Chapter 654 She Keeps Fourth Master's Love in Her Heart

Two different thoughts controlled Ruoyin's thinking, shouting in her ears respectively.

A cry full of sorrow: Get rid of Li Shi, let her go to hell.

One said softly and peacefully: Please protect your lord.

After thinking over and over again, the two voices converged into a steady decision, and Ruoyin finally made up his mind.

People like Mrs. Li are a disaster in this world.

Harm one person in the backyard today, another one tomorrow, even children.

But children are different. If you train them well, they will eventually become the pillars of the Qing Dynasty.

Besides, she was also forced by the situation.

You can only choose between the two... the most suitable method for the situation.

So, she closed her eyes heavily, and said resolutely: "If it's really not possible, then let's protect the child. Li Shi has always regarded the child as everything, and I think she will make the same decision."

"Okay, that servant knows what to do." The midwife didn't dare to delay any longer, and immediately entered the room.

With a "creak", the wooden door was also tightly closed.

Afraid that someone would talk too much, Song helped Ruoyin to speak, "Fu Jin doesn't have to blame himself. I think when Queen Hesheli gave birth to the prince, the queen mother and Lagu Su Ma both decided to protect the child. If the fourth master was here, maybe he would too. Do it."

Ruoyin just smiled and didn't speak.

What Song said was right, in this ancient time when medical equipment was poor and there was no caesarean section.

Regardless of whether a woman is rich or poor, when she gives birth to a child, she has one foot in the coffin.

Queen Hesheli was the first queen of Kangxi.

Before giving birth to a prince, she also gave birth to a prince, but it was a pity that she died before she was four years old.

Queen Hesheli was sad, and her body was getting worse day by day no matter how young she was.

When the prince was born for the second time, all the concubines in the harem were as beautiful as flowers, and one was younger than the other.

To say that when she was pregnant with her first child, Kangxi might have cared for her in every possible way.

But when it came to the second child, he had already divided his mind and went to other concubines.

Those who come and go, are already weak, and do not get the love of their husbands, so they are a little depressed.

When she gave birth, she encountered dystocia.

At that time, Kangxi was on the battlefield in person, so naturally he couldn't take care of the affairs in the palace.

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and the Empress Dowager, after careful consideration, decided to keep the child.

Because he had already lost a direct prince before.

If you lose it again, it will look very unlucky.

Coupled with multiple uprisings and rebellions, if there is no second son, it will inevitably cause confusion in the frontline army.

If the adults are gone and the children are here, then everything is gratifying.

But if the child is gone and the lord is here, the next direct prince will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey.

The subjects are superstitious, and will think that the emperor is not good enough, and God will not bless him.

In order to stabilize the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, there is also the morale of the frontier soldiers.

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang only said "protect the great cause", and Empress Hesheli gave birth to today's prince and left within a few hours.

Anyway, women are worthless, if a woman dies, three thousand beauties in the harem will go up.

As a result, a young woman who was only 21 years old became the earliest empress of the Qing Dynasty and the only empress who died of dystocia due to the situation.

This young queen died for political glory.

Being in the royal family, while enjoying the glory and wealth, it also brought great misery.

Not only have to tolerate the emperor looking for flowers, but even when giving birth, ordinary people cannot escape the fate of protecting the big and the young. How sad it is.

This is also why Kangxi is so used to the prince and loves him in every possible way.

Just because Queen Hesheli gave birth to this child with her life, he was full of guilt as an emperor.

This is a man's guilt towards his wife, so he has to make up for it on his children.

For this guilt, he broke the Qing Dynasty's rule of not establishing a prince early.

When the prince was born, he became the crown prince.

He also took it with him to raise him personally, taught him day and night, and did not set up a queen for many years.

Thinking of this, Ruoyin shook his head helplessly.

Kangxi's guilt triggered a dispute for the heir apparent in Kowloon.

If he didn't establish a crown prince back then, he would hide the will of the crown prince in an upright plaque.

If the new emperor is announced after his death, perhaps there will be no Jiulong seizing the throne.

Kangxi thought it was a kind of compensation for the prince, but instead made the prince a target of public criticism.

This is the consequence of not following the rules of the ancestors.

So, the old rules are strict, but they also make sense.

As an emperor, one should always remain rational and never act emotionally.

Think about Queen Hesheli, fortunately she is still the queen of a country, and she is not worth more than Li's life.

However, in this dynasty where men are superior to women.

A woman's life is definitely worth less than a child.

Ruoyin finally realized that when she gave birth to her elder brother, she finally conceived the son of his own.

But when it was difficult to give birth, the fourth master ordered the midwife to protect the adult.

In this dynasty, it was not easy for him to make such a decision.

If it is said...the first prince is the hope of a country.

A son is the hope of a family.

So over the years, she has suffered all the small grievances.

She kept it in her heart just because of fourth master's love back then.

If she was in an ordinary family, or another prince's family, she might have been abandoned eight years ago, and her life ended...

The so-called Master Bao used scissors or sharp iron hooks to dismember and cut children into pieces.

In this way, women can survive.

As for protecting the child, it is natural to use brute force to drag the child to life regardless of the adult's life or death.

This method is terrifying and cruel, and there is no way for the mother to survive.

Especially for someone like Li Shi who has already suffered a blood collapse, he will undoubtedly die.

"ah!"

At this moment, Li Shi's painful roar came from inside.

That scream was comparable to the pig's desire for life when it was slaughtered.

In the hall, everyone held their breath after hearing Mrs. Li's voice.

Immediately afterwards, Li's hysterical abuse came from inside.

"Get out! Get out of here!"

"You son-of-a-bitch, you want me to die, don't you!"

"I will give birth by myself today, and I won't ask you to deliver it!"

"Even if you are all dead... I will live well!"

Li Shi suddenly yelled as if he had been slapped with chicken blood, his voice was still hoarse, revealing unwilling resentment.

Not only that, besides the sound of cursing, there is also the sound of "jingling, jingling, jingling".

It seems to be... china, and there's the noise of pots being pushed over, or smashed.

In the hall, everyone stared round their eyes, just listening to the movement inside.

But gradually, Mrs. Li didn't make a sound, not a sound at all.

Just suddenly, there was a baby crying from inside.

"Wow..."

That cry was loud, I don't know how many times louder than Niu Gulu's day.

She was born dozens of days prematurely, but it was as loud as a full-term baby.