First Concubine

Chapter 269 Separation of flesh and blood (1)

As soon as Guo Yan and his entourage entered the gate of Guo Mansion, the third princess woke up and stared at him with an unhappy look on her face, "I just went to attend a banquet, why are you so late?" She didn't know about the change of imperial power.

Guo Yan looked at her pouty pink lips and did not ignore her presence as usual. Instead, he took her frozen hands and rubbed them carefully, "Oh, I was delayed by something, I'm sorry."

Huh? Did she hear it correctly? Guo Yan actually apologized to her! The third princess blinked her bright eyes and said in a strange tone, "Tell me, have you done anything bad?" If you dare to touch another woman, I'll cut you off!

A smile appeared at the corner of Guo Yan's lips, and he held her hand that had regained consciousness and put it against her lower abdomen, "We'll know if we test it?"

"You..." The third princess blushed with embarrassment and froze, not knowing what to do. Guo Yan laughed lowly, stopped teasing her, and walked hand in hand with her into the boundless night.

“Yun Yao.” This was the first time that he called her by her first name.

The third princess's eyes lit up and she said happily: "Well, what's the matter?"

Guo Yan tightened the hand intertwined with hers, looking at where he was looking. His voice was clearly close to his ears, but it seemed to be ringing from the horizon, "You haven't had dinner, have you?"

Of course I haven’t eaten. How can I eat if you’re not here? The third princess muttered in her heart.

Guo Yan's eyes were still on the night. He smiled faintly and said: "You said you are such a big person, why can't you eat well? What if I am no longer here, don't you want to starve to death?"

The third princess pursed her lips, "Don't think of yourself too great. I can still live a cool life without you! I ate too much at noon and couldn't digest it!"

A trace of unknown emotion passed through Guo Yan's eyes, like a hurricane passing by, his whole person became chilly, but he returned to his original state in just a moment, "You, you have only made so little progress in this life, if you leave me, you will definitely survive." Don’t go down! Admit it, Yunyao, what does it matter if you are a princess? You are no different from those ignorant women and children who hang themselves without a man in the house!”

"Guo Yan!" The third princess stopped and wanted to shoot him into a sieve with her eyes, "I make a bet with you! I will live a prosperous life without you one day!"

“Tsk, tsk, tsk, don’t believe it!” Guo Yan shook his head.

The third princess was furious, "I swear in the name of the royal princess that I will not be a stupid woman who can't live without a man!"

Guo Yan's eyelashes trembled irregularly, and he suddenly pressed her against the sycamore tree beside him. Before she could react, he kissed her lips domineeringly.

I want to tell her that I actually like her very much, a little more than I like her! No, it’s a lot more! Perhaps it was his parents' unhappy marriage that made him dare not believe in love anymore. He could only tease her, tease her, bully her again and again, and watch her tolerate him, stick to him, and need him again and again, and the shadow in his heart gradually gradually Ushered in the light. When he finally believed in love, God no longer gave him the chance to stay together.

The third princess was so kissed that her whole body went limp, and even the tip of her tongue had no room to escape. Did Guo Yan drink too much tonight?

“Baby, come here.” Shui Linglong stretched out her arms towards her brother and sister, and a pair of little babies twisted their round butts and jumped into her arms.

"Mom!" Brother shouted excitedly. At one year and eight months old, his speech gradually became clearer. Like Sister, he is actually a smart child, but slower.

“Mom, please hug me, don’t just hug my brother.” The sister pushed her brother, who was obviously stronger and more agile than her, and frowned in disgust.

Shui Linglong kissed her sister on the cheek, with a smile of joy and satisfaction in her eyes, "You ghost."

 Sister, she was weaned from breastfeeding when she was one and a half years old. She finally gained weight and now she has lost weight again. Shui Linglong felt distressed just by looking at her. Shui Linglong held the children in her arms, closed her eyes and murmured: "Mom will take you to find your father tomorrow. We are a family together, and no one wants to separate us!"

 That night, Shui Linglong called Qiu Sanniang and Xiaoxia, "You have been in the palace for a while. You work hard and get along well with each other. If possible, I would like you to stay with the young master and the young lady."

 The two of them were stunned when they heard this. Why did the imperial concubine say this?

