First Concubine

Chapter 271 Separation of flesh and blood (3)

Xun Feng stepped forward, took out the pills from Leng Youru's mouth without any explanation, and threw them into the empty plate beside him. Shui Linglong, who followed closely, looked at the pill with a suspicious expression. Without waiting for her to speak, Xun Feng carried Leng Youru, who was unconscious and bleeding, into the operating room. "Shui Linglong, Come in and be a nurse!”

Shui Linglong's eyelashes trembled and she walked in obediently. The two completed the corresponding disinfection work, and Shui Linglong put on Xun Feng's green surgical gown, mask and gloves. Seeing her skillfully "touching" her body, Xun Feng narrowed his eyes and stole a sweet kiss on her face. She originally thought that Shui Linglong would become angry, but unexpectedly, Shui Linglong just turned around calmly and said, "Let's begin."

Thunderstorms continued to fall, and the temperature outside the house dropped sharply, as if a severe winter was coming. Zhuge Liuyun, Leng Chengkun, Zhuge Xi, Yao Cheng and Mrs. Leng all tensed their nerves, waiting for the progress of the operation. The cold wind blew in through the crack in the door, everyone shivered, and the breath they exhaled was as clear as white mist.

In the operating room, large beads of sweat dripped from Xun Feng's forehead. Leng Youru's condition was too critical and complicated. Xun Feng performed a caesarean section for her as quickly as possible, and a low-pitched cry came from the child's throat. , whimpering like a kitten, seemingly disappearing under the cover of thunder. Zhuge Liuyun, who had been paying close attention to what was going on inside, still heard it. He was so excited that he pressed against the door of the operating room, trying to hear the crying more clearly. Unexpectedly, the door was suddenly opened, and he fell to the ground face down.

The staff member raised his eyebrows and held the child to him, "Baby boy, weighing six pounds and eight taels, with no abnormal vital signs."

Zhuge Liuyun was stunned. It was not until that soft and small body fell into his stiff arms that he woke up as if from a dream. Youru had given birth to their son! Although he was overjoyed, he did not forget the child's mother, "How is the princess?"

 “Rescue underway!” After saying this, the staff closed the door mercilessly. The operation lasted three hours. Almost all the blood in Leng Youru's body was replaced. Xun Feng was sweating profusely. Shui Linglong wiped it with a handkerchief over and over again. He looked like he had just been fished out of the water. , it can’t be wiped dry no matter what. Xun Feng looked at her belly and said, "Stay there!"

Shui Linglong was not pretentious. She sat silently on a stone bench not far away. After a while, she lay down on the stone table and fell asleep after not sleeping all night. Drowsily, she seemed to hear words like "Yao Xin" and "Yao Family". She tried to wake up from her sleep, but she seemed to fall into a warm embrace, with soft lips pressing against her temples. , with a slight tremor, called "Linglong" one after another. Zhuge Yu must be back, and she doesn't have to worry about anything anymore...

The streets of Kashiqing are filled with the smell of death. The rotting stench of corpses, the sourness of vinegar, and the foul smell of pus and blood assault your nostrils. Zhuge Yu's sharp eyes swept across the once bustling street, but he saw that the shop doors were closed, the corner stalls were empty, and there were either dead bodies or terminally ill beggars in the corners and on the roadside. Occasionally, there were guards wearing veils carrying stretchers and carrying them. The dead bodies were removed.

 “Your Majesty!” The guards carrying the stretcher saluted Zhuge Yu one by one. Zhuge Yu nodded and said with a complex expression: "Thank you for your hard work."

The guards’ eyes turned into crescent moons. One of them couldn’t hide his smile and said: “The Crown Prince is back, Kashgar Qing is saved! No matter how hard we work, it’s worth it!”

Zhuge Yu clenched his fists. He never thought that the singing and dancing Kashgar celebration would turn out like this. During the drought, relying on the help of the clan and the court, the people lived in poverty, but their lives were not worried...I thought I didn't care. , It was only when he was there that he realized the suffering they suffered, and he felt the same way. As a son, a husband, and a father, he felt extremely heavy when he saw those old men, women, and children lingering on the street.

"Do you want to continue the inspection? The next city is Luyang, which is thirty miles away from here. If you hurry up, you can arrive before nightfall." The speaker was a young woman wearing a purple soft smoke gauze skirt, with an oval face, handsome eyes and slender eyebrows. , taller than ordinary women.

Zhuge Yu said calmly: "No, go back to the clan and go to the forbidden medicinal fields."

