In the blink of an eye, it’s midsummer with the cicadas chirping in the Forbidden City.
There has been no rain in the capital for more than ten consecutive days. When the palace residents raised their heads, they could see the clear sun hanging high in the sky, making the bluestone palace pathways very hot.
The eighth day of June, the beginning of noon.
Xiaosi, who was wearing a wide-brim straw hat on his head and a dog backpack on his back, couldn't wait to rush to Chuxiu Palace in the north with Zhang Tianxi who came to pick him up from Nansan School.
After the two people crossed the palace gate and walked down the steps, Xiao Si, who had just run into the front yard, rolled up his sleeves and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Wow, wow, wow, Mother, it's really too hot today. I'm almost melting from the heat when I walk on the road!"
Concubine Jing and Princess Kejing, who were sitting on the soft couch in the cool hall and tinkering with the bell, heard Xiaosi's voice coming from outside. They both turned to look at the door and happened to see Xiaosi jumping across the mahogany threshold from outside.
He ran in furiously.
When Qingyan saw her son and her son with red cheeks, she quickly stood up from the soft couch and walked a few steps to Xiaosi's side. She easily took off the backpack from his back, and then said to the two of them with a smile:
"Look at how hot you two are. Go and wash up quickly. The meals in the kitchen are ready."
"Yeah, let's go right now. Mother, fourth sister, you don't know that it's too hot outside. This palace is simply not a place for people to stay. It's like Master Bai's big steamer. We've all become meat.
Are you stuffed buns? We can put them on the plate as soon as it doesn’t rain."
Xiaosi took the handkerchief that Xiao Kejing thoughtfully handed over and wiped the sweat on his forehead while frowning and complaining to the big and small people in front of him.
"Okay, Xiaosi, go and wash yourself and it won't be hot anymore."
Qingyan saw her son eager to leave the palace immediately and disgusted with the Forbidden City in the summer, so she couldn't help but patted his shoulder in a funny way and urged him.
Xiao Kejing also nodded in agreement.
On the day when the dragon raised its head on the second day of February, Xiao Kejing and the young prince moved out of Qianqing Palace, one went to Cining Palace in the west, and the other went to Yuqing Palace in the east.
When Princess Academy started in mid-February, Xiao Kejing, like Primary 4, attended the school until the end of the year, and the one-day enlightenment course was over.
Sometimes if the last course in the morning happens to be that of Aunt Sumala, Xiao Kejing will follow Aunt Sumala directly back to Cining Palace after school. Other than that, most of the time she will go back directly to Cining Palace with Dean Jing.
We had a meal in the Chuxiu Palace. After the meal, I and my mistress played in the Chuxiu Palace all afternoon, and then we followed the eldest maid Cuizhi back to the Empress Dowager in the evening.
Today is the first day off in early June at Beiwu Institute. Xiao Kejing felt that it was really boring to be alone in Cining Palace, so she called Cuizhi early in the morning and came to Chuxiu Palace again.
Xiao Si carefully washed his hands and face with a white sweat towel, then he leaned on the edge of the ice basin with both hands and felt the cool air hissing for a while. When his body was no longer hot,
Then he lifted his feet comfortably and walked towards the soft couch.
When he walked to Qingyan and Xiao Kejing, he saw a pile of parts of the Fu Lu Shou self-ringing clock placed on the soft couch, and he couldn't help but curiously asked:
"Mom, fourth sister, what are you two doing?"
After hearing Xiaosi's words, Xiao Kejing proudly puffed up her chest and explained before Qingyan could speak:
"Fourth brother, Lady Jing and I are studying how to make this kind of chiming clock, and are planning to find a way for our own craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty to make this convenient timing tool. In this case, those foreign shops on the market will
The self-ringing clocks sold here will be cheaper.”
"Wow! What a great idea you have."
When Xiaosi heard this, he couldn't help but become interested. When he saw two pieces of red rose paprika placed next to the chiming clock, he picked up one and put it under his nose, smelled it, and said speculatively:
"Mom, do you want to make this fragrant Western soba?"