Shui Linglong's face was as normal as she said: "I will leave the capital tomorrow and will bring some people with me. I am not sure about the future. Maybe I will be rich from now on, maybe I will never be ruined. If you are willing to follow me, within the scope of my ability, I will I'll treat you as before; if you want to stay in the capital, I won't force you."

Zhifan stepped forward, holding two square brocade boxes in his hands.

 Qiu Sanniang and Xiao Xia looked at each other, vaguely guessing that the brocade box contained a large sum of money. They were excited and began to think about their future.

Qiu Sanniang's husband is Tong Sheng. Over the years, she has always regarded herself as a future scholar. However, with the accumulation of time and experience, she gradually realized the difference between upper class society and civilian society. In this backward imperial society, she wanted to rely on The rapid rise of the imperial examination system is simply a fantasy. It took so many years for my husband to take the exam and he barely became a child student. He still doesn’t know how many more years he will have to wait to become a scholar... The worst thing about following the imperial concubine is to go back to his original shape and live by some craftsmanship... She chose I followed with my family.

Zhifan gave one of the brocade boxes to Qiu Sanniang, and Shui Linglong asked Xiaoxia: "What about you?"

Xiao Xia did not answer directly, but swallowed her saliva and asked bravely: "Uh...will the prince and princess leave?"

Liu Lu, who was packing up the gift box, and Zhi Fan, who was carrying the brocade box, glanced at each other. Zhi Fan was dull, but Liu Lu reacted first and curled his lips in mockery.

Shui Linglong lowered her eyes, "I don't know, I didn't ask."

Xiaoxia seemed to realize that she had gone too far, she lowered her head and said nothing, and did not dare to accept the brocade box handed over by Zhi Fan.

Shui Linglong leaned back slightly, leaned on the back of the chair and said, "Take it. Now that my brother and sister are older, there is no need for so many wet nurses. However, Princess Xiang of the Defu family resigned from her job and has to go back to take care of a pair of young grandchildren. My son, starting from tomorrow, you will take Xiao Qiuyan to work in the young master’s house.”

Xiao Xia was startled at first, and then her eyes turned red, "Thank you, Crown Princess!"

"I hope you, a mother-in-law, have not chosen the wrong path for Xiao Qiuyan." Shui Linglong said earnestly, and Xiaoxia kowtowed and thanked her again and again.

After Qiu Sanniang and Xiao Xia left, Shui Linglong pressed her temples. She always felt that something was about to happen, but everything was obviously normal. She looked at Liu Lu who was busy and wanted to speak, but Liu Lu said one step ahead of her: "Miss, please don't chase me away. I want to follow you and my little master. I hope to be like Mother Zhong in the future. Let’s enjoy the happiness with my little master!”

A hint of smile flashed across Shui Linglong's eyes as deep as a deep pool, "I don't think you are noisy, so I will marry you off when we get to Kashgar."

Zhi Fan chuckled, Liu Lu glared at Zhi Fan, and said silently: "I will strangle you to death if you laugh again!" Zhi Fan stuck out his tongue. Liu Lu looked back with satisfaction and continued to pack her things.

This night is destined to be uneventful. Shui Linglong didn't know what means Xun Feng used to restrain the imperial guards. She only ordered the people in the palace to close the door tightly and ignore the fighting and shouting outside. She didn't need to think about it to know that it was the Yan family's army that had entered the capital. Perhaps Concubine Yan was worried from the beginning that Yun Li had no chance of winning, so she contacted her father and brother early and asked the Yan family's army to enter the capital. What she never expected was that Xun Feng was captured alive. Yunli. Yunli loved his people like his own son, so after hesitating for a moment, Xun Feng killed one person. Thinking of Yunli's previous life, knowing that she had harmed him so many times, and still smiling tolerantly until her death, Shui Linglong felt that Yunli was too soft-hearted and too soft-hearted. Being kind, he is destined to lose in a duel with Xun Feng.

Horse hooves flew into the sand, swords flashed, and the sound of fighting continued until the ugly hour. Only then did someone call out the gold and withdraw the troops. Although Zhifan and Liulu had seen a lot of the world with Shui Linglong, this was the first time that they had met in such a formation that seemed to be about to attack the palace at any time. They were not so scared when the third prince rebelled. This time, the two of them hugged tightly and broke out in layers of cold sweat. Shui Linglong couldn't sleep, thinking over and over how Xun Feng would deal with Bing Bing and the emperor's heirs, kill them, or imprison them? She couldn't help but ask herself, if she had known this earlier, would she have given up the position of Crown Princess to Bingbing?

