Peach concubine

"How did you know something would happen?" Xiao Jingmo had wanted to ask for a long time, but finally held back until now.

"Do you still remember the basket of oranges you gave me? When I ate them before, I always felt as if they were tainted with some strange smell. I couldn't figure out what it was... until Mr. Sun's grandson put them in the yard. Firecrackers, I smelled the smell of gunpowder, so I thought of it..." Jian Ruolin's elbow joints have been connected, and a piece of gauze is hung around her neck. Looking back, she still feels terrified: "If I remember correctly, the tributes from all over the world The transportation of the tribute was all supervised by the crown prince alone...and this time, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was also co-organized by the crown prince...I didn't think much about it at the time, but I just thought it seemed too coincidental..."

"So you guessed that the tribute boat brought gunpowder... The prince transported the gunpowder to Beijing, and it happened to be the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven. You thought that the prince might use the gunpowder here, so you ran here regardless of anything?"

At the end, Xiao Jingmo's tone already had such a smile that he couldn't help, Jian Ruolin's cheeks flushed slightly, and he said slowly: "I, I'm actually just guessing, how can I think about it carefully?" ..."

Xiao Jingmo just looked at Jian Ruolin smiling from ear to ear.

Jian Ruolin said angrily, "What are you looking at?!"

"It's nothing, I'm very happy, Ruolin." Xiao Jingmo held his left and right hands, and rubbed them in the palm of his hand: "Knowing that you are so worried about me, I can't help but feel happy."

Jian Ruolin's face was flushed, she lowered her head and said nothing.

He sat there sideways, his black hair hanging around his neck, slightly revealing a piece of fair and delicate skin above his neck.Like a plump and juicy peach, viewed from this angle, the skin is still covered with a layer of white fluff.

Xiao Jingmo's heart moved, he walked over and pressed Jian Ruolin's shoulder.

Jian Ruolin was taken aback for a moment, and raised her head with a little childlike innocence in her eyes. She had two black pupils like black ink, and thousands of stars were shattered at the bottom of her eyes, twinkling.

Xiao Jingmo felt that his whole body was deeply sucked in by Jian Ruolin's eyes, and he couldn't help but bend down...

"It's not good, it's not good..." A person rushed in and shouted recklessly, and the two were so scared that they separated immediately.

The red tide on Jian Ruolin's face did not subside, she turned around in embarrassment to avoid the person coming, while Xiao Jingmo was strong and calm, gave a fake cough, and reprimanded: "There are no rules and no rules, what is it like to yell? !"

The person came to apologize twice, and saw that he was sweating profusely and was out of breath while speaking, obviously he had rushed all the way here.

Xiao Jing acquiesced that this was his servant in the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion, and his brows furrowed unconsciously.

"Master, hurry back, Madam, Madam is going to give birth prematurely!"

There was a "boom" in Xiao Jingmo's mind, and his expression changed: "What's going on?!"

The family member cried and said: "Madam heard that the Great Buddha Temple exploded unexpectedly, maybe she was worried about the safety of the master, and was stimulated for a while, so she appeared to have a premature birth."

Xiao Jingmo's face was full of worry and anxiety, and he hurriedly said to Jian Ruolin: "Ruolin, it's too chaotic here, you can't stay for a long time, you go back to Liufang Pavilion and stay." When you go back, remember to find a doctor to take a look at Mr. Jian's injury, take care of it carefully, and if something goes wrong, just take care of it yourself."

After finishing speaking, it seemed that there was no further delay, so he hurriedly strode away with his clothes on his hem.

The Pingyang Marquis Mansion was already in chaos, Wanzhen's screams were louder and louder, and even Mrs. Xiao, who usually eats vegetarian food, recites Buddha, and has no desires, lingered outside the delivery room for several hours, watching the maids constantly He went in with hot water, but came out with basins of red color, and the rosary beads in his hands moved faster and faster.

