Kunning Palace

Zhang Yan, who was already pot-bellied, was lying on a bamboo recliner, and next to her sat a group of harem concubines such as Concubine Liang, Concubine Hui, Concubine Cheng, Concubine Rong, Concubine Chun, Feng Guiren, and Hu Guiren.

Zhu Youxiao's daughter-in-law is not much, and there are only seven or eight concubines in the harem, which is rare in the Ming Dynasty, and in front of Zhang Yan and these concubines is a 60-inch color TV sent by Yang Feng, and now this color TV is playing the 87th version of the TV series Dream of Red Mansions in later generations.

Since Yang Feng sent this TV to the palace, Kunning Palace has become lively, and the concubines in the harem run over to watch the TV when they have nothing to do, after all, this kind of cross-era thing is too shocking for this era of barren entertainment, even the coldest people can't resist its temptation.

At the beginning, at night, the entire Qianqing Palace was almost crowded with crowds, and all the people in the palace who had a bit of identity all tried to run to Kunning Palace to watch TV, and whenever they saw those lifelike characters and voices on the screen, they didn't know how many exclamation voices and fascinated expressions they would be shocked. Now more than a year has passed, and this craze has only subsided slightly, but even so, several concubines in the harem often come over.

It is said that they have watched this Dream of Red Mansions several times, but they still enjoy watching the replay. Now I happened to see Daiyu knocking on the door of Yihong Courtyard to find Jia Baoyu at night, and Jia Baoyu's girl Qingwen mistakenly thought it was a girl from another courtyard, so she refused to open the door. Lin Daiyu suspected that Baoyu deliberately did not let him in, and he began to sigh about his life experience and became angry with Baoyu.

It happened that the next day coincided with the period of flowers, and seeing the falling flowers all over the ground, Lin Daiyu hid everyone and came to the place where the peach blossoms were buried in the past.

Seeing this, all the concubines in the house sighed to each other, and when they touched the scene, these people also thought of themselves, and many of them were stupid, and their eyes were a little red.

At this moment, this episode is at the end of the play, and the melodious singing at the end of the film came from the TV: one is Langyuan Xianbao, and the other is Meiyu Flawless. If you say that there is no fate, you will meet him again in this life; If it is said that there is a strange fate, how can the mind end up empty......

Among Zhu Youxiao's concubines, Concubine Hui read more books, and her temperament was the most sentimental, listening to "Vain Eyebrows" on TV, she took out her handkerchief and wiped her eyes, and said with a little choked: "Lin Daiyu is too pitiful, her father and mother died early, and she stayed alone in a relative's house, but she was treated like this." That Qingwen is also hateful, she doesn't even open the door, if I meet her, I must teach her a good lesson. ”

Concubine Liang couldn't help but purse her lips and smile after hearing this: "Sister, the left and right are just a story, why should you be serious." ”

Concubine Hui smiled a little embarrassedly: "What my sister said is certainly reasonable, but my little sister always feels that since this thing is so lifelike and real, is it true? ”

"Yes, my little sister thinks so. And that Jia Zheng is too hateful, always forcing Baoyu to study, if the little sister sees it, she will definitely point at him and scold him! ”

"No, I don't think Shi Xiangyun's father and uncle are ...... thing."

The concubines were enthusiastically discussing the plot in the play, and for a while the palace was chattering so lively, which is also something that has often happened for more than a year, after watching the TV series, the concubines will gather together to discuss the plot in the play, which one is the best-looking, which one is the most treacherous and cunning, etc., after throwing away the halo on their bodies, they are actually no different from ordinary ordinary people, gossip, love to watch lively and other natures are also revealed.

Zhang Yan didn't join their discussion, she just lay on the chaise longue and watched the concubines talk quietly with a smile, her hands unconsciously gently stroking her lower abdomen. She knew very well what the child in her womb meant to her husband, who still had no children.

The Chinese people are the most important blood inheritance, and the biggest curse on a person is to curse the other party for cutting off their children and grandchildren, even in the people, if someone curses the other party for cutting off their children and grandchildren, then from now on the two sides will become 100% enemies who do not share the sky, and the people are still like this, and the royal family will naturally value it more. The direction of the Zhu family, the royal inheritance, and everything else pressed on her somewhat thin shoulders, but on weekdays, Zhang Yan just faced this burden with a calm and smile.

