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That night, Jiang Heng saw that Nanny Yu didn't blow out the lamp as usual, so he knew that Nanny Yu had something to say.It's no wonder that yesterday, in front of the emperor, she decisively said the unlucky words of protecting the child. I heard that the emperor summoned Imperial Physician Liu and Nanny Yu this morning - she wanted to give her psychological counseling.

Sure enough, Nanny Yu sat down on a little baby.

The movement of sitting down is more troublesome for Mammy than for others: you have to put down one of the crutches first, and then put your body weight on the other crutch to support yourself, and then you can sink down and sit down.

But this kind of action also made Mammy Yu feel a sense of dexterity.

Never help.

Jiang Heng leaned on the pillow and watched.In fact, Nanny Yu's visit to Yonghe Palace really gave her a lot of comfort.People's optimism is contagious. Mammy Yu's cheerful busyness, her calm and cheerful mind, including her indulgence of her emotional ups and downs and living habits throughout her pregnancy, made Jiang Heng feel much better.

At least it’s better than those midwives who said in one bite, ‘If you can’t eat it, take another bite to save your strength for the baby’, ‘Don’t read the book, it’s not easy at this time, think about the dragon’s heir in your belly’, etc. Much better.

That is the porter who regards her as the heir of the emperor. Whenever she does something she wants to do, she is a willful, irresponsible mother, and she will receive scrutiny and objections from their royal midwives.Their tone was respectful, but what they said was always uncomfortable.

The rebellious mentality that Jiang Heng made them talk about came out.

Otherwise, you can't give the emperor a rare blunt statement: anyway, the emperor's heir is the most important, and I am not important. This is the rule of your Forbidden City.If there is an accident, don't torture me piecemeal, just give me a good time!

It can be said that this is the first time Jiang Heng has been self-willed since he joined the harem. He did not consider the mood of the leader, but vented his own mood.

Sure enough, the emperor was completely confused.

Yesterday, Jiang Heng saw that the emperor was walking away almost in a daze, and he only said half a sentence: "Take care of him well, don't think wildly, I..." and left without saying anything.

Probably because the pressure was released, Jiang Heng slept well last night.

But today, Nanny Yu came with a small bench.

Jiang Heng waved his hand: "You don't need to excuse me, Mammy. I was the one who was too anxious yesterday. I didn't intend to ruin my body. If there is no accident, I will certainly live a good life. It is not a last resort. Will give the child to someone else to raise."

Seeing Concubine Xin's fear of being lectured like this, Mammy Yu smiled: "Isn't this servant just trying to persuade the empress with some reason, in fact, the empress is already the most stable concubine I have ever seen who is pregnant for the first time."

"My maidservant is just telling you that I am making my own opinion, and I only want to obey the Queen Mother's order to let the four midwifes and the nurses who have just been sent stay in the back hall and are not allowed to come to the front—to save They're talking about you being upset."

Sure enough, Xinbi's eyes lit up.

Nanny Yu's tone of voice is usually like the warm sun on the quilt, eager and energetic, but this time it is very gentle, like a velvet blanket in the night, wrapping Jiang Heng.

"The most difficult thing to give birth to is a woman. If a woman gives birth to something by herself, those who have nothing to do with it will jump out and point out a few words. Sometimes they say that walking is not good for children, and sometimes they say that eating too much is not good. Yes, it's all nonsense!"

Nanny Yu moved the little Wuzi a little closer, and whispered to Jiang Heng: "There are few people in the harem of the Long Live Lord, and the empress may have a heart-to-heart knot. Those concubines who took the initiative to avoid suspicion avoided suspicion, and those who did not avoid suspicion all went to live in Yuanmingyuan, and the empress is still quiet every day."

"You don't know how the empress dowager got here during the years when she was pregnant one after another. It's true that every day to greet you, you have to be poured into your ears." And it was deliberately in the name of caring to exert pressure.

