There is no phoenix

After Baoqin went out, Yuan Chun personally picked a pear that was not too big or too small among the pears that Baoqin had prepared.According to the method last night, Yuan Chun carefully put the rolled silk cloth inside, then patched up the cut pear, and poured wax oil on it.If you don't look carefully, you can't really see it at all.

Yuan Chun put the pear back in the basket.Looking at the two sticks of ginseng prepared by Baoqin, and the two boxes of angelica, Yuan Chun prayed in his heart: ginseng and angelica, life angelica.If the old ladies and wives and the women and children of Jia's mansion go back to Jinling, where there are old houses to worship the fields, the emperor will not implicate them.But what if the old ladies and wives don't understand at all?

Although these few things, as long as they are a little smart and have a heart, they will know, and they must be vigilant.But at this time, she was a concubine pregnant with dragon descendants, and the emperor valued her on the surface, but secretly asked the prince to check her natal family.

Now, her cousin Daiyu, who grew up in Jia's mansion, married Shui Rong, who was favored by the emperor, as her concubine; Tan Chunchun, the princess of Nanning, who was married to Li Tai, the champion of martial arts, is now guarding the South China Sea.Ning Guogong and Rong Guogong in Jia's Mansion were all people who were highly valued by the Taizu back then. They have been hereditary for many years, and the emperor's grace has always been great.When my relatives see these gifts, will they not know their deep meaning because of these brilliance?

The hanging heart can't be relieved, but it's really helpless.Yuan Chun looked outside Fengzao Palace several times, hoping that Baoqin would come back soon.What I asked Baoqin to tell Dai Quan was to give pears and supplements to the old lady, because I dreamed that the old lady was not in good health, and the old lady always liked to eat pears.For such a reason, would this high-ranking and unpredictable emperor have any doubts?

Seeing Yuan Chun standing at the gate of the courtyard for a long time, several maids comforted Yuan Chun and said: "Your Majesty, go in and rest, you have been standing for a long time, Aunt Baoqin should be back soon."

Yuan Chun hurriedly said: "It's okay, I got up late today, I'll stand for a while and then go in."

At this time in the Chengde Palace, Shui Ruoyang had just returned from court, and was about to pick up the memorials sent by various ministries to read, but Dai Quan came in and said: "Your Majesty, the qin beside the Xiande Concubine came over and said, last night, the empress had a dream and said I dreamed that the old matriarch of Jia's mansion is not in good health, so I would like to ask someone to send two boxes of tonics and some pears to Rongguo mansion, and take a look at the old matriarch by the way."

Shui Ruoyang didn't look up after hearing this, and said, "Dai Quan, call Baoqin in! I want to ask you face to face."

After a while, Dai Quan brought the piano in and came in, saluted, Shui Ruoyang asked: "Just now I heard that Concubine Xiande didn't sleep well last night, but is it true?"

Baoqin said: "Go back to the emperor, it's true. The empress only woke up at this hour, and said that she had a dream last night, dreaming that the old lady was not in good health. She also said that the old lady liked to eat pears the most, and said that the old lady Taijun is getting old, it is cold now, maybe he is really sick, so I want people to go to Rongguo Mansion to have a look, and the empress asks the slaves to beg the emperor's grace to fulfill the empress' wishes!"

Shui Ruoyang said: "Forget it, it's hard for Concubine Xiande not to forget filial piety because of her heavy body, I Xu Xiande Concubine sent two young eunuchs to Rongguo Mansion. But Baoqin, you are now considered an old man in the palace, you have to tell me to go The person who sent the tonic, came back after seeing the old lady, and can't bring anything into the Fengzao Palace. Let your mother take care of your body and go down!"

After Baoqin heard this, he quickly knelt down and thanked: "My servant thanked the emperor for his kindness on behalf of my mother. This servant will go back and tell my mother now, so that my mother can be happy and relieved!"

After holding the piano and leaving, Shui Ruoyang looked at the memorials on the dragon case, and said to Dai Quan: "Dai Quan, you asked the prince to come here now, why are there so many memorials today?"

Dai Quan said: "Today the official department sent a lot of papers. If the emperor is tired, please rest for a while, and the servant will call the prince over!"

Shui Ruoyang first looked at the papers presented by the Ministry of War, but there was nothing serious about it, only one paper said that the cold winter had come, and said that there was a lot of snow in Mobei, and he urgently needed a batch of food and grass, and hoped that it could be delivered as soon as possible.