Qingyan nodded sheepishly.
Although she thought well, she obviously overestimated her handicap. She originally thought that she would be able to put the chiming clock in order after taking it apart.
It was reassembled, but she never expected that she would dismantle the parts on the outer shell, go to the inside and be dumbfounded. There were so many parts of the mechanism inside that she felt dizzy.
, even failed to understand the structure inside,
Not to mention making rose soap with her own hands. Now her mind only remembers that animal fat is used when making soap, and she doesn't know the rest. Thinking of this, Qingyan couldn't help but sigh. As long as this knowledge is not used, it will be useless.
I forget so quickly!
Perhaps boys are naturally very passionate about reorganizing machinery. Xiaosi looked left and right, looking at the parts on the chime clock and couldn't help but feel a little itchy. He looked up at Concubine Jing and smiled:
"Mom, why don't you let me try assembling it?"
Qingyan didn't want to look at this pile of things that hurt her eyes anymore. She stood up from the soft couch to make way for her son, and then told the two children:
"Xiaosi, Yaya, you two can just pretend to be playful, but don't eat the parts inside by mistake. I'm going to have someone pass the food around now, and we'll eat together later."
The two men's attention had been turned to the chiming clock. "Four Four" nodded without raising his head. Upon seeing this, Qingyan stopped disturbing them and went directly outside to ask the palace servants to prepare the meal.
However, the meals had just been placed on the round table one by one, and before Qingyan opened her mouth to call Xiao Si and Xiao Ke Jing, the little palace maid from Yikun Palace in the south was ushered in by Bai Lu in a panic.
As soon as the little palace maid saw Concubine Jing, she knelt on the ground and cried loudly:
"My slave, I would like to express my greetings to the imperial concubine. Please come to our palace to calm down. Just now, our master accidentally stepped on the water that melted in the ice basin when he was walking in the hall. Although the palace servants helped him in time,
, but our mother-in-law was still popular on the spot. Now she has entered the delivery room, but the midwives said that our mistress’s fall caused the fetal position to be a bit wrong, and now it is very likely that she will have a difficult delivery!
"
"What?"
"Xiao Si, Yaya, you two have your meal first, and I'll go see Yi Bin."
After hearing what she said, Qingyan stood up from her chair in shock, turned around and shouted to Xiaosi and Xiaokejing, and hurriedly took Bailu with her out of the hall.
The little palace maid who was kneeling on the ground immediately raised her sleeves to wipe away the tears on her face, climbed up with her hands on the ground, and ran out in hot pursuit.
Xiao Kejing, who was originally in high spirits, suddenly became depressed. He placed the parts he was holding on the soft couch and lowered his head deeply.
Xiaosi also knew that the fourth sister was thinking of her empress again, so she couldn't help but pursed her thin lips, and then stretched out her right hand to pat Xiaokejing's shoulder, silently comforting her.
In the hall of the main hall of Yikun Palace, Mrs. Li who lived next door to Yibin and Yibin's concubine Guo Guiren were looking at the door of the delivery room with worry. When they saw Concubine Jing walking in across the threshold, they were about to prepare.
As she stood up from the carved armchair, Qingyan waved her hands to stop her.
"Sister An Bin, how is Yi Bin?"
Qingyan heard Guo Luoluo's cries of pain coming from the delivery room, and she also raised her heart and sat on the armchair next to An Bin, asking in a low voice.
"Well, the midwife said that her fetal position is a little bit wrong, so I'm afraid this pregnancy will be particularly difficult."
"I ran over as soon as I got the news. The doctors haven't even arrived from the hospital yet."
An Bin also sighed helplessly and replied. When she saw Guo Guiren, who was sitting opposite, getting up from time to time and running to the door of the delivery room to look around, Mrs. Li couldn't help but persuade:
"Guo Guiren, you are pregnant now. The fetal position is the most unstable in the first trimester, so you have to take care of yourself."
