After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the temperature difference between day and night in the Forbidden City began to gradually increase, and the tall ginkgo trees beside the east wall of Chuxiu Palace also slowly transitioned from green to yellow.
As the time entered September, Qingyan picked up the enlightenment books that Xiao Si had in the study room. Occasionally, she would sit in the rocking chair and caress the two little ones in her belly with her hands, while reading to them.
After Xiaosi comes back from school every day, he will run to the main hall and lie on his mother's belly to listen to the babies. If there happens to be fetal movement, he will start using his small mouth with bright eyes.
Ba Ba kept talking about what he learned in the study room today. It was a review and consolidation of the day's knowledge, and it was also a prenatal education for the little ones. But what made Xiao Si depressed was that the little ones seemed to be little interested in the books he had memorized.
The children were not interested at all, and became confused as soon as they heard his endorsement. On the contrary, as soon as he stopped and started telling the story of the Calabash Baby, the little ones interacted with him excitedly. This made Xiaosi worried, fearing that his mother would give birth to two little ones.
A little baby who loves to learn.
Yinreng heard Xiaosi saying that the little guys didn't like hearing his endorsement. He thought about it seriously and ordered the palace people to move a piano that was paid tribute by Western envoys from Yuqing Palace to the main hall of Chuxiu Palace.
The little prince's daily schedule is full, but he will still try to spare half an hour, rain or shine, to go to the Chuxiu Palace at dusk to play the piano for his aunt.
The little prince doesn't know many songs yet, most of them are slow-tempo soothing piano music. Every time Qingyan lies on the rocking chair and listens to her little nephew's piano music, she feels very relaxed and drowsy, but the two babies in her belly
The little guys did the opposite to her. Every time they heard the piano playing by the prince's brother, they started dancing and waving their hands and feet in the imperial concubine's belly. They were very active. Sometimes their fetal movements were so violent that Qingyan was shocked.
She had to use supernatural powers to calm them down. The contrast was so great that Qingyan was a little bit dumbfounded. She couldn't figure out what the weird temperament of the two children in her belly was. It was clearly a relaxing piano music, but they regarded it as...
The high-energy rock and roll of disco!
Kejing, who lives farthest away from Chuxiu Palace, heard from the prince brother and fourth brother that the little babies greeted them through Empress Jing's belly. He was really envious. He was thinking about the fourth brother's endorsement.
Not to please the little guys, after the prince's brother's piano playing became very popular, Ke Jing thought for a long time before deciding that she would sing a Mongolian tune to Empress Jing's belly. The euphemistically called it, it was inspired by the two talents of the prince's brother and the fourth brother.
The advantage of personal prenatal education is that it is not only music but also allows the little ones to be influenced by the Mongolian language in advance, so that when they are born, they will be talented in learning Mongolian!
Qingyan took her three children to do prenatal education for the two little ones in her belly. However, Kangxi, the first person to bring it up, never did it once. Qingyan originally thought that Kangxi, a bitch, only talked about it.
It was fun, and I would not do prenatal care myself. Who knew that one time in the middle of the night because the child in her belly was making too much noise, she woke up from her sleep, and in her hazy consciousness, she heard someone sleeping next to her.
While Kangxi gently stroked her tall belly with his big hands, he murmured the contents of "The Art of War" in a low voice. She couldn't help but feel funny and at the same time a little relieved. She felt that no matter what happened after the two children in her belly were born,
What will it be like, but at least the two of them were born with the deep expectations of their mother-in-law, Khan Ama, and brothers and sisters.
While Qingyan was doing prenatal care for the child in her womb, after the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the concubine Da Tong, who had just been released from confinement, went to Cining Palace to report her to the Empress Dowager.
"It's not that the Empress Dowager is lenient with concubines, but the rules in this palace are that the green card will be removed after the concubine becomes pregnant. As the master of the harem, the imperial concubine still dares to let the emperor sleep in peace. This
You are really not afraid of the palace rules being taken seriously!"
In early October, the cold winter wind swept through the Forbidden City. Da Tongbi changed her usual "pseudo-makeup" makeup, put on bright red lipstick, drew long black eyeliner on her eyes with a black pen, and straightened her back.