Seeing that the concubines were discussing too enthusiastically, Zhang Yan just wanted to say something to make them quieter, but suddenly she felt a pain in her stomach, and she couldn't help but let out a muffled snort, and the whole person sat up from the recliner and reached out to cover her lower abdomen at the same time.

As soon as she snorted like this, Qing Qing, the woman in the personal palace on the side, immediately heard it, and seeing the queen mother's somewhat painful appearance, Ziqing was startled and hurriedly asked, "Queen mother, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zhang Yan endured the pain in her lower abdomen and whispered, "I'...... I don't know, my stomach hurts so badly! ”

At this time, the concubines who were still discussing the plot of the TV series also heard their conversation and focused their attention on the queen.

There was silence in the real hall for a moment, and then there was a "boom" commotion.

"Niangniang is probably about to give birth!"

"Quick...... Come on......"

"Imperial Doctor...... Hurry up and pass the imperial doctor......"

"Someone's coming...... The queen is about to give birth......"

For a while, there was a burst of chickens and dogs in the entire Kunning Palace, and countless palace maids and eunuchs were strung around like headless flies, and soon countless Wen Po and imperial doctors who had been on standby for a long time rushed to the Kunning Palace like a war.

The queen was about to give birth, and the news spread like a whirlwind throughout the palace, and even quickly spread outside the palace.

Zhu Youxiao, who was in the imperial study to review the folds, threw down the fold in his hand without thinking and ran towards the Kunning Palace, Gu Bingqian, Huang Liji and other pavilion elders who were working in Wenyuan Pavilion also put down the brush in their hands and set their eyes on the Kunning Palace in the south, when the news reached the streets and alleys of the capital, the vendors who were bargaining, the tea customers drinking tea in the teahouse, and even the people who were busy on the street for life all looked at the palace.

Soon, martial law began in Kunning Palace, where the queen was located, and the concubines who came to Kunning Palace to watch TV also returned to their respective bedrooms with their personal palace maids and eunuchs. Countless eunuchs stood at various intersections, all of them looking at the people entering and exiting with vigilant eyes, and the atmosphere in the entire palace began to become tense from the inside out.

When Zhu Youxiao rushed to Kunning Palace from the imperial study out of breath, he saw that the entire Kunning Palace was like a war, with eunuchs and palace maids standing everywhere, and the imperial doctor and Wen Po were also busy, and the whole looked like a great enemy.

When he walked to the delivery room, a grandmother guarding the door stopped him, "Your Majesty, you can't go in, there are slaves and maids here, just wait outside." ”

Well, men can't enter the maternity ward, it's been a rule for thousands of years, whether you're a commoner or an emperor.

"Okay, I'm not going in." Zhu Youxiao could only stay where he was, rubbing his hands anxiously.

At this time, the door opened, Zhang Yan's personal palace woman Qing walked out, and Zhu Youxiao hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is the queen?" ”

Ziqing, who had been busy for a while, was also oozing a layer of sweat on her forehead at this moment, and when she saw the emperor asking, she hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the queen's mother is still in good condition, I'm afraid it will take another hour or two to give birth, but the queen said it, she said...... She said......"

Seeing Ziqing, who was still hesitant, Zhu Youxiao, who was already anxious, became anxious and said loudly: "What did the queen say?" ”

"......"

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao was in a hurry, Ziqing didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "The queen said, she said that she always felt that someone wanted to harm her and her children, and she wanted to ask Your Majesty to strengthen the defense in the palace." ”

"Fortify your defenses?" Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Okay, I will immediately mobilize the palace guards to come to Kunning Palace to protect them, come here......"

Before Zhu Youxiao could finish speaking, Ziqing hurriedly interrupted Zhu Youxiao's words, "Your Majesty, that's not what the queen mother meant. ”

"That's not what she meant, so what does she mean?" Zhu Youxiao was a little impatient, and before he knew it, his tone became stern.