Shui Ruoyang picked up the memorial sent by the official department again, and opened the first memorial, which turned out to be to expose the hereditary third-class general Jia Zhen of the Ningguo Mansion, saying that Jia Zhen not only gathered people to gamble in the family filial piety, but also seduced the aristocratic family in the capital all the time. The children gambled with the excuse of practicing archery. Now not only are the children of the aristocratic families who have been to Ningguo Mansion getting worse and worse, they have also lured many public officials to participate in gambling and drinking day and night, and even fights occurred. If there is no warning, this trend will It will inevitably ruin the folk customs and officialdom.

Shui Ruoyang put down this notebook and picked up another memorial. He saw that the person impeached was Jia She, the first-class hereditary general of the Rongguo Mansion. He said that when Jia She was injured and returned from the Western Expedition, he collected a lot of old money in various names.Now in the streets and alleys, this Jia She even openly claimed that he was a relative of the emperor, and also said that the prince who was going to be born by the concubine Xiande must be very rich and very likely to inherit the destiny.Then it also recorded the time, place, and few witnesses of Jia Amnesty's high-spirited speeches.

Seeing this, Shui Ruoyang couldn't help being furious, and slapped the table hard, startling Dai Quan and Prince Shuize who had just entered.

Seeing that Shui Ruoyang was angry, Dai Quan and Shui Ze hurriedly poured tea for Shui Ruoyang, and Shui Ze hurriedly comforted him: "Father, please don't be angry, don't get angry. If Father is at ease, let the ministers criticize the son. I saw Brother Rong just now after going to court, and said he was going to ask for leave, and asked Mr. Zhang to go to the Beijing Palace, and said that the young concubine was happy and vomited badly. Uncle Prince of Beijing is very happy today."

Dai Quan also persuaded: "Your Majesty, now that the Crown Princess and Princess Lin Shao have both been diagnosed with Youxi, the royal family has double happiness, so don't be so angry because of Zhezi."

After hearing this, Shui Ruoyang looked a little more cheerful, and sighed, "Ze'er, read the brochures here, and put aside all the brochures about Jia's mansion, and I'll come back later. This Jia's mansion is really too much." Yes! Dai Quan, go out with me for a walk."

After Shui Ruoyang finished speaking, he sighed, got up and walked out of Chengde Hall.

Dai Quan said: "Your Majesty, do you want to play chess with the little princess?"

Shui Ruoyang thought for a while and said: "It's been a few days since I played chess, let's go to Bixia Palace!"

The little princess Shui Yiyi is now 14 years old. Since Miaoyu recognized her ancestors and entered the palace, Shui Yiyi has changed her playful nature and started to like playing chess, reading books and learning painting.I have also been to Miaoyu's mansion several times, and asked Miaoyu to teach him how to play chess and draw.

Shui Ruoyang was very relieved to see that his little princess looked like a copy of Miaoyu.And what is different from Miaoyu is that Shui Yiyi is very cheerful and has a sweet mouth.Every time Shui Ruoyang came to Bixia Palace, he was in a particularly good mood when he left.

When Shui Ruoyang came to Bixia Palace, Shui Yiyi was painting a plum blossom.Shui Ruoyang entered the courtyard, a few court ladies wanted to report, Shui Ruoyang waved his hand and asked, "What is the little princess doing?"

A court lady said: "I am painting, please come in, Your Majesty."

Shui Ruoyang went in quietly, and saw Shui Yiyi was concentrating on drawing on the table.Looking closer, I saw that Shui Yiyi was really painting some red plums.Unlike a few years ago, the plum blossoms painted by Shui Yiyi this time are lifelike, and she can't help but secretly praise them.

"Lian'er, help me get those sheets of rice paper, I need to think about some more poems."

Shui Yiyi raised her head and saw Shui Ruoyang standing beside her, she hurriedly said with a smile: "Father, when did you come? Why didn't you let them report it, it frightened my son."

Shui Ruoyang smiled and said: "Yiyi, when did you draw plum blossoms so well?"

Shui Yiyi smiled and said: "Father, I told you that I should be like Sister Miao and Fourth Sister-in-law, so that you don't look down on me!"

