The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

The city was full of wind and rain, and the time wheel entered winter. At the end of the year, Zhao Ji finally started.

Her pregnancy was very stable, she was pregnant in spring, and she gave birth in winter. The child was born in Zhao Ji's stomach and stayed for ten months before it showed signs of ripening.

This is really rare, the first child is usually born prematurely, so Zhao Ji also made preparations in advance.As a result, she waited and waited for two full months, from panic to calmness, to the time when she felt bloating, pain and sagging when she was walking, she no longer felt nervous.

Some even look forward to this day coming soon, so that they can unload the goods early.

Even the mother-in-law Wei, who was invited to the alien's mansion, said that Zhao Ji was really the calmest parturient woman she had ever seen. Zhao Ji even ordered them to find Mrs. Lu calmly and calmly at the beginning of her popularity.

Correspondingly, Yiren was the most anxious father-to-be she had ever seen.

In this world, the most memorable and deepest feelings are the first and the last, and it is no exception for Yiren.

Zhao Ji is his first woman, and the child in Zhao Ji's womb is his first child.Moreover, Zhao Ji's meaning to him is different from that of other women. She has accompanied him through countless difficult days and nights in a foreign country, and the fact that Zhao Ji is pregnant is the only thing in his heavy life. A touch of bright color gave him a chance to breathe and a goal to strive for.

All kinds of emotions superimposed, and the stranger was full of fear and worry about Zhao Ji who was sent to the delivery room covered in blood. He even grabbed the sleeve of Lu Buwei who came in a hurry, as if grabbing a life-saving straw, " Sir!" Ying Yiren showed a rare fragility and bewilderment at this time.

Lu Buwei immediately held his hand to show comfort, and winked at his wife.Madam Lu nodded, then turned around and entered the delivery room.

This is what they said beforehand.Zhao Ji's child is so important, it can even be said to be a crucial part of their plan, Lu Buwei must ensure that there will be no artificial mistakes.

At this point, the only one he can completely trust is his wife.

The delivery room at this time has not been attached with various negative attributes like later generations, but it is also a place that ordinary people do not want to approach, and the delivery room of ordinary people will not even be set up at home.The popular way at this time is to build a shed on the side of the road, spread straw, and the child will be born on the straw, so the word "Luocao" also has the meaning of the birth of a baby.

Rarely, even a woman, would enter another woman's delivery room if it wasn't a blood relative.So after seeing Mrs. Lu entering the delivery room, Zhao Ji immediately showed a bit of astonishment, and then was moved, and extended her hand to Mrs. Lu.

At this time, Mrs. Lu ignored Zhao Ji's little hand stretched out to ask for comfort. She glanced around and immediately frowned, asking people to quickly remove the charcoal basin in the room and put it in a position farther away from the bed. Another small window was opened, and the screen was used to block the cold wind rushing into the room, so that the temperature in the room dropped to a level that made people feel cold but not cold enough.

In addition, she asked someone to help Zhao Ji, who was in a daze, to sit up, put a thick quilt on her back, and let her give birth in a sitting position.At this time, Zhao Ji was in the rest period of contractions, and she was relatively relaxed. Under the servant's disapproving gaze, she chose to believe Mrs. Lu without hesitation.

Then, under Mrs. Lu's orders, she ate two chickens and a small bowl of rice covered with stewed meat. After that, she would be stuffed with something by Mrs. Lu almost every few times between labor pains, sometimes A small bowl of pork rib soup, sometimes sweet soup, is not a large amount, and will be at the bottom, but even so it adds up to a considerable amount.

Later, Zhao Ji hugged her belly helplessly and joked: "Sister, I don't even know if my bulging belly is filled with food or a child."

Mrs. Lu smiled slightly, and stuffed another piece of dried fruit into her mouth: "What stupid things are you talking about, of course it is a child! How much did you eat? But if you feel that you are full, you might as well stand up and move around, and don't worry. Digest, give your child some free time." As she spoke, she asked Zhao Ji, who was chewing with her bulging cheeks, to put on a cloak, and helped her walk in the house.

Although everyone acted relaxed, in fact Zhao Ji's condition is not good. It has been more than half a day since she saw the red, and the labor pains have become more and more frequent, and the cervix has been opened, but Zhao Ji is There is no appearance of production.

