The daily life of the crown prince of the Song Dynasty

Song Renzong is very skillful in holding his son, and it seems that he often holds the child frequently.He looked down and saw his son looking at him with a pair of big black and white eyes, his heart suddenly softened, and he couldn't help rubbing his forehead gently against his son's.

Zhao Yang could feel Song Renzong's love and love for him, and gave him a brilliant gift without hesitation.

"Toothless" smile.

Seeing his son's bright and lovely smile, Song Renzong's heart almost melted, and he couldn't help but kissed his son's little face again.

Sitting aside, Empress Cao and Miao Zhaorong saw the interaction between Song Renzong and Zhao Yang, and they couldn't help but smile on their faces.

Song Renzong held Zhao Yang in his arms, and said to Empress Cao who was sitting next to him: "Yang Yang is in good spirits." In fact, Song Renzong was also worried about Zhao Yang's body.He was very afraid that Zhao Yang would die suddenly like the previous King Yu.

King Yu is the second son of Song Renzong, the child born to him and Miao Zhaorong.When King Yu was born, he was very healthy and had no problems, but he died suddenly when he was three years old.The death of King Yu was a great blow to Song Renzong, because this was the son he was looking forward to with great difficulty.After King Yu was born, although he was not named a prince, both the former dynasty and the harem acquiesced that he was a prince.Song Renzong originally planned to wait for him to become a prince when he was older, but he didn't want King Yu to not have this blessing.

Song Renzong's heirs have always been very difficult, and sons are even rarer.The ministers of the previous dynasty have always been very worried about this matter.A few years ago, the ministers saw that Song Renzong had no prince for a long time, so they put forward a suggestion that Song Renzong's adoptive clan's son should be raised as the prince.Ten years ago, Song Renzong raised a child of the clan.But after King Yu was born, the child was sent back.

After the death of King Yu, no prince was born in two or three years, and the ministers again asked Song Renzong to raise the children of the clan.Song Renzong was very reluctant to adopt the children of the clan, after all, the adopted children were not as good as his own son.Besides, he didn't like the previous child very much, although that child was the smartest and well-behaved child in the clan.In fact, the ministers were not very willing to let Song Renzong adopt a child from the clan to be the prince, but there was no other way.

Urged by the ministers, Song Renzong had no choice but to go to Zhonggong to stay overnight with the attitude of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor.More than a year ago, he basically stayed in the central palace every day, but the empress had no good news for a long time. Just when he was disheartened, there was good news that the empress was pregnant.

Since the queen was diagnosed with a dragon heir, both the front court and the harem were in great joy.For the ministers of the former dynasty, they most hoped that the empress would give birth to a son for the official family.

For the women in the harem, if the empress can give birth to a son, they can also breathe a sigh of relief.In fact, for the ladies in the various palaces, it is also very stressful for them not to give birth to a prince for the official family.

It was a good thing for Song Renzong that the queen was pregnant, but it was also a bad thing.Over the years, the queen has not been pregnant, which was deliberately done by Song Renzong. He did not want the prince to be born to the queen, because the Cao family was too powerful.He didn't want his son to be controlled by the Queen Mother before he took over the government like him.

Although Song Renzong's mood is a bit complicated, he is still happy on the whole.If the queen gave birth to a legitimate son, he would no longer be urged by the ministers to adopt the clan's child.

After the queen became pregnant, Song Renzong often came to Kunning Palace to visit her and cared about her and the baby in her belly every day.The queen is in good health, and has not experienced morning sickness or poor sleep since she became pregnant.The imperial doctor said that the fetus was also very healthy, which reassured him a lot.

When the queen was six months pregnant, the imperial doctor judged that she was pregnant with the little prince.This news made Song Renzong and the former ministers very happy.

The son-in-law hadn't been born yet, so he was looking forward to it.It is no exaggeration to say that it is a collection of thousands of favors, but also a collection of thousands of expectations.

Song Renzong attached great importance to the empress's birth, and always asked the ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and imperial physicians to take good care of the empress and the prince in her stomach.Not only that, since they learned that the queen is pregnant with a prince, the officials have been picking names every day.He disliked that he did not get it well, and asked the ministers to help him get it.It is no exaggeration to say that more than 1000 names were taken.Finally, the name "Zhao Shu" was decided, but the name was changed after Zhao Yang was born.

"Yang Yang just woke up and had a full meal."

"Just woke up?" Song Renzong said with a slight frown, "Didn't Yang Yang wake up at Chenshi on weekdays? Why didn't he wake up until Sishi today?" Song Renzong not only came to Kunning Palace to visit his son every day, but sometimes He will stay in Kunning Palace overnight and knows his son's routine very well.For example, when my son wakes up every morning, when he takes a nap at noon every day, and when he goes to bed every night is very clear.

"Sleep a little bit today."

Song Renzong was worried, so he said to Zhang Maoshi who was waiting outside: "Go ask the imperial physician." Since Zhao Yang was born, Song Renzong attached great importance to his body and did not dare to be sloppy at all.

Zhao Yang's son is the son he had been looking forward to with great difficulty, and he must not let his son have any problems.

When Empress Cao heard that Song Renzong sent someone to call the imperial physician, she didn't stop her.She knew in her heart that the officials attached great importance to Yang Yang and would not allow any mistakes in Yang Yang.Besides, she herself was worried about her son's health.However, she is not as "soldier-like" as the official family.

Zhang Maoshi moved very quickly, and brought the imperial doctor here in a short while.

Just as the imperial physician was about to salute Song Renzong and the others, he was interrupted by Song Renzong. Song Renzong asked him to take Zhao Yang's pulse first.

