

The old imperial doctor had been in the palace for many years, so he naturally knew that the five princesses were more favored and trusted by the queen than the prince, so he didn't doubt it, so he gave the medicine to the five princesses.

The Fifth Princess took Xia He to the delivery room with a slightly nervous expression.

The fifth princess originally planned to cut off the medicine and send it to the delivery room, but Xia He persuaded: "The empress is suspicious of you at this moment. The empress would rather die than drink the medicine you brought. Why don't you put the medicine down first?" Put it in, and then...the servant will bring the medicine in again. It will not arouse suspicion."

The fifth princess paused for a moment before saying, "That's fine. Where's the medicine?"

In just one stick of incense, Xia He took the medicine to the delivery room.

He was just stopped by the palace guards at the door of the delivery room.

Xia He was anxious, and said: "My sister doesn't know me? I used to be by the side of the fifth princess, but now I am serving the queen. Is the medicine I boiled for the empress, is there any concern for the empress?"

The palace man was sent by Emperor Tianyuan, and he said: "I remember you. Didn't the empress ask you to serve the fifth princess? Then you go and guard the fifth princess. I'll take this medicine in."

The palace man turned around and closed the door, went into the ear room of the delivery room, and tried the medicine himself. After testing the medicine, he was slightly surprised, and then brought the soup and medicine to the delivery room intact, and fed it to the queen.

It's just that the medicine is only half fed.

The queen knew that this would allow her to give birth to a child sooner, and said profusely, "Isn't there more?"

The palace man said: "This is enough." It is enough for the birth of the child in the queen's womb, enough to save the queen's life, and enough to make the queen weak.

Then he took the remaining half out to Xia He who was still at the door.

Seeing that half of the medicine was left, Xia He's complexion changed slightly.

Gong Ren said: "Good news came from the border, Datang defeated the Turks. General Ning captured the first Turkic prince alive, killed the second Turkic prince, cut off his right leg below the knee, and slashed his face."

Hearing this, Xia He was stunned for a while, then bowed his knees and said: "Thank you, sister, my sister understands, and if I want to come to Your Highness, I also understand."

The palace man nodded and left.

Xia He was stunned for a while before finding someone close to the prince and passing the news on.

But the man said: "Your Highness already knows about this. You pour out the rest of the medicine, and then go to reply to the fifth princess. Your Highness said that after the queen gives birth, she will let the fifth princess go in to see the queen, and talk to the queen. Farewell."

Xia He naturally agreed not to mention it.

An hour later, on September 23rd, the Twelfth Prince was born. Empress Ning suffered a massive postpartum hemorrhage and narrowly survived.

After the two pillars of incense, Emperor Tianyuan ordered that Empress Ning's body was too weak to support the twelve princes, so she promoted Ruan Zhaorong to the position of concubine and bestowed the title Rong, and promoted Yue Jieyu to Yue Chongyuan, a concubine.The two moved to Yangde Palace in a few days to raise the twelve princes together.

Not to mention how happy Concubine Rong and Yue Chongyuan were, they hugged the Twelve Princes, along with four wet nurses, two first-class court ladies, four second-class court ladies, and four eunuchs bestowed by the emperor, Yingying bowed outside the queen's delivery room, and left with the baby in her arms.

The rest of the concubines looked complicated.They thought that the twelfth prince, who already had the throne, would be raised by the queen mother or other childless concubines to help take care of him.But I didn't expect the emperor to be so cruel and careful. Although Concubine Rong was born in a low family background and was cowardly, she loved children very much. It would not be her who took good care of the fourth prince and third princess.Now that the two children are fifteen years old, Concubine Rong does have the time and energy to take care of the twelve princes.Although Yue Chongyuan is young and childless, she is from the Ning family.

If only one of them was allowed to raise the twelve princes, it might be neglected to take care of them, but the emperor chose them to raise them together.Among the two, Concubine Rong has the highest rank and has the fourth prince and the third princess who have been brought up under her knees; Yue Chongyuan has the lowest rank, but she is both the concubine and aunt of the twelve princes.In this way, although the twelfth prince's status is not as noble as the prince's, but he grew up smoothly, this is not a problem.

The queen woke up slowly after all the concubines and her newborn son were taken away.

When she woke up, there was no one around her.