Madam Lu and the midwife exchanged glances, Madam Lu winked, the latter nodded slightly, and walked out quietly while Zhao Ji was walking around.

"How is it?" The Yiren waiting outside the delivery room saw the midwife coming out and greeted him immediately, because he didn't hear the movement inside, now the Yiren is not as nervous as before, but he got an unexpected answer , the midwife said, "If the baby doesn't come down, if it's still the same after another hour, you'll have to give oxytocin."

The other person was breathless when he heard the words, and heard the midwife say: "Young master, you should get ready." After that, she didn't wait for the other person to say anything, she turned around and entered the room again, leaving two men outside in fear .

Prepare?What preparation?It is natural to prepare for the big or the small.

But the other person didn't understand at all, he slumped on the couch and kept beating his head, wasn't he fine before?Zhao Ji's pregnancy is very stable, the baby is lively and active, and it was born at full term. Everything is going well, so how could it be a difficult labor?

In fact, full-term is a good thing for the fetus, but not necessarily for the mother.The longer the child stays in the mother's womb, the bigger it will grow, and it will naturally become a burden on the mother when it is born.Lu Buwei was well-informed and knew vaguely, but he glanced sideways at the pale-faced stranger, and finally said nothing.

To protect the child, that is to give strong medicine or to take the child by caesarean section; to protect the adult, the midwife will have a special method to "press" the child out of the body, but this method will hurt the child's head, and the final birth will definitely be dead. infant.But if you don't make a decision as soon as possible, the biggest possibility is one dead body and two dead.

No one can help another person make this decision, even if Lu Buwei is his husband.

Fortunately, it is not yet the end of the day, and there is no need for another person to make the final decision.Also at this time, a maidservant came out of the delivery room, and she rushed towards Lu Buwei with small steps, "Mr. Lu, Mrs. Lu, please bring the young master quickly."

"Young master?" Lu Buwei was stunned.He didn't understand why his wife asked him to bring the child at this critical juncture, but he looked at the strange man who had no master in Liushenwuzhu, and then looked at the busy delivery room. Lu Buwei didn't ask any more questions. When he heard the sound, he sent someone to go quickly to pick up Lu An, who was studying in the academy.

About an hour later, Lu An arrived in a hurry. Although he was wrapped in fur by a servant, it was not a good experience to ride a horse in winter. When he entered the mansion, the child's nose and face were already red from the cold. He still behaved properly and made no mistakes.

While Lu Buwei let the child into the greenhouse for a rest, he sent someone to tell Mrs. Lu.While waiting for Mrs. Lu's instructions, Lu An already knew the situation he was facing now, but the father and son looked at each other in blank dismay, feeling a little bewildered.

Lu An really cared about Zhao Ji who was giving birth, but what was the use of his mother asking him to come?He can't help Zhao Ji give birth to a baby?

There was a guess in Yiren's mind. He looked at the chubby little boy, raised his hand and asked someone to bring him hot soup to wash his hands and face, lit a brazier to keep him warm, and then served him various snacks and refreshments one after another.

Lu An sipped it in small sips. He felt much warmer after drinking a bowl of sweet soup. He was about to send the bowl back to thank him, when the servant quickly brought him another bowl.Lu Xiaoan managed to finish the second bowl, politely said no, but the servant poured the third bowl as if he didn't hear anything.

Lu An: ...

With a bitter face, Lu An looked at the sweet soup in his hand and fell into deep entanglement.Lu Buwei looked at the large amount of sweet soup and drinks on the table, and then looked at the servants who should have been ordered to have a little understanding.

Lu Xiaoan, who didn't know anything, looked at Tian Tang, then looked up to the left, his father was looking at him, and to the right, his father's boss was also looking at him.Although a question mark appeared on Lu An's head, he still obediently stuffed the sweet soup down his stomach little by little.But after he finished drinking, he found that the eyes of others looking at him became even hotter.

What's the matter with these grown-ups! ?

I can't eat it anymore, I really can't eat it anymore! QQ

Time passed little by little in the anxious atmosphere, the moon mother took the place of the sun and shone in the sky, the house of the young master was brightly lit, the blood poured out from the delivery room, and Zhao Ji couldn't hold back her pain. It does not mean that the situation has entered a critical moment.

