The little lady in the dining room

71 Relief
In the blink of an eye, it is the New Year again.On New Year's Eve, Sydney received a letter from her family saying that she wanted her to go home for the New Year, which caused her a lot of conflicts.Look at Mrs. Lu, who is about to give birth, she didn't go.

The imperial doctor said that she would give birth in February, and Sydney was counting on her fingers almost every day.She didn't look forward to seeing how the child was doing, she just hoped that life would pass slowly, she was really afraid that Mrs. Lu would die.

He Jiao himself was relaxed.Sydney originally thought it was because she didn't know the result, but later she was shocked to find out that she knew it well.

That day she sewed a small cloth tiger, smiled and said to Sydney: "I won't be with him for long, so let's make more things for him."

At that time, Xueli was in a daze for a long time and didn't speak. When she came to her senses, she ran back to the room and cried for a while. After washing her face and returning to the main room, He Jiao said apologetically, "I shouldn't have mentioned this to you. Don't mind... I'm talking nonsense."

It's such a complicated day to day.On New Year's Eve, she didn't go to the palace banquet held in Hanyuan Palace. Someone in front of the imperial court gave her a lot of things, mainly hairpin jewelry, the color was brighter than usual. Picture a festive.

Sydney didn't have the time to look at it, but Lu He looked very happy.He took a delicate silk flower and gestured at her temple: "Put it on, young girls look good in it, and you should regret it if you don't wear it in a few years."

Hearing what she said, Sydney became obedient.For more than ten days in a row, all kinds of silk flowers just delivered were worn in turn. Lu He praised her for looking good every day, and then they made red dumplings together in the room, which gave her the illusion that she was her sister-in-law...

Speaking of which, Lu He's dumplings are beautiful!The skin is thin and the stuffing is big, and the thin skin that overlaps the edges is like a skirt, and the curvature is even and beautiful!

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Sydney had just woken up, and was conflicting about which flower to use today, and there was a commotion outside.

"Quick! Call the midwife!" The voice came from Li Sizan from the Shangyi Bureau. Xueli panicked when she heard the voice, and pushed the dresser drawer up suddenly, almost shaking the pile of silk flowers on the countertop.Then he rushed out the door and went straight to the main room.

The eunuchs were all kept out, and the young maids were a little scared when they hadn't seen this battle before. At this moment, it appeared that the older ladies could hold back the battle.

"Hurry up, you two, prepare warm water; both of you, go to make ginseng soup; you go to the imperial doctor and wait, if you have any news, please pass it on in time." Li Shi ordered a circle, and several maids had their jobs, Even the eunuchs were dispatched a few times, and Xue Li was anxious by the side, "Ma'am..."

"Hey, Miss Ruan." Li Sizan patted her hand, "You...stay well."

She wouldn't dare to give work to Sydney.We all know that Sydney has gotten along well with Mrs. Lu recently, and the situation of Mrs. Lu will be left here. If you scare Sydney into a bad mood...

Li Shi was afraid that he would go to the lion's belly to accompany Wang Wanzhi!
So Xueli wandered around outside anxiously, she wanted to go in to have a look, but Li Shi refused to let her.It's not easy for her to stand up to Li Shi, that would be too arrogant.

Walking up and down in the yard, I felt that the soles of my shoes were almost worn out, and Madam Lu's shouting inside continued.

Sydney had never heard such a heart-piercing cry, and she could even hear the weakness but couldn't see the cry go down.After noon, the imperial doctor ordered the ginseng soup to be poured down, and half a moment later, the emperor came in with a brisk step.

"Happy Your Majesty!" The courtyard greeted everyone, and the emperor helped Sydney: "How is it?"

"I don't know..." Xueli couldn't answer why, but could only answer him with a nervous look on his face.Xie Zhao looked in and was inconvenient to go in, his complexion sank, and he dragged Xue Li to the porch together.

