The road back(31)

"Everyone get out!" The queen was as frightened as a bird, leaving only the close nanny and two personal maids. The others were sent out. She held Lin Yutong's hand: "Please..."

Lin Yutong helped her to the bed, and the queen entrusted her and the child in her belly to her. It would be a joke to say that she trusted herself more than she trusted her nanny and someone close to her. But at this moment,

She knew very well that she was the only person who had no reason to harm her and could find help from outside the palace or even within the palace.

Not to mention other things, in the Mingzheng Palace reserved for the Supreme Emperor, there were only a few old palace servants left around the Supreme Emperor to serve him. These people usually don't care about the affairs of the palace, but when it comes to matters, then

It is Tai Sui who is the king of the servants in the palace.

If you have someone like you who is responsible for this matter, and you are willing to take it on without any hesitation, then you can almost trust this person.

The Queen did think so at the moment. Firstly, the person in front of her was capable of taking care of this matter, and secondly, she did not take the initiative to avoid it, which proved that she was sure of taking care of this matter. Since she was sure, then trust her. There was no second reason.

Two options.

The queen just lay down, and before taking off her lower body clothes, she heard from a distance that there was a noise outside.

The palace door was banged, and the queen looked outside in panic. Lin Yutong said: "Don't worry, nothing is as important as you and the child in your belly. Even if the sky falls, don't worry about it.

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A voice came from far away, "...Mother...it's on fire...it's on fire..."

The queen was about to sit up, but Lin Yutong pushed her down: "As long as Kunyuan Palace is not going to catch fire, then it's okay. Whatever is burned will be treated as such!"

Lin Yutong's attitude made the queen couldn't help but reveal an ugly smile, but she still looked at her nanny: "Go out and take a look..."

Before she finished speaking, Princess Zhongshun's voice came: "Don't worry, Madam, I'm outside. It's either something important, or there's a fire over there in the East Palace."

Isn’t the East Palace an important place?

Is the political meaning different? This is not measured by whether there are people inside.

The East Palace is indeed far away from the Harem and relatively remote. Even if that area is burned, it will not cause any serious harm. Besides, I don’t know how many people went to put out the fire.

Lin Yutong held the queen down and said to the princess outside: "Send someone to ask the old managers of Mingzheng Palace to give them an order. Everyone is guarding their own palaces and is not allowed to run around. No one can open the palace without the Holy Spirit's will."

Door."

As for the fire in the East Palace, don't worry about it at all.

Princess Zhongshun thought it was the Queen's intention, so she responded outside and sent her people away.

Inside, the queen didn't care about the future, only talking about the present. As long as it doesn't burn now, then don't worry about it. It's so remote and separated from the large palace complex by a river. The artificially dug river is not wide, but the fire can't burn if it wants to.

It’s not easy. What’s really powerful is actually the chaos in the palace caused by this fire. Everyone is busy putting out the fire, and someone may take advantage of the loophole. By then, I’m afraid it’s not the one that’s already abandoned there that’s burning.

Even the East Palace has special significance.

She breathed a long sigh of relief, clutched the sheets tightly, and felt really relieved this time: "Please..."

The tone was much more solemn.

Lin Yutong asked a few girls to use the tea stove in the side hall to boil as much hot water as they could. He only asked the nanny here to assist, bring scissors and other things, and bake them on the fire to help disinfect them. As for her,

, while helping to press the acupuncture points to assist in the delivery, he talked to the queen: "It's almost nine months old, so it's not considered a premature birth. The baby is very good, and the queen has slowed down her breathing..."

If there is no serious midwife, can people be reassured?

Although this lady had given birth, she had only given birth to one child.

But her calmness still made the queen calm down. When she heard that there was no more noise outside, she became more and more relieved. Even though she was in pain and sweating all over, she gritted her teeth and did not scream loudly.

It is not easy to be the mother of the country. If she doesn’t scream or yell, the people’s hearts outside will be stable.

Because of Lin Yutong's midwifery, the child did not cause his mother too much suffering. Almost an hour later, a healthy baby boy came into the world. Lin Yutong cut the umbilical cord, took out what was in the child's mouth, and listened.

With a "wow" sound, a loud cry echoed throughout the palace.

Lin Yutong said hurriedly: "The direct prince is born."

The queen tilted her head, her hair hanging loosely on her face. She opened her eyes and looked at the dirty child being held up by Lin Yutong, as if she wanted to confirm something eagerly.

Lin Yutong smiled and showed the calf between the child's legs to the Queen, and the Queen laughed. She smiled, her eye circles became red, and tears streamed down the corners of her eyes.

Nanny knelt down and thanked Amitabha. She wished she could thank all the gods and Buddhas in the sky.

Lin Yutong cleaned the child, checked the child's clothes and bedding, and dressed the child. Over there, the nanny and the maid were already cleaning the queen.

They had just finished cleaning up, but before the smell of blood inside had dissipated, a voice of surprise came from outside: "The Emperor is back - The Emperor is back..."

"Queen, it's me!" As soon as this voice came out, the queen softened and pointed to the door: "Open the door--"

The door of the main hall was slowly opened, and Emperor Zhenglong walked in dressed in military uniform. Lin Yutong was really in a trance, it looked like! So similar!

She held the child in her arms and blessed her body.

Emperor Zhenglong said goodbye and looked at the queen eagerly. Seeing that the queen was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you for your hard work! You handled this matter very well."