At night, Mrs. Lu had someone bring in two braziers to increase the temperature of the delivery room, but opened two small windows covered by screens for ventilation, and the cold kept stimulating Zhao Ji's nerves so that she would not fall asleep.

The midwife went in and out several times, and she drank two bowls of oxytocin, but the baby just wouldn't come out.Judging from the experience of everyone in the delivery room, this is too abnormal.

The cervix has been dilated, the amniotic fluid has broken, and the midwife can feel a strong squeeze when she puts her hand in. Logically, this is a sign of childbirth, but the fetus is as stable as a mountain, and she just stays in Zhao Ji's belly and refuses to come out.They had thought about the reverse birth of the fetus, and also thought about the intestinal birth, but they didn't expect the situation that the baby would not come out without any movement.All the previous plans and preparations were useless at this time.

Mrs. Lu was sweating profusely from the heat in the middle of winter, the two midwives took turns to rest, and Zhao Ji was even more groggy. Her physical strength was consumed a lot during the day. With a good physique, and Mrs. Lu feeding high-calorie and high-sugar food several times, it is impossible to survive now.

Seeing that Zhao Ji's eyes were a little distracted, Mrs. Lu gritted her teeth and asked someone to prepare hot water to wipe Zhao Ji's body, changed into dry clothes, and braided her long hair into a braid.Zhao Ji felt refreshed all over, she blinked weakly, feeling much more comfortable being treated like this, and then she was supported and stood up.

To be precise, she just kept standing, and she no longer had the strength to stand on her own.

To add insult to injury, at this time Madam Lu had someone help her to squat and squat, and someone hugged her behind her back, pressing her stomach little by little with his arms.

This is really too painful, even when she practiced dancing when she was a child, she never felt such pain when she stretched her hips and pulled her ligaments. A breathy voice: "It hurts..."

When she said this, it was as if a gate had been opened, and a maidservant who had been serving her in the room began to cry, driven by her, the delivery room was suddenly gloomy.Seeing that the situation was not good, Mrs. Lu hurriedly ordered the maid to be taken out.

As soon as the inside cried, the men outside heard it immediately, and the Yiren immediately stood up and tried to look inside, of course he couldn't see anything.Seeing the maidservant come out at this time, the stranger immediately stepped forward to inquire.The maidservant has served Zhao Ji personally for many days, and she is an innocent little girl. She was frightened for a long time, and immediately told the situation inside. As soon as she said that Zhao Ji was crying in pain, the midwife came out with a serious face. , she went straight to Yiren, and asked a question that Yiren absolutely didn't want to hear at this time-big or small.

The other person felt that his heart, liver and lungs were all tangled up. He breathed in the cold winter air violently, but felt that his heart was colder than this air.

The question he had been avoiding all this time was finally unable to escape.

Lu Buwei quietly took a few steps back and stood in a corner.Yiren didn't notice this, he felt that he was the only one left in the courtyard, and even the sky was covered by dark clouds as if he felt his mood at this time.The stranger looked up at the sky, his lips trembling.

He knew the answer he should say at this time.

There is no doubt that it is more beneficial for him to choose a child. He needs a healthy child to prove his fertility. This is very important for the stability of the dynasty, and it may even become an important reference item for the father to choose an heir .

And this woman came from a humble background, her mother was just an ordinary family in Handan, she also witnessed all his embarrassment and humbleness, she was even the product of his compromise and flattery, her existence kept reminding him—— A businessman who once degenerated to the point of needing to please a small country, and relied on this relationship to come to the present.

But it was also this woman who tried it herself, every bite of food he tasted must have been tried by her first.She sews clothes for him, grinds ink for him, chats with him, and tells stories to their children with him.

Yiren really couldn't bear to give up this woman.

However, keeping a woman means that he has to give up his child.

The child who is quiet only when listening to his stories, the child who responds to Zhao Ji's belly with his little hands and feet, the child who has painted countless faces in his mind.

Together with Zhao Ji, he once wrote many names with beautiful meanings on the bamboo slips, half of which belonged to men and half of which belonged to daughters.Because they really can't decide which one is better, they even joked that they will let the children draw lots, and whichever is drawn will be the one.

Together with Zhao Ji, he once imagined the future life of their family of three, and he even promised Zhao Ji that he would take them to visit the famous mountains and rivers of Qin State.

In his many fantasies about the future, there have always been two wives, but now he has to choose one of them.

