In midsummer, the weather is getting hotter and hotter. Li Zhang originally wanted to stay home and rest, but Zhao Zhen, in the spirit of sharing blessings and having difficulties, called him to the palace to accompany him to handle government affairs. Although there were ice basins for cooling in the hall, he still felt uncomfortable.

"General!" Li Zhang stepped forward and shouted loudly. Today, Zhao Zhen rarely finished handling government affairs in advance, so the two of them set up chess boards and started playing chess. The chess in the Song Dynasty was no longer much different from those in later generations. However, some rules have not yet been finalized, and there are even a lot of alien chess.

"Wait, I made the wrong move just now. Let's take a step back first, I'll think about it before!" Zhao Zhen saw that Li Zhang was about to die, and immediately reached out to regret the chess.

However, Li Zhang grabbed Zhao Zhen's hand and said, "No regrets, I have made you regret chess twice just now. As the saying goes, you can't repeat it again and again. If everyone regrets chess as much as you, then what's the point of playing chess?"

Hearing Li Zhang's words, Zhao Zhen's face turned red. He immediately pulled back his hand holding the chess piece in disappointment and said, "Forget it, even if you win this game, you cousin, but chess is not interesting. Let's talk about Go!"

"Go is too brain-consuming, so just play Go! "Li Zhang couldn't help but give Zhao Zhen a blank look when he heard this. Although Zhao Zhen is the emperor, his chess quality is not very good. He can't afford to lose. He is a person like him. If he loses in chess, he wants to regain his face in Go. After all, everyone knows that Li Zhang's Go is very bad.

"If you don't play Goji, I've never beat you!" Zhao Zhen shook his head immediately when he heard Li Zhang's words. Goji was taught by Li Zhang, but he lost every time. The only person who was confident of winning Li Zhang was Go.

"In such a good weather, you two don't know what it means to just play chess here?" At this moment, a crisp voice suddenly heard, and then Miao Yuan actually walked in from outside the hall.

"Why are you willing to enter the palace?" Zhao Zhen couldn't help but ask with a surprised expression when he saw his sister. Since Miaoyuan moved out of the palace, he hasn't come back a few times, and most of them have gone to visit Empress Dowager Li, so he rarely sees Miaoyuan.

"Why can't I go to the palace? This is the sour plum soup made by my mother herself. Let me give you some to try!" Miaoyuan first gave Zhao Zhen a blank look, and then asked someone to send the sour plum soup made by Empress Dowager Li himself. Although Empress Dowager Li is now noble, she still maintains her previous habits and likes to do many things herself, such as taking care of Empress Zhang himself.

Seeing the iced sour plum soup emitting white cool air, Li Zhang took the bowl without hesitation and drank it in big mouthful. A cold breath spread out from his belly, and he felt much cooler, which made him breathe a long sigh and said, "It's comfortable, my aunt is heartless!"

"Where is my mother, is she still with the queen?" Zhao Zhen also finished drinking the sour plum soup in one breath, and then asked.

"No, my mother was a little tired after making sour plum soup, so she went back to rest." Miaoyuan answered again. She had served her mother and then came to see Zhao Zhen and the others after lying down.

"The weather is hot now, and people are indeed tired easily. I have advised my mother many times to take a rest and not to worry so much, but she just doesn't listen." Zhao Zhen also smiled bitterly when he heard this.

Li Zhang smiled when he heard this. Empress Li was a person who couldn't rest. Before, when Queen Zhang was not pregnant, she would personally plant a lot of flowers and plants, and even raise small animals such as pigeons and cats. However, this is also a good thing. After all, if you have something to do, you won't get sick.

While talking, a cool breeze suddenly blew out of the window, causing the temperature in the entire hall to drop, which made Li Zhang feel shocked. Then he walked to the window and found that dark clouds were floating from the south, and the wind was also blowing. It seemed that it was going to rain.

"The weather has changed. I hope it will rain heavily so that it will be cooler." Zhao Zhen walked to Li Zhang at this time and looked at the dark clouds outside the window and said.

Just as Zhao Zhen finished speaking, he suddenly heard a loud "click" sound in the sky, and a lightning flashed through the air. The thunder between heaven and earth also scared everyone. The thunder sounded like a trumpet of guessing. In the blink of an eye, the wind became stronger, and the strong wind swept the dust everywhere. The eunuch in the hall hurriedly closed the doors and windows. At the same time, the dark clouds also came above the head, which made the light in the hall darken suddenly.

"It seems that the rain is not small. If it falls too hard, cousin and Miaoyuan, you two should not go back." Zhao Zhen asked the eunuch to take the light at this time, and then smiled at Li Zhang and Miaoyuan again. The wind outside was so strong that the rain would definitely not be small, and it is not far from dark now, so there is no need for Li Zhang and the others to brave such heavy rain to go back.

