PNB Chapter 329 Prince Guo is in trouble
Chapter 329 Prince Guo is in trouble
If the children hadn't just been born, Li Yuanke would have wanted to take both babies to the Taiji Palace so that the court officials could see them.
He had been busy for most of the night, but he was very excited and not tired at all.
After the wet nurse fed the prince and princess, Li Yuanke had the children brought over and placed side by side on the bed. He then stared at Shen Shixi and occasionally glanced at the children.
The newborn baby was wrinkled and looked like a molting little mouse, but he didn't think it was ugly. He asked Bai Ping and Lan Ying, "Don't you think the Crown Prince and Princess look a lot like the Empress?"
That bastard once said he wanted to have a son, Li Yuanke, and a daughter, and then he would whip her whenever he had free time. If she were born looking like him, he probably wouldn't be able to bring himself to do it.
Li Yuanke hoped that the children would look like Shen Shixi, and the more he looked at them, the more he felt they resembled him.
Lan Ying and Bai Ping looked at the children, then at the Empress. They were sorry, but they really couldn't tell. These days, children all over the world probably look pretty much the same. They really couldn't tell the difference.
Besides, I wouldn't dare to say anything recklessly.
Who knows what the emperor is thinking, and who he hopes to look like?
"Your Majesty, please forgive my poor eyesight, but I really can't see it. However, I do think that the Crown Prince and Princess's eyebrows and eyes look somewhat like Your Majesty's," Bai Ping said.
Lan Ying nodded vigorously in agreement.
The truth is, they've spent a long time with the Empress and know that she doesn't like to hear lies and is used to telling the truth.
Li Yuanke was furious, glaring at him coldly, "Do you even have eyes? You clearly look like the Empress, I think you two have bad eyesight!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive us! We know we were wrong!"
Bai Ping and Lan Ying exchanged a glance and carefully withdrew.
Can't I just stop serving you?
Li Yuanke was itching to see them, so he took the two children out to show Li Fude, saying, "Look, don't the Crown Prince and Princess look just like the Empress?"
Li Fude, being a shrewd person, quickly replied, "Indeed, oh my, this servant is truly blessed to see the Crown Prince and Princess so soon. They are just like the Empress! This servant congratulates Your Majesty! This servant congratulates Your Majesty! Your Majesty has finally achieved your wish!"
Bai Ping glanced at Li Fude with disdain.
The emperor was overjoyed. "A reward! You truly have excellent judgment, worthy of serving me. Fifty taels of silver!"
Li Fude was overjoyed. The amount of money didn't matter; what mattered was the Emperor's gift.
Shen Shixi slept until night. When she woke up, Li Yuanke was sitting on the edge of the bed, dozing off. The two children were still by the bed. She leaned over and looked at them for a while. Li Yuanke woke up, sat down, and hugged her. He felt that she was much lighter and felt heartbroken.
"Xi'er, you've suffered so much. It's all my fault. Are you feeling unwell anywhere? Would you like something to eat?" He kissed Shen Shixi's face and lips, pressing his forehead against hers. "Thank you, Xi'er!"
Shen Shixi is a typical case of forgetting the pain once the wound heals. During childbirth, she was in excruciating pain and wanted nothing more than to beat Li Yuanke up. But after giving birth, especially the moment the baby slipped out of her body, it seemed to soothe all her pain.
Seeing her two children, she felt that all the suffering and hardship she had endured was worth it!
Life is truly a miracle!
Shen Shixi leaned against him, "I'm hungry, I want to eat! Li Yuanke, I sweated a lot, do I smell bad?"
"It doesn't smell bad, it smells wonderful!" He took a deep breath, his mind still filled with the image of her risking her life to give birth, and his eyes welled up with tears.
Shen Shixi snuggled against him. She didn't really care what Li Yuanke thought. She wanted to have the child; it was for her own sake. If she didn't want to have the child, no one could force her.
She wasn't born for any one man, so neither a man's feelings of gratitude nor pity mean anything to her.