After two days of long journey, the two returned to their clan. Without enough time to greet Zhuge Liufeng and the elders, Zi Yuan took Zhuge Yu into the forbidden area of ​​the temple. In the mountain behind the forbidden area, there is a medicinal field blessed by the gods, where various rare medicinal materials grow, including Immortality Grass and Blood Ganoderma, which are used to treat the plague. However, when Zhuge Yu pushed open the fence and walked towards the endless medicinal fields, he saw devastation everywhere he saw it.

"how so?"

Zi Yuan walked to an immortal grass, squatted down, and flicked his fingers to light up a weak golden light. The immortal grass restored its lush color at a visible speed, but as soon as Zi Yuan withdrew his hand, it disappeared into ashes. .

"Whether you believe it or not, the territory of Kashgar is different from other countries. The temple exists to protect the sacred fire. If the sacred fire is gone, the source of life of the medicine field will be gone. Not only that, the witchcraft of the Shangguan family will also be lost. It will disappear. Soon, Kashgar Qing will slowly disappear and disappear into the long river of history.”

Zhuge Yu glanced at him suspiciously, "Can't it be lit?"

Zi Yuan looked away and said, "Holy fire is made by forging. The woman from Shangguan's family who studies forbidden arts and I have tried countless times, but we can't sense the energy fluctuations between heaven and earth. Perhaps our cultivation is not enough, or perhaps we are not destined for each other." ”

 …

Shui Linglong rubbed her dizzy forehead and said in a hoarse voice: "Zhuge Yu."

“Mother, are you awake?”

The unfamiliar name and the unfamiliar voice suddenly woke up Shui Linglong. The little palace maid opened the curtain and ran into Shui Linglong's sharp, knife-like eyes. She was immediately frightened and lost her mind. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to disturb your Majesty's rest!"

"What's going on?" Zhi Fan came in with a bowl of millet porridge, glanced at the silent palace maid, and said with a smile: "Miss, are you awake? I just went to the small kitchen to make some porridge."

Shui Linglong's sight moved slightly out of the translucent purple gauze tent embroidered with silver and white lily of the valley, and she saw carved sandalwood beams and the East China Sea Pearl as the lamp. Under the pearl was a foldable six-leaf curved screen, each with a painted A woman may look up at the moon, or sit quietly and read, or bow her head to embroider, or gallop on a horse, or dance gracefully, or play with fish in the water. This woman is so exquisite that she knows it is herself after just one glance.

Zhi Fan followed Shui Linglong’s gaze and fell on the screen, frowning displeasedly, “Long live the painting.”

Shui Linglong asked casually: "How many days have I slept?"

"Three days." Zhi Fan seemed to be afraid of Shui Linglong and worried about the health of the fetus, "The imperial doctor said that worrying about it is not good for the fetus."

Shui Linglong rubbed her eyes, "Is there any news from Kashgar Qing? Forget it, I won't let me know if there is news."

Zhi Fan's eyes dimmed a bit, "The new emperor ascended the throne three days ago. I guess... within half a month at most, the imperial edict and the royal list will be posted in Kashgar Qing. Even if the imperial list is not posted, the prince will write to the crown prince. . Miss, don't worry, I believe that the Crown Prince can understand your difficulties, and no one... can do it better than you."

Shui Linglong asked again: "How is the princess?"

 “Out of danger, currently resting at home.”

Shui Linglong reached out her hand and said, "Help me up."

Zhi Fan helped Shui Linglong sit up, "Mother Zhong stayed in the palace to take care of the young masters. The servants and Liu Lu went to the palace to accompany them. Long live the Lord built a small kitchen in Chen Palace, and Liu Lu went to the imperial kitchen to get ingredients. "

Thinking of her son and daughter, Shui Linglong's eyes became wet, "Besides me, who else is there in the harem?"

Zhi Fan answered truthfully: "Queen Yao Xin of Weiyang Palace and Zhaoyi Dong Jialin of Yuyang Palace gave her the title 'Hui'."

Shui Linglong smiled coldly, "'Hui'? She can also afford this word!"

Zhi Fan sighed, "Long Live the Queen said that the Queen and you are unwell and need to rest. Hui Zhaoyi will be in charge of Feng Yin and command the Sixth Palace for the time being. Li Cai'er from the Xuanguo Duke's Palace was also canonized as Li Zhaorong, and Wu Lian'er from the Wu family Was canonized as a noble concubine of Wu."

Shui Linglong curled up her black hair and asked, "What's the direction of the wind in the court hall?"