Shui Ruoyang smiled and said: "Yiyi, my father has never underestimated you. You want to learn from your sister Miao and your fourth sister-in-law. My father believes that you can be as outstanding as them. This plum blossom is your sister Miao. taught?"

Shui Yiyi nodded and said: "Yes. However, I haven't seen Huangjie Miao for several days. The concubine mother said that Huangjie Miaoyu is going to have a baby, so I asked Erchen not to bother Sister Miao for the time being. I originally wanted to I went to my fourth brother to find my fourth sister-in-law, but yesterday my fourth brother came and told me that my fourth sister-in-law was very tired these days, so I asked my son to go there in a few days."

Shui Ruoyang smiled and said: "Yiyi, your fourth sister-in-law has a child now, you let her have a good rest. Go to her when she is better, okay? Now play a game of chess with my father, my father wants to see Let's see if your chess skills have progressed."

After hearing this, Shui Yiyi said happily: "Okay, Father, I haven't seen you for a few days, I know Father must be very busy, so let's play chess now!"

But it is water-soluble, because after dinner yesterday, Daiyu vomited again and again. Fortunately, Xueyan bought a lot of sour plum slices and soaked them. Daiyu slowly sucked it, but she couldn't eat any more. Let Shui Rong invite Zhang Youshi to the mansion to see Daiyu the next day.

This morning, Daiyu woke up early and said that she was a little hungry and wanted porridge.Zijuan knew that Daiyu vomited up all the food she ate last night, and also knew that Daiyu liked to drink porridge, so she cooked the porridge early.

Daiyu ate half a bowl. Seeing that Daiyu was fine for the time being, Shui Rong asked Zijuan to help her walk a few steps in the yard.Shui Rong just ate, and saw that Daiyu, who had just walked under the eaves, vomited again and again.

Seeing Daiyu suffering so much, Shui Rong hugged Daiyu to the bed and asked Zijuan to give Daiyu some sour plum slices first. Princess Beijing also heard the news and came to see her.

Seeing that Shui Rong and Princess Beijing were both in a hurry, Daiyu hurriedly said: "Mother Concubine, Brother Rong, I will lie down for a while, and I will eat something later. Brother Rong, you can go to court in peace, don't delay business because of me."

Princess Beijing knew Daiyu's temperament, so she had to say: "Rong'er, you and your father should go to court first, Zijuan and I will watch here, and when you go down to court, you invite Mr. Zhang. Yu'er has seen many illnesses, so she should know Yu'er's physique better than the doctor yesterday."

After hearing this, Shui Rong could only look at Daiyu on the bed and said: "Dai'er, concubine mother, then I'll go to court first, and I'll ask for leave later. Mr. Zhang and I should be back soon!"

Two hours later, Shui Rong really brought Zhang Youshi back to the Beijing Palace.Zhang Youshi took Daiyu's pulse first, nodded and said: "Young Concubine has been in this body for more than two months, and now she has severe nausea, which is normal. But she still vomits severely after taking the medicine, which should not be so logically. I want to see what the doctor prescribed yesterday. The prescription is the best way to prescribe the medicine."

Shui Rong then asked Zijuan to take the prescription prescribed yesterday, and said, "Mr. Zhang, why does sister Daiyu not vomit after eating sour plum slices? Last night after vomiting, she continued to eat sour plum slices."

Zijuan also said: "After the young concubine vomited from the porridge she ate in the morning, she only ate sour plum slices. The young concubine said that she really didn't want to eat anything else, she was afraid of vomiting."

Zhang Youshi looked at the prescription, nodded and said, "Young Concubine should not take longan now, that flavor of longan, and some hot medicines, it's best not to use it now for a constitution like Young Concubine's, otherwise the vomiting will be even worse."

After Zhang Youshi finished speaking, he got up to write the prescription, and then said: "Young Princess is so acid-loving now, you can drink it with sour plum soup, just like drinking tea, but you can add more slices of sour plum. If Young Princess likes to drink porridge, When cooking porridge, you can cook sour plums and red dates together, which is better than eating sour plum slices."

Shui Rong hurriedly asked: "Mr. Zhang, are sister Daiyu and the child in her stomach okay now?"

Zhang Youshi hurriedly said: "My young concubine needs to rest more these days, reduce fatigue, and try to be as calm as possible, so as to benefit myself and the child in my stomach. Right now, I see that the young concubine's pulse is very good, and both mother and child are temporarily calm. No problem, young prince just rest assured."

