si-mexico Chapter 285 The Emperor is Distressed
Chapter 285 The Emperor is Distressed
Zhao Fangyu entered the palace at noon. At that time, Meng Yanzhen had already finished his meal and woke up from a nap.
Lan Ye personally went to the palace gate to pick up Zhao Fangyu. Along the way, Zhao Fangyu sat in a sedan chair and was carried quickly to Yanyun Palace.
The Yanyun Palace is now guarded by three layers of people inside and outside. People come and go inside without a single noise.
The palace maids were well-trained. Some were scrubbing and some were cleaning the house. When they saw Zhao Fangyu, they bowed and saluted, and then continued with their work after the person passed.
Zhao Fangyu's cloud-like skirt swept across the steps, and the people behind her could only see a piece of exquisite skirt cloth, and her figure could no longer be seen.
Zhao Fangyu stepped into the inner hall, and Meng Yanzhen was still lying there, unable to get up.
Zhao Fangyu entered the palace on the third day after Meng Yanzhen gave birth. Even so, Meng Yanzhen still looked pale.
Zhao Fangyu knew at a glance that this pregnancy had taken a huge toll on Meng Yanzhen.
Meng Yanzhen's eyes fell on the child beside him, he nodded to Zhao Fangyu and waved for her to come and see.
Zhao Fangyu had not seen many newborn babies, and Zhao Xihuan was one of them. At that time, during the mourning period for Zhao Fangyun, the child was taken care of by Liuyao, so she did not see him very often.
After taking a closer look at this time, I couldn't see anything. I just felt that the child looked a little wrinkled, and was not as good-looking as Meng Yanzhen and Ni'er.
Meng Yanzhen seemed to have seen through Zhao Fangyu's thoughts, and explained with a curved lip: "When they grow up in a few days, you, as a sister-in-law, must not hide anything. If there are any good children out there, and suitable ones, keep an eye out for them."
"Shu Jie'er is the apple of your eye, so my Hong'er can't be any worse."
Zhao Fangyu glanced at Meng Yanzhen with amusement as he was staring at her with a curved lip and laughing. She put away the note that she had just stuffed into her sleeve, then carefully stretched out her other hand and lightly touched Hong Jie'er's hand.
"She is still so young, and you are thinking of her getting married?"
Meng Yanzhen sighed with emotion: "Raising a child for a hundred years, always worrying about the ninety-nine."
"I always worry that she won't have a good life with me."
What Meng Yanzhen was really worried about was that after a hundred years, if the new emperor was not Zhou Qinghe, he would inevitably regard her Ni'er as a thorn in his side.
As for the princess, her fate was even more unpredictable.
The little baby was sleeping in his swaddling clothes.
"She was born into such a wealthy family. I was greedy and always wanted her to live a life without worries and not know the sorrows of the world."
"She was born prematurely and is weak."
“I don’t know if I can raise it again in the future.”
Meng Yanzhen's eyes were too gentle, which was different from the way she looked at Ni'er. The way she looked at Ni'er was full of love and expectation, but when she looked at Hong Jie'er, she only felt heartache.
Zhao Fangyu's fingers gently slid across the child's forehead. Hong Jie'er seemed to feel Zhao Fangyu's movements. She turned her head and rubbed it uncomfortably in the cradle, then fell asleep.
"Didn't the imperial physician give a definite answer?"
Logically speaking, Hong Jie'er is still young, and she should be able to recover if she is nursed from a young age. Premature babies are not uncommon, especially in ancient times when Chinese medicine was highly developed. The imperial palace was the place where the top medical resources in ancient times gathered. There is no reason why Hong Jie'er could not be recovered after being nursed from childhood.
Meng Yanzhen tapped Hong Jie'er's hand, with a hint of bitterness in his smile: "It's my fault. I was too worried during pregnancy, and she had a premature birth, which hurt her health."