One is a wife and the other is a son.

This decision is torture for any man.

Yiren knew what choice he should make, and he also knew what kind of answer Lu Buwei expected to hear from him.

In this era, the king chooses the minister, and the minister also chooses the king. He knows very well that the decision he made will definitely disappoint Lu Buwei, and it is also possible that because of his decision, he will lose something that was only close to the door.

But he twitched his lips and uttered an airy sound bit by bit.

The midwife remained expressionless, she nodded and entered the delivery room again, almost when someone else made a decision, heavy dark clouds covered the sky, covered the moonlight and bright stars, just like the mood of the man now.

His whole body was weak, and he fell to sit on the collapsed floor, holding his head in pain.Lu Buwei didn't go to comfort him. In fact, he didn't hear the answer from the stranger, but he felt that the answer from the stranger must be to protect the child.

He hugged Lu An who was already dozing off, and heaved a long sigh.

But the situation in the delivery room was quite different from what he thought. Zhao Ji, who was standing on a frame, watched in astonishment as the midwife took out something similar to a rolling pin from the box. She tried to focus her eyes until she realized what it was Then there was a scream, "No—"

The midwife stopped, looked at her with some hesitation, and then looked at Mrs. Lu, and she stopped only after receiving the signal from her eyes.Zhao Ji also immediately looked at Mrs. Lu, shaking her head again and again, "Sister...don't."

Madam Lu sighed, "Madam, there is really no other way."

"No! I can feel that he is fine." Zhao Ji barely freed one hand to protect her abdomen, "He is really fine, he is still alive, you can't!"

"Please, I can, I can really give birth to him." Zhao Ji said incoherently, "He is my son, I can't just give him up like this!"

Mrs. Lu was silent, Zhao Ji stretched out her hand, "Sister, you should know my choice, right?"

Her cold hand was gently held by another person, and Madam Lu felt helpless, "Madam, you may not be destined to be with him... Once you are healthy, you can have another one."

"But he's here!" Zhao Ji squeezed her hand. At this moment, the mother seemed to burst out with great energy, and she actually held Mrs. Lu's hand painfully, "I don't care if there is fate or not. He is my child. Sister, I know you must have a solution, right? I don’t want the next one, I want him. He is different.”

Zhao Ji murmured: "He is different. He is. He is my continuation and my hope. Even if there is a next one, it won't be him anymore."

Mrs. Lu was silent for a while, and said softly: "Ma'am, have you really thought about it? The current situation is that the child is still in the body. If you want to keep the child, the only way is to have a laparotomy...and if you have a laparotomy, you... "

"Death is certain."

Zhao Ji's hands trembled, she closed her eyes, and a string of teardrops slipped from the corners of her eyes.When her eyes opened again, they were full of determination, and she pulled out a smile, "Do it."

"I already know the son's choice." She glanced at the tools in the midwife's hands, and showed a somewhat helpless and sweet smile, "But I also have my choice."

"I want to keep the child." Zhao Ji put her hand gently on her swollen abdomen, making a gesture of protection.

Madam Lu looked at her quietly, and finally sighed, motioning for everyone to put her down and lie flat.Just this simple movement of changing from a standing position to a sitting position made Zhao Ji's forehead sweat, but she smiled.

She vaguely heard Mrs. Lu's decision to send someone to inform another person of her decision, and also heard the sound of the midwife opening the box again, as if she heard the sound of Jin Ge.

A number of candles were lit around Zhao Ji, and the lights surrounded her like starlight. She was in a very calm mood now, even if she would be forced to have her child cut open after a while, she was also in a very calm mood. calm.

She even sang a ballad, this ballad is a folk song of Zhao Guo, she is short of breath now, humming intermittently, she seems to have heard the choking sound of a foreigner, but she knows that is impossible, because the man is Those who are not allowed to approach the delivery room will be blocked even if her son wants to come to see her.

Zhao Ji touched her stomach, her baby will come out from here in a while, and when her baby is born, she may not be able to see that scene.

It's a pity, she can't see her child anymore, and she will never know whether her child is more like her or more like a son.It is also impossible for her children to hear her singing. In fact, she sings really well, and the young master has praised her several times.

Zhao Ji felt that there was someone sitting next to her, it was Mrs. Lu, and she smiled, "Sister."

