Xuanzong said: "After all, she is the official wife I married when I was the king of Linzi. Now she is the queen of the world. If the relationship between me and the queen is not good, there will still be some influence on public opinion."
At this time Eunuch Yang came in, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the food has been delivered. Your Majesty, please prepare a meal."
The two maids beside Xuanzong and Concubine Wu Hui wiped the square dining table and placed two chairs in front of the table. The other two maids and Xiao Zhu lifted the wooden tray with rice on the table and placed the dishes.
There are six dishes on this table, and each dish is large and nutritious. There are also Hu cakes on the wooden tray. Hu cakes are Xuanzong's favorite rice. They are mixed with sesame and onions and are grilled to make them delicious.
Concubine Wu Hui took a bite of fish and ate it, then got up and ran to the main hall outside the palace gate. She couldn't stand it anymore and vomited on the ground. Eunuch Yang, Xiao Zhuzi, another young eunuch, and three maids came around.
Eunuch Yang asked: "Concubine Hui, why do you feel uncomfortable?"
Concubine Wu Hui straightened up and patted her chest: "I felt nauseous. It wasn't a big deal at first, but it got a little worse when I ate food."
"How many days have you had these symptoms?"
"It started yesterday, but it was never obvious. I just took a bite of fish and suddenly felt like vomiting, so I ran out and vomited on the floor of the main hall."
A palace maid brought a bowl of water and asked Concubine Wu Hui to rinse her mouth. Xiaozhu and the other two little eunuchs brought a broom, dustpan, and mop to clean up the vomit on the floor.
At this time, Li Shoude and Chen Xiaoli walked a few steps from the entrance of the main hall, but did not speak.
Xuanzong came out at this time: "Concubine Hui, what's wrong with you?"
Concubine Wu Hui turned around: "Your Majesty, don't worry. I'm fine. I just felt a little nauseous just now."
Eunuch Yang walked up to Xuanzong and said, "Your Majesty, do you want me to call for the imperial doctor?"
Xuanzong said: "If you want to ask for an imperial doctor, go and ask for it now."
Eunuch Yang turned around and said to Xiao Zhuzhu: "Xiao Zhuzhu, go and ask the imperial doctor and tell him that Concubine Wu Hui is unwell and tell him to come over as soon as possible."
Xiao Zhuzhu said: "The little one will go right away."
Xiaozhu went to ask the imperial doctor. The three palace maids supported Concubine Wu Hui into the east hall and asked Concubine Wu Hui to lie down on the bed to rest.
Xuanzong took a few bites of food, then sat at the table and waited for the imperial doctor to come over.
After a while, the royal doctor came over. He is an imperial doctor about sixty years old, and his beard and hair are somewhat gray.
After the imperial doctor saluted Xuanzong, and with Xuanzong's permission, he went behind the screen and asked Concubine Wu Hui, who was lying on the bed, how she felt.
Two palace maids stood at the end of Concubine Wu Hui's bed. The imperial doctor sat on a chair at the head of Concubine Wu Hui's bed and asked Concubine Wu to stretch out her right arm and feel her pulse.
Xuanzong waited at the dining table outside the screen for a while, and then the imperial doctor came out.
The imperial doctor bowed and said: "Your Majesty, congratulations, Concubine Wu Hui is happy."
Xuanzong stood up happily: "Oh, really?"
"Weichen just checked Concubine Wu Hui's pulse. Judging from Weichen's forty years of medical experience, she is pregnant."
"Yes, I understand."
After the imperial doctor left, Xuanzong asked all the maids and eunuchs to leave the east palace gate. Only he and Concubine Wu Hui were talking in front of the bed.
"Concubine Hui, the imperial doctor just told me that you are pregnant."
Concubine Wu Hui said happily: "I am really happy. In fact, I have felt it for a long time. I just wanted the imperial doctor to check my pulse for confirmation."
"Hui Fei, you should pay attention to rest in the future. I can't stay here at night."
Concubine Wu Hui said delicately: "Your Majesty, if you don't come, I will miss you. One day without seeing you is like three autumns."
"I will come over to see you during the day, but I can't stay here at night. I'm afraid you may have fetal motility. Concubine Hui, please get up and eat some light dishes. Do you want Eunuch Yang to inform the imperial kitchen to cook some more dishes? ?”
"I want to eat spicy fried chicken nuggets."
"Okay, I'll ask Eunuch Yang to go to the imperial dining room and tell the imperial chef to cook a spicy stir-fried chicken nugget."
Concubine Wu Hui got up and went to the dining table. Xuanzong opened the door of the palace and went to the main hall next door. Eunuch Yang, several maids, several young eunuchs, and two guards were all sitting on chairs in the main hall.
Seeing Xuanzong coming, all the servants stood up quickly.
Eunuch Yang walked up to Xuanzong, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
"Eunuch Yang, go to the imperial dining room and ask them to fry another plate of spicy fried chicken."
"I will go to the imperial dining room and tell them to stir-fry chicken nuggets."
The plate of spicy fried chicken nuggets was brought over by a palace maid half an hour later. After Xuanzong and Concubine Wu Hui had lunch, they chatted for an hour, and then Xuanzong left Xingqing Palace. Xuanzong, surrounded by two guards, two eunuchs, and two maids, went to the other hall of the East Palace of Taiji Palace. He was going to be with Yang Guibin tonight.
The prince Li Heng, born to Yang Guifei, is currently studying in Xingningfang with his two brothers. The teacher who taught them poetry today was Cui Il-yong.
Cui Riyong sat in front of the two-meter-high wooden board. On the red paper attached to the wooden board, there was written "Ode to the Goose" by the poet Luo Binwang in the early Tang Dynasty.
The three princes sat at the long table opposite and listened carefully to the lecture.
Cui Riyong said: "This is a poem written by King Luo Bin when he was seven years old. The three princes sitting here, Li Heng, who was only two and a half years old, was four or five years younger than the author at the time. I just read it three times, Let’s read it together.”
The three princes recited in unison: "Ode to the Goose, author: King Luo Bin. Goose, goose, goose, the song is singing to the sky..."
With a kind square face and a black beard on his chin, Cui Ri said with a smile: "The three princes learn so fast. It's time for school to end now. Master Zhang will teach you another poem tomorrow."
As soon as Cui Riyong finished speaking, the three princes stood up: "Oh, school is over."
Li Cong said: "Li Ying, come and play with me. My nanny can sing and is much younger than your nanny. Let's learn singing from her together."
Li Heng said: "Brother, can I go too?"
Li Cong said: "Brother, it's not that I won't take you. You are still young and the eunuch doesn't want you to play with us."
Cui Riyong said: "Three princes, when Eunuch Gao comes, you follow him, and he will take you each back to the nanny."
Cui Riyong asked the eunuch at the gate of Xingningfang to call Gao Lishi. After Gao Lishi arrived, he had a simple handover with Cui Riyong. Gao Lishi took the three princes, surrounded by four guards and two eunuchs, to the residences of several wet nurses in the East Palace of Yeting Palace and Taiji Palace. Gao Lishi sent the princes to their wet nurses' rooms, and told the eunuchs and guards to take good care of the princes and protect them.
