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Chen Lan was shocked to hear the news and looked at Zhao Xi in a daze, "Brother Yuchen, how could this happen? Do I have to help preside over the funeral just because I got married?"

After hearing the first half of the sentence, Zhao Xi thought the girl was blaming herself and was about to comfort her, but when she heard the second half of the sentence, she realized that she was careless.

He put down the tea bowl in his hand, leaned lazily on the chair, tapped the table with his fingers irregularly, and said nonchalantly: "The imperial decree to depose the queen has been issued, and the result cannot be changed. How can a criminal woman who committed suicide as a commoner be qualified to ask the Crown Princess to preside over the funeral ceremony?"

After Zhao Xi finished speaking, he dozed off on the chair. Chen Lan had no choice but to help this real "master" onto the couch herself before sending someone to invite Zhang Maozhe.

Thinking that the prince didn't like anyone other than her entering and leaving their bedroom at will, she prepared to go back to the bedroom herself and take some golden pumpkin seeds she brought from home to reward people.

As soon as she entered, she saw the prince, who was half-asleep just now and was helped back by her, now sitting on the bed, looking at her leisurely, without a trace of sleepiness in his eyes.

"If you don't want to help, then don't bother. Why do you have to pretend in front of me? You're such a bad guy." After saying that, he picked up his things and turned away. He didn't want to stay with this older kid any longer.

Zhao Xi was not annoyed. He lay leisurely on the bed, reviewing what the two teachers had said about the reform.

It deduced some of the obstacles that might be encountered in the reform, and based on actual analysis, it discussed which measures were feasible, which measures were likely to go wrong during implementation, and how to put the Song Dynasty in an advantageous position in foreign wars.

As he thought about it, he slowly fell into a deep sleep. Even when Chen Lan came back after dealing with things, he, who was always alert, showed no signs of waking up.

In order not to disturb him, Chen Lan washed up quietly and fell asleep tiredly.

The next morning, after breakfast, the young couple went about their respective work.

The ladies in the palace thought that the Crown Princess was so young and had never dealt with palace affairs, so she would be in a state of panic and even cause big trouble.

Especially since she had just been married for three days and had encountered such an embarrassing funeral as the death of the former queen, some palace power would definitely be divided up, so everyone was waiting anxiously, especially Concubine Yang and Yu Chongyi.

However, to their disappointment, although the Crown Princess was only a ten-year-old child, she was extremely experienced in employing people and there was no place for them to use their talents.

Because of this incident, Chen Lan, who had been married to the prince for less than ten years, naturally gained the recognition of most people.

Zhao Zhen and the senior ministers of the previous dynasty praised her frequently. Seeing this, the young ladies who were jealous and disdainful of Chen Lan and wanted to replace her no longer dared to disrespect the Crown Princess openly.

In this way, the days passed one by one, and in the blink of an eye it was early spring of the next year.

In February of the fifth year of Huangyou, Zhao Xi went to court with the emperor as usual, while Chen Lan obtained the support of the prince and prepared to go alone to meet his parents whom he had not seen for almost half a year.

So the Sheng family, who had just been surprised to have two more pregnant women in the family and that in the fifth year of Huangyou the Sheng family would have at least six little masters, were stunned before they could recover from the shock when the doorman came to report that the Crown Princess had returned.

For a moment, Weiruixuan was extremely lively. Madam Wang was so surprised that she almost forgot that she was about to give birth. She ran out in a hurry, scaring the young ladies and old ladies.

This was because Madam Wang’s belly was so big that when she was six or seven months pregnant, it looked bigger than the belly of an average woman about to give birth. It looked as if it would burst at any time.

Because of this, the old lady didn't dare let the eldest lady go to Shou'an Hall to pay her respects, for fear that something might happen to the eldest lady while she was pregnant. During this period of time, if there was anything, she would come to Weiruixuan herself.

Chen Lan was originally very excited, but when she saw her mother running towards her with a big belly, she was so excited that her heart suddenly skipped a beat and a bad feeling came over her.

"Oh my God, Chen'er, you, ah!" Maybe it was because she saw her daughter whom she hadn't seen for a long time, the lady was so excited that her amniotic fluid broke.

Although Chen Lan is not yet an adult, she is familiar with this matter. Therefore, when she looks at her mother's appearance, she knows that she is about to give birth.

So he no longer cared about etiquette and quickly asked the maids and servants around him to help take Madam Wang to the delivery room.

He also ordered Li Yi to go to the palace to invite the imperial physician, and Liu Mama to invite the midwife, and let the palace maids around her to help, while he himself prepared to sit outside the door for his mother.

When the old lady arrived with a group of young ladies, Chen Lan had already given all the instructions, so everyone stood together in the yard, waiting for the eldest lady to give birth.

Or maybe it was because the palace was very efficient. Normally, it would take at least half an hour to invite a midwife and a doctor to the Sheng Mansion. But now, under the command of the Crown Princess, it only took a quarter of an hour to get all the personnel needed for the delivery.

Seeing her granddaughter standing anxiously at the door of the delivery room, who hadn't even had time to drink water for almost an hour, Mrs. Sheng consoled her with some distress: "Your Highness, please come and sit next to me first. Don't wait until the eldest lady gives birth and you faint from exhaustion before you can even report your brother and sister."