"Ma'am!" Madam Lu sighed softly, "Young master doesn't want you to do this."

Zhao Ji sighed, shook her head, and showed a quiet smile. Her face was always beautiful, but now she smiled softly, "I am sorry, my lord."

The foreigner chose her between her and the child, but Zhao Ji chose the child between the foreigner and the child.

For the child, she has no regrets, but she is indeed sorry for the stranger.

"But to me, this child is different. He is the most special existence in the world." Zhao Ji said, "I really want one... that can prove my existence."

"Aren't you particularly selfish?" Zhao Ji smiled, "But I really want someone who can remember my name."

"Not the son's concubine, not Zhao's daughter, not Zhao Ji, but a unique existence that cannot be replaced."

Mrs. Lu shook her head, she patted Zhao Ji's wrist lightly, without saying anything, she saw the other party's eyes trying to focus on her face, "Sister, I beg you one thing."

"Ma'am, it's all right, why bother to talk about it."

Zhao Ji shook her head slightly, "No, I have to ask."

"After the son returns to the country, he will definitely be rich and powerful. There will be many wives and concubines. He will not only have one child. My son will be the eldest but not the heir. I ask my wife to take care of my son. Don't let him be encouraged to fight for the position. , being someone else's pawn in vain."

Mrs. Lu was stunned, and saw Zhao Ji holding her hand tightly and said, "Madam, please tell me in the future that his mother is full of expectations for his birth and has no complaints about her life in exchange for her life. It was born in the expectation of my father and me."

"I don't ask him to be prosperous, I just want him to be safe and happy."

"This is my last wish, please, sister, I must..."

"I know!" Mrs. Lu sighed, "Don't worry, Mrs. Xuan."

Zhao Xuan, whose real name was suddenly revealed, was stunned, and then smiled, "Thank you, sister."

Zhao Ji didn't ask Mrs. Lu why she knew her name, but at this moment she was really extremely happy.On the last day of her life, she suddenly felt many things that she had neglected before.

She wasn't actually nothing.

In fact, it is really enough.

Zhao Ji closed her eyes, she could feel Mrs. Lu getting up slowly, giving way to her side, and she could hear the rustling and the sound of sharp objects colliding.

She knew what was coming next, but at this moment she was extremely calm.

However, at this moment, there was a sound of winter thunder outside the window. Zhao Ji was startled, and suddenly felt a pain in her abdomen. Perhaps it was because she was frightened that she felt an unprecedented feeling of falling down.

She could even feel the baby's slide.

This... what's going on here?

The midwives who followed her closely figured out what was going on before her. One midwife threw away the utensils in her hands, picked up Zhao Ji, and said happily: "This is the child who is about to give birth, come and help her up soon." Go!"

The midwife helped Zhao Ji maintain her sitting posture while encouraging her, "Young master must not have the heart to let his mother suffer. He is definitely a filial child. Madam, try your best, don't let your efforts go to waste!"

The movement in the delivery room spread outside, and the men were alarmed again, and the tearful Yiren suddenly raised his head, "What's going on?"

Lu Buwei, who was calmer, heard a few key words, "It seems that Madam has activated it again."

Yiren was taken aback, but suddenly looked up at the delivery room as if he had caught a ray of hope in the dark, and then blurted out a string of Qin Wen, and he began to pray with the congratulations of the old Qin people.

The dead silence just now was broken by this turn of events, and a glimmer of hope rose in everyone's hearts. The maidservant who was kicked out just now ran to the door of the delivery room. She didn't dare to go in, so she did the work of passing water and things at the door.

Lu An followed his father watching this scene, and he couldn't help but move his eyes to the sky. He thought it would rain after the thunder just now, but the dark clouds in the sky seemed to have dispersed and gradually thinned.

Today's moon is a small round with little light, so it reflects a lot of stars, which is very beautiful. He actually wanted his father to look up together, but...

Looking at the anxious adults, the well-behaved and sensible Lu Xiaoan knew that the adults were busy now, so he didn't disturb them.

When the child was looking at the sky by himself, he suddenly saw the star in the center surrounded by Tianji star seemed to light up, and then he heard a man's sigh.

Before Lu An could be surprised, he was attracted by the crying sound in the delivery room.

In 259 BC, in Handan, the capital of Zhao State, a baby was born on the arrival of the new year.