There is no phoenix

In the early morning hours of November [-]th, Shui Ruoyang, the son of heaven who was resting in Chengde Hall, just woke up and saw Li Ruobing next to him sleeping soundly. Shui Ruoyang got out of bed gently. Getting ready to go to bed early, Shui Ruoyang held back and smiled and said, "Binger, rest well, it's cold now, you don't need to get up so early."

Li Rubing said: "No, Your Majesty, I used to get up very early. I don't know why I've been lazy since I came here. I always forget to wake up in time."

After Li Rubing finished speaking, she got busy getting dressed.

For a while, several maids came in with hot water for washing, and a maid from outside came in and said: "Your Majesty, Aunt Baoqin from Fengzao Palace is here, and she said that Concubine Xiande is giving birth, and the midwife asked her to report to the emperor. !"

After hearing this, Shui Ruoyang hurriedly said: "How is the empress now? Is it not going well? Ask Baoqin to come in!"

After a while, Baoqin came in and said: "Your Majesty, Mammy said that your mother's fetal position is not right, and she was afraid that she would not be able to bear it, so she asked the servant to tell the emperor!"

Shui Ruoyang hurriedly said: "A few days ago, I heard that the fetal position is very good, why is it not correct now after giving birth? Did you call the imperial doctor? I will go and have a look now!"

Li Rubing said: "Your Majesty, I will go with you."

Shui Ruoyang listened and nodded, Li Rubing then put a cloak on Shui Ruoyang and hurried to Fengzao Palace together.

When Shui Ruoyang and Li Rubing came to Fengzao Palace, Yuan Chun was so painful that he almost fainted.

Li Rubing saw a pool of blood under Yuan Chun's body, but the child's head could not be seen. The two nuns were sweating profusely, and the imperial physician at the side also said: "Your Majesty, your mother's fetal position is a bit wrong, but the most important thing is that the child may It’s too big, and it’s the first time for the mother to give birth, and she doesn’t usually move around, so it’s hard for the baby to come down.”

Li Rubing hurriedly said to the two midwives: "The mother has no strength now, and the baby is still in the belly. It is very dangerous. I have not picked up the baby, but I have seen my master deliver a deer with a difficult labor. The deer can't get out. Come on, let Xiaolu go first. Your mother’s baby is still in the womb, so you have to go along with the baby first and then induce labor.”

The two nuns said: "Miss Li, the problem is how to obey the child in the mother's womb. We have been obedient for a long time, but we are not easy, and we are afraid of hurting the child."

Li Rubing said: "Mommy, have you followed the birth canal smoothly?"

The two nuns said, "Not really."

Li Rubing said: "Then try it. If it doesn't work out, adults and children suffer, and their lives are at stake."

After Li Rubing finished speaking, he said to Yuan Chun who could only groan, "Your Majesty, hold back."

Yuan Chun was sweating all over, he just looked at Li Rubing and said, "Miss Li, please save my child, I am willing to exchange my life for my child's life!"

Dai Quan saw that it was really not suitable for Shui Ruoyang to stay here, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, my servant will accompany you outside to wait."

Shui Ruoyang glanced at Li Rubing, Li Rubing hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you go out first, I am here to accompany the empress."

After hearing this, Shui Ruoyang had no choice but to walk out of the house.

Half an hour later, there was finally a cry of a baby from Fengzao Palace, and the child who pinned Jia's infinite hopes was finally born.

This is a baby girl. When Yuan Chun exerted his last strength, the baby was finally born, and Yuan Chun also passed out.

When Li Rubing walked out of Yuanchun's bedroom, Shui Ruoyang hurriedly asked: "Bing'er, how is the child? Is Concubine Xiande okay?"

Li Rubing hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the emperor, the little princess is fine. Hearing the crying, she should be in good health. Although the Xiande concubine has fainted now, she should wake up soon."

Shui Ruoyang took Li Rubing's hand, saw several deep fingerprints on Li Rubing's palm, and asked with concern: "Binger, what's wrong with your hand?"

Li Rubing hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's okay. Concubine Xiande was in pain just now, so hold on tighter, and it will be fine after a while with hot water."

Shui Ruoyang sighed lovingly: "All the concubines in the palace are as broad-minded as you, why worry about peace!"

Dai Quan on the side said: "Your Majesty, now that your mother has given birth safely, it's better to have breakfast first, and the court will be early later."

Shui Ruoyang listened, and hurriedly said to the maids around him: "You guys here take good care of Concubine Xiande and the little princess, let Concubine Xiande take good care of her body, and you will be rewarded in a while!"

After Shui Ruoyang finished speaking, he took Li Rubing's hand and said, "Bing'er, accompany me to have breakfast, let's go!"