"The old slave still remembers that some concubines exclaimed when they saw the queen mother every day: Hey, why is your complexion so bad, concubine De, why is there no flesh on your body, you have to make up for it, otherwise the child will grow well Is it?" I can't wait for De Concubine to eat herself to 180 catties, so that she can't give birth.

Mother Yu still has to pooh when she thinks about it: "This is only said by my mother-in-law. Fortunately, she is concerned, and my mother has no reason to speak in such a tone. Let alone an outsider!"

"The empress dowager is by no means a narrow-minded person, but she was so angry that she cried at night, and she didn't dare to wipe her eyes with a handkerchief, for fear of being swollen and saying something new the next day, and people would accuse you of being pregnant. Why are people still crying?"

Seeing that Concubine Xin was listening carefully, her fair face became more and more jade-like white under the light, and she looked very cute, Mammy Yu said cherishingly; "The old slave was just an ordinary servant of the Yonghe Palace back then, and couldn't do much, so I had to Let go of the Empress Dowager more often. But now, the old slaves can decide to let the nanny of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who are used to concubines because of their seniority stop talking about you."

In this palace, there has never been a lot of slaves deceiving their masters.Especially the midwives with professional experience in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, if the non-principal concubines are pregnant, they will be assigned to them, and the pregnant concubines will not be able to say 'no' in front of them, and everything must be listened to. Arrangements, after all, they have experience.

But when it came to the position of favored master, these nuns didn't dare to bully others - after all, the emperor came to Yonghe Palace almost every day.

What they want is to show off: how to show off, of course, they need to guide the concubine Xin who is pregnant for the first time, and teach her the subject without common sense, so that they can show their abilities.

As far as these nuns looked at it, the concubine Xin was too outrageous, she seemed to be doing whatever she wanted at this moment, doing whatever she wanted, but there were too many places of persuasion!

It really annoyed Jiang Heng within two days: How about I stop being a human being and make a vase, and just carry me away where you want to put it.

Mother Yu said: "The mood is very important. I have seen many concubines hurt themselves and their children because of their own thoughts."

Jiang Heng thanked: "Thank you Madam for stopping those people for me, I will adjust my mood well next time." Jiang Heng himself could not stop the midwife that was called by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he could not even refute it.

Otherwise, if it spreads out, it will become: Concubine Xin is pregnant for the first time, but she doesn't know how to take care of it, and even the senior midwife sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs refuses to see or listen to her advice.

If the word spread, at least it was a name of arrogance, and if something happened, it would even become that she deserved it, and made her not listen to the old man's words.

Afterwards, Jiang Heng said to the nanny again: "I will remember it next time, and I won't directly say these things to the emperor. This morning, the emperor asked the nanny and the imperial doctor to face the saint. Is there no blame?" Yu Nanny is so good, even She has borne a lot of pressure from public opinion for her, and it would be bad if the emperor misunderstood that Nanny Yu didn't do a good job because of her willful words.

Sister Yu shook her head with a smile: "Don't worry, your majesty, the emperor has not blamed your servants." Then she got up from Wu Zi, walked to Jiang Heng's couch on crutches, and said in a low voice: "Actually, it's good that your majesty says such a thing to the emperor by chance. "

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven and a man, so you can't experience the difficulty of getting pregnant. If your mother doesn't complain, even though Long Live Lord knows that you have had a difficult pregnancy, she doesn't know that your mother has been so uncomfortable and afraid. No, once your mother said Seeing the matter of life and death, Long Live Lord was probably shocked, and even called Imperial Physician Liu and servants to say, if something happens, please protect your mother first!"

Nanny Yu always felt that Concubine Xin was good everywhere, but she was too sweet. According to what she had watched in the past half a year, Concubine Xin and the Emperor have always been good to each other, never blushing, not even Any verbal discord.

It's not that she wants to believe that the concubine is deliberately torturing others by acting coquettishly and infatuatedly with the emperor, seeing that the emperor is not the emperor who eats this way.

But the empress herself still has to cry because she has suffered so much. Children who can cry have candy to eat.

