Of course, Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager was still in Lujiang County. She was in the west courtyard behind the county palace. After entering, she did not even go out to the door.
During the twelfth lunar month, His Highness gave birth to a baby girl, and Mrs. Lu delivered the baby.
The process was very difficult, but mother and daughter were finally safe. The old man said that women with big buttocks are more likely to have children, which seems to be true. When Your Highness was not pregnant, although her waist was slender, her pelvis was wider. She did not give birth until she was in her thirties.
Pregnancy, normal delivery is still fine.
After Mrs. Lu left, three women surrounded His Highness and her daughter. None of them had given birth to children, and the expressions on their faces were indeed a little moved.
His Highness was lying on the couch with a tired face and his hair was wet.
The material conditions of the county mansion are naturally not as good as those of the palace, but the people around him are very reliable and can provide protection and care for His Highness. At least he does not have to be forced to take inexplicable cold medicine. Sometimes what people need is just that.
Basic things. No matter how delicate a woman is, she will still be in a mess when giving birth. In the face of birth, old age, illness and death, there is not much difference between people's identities.
Qin Liang was in the room, looking at the newborn baby, and he also had an indescribable feeling. From scratch, he had a new relative. Although he understood the truth, he still felt a bit magical when he saw all this in person.
He couldn't help but pick up the swaddling clothes and looked at the child carefully. The child's eyes were closed, he had stopped crying, and he looked very well-behaved.
Qin Liang said: "How about the twelfth lunar month is also called Yu Yue, and the nickname is Ayu?"
Ling Jun was beside her eager to hold the baby. She glanced at Qin Liang and said softly: "Will the name be misleading?"
Qin Liang handed the child to Lingjun and said with a smile: "The nickname should be given with a contemptuous character. It is said that it is easy to make a living, but it is not good if it is too expensive."
His Highness said feebly: "Ayu is quite nice to say such a thing."
The biological mother had already spoken, so Lingjun teased the child in his arms and said, "Ayu, from now on I will call you Ayu."
Naturally, the child cannot understand. Apart from crying, she has not yet learned to communicate with the outside world.
His Highness is also observing Lingjun silently. Lingjun seems to like this child very much, because from now on, Lingjun is nominally the child's mother.
Everyone has discussed it before, and it is indeed the best choice for Lingjun to be the mother of the child.
After all, Your Highness and Mrs. Zhen are both widows. If the children are given to them, they will be prone to gossips from an early age, which will be detrimental to their growth. As long as the father is the same person and the mother is a lady who is being married by a matchmaker, the child's background will be good. There will be a future.
If you have the chance, tell the child who her biological mother is.
But there is a hidden danger in this. If Qin Liang fails in the inner war and does not run away, then the child will not grow up. In this era, no matter how old the child is, if the three clans are to be killed, the three clans will be killed, let alone Sima.
With such a ruthless style, they would not be merciful to their enemies if they won.
When Qin Liang thought of this, he felt heavy and uneasy in his heart. But at this time, His Highness gave birth safely and everyone was in a good mood. Naturally, he would not show it inappropriately, so he still had a smile on his face and talked and laughed from time to time.
Several people talked for a while in the bedroom. Seeing that Queen Mother Guo was not energetic, Lingjun said: "We have found a nurse for Ayu, who will take good care of her. Your Highness can rest for a few days and don't need to worry too much."
Queen Mother Guo nodded gently, and she really didn't want to say more.
Qin Liang also gave a few instructions, asking Gu and Mrs. Zhen to take care of His Highness. He then said to Empress Dowager Guo: "Your Highness, take a rest. We will come back later."
Queen Mother Guo glanced at Ayu in Lingjun's arms and said, "Go, I'm fine."
Qin Liang and Ling Jun took their children out together. There was light snow falling in the courtyard and the weather was very cold. The two of them quickened their pace and walked back to the west courtyard.
As soon as she walked back to the upper room, she saw Moye inside. As a teenager, she was a little curious and at a loss. She stood there looking at the baby in Lingjun's arms and saluting, but she didn't know what to say.
Of course Moye knew that the child was not born to you.
His Highness and Mrs. Zhen have lived in the West Courtyard for so long, Mo Xie can probably still notice that Xuanji is not the only one living in the West Courtyard, but Mo Xie probably still guesses that the child is born to Xuanji. After all, in Mo Xie's eyes, Xuanji is your king's.
Auntie, only Xuan Ji would cover it up like this if she was pregnant.
When Qin Liang saw this, he said, "Her name is Ayu, and she is the daughter of your daughter. Do you understand?"
Moye nodded quickly and said, "Yes, I understand."
Qin Liang also nodded and felt that the problem was not big. If Mo Xie was unreliable, Xuan Ji's matter could not be hidden now. However, Queen Mother Guo's matter was more serious. In order to keep the matter as confidential as possible, Mo Xie and others were not informed.
Now that the child has been born, there are more trivial matters in the courtyard. We can only call Jiang Li to work in the east courtyard tomorrow.
At this moment, the child suddenly started crying. Ling Jun said, "She didn't cry just now. She might be hungry. Moye went to find the wet nurse."
Moye said: "Here."
After a while, the wet nurse who had already received the baby in the main courtyard of the inner house followed Mo Xie in. At this time, Wang Lingjun had entered the back room with the baby in his arms, and the baby was still crying. Mo Xie went in and took the baby out. The wet nurse took the baby and carried it very skillfully.
He turned around, opened his collar and breastfed. Ayu really wanted to breastfeed and immediately stopped crying.
The nanny's surname was Weng. She was someone Wu Xin found in Mintun Village near Lu'an City. She looked to be in her teens, with a slightly thin figure. The skin on her face and neck was a bit tanned, and the back of her hands were red, possibly due to frostbite.
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Qin Liang asked her to sit next to the stove and asked, "How old is your child?"
The wet nurse was quietly looking at Qin Liang just now. When she heard him speak, her shoulders trembled slightly and she said timidly: "Seven, seven months, Auntie said you can eat porridge."
Qin Liang then said: "Moye, go tell Wu Xin later and ask the butcher to kill the black pig and send it to the nanny's house so that the children can eat meat porridge during the New Year. Then go to the silk warehouse to pick out ten pieces of silk and send them together."
Mr. Weng turned around, hugged Ayu who was nursing, and said with surprise on his face: "The reward from the master is too much!"
Qin Liang immediately turned around and said, "This is our thanks."
Weng said in a low voice: "Everyone often talks about Mr. Fu, but I didn't expect to see him with my own eyes."
Qin Liang did not answer her words, but said kindly: "Take good care of Ayu, and don't talk nonsense outside the county mansion."
Weng nodded in agreement. When she saw Qin Liang's evasive action, her face flushed and she avoided it again. Qin Liang asked Mo Xie to go to the kitchen and bring a big pot of chicken to Weng.
Ling Jun was in the back room with a curtain so that no one could see her. After another month at most, outsiders would not be able to tell whether she had given birth to a child. Even Queen Mother Guo would return to normal if she did not breastfeed for a month.
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However, her sister-in-law Zhang will definitely come to see Lingjun soon, so she can only find some excuse to prevent her from meeting Lingjun. Most likely, Mrs. Zhang will think that girls from noble clans are pretentious, and there is nothing she can do about it.
Otherwise, Mrs. Zhang, who has already given birth to two children, would probably be able to tell the clues if she were allowed to sit next to Ling Jun.