Knowing An Bin's kindness, Guo Guiren could only sit back on the chair and wait anxiously.
"Guo Guiren, why is it that the water in the ice basin makes the ground wet?"
Qingyan knew that the people who were running errands in the palace were very attentive. After all the ice in the ice basin melted, it was just a finger away from the edge of the basin. In this case, the water inside would not be able to flow out no matter what.
, why did Yibin step on the water and almost slip?
When Guo Guiren heard that Concubine Jing suddenly asked the key point, he was so angry that tears came out and he said angrily to Qingyan:
"Empress, there is definitely someone plotting against us in Yikun Palace today. Usually the ice basins are good, but today the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent too much ice. We were all preparing to have a meal at noon, and there was no one.
Pay attention to the ice basin. Who knew that after the ice melted, it just overflowed a little, and then my concubine sister unfortunately stepped on it. If the palace attendant who was following me hadn't caught him quickly with his eyesight and hands, what do you think?
If such a big belly fell directly to the ground, what kind of shape would the person fall into?"
Qingyan couldn't help but frown tightly after hearing this, and for a moment she couldn't guess who in the palace had a deep hatred for Yi Bin.
At this time, the imperial doctors carrying medicine boxes hurriedly ran in with sweating profusely. After listening to the concubine's situation relayed by the maid who came out of the delivery room, they immediately began to prescribe medicine.
After a while, except for Concubine Wen who was still under grounding and could not come over, Concubine Tong and the concubines Rong, Duan, Hui, Jing and Xi all sat down in the hall one after another.
Qingyan looked at the maids at the door of the delivery room, where the nuns were carrying basins of blood and water going in and out, and her heart was beating in panic. She guessed in her heart that if nothing happened to Yi Bin's pregnancy, it would be who she was.
The ninth elder brother who is the best at making money, obviously Guo Luoluo gave birth to three children successfully in history. Who knew that in this time and space she would encounter such an unlucky thing before giving birth.
While everyone was silent, the midwife suddenly walked out of the delivery room quickly and asked Concubine Jing fearfully:
"My dear concubine, my concubine Yi's fetal position cannot be corrected. Moreover, she has no strength and has fainted. However, the head of the child in her belly has not been exposed. The current situation can only choose one of them.
Ah, please make a decision quickly, otherwise neither the adults nor the children will be able to survive in a while!"
When everyone heard this, all kinds of thoughts in their hearts suddenly became active. Do you still need to ask such an obvious question? The rules in the palace have always been to protect the small and not the big. Otherwise, what happened to the two queens?
Went there?
Xi Concubine and Duan Concubine, the two empresses in charge of the palace who were currently deserted and did not have a prince or a princess, instantly became hot in their hearts.
"Empress, there is definitely someone plotting against us in Yikun Palace today. Usually the ice basins are good, but today the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent too much ice. We were all preparing to have a meal at noon, and there was no one.
Pay attention to the ice basin, who knows where it is?
After the ice melted, it just spread out a little, and then my concubine sister unfortunately stepped on it. If the palace attendant who was following me hadn't caught him quickly with his eyes and hands, do you think that such a big belly would have fallen directly to the ground?
, what kind of shape does a person have to fall into?"
Qingyan couldn't help but frown tightly after hearing this, and for a moment she couldn't guess who in the palace had a deep hatred for Yi Bin.
At this time, the imperial doctors carrying medicine boxes hurriedly ran in with sweating profusely. After listening to the concubine's situation relayed by the maid who came out of the delivery room, they immediately began to prescribe medicine.
After a while, except for Concubine Wen who was still under grounding and could not come over, Concubine Tong and the concubines Rong, Duan, Hui, Jing and Xi all sat down in the hall one after another.
Qingyan looked at the maids at the door of the delivery room, where the nuns were carrying basins of blood and water going in and out, and her heart was beating in panic. She guessed in her heart that if nothing happened to Yi Bin's pregnancy, it would be who she was.