For example, the queen mother cried a few times at night and found something was wrong. It was useless for me to cry blindly secretly, so I could only silently die of anger.

So it was changed to crying to the first emperor.When the first emperor came to visit her, his eyes turned red: Chenqie went to pay her respects, and several sisters said that Chenqie looked unwell, and said that Chenqie's child was not raised well, and Chenqie was so worried.

The first emperor didn't know how to read people's faces and fetuses, but he knew how to call an imperial physician.Immediately called the imperial doctor, and after asking if there was no problem, he said directly, everything is subject to the imperial doctor, don't listen to those people who are bluffing and adding to the chaos!

With the words of the first emperor, the queen mother also has the confidence to hate others.

Of course, this kind of example is not easy to tell Concubine Xin.

But Nanny Yu was actually very pleased with what Concubine Xin said suddenly.

Now that the empress is in the critical period of giving birth, if she thinks wildly and says something out of line, the emperor can understand and accept it patiently.Then hurry up and say it now, and let the emperor know that the person she cares about is not as healthy as she appears, and she is actually very scared and helpless to give birth to a child so naturally.

Jiang Heng understood what Nanny Yu meant, and translated it into workplace rules: Well, you can’t always be a model employee who has no temper. Occasionally talk to your boss about your resignation (passing away), so that the boss can realize your irreplaceable and Valuable.

The midwife no longer came to the front for training, and Jiang Heng resumed his daily life.She decided to continue to find something to do for herself, so that she would inevitably think about the medical conditions here.

Recently, the freshest things she has come into contact with are all kinds of fresh Western goods that are sent out by Western countries in order to compete for the only Western business house established in Beijing.

Master Jiu didn't take these samples, but sent all of them into the thirteen warehouses.

After all, what he likes is silver, and once he secures the job, he will only think too much of these Western items.Therefore, he transferred all the Western merchants and handed them over to the palace. Of course, he took all the bribes such as silver and jewelry by himself, and he would never spit them out.

Jiang Heng deliberately picked out the items from England, she really wanted to make the emperor pay more attention to Britain.

Jiang Heng also agrees with the Emperor Jiu's strategy of 'money flowing in' that the emperor mentioned to her.

is not that right?The country's trade focus is no more than this.And the United Kingdom sells opium and opium, which are harmful to people, into China because it cannot make money in normal business with China, and the trade surplus and deficit between the two countries are reversed. A large amount of silver from the Qing Dynasty flowed into the West, and it has become increasingly empty since then.

Anyone who has studied modern history will know that the eternal pain of opium importation into China has really disintegrated from the root and brought down this land for nearly a hundred years-the root of the country lies in the people, and the people's bodies and minds have collapsed, which is equivalent to The inside is corroded, and the outside shelf won't last long.

In order to know more about Britain in this era, Jiang Heng asked the palace library for books about England.There is no library for the time being, but I immediately promised to report it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and purchase it soon.

What the Yonghe Palace wants now, as long as she doesn't want sex and the like, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not refuse to approve it.

It's just a book about English, not to mention that Jiu Ye is also setting up a Western firm with Jingzhong, which is cheap.The Ministry of Internal Affairs directly took the goods internally, and quickly got a batch of books in.

At this time, the United Kingdom is extremely jealous and curious about the land of China, and it is eager to communicate.

Especially after learning that the French mission had already been to China, and that Louis XIV was still a pen pal with the former emperor of the Qing Dynasty, England became even more anxious, so the products brought over these years are all selected, representing cultural exchanges. All kinds of books were also selected and brought with them.

I want to tell Daqing: Look at me, look at me, I am stronger than France and other countries!

Jiang Heng originally thought, yes, my biggest advantage in this era is finally coming.Although I don't understand French, my English is absolutely fine.

However, when she took it over and saw it, she burst into tears. This, it turns out that the official language of the United Kingdom is not English but Latin!It's all right if you don't have a golden finger, but why haven't you confiscated the only foreign language you know!

