[Qing Chuan] The daily life of the seven princes

Concubine Niu Gulu raised her foot that was swollen like a pig's trotter: "Sister, look, my foot has been swollen for more than half a month, how can I walk?"

Edema during pregnancy is a very common phenomenon, divided into physiological and pathological.In the absence of blood biochemical and urine routine tests, only a simple physical examination can be used to identify them.

Without an auxiliary examination as a reference, the imperial concubine can only give her own advice based on experience.For example, eat a light diet, drink less water, exercise more, lie on the left side, raise the lower limbs appropriately, etc...

In the past few years in the palace, there have been many mothers who have given birth. She is the imperial concubine. In a word, she has to take care of their food and clothing during pregnancy until delivery.

She will give advice to everyone, and it is her own business whether to listen or not.

The two stable women squatted beside the bed anxiously. She went over to take a look. The child was not born at all, and had already shown signs of distress in the womb. If it was delayed, the result would be suffocation, brain damage, or death.

Mrs. Wen is in a hurry, but the imperial concubine is not in a hurry. Although she is not an obstetrician, she has spent two months in the obstetrics department as an undergraduate internship. This small problem can be solved.

"Bai Lu," the imperial concubine ordered her personal maid, "go get my things."

"Yes."

Bai Lu responded and left, without asking any further questions, she turned around and left.

In fact, she was promoted by the imperial concubine two years ago. Before that, the most trusted person around the imperial concubine was a nanny who was brought into the palace from the Tong family. She was stubborn and talkative, and took care of everything.

The imperial concubine asked her to do something, and she could gossip about it for a long time, only then did she discover that Bai Lu was a diligent girl, and she never asked too many questions.

It wasn't until the evening that Kangxi finished reviewing the memorial that he remembered that Concubine Niu Yulu was giving birth, so he asked Liang Jiugong, "Has the baby been born?"

Liang Jiugong bowed and replied: "Not yet, the imperial concubine sent someone to spread the word, saying that the concubine is the first child, and giving birth is very difficult, and the adults and children may be in danger if it is delayed."

Kangxi became a little anxious now, and quickly put down what he was doing, and drove to Chuxiu Palace.

The time has come to Haishi, and the seventh elder brother has already fallen asleep at this time on weekdays.

What happened today, Yinyou tossed and turned on the bed but refused to sleep obediently.

He didn't sleep, so Li Xi could only stay by his side.

Yinyou was weak and sick since he was a child, and he couldn't live without people around him. Since he was sent to be raised in the Compassionate Ning Palace, he has been living in the green cabinet in the empress dowager's bedroom, and his ancestors lived in the warm pavilion inside.

Li Xi held his shoulder, pressed him lightly on the pillow, and said in a low voice: "Brother, if you don't sleep anymore, the old ancestor will be woken up by you."

Yinyou opened his eyes, and the dim candlelight beside the bed fell into his eyes, like stars in the sky.

"Aunt Xi, Niu Yulu is going to give birth to a baby."

Li Xi laughed silently, and asked him: "The imperial concubine Niu Gulu gave birth to a baby, why don't you sleep?"

"You said, will she have a younger brother or a younger sister?"

Li Xi couldn't answer this question, so he casually perfunctory him: "Brother, in the deep palace, a mother is more expensive than a child, which empress doesn't want to have an elder brother?"

Yinyou didn't speak for a long time, Li Xi thought he was asleep, and closed his eyes unconsciously.

Just as she was lying on the bedside and fell asleep in a daze, she suddenly heard Yinyou ask again: "Aunt Xi, will you have a baby in the future?"

"Yes, when you grow up, I will also reach the age to leave the palace."

Yinyou rested his small head on her arm: "What are you doing out of the palace?"

Li Xi caressed the top of his head: "Marry and have children."

Yinyou remembered what Nan Huairen said during the day: "Master Nan said that giving birth to a child would be life-threatening."