Zhao Yang was held in Song Renzong's arms, and the imperial physician stood aside with bow | bow | waist, carefully and conscientiously felt his pulse.After paying half the salary, he respectfully said to Song Renzong: "Officials, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in good health and there is no problem."

"Then why did he wake up an hour late today?"

"Official family, His Highness the Crown Prince is young, so it's normal to snooze." The imperial physician understood that Song Renzong was concerned about the nervousness of His Highness the Crown Prince, "Official family, it is good for children to sleep more."

Hearing what the imperial physician said, Song Renzong felt relieved.

"Starting tomorrow, you come to feel the prince's pulse every day."

"Yes, official."

Before, Song Renzong asked the imperial physician to feel Zhao Yang's pulse every five days.Now it is changed to take Zhao Yang's pulse every day, also for peace of mind.

Song Renzong has always been brooding about the death of King Yu.He felt that if he had paid attention to King Yu's body at that time, then King Yu would not have died suddenly.Therefore, after Zhao Yang was born, Song Renzong asked the imperial physician to feel Zhao Yang's pulse every five days.As long as there is a slight abnormality in Zhao Yang's body, the imperial physician must pay attention to it.He would never allow Yu's sudden death to happen to Zhao Yang again.

After the imperial physician left, Miao Zhaorong saw that Song Renzong's face was still a little unsightly, and comforted him gently: "Officials, His Highness the Crown Prince sleeps too much, which means that His Highness is in good health, so you don't need to worry too much."

Empress Cao also said: "Yangyang, this child has always been able to sleep, so the officials don't have to worry too much."

Just as Song Renzong was about to say something, his face was gently patted by a soft little hand.Then, he saw the son in his arms smiling very happily at him.The worry and anxiety in his heart disappeared in an instant.

Zhao Yang knew why Song Renzong was so nervous and worried about him, not only smiled "toothless" at him, but also babbled at him.

He really wanted to speak to comfort his father, but he is not yet one year old, and it would be suspicious to speak suddenly.He planned to wait until the Zhou Catch Ceremony was over, and then began to speak word by word.

Alas, it's been almost a year since I've been here, and the most uncomfortable thing for him is not being able to speak.Fortunately, he is not a talkative person, otherwise not being able to talk for a year would have suffocated him to death.

Empress Cao said: "Officials, Yang Yang is asking you not to worry about him."

Zhao Yang raised his chubby hand again, patted and touched Song Renzong's face, and continued to speak incomprehensible "baby language".

Song Renzong lowered his head, rubbed his face against his son's little hand, and said lovingly, "Okay, daddy is not worried, daddy is not worried."

When Zhao Yang heard this, he smiled even more happily at Song Renzong.

Song Renzong was infected by his son's smile, and couldn't help showing a happy smile on his face.

Zhao Yang continued to "□□" Song Renzong's face with his small hands, touching, patting and pulling on his face.Song Renzong was very happy to be "□□", and he took the initiative to lower his head and put his face in the hands of his son.

"Heck, heck, heck..." Zhao Yang laughed very loudly. After "ruining" Song Renzong's face, he reached out to grab Song Renzong's mustache.

Although Zhao Yang is a baby, the strength of a pair of chubby hands is not small. Song Renzong felt a little painful when he grabbed the ground, but he did not take his son's hand and let his son grab his beard.

Zhao Yang was not satisfied with pulling his beard, so he pulled it up vigorously.

"Ouch." Song Renzong cried out in pain as Zhao Yang forcibly pulled out a small strand of beard.

"Hehehehehehe..." Hearing Song Renzong's painful cry, Zhao Yang laughed even more happily.

Empress Cao thought that Song Renzong was really in pain, and quickly asked with concern: "Official, are you okay?"

Song Renzong waved to Empress Cao, indicating that he was fine.He stretched out his hand and lightly poked his son's small face, and said helplessly and dotingly: "You really have strength..." Before he finished speaking, his beard was pulled off forcefully by his son.He deliberately exclaimed, "Ouch!"

"Hehehehehehe..." The son in his arms laughed loudly again.

When Empress Cao saw this, she knew that Song Renzong was playing with his son.

Miao Zhaorong smiled and said, "Now His Royal Highness found something interesting."

Really found something interesting.

Zhao Yang didn't expect that pulling the emperor's beard would be so fun and very rewarding.However, he didn't go too far, and after a few tugging, he stopped tugging.

Song Renzong reached out and touched his beard. Although he waved to the queen just now and said it was okay, it really hurt.He really didn't expect that Yang Yang's hand was so strong, it hurt him a lot.

"Daddy's beard is not your toy."

Empress Cao saw Song Renzong holding the child for a while.Furthermore, Song Renzong said to Song Renzong before he had any tea after he entered Kunning Palace: "Officials, please drink some tea first."

Song Renzong was indeed thirsty.He came to Kunning Palace as soon as he came to court, and just now he was only interested in hugging, and didn't even drink tea.Song Renzong handed the son in his arms to Empress Cao, and then picked up the teacup and drank tea.

Zhao Yang was held in the arms of Empress Cao, very well-behaved.

After Song Renzong finished his tea, he asked, "Is there any problem with the ritual of grasping the Zhou Dynasty tomorrow?"

"Don't worry, there is no problem with the officials." Not long ago, Ren Duzhi from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to report to Empress Cao about the arrangements for the Zhou ceremony tomorrow.After Empress Cao listened carefully, she didn't find anything wrong. "The Ministry of Internal Affairs is very well prepared."

"That's good." Song Renzong looked at the son in Empress Cao's arms, his eyes full of doting, "I don't know what Yang Yangyang will catch tomorrow."