Half an hour later, Yuan Chun woke up and realized that he had given birth to a princess.Looking at the baby girl next to him who pinned on himself and the Jia family's boundless hopes, Yuan Chun couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

With a lingering heart, is this the fate of himself and the Jia family?

Shui Ruoyang came here when she gave birth, and promised to reward the entire Fengzao Palace, but Yuan Chun was still not at ease.The crown prince must still be investigating Jia's mansion, what exactly did Jia's mansion do so excessively that the crown prince said that Jia's mansion was "too weak to recover"?

Yuan Chun really wanted to know the current situation in Jia's mansion, but he was staying in this deep palace, and Shui Ruoyang was not allowed to send anything from outside, so how could he know everything outside!

Baoqin saw that Yuan Chun was just in a daze, and quickly comforted him: "Your Majesty, now that you have a little princess, no matter what the emperor does, he will definitely not embarrass you. For the sake of your empress and the little princess, the emperor should also treat our family well. of."

Yuan Chun smiled wryly and said: "But the emperor kept it from me and asked the prince to investigate my natal family. Now that the emperor has a newcomer, how can he remember me?"

Baoqin said: "But I think that Li Gong'e still remembers the kindness of the empress very much. If she hadn't come here today, the empress and the little princess would still suffer."

Yuan Chun said: "I know that. But, thinking of the emperor bringing her here, and then taking her away, I can't express the feeling in my heart. Baoqin, when you go to see the emperor later, just say that I have given birth now and want to give birth to her." My grandmother and mother report that they are safe, let them rest assured, and see if the emperor will agree?"

Baoqin said: "Okay, Niang Niang, I will go in a while, the emperor should go down early."

But Shui Ruoyang had just returned to Chengde Palace after the morning court, when Dai Quan came in and said, "Your Majesty, Li Wenzheng, the minister of punishment, has something important to report."

Shui Ruoyang said: "Why didn't he play in the court just now, and now he said something important? Tell him to come in."

After a while, Li Wenzheng came in, gave Shui Ruoyang the courtesy of a monarch and minister, and said: "Your Majesty, I have something important to report!"

Shui Ruoyang said: "Why didn't Aiqing tell the court just now?"

Li Wenzheng said: "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't say anything, it's because it might be better to report to the Emperor here."

Shui Ruoyang asked with some doubts: "What's the matter? Tell me!"

Li Wenzheng said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Criminal Justice is currently imprisoning many people from the Ningguo Mansion. In order to deal with those female relatives and servants in the past two days, I have found out some other secret and illegal matters about the Jia Mansion. I dare not be self-reliant. So ask the emperor to make a decision."

After hearing this, Shui Ruoyang hurriedly said, "Li Aiqing can just talk about it."

Li Wenzheng said: "The first thing is that Qin Keqing, who the emperor thought was Prince Yizhong's princess, didn't die of illness, but committed suicide in Tianxiang Tower. One of her two girls died after touching a pillar, and the other became a nun. , and several servants testified that Qin Keqing and Jia Zhen had incest."

After hearing this, Shui Ruoyang said in surprise, "There is such a thing? Is there anyone to prove it?"

Li Wenzheng said: "Of course there is. It was reported by the old family members in the Ningguo Mansion. Now those people are still in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Those people also said that if you don't believe it, you can find Qin Keqing's monk girl Baozhu and find out."

Shui Ruoyang asked again: "What else?"

Li Wenzheng said: "There are also people who reported that before the Zhen family in Jiangnan was ransacked three years ago, many of the gold and silver belongings of the Zhen family were sent to Jia's mansion. They also told the number of people who were sent to Jia's mansion, the number of cars, and the time and place to help carry them. people."

Shui Ruoyang lowered his face and asked, "Anything else?"

Li Wenzheng said: "There are also reports that the Rongguo Mansion has abused lynchings and even forced servant girls to commit suicide."

Shui Ruoyang said: "Li Aiqing, please explain clearly, how did they abuse the lynching and force the maid to commit suicide?"

Li Wenzheng said: "Your Majesty, this is also reported by the imprisoned servants of Ningguo Mansion, saying that the men in Rongguo Mansion of Ningguo Mansion are so lustful and promiscuous, and have a lot of filthy girls and daughters-in-law. Among them, Jia Sheqiang married civilian women as concubines. , raped the girl, and Jia Lian, the son of Jia Amnesty, often hooked up with the servant's wife, and was discovered by the main room, but the servant's daughter-in-law committed suicide in embarrassment. Jia Baoyu molested the girl, and finally the girl threw herself into a well and died. Going to the Mantou Nunnery and the nuns are unclear, and they also reported that two nuns were pregnant and gave birth to a child, and one child is still in the Mantou Nunnery.”

Shui Ruoyang heard this, slapped the dragon case hard, and said angrily: "There is no good man in Jia's mansion! It's really disgusting!"