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An’er
T/N: Translated by Jen on Broken Jinsei! Please do not repost my translations! All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
“Mother.” Seeing Ming Huayue enter, Yu Lingxin voluntarily called out, her voice somewhat weak, yet still joyous. Xun Che also got up, having the little guy carefully picked up and handed to Ming Huayue. The midwife and wet nurse to the side hurriedly praising, “Madam, look, such a healthy little young master! His voice also resounding, yet not liking to cry. This certainly will be both a healthy and obedient good child!”
Ming Huayue looked at the little guy’s little face in the swaddling clothes, also exceedingly happy, hurriedly letting the servant girls send over the ginseng soup for Yu Lingxin, “Child, you’ve worked hard.”
Yu Lingxin was actually already incredibly tired. In the two days before going into labor, she hadn’t been able to sleep well to begin with, and during the process of giving birth, it was also this painful and draining. After forcibly holding up to see the child, she just became increasingly sleepy. She managed to squeeze out a smile, but was unable to say anything more.
Right at this time, Chen Qiao’s cough sounded from the outside. The exhausted Yu Lingxin simply didn’t hear. She was both tired and sleepy, yet filled with joy as she stared at her child. But, Xun Che nevertheless heard. The expression on his face didn’t have any changes, just turning to the side and kissing Yu Lingxin’s forehead, softly instructing her to nicely rest first, he will quickly come back. After saying this, he ordered Bai Guo and the others to serve Yu Lingxin in finishing the ginseng soup and then to sleep.
Yu Lingxin’s waist and body, in this moment, truly didn’t have much strength left, thus she nodded in agreement. Even this ginseng soup, she only drank half a bowl before falling asleep with heavy eyelids.
This sleep, however, wasn’t too peaceful. Amidst her blurry mind, she had many dreams, the past events of the past life, the future prospects of this life. Among the numerous and chaotic human affairs, there seems to be pleasant surprises, as well as worries, also followed by stomachache from time to time, somewhat difficult to bear.
And when she finally opened her eyes and woke up, through the half-covered windows, she could see that the sky outside was already pitch black. Inside the room, half the candles were lit. Near the bed, there was only a single lamp, but on the side near the door, unknown as to when, a temporary long narrow table was added. On top the table, a few lamps were lit, and Xun Che was currently sitting before the table, seemingly reading some document in hand.
“Shenzhi?” Yu Lingxin wanted to sit up, but as she moved, there was still a bit of pain from her lower body, thus she lightly cried out.
Xun Che immediately put down the file in hand and got up, “Huijun, you’re awake, is your body still uncomfortable?”
“Where’s the child?” Yu Lingxin just shook her head and directly asked.
Xun Che supported her up, and at the same time, ordered the outside to set the table before finally softly saying, “The little guy is asleep. The wet nurse is taking care of him in the west side room. Later, if he wakes up, can let them bring over. Why don’t you have the evening meal first, don’t be this anxious.”
Yu Lingxin’s mind was filled with the little guy’s little face at this time, feeling that that glimpse she saw right after giving birth simply wasn’t enough. Right now, she just wants to immediately hold in her arms again. But, she knows that Xun Che is right, she ultimately needs to eat something first.
At this time, Bao Guo, Ganlu, and the others came in to set the dishes. Because Yu Lingxin had just given birth, they directly set up a dining table by the bedside, so that she doesn’t need to move too much.
But, even if just moving a little like this, Yu Lingxin still felt uncomfortable below. Of course, it still wasn’t able to compare with the immense pain of when giving birth. As such, she merely just furrowed her brows.
But, seeing her look, Xun Che still heartached very much. When personally ladling the soup and putting food in her bowl for her, Xun Che said with a sigh, “In the past, I never knew that women giving birth would be this painful and difficult. Previously, I was even thinking, in this lifetime, we definitely need to have more children. But, looking at it now, having this one is also enough. We just need to nicely raise him.”
Yu Lingxin although was moved, she still couldn’t help but softly laugh, “I’d just finished giving birth to one, yet you’ve already thought that far into the future?”
Xun Che picked up another piece of fish for her, his expression unexpectedly very serious, “How can I not think of this? When you were giving birth, you were hurting that much. If to come again, I can’t even bear thinking about it.”
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Thinking about it, Yu Lingxin actually also had some linger fear, but she didn’t like saying too much intimate words with Xun Che in front of the servant girls, so ordered Ganlu and the others to withdraw first. Once the doors were closed, just as she was about to continue speaking, a thought suddenly flashed through her mind. Thus, she immediately just asked, “Wasn’t it Bizhi on duty today? I’d just seen her this morning.”
Xun Che’s chopsticks didn’t pause in the slightest, picking a piece of bamboo shoot for Yu Lingxin, “Eat first. Everything else, I will take care of.”
The meaning in these words nevertheless made Yu Lingxin immediately be on guard. If to say that her guard towards others in the past were all because of Xun Ying and Xun Che’s former tragedies in the past life, now that she has a son, that frame of mind was just different from before, “Could it be that Bizhi has a problem? Wasn’t she the same as Jianjia, having been in Qingyu Pavilion since she was little?”
Xun Che shook his head, “That’s not the case. Bizhi isn’t disloyal. Just, previously, when I was letting Gancao pretend to have dealings with Xiahua, I’d also arranged Bizhi to cooperate. In the past two months, while pretending to be unwell, the security has been extremely tight, so didn’t give the old madam and Li mama the chance to make a move. But, now that you’ve already safely given birth, it’s also time to reel in the net. There’s simply no reason to endlessly guard against thieves in one’s own home.”