After all, it is the emperor, he glared at him like this, where did Ziqing dare to hold it, and hurriedly said: "Niangniang said, she is not at ease with the guards in the palace, I hope you can give an order...... Transferred Jiang Ninghou's family to guard. ”

"Ridiculous!"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but roar anymore, he didn't stop shouting, so frightened that the little palace maid knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, and the surrounding eunuchs and palace maids were also frightened and knelt down.

Yes, Zhu Youxiao was angry.

What is Kunning Palace?

This is the palace inside, it is the place where the queen lives, except for the eunuchs and palace maids and the palace guards on duty, no other outsiders are allowed to set foot on weekdays, and now Zhang Yan actually wants to let other people enter the palace guards, which is simply slapping the face of the old Zhu family and the palace guards.

Just when Zhu Youxiao was about to let people drive this little palace maid out, he heard her say, "Your Majesty, Niangniang said, you must take precautions!" ”

"A lesson from the past?"

Zhu Youxiao was quite angry at first, but then when he thought about it, his face began to change. Zhu Youxiao didn't have no sons, in fact, he had three sons, but these three children either died or miscarried without a mother's womb, although on the surface it is normal, after all, the premature death rate of children in these years is too high, even if it is the emperor's son.

Zhang Yan and Zhu Youxiao also had a child before, but unfortunately one day Zhang Yan had some back pain, and after inviting a palace maid to massage her, she was miscarried, and the palace maid also committed suicide, and this matter had to be resolved, Zhang Yan has always thought that this matter is inseparable from Kebaba and Wei Zhongxian, and has sued the two of them in front of Zhu Youxiao several times, but Zhu Youxiao ignored it for some consideration, and now Zhang Yan brought up the old matter again before giving birth, which had to make Zhu Youxiao hesitate a little.

Seeing Zhu Youxiao, who was a little hesitant, Ziqing said again: "Your Majesty, Niangniang also said that for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, the face of the royal family is not so important. ”

"I ......"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but want to scold his mother, what is called the royal face is not important, it is obviously very important, okay, this mother-in-law really dares to say anything, but ...... It's not for nothing.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Youxiao finally nodded: "In that case, someone is coming...... Spread my will, and order the Jiangning Marquis Mansion to ......"

The news that the queen was going to give birth was naturally not hidden from others, and soon many people gathered outside the noon gate, and they gathered outside the noon gate in order to get the news as soon as possible.

These people include scholars, officials, ordinary people, and even a lot of people from three religions and nine ranks, it is said that if it was in the past, the guards guarding the noon gate would have pulled out the long knife at their waist and cut it down without saying a word. You girl, dare to sway in front of the noon gate, live impatiently, right?

But not today, today is a good day for the queen to give birth, no one dares to be rough at this time, otherwise if there is blood, something bad will happen to the queen, and the party will definitely be torn into eighteen pieces.

Well, although this reason is a bit nonsense, for Chinese people, what they pay attention to is a good fortune, and they can't see blood on a happy day. Therefore, the scholars and the common people who know this very well will swagger to gather outside the noon gate to look.

Just as the people in front of the noon gate were gathering more and more, a deep voice came.

"Click...... Click...... Click, click......"

The sound of neatness grew louder and louder, and even the ground shook faintly. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they woke up, this should be the sound of footsteps, but it's too neat, right, who is coming?

Soon, a squad of sergeants came running from not far away. The sergeants were all dressed in iron armor and helmets, and wore a pair of strange but rather beautiful leather boots on their feet, and they were not holding traditional weapons, but long firearms.

A palace guard said with some surprise: "Why are the people from Jingying here?" ”

The other guard shook his head: "No...... They are not from the Beijing camp, and the people of the Beijing camp should wear mandarin duck battle jackets, they ...... They are Jiang Ning Army! ”

"Jiangning Army...... What are they coming to do? ”

The guards guarding the palace were stunned for a moment, and then their expressions couldn't help but change greatly, an army suddenly appeared in front of the palace in full armor, what did they want to do? Could it be that he wants to rebel?

"My lord, do we want to warn you?" A guard clenched the long knife at his waist and hurriedly asked the leader next to him, a hundred presidents!

The hundred households couldn't help but pat the guard's head hard: "Warning? What nonsense are you talking about, when is it now, if you have a fork, how many heads do you have! ”