After hearing this, Li Zhang and Miao Yuan nodded, and then the three of them sat down to chat again. However, before they could talk a few words, suddenly an eunuch pushed open the hall door in panic and shouted at Zhao Zhen and the other two: "Your Majesty is not good. The Empress is shocked by the thunder. Now she has a fetal aura and seems to be about to give birth in advance!"

"What!" Zhao Zhen jumped up suddenly when he heard this, almost overturning the table. Li Zhang and Miao Yuan also stood up in surprise. Then Zhao Zhen stepped out and rushed out. What he was most worried about was Queen Zhang and the child. Now, he naturally couldn't sit still when he heard this news.

However, with such heavy storms outside, Miaoyuan was worried that Zhao Zhen would suffer from gonorrhea, so he hurriedly grabbed him. Li Zhang immediately asked someone to prepare a carriage. Then the three of them got on the carriage together, and then rushed to Kunning Hall where the queen lived under the wind and rain.

Zhao Zhen was also restless along the way. Li Zhang and Miao Yuan could only comfort him. Finally, the carriage arrived at the back of Kunning Palace. Zhao Zhen was the first to jump down and then rushed into the hall. Li Zhang and Miao Yuan hurriedly followed, but as soon as they arrived at the hall, they were stopped because Empress Zhang was going to give birth.

However, Li Zhang clearly remembers that there is still one month before Queen Zhang's due date, and now it is obviously premature. Although premature birth is not very rare in later generations, premature babies have low resistance. Under the conditions of the Song Dynasty, it is not easy to support them, which makes everyone start to worry.

The palace had already prepared a delivery room, and it was in the back hall of Kunning Hall. At this time, Empress Zhang had been sent in, the midwife had already gone in, and the imperial doctor was ready to take his seat. Although Zhao Zhen was worried about Empress Zhang, according to the rules, men were strictly prohibited from entering when women gave birth, so he could only worry in the outer hall.

Li Zhang no longer spoke at this time. After all, he was a veteran. He knew that nothing was useful to say at this time, so he could only wait patiently. Miaoyuan wanted to go in, but was also stopped because not only the man could not enter the delivery room, but the unmarried and unborn women were also prohibited from entering the delivery room, which made Miaoyuan so angry that he couldn't do anything.

Not long after Li Zhang and the others arrived here, Empress Dowager Li rushed over. She comforted Zhao Zhen for a few words and then hurried to the delivery room in the back hall. Li Zhang originally hoped that Empress Dowager Li would be able to get some news after she went in, but she didn't expect that her trip would be like a mud cow entering the sea.

"Boom~" At this time, there were thunder sounds outside again, and the wind and rain became even heavier. The raindrops as big as beans were wrapped in the wind and hit the window paper, making an upsetting "slap" sound. There was also a case in the hall. At this time, everyone was not in a mood to speak, especially Zhao Zhen was walking around anxiously, unable to control his emotions at all.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the sky outside officially became dark. At this time, the wind became much lighter, but the rain became heavier. Li Zhang slowly became a little anxious as he heard the sound of rain outside. Although he knew that having a baby was not a matter of time, from the time Empress Dowager Li entered the delivery room to the present day, she had not even reported safety. If everything was normal inside, she would at least think of someone to report a letter, so that she could calm Zhao Zhen's heart.

Not only did Li Zhang notice the abnormality, but Zhao Zhen and Miao Yuan also seemed to notice it, which made the two of them even more unable to sit still. Miao Yuan wanted to go in several times, but they were all stopped. After all, the palace was larger in size, and even if she was a princess, she could not make an exception.

After waiting for a long time, Li Zhang didn't know what time it was now. Although they didn't have supper, no one felt hungry at this time. At this moment, Empress Dowager Li finally walked out of the back hall, which made Zhao Zhen feel energetic. He quickly stepped forward and asked, "Mother, how is the queen?"

"This..." Empress Dowager Li also showed a hesitant look at this time, which made Li Zhang, who was behind him, also felt a sank in his heart, "Your Majesty, the queen's condition is not very good, the position of the fetus is not very good, and the midwife has worked hard for a long time but has not been able to straighten the fetus. I'm afraid... it will be difficult to give birth!"

At the end of the conversation, Empress Dowager Li's tears flowed out, and Zhao Zhen was even more shocked and staggered back a few steps. If Li Zhang hadn't supported him, he would have fallen to the ground.

"How could it be...how could it be...how could it be difficult to give birth?" Zhao Zhen murmured with confusion and pain at this moment. He had put so much effort and energy into this child, almost waiting for the moon to wait for the birth of this child, but in the end he waited for such a result, which made him unable to believe it at all, and even doubted whether he was having a nightmare?
Chapter completed!