"Miss, the master has sent someone to deliver a letter!" Mother Zhong walked into the room with a very surprised expression and handed Shui Hangge's autographed letter into Shui Linglong's hands.

Ever since the eldest daughter and the prince got married, the master had not cared much about the eldest daughter. Even when the young masters were having their third day, the Shangshu Mansion only sent congratulatory gifts and refused to attend the banquet because he was not feeling well and was afraid of being sick. . What happened today, writing a letter to the eldest lady in the middle of the night?

Shui Linglong opened the curtain, stretched out her slender green hands and took out the letter. Mother Zhong walked to the table and turned the wick brighter. Shui Linglong read Shui Hangge's letter carefully by the candlelight. She couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth with a cold smile, and actually asked her where Shui Lingxi was!

Mother Zhong looked at Shui Linglong's increasingly cold expression and couldn't help but ask, "What happened? Was the Shangshu Mansion attacked by the rebels?"

Shui Linglong shook her head, folded the letter and put it in the drawer, "No, my father asked me if I saw my second sister at the banquet. It's ridiculous. Why should I tell him?"

Mother Zhong said nothing, tucked Shui Linglong into bed and went to Baoxia. Shui Linglong's heartbeat was very fast all night. When dawn came, she finally knew where this uneasy feeling came from.

"Prince Concubine, go and have a look. The princess...the princess..." Cen'er came to tell the news, but she was so anxious that she couldn't say a word. Maybe she didn't even realize it. She didn't know when she started to rely on her. Shui Linglong, when something happened to the princess, she first thought of coming to Mohe Courtyard for help.

"Don't worry, I'll go take a look first." Shui Linglong asked Zhong's mother, Liu Lu and Zhifan to keep an eye on the children, while she put on her clothes and hurried to Qingyouyuan.

The Qingyou Courtyard was very busy. Zhuge Liuyun was pacing back and forth outside the screen. The maids were either going in with ginseng soup or coming out with blood, shaking him so hard that he felt dizzy!

He suddenly raised his head and saw Shui Linglong opening the curtain and coming in. His dark eyes suddenly regained their luster, "Linglong! You came just in time! Look at your mother-in-law! Her...birth...wasn't going smoothly." Not only was it not... Dashun, there is no way he would be born! Mother Luo and Dr. Hu worked inside for half an hour. Instead of being relieved, the crisis intensified. Thinking that Linglong knew some medical skills, Zhuge Liuyun had some hope in his heart.

Shui Linglong walked around the screen and looked at the head of the bed. Leng Youru was lying flat on her back with an ashen face. Three thousand green hairs were scattered on the pillow, with a strand hanging on the corner of her mouth. She has always loved to be clean, and rarely has such a slovenly side. If she had not been extremely uncomfortable, she would probably stand up, comb her hair smooth and shiny, and arrange her clothes so that they are not messy...

Shui Linglong withdrew her eyes from her and turned to Mother Luo. Mother Luo is the best midwife in the capital. Leng Wei, Zhuge Xi, the eldest princess, she... were all helped by Mother Luo to give birth. Now, she sees more worry on Mother Luo's face than the night Leng Wei gave birth to Sister Hui. look. Shui Linglong's eyes turned to Dr. Hu, a young man who had been practicing medicine in the mansion for many years. Even though the prince was poisoned, he did not show such a complicated expression.

A maid in the room noticed Shui Linglong and saluted her, "The Crown Princess!"

 Mama Luo and Doctor Hu turned around quickly, "The Crown Princess."

Shui Linglong waved her hand, and unknowingly was affected by the atmosphere. A trace of solemnity flashed in her eyes, "How is my mother-in-law?" It is more than twenty days ahead of the expected date of delivery, so this is not a big deal...

Doctor Hu shook his head and sighed, "The bleeding doesn't stop, the breathing is weak, and the condition of the fetus is not optimistic. If...if we want to give birth smoothly, we must stop the bleeding first, but I tried many methods...I can't stop it...Also, her kidneys And the heart...has signs of failure..."

Mama Luo was at a loss and said: "Slave... I have delivered babies so many times, but this is the first time I have seen this!"