Li Xi teased him with a smile: "People say that raising children will prevent old age. If I don't have children, who will take care of me when I get old?"

Yinyou thought for a while, lifted the quilt and patted his thin chest: "You took care of me when I was young, and I will take care of you when you are old."

Li Xi sat up suddenly, wrapped him into a ball with a quilt and hugged him into his arms: "Seventh elder brother, I will give you the life of this servant."

Exhausted energy during the day, at this moment leaning in the familiar embrace, the little guy finally couldn't hold on, and fell asleep deeply.

When Kangxi came to Chuxiu Palace, it was already chaotic inside. The imperial physician was waiting outside the palace, and the maids came in and out with hot water soup and medicine, and the screams of women came intermittently.

A person dressed as a court lady walked in quickly from the outside, and Kangxi recognized that it was Bailu beside the imperial concubine.

She held a wooden box in one hand and a porcelain vase in the other.Seeing the emperor bowing his body and saluting, he hurried into the house again.

Kangxi knew what was in that porcelain bottle. He saw that his cousin had used it many times. They had studied the high-alcohol distillation method together, and he thought about using this method to distill other things.

The minor operation performed by the imperial concubine is very simple, it is a side cut, which helps the child to be born smoothly, and can also prevent the pregnant woman from severe tearing.

The imperial concubine was analgesic so badly that she couldn't feel the pain of the knife making a small cut in her skin, but the nuns and maids all over the room watched in horror.

The imperial concubine's attack was too ruthless, if she cut it with a knife, would that place still be useful?

The baby was born smoothly, but did not cry, pure color cyanosis, indeed there were signs of suffocation.

Both Po Wen and Nanny were scared to death. Can the child live without crying?

It seemed tricky, but the imperial concubine was very calm. The child turned over, bounced his little feet up and down twice, cried out with a loud cry, and established spontaneous breathing.

Wen Po came over with a pair of scissors to cut the umbilical cord, but the imperial concubine stopped her again.

In this era, neonatal tetanus due to improper handling of the umbilical cord was the leading cause of poor neonatal survival.

The treatment of the imperial concubine was very meticulous. The scissors and gauze were all brought by Bailu and sterilized by high temperature and alcohol.

Concubine Niu Colu collapsed on the bed as if collapsed, but still struggled to look after the child. The imperial concubine handed the child to Mrs. Wen, told them to remember to keep the child warm, and left the room.

When she came to the front hall, she saw Kangxi pacing outside. The court lady fetched water and asked her to wash her hands, and Kangxi came over to ask about the situation.

The imperial concubine told the truth about the situation of the adults and children. In the past few years, several empresses in the palace gave birth. As long as the imperial concubine was present, both adults and children would be safe. Even the imperial physician said that the imperial concubine was quite talented in medical skills.

She said that there is no problem, and Kangxi was relieved: "The imperial concubine has worked hard."

These are small situations that can be easily resolved, not to mention hard work.If you encounter a difficult situation, you can only accept your fate.

The nanny carried the child over like offering a treasure: "Congratulations to the emperor, you are a little elder brother."

Kangxi didn't reach out, just looked down.Happy is happy, but if you want to say how excited, it is not.After all, there are more than 20 sons and daughters, and the freshness of being a father has long since disappeared.

On the way, Bai Lu asked him very puzzled: "Your Majesty, this servant thinks that Concubine Niu Gulu may not accept our favor, look at the servants in her palace, each one is more arrogant than the other."

The imperial concubine was assessing the child's physical signs in her mind, and she answered casually: "It is enough for the emperor to appreciate you."

Work is done for leaders, not for colleagues.

Bai Lu: "..."

The imperial concubine yawned, and was going to go back to create a medical record for the mother and son, and then bring over the visit records of the Imperial Hospital for reference.

After thinking about it carefully, this kind of minor surgery that does not require sutures has small wounds and a low risk of infection. It is like inoculating children with vaccinia. It can be tried and even promoted.

