Harem Daily Life

He Linzhang watched for a while, and seeing his little Liangyi scolding with such vigor and vitality, he couldn't help but curl his lips.

He asked Zhang Fuhai to invite Tao Liangyi out for a few words, saying that he couldn't stay with her for a while as he had important matters to deal with.

As soon as Tao Yanyan saw Zhang Fuhai, she knew that He Linzhang had arrived, and she walked out quickly: "Your Majesty, how did you find time to come here?"

He Linzhang took her hand and said, "I came to see if anyone has offended my little Liangyi. I happened to see someone who is blind. Don't worry, killing a baby is also a crime in this dynasty. I have already informed the prefect of Mengcheng, and he will investigate and deal with it."

Tao Yanyan nodded and said, "Thank you for your help, Your Majesty. I may have to go back late tonight. These women are about to give birth, and two of them are not in good condition. I will keep an eye on them here to prevent the people below from not doing their best."

"Yeah." He Linzhang nodded: "Don't be too tired, I will come to see you later."

Not long after He Linzhang left, two officers came and interrogated the woman in front of her honest son. At first, the woman tried to make excuses, but she finally became honest when she heard that killing a baby was also a crime. She quickly knelt down and begged for mercy. However, the officers said that the death penalty could be pardoned but the living crime could not, and she must be beaten with the stick thirty times, so they took people to carry out the execution.

The beating was very quick. After the woman came back, she kept crying and begged her son to help her. However, the honest son did not move. He did not dare to confront the officers head-on.

"Mom, I've told you before that no matter if it's a boy or a girl, they are all children of our Li family, but you refused to listen and strangled them to death. This time, whether Xiaoyu gives birth to a boy or a girl, you must not wrong her or harm the child. Otherwise, our mother-son relationship will come to an end. I will take care of Xiaoyu and the child from now on, and I won't raise you anymore!"

The honest son finally stood up for once, and the vicious mother finally calmed down a little.

After reading it, Tao Yanyan ignored them. Her whole focus was on the pregnant woman.

In the middle of the night, He Linzhang came again.

"Your Majesty, please go back and rest. I'm here." Tao Yanyan advised. She brought the carriage here, and she could sleep in the carriage when she was tired. It was convenient. Besides, it was late at night, and she was too lazy to go back.

He Linzhang insisted on accompanying her: "They are all my people. You are my woman. You protect my people for me. How can I go back alone? Okay, you lean on me and take a rest. I will stay here to protect you."

Seeing that his persuasion was not working, Tao Yanyan stopped trying to persuade him. He thought it would be a good thing to let the people see more of their emperor who was so diligent and caring about the people.

Soon after, four pregnant women gave birth safely, three boys and one girl. Their families were very happy and knelt down to thank Tao Yanyan. Qingfeng and Mingyue could not stop them, so after reporting the incident, they brought the children over.

When everyone saw that the emperor was there, they bowed even more sincerely and expressed their gratitude, thanking the emperor for his compassion for the people and loving them like his own children, and thanking Tao Liangyi for her kindness and protection of the pregnant woman.

"Thank you, madam, for arranging a midwife and a doctor for my daughter-in-law. We are a poor family, how could we have such a blessing? You are really a great benefactor of our Zhou family. I will recite sutras and pray for you every day in the future, and ask the Buddha to bless you with many children and a long life!"

Tao Yanyan felt amused: Living a hundred years is good, but what the hell is having many children and good fortune!

He Linzhang was visibly happy and ordered his men to reward each of the four families with ten taels of silver.

After they thanked him, Tao Yanyan said, "I also congratulate you on the birth of your children. These children were not easy to give birth to, and their mothers are all great mothers. When you go back, take good care of them and make sure they have a good confinement period and don't get sick."

After everyone left, He Linzhang held Tao Yanyan in his arms and said, "Yanyan has a kind heart, and he will definitely be rewarded."

Tao Yanyan didn't care. If there really was a reward for good deeds, the original owner wouldn't have died, and he wouldn't have died either.

"By the way, Your Majesty, you said before that you would investigate the incident of me falling into the water. Is there any news?" It was late at night and there was no one around. Tao Yanyan had no other topic to talk about, so he asked about this matter.

"Well, it has been confirmed that it was Fu Baolin who did it. She bribed the palace servants to break the fence, and persuaded you to go to the lake with her. She had planned on you. I have already had the servants taken care of. When I return to the palace, I will make the decision for you. You can decide how to punish Fu Baolin."

Tao Yanyan nodded. Since he had killed the original owner, he should exchange his life for another. It was fair.

"Liang Yi, it's bad. The woman surnamed Guan gave birth to a daughter. She had a difficult labor and I'm afraid she's not doing well. Her vicious mother-in-law is cursing and trying to snatch the child. She said she was going to strangle her to death!"

"Go and have a look."

Tao Yanyan stood up, and He Linzhang followed her to take charge of the situation.

"Why don't you give me my child? He's my child, I can do whatever I want with him." The vicious woman limped with her beaten leg, and refused to give in.

The honest son held his wife's hand and cried, "My dear, please don't be so cruel. Please don't die. I will never listen to my mother again. I will only listen to you. Please don't die!"

As soon as Tao Yanyan came in, he saw that the pregnant woman's face was pale and her lips were bloodless.

"Doctor, how is she? Can she be saved?" Tao Yanyan asked anxiously.

The old doctor shook his head. "She is not very old, and she has given birth to three children in a row. She didn't take good care of herself after the two previous births, and her body was already not well. After the third birth, she was severely deficient and had a hemorrhage that could not be stopped at all."

"Where's the imperial physician? Qingfeng, go get one!"

In fact, as soon as He Linzhang heard that the pregnant woman was not feeling well, he asked someone to call the imperial physician. Soon the imperial physician arrived in a hurry and immediately gave her acupuncture and examined her.

But after a while, the imperial physician shook his head and said, "Liang Yi, this woman is dying. Her body is damaged and cannot be restored. It is better to prepare for it as soon as possible."

Tao Yanyan felt helpless. Her honest son's face was covered with tears. Her vicious mother-in-law was still talking about strangling the child to death: "This is another money-losing child. How can the family afford to raise her? Son, just strangle her to death. She has killed her own mother since she was born. Who knows if she will kill us in the future!"

"Mom, Xiaoyu is dying, please stop talking! This is the child Xiaoyu desperately gave birth to, I must raise her to adulthood."

"Why are you so confused? How can you get married with a burden? I don't care. This child must die and cannot be brought home!"

"Shut up!" Tao Yanyan watched the life of the woman surnamed Guan slip away bit by bit. This vicious old woman was still nagging, and he was so annoyed: "Come here, drag this vicious old woman out and shut her mouth!"

After everyone was pulled out, Tao Yanyan came to the parturient, held her hand, and said gently: "I know you are very uncomfortable, painful, and powerless now. But can you bear it for your daughter? I will ask the imperial physician to give you acupuncture and stop the bleeding immediately. Don't give up until the last moment, okay? When you come back to life, your daughter will have a mother. With a mother, she can be happy in this life. Children without mothers are very miserable, and you can't bear to see her suffer, right?"

The woman surnamed Guan shed two lines of tears. She could no longer speak and could only close her eyes and open them again as a response to Tao Yanyan.