Zhi Fan said in confusion: "The Yao family led a group of loyal ministers...to submit to the new emperor."

Um? That night Yao Cheng clearly stated that the Yao family would never betray the Queen Mother and Yun Li, so why did he turn around and surrender to Xun Feng? While Shui Linglong's thoughts were flying, Zhi Fan patted his forehead and said, "By the way, miss, on the day the princess gave birth, it seems that my eldest aunt and uncle made a special trip to see you."

Shui Linglong frowned, "Looking for me?"

Zhifan nodded, "Yes, the two of them hurriedly went to Mohe Courtyard. They were received by the slave. The slave told them that the princess had a seizure and you went to Qingyou Courtyard to see the princess. Then the two of them asked in surprise. , 'What? Isn't it too early for the princess to have a seizure?' The servants were so surprised. It sounded like they didn't know that the princess was going to give birth!

"I thought they, like the Leng family and his wife, got the news and went to visit the princess. But for what purpose?" Shui Linglong pressed her eyebrows, "Did the emperor not allow me to meet with people outside the palace?"

 “That’s not true.”

“Mrs. Yao will be announced to the palace tomorrow.”

 “Yes.” Zhi Fan responded respectfully.

Shui Linglong thought for a while and then said: "Forget it, wait a few more days." After saying that, she went into the clean room to wash up and suffered from morning sickness. She swallowed less than half of the bowl of porridge without taste. When she couldn't swallow it anymore, she pushed the bowl to the side. She turned around and caught Zhi Fan's hesitant expression. She shouted: "When did you become such a mother-in-law?"

Zhi Fan’s scalp was numb, and he said with a grimace: “Do you still remember that when Long Live Master rushed into the delivery room, Mother Luo fed the princess the medicine, but Long Live Master gave her the medicine?”

“Remember, what’s wrong?” Shui Linglong picked up the tea cup and took a sip of warm water.

Zhi Fan bit his lip and said: "Liu Lu was extra thoughtful and secretly showed the medicine to Dr. Hu. Doctor Hu crushed the medicine. It was true that the outside was an ordinary hemostatic medicine, but the inside was melted with purity. The medicine was given by Grandma Wu Gu, but she got it from Hui Zhaoyi."

 In the afternoon, Shui Linglong summoned Shui Lingqing to the palace for an audience. Shui Lingqing, a first-time wife, is more mature than before, both in appearance and demeanor. Wearing the royal robe of a concubine, she bowed to Shui Linglong in a formal manner, "My wife, I bow to the concubine Chen, and I wish you all the best."

Shui Linglong did not wake her up kindly, but looked at her with a stern look and asked, "Tell me carefully the ins and outs of feeding the princess the hemostatic medicine! If you dare to miss a word, I will break your legs!"

As soon as Shui Lingqing looked at the thin and long ruler, she remembered the miserable experience of being beaten to a swollen calf. She shuddered and recounted the conversation between herself and Hui Zhaoyi in detail, "Zhaoyi The queen took it by herself, in front of me! I took it too, and there’s nothing wrong with the medicine. Isn’t the princess also...well? Sister, why are you hurting me?”

Honestly she thinks that Leng Youru can save her life, and she deserves a lot of credit! Shui Linglong was so angry that she snatched the ruler from Zhi Fan's hand and hit her hand hard.

 “Ah! Sister!” I haven’t been punished for a long time, and this sudden attack really hurt my bones.

Shui Linglong pointed at her with a ruler and said with blazing eyes: "When you saw the medicine being put into her mouth, did you think she took it into her stomach? She wouldn't hold it under her tongue and spit it out after you left. ? You are not pregnant, so of course you won’t feel uncomfortable if you take some blood-activating medicine!”

Shui Lingqing was struck by lightning, "Blood-activating medicine? No, it's obviously a hemostatic medicine! I guessed what Hui Zhaoyi meant. She just didn't want you, eldest sister, to enter the palace and compete with her for favor, so she wanted to save the princess, not the emperor. Using the princess's condition as a bargaining chip to blackmail you..."

“Idiot!” Shui Linglong interrupted her sternly, “If she kills the princess, the emperor will lose the bargaining chip to blackmail me!”

Shui Lingqing was so scared that she shivered all over, "Sister... I was wrong..."

Shui Linglong threw away the ruler in her hand and said, "Send the waiter's wife out!"

