The day after returning to Kaifeng Prefecture, Wu Haogu slept a lot and didn't get out of bed until almost noon.

After washing up, Wu Haogu went directly to the family's dining hall. Pan Qiaolian and Ximen Qing had already arrived, but Yan Po'er was not there. It seemed that she was going to Yihongyuan in Kaifeng Prefecture. Her kiln was going to be sold, so she would have to work hard for a while.

His good disciple Du Wenyu was not there either. He went to his residence early in the morning to report to his grandfather Du Yongde to serve as an outdoor room for Wu Haogu and could also own his own residence in Jiehe Shangshi. It looked good, at least not to be angry with Pan Qiaolian and Ximen Qing.

Wu Haogu did not let the two pregnant women get up, but walked between them and sat down.

"When will the eldest sister give birth?"

Ximen Qing was stroking his belly, and the fetus inside was "naughty". When he heard Wu Haogu's question, he smiled and said, "It's time to give birth after the New Year. It's said that it's ten months of pregnancy, but it's actually nine months. I'm strong and I've been moving after I'm pregnant. The fetus should be able to stay until full term, and it's not too difficult to give birth."

Although she can't deliver a baby, she is a gynecologist after all. She is not unfamiliar with pregnancy and having a baby. She knows that blindly recuperation is not beneficial to childbirth, and she also knows that excessive food supplementation for pregnant women is also not conducive to the fetus. So under her arrangement, she and Pan Qiaolian have exercised certainly these days, and the diet structure is relatively reasonable. The two women are not so fat that they are not so obscene.

The date of birth can naturally be calculated. Ximen Qing himself is from mid-January to the end of the month after the New Year. Pan Qiaolian will have to wait until April or May next year.

Judging from the current situation, the fetus of both pregnant women are relatively healthy, Ximen Qing's fetus is also relatively positive, and Pan Qiaolian's fetus is not known yet. Now, if you want to check the fetus, you can only touch it in the midwife's hand. Pan Qiaolian is only more than three months pregnant and cannot touch it at all.

In addition, a group of midwifes have been in place. Ximen Qing wrote a letter to summoned from Xuzhou. They are all women in their thirties. They have been around ten years of experience when they were midwifes. They are very experienced, but they are not as conservative as they are.

Ximen Qing passed on the forceps and the "Han's disinfection method" to them, and asked them to try the forceps and disinfection method when delivering the pregnant women of the customers outside Kaifeng Prefecture. The effect seemed to be good, and it was said that it saved the life of a pregnant woman who was suffering from difficult birth.

Wu Haogu calculated the day and smiled and said, "Then I will wait until my elder sister has given birth before going to Jiehe Market. After arranging some excuses, I will go back to Kaifeng Prefecture... In this way, I can catch up with the eighteenth sister giving birth."

Pan Qiaolian nodded and smiled softly, "Well, Dalang is outside the door, I feel at ease."

"So too." Ximen Qing was just echoing Pan Qiaolian. She was not so attached to her husband. A real man wants to make achievements and does not have to always guard his wife.

Wu Haogu nodded and was about to continue speaking when he heard the Arhat maid yelling outside the door: "Master, the tall official from the Duan Prince's Mansion is here."

Gao Qiu is here!

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "Haha, it's better to come early than to come by chance. I really plan to go find him in the afternoon to do business."

"Buy or deal?" Pan Qiaolian blinked, "What other deal is there to do?"

"Big deal!" Wu Haogu smiled, "and it's a gentle deal."

As he said that, he had already stood up and strode out the door. Although Gao Qiu's official was not as good as Wu Haoguda, his master was Zhao Ji, and he would become an official in the future! However, Gao Qiu did not wait outside the gate, but entered the Lihua Villa.

So Wu Haogu just arrived at the moon gate between the inner and outer houses, and saw Gao Qiu standing outside with a smile. When he met, he bowed his hands and sang a fat look.

"Dalang, you have been away for a long time this time. Why haven't you come back now? Are you not afraid that the beauties of Kaifeng Mansion will be anxious to wait?"

Wu Haogu is a gentleman, but to outsiders, he must have used his unspoken rules to hold hands with the courtesan ladies of Kaifeng Prefecture.

Wu Haogu also bowed and said with a smile: "Brother Gao, don't make fun of me, I'm a ruler."

"I know, I know, come one by one according to the rules!"

This still sounds wrong!

Wu Haogu shook his head, "Brother Gao, you are here just in time. You have just started eating at home. How about the meals in the Lihua Villa?"

"Hehe, this is great. Lihua Villa is Panlou's skill! I wonder if there is any family mate to accompany you? And that Erguotou wine is also indispensable."

"There is no family, Yan Po'er just returned to the city." Wu Haogu took Gao Qiu to a side hall and smiled bitterly, "But there is Erguotou wine, but you can't drink it, so that you won't be able to talk about the serious matter when you get drunk."

"Will there be no one else if Yan Po'er is not here?" Gao Qiu smiled, "Isn't it all sent out during the errands going to Qingzhou?"

By the way, what are you going to tell me about the serious business?"

"Let's talk when you enter the house, and drink while talking."