Kneeling upright on the carpet in the main hall of Cining Palace, he told the Empress Dowager, who was sitting on the soft couch above, one by one the evidence that the imperial concubine had flouted the palace rules.
The eldest maid of Chengqian Palace kneeling behind her buried her head deeply. She was so nervous that she didn't even dare to take a breath. She felt that her master really seemed to be a different person after being grounded for a year.
Without concealing it, she began to show her sharpness and dissatisfaction with the imperial concubine.
The Empress Dowager leaned on the soft pillow, turning the two Wenwan walnuts in her hands and listened to what Tong Bin said. After a while, she spoke softly to Tong Jia Yurou who was kneeling below:
"Da Tongbi, please stand up and return to Chengqian Palace first. The Ai family will send someone to investigate what you said."
"Yes, I will retire."
The eldest concubine Tong couldn't help but pursed her lips when she heard the Empress Dowager's salty words. Then she was helped up by the eldest palace maid behind her, and she bowed to the Empress Dowager respectfully and turned around to leave.
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After Da Tongbi walked out of the hall door, Aunt Sumala raised her hand and handed the Queen Mother a cup of warm tea, and couldn't help but said:
"Master, I feel that Da Tong has changed a lot now, as if she doesn't care about anything anymore. What she said is indeed correct. The emperor often goes to Chuxiu Palace to sleep in, but I have worked with the imperial concubine for several years.
Knowing that this person is not a arrogant person, I think the emperor is just worried about the twins in the belly of the imperial concubine, so he went to watch over her at night."
The Empress Dowager glanced at her confidants, placed the two Wenwan walnuts in her hands on the small table in the center of the soft couch, reached out to take the cup and took a few sips of tea before speaking:
"Suma, the emperor in the harem is more affectionate. It's better to have both rain and dew. Next year happens to be the year of the draft. The election has been suspended for ten years. You go to Qianqing Palace to tell Xuan Ye that there will be a draft in the spring of next year."
"Yes, slave, go right away."
Aunt Sumala sighed slightly in her heart, and then walked out of Cining Palace in a hurry.
After Kangxi in the Qianqing Palace listened to what Aunt Sumala said, the smile on his face faded a little. He nodded and said:
"Aunt Suma, I understand what the Queen Mother said. The Royal Concubine is currently very heavy. I guess she will still be in confinement when the draft is held in the first month of next year. The election has been suspended for ten years. Now the concubine in the palace is
We are here
I have no experience in handling this aspect. In order to avoid any trouble, I have to work hard to control the overall situation. I will ask Xiao Niu Hulu and the four concubines An, Hui, Yi and Rong to take action against the Emperor.
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"Your Majesty is so thoughtful. When I return to Cining Palace later, I will stop by Shoukang Palace to tell the Queen Mother about next year's draft."
Aunt Sumala leaned towards Kangxi again and left with a smile.
As soon as Aunt Sumala left, the young eunuch in the back room came in carrying a wooden tray with green-headed cards and asked the emperor to turn over the cards.
Liang Jiugong stood next to Kangxi, looking at the emperor without looking at it. He just flipped through it and happened to find the sign of Concubine Niu Hulu. However, before the little eunuch could leave, the emperor called him back and asked Niu Hulu. The imperial concubine's sign was put back again, and she decided to sleep in the Qianqing Palace at night. Liang Jiugong saw this situation for the first time, and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth slightly, feeling that the imperial concubine Niu Hulu was going to be angry to death.
Just as Liang Jiugong expected, Xiao Niu Hulu has not slept with him for a long time, and the tenth prince has not seen the emperor for a long time. High-ranking concubines who have not slept with him for a long time will be secretly laughed at by the palace people. On the one hand, she did it for herself In order to save face, and on the other hand, in order to allow his son to meet his Khan Amma, he specially sent a large amount of money to the minister's room and asked the young eunuchs to place her green-headed card where the emperor could easily read it habitually. place.
Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, when the emperor finally found out her sign and took it back, he was so angry that he smashed all the teapots and cups on the table. Little Yiner, who was over one year old, happened to be hugged by Aunt Du. I went to find her mother-in-law, but unexpectedly I saw the little Niu Hulu clan smashing the main hall angrily. I was so frightened that I opened my young voice and cried loudly. I was hugged by the little Niu Hulu clan and coaxed me for a long time. Coax well.