Zhifan patted Shui Lingqing on the shoulder and signaled her to get up. Shui Lingqing cried and refused to leave, wanting to beg Shui Linglong for forgiveness, but Shui Linglong was really angry this time and replied without looking at her. The bedroom. Zhifan refused to persuade her, so Liu Lu put down the rag in her hand, picked up Shui Lingqing and half dragged her out of the palace.

Dong Jialin stood among the flowers and stared at the resplendent brackets and cornices. It had been three days since she entered the palace, and she hadn't even seen the emperor's face. She missed him so much that it scratched her heart. He is a poppy, and once he is infected, he will become addicted like crazy. He made it clear to her from the beginning about their relationship of use, and told her to guard her heart, but she still fell into it regardless of her own safety, getting deeper and deeper into it. She felt that in order to gain his favor, so what if she turned into a devil? However, instead of waiting for Xun Feng, she waited for an angry Shui Linglong.

"Concubine Chen, good luck..." Before the word "xiang" came out of her mouth, Shui Linglong slapped her mercilessly, "White-eyed wolf! It's a shame that the palace has raised you for so long, but you are worse than an animal! It's just a dog." She can also wag her tail, but look, what have you done, Dong Jialin? "

Dong Jialin covered her face, a stern look flashed in her eyes, but she said with a sad face: "Concubine Chen, what are you talking about? I don't understand..."

“‘I’? A Zhaoyi actually calls herself ‘I’ in front of me? Liu Lu! Give me a slap! Beat her until she remembers the rules of the palace!”

"Yes!" Liu Lu slapped Dong Jialin hard. Dong Jialin knelt down in pain and said with great grievance: "Mother, I am pregnant with a dragon heir. You don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face. Please spare the concubine!" As he spoke, he secretly gestured to Xing'er who was not far away. Xing'er understood and quietly turned around and slipped away.

Shui Linglong glanced out of the corner of her eye and said meaningfully: "Hitting you in the face does not mean hitting you in the stomach! Since you became Zhaoyi, you have become more valuable, right?"

Dong Jialin bit her lip, "I don't dare. It's just that the Queen is now in charge of the Phoenix Seal, so she will inevitably come into contact with the palace concubines and servants. It doesn't matter if my face is swollen, it will be bad if I lose face to the Long Live Lord." , please show mercy."

Shui Linglong's condensed eyes never left her swollen belly, "Don't use chicken feathers as official arrows! You are you, Xun Feng is Xun Feng, don't confuse me with them!"

 “Your Majesty! How can you call the Emperor by his first name? This is a great crime of disrespect!”

 “Then try to punish me for my sins!”

"What happened?" A majestic voice sounded from behind Shui Linglong. Dong Jialin felt happy. She suppressed all her grievances and showed a look of extreme grievance, "Your Majesty!"

Xun Feng, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, strode towards the two of them. Looking at Dong Jialin's swollen and bloodshot face, he could guess who did it without even thinking.

Shui Linglong, Branches and Willows turned around and saluted Xun Feng, "Your Majesty."

"Ping Shen." Xun Feng touched Shui Linglong's face that was slightly reddened by anger. Shui Linglong tilted her head to avoid it intentionally or unintentionally. Xun Feng seemed to expect that she would be like this. His arms were stiff but he was not angry, "You If you say you are pregnant and it is difficult to have a baby, why would you go out and get angry? "

Shui Linglong was indifferent and even smiled at him. Dong Jialin was so excited that she whispered softly: "I didn't understand the rules and bumped into the empress. The empress is teaching me."

Xun Feng took a deep look at Shui Linglong and said expressionlessly, "In that case, you'd better learn from Concubine Chen." He didn't ask for the specific reason!

Shui Linglong said calmly: "Why, Hui Zhaoyi doesn't dare to tell you about the scandal of poisoning the princess to prevent me from entering the palace?"

Dong Jialin's expression suddenly changed, "Mother! I'm really unjust!"

Xun Feng took Shui Linglong's hand and said softly: "Okay, healthy people should not get angry. I'm tired after a day and I'm very hungry, so I went to your palace to have a meal." He didn't ask what happened!

As long as Dong Jialin is pregnant with Xun Feng's child, she will be holding a death-free medal. Shui Linglong narrowed her eyes, Dong Jialin's heart trembled, and the hand covering her stomach trembled slightly.

The dinner was very rich, almost all of Shui Linglong's favorite dishes. Xun Feng was not very picky about what he ate. He watched Shui Linglong eat the meal in small bites, very quietly, and occasionally picked out some. She looked at it for a few more seconds. The most delicious dishes were placed in her bowl and brought directly to her lips twice. Shui Linglong accepted the order.

 (End of this chapter)