"The one who is taking care of Sister Hong is the director of the Imperial Hospital and the pediatric expert. However, the child is delicate and her spleen and stomach are not strong enough, so she can't take the medicine."
When Zhao Fangyu heard Meng Yanzhen say that she was worried during her pregnancy, she knew that she was still worried about the things happening in the Duke of Li's Mansion.
He just advised that Li Shumin and Meng Yanxun were living well in Longxi now.
"If my family hadn't stopped me, I'm afraid my grandparents would have come here in person."
The old couple only had two daughters in their lifetime, so they naturally loved them like treasures. Now that their eldest daughter has become like this, they are naturally worried.
"Back in Longxi, no one can bully my aunt."
Meng Yanzhen gently supported Sister Hong'er's face and said softly, "Now, I am only worried about my two children."
Meng Yanzhen glanced at Lan Ye, and Lan Ye took the people out, leaving Zhao Fangyu alone in the room.
Nowadays, the Yanyun Palace is crowded with people and it is no longer safe. Meng Yanzhen took Zhao Fangyu's hand and wrote on her palm, chatting with her about the big and small troubles in the palace.
2. Being beaten, Concubine Li, being trapped, being threatened, taking the blame, 3.
Then he helped Meng Yanzhen to fix her hair, leaned close to her ear and asked, "Zhou Qinghe was beaten, Concubine Li was trapped in the palace, and His Majesty threatened to take the blame for the Third Prince?"
Meng Yanzhen said, "I haven't drunk tea since I got pregnant. Now I want to drink the Qianluxiangxue that you and Fangjin made."
Seeing Meng Yanzhen nod, Zhao Fangyu's eyes turned cold. He lowered his head for a moment, and when he raised his eyes again, they were back to normal.
"How can you be so difficult? It's the beginning of summer and you want me to find snow for you to eat in winter."
The two sisters talked for a while, and then Zhao Fangyu left Yanyun Palace, taking away a lot of items that Meng Yanzhen had rewarded her with.
On the way, they happened to meet Pei De who was leading a patrol. The two looked at each other from a distance and nodded, which meant they had met before.
Just as Zhao Fangyu was about to leave the palace, the old nanny beside the queen came hurriedly and said that she heard that Zhao Fangyu was coming. Now that Zhou Qinghe had left the palace, she was afraid that Zhao Fangyu would be bored at home, so she gave her some small toys to entertain her at home.
Zhao Fangyu expressed his gratitude in front of the palace gate and then went back with a bunch of things.
Qian Jiangping brought the news of Zhao Fangyu entering the palace to the emperor, who was reviewing memorials.
"Is this all she and Concubine Dan said?"
Qian Jiangping said: "That's all. The other thing is that Concubine Dan wants to eat the thousand furnaces of incense snow made by Concubine He and her sisters."
The emperor asked, "What is that?"
Qian Jiangping had no idea what the so-called Thousand Burners of Fragrant Snow was. It was just some kind of elegant snack made in the backyard of a girl's house with a nice name. How could he know what it referred to?
But Qian Jiangping remembered every word the maid had said and replied, "It is said that it is food with fresh winter snow added in it."
The emperor sighed and said, "She had a difficult childbirth and is in poor health. She can't eat these."
"Send it to her, the snow mud golden bean paste that the imperial kitchen developed two days ago."
Qian Jiangping cried out, "Your Majesty and Concubine Dan are really in tune with each other. Concubine Dan couldn't eat for the past two days, so the imperial kitchen sent some snacks to her yesterday. Concubine Dan can eat these snacks too."
The court has been busy these past two days. The emperor has not been there since Meng Yanzhen gave birth. He has endless memorials to review and ministers to meet with, and there are so many things to do.
Naturally, he didn't know that Meng Yanzhen had a poor appetite in Yanyun Palace and was worried about his child.
If it were someone else, the emperor would probably think that this person had evil intentions.
But this person was Meng Yanzhen, and the emperor could only feel distressed.