Depressedly, she put down the English book in her hand, and wrote on her Gantt chart plan for next year that she was going to learn Latin.

The night of December [-]th.

When Su Peisheng came up to add candles, he saw a happy smile on the emperor's face.

In the former Ming Dynasty, eunuchs had monopoly power that was harmful to the court, so the eunuchs in this dynasty were not allowed to study, and it was even more impossible for the eunuchs in the previous Ming Dynasty to be able to criticize notebooks like the eunuchs who held pens in the previous Ming Dynasty.

The most contact Su Peisheng had with Zhezi was the porter.

But after following the emperor for many years, Eunuch Su is of course able to read and write.

He also has a good memory, and he remembered that this notebook with red borders was an urgent notebook handed over from Yunnan.It was not from Governor Gao, but from Prince Lian. Because he is a prince, he has a red border to seal it.

Times have changed, Eunuch Su thought in his heart: don't say that Prince Lian went to Zhezi or went out in person, even if he heard Prince Lian's name, the emperor would not be very happy.

But now, looking at Prince Lian's excerpt, I can actually laugh out loud.

"Sure enough, people should be put in a suitable place." The emperor was indeed in a good mood.

Prince Lian's report is to report the change of ownership of King Annan.

Prince Li Chao quickly and successfully launched a coup d'état, and "invited" the former King of Li to step down. The old king died unfortunately because of his old age (actually only over 50), and the new king Li Chao cut off the rest of his brothers. All in a mess, and then "sorrow" came to power.

After the Prince of the Li family came to power, not only did he not do anything that Prince Lian had worried about and guarded against, he would turn his face and deny anyone once he ascended the throne, on the contrary, he was more affectionate to Prince Lian than he had promised.

On the second day of his accession to the throne, before his father was put in the coffin, according to the agreement with Prince Lian, the border trade between Annan and the Qing Dynasty was fully opened, and all regulations followed the old Qing practice.

Another city was retreated from the original border line of [-] miles to express its sincere apology for occupying the land of the Qing Dynasty.

Not only that, the prince who didn't like his name even changed his name to 'Li Si' on purpose.

When he entertained Prince Lian and Governor of Yunnan Gao Qizhuo, he told Prince Lian his new name with a very moved face, poured wine and toasted himself: "I used to be like walking blindly in the night and chaotic. Until the prince came here, I was like a newborn. I heard that the name of the prince has a word of 禩, Xiao Wang is not talented, I only hope to be like the prince in the future."

Prince Lian was able to hold back, still smiling like a spring breeze, and in turn praised King Li as a Qianlong who was already a blockbuster without singing.

The two of them respected each other and complimented each other, and they spoke very intimately.

Only Governor Gao felt that sitting there was particularly redundant.

Because the new King Li admired Prince Lian very much, after Gao Qizhuo's eyeballs fell off, he had to mention this matter in his letter: Your Majesty, do you want to take precautions?What if Prince Lian thought it would be better to follow King Annan and change his nationality directly.

And Prince Lian was also concerned about this, and explained this incident incidentally in the notebook.

"The new King Li treats his younger brother like Boya. My younger brother can't bear to think about it. But think about it, his gratitude to his younger brother is only temporary and will eventually fade away. The chief minister promised by the emperor to his younger brother If you get it, it will last for a long time. What's more, the concubine and Hongwang are both in the capital, and I entrust the emperor to take care of it. The younger brother will not be confused. I wish Sheng'an from afar."

After wishing Sheng'an, the eighth master added a small sentence: "I heard that the ninth younger brother has been reused by the emperor. He entered the Lifan Academy and wanted to build a western business. He can't get out of it for the time being. However, I also look forward to it here, earnestly."

After leaving the capital, Prince Lian's tea ceremony no longer confronted the emperor, and the instructions were very straightforward.

