Chapter 416: Who's Eldest Grandson?
"What? Doudou is also going to be raw? Before Li Shimin could speak, the eldest grandson cheered first.
The queen suddenly grabbed Li Shimin's wrist, but trotted with the corner of her skirt with her other hand, and said eagerly: "Your Majesty, let's hurry over, Doudou is about to give birth, and the concubine must go and watch." ”
Li Shimin nodded again and again, as if he disliked the queen running too slowly, he picked up the eldest grandson and hugged him, and the two of them rumbled out of the courtyard.
In the blink of an eye, the courtyard was sparsely populated, and the eunuchs of the Internal Affairs Office who came with the emperor and empress were gone, and they didn't know whether they were intentional or unintentional, and they forgot to put down the ginseng and deer antler and other tonics, and took them all away.
"This king, this king ......" Li Chengqian's face was pale, his chest was constantly rising and falling, he suddenly pulled out the big knife on the waist of the guards in the courtyard, slashed wildly around, and yelled angrily: "I killed you, I killed you, ahhhhhh......h
In the tone, there is infinite suffocation.
Yuan Ye's eyes were slightly cold, and he also had a sense of disappointment in his heart, he quietly watched Li Chengqian go crazy, and he didn't have the slightest idea of stepping forward to stop him.
Li Chengqian went crazy for a long time, and finally threw the big knife on the ground, and sat on the ground with his ass gasping for breath.
Suddenly heard a loud cry in the delivery room, and someone inside said happily: "I gave birth, I gave birth to the prince, the concubine gave birth to a little prince for you......"
Li Chengqian's eyes flickered, then he froze, and said hatefully: "Damn, why didn't you live a moment earlier, why didn't you live a moment earlier?" If you had been born a moment earlier, you would have been able to keep your father and queen mother! ”
Yuan Ye glanced at him, slowly walked to the door of the delivery room, and pretended to be respectful and asked inside: "Can the side concubine be healthy, and the little prince can be healthy?" ”
There was silence inside, and a midwife whispered: "The side concubine and the child are all fine, especially the little prince is very healthy, and he ......weighs ten pounds after birth."
With hints in these words, a trace of disappointment flashed in Yuan Ye's heart, and he muttered: "Ten pounds, ten pounds, alas! ”
Newborn dolls rarely exceed eight catties, and the midwife said that the little prince weighed ten catties, which clearly implied that Yuan Ye was a replacement child, and Li Chengqian's side concubine was actually a female baby.
"Li Shimin is gone, what does it mean to change it or not!" Yuan Ye sighed in his heart, turned to Li Chengqian, who was sitting on the ground, and said, "Congratulations to the prince, the side concubine gave birth to a little prince." ”
Li Chengqian sat on the ground blankly, neither happy nor annoyed, but kept muttering: "The father is gone, the queen mother is also gone, the father is gone, and the queen mother is also gone." ”
Yuan Ye sighed in disappointment, walked to the door of the delivery room, lowered his voice and said inside: "Since it has been changed, then you must keep the secret, and the daughter born to the side concubine must also be treated kindly, after all, it is my Buddha's blood." ”
Someone inside ate and laughed, and said: "Don't worry, my lord, we are your cronies, and we naturally know that the daughter of the side concubine is from you, and we have delivered the little daughter out of the back window, and there are two grandmothers who are specially guarded, and the little daughter will not be affected by the wind and cold on the road." ”
Yuan Ye put his mind at ease and slowly paced out of the door of the delivery room.
Li Chengqian still sat on the ground in a daze, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, this time the blow was not light, this thing was blank, vaguely a little stupid.
"What if you give birth to your eldest grandson, your father doesn't pay attention to it, and your mother doesn't pay attention to it, alas, ......"
He was demented, and Yuan Ye didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he stood by and didn't help him, on the surface, he seemed to be loyal and guarded, but in fact, he was full of contempt in his heart.
