readytorunbook Chapter 172 Newborn
Chapter 172 Newborn
The time I spent with my family passed by exceptionally quickly.
Huimin felt that the time flies by so fast.
Two months passed quickly while I chatted with Xitala and knitted my clothes.
In the blink of an eye, Shen Meizhuang gave birth.
Shen Meizhuang herself was looking forward to the child being a prince.
Although she had a prince, Hongjun was too weak.
The best he can do in the future is to be a prince.
The ceiling is fixed.
It would be different if I could give birth to another healthy child. Now I am already a concubine. If I have another prince, the child may be able to make further progress.
However, unlike what Shen Meizhuang wished, this baby was a princess.
At the full moon banquet, the emperor named her Princess Jinghe.
On the day of Jinghe's full-moon banquet, Huimin was due to give birth in a few days, so she did not go for safety reasons during delivery.
However, Huimin heard that it was quite lively.
The clan members also gave face to Shen Meizhuang.
The gift presented by the Shen family was also quite good.
As for the emperor, he doesn't pay as much attention to him as he did to Longyue back then, but he pays much more attention to him than he did to Jing'an.
After all, my mother is the concubine who has the power to assist in managing the six palaces.
The emperor has always liked Shen Meizhuang's steadiness, and although his favor towards her in recent years is not as great as when there were fewer people in the harem, he still confidently gives her power.
But Huimin couldn't care less about other people's affairs. Her due date was approaching, and the baby in her belly was more important.
As for the gender of the child, it doesn't matter. Huimin is not in a hurry since she already has Hongyao, a healthy and smart child.
My water really broke and I entered the delivery room.
Huimin's delivery went exceptionally smoothly.
It’s not the first child, and the birth will be soon.
But Huimin was afraid that Hongyao would be frightened by his mother's childbirth, so she asked Xia Dongchun and An Lingrong to wait with him in the side hall.
Don't let him see those basins of blood.
Although Hongyao wanted to accompany his mother, fortunately Hongyao was an obedient child. Huimin asked him to wait in the side hall, and he stayed there quietly.
After waiting for several hours, Hongyao still didn't hear Ruyi calling him, and he was so worried that he wanted to rush out.
At such a young age, he didn't know how dangerous childbirth was, but he had seen how hard it was for his mother to be pregnant.
Fortunately, Xia Dongchun, who had experience in childbirth, educated some people on the time of delivery for women, and An Lingrong coaxed him, which helped Hongyao calm down.
During this birth, the emperor personally attended the Chengqian Palace.
He is also looking forward to this child.
Like last time, Xitala stayed in the delivery room with her daughter, waiting for the birth of the newborn.
This time, as soon as the child was born, Shunxin held him in front of Huimin.
Huimin had consumed a lot of energy, but she did not fall asleep and was in good spirits.
"My lady, it's a prince."
Huimin was stunned. He’s a prince?
That's good too, boys don't need to be caressed, and it makes me feel more at ease.
Xitala was also smiling happily. Naturally, the more princes there were, the more stable her daughter's status would be.
"Quick, take him out and let the emperor see him."
Xitala was naturally thinking about how to please the emperor for her daughter.
Seeing Huimin nodded, Shunxin took the child and went out.
The Emperor had been anxiously waiting for several hours, just waiting for the result that the virtuous concubine would give birth safely.
Now seeing someone coming out of the palace, holding a swaddling baby and with a look of joy on his face, the emperor knew what was going on.
Sure enough, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Concubine Xian gave birth to a little prince."
"Okay, okay!"
The emperor couldn't wait to look at the baby in the cradle. The baby's eyes were not open yet and were red.
This child was conceived when he and Concubine Xian were in a good relationship.
The emperor has different feelings in his heart.
When the emperor was happy, he became generous.
"The virtuous concubine has made great contributions to childbirth, so I will reward her."
"The people in Chengqian Palace have served the imperial concubine well, so I will reward them."
"Young prince," the emperor paused, "let's call the tenth prince Hongxi."
The emperor took the little prince in his arms and was so happy that he didn't let go.
Just at this time, Hongyao got the news and ran out from the side hall.
"Father, please show your son your younger brother."
Looking at Hongyao who was standing on tiptoe to look into the swaddling clothes, the emperor bent down to cooperate.
"Look, this is your brother Hongxi."
The emperor was stunned by Hongyao's reaction after looking at Hongxi.
He raised his head, looked at Ama innocently and said:
"Ama, my brother looks like you."
What Hongyao didn’t say was, it’s so ugly.
Red and wrinkled, he doesn't look like his beautiful mother, nor his handsome uncle. He can only look like his ugly father.
Look at that flat, big nose, it looks like Ama.
But Hongyao also knew that there were some things he couldn't say, as children in the palace were always precocious, so he only said the first half of the sentence.
The emperor was even happier when he heard Hongyao say this.
He didn't know Hongyao's true thoughts.
The emperor will naturally be happy if the son resembles his father.
Hongyao saw that his father was quite happy, so he added another sentence.
"Ama, my brother's nose is similar to yours."
Having said that, the emperor originally thought that Hongyao was saying nice things to make him happy, but after a closer look, he didn't think so until Hongyao said it. Now that he said this, it really seems more and more like that.
The emperor happily teased Hongxi for a while, and Hongyao silently prayed for his younger brother in his heart, hoping that he would become more and more like their mother as he grew up.
Poor brother.
It looks so ugly like this.
I hope my mother won’t be disappointed.
But when Huimin learned what Hongyao and the emperor had said and looked at Hongxi carefully, she did not think that Hongxi and the emperor were that similar.
Objectively speaking, they are at most 30% similar, but the facts are not important. What is important is what the emperor thinks.
If the emperor thinks it looks like it, then it looks like it. He has made the final conclusion and everyone around him will say the same.
It will even deepen the impression that the Tenth Prince is very similar to the Emperor.
This is the youngest son. No one in the harem is pregnant at the moment, so the emperor will inevitably favor him more.
Just like Hongjun before.
As the saying goes, the youngest son is the lifeblood of the old lady.
The words may be rough, but the logic is there. In fact, there is some truth to it.
The royal family also has some of these characteristics.
The late emperor loved his son, the Seventeenth Prince, and also loved the Crown Prince, Prince Hongxi.
When the empress dowager was still alive, she loved her youngest son, Fourteenth Prince, very much. She also liked the third prince, the emperor's grandson.
Even the emperor himself shows some signs of this.
When the third prince's eldest son was born, the emperor was very happy for a long time.
In order to see his eldest grandson, he went to Concubine Qi's place several times.
As for his sons, the younger ones received more love from his father.
He personally taught Hongyao. When Hongjun fell ill, the emperor visited him every day and was always worried about him. Even Hongqing was loved by the emperor very much back then.
Hongxi had the advantage of age and was also stamped with the emperor's personal seal of resemblance, which made him even more popular.