Qingyan didn't hear any of the commotion outside. As the days passed, her fetal movements became more and more obvious. By the end of October, the twins were already six months old, and her belly was so big that she lowered her head. I can't even see my toes.
Twins are basically born before they are even a month old. On the third day of November, the first snow of this winter fell.
After checking the imperial concubine's pulse as usual, Dr. Zhang took off the silk handkerchief from the imperial concubine's wrist. He couldn't help but raise his hand, stroke the gray beard on his chin, and said:
"Empress, judging from the pulse, the two fetuses in your belly are doing well. Weichen estimates that you will give birth around the end of this month or the beginning of the twelfth lunar month."
"I feel the same way. The two of them have been very active recently." Qingyan stretched out her hand from the pulse pillow, stroked her belly softly and said.
"Is there anything we, Imperial Physician Zhang, need to pay more attention to?"
Bai Lu, who was standing next to the imperial concubine, heard that her master's due date was approaching. She couldn't help but clasping her hands and asked nervously.
"Miss Bailu, don't be too anxious. In the next period of time, you can help me to take a walk in the hall. It will help."
In order to have a normal delivery at that time, just follow the previous recipes in terms of diet. The delivery room and the midwife need to be prepared quickly, and the night watchers also need to be alert, because your mother's amniotic water may suddenly break one night."
"Okay, I've already taken note of this." Bai Lu nodded and said.
After the doctor Zhang finished giving instructions to Bai Lu, he smiled at the imperial concubine and said:
"Mother, your fetal position is very correct, and the fetuses are being raised well. Now that you are in the third trimester of pregnancy, you must learn to relax and stay in a happy mood. If you have nothing to do during the day, you can talk to the fetuses in your belly more."
"I know."
Qingyan smiled and agreed, but when she thought about the possibility of giving birth in about half a month, she still felt a little nervous. After all, this was the first time in her two lives that she had given birth.
In the evening, Kangxi also learned about Qingyan's due date from Doctor Zhang. After he sat on a carved armchair and meditated for a while, he asked Liang Jiugong to come out of the palace in the snow to deliver an oral message.
The next morning, the heavy snow had not stopped.
Qingyan didn't open her eyes until nearly midnight when she slept. Xiaosi had already bundled up tightly and braved the heavy snow to go to the Master's Study Room to study.
At three o'clock in the morning, she had just walked out of the inner room to the hall outside after being washed by the maids, and was about to go to the side hall to have breakfast. Unexpectedly, the orange-red cotton door curtain of the hall was suddenly opened from the outside.
She turned to look at the door, and the next moment she saw Bai Lu lifting the cotton curtain with her hands, and white snowflakes floated into the hall, followed closely by a beautiful nobleman wearing a dark blue collar with a soft and fluffy white fox fur winter coat.
The woman walked in with a smile on her face.
When Qingyan saw the person coming, her eyes immediately turned red, and she hurriedly walked towards the door with her hands on her waist.
The little palace maid who was following her saw this and hurriedly followed her.
Tong Jia of Fujin in Suo'etu was about to salute the imperial concubine, but unexpectedly he saw his silly girl holding her waist and walking towards him quickly. She was immediately frightened and did not bother to salute, so she hurriedly took a few steps
He stepped forward and stretched out his arms to support her.
Qingyan reached out and grabbed Tong Jiashi's sleeve. She didn't know what happened, but she suddenly felt aggrieved. She clutched Tong Jiashi's sleeve tightly like a little girl and wouldn't let go. She started crying:
"Mother, why are you here?"
Tong Jia had not seen her daughter for a long time. In the blink of an eye, her daughter was about to give birth. Her nose was also sore, but she knew that women in late pregnancy should not have too much mood swings. She helped her daughter sit on the soft couch beside her.
Go up, and said in the same tone as when she was scolding her for being disobedient and secretly climbing a tree:
"Your Ama and I are still thinking about you, who is careless. Fortunately, the emperor is kind enough to give me the opportunity to live here and watch you give birth. If it weren't for your naughty monkey temperament, who knows whether you would be able to feel at ease.