Shui Linglong walked to the bedside and listened to Leng Youru's heartbeat. She found that she was breathing rapidly, her heart rate was too fast, and there was noise in her lungs. Suddenly, Leng Youru coughed violently, and pink saliva overflowed from the corner of her mouth. Shui Linglong was shocked. If she guessed correctly, Leng Youru was suffering from a rare amniotic fluid embolism. There is a record in the booklet she robbed from Xun Feng - Amniotic fluid embolism refers to a serious childbirth in which amniotic fluid suddenly enters the mother's blood circulation during delivery, causing acute pulmonary embolism, anaphylactic shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation, renal failure or sudden death. Early complications require a series of treatments such as anti-allergy, blood transfusion, anticoagulation, and infection prevention. Not to mention anti-allergy, the blood and heparin Leng Youru needs are nowhere to be found!

Zhuge Liuyun chased Shui Linglong into the house. Seeing Shui Linglong lost in thought, he thought she had a way to resolve it, so he asked eagerly: "Linglong, do you know any way?"

Shui Linglong shook her head honestly, "This is a very rare birth complication that I can't cure."

"Since you know what the disease is, why can't you cure it?" Zhuge Liuyun walked to the bedside, held Leng Youru's cold hand and asked anxiously, his tone was not very good in his anxiety.

Shui Linglong was stunned for a moment, and Zhuge Liuyun realized that he was angry at the wrong person. He quickly suppressed the restlessness in his heart and said slowly: "My father did not mean to criticize you harshly. My father is concerned and will cause chaos. Don't take it to heart." "

Shui Linglong said softly: "Yes, I understand."

Zhuge Liuyun pinched his eyebrows and then said patiently: "Is there really no way to save your mother and concubine?"

Shui Linglong said honestly again: "Even when the doctors came, they couldn't do anything. We can't cure this disease. It..." She didn't know what she thought of, but the rest of her words stopped abruptly.

Zhuge Liuyun keenly caught her strangeness, "How is it, Linglong?"

It probably...only Xun Feng can cure it...

"What a 'would rather die than give in'! In terms of scheming and means, you are no less than me. I am able to get to where I am today just because I don't have as many worries as you. Now, I will have a contest with you that does not compete with strength, but only with luck. ! I know what you have in mind. In this way, I will open the door of Dazhou to you, and the people in the palace and Guo Yan can leave with you. I swear on my life that I will never embarrass any of you. I will never threaten Kashgar Qing with the South-to-West Water Diversion Project! But Shui Linglong, if you want something from me, remember, do it yourself!”

Leng Youru had a history of hemorrhage. Xun Feng guessed early on that Leng Youru might have another hemorrhage during childbirth, and he also had the ability to treat this disease, so he proposed a luck contest with her. In this contest, the probability of victory between the two may be half or half, but God ultimately sided with Xun Feng. Does this mean that Xun Feng is really destined? But why should the Yun family's empire be given to someone named Xun?

Shui Linglong's mind was filled with countless doubts. It was dull and swollen. The smell of blood in the room was extremely strong. She took a deep breath, suppressed the turmoil in her stomach, and squeezed out a sentence from between her teeth, " It seems...Xun Feng can."

"Xun...Xun Feng?" Zhuge Liuyun was shocked. He knew that Xun Feng had great medical skills. At the last medical event, Xun Feng performed a caesarean section to remove a stone fetus for a woman who had been pregnant for more than four years, which caused a sensation in the entire world. Zhou, tied with Xiao Yu, became the medical champion of that session, and this medical champion instigated a rebellion last night! He doesn't care whether the Yun family changes hands or not. This is the evil result planted by the Supreme Emperor back then. Of course, the Xun family is not a good person. He originally planned to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, but now only Xun Feng can treat Youru's illness. Governance, this...

Shui Linglong covered her brows with her hands and leaned against the bed weakly, her mind in confusion.

Here, Leng Chengkun got the news and rushed to the palace with his wife overnight. At the gate of the palace, he bumped into Zhuge Xi and Yao Cheng who were equally impatient. The four of them didn't even have time to say hello, so they hurriedly entered the door.

Yao Cheng took Zhuge Xi's hand, followed Leng Chengkun and his wife, and said doubtfully: "It's strange, why are Patriarch Leng and Mrs. Leng here?"

Zhuge Xi frowned, his heart beating extremely hard, "Who knows? It won't be the same as us."

 (End of this chapter)