The ninth elder brother who is the best at making money, obviously Guo Luoluo gave birth to three children successfully in history. Who knew that in this time and space she would encounter such an unlucky thing before giving birth.
While everyone was silent, the midwife suddenly walked out of the delivery room quickly and asked Concubine Jing fearfully:
"My dear concubine, my concubine Yi's fetal position cannot be corrected. Moreover, she has no strength and has fainted. However, the head of the child in her belly has not been exposed. The current situation can only choose one of them.
Ah, please make a decision quickly, otherwise neither the adults nor the children will be able to survive in a while!"
When everyone heard this, all kinds of thoughts in their hearts suddenly became active. Do you still need to ask such an obvious question? The rules in the palace have always been to protect the small and not the big. Otherwise, what happened to the two queens?
Went there?
Xi Concubine and Duan Concubine, the two empresses in charge of the palace who were currently deserted and did not have a prince or a princess, instantly became hot in their hearts.
"Empress, there is definitely someone plotting against us in Yikun Palace today. Usually the ice basins are good, but today the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent too much ice. We were all preparing to have a meal at noon, and there was no one.
Pay attention to the ice basin, who knows where it is?
After the ice melted, it just spread out a little, and then my concubine sister unfortunately stepped on it. If the palace attendant who was following me hadn't caught him quickly with his eyes and hands, do you think that such a big belly would have fallen directly to the ground?
, what kind of shape does a person have to fall into?"
Qingyan couldn't help but frown tightly after hearing this, and for a moment she couldn't guess who in the palace had a deep hatred for Yi Bin.
At this time, the imperial doctors carrying medicine boxes hurriedly ran in with sweating profusely. After listening to the concubine's situation relayed by the maid who came out of the delivery room, they immediately began to prescribe medicine.
After a while, except for Concubine Wen who was still under grounding and could not come over, Concubine Tong and the concubines Rong, Duan, Hui, Jing and Xi all sat down in the hall one after another.
Qingyan looked at the maids at the door of the delivery room, where the nuns were carrying basins of blood and water going in and out, and her heart was beating in panic. She guessed in her heart that if nothing happened to Yi Bin's pregnancy, it would be who she was.
The ninth elder brother who is the best at making money, obviously Guo Luoluo gave birth to three children successfully in history. Who knew that in this time and space she would encounter such an unlucky thing before giving birth.
While everyone was silent, the midwife suddenly walked out of the delivery room quickly and asked Concubine Jing fearfully:
"My dear concubine, my concubine Yi's fetal position cannot be corrected. Moreover, she has no strength and has fainted. However, the head of the child in her belly has not been exposed. The current situation can only choose one of them.
Ah, please make a decision quickly, otherwise neither the adults nor the children will be able to survive in a while!"
When everyone heard this, all kinds of thoughts in their hearts suddenly became active. Do you still need to ask such an obvious question? The rules in the palace have always been to protect the small and not the big. Otherwise, what happened to the two queens?
Went there?
Xi Concubine and Duan Concubine, the two empresses in charge of the palace who were currently deserted and did not have a prince or a princess, instantly became hot in their hearts.
"Empress, there is definitely someone plotting against us in Yikun Palace today. Usually the ice basins are good, but today the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent too much ice. We were all preparing to have a meal at noon, and there was no one.
Pay attention to the ice basin, who knows where it is?
After the ice melted, it just spread out a little, and then my concubine sister unfortunately stepped on it. If the palace attendant who was following me hadn't caught him quickly with his eyes and hands, do you think that such a big belly would have fallen directly to the ground?
, what kind of shape does a person have to fall into?"
Qingyan couldn't help but frown tightly after hearing this, and for a moment she couldn't guess who in the palace had a deep hatred for Yi Bin.
At this time, the imperial doctors carrying medicine boxes hurriedly ran in with sweating profusely. After listening to the concubine's situation relayed by the maid who came out of the delivery room, they immediately began to prescribe medicine.