Bai Ping brought over a bowl of millet porridge, cooked until very soft and fragrant, at just the right temperature.
Postpartum women should not consume excessive tonics, as their bodies are too weak to handle them. Drinking some millet porridge is just right.
Shen Shixi was also very hungry, and Li Yuanke fed him. He finished a bowl of millet porridge completely and asked, "Would you like some more?"
Shen Shixi shook her head, touched the two children's cheeks with her fingers, and smiled. "Li Yuanke, these two children look just like you. They'll definitely look exactly like you when they grow up."
Bai Ping's shoulders trembled from trying to suppress her laughter. She picked up the plate and hurried out, laughing so hard she couldn't straighten her back as soon as she stepped out onto the eaves.
Inside the hall, Li Yuanke was furious. "Nonsense! He looks like you, he definitely looks like you. He's my son, and whoever I say he looks like, he will look like."
"Okay, just you wait, let's make a bet!"
Shen Shixi wanted to lie down, so Li Yuanke carried her down and lay down beside her. "Let's bet, what are we betting on?"
Shen Shixi said, "If I look like you, you can call me 'sister'; if I look like me, I'll call you 'brother'!"
"No way! You're younger than me, I won't call you that! I'm not stupid, I'm not betting with you. No matter who you look like, you're still my son!"
He pulled Shen Shixi into his arms. "Go to sleep. Can you still sleep?"
I have trouble sleeping, but I have to sleep anyway, as sleep is the best way to recover.
Li Fude called from outside, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Prince Guo is not well. The Empress Dowager requests Your Majesty's presence."
Upon hearing this, Shen Shixi realized it was a serious matter and pushed Li Yuanke, saying, "You should go and take a look right away. Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case. He just fell into the water and was immediately rescued, yet he's so weak."
Oh, right, didn't he fall into an ice hole? Maybe we can get some snow to rub him down in time?
It wasn't that he was unaware of the truth, but rather that the Empress Dowager disagreed with the methods suggested by the imperial physicians, thinking that one wouldn't work, and Li Yuanyin continued to have a high fever and even had convulsions.
The imperial physicians were also extremely annoyed, and they all wished that Prince Guo would just die, so that they could at least be buried with him.
They all breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that the emperor had arrived.
The Empress Dowager also began to weep, "Emperor, come quickly and see your brother! What are we going to do? If Yuan Yin is gone, how can I live?"
The emperor ignored his mother and instead asked, "Why haven't you come up with a prescription yet?"
Physician Sun said, "Our idea is to reduce the fever first. Prince Guo's high fever is too dangerous. Your Majesty also had a high fever that day, and the Empress brought it down in a few moments. Although you suffered a bit, it was very effective."
The Empress Dowager felt that in this freezing weather, Prince Guo was already chilled, and if he were to be further aggravated with ice water, there was a risk of something going wrong... Therefore, they had not yet come up with a better solution.
Li Yuanke then said, "Get some snow and rub it all over his body."
Then someone stepped forward to help, because if the stalemate continued, the emperor would have to arrange for a coffin to be made and a tomb to be built for him.
"This...this is unacceptable! In this freezing weather, to rub with snow? Your Majesty, are you trying to kill your brother?" The Empress Dowager did not believe the Emperor.
Li Yuanke then said, "If Mother Empress thinks I'm trying to harm him, why did you send someone to summon me? Mother Empress is so worried about him, forbidding this and that, so what good ideas do you have?"
The Empress Dowager wept, "If I truly had a good solution, would I have waited until now? Of all these imperial physicians, not a single one is capable. Physician Zhang is more skilled, and Jiang Lingyou is also quite capable, yet he chooses to serve the Empress..."
Bang! Li Yuanke smashed the teacup in his hand. He glanced at the Empress Dowager, "The Empress has given birth to twins, a boy and a girl. On New Year's Day, as the sun rises in the east, the Crown Prince of the Great Zhou is born. This is an auspicious omen!"