Nian Shilan felt relieved when she saw Huang Liu carrying her eighth brother.
"Where's my sister-in-law?"
Only then did Nian Shilan realize that Su Deyin was not around.
Songzhi also knew the seriousness of the matter and quickly told Nian Shilan what Su Deyin had done.
Songzhi also knew that it was too late to elaborate now, so she quickly repeated to Nian Shilan what Su Deyin said when she left.
Although Nian Shilan didn't know why, Su Deyin and Songzhi would not harm her, so she listened.
At this time Zhou Ninghai came in: "Your Majesty, the Emperor will be at the gate of Yikun Palace soon."
"Eunuch Zhou, you go outside and wait to be picked up. I'll have Po Wen get ready right away."
Songzhi didn't wait for Nian Shilan to speak and said, "Mother Huang, I'm sorry to trouble you."
Nian Shilan listened to Songzhi's orderly arrangements and smiled happily.
"Your Majesty, you can't look like this now."
Songzhi turned around and saw Nian Shilan smiling and said quickly.
"The Emperor has arrived."
When Su Peisheng's voice came, Songzhi took a deep breath, then gave Toshiba and Lingzhi a look before running out.
"Giving birth, giving birth, the Queen has given birth."
Songzhi shouted as he ran out.
"Is your Majesty giving birth?"
Zhou Ninghai also asked excitedly, then turned around and knelt in front of the emperor: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the queen."
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, the Queen gave birth to her eighth prince safely."
Songzhi said promptly.
The emperor laughed happily when he heard Songzhi's words.
"Hello, Eighth Prince. Hello, Eighth Prince."
After all, he is also the legitimate son of the middle palace, so the emperor should be happy.
The emperor immediately walked into the palace. When he entered the palace, he was stunned for a moment when he saw Huang Liu. Isn't this the Wen Po Nian Shilan had prepared before? He had seen the previous Wen Po Nian Shilan, and even if Nian Shilan hadn't been seen by him, he would have known about it.
But the emperor was puzzled by the man in front of him, but he didn't ask anything.
"Shilan, thank you."
Nian Shilan is also a good actor. As soon as the emperor's words came out, Nian Shilan burst into tears.
Perhaps Nian Shilan's tears were somewhat sincere.
"Your Majesty, I almost lost my sight of you."
As Nian Shilan spoke, he looked at the child in Huang Liu's hand: "It's pitiful for our child. He was born so early. I don't know whether he can survive safely in the future."
"Concubine Jing didn't tell me in detail when she asked someone to tell me. What exactly happened? Why did she suddenly give birth prematurely?"
The emperor took Nian Shilan's hand and asked.
"I don't even know,"
Nian Shilan said with tears: "I was waiting for the sisters to greet me in the morning as usual, but before I could say anything, I felt unbearable abdominal pain. Then I didn't know anything. When I woke up, Grandma told me that I was about to give birth, so that I couldn’t sleep anymore.”
"Your Majesty, the Queen is poisoned."
Songzhi waited until Nian Shilan finished speaking, then knelt down in front of the emperor and said, "If Imperial Physician Wen and Imperial Physician Jiang hadn't arrived in time, the Empress and the Eighth Prince would probably be gone."
When the emperor heard this, his face became serious.
"Poisoned?"
"How is your Majesty?"
Before Songzhi could reply to the emperor, Su Deyin ran over anxiously.
As if she had just seen the emperor when she arrived in the palace, she quickly knelt down and said, "I am rude to you, please forgive me."
"where have you been?"
When the emperor saw that Su Deyin came just now, he felt something was wrong.
After all, Su Deyin came here to take care of Nian Shilan, but Su Deyin was not around when Nian Shilan gave birth. This was wrong.
"Back to the Emperor, just now, when the empress had a difficult delivery, the six nuns who were originally prepared were instructed by someone to harm the empress. Therefore, I could only ask my own people to deliver the baby. In order not to disturb the empress Childbirth can only be handled by the wife."
Su Deyin seemed to be speaking in a hurry, but he said all the key points: "Those stable women knew that the matter was exposed and committed suicide."
"Your Majesty, I know that since I became the queen, I have become the enemy of everyone in the harem."
When Nian Shilan saw that Su Deyin had finished speaking and the emperor had not responded, she quickly spoke up: "But my concubine's children are also the emperor's children. They actually poisoned me. They are really too cruel."
"Don't worry, I won't let this matter go."
The emperor said comfortingly: "The eighth prince has suffered so much. I have no expectations. I just hope that his life will be safe and smooth. I will give him the name Hongjing."