When Xiao Jingmo hurried back, Wanzhen had been tossing around for a long time, shouting "Jingmo" in a low voice.He looked at the hot water and towels that were dyed red, opened the door and wanted to go in, but was stopped by the maids: "Young Master, you can't do it, the delivery room is unclean, I'm afraid it will hit your body. "

Xiao Jingmo just pushed away the person who stopped him: "When is it now that you are talking about these empty etiquette?" He stepped into the room.

The room was filled with a strong smell of blood, and Wanzhen lay there, as if she had just been fished out of the water, her face was as pale as paper.

Xiao Jingmo didn't hesitate to hold her hand, and called her softly: "Wanzhen, I'm back, did you hear me?"

Wanzhen's eyes slightly opened a slit, and her hand rested softly on Xiao Jingmo's palm, her whole body was pale and powerless.Wriggling his lips, he said weakly: "Master, is that you, Master?"

"It's me. I'm fine. You have to promise me that nothing will happen. Do you hear me clearly?"

Wanzhen is an extremely gentle woman, upon hearing what he said, she nodded with a smile.

While massaging Wanzhen's belly, the elderly midwife hesitated and persuaded, "My Madam is relieved to see the young master. It is inconvenient for the young master to stay in the delivery room, so please wait outside." Bar."

Since ancient times, it has been regarded as auspicious for women to give birth. When a man enters the delivery room, he will be contaminated with filth. Just now, he was in a hurry and broke in regardless of the worldly etiquette. Now thinking about it, it makes sense for the midwife. She couldn't help much, so she said softly: "Wanzhen, I'm outside, if you can't hold on anymore, call me."

Wanzhen was extremely weak, unable to speak any more, she could only nod her head in response.

The sky gradually brightened, and there were still faint screams in the delivery room at first, but it slowly decreased over time.Xiao Jingmo stood in the yard, standing motionless, for several hours, he didn't even blink his eyes.

Finally, the sound of a baby crying broke the dull deadlock.

Xiao Jingmo took a few steps forward, and the maid came out with a newborn baby in her arms, smiling all over her face: "Congratulations, little duke, we have added a little duke to our mansion." After frowning for a long time, finally Yu stretched out when he saw the little baby in the swaddle, a slight smile appeared on his face.

As soon as that smile was raised, the midwife's exclamation came from inside, and Xiao Jingmo rushed into the room immediately.

The smell of blood inside seemed to be stronger than the last time she entered the house, Wanzhen's whole body seemed to be soaked in blood, a large amount of blood gushed out from that slender body, so much so much that it reddened most of the mattress.

Xiao Jingmo's heart trembled, and he went to hold Wanzhen's neck, only to feel that the body under his hands was unbelievably light.

"what happened?!"

The midwife was flustered and trembling: "This, this... Ma'am, I'm afraid it's a blood collapse!"

Xiao Jingmo growled with red eyes: "Chuan doctor! Where is the doctor?!"

Wanzhen's hand, I don't know when it was on his wrist, it was soft, pale and cold, sticking to the skin on the wrist, it seemed that she wanted to hold it hard, but it was powerless.

Xiao Jingmo looked at the woman in his arms, his eyebrows and smile were as gentle and graceful as when they first met on the wedding night.

However, the dead gray under the eyes is gradually turned up, the face is as pale as paper... the life is passing away from this body little by little, and there is no strength to recover.This kind of cognition caused Xiao Jingmo to feel inexplicable panic and bewilderment for a moment.

Wanzhen moved her lips slowly, but she was too weak to make a sound, Xiao Jingmo could only press her ear to it, trying to hear the last message of this woman when she was dying.

He heard her say softly: "Jing Mo, I don't regret it." The smile on the corner of her mouth was warm and brilliant.

Xiao Jingmo held her hand firmly, and said softly, "I'm sorry, Wanzhen."

Blood collapse, in layman's terms, is postpartum haemorrhage, and Wanzhen's frail body simply cannot stand such torment.The blood gushing out of her body continuously took away her temperature and breath, and also stripped her life away from this bustling world bit by bit.

A gentle and kind woman in life, she was as peaceful as a deep sleep after death.

When the eyes are lightly closed, it is almost a hundred years.

After drinking another glass of wine, Xiao Jingmo was still not satisfied, so he picked up the jug and filled another glass.