The queen just smiled and pointed at Lin Yutong: "Thanks to Mrs. Jia, our prince is safe and sound..."

Only then did Emperor Zhenglong realize: The child was born! He also gave birth to a son.

The smile on his face almost burst out. He stood up and looked towards the child. Lin Yutong handed the child to the Queen's nanny, and then slowly withdrew.

At this time, it's time to retire.

Sure enough, the fourth master was waiting outside. Seeing that Lin Yutong was fine, he stretched out his hand to hold her, and then said to King Zhongshun: "I will send Zhuo Jing home and I will be back soon."

King Zhongshun was talking to the eunuch in charge, and nodded to the fourth master: "Go and come back quickly."

The couple got out of the palace and got into the carriage. Only when they got to the carriage did Lin Yutong tell the fourth master what happened in the palace: "...This matter has nothing to do with Jia Yuanchun, but she may not have known about it beforehand."

Not many concubines in the palace were happy about the child in the queen's belly.

Of course, all this is Lin Yutong's guess. Jia Yuanchun's side has no need to admit it. If this matter cannot be suppressed, it will be in vain.

The fourth master only said: "There are only so many things that can be involved in the affairs of the palace. Do what you should do, and foreign ministers cannot get involved in the rest."

It’s not easy for foreign ministers to participate, so why do you have to ask you to leave early and come back early?

The Fourth Master laughed: "I was sent here by the Supreme Emperor to see what happened and to go back and report to the old man."

oh!

It only has eyes and ears, but no mouth.

Okay! If you have an errand, go and do it. The fourth master sent Lin Yutong home but didn't go in. The child was not at home today and was sent to Yu's house for Shao Hua to watch. The child spent the holidays with his uncle, aunt and cousin.

went.

Where is the young lady? She first went to see Qian and Jia Shu, and then was taken to the academy by Jia Xia and Qi to stay for a while. Qi said that the brothers from the Zhang family would occasionally go to the academy to ask for advice. She thought about it

, is it possible for the two of them to meet each other from a distance?

The place on the mountain is big, and you can go out and play. Lin Yutong saw that his mother had changed from a big yard to a small yard, and she had hardly ever gone out to play. Qi called her, so she just went there. There was also a brother and sister-in-law over there, and she just called

Mrs. Qi cultivated a relationship with her, and she let him go as soon as he told her.

Now that she came home, the fourth master was busy again, and she was the only master left.

After washing up, I ate a bowl of noodles and rested early. The fourth master probably didn't think about coming back tonight.

Emperor Zhenglong suppressed the anger in his heart because of the joy brought by the birth of his legitimate prince. But looking at the East Palace burned to that state, his anger started to burn again. He snorted coldly: "I don't know enough about that lineage.

Tolerance? Investigate! Investigate strictly to the end!”

The Fourth Master didn't want to speak at first, but thinking about the legitimate prince that Tongtong saved with all his efforts, he still said: "Your Majesty, think twice. It was the East Palace that was burned, but on the same night, the legitimate prince was born."

Emperor Zhenglong didn't understand what he meant at first, but then his expression suddenly changed.

If you think about two things carefully, wouldn't it be true that the East Palace was burned down only after the legitimate prince was born? Could this mean that the legitimate prince was not worthy of the position of the Eastern Palace, and was it a warning from God?

If you think so, it's not just a matter of Prince Zhongyi's lineage of manipulation. Without internal thieves, you can't attract outside ghosts. I'm afraid the hands and feet of the concubines in the palace may not be so clean.

"His heart is to be punished!" Emperor Zhenglong said this through gritted teeth, feeling a little frightened. He then asked the fourth master: "In view of your love, what should I do?"

"Last night, the legitimate prince was born, and the room was filled with red light, which turned into stars and fell into the East Palace." The fourth master said seriously, as if he had seen it in person: "...It's just that the eunuch guarding the door was frightened by the vision.

It was just an accident that I accidentally knocked down the lantern. The birth of the legitimate prince is an auspicious sign. Your Majesty wants to grant amnesty to the world, and the number of admissions can be increased next spring to show universal celebration..."

Let's cover up the incident that caused Xiao Qiang like this first, and then slowly verify it, so as not to cause panic or unwarranted speculation outside the palace.

Emperor Zhenglong's eyes immediately became clear. Yes, this is the only way to do it.

As for the fact that the legitimate prince was promoted invisibly, except that he was not canonized as a prince... this matter can no longer be taken care of now. Besides, if the legitimate prince is virtuous, what reason does he have to confer other princes as crown princes?

This matter is not what Emperor Zhenglong is thinking about now.

In addition, if there are concubines involved in this matter, then I am afraid that none of the prince's concubines will be unjust. Otherwise, the queen will not be able to deceive the queen at such a critical moment. Therefore, there is no need to investigate this matter further.

, even if these princes are removed from their qualifications to succeed to the throne, it does not mean that they have wronged anyone.

Thinking about it this way, my mind became even more determined.

King Zhongshun also wanted to understand the truth behind this, and said: "Brother Emperor, now we only care about the present. As for the future, that is a matter of the future."

Let’s get over the immediate crisis first. We won’t be anxious about who can be crowned as the prince in the future. This is not an urgent matter.

This prompted Emperor Zhenglong to make up his mind: "Let's do it this way. The investigation still needs to be carried out. It must be tight inside and loose outside. There must be no slack at all."

This is what King Zhongshun wants to do, but it has nothing to do with Fourth Master.
To be continued...