Shen Shixiao was born on the coldest day in winter.
When she was pregnant with Shen Shixiao, Song Wan didn't suffer at all, but she didn't expect that she would make up for it all when she gave birth.
Everyone thought that her pregnancy was stable and since it was not her first child, she would probably give birth smoothly, but Song Wan insisted on holding on for two days before she gave birth to him successfully.
Shen Qianyu had never experienced the torture of those two days in his life.
To this day, he still remembers the hoarse roars and painful moans of women constantly coming from the room.
Song Wan's voice became unfamiliar, and Shen Qianyu waited outside without eating or drinking for two days after leaving court.
He tried to rush into the house several times, but was stopped by Wan Xiao.
"Your Majesty's entry will only make those stable women worry and frighten. Not only will they not be able to help the Queen, but they will also cause trouble."
Shen Qianyu's eyes were red: "Then what should I do? Can I just stand here and wait without doing anything?"
He knew that Wan Xiao was right, but Shen Qianyu hated his inability to do anything.
"Your Majesty...maybe you can pray for God's blessing for the Queen to protect her smooth delivery."
After hearing this, Shen Qianyu raised her knees and knelt in front of the delivery room.
When everyone in Wan Xiao's courtyard saw this, they all knelt down.
"Your Majesty, I pray that heaven will send you rain today to protect my wife's smooth delivery. I am willing to be a vegetarian for the rest of my life, in exchange for my wife's safety."
Shen Qianyu knelt down and prayed devoutly.
In his life, he did not believe in ghosts and gods, and was not afraid of heaven and earth. But from today on, he is willing to believe in all the gods and Buddhas in the world and be in awe, as long as his wife can be safe and sound.
Lin Jiayue was also kneeling in the courtyard. The stone bricks on the ground were bitingly cold, but no one seemed to feel it.
She looked at the man in the bright yellow gown at the front, and suddenly felt a little dazed.
After kneeling for a long time, her knees hurt terribly. She turned around and saw that no one was paying attention to her, so she simply slumped down.
If Song Wan is worry-free, it doesn't matter whether she is sitting or lying down, Song Wan will not care about her, but if Song Wan cannot survive this test, looking at Shen Qianyu's crazy appearance, he is afraid that she will be brought into the palace with him Those stable women are miserable enough to survive.
Since she can't survive, why should she suffer before she dies?
Thinking of this, Lin Jiayue spread her thick cloak on the ground and sat calmly waiting for the result.
In her ears was the sound of a man chanting scriptures with many typos. Lin Jiayue's heart gradually calmed down as she listened to the clumsy but sincere voice.
She looked at Shen Qianyu's back, feeling sour in her heart.
In the past, she laughed at the ancients for not understanding love, but now, looking at it, how come they don't understand?
She's the one who doesn't understand.
Jiang Xingjian's face flashed through her mind, and Lin Jiayue blinked it out of her mind.
The sky gradually darkened, and many people could not hold up and fell to the ground. However, Shen Qianyu continued to kneel down as if he was unaware. After staying until late at night, Wan Xiao couldn't bear it anymore and sat down sideways.
For a time, no one in the entire courtyard except Shen Qianyu could hold his head straight.
Wan Xiao looked worriedly at the opponent's knees, but never stepped forward to persuade him.
At this time, Shen Qianyu could only go with him no matter what he wanted to do.
During the night, Po Wen came in and out and brought out countless basins of blood. It was almost dawn when everyone heard a middle-aged woman in the room shouting that the mother had given birth, and the sharp cry of the baby.
"Your Majesty, the empress has given birth. The empress has successfully given birth to the second prince..."
Po Wen wrapped the child tightly and carried it out, but Shen Qianyu walked towards the house without even looking at it. But he had been kneeling all night, and his legs were already numb, and he fell forward before he could stand up.
Wan Xiao and others rushed forward to help, but Shen Qianyu pushed away everyone and tried to crawl forward a few steps.
"My slave has overstepped his bounds."
Ji Rong's eyes turned red when he saw this, and he lifted Shen Qianyu up on his back and strode into the room.
"Wan'er..."
Two days after the difficult delivery, Song Wan was already unconscious. How could she hear Shen Qianyu's cry? Shen Qianyu saw Song Wan sunk deeply into the soft pillow, his face pale and motionless.
He couldn't help but stretch out two fingers to probe the tip of Song Wan's nose.
The woman's weak breath proved that she was still alive. Shen Qianyu wanted to touch her face, but when he stretched out his hand and saw the purple color on it, he remembered that his palm was extremely cold.
He quickly took his hand back, rubbed it stiffly, and then touched Song Wan through the thick quilt.
Seeing Song Wan's eyelids move slightly, the thirty-year-old man suddenly burst into tears.
"Take good care of the second prince, and all other irrelevant people should leave."
Ji Rong stepped forward and pulled Shen Qianyu up, asking the imperial doctor to check his pulse and help him to a chair.
Shen Qianyu still had no feeling in his legs. The imperial doctor gave him acupuncture for a long time before he gradually felt burning, itching, numbness and other strange pains.
"Your Majesty, you haven't eaten for a long time. Can you use some porridge?"
"No need."
Shen Qianyu stared blankly at Song Wan's sleeping face and said in a low voice: "Xuan Yu's dining room, from now on, no meat or fish will be allowed in my meals."
Ji Rong frowned, which showed that he could only accept the situation first.
"Your Majesty, the name of the second prince..."
The eunuch brought an agarwood plate with the birth date of the second prince on it.
After Shen Qianyu picked up his pen for a moment, he casually wrote down the three characters Shen Shixiao.
He never thought that this child would be a prince, and he never took the name of prince. At the moment, he was not caring about anything else. He originally wanted to write the word "Jiao", but he didn't expect that when he started writing, he actually wrote "Xiao".
"That's it."
Pushing the eunuch away, Shen Qianyu continued to guard Song Wanlai.
I don't know if her energy and blood were damaged during childbirth. Song Wan slept for many days before slowly waking up. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Shen Qianyu's face covered with green stubble and he looked haggard.
"How many days have you guarded me?"
Her voice was hoarse, and as soon as she opened her mouth, Shen Qianyu raised his head in shock.
"you're awake?"
"I guarded you for five days. No matter how I called you during these five days, you never answered me."
The man sounded aggrieved and held Song Wan's hand tightly against his cheek, not daring to relax for a moment. He always felt that as long as he relaxed a little, this person would leave him.
Song Wan smiled weakly when he heard this: "I take a few days off when I'm tired. I wonder if I can't sleep well. It's because you are always disturbing me."
She touched the man's cheek and her heart softened.
Looking at his haggard appearance, he must have been scared these past few days.
He was extremely timid when it came to things related to her, and his former boldness was nowhere to be seen.
Song Wan felt very distressed and held Shen Qianyu's hand for a long time without letting go.
The couple was silent, but they felt quite happy and afraid of surviving the disaster.
After a long time, Song Wan chuckled: "So is our child a little princess or a little prince?"
After hearing this, Shen Qianyu's eyebrows instantly drooped.
He said in a slightly tired nasal voice: "He is a bastard."
Song Wan felt a little regretful: "It doesn't matter, the next one should be the little princess."
For the first time, Shen Qianyu did not answer. He took Song Wan's hand and turned his head away, saying nothing.