After a while, except for Concubine Wen who was still under grounding and could not come over, Concubine Tong and the concubines Rong, Duan, Hui, Jing and Xi all sat down in the hall one after another.
Qingyan looked at the maids at the door of the delivery room, where the nuns were carrying basins of blood and water going in and out, and her heart was beating in panic. She guessed in her heart that if nothing happened to Yi Bin's pregnancy, it would be who she was.
The ninth elder brother who is the best at making money, obviously Guo Luoluo gave birth to three children successfully in history. Who knew that in this time and space she would encounter such an unlucky thing before giving birth.
While everyone was silent, the midwife suddenly walked out of the delivery room quickly and asked Concubine Jing fearfully:
"My dear concubine, my concubine Yi's fetal position cannot be corrected. Moreover, she has no strength and has fainted. However, the head of the child in her belly has not been exposed. The current situation can only choose one of them.
Ah, please make a decision quickly, otherwise neither the adults nor the children will be able to survive in a while!"
When everyone heard this, all kinds of thoughts in their hearts suddenly became active. Do you still need to ask such an obvious question? The rules in the palace have always been to protect the small and not the big. Otherwise, what happened to the two queens?
Went there?
Xi Concubine and Duan Concubine, the two empresses in charge of the palace who were currently deserted and did not have a prince or a princess, instantly became hot in their hearts.
"Empress, there is definitely someone plotting against us in Yikun Palace today. Usually the ice basins are good, but today the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent too much ice. We were all preparing to have a meal at noon, and there was no one.
Pay attention to the ice basin, who knows where it is?
After the ice melted, it just spread out a little, and then my concubine sister unfortunately stepped on it. If the palace attendant who was following me hadn't caught him quickly with his eyes and hands, do you think that such a big belly would have fallen directly to the ground?
, what kind of shape does a person have to fall into?"
Qingyan couldn't help but frown tightly after hearing this, and for a moment she couldn't guess who in the palace had a deep hatred for Yi Bin.
At this time, the imperial doctors carrying medicine boxes hurriedly ran in with sweating profusely. After listening to the concubine's situation relayed by the maid who came out of the delivery room, they immediately began to prescribe medicine.
After a while, except for Concubine Wen who was still under grounding and could not come over, Concubine Tong and the concubines Rong, Duan, Hui, Jing and Xi all sat down in the hall one after another.
Qingyan looked at the maids at the door of the delivery room, where the nuns were carrying basins of blood and water going in and out, and her heart was beating in panic. She guessed in her heart that if nothing happened to Yi Bin's pregnancy, it would be who she was.
The ninth elder brother who is the best at making money, obviously Guo Luoluo gave birth to three children successfully in history. Who knew that in this time and space she would encounter such an unlucky thing before giving birth.
While everyone was silent, the midwife suddenly walked out of the delivery room quickly and asked Concubine Jing fearfully:
"My dear concubine, my concubine Yi's fetal position cannot be corrected. Moreover, she has no strength and has fainted. However, the head of the child in her belly has not been exposed. The current situation can only choose one of them.
Ah, please make a decision quickly, otherwise neither the adults nor the children will be able to survive in a while!"
When everyone heard this, all kinds of thoughts in their hearts suddenly became active. Do you still need to ask such an obvious question? The rules in the palace have always been to protect the small and not the big. Otherwise, what happened to the two queens?
Went there?
Xi Concubine and Duan Concubine, the two empresses in charge of the palace who were currently deserted and did not have a prince or a princess, instantly became hot in their hearts.
"Empress, there is definitely someone plotting against us in Yikun Palace today. Usually the ice basins are good, but today the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent too much ice. We were all preparing to have a meal at noon, and there was no one.
Pay attention to the ice basin, who knows where it is?
After the ice melted, it just spread out a little, and then my concubine sister unfortunately stepped on it. If the palace attendant who was following me hadn't caught him quickly with his eyes and hands, do you think that such a big belly would have fallen directly to the ground?