Shui Rong said: "Mr. Zhang, you don't want to take medicine like this all the time, do you?"

Zhang Youshi smiled and said: "Of course it won't be like this all the time. The child is more than two months old now, and he won't be so boring and vomiting in a month at most. However, the young concubine is pregnant for the first time, so try not to ride a horse or a car as much as possible. Rest in the palace."

Zhang Youshi prescribed a prescription, gave some instructions, and got up to leave.Shui Rong wanted to stay for dinner, Zhang Youshi smiled and said: "Since I came out of the palace, I'd better go to Feng's mansion. I estimated that the princess will give birth in two days. Yesterday Ziying came to the palace and told me to help me today. Princess Miaoyu is going to check the pulse again, this is just a drop in."

After hearing this, Shui Rong had no choice but to stop keeping Zhang Youshi away and sent Zhang Youshi out of the gate of the Beijing Prince's Mansion before returning to Qingzhu Garden.

However, in the Rongguo Mansion, today is a rare and festive day.It turned out that Jia Lian sent Qiutong back to give birth a month ago.Only four or five days after returning, Qiutong gave birth to a baby boy.The happiest ones were Jia Lian and Mrs. Jia Shexing, and Jia's mother was also very excited.Because Jia Lian was going back to Chang'an County, he stayed at home for seven or eight days and then left.

Although Jia Lian was not at home, Jia's mother still asked Jia She to entertain many guests.Originally, the child would not be full moon until a few days later, but Jia She said that this was his first grandson, so he arranged a banquet a few days in advance, saying that he had invited many relatives and friends.When Jia Mu heard this, she was naturally happy to agree.Although Qiutong was just a concubine, she was Jia Lian's first son after all, so the female family members of Hefu, everyone in Ningguofu and Aunt Xue were invited to the banquet.Since Wang Ren had already returned to Jinling, he did not inform him.Neither Daiyu nor Xiangyun informed her.

Near noon, everyone sat and chatted at Jiamu's place.Because Baochai was five months pregnant and did not come, Aunt Xue went to sit for a while and then said that she would go to Baochai's Yihong Courtyard to see Baochai.

Baochan has passed away, and Aunt Xue invited a nanny to take Xue Pan's son, so she hasn't come to Rongguo Mansion for a long time.And because Baochai was pregnant, she didn't have time to go back to visit her mother.

Mother Jia asked Mrs. Wang to accompany Aunt Xue to see Baochai, and Mrs. Pinger Xing was going there to greet the guests.For a while, only You Shi and Li Wan were talking with Jia Mu in the room.

Suddenly, a girl came in hurriedly and said: "Old lady, two little father-in-laws came to the palace. They said that they were sent by the empress, and they wanted to send things to the old lady. Come here."

When Jia Mu heard that someone was coming from the palace, she hurriedly said, "Come in quickly!"

Youshi and Li Wan hurriedly stood up to greet them.

After a while, as expected, Lai Da brought in two young eunuchs.The two little eunuchs bowed to Jia Mu and said: "Old Madam, Your Majesty dreamed of the old lady yesterday, saying that the old lady likes to eat pears, so she specially asked the servants to give some of the tribute pears to the old lady, and there are still a few boxes." tonic!"

After the two eunuchs finished speaking, one handed over a basket of pears and the other a large bag of supplements, and said: "When the servants came, the lady specifically explained that these gifts are for the old lady. As for the wives and grandmas, wait The empress will send it after giving birth."

After hearing this, Mother Jia breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, you made it clear as soon as you came, otherwise I thought there was something wrong with the Xiande Concubine. The lady is really filial. Let me ask you, how is the lady doing now?"

The two young eunuchs hurriedly returned: "Don't worry, old majesty, now the empress is about to give birth, and the emperor is very concerned about the empress. From today onwards, Li Gong'e, who is in charge of the pharmacy, will move to Fenghuang according to the empress's request and the emperor's will. The Zao Palace is dedicated to serving the empress; in a few days, the emperor will let the two midwifes live in the Fengzao Palace to facilitate the delivery of the empress."

When Jia Mu heard this, she said happily, "Then I'm sorry to both my father-in-laws. Please tell the imperial concubine that everything is fine in our house, and let her not worry."

After that, Jia Mu asked Yuanyang to present the first-class seal.The two father-in-laws took the red envelope and got up to say goodbye.