HLnovel Chapter 357 The Birth of the Little Princess
Chapter 357 The Birth of the Little Princess
Li Yuanhao, the ruler of Western Xia, understood the greater good and gave up resistance and surrendered to the Song Dynasty. He then redeemed himself by bravely serving as a pioneer in the attack on the Liao Kingdom, leading the elite Tangut troops of the Dingnan Army to fight bravely and made great contributions to the destruction of the Liao Kingdom.
The emperor issued an imperial edict praising General Li Yuanhao highly, appointing him as the commander of the Dingnan Army, conferring him the title of "Marquis of Anyong", and even generously gave him Lingzhou of Western Xia as his fiefdom.
Yang Yanzhao, Cao Wei, and Gao Yingxiong, who had made outstanding military achievements, were awarded titles for their meritorious service. The three young generals, Marquis Guanjun, Marquis Zhenbei, and Marquis Yiyong, were dazzling and became the new nobles of the Song Dynasty.
Zuo Dading, the Minister of Works, was indeed a talent in water conservancy. After receiving the order from the prince to send people from the Ministry of Works to Xixia to build canals, he went there in person. He surveyed the topography for three months without any effort, worked day and night to design a set of plans for building canals and dams, and asked two of his disciples, officials from the Ministry of Works, to stay behind to supervise the construction. Only then did he return to the capital with peace of mind.
Sima Qingyun and Zhang Junpeng recruited more than 100,000 migrant workers and trusted Zuo Dading's two disciples to be the general commander of the construction.
When Li Yuanhao returned to Western Xia, the water conservancy project to transform the Yellow River was half completed.
He rode his horse on the newly built river bank, his heart surging. After surrendering to the Song Dynasty, although he could no longer be the ruler of a country, the people of the Dangxiang tribe had benefited greatly.
His Royal Highness the Regent has promised that from now on, this place will belong to the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty army will use its strength to ensure that there will be no invasion and slaughter by foreign enemies, no chaotic wars, and that all the people of Western Xia will be able to have enough food to eat.
The King of Chu and the King of Xiang felt a great sense of achievement and honor in the process of implementing the new policy. The two brothers had long forgotten their extremely noble status as princes of the Song Dynasty and devoted themselves to this great cause with great enthusiasm.
The two princes, who changed their names to hide their identities, became good friends with the low-level officials. With their outstanding talents, hard work, impartiality and incorruptibility, they won the respect and admiration of the officials around them. They were also promoted step by step from a sixth-rank official to a third-rank official based on their achievements.
After a busy year in Western Xia, the King of Chu and the King of Xiang discussed it and wrote a letter to the Emperor and their brother the Regent, requesting to go to the three provinces of Liao, which had a vast territory and a large population and had been newly incorporated into the territory of the Song State, to continue to be responsible for the supervision of the implementation of the new policy reforms.
Regent Zhao Defang readily agreed, and the young emperor Zhao Wuji issued an edict to promote them one level higher, to the new position of second-rank official New Policy Reform Observer, and transferred them to the three northern provinces to supervise the implementation of the New Policy reform.
Therefore, local officials of the three northern provinces of the Song Dynasty welcomed the two superiors "Wu Qi and Wu Ren" to come and provide guidance and supervise government affairs.
Sima Qingyun, who had just been transferred to the position of the highest administrative officer in the three northern provinces, laughed so hard that he held his stomach and turned around in circles in the room after hearing the news.
At the beginning, he had suggested to the prince in a bad taste that the aliases Wu Qi and Wu Ren be given to the two princes. These were exactly the aliases that he, Sima Qingyun, had used in Shu. The name of the rebel leader "Wu Qi Ren" was pronounced as "Wu Qi Ren" which was a homonym for "Wu Qi Ren" and was given to the two princes.
I never expected that the two princes who have been pampered since childhood could achieve such great results under this pseudonym. I, Sima, am extremely proud of you!
The territory of the Song Dynasty expanded more than twice as much as before. The huge empire was in ruins and there were some scattered resistances in the newly conquered territories. The officials of the Song Dynasty court were busy and happy, and the important ministers of the cabinet were working day and night to handle government affairs.
His Royal Highness the Regent, who is busy with many affairs of state, teaches the little emperor how to review the mountains of memorials in the imperial study every day in the palace, and also takes time to go home and spend more time with his beloved wife who is about to give birth.
Regent Zhao Defang gently wrapped his right arm around his wife's barrel-like waist, held her slender fingers with his left hand, and walked with her in the yard.
Luo Li, with her big belly, was enjoying the care of her husband. She was watching her son who was practicing hanging upside down on a horizontal bar by the wall, fearing that he might fall headfirst by accident.
She warned him worriedly, "Yuli, you have to take good care of him. Don't let Lin'er fall to the ground and injure his neck."