"water……"

"Water?" The fifth princess was sitting quietly by the side, and said quietly, "The queen mother has woken up? My daughter thought that the queen mother would always sleep through it. The medicine is very strong, and although the queen mother is awake now, she is determined not to see the morning sun. As for the water... since she is about to die, why does the queen mother still need to drink water?"

The queen didn't expect that the fifth princess would be here, let alone that there were only her and the fifth princess left in the room.

Thinking of what Chun Xing and Xia He said before, the queen felt a burst of grief and pain in her heart.

"Why?" The queen just gave birth and couldn't even sit up, said, "I treat you like jewels and treasures, and all good things are close to you. Why did you kill the twelve princesses? That's mine. Little daughter! She was only two years old when she died! Two-year-old child! How can you be so cruel and kill your own sister! Kill such a small child!"

The fifth princess sneered and said, "Sister? My mother made a mistake. My own sister is not Twelve Princesses, but Xiao Jiu. It is true that my mother treats me like pearls and treasures, but that's all. No matter how beautiful those jewels are , the mother does not wear it all the time. When needed, take it out to play with, and then put it on the head to show off. When not needed, put it in the box, let it be lonely and no one cares about it. Now I want to come , isn’t the queen mother treating me like pearls and treasures? When the queen mother has no caring children to serve me, I am good; once the queen mother has her own caring children, what am I? The queen mother has forgotten, there is no ten What kind of life did I live before the second princess, and what kind of life did I live after having the twelve princesses? If the twelve princesses hadn't died, you would still be able to look up to me, who was specially raised and disabled by you. Concubine?"

The queen's complexion changed immediately: "What did you say?"

"What did I say?" The fifth princess stood up abruptly, her expression no longer as cute and cowardly as before, but rather sober, "I used to be young, and my mother sent someone to tell me every day, Nobility, the difference between the aunt and the concubine, let me firmly remember that no matter in the family or in this palace, the dignity of the aunt and concubine is a threshold that I will never cross. Let me understand that once I return to the palace Don't worry about the concubine who has no status, no ability and only invites pets, but only recognizes you as a concubine. I didn't understand it before, and I only enshrined those words as an imperial decree. But, after a long time, it is so common to see in this palace There are too many, how can I still not understand the use, heart, kindness, and suffering of my mother back then?"

"What is the dignity of a concubine? For the royal family, even a concubine born as a princess is actually extremely honorable. What's more, my biological mother, Concubine Xin, was originally a first-rank concubine with a very high status; my mother's Shen family, It is noble and motivated. For me, this status is enough for me to live a better life than the third princess and the eighth princess. But," the fifth princess almost overflowed with hatred in his eyes, "but you make people like you. You taught me that you let me enter the palace at the age of seven. When I was still ignorant, I thought I chose you wisely and lived in Qingning Palace. From then on, I can only be your personal girl! Nine are all princesses, even if we are all concubines, we are incomparably honorable! But, just because of you! Just because you hate my mother and concubine, you taught me to be like that, and let me be there again and again. Making such a decision when I was not sensible enough made me never go back to my concubine mother and be a real concubine princess! I can only force myself to stay by your side, force myself to remain ignorant and not sober.

I thought, that's all.Being able to be a princess raised by you, no matter what you look like, outsiders will always look up to you.But, since the birth of the twelve emperors, have you ever treated me like before?As soon as I opened my mouth, I was told how to take care of the twelve imperial sisters, how to recite poems, play the piano and sing songs to the twelve imperial sisters!I am a concubine, but I am not the servant girl of the Twelve Imperial Sisters!You treat me like this for the sake of the twelve emperors, how can I not attack her?What's more, my original intention was just to turn her into a fool like the prince was back then.Even if I was wrong, you forced me to do so!It's you! "

The queen spit out a mouthful of blood, her eyes filled with sorrow.

She never knew that she hated her so much in her heart for the daughter she tried so hard to bring to her side to raise and protect her.

Even her good intentions, in the eyes of the fifth princess, were full of calculations.Even she herself was plotted to die by the fifth princess.

The queen closed her eyes slightly, feeling hopeless in her heart.

"Wu'er, you are wrong." The queen said slowly, "From the very beginning, the queen mother has regarded you as her own daughter. It is because she is her own daughter that she let you take care of her own sister like that. Intentionally humiliating you..."