"I would like to thank the Emperor for Hong Jing."
Nian Shilan didn't really have to rely on the emperor to find out the person who harmed him, so naturally he wasn't disappointed.
The emperor returned home after a long journey and went back naturally after seeing Nian Shilan without asking the Queen Mother at all.
After the emperor left, Nian Shilan asked in detail what happened when he fell asleep.
"I was afraid that they would talk nonsense, so I dealt with them all."
Su Deyin said with some embarrassment: "I asked them before I dealt with them, but no one admitted that they had a problem or that someone was instigating it."
"It's natural. It's a big sin. They're not stupid."
Nian Shilan said with a sneer: "Now that I am in confinement, I will naturally not pursue it. Everything will wait until I am out of confinement. There are some things that should be settled carefully."
Nian Shilan sent people to several nuns' homes to deliver the message. The crime of murdering the queen was not a small one, but he could be punished by meritorious service. If he could find useful clues, he could be exempted from punishment.
Nian Shilan didn't believe what happened to some of the mothers, so her family wouldn't know anything about it.
Shoukang Palace.
When the Queen Mother heard that Nian Shilan had given birth to a son, she was stunned for a long time and didn't say a word.
"Queen Mother, what should we do now?"
Zhuxi asked.
"What can be done?"
Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother suddenly smiled: "We are not the only ones who are worried now, the emperor is the one who should be worried most."
"But now that Nian Gengyao has no military power, he cannot threaten the emperor at all. The emperor may not be worried."
What Zhuxi said is not unreasonable.
Originally, the emperor was worried because Nian Gengyao supported the army. If Nian Shilan gave birth to a prince, Nian Gengyao would support the child to become the prince. If the emperor did not agree, he was afraid that he would force him into the palace.
"No matter what, it's not the Ai family who should be panicking."
The Queen Mother tried to calm herself down and said: "Although the eighth prince is the legitimate son, he was born prematurely for so long. Whether he can live and grow up is still a question. We have a long time to live."
The Queen Mother's worries were actually similar to what the Emperor thought.
However, even if the emperor had no intention of making the eighth prince the prince, he also had no intention of wanting him to die.
The emperor knew in his heart that although Nian Gengyao did not have military power now, his majesty in the army was still there, and many people respected him, so he could not take risks.
Especially now that the Queen Mother is eyeing her, and Prince Guo's position is unclear, he has to stabilize Nian Shilan.
Since the emperor returned to the palace, he has been going to Yikun Palace every day.
Everyone in the palace knew how much the emperor liked the eighth prince.
Nian Shilan knew in her heart that the emperor was doing this for herself and Su Deyin to see.
"How was the emperor's visit to the palace this time? Did he see the fifth elder brother?"
Nian Shilan took the initiative to ask about the palace affairs.
Since Nian Shilan gave birth to her eighth elder brother, she has exempted herself from greetings and visits from various palaces, saying that everything will wait until she is out of confinement.
So Nian Shilan never saw Zhen Huan.
"I see, I've grown a lot taller."
After all, there is no emotion at all. The emperor has the same feelings for Brother Xi and Brother Five.
Nian Shilan smiled faintly: "Brother Xi and Brother Wu are both raised outside. I think it's time to bring them back to the palace when they are old enough."
Take him back to the palace?
The emperor looked at Nian Shilan with some confusion, but he didn't show it.
Now there are Sixth Elder Brother and Seventh Elder Brother in the palace, both of whom are still young.
At this time, the two princes who have no mother to take care of them are brought back to the palace. Is Nian Shilan going to do something to them?
It's no wonder that the emperor thinks so. After all, Nian Shilan has the prince by his side now, so the emperor must be careful.
The sixth elder brother was once raised by the Queen Mother. The emperor had long lost interest in establishing the sixth elder brother as a heir apparent, and the seventh elder brother was still young. If he did not want to establish the eighth elder brother, the emperor's hope would be on the western elder brother and the fifth elder brother.
"They are already used to it outside. If we take him back to the palace, I'm afraid they won't be used to it."
The emperor said with a heavy hand.
How could Nian Shilan not understand what the emperor meant? She smiled and said: "They are princes in the palace, so they are used to it. But I thought that my grandmother was taking care of them, and they grew up. , the emperor should also find them a decent adoptive mother."
Give the two elder brothers to the childless concubine to raise, so that the harem can be stabilized.
This is Nian Shilan's idea.
"Nowadays, there are only concubines in the palace who have no children, so there are only concubines."
The emperor thought for a while and said.