At this moment, I suddenly heard the footsteps at the door of the courtyard and remembered the footsteps, the footsteps were a little heavy, and the landing was sonorous, and it was obvious that the steps of the people who came were very steady.
The corners of Yuan Ye's eyes shrank slightly, and he hurriedly bent down to help Li Chengqian, and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, hurry up, General Hou has arrived......"
The person who came was Hou Junji, and he was followed by a girl with an angry face, who was Hou Junji's only daughter Hou Haitang, and the crown princess who had set a name with Li Chengqian.
used to be the crown princess, but now she can only be the princess, and her identity has dropped one level, but Hou Haitang is not angry about this, what she is really angry about is that the side concubine grabbed her head and gave birth to a child.
"What is the prince doing sitting on the ground?" Hou Junji walked all the way to the courtyard, his eyes swept Yuan Ye slightly, and then looked at Li Chengqian and asked.
"Oh, I...... I ......" Li Chengqian snorted cowardly, suddenly found an excuse, and whispered: "When this king heard that there was a son, he fell to the ground with joy, and sat on the ground with joy......
"I see!" Hou Junji didn't delve into it, turned his eyes to the delivery room, and said lightly: "Is it a man or a woman?" ”
Li Chengqian still hung his head, a little afraid to look at Hou Junji and said: "Boy, it's a little prince!" ”
Hou Junji raised his eyebrows, and said lightly: "Your Majesty and Niangniang can be notified?" ”
"It's coming, but it's a pity it's gone again!" Li Chengqian sighed.
Hou Junji was suddenly a little surprised, and said in surprise: "Your Majesty and Niangniang are gone?" But why is that? ”
Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Damn, it's all Han Yue's fault, his wife will not give birth sooner or later, but she will also give birth tonight, my father and mother have already arrived on my side, and when I heard that Tian Doudou was about to give birth, I left the king and left in a hurry." ”
He looked angry, and suddenly roared: "I want to rob everything, I want to grab everything, he robbed the king's eldest son, and now he even wants to grab the position of the eldest grandson, this king hates, he should have robbed Tian Doudou and others directly before the queen mother made a move." If it is killed in one shot, there is no need to be robbed by her now, the concubine of this king is in childbirth, and she is also in childbirth, obviously urging her with medicine, deliberately trying to rob the position of the eldest grandson. ”
Hou Junji raised his eyebrows again, and said lightly: "Your side concubine is less than ten months pregnant, and it seems that she is also suspected of premature birth." ”
Li Chengqian was stunned, but Yuan Ye next to him was beating wildly, and he hung his head cautiously, for fear of being targeted and questioned by Hou Junji.
Fortunately, Hou Junji didn't think much about it, after all, premature babies are not a strange thing. The Shangshu of the Tang Dynasty Military Department walked back and forth with his hands in his hands, and suddenly said: "The concubine of Xifu Zhao Wang has just given birth, but your side concubine has already given birth to an heir, although they are all born and raised tonight, but after all, there is a priority!" ”
Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and said in ecstasy: "The general is talking about ......" The voice of the goods trembled a little.
Born a moment earlier, he is the eldest grandson, born a moment later, he can only be the second child, Li Chengqian suddenly felt that things were still turning around, after all, his side concubine had already given birth, and Tian Doudou had just had abdominal pain.
Hou Haitang next to him was a little displeased, and pulled the corner of Hou Junji's clothes and whispered: "Father! ”
Hou Junji snorted lightly and said indifferently: "You can't help it if you are displeased, the matter of birth and raising, the way of inheritance, the old man can't criticize the children of the side concubines, right?" ”
"But the side concubine is also a concubine......" Hou Haitang blurted out, his tone was clearly a little annoyed.
Hou Junji glanced at his daughter and said softly: "You are the wife, what if the child is the eldest son, if you want to inherit the ancestral business, you must obediently worship and call your mother under your knees." ”
"Yes, yes, this king must let him worship under the knees of Begonia!" Li Chengqian nodded again and again, and promised loudly: "The side concubine can only be regarded as an aunt, and Haitang is the mother!" ”
It's not that he's ruthless, but the ancient custom is true, if the son born to a flat wife wants to inherit the long house, he must worship under the knees of his wife as a son, call his wife a mother, but only call his own mother.