"Dear, birth, daughter, son?" The fifth princess sneered, "You have always had a grudge against Concubine Xin, queen mother, and the Ning family and the Shen family are at odds, but now you tell me that you will take the daughter of Concubine Xin who has always had a grudge. As your own daughter? Mother, will you joke with me again? Such a joke, when I am willing to pretend to be stupid, may still make me laugh. Now that the mother is dying, why should I pretend to be stupid? Laugh? Queen Mother, Queen Mother, you are about to die, and your crown prince and your youngest son are not by your side, are you happy?"

The queen couldn't help saying: "Little Twelve..."

"Little Twelve? The Twelfth Imperial Sister or the Twelfth Imperial Brother? The Twelfth Imperial Sister is already waiting for the Queen Mother on Huangquan Road. As for the Twelfth Imperial Brother...he was just carried out of the delivery room when he was ordered by his father to hand him over. To Concubine Rong and Yue Chongyuan to raise together. Empress, are you happy that your youngest son will be raised by the maidservants and concubine sisters you usually look down on?"

The queen stared blankly at her own daughter, not knowing whether she was right or wrong, and if she was wrong, how many things did she do wrong?

And, is she really going to die?

The queen naturally did not die.

The fifth princess thought that the queen was about to die, and no one knew the secret of her killing the twelve princesses. Unfortunately, all her words fell into the ears of Emperor Tianyuan.

Emperor Tianyuan immediately wanted the fifth princess to "die of illness", but was stopped by the queen. Then Emperor Tianyuan changed his words and ordered the fifth princess to be ordained on the same day, and she began to practice in the nunnery outside Chang'an City, and she was not allowed to set foot inside Chang'an City for the rest of her life.

And the empress... Emperor Tianyuan didn't know what he had said to her, but the empress really recuperated in Qingning Palace peacefully.

As a reward for the empress' safety, Emperor Tianyuan ordered Concubine Rong and Yue Chongyuan to take the twelve princes to the empress to have a look at every three days after one month.

Ning Junchi was skeptical about this at first, but after asking about the dangers of childbirth, and meeting the queen in person, he put the matter on hold—the second sister's health is indeed too bad, let alone her upbringing. For the twelve princes, the second sister's body couldn't stand the simple daily walks.Ning Jun met late, and was comforted by his eldest sister, so he had to temporarily give up his doubts about this matter.

As for the letter from his father, Ning Junchi naturally understood what his father meant.

For a father, offspring are extremely important, and he would not hesitate to use this to tempt them to go to the battlefield.

But Ning Junyu could agree to marry a wife and concubine and have children immediately, but Ning Junchi couldn't.

"Why not?" In the first month of the 20th year of Tianyuan, Ning Junyu's wife and concubines were all married back home, and his wife was still pregnant for a month. There was still no movement from Ning Junchi's side, Tang Luojin couldn't help but wondered, "Didn't uncle want to go to the battlefield a long time ago? Why not give birth to a few more children and get the chance to go to the battlefield?"

It's just to sleep with a few more women for this... Tang Luojin doesn't know if he can do this, but isn't Ning Junchi a local ancient?Thinking about it, it probably wasn't too difficult for Ning Junchi.

Ning Junchi shook his head slightly, pulled Tang Luojin's cold hand over, and held it in his own: "If the fourth brother can go to the battlefield, abandon love, marry a wife, take a concubine and have children, then let him do it. What uncle begged , is a single-minded person. For this one-hearted person, my uncle is willing to give up the matter of going to the battlefield and stay in Chang'an. It is a matter of one thought to give up and get something. If there is something that cannot be given up, the uncle has no choice but to give up the temptation to go to his father. "

Tang Luojin frowned and nodded, half understanding.

Ning Junchi glanced at him and smiled.The two big hands continued to cover Tang Luojin's little hand——at the last dinner, Tang Luojin also drank the special miscarriage medicine. No problem, and no problem for future offspring, but the medicine is cold after all, Tang Luojin is afraid that she will suffer from cold hands and feet in winter in the past few years.

The uncle and nephew talked again and went to Yangde Palace.

Today is the Hundred Days Ceremony of the Twelve Princes.

Tang Luojin frowned while walking.

He felt that this little emperor was rather strange.He grew up well in his life, and when ordinary children saw him, they couldn't move away and wanted to be hugged by him.But every time this little emperor saw him, he would cry loudly, as if he had done something to him in private.It's fine once or twice, it's like this every time, even the honest and cowardly Concubine Rong is now unwilling to let him stay alone with the twelve princes.

So wrong.

Tang Luojin had an idea in her mind, and her brows furrowed tighter and tighter.