Yongzheng period

Reluctant to give up, this is the empress's favorite pet... It's rare to be so slick... Hong Zhou was so greedy under Hong Han's staring eyes, he secretly glanced at He Jia and Hong Yang, thinking about how to borrow these two little beans Ding asked Huang Erniang to reward him with this starling...

Xiao Hejia puffed up his cheeks and complained, "Fifth brother! Should we go back too?!"

Hong Zhou received the fifth sister's Ruan Ru 'Baojiao', and waved his hands proudly, "Today I will take you out to 'experience the natural style', I will take care of my fifth brother!" Hong Zhoufu rubbed his chin again to seduce a few Little guy, "There are so many interesting things in my elder brother's house! There is also the rose liqueur that your little sister-in-law made. After you have had enough fun, fifth brother will send you back?"

The little ones except Hongjun were all ready to move, He Jiadang rushed forward to make Hongzhou's waist pendant, and cheered sweetly, "Fifth brother is the best!"

Wu Xiha covered her lips and smiled softly, and declined softly and timidly, "It's been a long time since I've been out, I'm afraid the concubine will be worried, so let Wu Xiha leave first." After all, he is an adult elder brother with a foreign surname, so he always wants to avoid suspicion.

Wen Yi turned his head and ordered two or three maids to follow and watch, Concubine Jing always dotes on her, just let her know.

Hongjun stayed where he was expressionless, and said, "My brother has to go back to practice calligraphy, so I can't have fun with my brother."

Hong Zhou narrowed his eyes and looked at him carefully, then patted his shoulder with a grin, and said with a smile, "Xiao Qi is too obedient, it's okay if you don't come, I'll send someone to give you some good things later—— Your little fifth sister-in-law is used to thinking about food, and her skills are really good!"

Hongjun's chest was tight when he was slapped by the familiar fifth brother, and the roots of his ears were thin red. He didn't know whether he was angry or shy.

Hong Zhou laughed loudly, dragging the three Doudings away.Hongjun watched silently until he could no longer see his back. He approached a messy food box and saw that there was still half a piece of hibiscus cake. He inadvertently thought of how satisfied he and Jia were, he hesitated for a moment before slowly putting it away. He took a bite in his mouth—but he spat it out in one gulp.

The pastry that should have been sweet tasted bitter to him, and it hit his heart.

【92】

The sun was sinking to the west, and the fire and fireflies in the main hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace could not dispel the icy chill in Daiyu's heart.She stared at the closed palace door, her mouth was dry, and her mind was wandering.

The water-red and tender sunset light slowly leaked into a gentle neon dress, under the neon dress was the bloodstain seeping into the flat gold floor tiles, piercing the corners of Daiyu's eyes.

It had been nearly an hour since the Jubilee was sent into the inner hall, the hoarseness that had been hoarse in the early days turned into barely audible pain, and then there was no more movement.Pots of clean water in Mrs. Wen's hands went in, and then basins of bloody water came out.

Daiyu was terrified when she saw it, and when she closed her eyes, she felt a bitterness in her throat: it is extremely dangerous to bleed heavily in a body that is nearly full term, not to mention that she is the first child, which is even more dangerous.

People in the hall were in panic, and the concubines outside the hall were also uncomfortable.It's almost summer, today they are all dressed in pearl hairpins and brocade clothes for the Empress Dowager's flower viewing banquet, except Guan Changzai who was sent back to Suiyuxuan due to scratches, and the rest are a little bit tired after staying for so long.

The Empress Dowager was always as stable as Mount Tai, and quietly asked the maids to prepare sour plum soup for the concubines.Daiyu also felt that her clothes were soaked in sweat, and she almost couldn't bear to rush in. Yingchun, who was standing by the side, quickly grabbed her and said, "Your Majesty, you can't go in. The imperial doctors are delivering the baby, just wait a while." That's all right." After she finished speaking, she raised her chin to indicate the presence of the Queen Mother, Daiyu forced herself to calm down when she heard the words, so she had to hold back and sit and wait quietly.

Just counting the time, but the figure of Zijuan was not seen for a long time, Daiyu's heart fell into a trough instantly, and the brows were stained with three points of anxiety.

"Women's childbirth is a step into the gate of hell. You are the queen, and you should abide by the rules." The queen mother closed her eyes slightly, calmly, "flustered and disrespectful, what do you look like?"

No matter how well-bred Daiyu was, at this time she was full of anger and anger, and was about to refute, when in a blink of an eye Zijuan and Shunfu stumbled in, with tears still on her face.Daiyu was in a bad mood, seeing the two of them knelt down together, ignoring the concubines in the palace, Shunfu took a deep breath and said, "Ma'am, just now there is a person in the side hall where Brother Nine is sick."

Everyone was stunned, Han Zheng Xuanjian said: "The weather is now heavily plagued by epidemics, and the old and young are confused and many die and mourn." The epidemic is the end of ten rooms and nine empty rooms!A crack of shock finally appeared on the Queen Mother's calm face because of the news. Concubine Duan ignored the prayers and counted the string of Buddhist beads in her hand, with the corners of her lips slightly raised.

Epidemic... Xiaojiu... Daiyu suddenly felt cold on her fingertips, and her eyes flickered.

It seems that there is boundless thick ink and darkness pouring down from the top of the sky, so thick that people want to drown in it.There were double images in front of Daiyu's eyes, her body was shaking slightly and she was about to fall, Yingchun hurriedly supported her, pinching her skin with terrifying force, she said in a low voice, "Kunning Palace doesn't know what's going on yet, you If you just fell down like this, who will 'kindly' look after you up and down the whole palace?! The Jubilee is still in the main hall!"