He took his seat, but Sydney couldn't - now it's not all about etiquette, it's mainly because Mrs. Lu called like that inside, how could she sit still!
She was obviously so anxious that she didn't know what to do.Xie Zhao looked at her and didn't know how to persuade her, he just felt that he should come earlier, maybe she wouldn't be so afraid.

She was so nervous that she clenched her hands tightly, even clenched her sleeves together, as if all her strength was poured into her fists, and she would not stop until the cuffs were ripped.

"...Come." The emperor reached out and wanted to hold her hand, but before he touched it, he remembered that she emphasized that she was 13 years old - she was of marriageable age!So after a little delay, he raised his hand up naturally, and pulled her closer by his sleeve.

His voice was flat: "Relax, there is an imperial doctor here, there is no use in worrying."

It's useless to say this - Xueli nodded repeatedly while looking in the direction of the main room.If he wasn't the emperor, she would have jumped up in a hurry!

"Say something." He tried to distract her, asking to be concise.

"..." Xue Limu turned around after a moment, still a little confused in her mind, "Is this always the case when giving birth to a child?"

The emperor was dumbfounded by this question, and then asked her back: "You don't have any younger siblings?"

"Yes." Xue Li bit her lips tightly and said, "But when my brother and sister were born, my father asked my aunt to take me to say goodbye... Ah! Is it because it hurts so much, so I'm afraid I will be scared?!"

She had already frightened herself when she thought about it so carefully. This feeling of "suddenly learning the truth after so many years" is the scariest feeling!

Xie Zhao: "..." He suddenly remembered that he was dismissed when the seventh brother was born.

Afterwards, the atmosphere was a bit cold, Sydney was always in a hurry, especially in a hurry, and Xie Zhao was still not very good at "coaxing people".When the palace servants brought the tea, he drank it calmly and looked at Sydney while drinking.

Near evening, finally heard Lu He's shouting in the main room stopped abruptly, replaced by a sharp cry of a baby.

"It's born!" Xue Li was pleasantly surprised, and turned her head to go to the main room. When she reached the door, she almost bumped into the maid who was coming out, and hurriedly backed away.

"Your Majesty." The maid went down in front of the emperor and calmly said, "Mrs. Lu gave birth to a daughter. Her body is a little weak, but the imperial doctor said that there is no serious problem. But Mrs. Lu..."

Xue Li trembled all over, held her breath, and saw the emperor's face darken: "Is it very bad?"

The maid nodded, her head sullen.There was heat in Xueli's eye sockets, she clenched her teeth and headed into the house.

Xie Zhao frowned, got up and went in.

"Your Majesty?!" The maid was about to stop her, but the emperor's eyes were heavy: "It's okay."

The yard panicked after he stepped through the door.There are rules in the palace, the delivery room is full of blood, and men are not allowed to enter to avoid injury.It has always been the case that if a foreign famous woman happens to activate it when she is in the palace, her husband's family will block it out--now it is all right, His Majesty has entered the delivery room by himself, and the women inside will die in a blink of an eye.

"Mrs. Lu!" Xue Li threw herself on the side of the couch, at a loss, while she had already prepared for this, she couldn't help but burst into tears again and again.

He Jiao forced a smile, but she shook the hand in her hand: "Son, how are you?"

"Yeah!" Xueli nodded quickly, and the midwife over there also wrapped up the baby and sent it to the couch for He Jiao to see.He Jiao took the child and patted it lightly, but didn't say a word.

She is really weak.In retrospect, when Sydney was startled the day she first entered the palace, she was actually not so hypocritical...

His complexion was as pale as paper, his forehead and the corners of his eyes were wrinkled from exhaustion, and his eye sockets were sunken, as if all the strength in his body had been sucked out.

Xueli's palpitations were endless, and she wanted to grab her hand again, but she couldn't disturb her getting close to the child, so she clutched the quilt tightly with both hands, feeling as if everything was still.

After a while, a pair of hands rested on her shoulders.

"Madam Lu." The emperor shook Xue Li's shoulder lightly, nodded to Madam Lu and said, "This child..."

