Qingya shook her head and said: "It's not that I feel uncomfortable, it's just that I feel weak in my limbs recently and always want to sleep!"
"Madam, please go and find a doctor who can give you a look! Only after taking a look will you feel at ease."
She nodded in agreement, and then asked after a moment: "Whose medical clinic is still open during the Chinese New Year! They are probably going back to their hometown to visit relatives!"
Xiangxiang thought about it and felt that this was the truth.
Xiyi said: "I will go and bow to the imperial concubine quietly, and invite the imperial physician who is staying in the palace to come. The imperial physician in the palace must be here."
"How big of a deal do you have to trouble your wife? No need, I'll just take a nap and it'll be fine!" After saying that, she went back to the couch to rest.
"The glutinous rice balls are ready. Remember to cook a bowl for each of the people below. You don't need to ask me to eat. I'll go to bed and you should rest early after your work."
She gave the order with her face calm and indifferent. When she lay down and pulled down the curtain, she put her trembling hands on her belly, looked at the hanging Cai Ribbon and murmured to herself: "Are you really here? No. I am so afraid of any precautions, but it puts me in a dilemma at this time."
——The monthly letter was delayed for about a month, and she was suffering from various drowsiness, sore limbs, and poor appetite. She could already clearly feel that she was pregnant, but now at this juncture, she really Don't know how to deal with it.
She was restless all night and didn't sleep well. On the second day, which was the day of travel on the 16th of the first lunar month, she got up in a daze and dressed up, dismissed the servants, and paced alone in front of the dressing table. The silver comb in her hand was picked up again. Putting it down, the gorgeous hairpin was replaced one after another. It took almost two hours and the makeup was still not finished.
What a coincidence, it is a coincidence. On the day of the trip, the queen led her concubines to the temple to offer incense and pray for blessings. When she was in Huining, she went to the largest temple in the capital. Now due to the relocation of the capital, the largest Chongxiao Temple has been merged. Before it was completed, the other temples were located in remote locations, so the queen chose Yuanhong Temple to offer incense.
The imperial concubine Mingxuan was the leader of the foreign affairs, so she traveled with the empress as usual. After offering incense, she came to find Qingya.
The two of them sat in the small courtyard basking in the sun, and asked the servant girl to make tea and prepare some fragrant drinks.
Mingxuan saw her unhappy look, took a closer look at her red eyes, and said with concern:
"Look at you, I haven't seen you for just a few days, and you're already so haggard, and you didn't even let me call the doctor to see you? This is because the Queen is here to offer incense at Yuanhong Temple, and I have time to come and see you. Otherwise, I really don’t know how uncomfortable you are right now!”
She was stunned before she dared to speak: "Harm,...it's nothing at all!"
"What about your business? Is there any small matter here in this palace?"
Mingxuan saw that she was worried, so she stepped back and asked quietly: "But what's on your mind? Tell me quickly. You've been distracted since I walked in."
She swallowed the words that came to her lips.
"Hai, please tell me quickly. If you tell me something, who is going to be with you or me?"
She mustered up the courage to roll up her hair in her hands again and again before saying, "Sister, recently I have lost my appetite, have some back pain, and often feel sleepy. I..."
Halfway through her words, Mingxuan was pleasantly surprised: "Could it be that she has a baby?"
She nodded silently: "The symptoms seem to be the same."
Mingxuan immediately couldn't sit still, stood up and waved to someone to quietly ask for the imperial doctor. She summoned the servant girl to quickly wrap a blanket on the chair she was sitting on, and brought a pot of fire. She looked more pregnant than herself. All excited.
"Empress, please don't be impatient. Don't be impatient. Wait until the doctor confirms it!"
"It must be there! It must be there!"
Qingya was still waiting for the imperial doctor to arrive in silence, sitting there neither happy nor sad. The imperial doctor arrived after a long journey, and at Mingxuan's urging, he went to spread silk to diagnose the pulse.
After a long time, the imperial doctor knelt down in front of her with his beard lifted up and the corners of his mouth raised. He congratulated her repeatedly and kowtowed again and again - "Madam, you are indeed pregnant. Congratulations, congratulations! If your Majesty knows, he will be even more kind to you. I will go back and inform the king now!”.c
"Wait a minute, imperial physician, please keep this matter confidential for now." The imperial physician was stopped by her urgent tone and left.
He looked around and waited for Mingxuan's eyes to indicate before he dared to resign.
After the imperial doctor had left for a while, the two of them dared to speak in a low voice, and then they saw a pair of slightly frightened eyes on the elegant purple-red cheeks.
"Now, you are pregnant and have not told the king, but do you have any plans?"
Then she shook her head endlessly: "If I tell him, he will definitely take me back for the sake of the child, but I don't want to do that. Since the king has said everything about Heli, what should I do again? ?Aren’t you asking for trouble?”
"The king will never truly reconcile with you! He will definitely take you back..."
"It's not necessary, it's really unnecessary... I brought some dowry, built a small yard in the suburbs of Beijing, and lived a simple life. I will give birth to the baby well and bring him up, and teach him to read. It will definitely not happen." It’s worse than the brothers and sisters in the palace.”
"You are carrying a royal heir, no!"
"I don't want to stay in the palace...I don't want to...and I don't want to get along with him anymore."