One glass after another, and finally discarded the wine glass, picked up the wine jug, and drank mouth to mouth.After it was over, he simply held the whole wine jar and filled it one by one.

Xiao Jingmo's capacity for alcohol is excellent, and he didn't feel a little drunk after drinking four or five jars.

After drinking the fifth jar, Xiao Jingmo threw the jar out forcefully, and it fell to pieces.Then he raised his cuff and wiped the alcohol on his face, then turned his head to look for the direction where Jian Ruolin was—

"Ruolin, I'm sorry for her."

Jian Ruolin didn't persuade him from the beginning to the end, but just stayed with him. He understood the depression in Xiao Jingmo's heart, and he couldn't do anything to relieve it. The only thing he could do was to accompany him to buy drunk at this moment .

But Xiao Jingmo was still pouring wine from jar to jar, endlessly.

"Enough, Mrs. Xiao won't be happy seeing you like this." Jian Ruolin didn't accuse, his tone was very gentle, he didn't even go up to snatch Xiao Jingmo's wine jar, but just sat by and narrated the facts Open your mouth lightly.

"I know, I just feel so sad... It would be nice if I could get drunk for a while."

Jian Ruolin looked at him, eyebrows Ruoyuan Dai Hanyan: "Shall I name the child?"

"Name it?" Xiao Jingmo was a little stunned.

"That's right, your son, give him a name." There seemed to be a soft light shining on Jian Ruolin's body, and the words she said seemed to have a magical power to confuse people's hearts, floating over lightly, into the ears.

Xiao Jingmo was in a daze for a while, and then smiled: "Let's call it 'Fuyao', and write."

Jian Ruolin murmured it twice and felt very good.

The names of the royal family members are all followed in order by the genealogy and determined by the emperor, so even though Xiao Jingmo is the biological father, the only thing he can decide is his son's surname.

Jian Ruolin suddenly smiled and said, "Can you take me to the roof?"

He seldom asked for anything, so when Xiao Jingmo heard what he said, he didn't ask too much, leaned over and put his arms around his waist, and the two of them jumped up to the roof.

As soon as the cold wind blew, the smell of alcohol dissipated a lot.

"It soared to ninety thousand miles...Jing Mo, Dapeng spreads its wings, you can't do it, you think he can do it, don't you?"

"Yes, and no." Xiao Jingmo's eyes were as deep as ink: "I only hope that he can walk the path he wants to walk in the future."

Jian Ruolin leaned her head on his shoulder, closed her eyes, "I'm tired, let's sleep for a while, remember to wake me up at dawn." After speaking, she really fell asleep on his shoulder.

Xiao Jingmo smiled wryly. He didn't understand what Jian Ruolin wanted to do. It stands to reason that now that his wife has passed away, he is depressed. up.

Jian Ruolin's breathing was very even. In the middle of the night, there was no chirping of insects or birds. She could only hear the shallow breathing close to her ears, and the warmth of her shoulders.The wind was blowing gently, Xiao Jingmo sat like this for most of the night, his drunkenness was completely gone, and his mood became much calmer.

He sat there, leaning on Jian Ruolin on his shoulders, and watched as the sky was about to dawn, a little bit of morning light broke through the clouds and shone through, getting brighter... The so-called dawn is just like this scene, right?

"You see, no matter how dark the night is, it will eventually pass. When the dawn breaks, it will be another kind of peerless beauty."

Jian Ruolin didn't know when she woke up, her posture remained the same, she was still leaning against Xiao Jingmo, but she stretched out her hand, pointing at the dim light in the sky.The light replaced the darkness, dazzling and dazzling.

Xiao Jingmo hugged him into his arms: "Ruolin, the irreparable heaviness of seeing life fall before my eyes is enough once." He gently lowered his head and stroked Jian Ruolin's hair: "When I tell the emperor, Let Fuyao take over as Pingyang Hou Shizi, and we will leave the capital far away from this place... I really can't breathe here."

Jian Ruolin smiled like a flower: "Okay, Mobei, Lingnan, Western Regions, wherever you want to go, I will accompany you."