flstandardbreds Chapter 299: Drum
Chapter 299: Drum
Qin Liuse thought that she was in confinement after giving birth and could not hold the baby for too long, so she reluctantly handed the baby to the wet nurse.
Emperor Yongjia looked at it and touched his brow helplessly. It was only the first day and it was already like this. What would happen in the future?
And with two of them coming at once, she has a lot to do.
For some reason, Emperor Yongjia seemed to have sensed that his presence in front of Qin Liuse would become increasingly low, as it was today.
For example, after bringing the two children over just now, Qin Liuse didn't even look at him, his attention was all on his own children.
The wet nurse carried the two children to the other side to coax them to sleep, while Qin Liuse started to have dinner under the gaze of Emperor Yongjia.
Emperor Yongjia watched her eat dinner, thought for a moment and said, "If you really can't produce milk, just let the wet nurse feed you. Why do you have to endure this hardship?"
Emperor Yongjia meant that if he breastfed himself, his milk might get blocked later, and he would have to get up in the middle of the night to breastfeed. He thought it was too troublesome and too hard, so he gave Qin Liuse this advice.
Qin Liuse was enjoying it. Just now, the little princess opened her mouth, as if she was not full, or the little prince ate and drank enough, sleeping soundly in the arms of Emperor Yongjia.
She felt it was a very special experience, so she wanted to try it herself and hoped to feed the baby herself.
So after hearing what Emperor Yongjia said, Qin Liuse pouted with some dissatisfaction, as if someone was trying to snatch her child away.
Seeing her like this, Emperor Yongjia knew that she did not accept his advice, so he patted her head lovingly and said, "Do whatever you want. Feed her until the baby is one month old, and then see how it goes. Don't feed her for too long, or she will be too tired."
Emperor Yongjia knew that he often had to get up in the middle of the night to feed the baby and that he didn't have a full night's sleep, so he advised Qin Liuse like this.
But he also knew that Qin Liuse was a new mother, and her passion was like that of a newborn tiger calf, and she was also stubborn, so he had no choice. So he could only obey her.
Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, the day Qin Liuse is due to give birth. Emperor Yongjia cannot stay here tonight because Qin Liuse has to get up soon in the middle of the night. So Emperor Yongjia watched her finish her dinner, spoke to her, and waited for her to lie down and fall asleep again before returning to Chengqian Palace.
However, although Emperor Yongjia could not spend the night here, his imperial edict arrived at Zhaoyang Palace along with Zhu Wanxi the next morning.
Before Zhu Wanxi came in person, he had already sent a young eunuch to pass on the message and asked the people in Zhaoyang Palace to set up an altar and table to welcome the arrival of the imperial edict.
"Congratulations, Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine! Congratulations, Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine!" Zhu Wanxi brought the imperial edict to the bedside and handed it to Qin Liuse. "The Emperor said that Her Majesty is not allowed to come down. You should just sit on the bed and listen to the edict, so as not to cause discomfort to your wound."
No one has ever had such a gift.
Before Qin Liuse realized that she had become the Imperial Noble Consort, Zhu Wanxi had already congratulated her.
"The Emperor also said that the Empress is in confinement and recuperating, so she doesn't need to receive those people from outside who come to congratulate her. After the full moon tomorrow, if the Empress still wants to see someone, she can choose to see him then." Zhu Wanxi conveyed the Emperor Yongjia's oral order on behalf of Qin Liuse.
Although it was an oral order, what Emperor Yongjia said was also an invisible imperial decree, instructing Qin Liuse not to work too hard.
When the news got out, those concubines who wanted to be the first to come and congratulate him were naturally too embarrassed to come because they were concerned about Emperor Yongjia's attitude.
After Zhu Wanxi left, Aunt Mingyue led Qingqing Zijin outside and prepared all the rewards that came with Zhu Wanxi.
He ordered his subordinates to move all the things to the side halls and the storeroom. Each piece of silk, satin, jewels, and hairpins were taken out from the private storehouse of Emperor Yongjia.
This dazzling favor made Mingyue's aunt smile with her lips pulled up. After a long time, she finally settled all these things.
Aunt Mingyue and Qingqing Zijin not only packed up all of Qin Liuse's things, but also made a list. After they were done, they took it in and showed it to Qin Liuse with a smile.
"Look, Imperial Noble Consort, how much our Emperor dotes on you. He made you an Imperial Noble Consort and gave you so many good things."
Qin Liuse was still holding the imperial edict in her hand and reading it. In fact, she was a little dazed and had not yet reacted.
I can't say I'm happy, it's just that the feeling hasn't really entered my mind yet, just like after I gave birth to the child yesterday and woke up from a nap, I slowly felt that I had really become a mother.
I wonder if this is the reason why the feeling I have today comes so slowly?
Qin Liuse wondered why she seemed to have become slow in reaction after giving birth.
Aunt Mingyue could understand it very well. People are in high spirits when something happy happens. And for someone like Qin Liuse, who had two big happy events happen in two days, it was normal for her not to react.
And more importantly, in this dynasty, the Imperial Noble Consort has a special symbol, that is, the position of Imperial Noble Consort, which very few people can hold.
Since she became the Imperial Noble Consort, that meant she was in reserve for the position of Empress.
In other words, Emperor Yongjia's promotion of Qin Liuse to Imperial Noble Consort indicated that he was preparing to give the position of Queen to Qin Liuse.
The reason why she had to stay in the position of Imperial Noble Consort for a while was because the Queen was not an ordinary concubine who could be elevated to the position with just a few words.
After all, she is the mother of a country, and all the rules and customs must be learned carefully.
Therefore, unless the princess consort came from the royal palace, she could be directly promoted to queen at the coronation ceremony. Those who were selected later basically had to become imperial concubines first and then become queens.
The reason why Aunt Mingyue and the others worked so hard and smiled so happily today is because they knew that after becoming Imperial Noble Consort, the next candidate would be Queen.
Although Qin Liuse knew it, he did not show such open happiness like them.
I just felt that I had not yet gotten used to the fact that Emperor Yongjia suddenly promoted me to Imperial Noble Consort, and my life seemed to be no different.
However, because Emperor Yongjia had spoken out and prohibited everyone from coming to congratulate him, Qin Liuse's days were quiet after that.
It wasn't completely quiet, it was just that no one came to disturb them, but the two kids made quite a bit of noise.
She was so busy breastfeeding and taking care of the children that she soon forgot that she was already an imperial concubine. For the next month, she was immersed in being a mother of two children.
Before she gave birth to the child, Emperor Yongjia laughed at her for sending food and fodder before the troops moved.
Although Qin Liuse's breasts were bulging, she didn't have much milk, so there was even less to feed two children.
Most of the time, it was the wet nurse who fed the little prince and princess, and Qin Liuse only participated for a while, but thanks to this, she was able to sleep well at night.
Emperor Yongjia had instructed that the two wet nurses did not dare to disturb Qin Liuse in the middle of the night for no reason, and they only stayed in the other room with the two little princes and princesses.