"It's called Ayao." He Jiao blurted out without moving her gaze from the child's sleeping face. She smiled weakly, as if talking to herself, "Husband said...according to the Luowu language, this word It contains the characters of 'Yong' and 'Jiao' at the same time."

The emperor was startled, swallowed back what he wanted to ask, and replied "OK".After a moment of silence, he said again: "I will take care of Ah Yao for you."

Xue Li was slightly stunned, and looked up at him, and He Jiao's eyes finally moved up a bit: "Your Majesty?"

Xie Zhao felt a lump in his throat, he took a breath, and spoke with difficulty: "I treat her like an imperial concubine, and the Lu family will also keep it for her. Before she reaches Ji... I will find the murderer who killed her father!"

He Jiao couldn't help tightening his hand around the baby's baby, and then let out a dumb laugh: "If you can find it, I beg your Majesty to crush him to ashes in front of my concubine's body and her husband's tomb!"

Xue Li was terrified to hear this overwhelming hatred.After several days, she always felt that He Jiao was gentle and kind, and she didn't mention Lu Yong's matter at all, so she thought she let it go.

He Jiao patted the child lightly as she walked away, her hands moved slowly and lightly, and finally closed her eyes slowly.

It was very difficult for her to close her eyes, and she finally closed them completely after a long delay—as if she was afraid of causing trouble to others, she had to close them by herself.

Then, there was a little smile on her lips, and it just condensed on the corner of her mouth, as if she was full of happiness.

"Mrs. Lu..." Xue Li shed tears in a daze, looking at her last smile, she felt empty in her heart.

She was dazed, Liu Hai was suddenly thrown by something.

Raising her hand to touch the wetness, Xueli turned her head to look, and saw the emperor turned his head away in a panic, gritted his teeth: "Everyone get out."

"Your Majesty..." She propped herself up and stood up, seeing that the palace people beside her didn't dare to raise their heads and backed away, but she didn't dare to leave instead.

——At the moment, the pictures of Lu Yong and Mrs. Lu overlapped in her mind, so he must be too, so he must be feeling much more uncomfortable than her!
But she didn't know how to comfort him, she stood hesitantly with her head down, trying to think of words.

When Xie Zhao regained his breath and looked at her again, he saw that she was wiping her tears with her head sullen, and her eyes turned left and right as if she was thinking hard.

"What's wrong?" Xie Zhao frowned.

Xue Li was slightly stunned, and murmured: "Madam Lu went with Master Lu, Your Majesty, look... Ah Yao still has so many people who can love her, but Master Lu only has Madam Lu." He came out with a veil and presented it to him, "Your Majesty, don't be sad, wipe it..."

Xie Zhao held his breath, feeling complicated by what she said.

To be coaxed by her in reverse?A few days ago, he was coaxing her when talking about this matter!
So he raised his hand to push her hand away, looked down at her for a while and still felt awkward, then turned around suddenly and strode out.

"Your Majesty?!" Xue Li was startled, and rushed to catch up.He didn't pay any attention, and when he left the door, he gave all kinds of matters about the burial of Lu He's graciously, and he went out again without delay after finishing speaking.

Xue Li followed tremblingly, for a while, she didn't even care about being sorry for Mrs. Lu, and she was full of thoughts about what she said wrong just now.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." She called out in a panic in her heart.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw that she immediately lowered her eyebrows and put on a cute face, as if she was ready to admit her mistake at any time.

This silly girl!

Xie Zhao himself had nowhere to vent his depression, and was so frustrated by her appearance that he couldn't let it out. He glanced down and saw the handkerchief she was still clutching, and snatched it off, annoyed: " Want you to coax me? Coax Ah Yao!"

Xue Li was so drunk by him that she hid back, looked at him timidly, leaned forward, and backed away without saying a word.

Xie Zhao was startled: "What are you going for?"

"Go and coax Ah Yao." Xue Li replied abruptly, resentful in her heart: Your Majesty, you don't know kindness!

(End of this chapter)