"The fifth elder brother is young, so it is most suitable for my concubine to raise him."
Nian Shilan had already thought about it: "As for Concubine Xi, she only has Princess Longyue at her knees. Brother Xi'a is already grown, so naturally he is the most considerate. I think Concubine Xi is the most suitable one to raise."
In fact, when the emperor was in the palace, he had already thought about entrusting the fifth elder brother to Zhen Huan to raise him. In this way, Zhen Huan would have the prince by her side, and it would be easier for Zhen Huan to be promoted to the title in the future.
"Don't you want to raise them?"
The emperor couldn't help but asked.
After all, one more prince means one more hope of supporting the eighth prince.
But the emperor was wrong. Not to mention Nian Shilan, he never thought about letting his child become the emperor. Even if he did, he didn't have to raise the child in his own palace.
Both Feng Ruozhao and Zhen Huan were on good terms with me, so what was the difference between being raised at their place and at my own place?
But if you look at it this way, the eighth prince in the Sixth Palace will not only be watching you, and it will not arouse the emperor's suspicion. Why not do it?
The emperor listened to Nian Shilan's idea and didn't say he agreed or disagreed. He just said he would have a look.
Nian Shilan is not in a hurry, the emperor will bring his two elder brothers back sooner or later.
Su Deyin stayed in the palace for nearly half a month. Nian Shilan knew that she was also thinking about the palace and her brother, so he asked her to go back to the palace.
"Now that I leave, I'm afraid I won't know when I can enter the palace again."
Su Deyin looked at Nian Shilan and said: "Although you have a prince by your side, there are hidden arrows everywhere in this palace. There will be more in the future, not less. You have to be more careful."
"Sister-in-law, don't worry."
Nian Shilan knew that Su Deyin really cared about him: "I thought it was too simple before. Go back to your house and tell your brother that if he still wants to lead troops, I will try my best to make arrangements for him."
"No, no need."
Su Deyin refused: "You don't need to make arrangements. Your brother once told me that if you want him to lead troops to fight again, it can only be the emperor's personal request. Otherwise, he will not go again. But don't worry, Even if your brother is not in the army, there are still confidants of the Nian family in the army. If you need it, the Nian family will definitely support you."
Su Deyin went back, but Nian Shilan could not forget Su Deyin's words for a long time.
In a blink of an eye, it was the full moon day for Eighth Prince, the legitimate son of the middle palace, so the excitement can be imagined.
Nian Shilan and Yongjing first went to Shoukang Palace to pay their respects. The Queen Mother rewarded many treasures, and Nian Shilan accepted them one by one.
When the concubines from each palace arrived, Nian Shilan had to be careful.
Fortunately, everyone knew that Nian Shilan's precautions were probably the most stringent on this day, and no one did anything excessive.
Nian Shilan's heart, which had been hanging all day, was relieved.
The emperor stayed at Yikun Palace in the evening.
"There are really many congratulatory gifts from civil and military officials."
The emperor watched Nian Shilan sorting out the gifts with Songzhi and said jokingly: "If I run out of money in the future, I'm afraid I'll have to borrow it from Jing'er."
"As the Emperor said, not all Jing'er's things belong to the Emperor. The Emperor can take whatever he likes."
Nian Shilan said with a smile: "But when Jing'er grows up and gets married, Your Majesty, you, the Ama, must not be stingy."
"Haha, that's natural. Jing'er is the legitimate son, so I won't treat him badly."
"What a legitimate son and concubine, I don't care about that."
Nian Shilan looked disapproving: "As long as the emperor loves Jing'er more, don't be too harsh on him when Jing'er can enter the school."
"I don't agree with what you said. How can I not want my children to study well?"
The emperor listened to Nian Shilan's words and said jokingly: "If you don't want it, forget it. Why don't you let me take care of it?"
"I haven't liked reading since I was a child, and I don't think my eighth prince likes reading much anymore."
Nian Shilan sighed and said, "I just want him to be happy. As for studying, I don't need him to get fame, I just want him to be sensible."
"He doesn't need to take the exam to gain fame, but he will help me share the burden when he grows up."
What the emperor said was not clear enough, but it was enough to make Nian Shilan feel cold.
Because she understood that the emperor was testing herself.
"Your Majesty, you have five elder brothers. I think the other elder brothers will definitely be willing to share the burden for you. Don't let us Jing'er suffer. Let's just let him be an idle Baylor."
Nian Shilan said in a coquettish and angry tone: "Jing'er was born so prematurely, so she must be in poor health. I, my concubine, don't want him to work hard at all."
