NFBE Chapter 552 Sister-in-law, open the door, I am my brother 43
Chapter 552 Sister-in-law, open the door, I am my brother 43
Jiuli showed a gentle smile at the right moment, then covered her cheeks with a handkerchief, tears welled up in her eyes, and she used her acting skills at the right time, her tone full of joy.
"I have a child?" The trembling voice was filled with disbelief and surprise. She looked like she was crazy about having a child, and there was no doubt about it at all.
"Replying to the princess, the princess is one month pregnant." Du Hanzhi spoke again, telling the news that he had known before.
"Congratulations, Princess. Congratulations, Princess. This is great news." Concubine Zhu was the first to react and concealed the expression in her eyes.
"Congratulations, Princess." Concubine Li's joy was clearly shown on her face, and she thought of bringing over the Fourth Young Master's childhood clothes.
All the ladies knelt down and expressed their congratulations, their joy beyond words. Jiuli only reacted at this time and resumed her usual elegance and grace, just pressing the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.
"Thank you for your kind words. I will not have to pay respects to you during this period," Jiuli said more gently, "I will trouble Concubine Zhu and Concubine Li to pay attention to the affairs of the palace."
"I dare not." Concubine Zhu lowered her eyebrows and looked at him in a submissive manner. Did the princess think that she wanted to seize power? She was muttering in her heart.
"I'm not very good at it. I'd like to trouble my sister Princess to give me more guidance." Concubine Li took it carelessly.
Concubine Zhu glanced at Concubine Li without leaving a trace, cursing in her heart, "This idiot, what if this is a trap?"
"I still trust Concubine Zhu's ability," Jiuli chuckled, but her eyes were calm. She covered her eyes with a handkerchief, and her face was tired. "I am tired too. You can leave."
"I won't disturb your rest, Princess." Concubine Li said this, looked at Jiuli worriedly, and pulled Madam Song out of the door. There was excitement in her tone, and she looked a little silly.
Mrs. Song sighed. Does this silly child think that the princess's pregnancy is a good thing? There are five young masters in front of her.
As soon as Prince Jing walked out of the palace gate, Feng Ping, who was following the princess, came towards him, and he couldn't help but quicken his pace.
"Has something happened to the princess?" Prince Jing asked before Feng Ping, his hands behind his back nervously turning the beads.
"Fourth brother, calm down, maybe it's a good thing." Prince Ming was standing nearby, his eyes full of understanding. It was obvious that he already knew the reason, but he disguised it very well.
"That being said, Princess," King Jing showed a rare look of worry. Right now, the power of the Cui family is very important to him, and the princess must not get into any harm.
"The princess is pregnant," Feng Ping said in a low voice.
The three words "pregnant" made King Jing a little confused. He had already prepared himself for not having a legitimate son, so now he has one?
"The princess is pregnant." Thinking that King Jing didn't hear clearly, Feng Ping repeated it again and complained that he had poor hearing.
"Go back home." King Jing came to his senses, abandoned the carriage, and rode his men back to King Jing's mansion.
The Ming Wang behind him paused, followed him as if nothing had happened, and returned to the palace next door, thinking about whether there was anything he could use and would send it to Jiuli when he had time.
King Jing went straight to the main courtyard, and only after entering did he regain his usual coldness, though his steps were still a little hurried.
"Hurry up, you don't need to perform the formalities since you are pregnant," King Jing quickly helped Jiuli up, "but I have called the palace doctor, how is the baby? Is he bothering you?"
He looked at Jiuli's lower abdomen with loving eyes, as if there was already a chubby white baby there, which would come out in a few days.
"The child is still young, how could he make trouble?" Jiuli glanced at him with maternal love in her eyes.
Sorry she was pretending, she was really about to fail, and for the first time she felt acting was really uncomfortable to the extreme.
"What did the court physician say?" King Jing smiled.
"You have to take good care of it," Jiuli said in a low and gentle voice, "The first three months are very dangerous, so you have to be more careful."
"The people serving you are all capable. I will reward each of them with twenty taels of silver," King Jing said with a slight hesitation.
"The mansion is busy. If you can't handle it, you can ask Concubine Zhu to help you. Don't overwork yourself." He looked at Jiuli's face and said, "You are still the one who makes the decision. Don't worry."
"I have arranged for Concubine Zhu and Concubine Li to take care of some things respectively. Don't worry, Your Majesty. The most important thing for me now is the safe birth of the child." Jiuli's eyes were gentle.
Besides, all the people in key positions are hers. If she can still be plotted against, then all these years of her life would have been lived in vain.
"It's good that you think so," Prince Jing sighed in his heart. It turned out that the princess had a broad mind. Concubine Zhu would not be like this.
"Have you informed my mother about this?" King Jing then asked.
"Someone has been sent to the palace," Jiuli chuckled.
"I will be here with you for the next few days. If you need anything, just go to the front yard and let me know," King Jing looked expectantly. This boy was not just a child, but the bond between him and the Cui family.
"I understand," Jiuli's eyes flashed with disdain. Who wants him to accompany her? Forget it, he's pregnant.
Prince Jing thought that his princess had become more gentle, so he didn't think much about it and ate the nutritious meal with Jiuli.
In the palace, Concubine Heng, who knew that she would soon have a legitimate grandson, packed up a bunch of things and gave them down as rewards, including two maids, which showed that she would not allow anyone to harm her eldest grandson.
Following closely behind, the gifts for the four concubines and seven imperial concubines filled several warehouses, not to mention the gifts sent by the Cui family, which once again made people sigh at the generosity of the aristocratic families.
With the arrival of this child, King Jing's reaction was even more intense than Jiuli's, and he didn't even enter the backyard.
It’s not that there were people who did some tricks during that period, but they were severely reprimanded as soon as they started doing it, and no one dared to do it again.
Jiuli's pregnancy ended quickly. One day, Prince Jing was resting in the main courtyard when he had a nightmare. When he woke up and touched his belly, he was scared to death. He thought she was pregnant.
"The princess' water has broken, go and call the midwife," Anxiang came out and arranged everything in an orderly manner.
"Go and check the midwife. Make sure you are clean before going in." Qing Qian directed the little girl around.
Yingxiu went to the kitchen and stewed brown sugar eggs herself.
When King Jing came out, he saw the women standing nervously in the yard. When he saw the basins of blood, his heart was in turmoil.
"Your Highness, please stop turning around. You are getting tired of turning around." Concubine Zhu pretended to rub her forehead. "Your Highness, it will take some time. Your water just broke. It's normal for the birth to be slow."
Concubine Li and Madam Song looked at the children together and nodded in agreement. Listening to the screams inside, they knew how much pain the princess was in. Then they thought of themselves, bah.
"My dear," King Jing whispered, his eyes fixed on the door, but was stopped at the entrance by An Xiang Ying Xiu.
"Your Highness, it is not appropriate for a man to be present when this woman is giving birth." Concubine Zhu boldly grabbed Prince Jing's sleeve.