, what kind of shape does a person have to fall into?"
Qingyan couldn't help but frown tightly after hearing this, and for a moment she couldn't guess who in the palace had a deep hatred for Yi Bin.
At this time, the imperial doctors carrying medicine boxes hurriedly ran in with sweating profusely. After listening to the concubine's situation relayed by the maid who came out of the delivery room, they immediately began to prescribe medicine.
After a while, except for Concubine Wen who was still under grounding and could not come over, Concubine Tong and the concubines Rong, Duan, Hui, Jing and Xi all sat down in the hall one after another.
Qingyan looked at the maids at the door of the delivery room, where the nuns were carrying basins of blood and water going in and out, and her heart was beating in panic. She guessed in her heart that if nothing happened to Yi Bin's pregnancy, it would be who she was.
The ninth elder brother who is the best at making money, obviously Guo Luoluo gave birth to three children successfully in history. Who knew that in this time and space she would encounter such an unlucky thing before giving birth.
While everyone was silent, the midwife suddenly walked out of the delivery room quickly and asked Concubine Jing fearfully:
"My dear concubine, my concubine Yi's fetal position cannot be corrected. Moreover, she has no strength and has fainted. However, the head of the child in her belly has not been exposed. The current situation can only choose one of them.
Ah, please make a decision quickly, otherwise neither the adults nor the children will be able to survive in a while!"
When everyone heard this, all kinds of thoughts in their hearts suddenly became active. Do you still need to ask such an obvious question? The rules in the palace have always been to protect the small and not the big. Otherwise, what happened to the two queens?
Went there?
Xi Concubine and Duan Concubine, the two empresses in charge of the palace who were currently deserted and did not have a prince or a princess, instantly became hot in their hearts.
"Empress, there is definitely someone plotting against us in Yikun Palace today. Usually the ice basins are good, but today the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent too much ice. We were all preparing to have a meal at noon, and there was no one.
Pay attention to the ice basin, who knows where it is?
After the ice melted, it just spread out a little, and then my concubine sister unfortunately stepped on it. If the palace attendant who was following me hadn't caught him quickly with his eyes and hands, do you think that such a big belly would have fallen directly to the ground?
, what kind of shape does a person have to fall into?"
Qingyan couldn't help but frown tightly after hearing this, and for a moment she couldn't guess who in the palace had a deep hatred for Yi Bin.
At this time, the imperial doctors carrying medicine boxes hurriedly ran in with sweating profusely. After listening to the concubine's situation relayed by the maid who came out of the delivery room, they immediately began to prescribe medicine.
After a while, except for Concubine Wen who was still under grounding and could not come over, Concubine Tong and the concubines Rong, Duan, Hui, Jing and Xi all sat down in the hall one after another.
Qingyan looked at the maids at the door of the delivery room, where the nuns were carrying basins of blood and water going in and out, and her heart was beating in panic. She guessed in her heart that if nothing happened to Yi Bin's pregnancy, it would be who she was.
The ninth elder brother who is the best at making money, obviously Guo Luoluo gave birth to three children successfully in history. Who knew that in this time and space she would encounter such an unlucky thing before giving birth.
While everyone was silent, the midwife suddenly walked out of the delivery room quickly and asked Concubine Jing fearfully:
"My dear concubine, my concubine Yi's fetal position cannot be corrected. Moreover, she has no strength and has fainted. However, the head of the child in her belly has not been exposed. The current situation can only choose one of them.
Ah, please make a decision quickly, otherwise neither the adults nor the children will be able to survive in a while!"
When everyone heard this, all kinds of thoughts in their hearts suddenly became active. Do you still need to ask such an obvious question? The rules in the palace have always been to protect the small and not the big. Otherwise, what happened to the two queens?
Went there?
Xi Concubine and Duan Concubine, the two empresses in charge of the palace who were currently deserted and did not have a prince or a princess, instantly became hot in their hearts.