“Could it be that the old madam made a move today?” Yu Lingxin was even becoming somewhat fretful. Even if knowing that this steady and calm appearance of Xun Che’s meant that everything was fine, and the little guy was already born, but seeing the child, that moment, was still completely different from just knowing that ‘one has a child’. Right now, even just thinking about someone having any possible thought of harming him, she was just completely unable to tolerate.
“Can be considered the case.” Xun Che put down the chopsticks. reaching out to caress his wife’s shoulder, “Don’t worry, before that thought even appeared in Cide Hall, I’ve already had people watching. Their things simply weren’t able to enter Qingyu Pavilion. The child is fine, we’re all fine. Just, Li mama, this thread, I’m going to pull out. Bizhi and Gancao ultimately need to put on an appearance.”
“Then, will they………..” Yu Lingxin still slightly held a breath. If they want to get rid of Li mama, then they will have to point the target towards the palace. In this kind of big matter, Bizhi and Gancao, even if testifying, afraid will also have a bit of danger.
Xun Che’s expression however was very relaxed, “They won’t. This matter won’t be dealt with openly on the surface. You will know in a few days.”
Yu Lingxin nodded her head. She knew Xun Che’s character. Even in the past life, when he was trapped in a desperate situation, cold and ruthless, he still never looked down on the lives of his subordinates by his side before.
At once, she just relaxed her mind. When dining together with Xun Che, she also slightly mentioned a few words about the matters at home before suddenly hearing the little guy crying from the side room. Looks like he has woken up.
Seeing her impatient look, Xun Che immediately let someone clear the table, also ordering the wet nurse to have the little guy carried over.
In the bright red swaddling clothes, the little guy that has already been washed clean and dressed in little clothes already opened his eyes. When once again seeing his mother, he first pouted his mouth, and then loudly cried a few sounds, but after getting held in Yu Lingxin’s arms and coaxed, he actually very quickly stopped crying. His big round eyes still didn’t know how to blink, but slightly turned, as if curiously looking at his own mother.
“His eyes really are like yours.” Xun Che smilingly moved to her side, reaching out to hold her shoulder. Seeing the little guy, his heart also filled with softness, “Last month, when father sent a letter, he’d already mentioned that he’d picked a name, called Zixi, even saying that it can be used by both boy or girl, concise and imposing. I thought it over and felt that it’s not bad, but the nickname, it’s still better for us to choose. What do you think is good?”
Yu Lingxin’s eyes right now were already completely focused on the little guy’s face, her entire heart filled with satisfaction and happiness, practically responding without thinking, “Just want him to be safe and sound, how about calling him An’er?”
“Alright.” Xun Che agreed with a smile, his hand slightly tightening again, “Don’t worry, our child will be safe and sound, we will all be.”
Yu Lingxin leaned in his arms, lightly responding, “En, definitely.”
The bright moon outside the window was still full, and the dark indigo night sky was also crystal clear.
Under the moonlit sky, Qingyu Pavilion was finally freed from the two months of seemingly bustling pretended worry and panic, like as if in a precarious state, also ending the tense atmosphere inside and outside while Yu Lingxin was giving birth. Husband and wife, parent and child, all a sheet of tranquility.
However, in the entire Wen’an Marquis Manor, only Qingyu Pavilion was still peaceful. Yu Lingxin coaxed An’er once, and then personally breastfed him. Just as she handed him back to the wet nurse to take to bed, she heard in the distance, in Cide Hall’s direction, the clamorous voices coming and going.
Just, this time, she no longer asked Xun Che anything, instead pretending to have not heard. After bathing and washing up, she wearily yet satisfyingly fell asleep peacefully in Xun Che’s arms.
The next morning, the Wen’an Marquis Manor Xun family immediately became the capital’s most exciting topic, the level of discussion not even losing to Qin Wang who’d just returned to the capital from the northwest.
On one hand, the Xun family young madam who’d seen blood during the palace banquet, continuously having been said to have an unstable fetus, even rumored that the mother and child were both not too well, in the end, still smoothly gave birth, and moreover, obtained a son in one go. Those with a more flexible mind pretty much immediately understood where the various rumors previously came from. As for those that were a bit slow, they probably will even exclaim that this Yu-shi still had a bit of good fortune and so on.
And on the other hand, it was naturally related to Li mama. Back then, when the newly-wedded Wu Wangfei, Qi Pei, under the excuse of paying filial piety to her maternal grandmother, Xun old madam, had Li mama sent to the Wen’an Marquis Manor, everyone all understood that this was the spy and nail that the two palaces inserted in. And for the Xun family to just that soundlessly accept, it actually wasn’t like Xun Che’s usual style.
But, now, Xun Che’s wife gave brith on the seventeenth of the sixth month, and on the morning of the eighteenth, the Head Minister of Justice just immediately got invited to the Wen’an Marquis Manor, in fact, dropping in even earlier than the Xun family’s actual in-law family, the child’s maternal grandfather, Yu Bocheng. This move was just very much worth pondering over.
And that very afternoon, the Xun family’s horse carriage entered the palace. On the surface, it was said as Xun Che once again entering the palace to meet the emperor, continuing to participate in the discussion regarding the northwest. However, very soon, they saw Ming Jincheng lead two squads from the Yulin camp into the Xun manor. Little Imperial Physician Chi and two other colleagues also swiftly rushed over. Before the evening, there was news that the Xun family old madam was once again bedridden.
Not alone in her case, Zhaoyang Hall’s Empress Wen also fell ill.
T/N: Their son’s nickname An’er means safe/secure/peace.
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the efficiency… XC is a good ML. he’s a good husband and a good dad. he’s a little scheming and black-hearted but I think it’s kind of endearing the lengths he goes through for his family.