Yu Li, who was standing below with a wooden stick to protect and supervise the young master, responded without turning her head, "I know, miss. Don't worry, I will keep an eye on him without blinking."
Suddenly, she felt a downward abdominal pain. Luo Li frowned and touched her big belly and said, "Zhao Defang, I might give birth early."
Zhao Defang bent down and picked up his beloved wife and ran into the house, shouting, "Hurry! The princess is about to give birth, call the four midwives who are on standby over here!"
There was a commotion in Ning Xin Garden. Several maids walked hurriedly. Four midwives, who had been brought into the palace and were waiting in the side courtyard, were inexplicably carried by the shadow guard and his three brothers on their backs and rushed over.
The Grand Empress Dowager and Madam Luo were also supported by maids and servants, and they hurried towards Ning Xin Garden.
Yuli brought a few children who were practicing martial arts against the wall, staring blankly at the busy people coming in and out, not knowing what to do or how she could help.
Lin Er heard his mother's painful groans in the room, raised his little face and asked with tears in his eyes: "Sister Yuli, my mother is going to give birth to a little sister for me, will it be very painful?"
Yuli nodded, "When the young lady gave birth to you, she was in pain for two hours. The maids and servants carried out basins of blood and water, which was a great punishment. Young master, if you are not filial to your mother in the future, you will be struck by lightning!"
Little Lin'er was not afraid of the retribution of being struck by thunder. His face was solemn. "Don't worry, sister Yuli. I am the flesh and blood that fell from mother's belly. I will be filial to mother when I grow up."
Ping'er held the young master's hand and comforted him: "Young master, don't be afraid. I have overheard the midwives talking. After a woman has given birth to her first child, it is much easier for her to have another child."
Yu Li listened attentively to the young lady's painful groans in the room, and said nervously with a tense face, "So, the first child must be doubly filial to his mother."
Young Master Lin'er nodded with tears in his eyes, "I will!"
After the first experience of accompanying his wife, Regent Zhao Defang ignored the midwife's persuasion, squatted motionless beside the bed, holding his beloved wife's hand in one hand and gently wiping her sweat with a handkerchief in the other, acting as if he must accompany his wife to give birth to the child.
A midwife bravely advised again, "Your Highness, you'd better get out! A man accompanying a woman to give birth... No..."
Before he could finish his words, the prince gave him a cold look and made him swallow the word "unlucky".
The two midwives who had delivered the young prince for the princess kept winking at her, saying that all the taboos in the delivery room did not exist in the Regent's Palace.
The Ghost Hand Poison Doctor and Qin Divine Doctor, who became fellow disciples of the Tai Chi Sect, walked into Ning Xin Garden together and sat down in the courtyard. The two doctors with superb medical skills were personally in charge to ensure that the master and his child were safe.
Luo Li clearly felt that the delivery of her second child was much less painful than the first. She gritted her teeth and endured the contractions before delivery. She did not cry out in pain, and tried her best to conserve her strength, waiting for the critical moment that required strength.
"The bone gap has opened up to ten fingers, Princess, you can push harder." The midwife's voice was filled with joy.
Luo Li gathered all her strength and exerted all her strength...
"Wow..." The crying of the baby made everyone's clenched hearts relax, and then they smiled with joy.
"Congratulations! Congratulations, Your Majesty, it's a lovely little princess." The midwife's voice was even more joyful when she announced the good news.
The Empress Dowager and Madam Luo didn't care about the rules of the delivery room and waited in the outer room. Anyway, Zhao Defang had already broken the rules, and the two of them went into the inner room one after the other. One ran to her daughter, and the other took over her granddaughter who had just been wrapped up by the midwife.
When the young Emperor Zhao Wuji heard the news that his aunt had given birth prematurely, he dropped the imperial pen he was using to review memorials and hurried out of the palace to the prince's palace with a few eunuch guards.
The little emperor first asked the imperial aunt whether she was safe. When he saw the delicate pink face in the cradle, his eyes were filled with soft love and doting.
"Uncle, I will give my sister a new name, Zhao Wuque. I guarantee that she will lack nothing in this life."
Regent Zhao Defang was not happy about this and glared at the little emperor with dissatisfaction, "The emperor rushed to give a name to my first child, and now you are trying to compete with me, the father, for the right to name your second child. Isn't this a bit unreasonable?"
The young emperor Zhao Wuji smiled awkwardly, "Okay, uncle, I won't compete with you on naming my sister. I will name my sister "Kangping Princess", okay?"
Zhao Defang then smiled slightly and said proudly, "Yes! Thank you, Your Majesty, for your great grace.
I have already thought of a name for my daughter. My father gave her the full name Zhao Jinghao, which comes from the poem "The harp and the zither are in the palace, and everything is peaceful and good." My mother gave her the nickname Xiao Hongdou.