Hou Haitang was still a little reluctant, and pulled the corner of Hou Junji's clothes and said: "After all, it is not a daughter's biological baby, and it may not be filial when she grows up in the future." ”
"Big things are important, good girls don't make trouble again!" Hou Junji sighed lightly, turned his head to Li Chengqian and said: "Now that my Hou family and the prince have been tied together, although Begonia has not yet passed the door, but she is the wife designated by His Majesty personally, the prince needs to give me a guarantee, this son-in-law must be the son of Begonia, so that the general will have no worries, I will go out to help you fight." ”
Li Chengqian hurriedly raised his hand to the sky and swore loudly: "Don't worry, general, this king really can't cut off the side concubine." ”
Hou Junji's eyes were cold, and he seemed to be very moved by this matter, but he immediately shook his head and said lightly: "Killing people is not a good strategy, the side concubine has just given birth, Your Majesty and Niangniang must also be worried about it, you can't do it now." ”
Li Chengqian thought for a while, nodded and said, "What the general said is reasonable!" He suddenly turned to the delivery room and shouted, "Take the little prince out of this king......
The porter squeaked, and a maid walked over quickly with a little swaddling baby, Li Chengqian smiled and said: "I will hand over the child to Begonia now, he will be born to Begonia in the future, and he has nothing to do with the side concubine." ”
Hou Junji nodded approvingly, and the maid carefully handed the swaddling clothes to Hou Haitang, and said in a low voice: "The slave maid has seen the princess, the little prince has just been breastfeeding, and now he is sleeping soundly." ”
Hou Haitang was a little helpless, reached out and took the swaddling clothes and shook them for a while, and suddenly chuckled: "This child is quite heavy, I'm afraid it is about ten pounds." ”
Yuan Ye felt a thrill in his heart, and the maid's pupils also shrank quietly. Fortunately, Hou Haitang just said something unintentionally, Hou Junji and Li Chengqian were also thoughtful, and everyone didn't think about anything else.
Hou Junji saw that his daughter accepted the son of the side concubine, so he walked back and forth in the courtyard with his hands in his hand, and muttered: "For today's plan, the focus is on grabbing words, the prince will send letters now, let all the courtiers and important ministers in Chang'an, as well as the family and the nobles, in short, let everyone know that the little prince has been born......"
He glanced up at the sky and said solemnly: "Remember, it must be written in the letter that the little prince was born in the time of Xu, and he was born earlier than the heir of King Zhao of Xifu." ”
Li Chengqian nodded again and again, and said loudly: "This king immediately wrote a letter and asked the people in the palace to rush to deliver it." ”
Hou Junji said 'um', and then said: "Now that there is no curfew in the city, and the people are still walking on the streets, the prince should open the door of the palace and order people to go to the street to give rewards, don't be afraid to spend money, the bigger the trouble, the better, let the people in the city know that the emperor's fourth generation grandson was born in your mansion." ”
Li Chengqian nodded again and said loudly: "This king is not stingy with money, I will arrange it immediately." ”
Hou Junji said: "In addition, from tomorrow, we will set up a porridge stall outside the city in the city, and continue to give porridge for a month, and the old ones in the royal family, ministers, families, and the army will celebrate the full moon for the little prince......
This is all to build momentum, Li Chengqian is not a fool, nodded and said happily: "This king has written it down!" ”
Hou Junji nodded, suddenly his eyes were cold, and Sen Ran said: "Lord Wang, you start quickly, let's go separately, General Ben will go to Xifu now, since His Majesty and Niangniang have gone, presumably those family members of the country will also go, and General Ben is going to join in the fun!" ”
He stretched out his hand to take Hou Haitang and asked his daughter to follow with the child.