Daiyu heard the words and bit her lower lip desperately, leaving a bloodstain, her whole body trembled, she leaned on Yingchun's body and tried to wake up a bit through the pain.Daiyu's chest fluctuated, she pointed at Shunfu and said, "There is an epidemic in the palace, this matter is no small matter! How is the situation in the Kunning Palace? Since there is an epidemic in the side hall, what happened to Brother Nine?!"

Zijuan hurriedly explained, "My lady, don't worry, elder brother Jiu is fine!" Daiyu was relieved in vain, and then heard Zijuan say quickly, "Because I couldn't find elder brother Jiu at the beginning, the slaves waited for a long time. Later, I learned that the ninth elder brother, the third elder brother, the sixth elder brother, and the fifth princess were in Zhaoxiang's house, and the fifth elder brother and the fifth side Fujin took care of them; as for the side hall, only one person was confirmed to be infected, and the rest were undecided. Therefore, Aunt Shunying and Imperial Physician Sun presided over it in the side hall and were not allowed to leave."

Hearing that Brother Nine was fine and the disease had not spread, everyone heaved a sigh of relief, and Concubine Duduan immediately clenched the beads in her hand.The queen mother said in a deep voice, "Where is the emperor?"

Shun Fu kowtowed, "The emperor went out of the palace to discuss court affairs at Prince Heng's mansion, but he has not returned yet. I know that the imperial guards have gone out of the palace to look for it."

After hearing this, the queen mother recited a sentence of Buddha's name, and Daiyu was also relaxed.Just at this time, there was a faint cry of a baby from the inner hall, as if seeing the rising sun suddenly in the prehistoric universe, instantly illuminating the hopeless waiting.Before Daiyu could show her surprise, Ge Ji, the deputy judge of the Supreme Hospital, sweated profusely, and took a deep breath, "My concubine is the first child, and she is bleeding too much and unable to exert herself, so I have to use medicine to help deliver... Little elder brother, I have no energy to recover from the past, and the empress is... in serious trouble."

The Empress Dowager still asked Ge Ji, "Where's little elder brother?"

The lady Wen in the room hurriedly carried the little elder brother out, probably due to dystocia, the child was slightly blue, and his stature was smaller than other children, he was slightly lighter in his arms, and his crying was not very loud.The queen mother still seemed to be in love, dangling in her arms, coaxing softly.

Daiyu was exhausted physically and mentally, as if she had lost her soul.Only Concubine Duan asked for instructions, "Sister Jubilee cannot be separated from others, and the situation in Kunning Palace also needs to be watched... As a concubine, a concubine should share the worries of the Central Palace..."

"No need!" Daiyu straightened her back and flatly refused, "Let He concubine take care of the Piandian epidemic. Sun Zhiding is a famous doctor of a generation, so there will be no mistakes."

Yingchun was taken aback, and Daiyu couldn't help but say, "Zijuan, hold Elder Brother Ten and go in with me."

Seeing her sloppy footsteps, Yingchun hurriedly helped her, Daiyu gently brushed her away, choked up and said, "It's okay... I have to go and see her..." Zijuan hesitated and walked in front of the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother didn't make things difficult, Handing Elder Brother Ten into Zijuan's arms, he rubbed his forehead with a weary expression, and looked around at the crowd, "It's enough if there is a queen here, you all need to retreat."

"Yes, concubines/concubines, etc. send the empress dowager respectfully." These two incidents today are very strange, no one wants to be the first bird, and they all left this place of right and wrong.

Concubine Duan walked last, and gave Yingchun a fluttering look, "The empress really values ​​her concubine and sister."

Yingchun said lightly, "Thanks to the love of the master and empress."

Concubine Duan smiled at her inexplicably, turned around and left briskly.Yingchun looked at her back from near to far, and felt vigilant, Shunfu quietly walked to her side, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, please wait a moment, please come with your servants."

The inner hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace is still the old style, the only difference is that there is a strong smell of blood in the room, mixed with the perennial sandalwood in the hall, it is an inexplicable smell.The concubine lying in the marble gauze is like a camellia that has lost its dew for a long time, curled up under the brocade quilt withered.Jubilee is the daughter on horseback. At this time, her face is pale and almost transparent. She barely speaks because of drinking tea, and she loses the vitality to survive.

Everyone in the hall was cleared out, and the silence was suffocating.Daiyu gently lifted the brocade quilt, the whole snow-white quilt was soaked in blood, Yin Hong's source of life was stained with her palms carved like white jade, Daiyu couldn't help sobbing.

Surprised by the broken cry, Jubilee struggled to open her eyes wide, and the moment she saw her, an extremely urgent light burst out in vain—Zicuckoo hurriedly hugged Elder Brother Shi in front of her eyes, and the little baby fell asleep soundly. Anwen, Daiyu took the hand of the concubine and touched the baby's face.From the forehead to the nose, the Jubilee watched greedily, and lowered her hands contentedly.

"Yu'er..." The concubine's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she faintly called her boudoir name.

Daiyu wept unceasingly, forced a smile, "Say what you say, I'll listen."

Jubilee took a quick breath and said very slowly, "I know, I'm about to die—"

"What nonsense..." Daiyu's voice was also very soft, "You are just weak now, and the days are still long."

The Jubilee laughed softly, with an injustice on her face.