The emperor felt that it was much more pleasing to the eye, and he simply replied to him: when Annan completely returned to the Qing Dynasty, it was when he, Prince Lian, also served as Annan's chief envoy.In addition, it will take a year for Lao Jiu to send him there, and he also asked Prince Lian to develop more new people. Even if Lao Jiu passes, it is impossible to stay in Annan forever. Lao Jiu is also of great use to Westerners here. .

There are quite a few businessmen in the country who know how to do business, but there are not many who are thick-faced and black-hearted, and hold the position of a prince like an old nine.

After the emperor approved the note for Prince Lian, he came to the window.

A few snowflakes fell and melted in the air before reaching the ground, like bits and pieces of stars.

"Is there anything going on in Yonghe Palace today?"

Now all the eyes in the palace are almost focused on Yonghe Palace, waiting for Xinbi's child to land.

The emperor had to ask several times every day, and Eunuch Su also answered proficiently, including the pulse of the concubine Xin who got up early today, how she had eaten so far, and the fetal movement during the day recorded by the mother.

The emperor heard it in his ears, but still felt that he was not as at ease as seeing it with his own eyes, so he still wanted to see it himself.And she has always liked to listen to Annan and other foreign affairs, so the emperor was going to tell her the latest news about Annan.

After Jiang Heng heard the emperor talk about the Annan coup, he only thought that Prince Li, no, he is the new king now, what a foolish mistake.

I really want to tell him: Teacher Li, don't love me too much.Feeling sorry for the tea fairy will not end well!

But after the emperor finished speaking, he suddenly felt that it was not in line with the previous prenatal education, so he bent down and said to his stomach very seriously: "Learn more from the stories Ama told before, and don't learn this." It’s okay to be outside.”

December fifteenth day.

Jiang Heng looked at his pregnancy Gantt chart.

There is no B-ultrasound at this time, and the imperial doctor can only take the pulse within a few months, so it is difficult to be accurate.As for how to scientifically calculate the month of pregnancy and the due date, Jiang Heng's knowledge is blind.

She had no choice but to follow the Tai Hospital's estimate.

While watching, she said to Qiu Xue next to her, "Ama has already left for Beijing more than a month ago, but the emperor has something to say, so she walked slowly, I don't know where she is now."

Guan Bao went all the way back to Beijing, and the emperor felt that the return would not be in vain, so he happened to check all the local officials he passed by.But Guan Bao had to come to Beijing in mid-December, and the Tai Hospital calculated that Concubine Xin would give birth at the end of the month.

"There's a lot of snow this year, I'm afraid that Ama will be delayed on the road, and I have to live outside all year round, but it's desolate."

Nanny Yu said from the side: "I should be back soon, but if you are delayed on the way, you don't have to worry about it. Although the inns are often closed at the end of the year, the post houses for the imperial officials to rest are open all year round." Looking at the Baozhi River Even if the governor's position is delayed outside during the Chinese New Year, he will never sleep on the streets.

Not only Jiang Heng is counting, but the emperor is also counting.

"How long does it take for Guan Bao to come to Beijing? If the child's Xisan banquet is not attended by relatives and grandparents, it will not be complete enough."

Su Peisheng comforted: "Long live Lord, don't worry, Mr. Guanbao must be arriving in Beijing in a few days." As long as the weather is not extremely bad, passers-by will not delay returning home until after a young age.

Unexpectedly, Eunuch Su's mouth was not open this time. In the early morning of December [-] the next day, the emperor just got up and was still changing the dragon robe for going to court, when someone from Yonghe Palace came to report: "Long live back!" Lord, the letter concubine has activated."

The person who came to report the letter was Qiu Xue, and she came here with a mission assigned by Jiang Heng: If the emperor doesn't mention the Yonghe Palace, if the emperor really wants to violate the palace rules and visit the Yonghe Palace, he must stop her. emperor.

Giving birth is a time when you need to go all out, Jiang Heng really doesn't want to be distracted by the palace rules at this time, he has to persuade the emperor to go back home while he is in pain.

As long as Qiu Xue thinks about being responsible for stopping the emperor, she will feel flustered and her bones will ache, but she still tries to be strong: "Your Majesty, just don't worry!"