He looked at the concubines standing beside him. Two of them had beads of sweat on their foreheads. Then he seemed to react and asked them to go back.

Xiang Xiaoniang: "Old lady, I am not tired. Why don't you go back and rest for a while, and then send someone to invite you after the eldest lady gives birth."

Lin Xiaoniang didn't expect that this "dog" who never barked dared to speak over her. She said unhappily, "Xiang Xiaoniang, you are wrong. Don't you see that the Crown Princess is waiting here? There is no reason for us to go back first."

The original young lady had just learned that she was pregnant, and before she had time to report the good news to her master, it was ruined by the stupid eldest lady. She was full of jealousy for a while. Therefore, when she spoke, she couldn't help but have some emotions, "The eldest lady has been pregnant for so long, but she hasn't given birth yet, can't it be~"

Chen Lan was very worried about her mother at the moment. Suddenly, she heard a young woman dressed as a girl, daring to curse her mother openly. She immediately shouted angrily, "Why don't you take this disrespectful thing away and sell it off."

After hearing this, Sheng Hong's concubines all turned pale. Even Lin Xiaoniang, who originally had some ulterior motives, and An Xiaoniang, who had been very favored recently, gave up the idea of ​​competing with the eldest lady, for fear that they would be sold out by the Crown Princess under some excuse.

After hearing the Crown Princess's order, Yuan Xiaoniang was so frightened that she knelt on the ground with a plop and begged for mercy: "Crown Princess, please spare my life. I know I was wrong. I hope you can forgive me for the sake of my unborn child. I will never dare to do it again."

She cried and kowtowed as she spoke, and for a moment the whole yard was extremely quiet, except for the occasional sounds coming from the delivery room. Everyone in the yard kept quiet and held their breath, secretly watching the follow-up of the incident, for fear of frowning on the Crown Princess.

Chen Lan thought: "No wonder this unpresentable girl dares to be so arrogant. It turns out that the piece of meat in her belly gives her the confidence."

He shook his head in disdain, "You can escape the death penalty, but you can't escape the punishment of life. From today on, you are a concubine. After the child is born, your father will decide everything."

Yuan Xiaoniang thanked him profusely and retreated, and the outside of the delivery room fell into silence again.

But after a moment, the silence was broken by an anxious and uneasy voice.

Xiaodie lowered her voice as much as possible as she could, "My dear, it's not good. Miss Qi just had a fever. I applied a handkerchief to her for a long time, but there was no sign of improvement. What should I do?"

Among the crowd of gorgeous young ladies, Wei Xiaoniang, who was wearing a light blue double-breasted jacket, seemed a little out of place. A trace of anxiety finally emerged on her originally indifferent face.

"Old Madam, Crown Princess, Miss Seven has a high fever and won't go away. I want to go back and take care of her first. I hope Master will show mercy."

Old Madam Sheng was also very anxious after hearing this. After all, Ming girl was about to be brought into her room to be raised, and nothing could happen to her at this moment, so she quickly approved Wei Xiaoniang's request.

Chen Lan naturally also heard the conversation between the few people. Although she had never felt anything for these people, Minglan was her sister after all. If she stood by and watched, she would be drowned by the spit of others.

"Nong Xia, take my token and go to the Imperial Hospital to invite a few doctors. Doctor Jiang, who is good at pediatrics, must also be invited here as soon as possible."

Nong Xia leaned over and squatted, then quickly ran out with the token in his hand. He ran so fast that the little girl following behind him almost couldn't catch up with him.

Seeing that it was getting late, Old Madam Sheng became more and more anxious. After all, the Crown Princess had to return to the East Palace before the palace gates were locked.

Just as everyone was becoming more and more nervous and Minglan had a fever several times, the loud cry of a baby was finally heard in the delivery room. A quarter of an hour later, the cry of a baby was heard again in the delivery room, and everyone's hearts finally settled down with the cry of the baby.

With a creaking sound, the midwife and Madam Liu came out, each holding a swaddling cloth. "Congratulations, old lady, congratulations, Madam, the Crown Princess, the eldest lady has given birth to a pair of boys, and both mother and son are doing well."

Old Madam Sheng was overjoyed when she heard this and exclaimed three or four times, "Good, good, good."

Chen Lan couldn't wait to go over and take a look at her two younger brothers. She couldn't help but touch their little faces with her hands before she reluctantly looked away.

Looking at the sun that was about to set, Chen Lan gritted her teeth and said goodbye to the old lady, "Grandma, my granddaughter has to go back to the palace. I'll trouble you to help take care of my mother here."

"It's getting late, Madam, please go back to the palace. I'm here with your mother. Don't worry, I can still take care of the household even with my old bones."

Although Chen Lan wanted to stay, in order to avoid being reported by court officials, she gritted her teeth and finally turned around and left Sheng Mansion.

As for Minglan, after the unremitting efforts of the doctors and the imperial physician, her fever finally subsided, but she did not wake up for a while.

Wei Xiaoniang thanked Doctor Jiang and the old doctor, then sat down in front of her daughter's bed, watching her quietly. Finally, after two hours, she fell asleep on the bed in a daze.

Wei Xiaoniang didn't know that Minglan opened her eyes just as she fell asleep.

However, after Minglan's fever subsided, the clarity and innocence in her eyes that a baby should have were no longer there. Instead, there was a calmness and wisdom in them.