On the second day, the imperial concubine routinely went to the Palace of Compassion and Peace to pay her respects to the empress dowager. By the way, she talked about the situation of the imperial concubine Niu Colu and her newborn baby brother.

When Yinyou heard that Er Niang was going to Chuxiu Palace next time, he didn't even go to Qianqing Palace, clamoring to see his younger brother with Er Niang.

It was the first time Yinyou saw such a small child, Erniang only wanted him to stand aside and watch, and not allow him to do anything, so Yinyou obediently stood beside the cradle.

The younger brother is red and crumpled, like a skinned mouse, not pretty, but Yinyou is still full of curiosity.

"Where did my brother come from?"

"Picked it out of a trash can."

The imperial concubine made a joke, but she didn't expect her son to take it seriously: "Did I also find it in a trash can?"

"Of course not, you came from Erniang's belly, and my brother also came from the belly of Concubine Niu Gulu."

Yinyou raised his chin, expressing that he knew: "Birth is when a woman enters the process of giving birth. This is not an easy thing, and there is a great danger to her life."

He recounted Nan Huairen's words from yesterday, and the little elder brother's nanny next to him reacted even more than Concubine Tong Gui: "Seventh elder brother is a prince, how can he inquire about women's births, it's embarrassing."

After she finished speaking, she realized that she had offended her master by talking too much, and knelt down in front of the imperial concubine in panic: "It's a slave who talks too much, your empress forgive me."

The imperial concubine just waved her hand to let her go down, then turned her head and patted her son's head: "Master Nan is right, the child's birthday is the mother's good day."

"Ama said that bearing children is a woman's bounden duty." The little guy pouted, "I don't think he's right."

The imperial concubine was curious: "What's wrong?"

"I don't want Erniang to be in danger, so I don't want Erniang to have any younger brothers and sisters. It is enough for Erniang to have Xiaoqi and elder brother."

Tong Qingyi felt as if her heart had been soaked in a honeypot, and couldn't help but rubbed her son's little face: "It's enough for Er Niang to have you."

Soon after, it will be the winter solstice. As the saying goes, the winter solstice is a big festival, which is a very grand and grand festival.

On this day, the princes who study in the study can have a day off.

Early in the morning, Kangxi took the prince to sacrifice to heaven, which he called "the suburbs of winter solstice".Next, the ceremony of presenting the congratulatory form to the emperor by all the officials will be the family banquet of the Qianqing Palace in the evening.

It snowed heavily the night before, and when we got up the next morning, the eaves and treetops were covered with snow, and a thick layer had accumulated on the ground. The entire Forbidden City was a vast expanse of white.

This made Yinyou very happy. As soon as he opened his eyes, he yelled for Li Xi to dress him, and he wanted to go to the Royal Garden to play in the snow.

Today's imperial garden is very lively, except for the crown prince and the two infant elder brothers, the other princes and princesses are all present.

The children were playing with the snow in the garden, and the ladies were wearing capes, holding the stove, warming wine and chatting in the pavilion.

Among them, the focus of the chat is naturally Concubine Niu Colu and Concubine Yi. The two have just added a younger brother to the emperor. It's my turn.

The imperial concubine did not participate in the sisters' tea party, but stood in the yard and directed her two sons to make snowmen.

Start with a fist-sized snowball, and slowly roll it bigger and bigger until it becomes a big snowball about the height of Yinyou.

At this time, the empress dowager also came to the imperial garden with her fifth elder brother Yinqi.

All the empresses stood up to welcome the queen mother, the elders came, and the imperial concubine naturally had to go to accompany her.

Yin Qi took the initiative to come over to play with his elder brother and younger brother, and after a while the second and third princesses also joined in.

The snowman's body and head were ready, so Yinzhen went to find two branches, one on the left and one on the right, and put them on both sides of the snowman as arms.

Yinyou looked around, but didn't find anything that could make a snowman's eyes, but saw a head poking out from behind the rockery.