"You shouldn't need to persuade me." Nanny Yu casually comforted Qiu Xue: "At this time, the emperor will go to court soon. When the emperor goes to court, even if he wants to come, the empress dowager will persuade her."

Sure enough, when the emperor came down from the court, Aunt Wu Ya waited in person at the gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation: "The Empress Dowager invited Lord Long Live to go over and wait for the good news together."

The emperor understood what the empress dowager meant, and suppressed the desire to go to the Yonghe Palace: it was not a good thing for the empress to show her love for the concubine Xin.

Just go straight to the Palace of Compassion and Ning.

The empress dowager prepared hot tea for the emperor earlier, and because the emperor deliberately acted calmly, the empress dowager seemed more anxious than the emperor: "The Ai family is really restless, the emperor can come and accompany Ai's family."

Seeing that the emperor was just sitting and drinking tea, the queen mother complained: "The Ai family called you here, so it was our mother and son talking, but you came to sit in meditation?"

The emperor didn't know what to say, and his heart was still hanging high, so he took out the Annan story he had just told Jiang Heng and told the queen mother.

As soon as the queen mother heard about it, she immediately went back to her old profession, and linked her beloved grandchildren to metaphysics, only saying that this child must be blessed.

Aunt Wu Ya laughed beside her: In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, the children are like treasures descended from the mortal world.

The clock was running as usual, but the emperor felt that the time passed too slowly.

The queen mother saw that the emperor was restless and wanted to go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, so she persuaded her: "This woman's first delivery may be delayed for a day and a night. The Ai family thought that the emperor would not feel at ease when he returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation like this. I'm afraid it's not easy to have a meal this day, so why not just stay in the Compassionate Ning Palace and move the notebook over for approval?"

The emperor thought about it for a while, so he asked Su Peisheng to go back and bring some papers for him to approve.

In this respect, he and Jiang Heng are very similar. When you are uneasy, you can do some work with peace of mind.

The emperor also told Su Peisheng: "Don't move the stack on the left."

Those are some important matters, the emperor feels that he is in the mood now, it is better not to criticize them first, so as not to make any wrong decisions. "Go ahead and tell Prince Yi that if there is something extremely important, let him make a ruling and arrange it first, and just call me back."

Sure enough, I waited until night.

The sky darkened completely.

The midwife was the best at counting the time. Seeing that it was almost time for Concubine Xin to give birth, she rushed out to convey the news. The eunuchs from the Yonghe Palace would report to the three masters in the palace.

This is the process, but whether the three big brothers come or not depends on the reality.The queen still has some responsibilities, and the concubines always show up during childbirth, those two are really purely based on their mood.

But today they all arrived at the Yonghe Palace.

If the emperor hadn't been at the empress dowager's place, he would have flown here long ago.The queen mother is also the emperor's grandson (daughter) who has been read over and over again for many years. When she finally sees her, of course she has to come here in person.

The mother and son left the gate of the Compassionate Ning Palace together.

As soon as he went out, the emperor felt a chill on his cheeks, as if it was snowing.

The Empress Dowager obviously also saw the falling snowflakes, so she smiled and said, "Auspicious snowfall is a good sign. When we go, we will hear good news when we think about it."

Sure enough, as soon as the sedan chairs of the two stopped at the entrance of Yonghe Palace, two young eunuchs from Yonghe Palace ran out and kowtowed joyfully: "Go back to the emperor, the empress dowager, the concubine gave birth to the princess, and both mother and daughter are well."

The queen was the closest, having arrived at the Yonghe Palace early, and had already been sitting in the main hall for a while.

At this time, when she came to the door to welcome the Queen Mother and the Emperor, she was startled by the Emperor's smile: She has rarely seen the Emperor's smile. Now, does the Emperor look like this when he smiles?

The queen also adjusted the expression on her face, changing the joy to extremely joy, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the emperor and the empress, happy to have a princess."