After saying this, Mingxuan stood up excitedly after hearing this, pulled back his sleeves and said:
"You are really blinded by lard. Your Majesty treats you so well. You are pampered in a way that I don't have. You are not satisfied. I can promise you anything else, but not this one. You If you don't tell the king that you are pregnant, then I will be the evil person, and I will definitely know about it on the day of the king's birthday!"
"sister……"
"You are just too young and act impulsively without any consequences. I will never allow the prince's woman and children to wander around!"
Mingxuan was furious and said many angry words in one breath. Those words that had never come out of her mouth were shot out instantly like swords and arrows. She was so shocked that she didn't dare to say a word and just stayed blank. Sit in a chair.
After she finished speaking eloquently, Mingxuan came to comfort her again. When the waiters informed her that the Queen was returning to the palace, she refused to resign. Before leaving, she stood outside the threshold and looked back: "Qingya, don't be so stubborn, you should bow your head. Yes, bow your head."
She was stunned, stroking her belly and her eyes were red.
Wan Yanyong had been really decadent this month, his family affairs were not going well, and he was also impeached by Zhang Xuansu. It was originally the summer of the first year of Zhenyuan last year. Due to the construction of a new city, the laborers suffered from injuries and could not be treated. Miasma spread everywhere. Some people took advantage of the chaos to steal, disturbing the people's livelihood. I don't know where this Xuansu news came from. , saying that King Yong opened a tent to provide porridge to win over the people, and secretly used this to instruct the mob to loot.
This made the emperor furious, and he scolded him in court, but because he was an honest man, he didn't do anything to him.
When Wan Yanyong returned to his mansion, he just stayed in his room, drafting the long-delayed letter of divorce every day.
"Qingya, are you still that stubborn? Still unwilling to bow your head and admit your mistake?"
Wan Yanyong sat on the couch, almost extinguishing the candle next to him, but still refused to write a single word on the paper in his hand.
The waiting person replied: "Your Majesty, my wife has never mentioned a word, so..."
Hearing this, he folded the brush in his hand in half, took a deep breath, held his face for a while, then raised his head after a long time, and did not dare to make a sound even when waiting for others.
The oil on the candlestick was all gone, and there was only a faint shadow. He sighed: "She is so strong, so proud, and would rather suffer than bow. It is the lonely king who underestimated her "sea" Dongqing". "
After saying that, he took another pen from the porcelain shelf and wrote the word "Heli" on the silk paper like flowing water. He wrote the words against his will without thinking, and then concluded: "The future is like smoke, the past is like smoke." , don’t miss each other, I wish my wife a long life.”
After writing, he tremblingly handed the scroll and the book of separation into the hands of the waiting person, took a deep breath again and ordered: "Send it immediately, without delay! From then on, she and the lonely king... and this palace, no one It doesn’t matter anymore!”
Waiting for Ren Nai to go, he quickly delivered the letter and the letter of departure to Qingya's hands. She was stunned for a long time at first, then her eyes turned red, and she laughed again with tears in her eyes. She took the letter and the letter of departure and put it in her hands. bedside.
The subordinate who originally came from the palace to follow her felt that she could no longer return to Wanyan Yong and continue to be the wife of the palace who favored the palace.
Each team formed a group to come and say goodbye.
Rows of black gauze hats and "One Year Scenery" flower crowns lay in front of her. Everyone was telling their own difficulties and pains. How could Qingya be so difficult for others? They must be rewarded well and let them go.
She had no anger, no unnecessary movements or words. She gently put her hands on her knees and counted the money in a low voice: "You guys have been following me for many days. Now I am no longer a member of the palace. If you find a good place to go, go and don’t miss it. I’m not saying it in an angry way. After all, many of you here have to support your family.”
"You go, I don't have anything valuable to give you, so I gave each of you two silver coins and left happily."
The servants below all talked to each other and took the money to leave. Some of the affectionate servant girls suddenly wanted to stay. Qingya also advised not to do so and sent the group away together.
Since then, she has only Xiangxiang and Xiyi to serve her, and an elderly nanny from the kitchen. Although the servants have avoided it and gone their separate ways, the courtyard has become deserted for a while, but it is clean The days of , for her at this time, may be better and more conducive to raising a baby.
The early spring was getting warmer, and the day when Wan Yanyong took office as the Yin of Jinan was approaching. He became even more busy, sorting out the things at hand and handing over to the next official. He would go out early and come back late all day without seeing the sky, and he would never see the sky again. I haven't asked Qingya about it, and it seems like I have never had anything to do with this woman.
Mingxuan still obeyed her wishes and did not publicize the matter or tell Wanyan Yong.
Qingya's belly swelled slightly and her body became a little heavier. The initial panic gradually turned into love for this child. I often caress my belly, read poems and books to him, talk to him affectionately, and then imagine what he looks like. Although my mother is suffering, my heart is very sweet.
Xiyi and Xiangxiang were also looking forward to the birth of this child, and were busy making clothes and shoes for the child when they had free time.
So she asked Xiyi to take out the baby's clothes and shoes that her mother had made when she was still alive. These simple but extremely valuable things were sewn by her mother day and night, stitch by stitch, with fine stitches. , small and exquisite designs, and unique patterns on the clothes, whether they are tigers or flower stamens, are all her mother's love for her and the love for the child in her belly.