The two of them quickly entered the side hall, which was the side hall of the outer house, not the inner hall where Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian and Ximen Qing had just had dinner.

It is now the Song Dynasty, and the families of officials and nobles cannot meet outsiders casually, let alone drink and eat with outsiders. This work was done by "Ji" and "family masters", not by wives and concubines. Even if Gao Qiu had close friends like the Wu family, at most, Pan Qiaolian and Ximen Qing would come out to say hello.

However, now both women are pregnant and have difficulty moving, so there is no need to be too polite.

"Dalang, let's talk about anything serious." After sitting in the side hall, Gao Qiu started chatting with Wu Haogu without waiting for tea.

"It's a matter of the album," Wu Haogu said, "I want to draw a photo for each high school Jinshi who was in the Spring Festival and then print it into the album. It will also allow everyone in the world to have the honor to see the appearance of my new Jinshi in the Song Dynasty."

"This is a good thing." Gao Qiu nodded and said, "Why do you want me to help?"

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "I don't have a good time to raise this matter, so I have to ask King Duan to submit a memorial."

Wu Haogu is a young official, and it is impossible to attract attention if it is proposed, so it may be put on hold. Zhao Ji is the prince and a popular candidate for the future official family. If he wants to report the report, no one dares not take it seriously.

"Okay," Gao Qiu smiled, "You ask Duan, why would Duan not help?"

"I have to ask King Duan to take on the errands of painting and printing albums." Wu Haogu said with a smile, "This will allow the courtesan to do this big deal."

Wu Haogu decided to let Zhao Ji take on the job of painting and printing albums after planning, because Zhao Ji was about to ascend the throne to the throne in the spring of the third year of Yuanfu.

At that time, the album of "Wenquxing" would be equivalent to a transaction created by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, and it would be easier to transform into a newspaper in the future.

Gao Qiu smiled and said, "Why don't you go and talk to King Duan tonight, King Duan will not agree."

"Tonight?" Wu Haogu was stunned, "King Duan invited me to the royal palace?"

"Go to Xiefanglou."

"Xiefang Tower? That's a brothel!" Wu Haogu frowned.

"The brothel is asking you to go." Gao Qiu smiled, "You recognize the courtesans in Xiefanglou, right?"

"No, no, no." Wu Haogu shook his head repeatedly, "Your Highness Duan shouldn't go to the brothel, at least not now."

"What's the matter?"

"He is the prince." Wu Haogu said.

"Why can't the prince go?" Gao Qiu still looked confused.

Wu Haogu frowned and said, "The official family is in poor health! What if..."

"If..." Gao Qiu's face changed, and he lowered his voice, "You mean the official family, he will soon..."

Zhao Xu has been sick for a day or two. Everyone was optimistic about Zhao Ji's successor. But since Zhao Ji's wife got pregnant, everyone is a little confused. Maybe Zhao Ji is just the "Emperor's father"?

Of course, for Gao Qiu, it is also good to curry favor with the "Emperor's father". If Zhao Ji can become the emperor, then he will become successful!

Wu Haogu waved his hand and whispered: "It's not to be said, it's not to be said. But as long as this possibility still exists, as long as there is Empress Dowager Xiang... So King Duan should be more serious these days and should not regard himself as his future emperor's father."

If Zhao Ji must be the future of the "Emperor's Father", then it doesn't matter, it's better to sleep in brothels every day! But if he could be the emperor, he would have to be a little more serious, so as not to be disgusted by the "powerful" priests who blocked the road to heaven.

However, Wu Haogu wanted to persuade King Duan now, but he was not afraid that he would not be the emperor, but that Zhang Dun was so angry that he blocked Zhao Ji's path. Wu Haogu now knew that the problem of Zhao Ji's ascension to the throne was that the Empress Dowager Qiangang was arbitrary, and the powerful prime minister Zhang Dun had no way to fight.

Because Zhang Dun's power is simply an illusion!

It is not the time for him to penetrate his soul just now. He was a waiter from the Hanlin Academy of Paintings for a while and often entered the palace, so he naturally knew the power structure within the palace.

Unlike the situation where eunuchs in Tang Ji controlled the palace, the one who could really play a decisive role in the Northern Song Dynasty palace was not the Nei Shi Provincial Department, but the Gumensi. The Gumensi were all Kaifeng generals, and they were all close to the old party.

Once Zhao Xu dies, between the priest of the new party and the empress dowager of the old party, the generals of the priest of the throne will definitely support the empress dowager. As long as they keep the palace gate, temporarily block the news, first send someone to invite Zhao Ji to the palace, and then notify the priest of the throne of the throne. Then there is nothing to discuss about the issue of inheritance of the throne, that is, Zhao Ji, who has entered the palace, has put on a yellow robe.

Even if Zhao Ji's son has been born, as long as Empress Dowager Xiang is determined, he can still make Zhao Ji the emperor. Zhang Dun and the eunuch who supported Zhang Dun had no room for resistance!

Because not only is the territory of the old party generals, but even the three imperial guards of Kaifeng Prefecture are also controlled by the generals. The armed forces that Zhang Dun brothers can influence are far away in Shaanxi and cannot control the affairs of Kaifeng Prefecture.
Chapter completed!