Chapter 99 The Royal Family Arrives to Welcome and Plan for the Future of Their Children and Grandchildren

The Prince Qi's Mansion was in a mess, especially the main courtyard, which had to be cleaned up carefully before people could live in it. After seeing the miserable state of the mansion, Gu Youan took his son to a street in the north of the city and picked a house to stay in temporarily.

Ah Xuan didn't go back to her parents' home. Instead, she followed her sister into the house. Since no one else was inside, Ah Xuan, disregarding any respect for her appearance, started cursing: "I heard from Liu Jing a few days ago that the emperor's sons were dying. I felt quite sorry for him. But you rotten-hearted wretch, you rotten-hearted wretch, should have been childless and sent to hell."

"I've seen enough of the eighteen princes besieging Luoyang. If I were asked to go, I'd rush into the palace, slap the emperor, kick him over, and chop his head off with a knife."

"We're all the same surname, no more than five generations of kin, yet you're so cruel, you damned bastard!"

"My poor little Yuan, you were being chased by a killer in this cold weather. I don't know where you hid in a snow cave last night, waiting for your aunt to come and save you."

A Yuan was drinking the hot milk given by the mother-in-law when his aunt suddenly called his name. A Yuan looked at his aunt and then lowered his eyelids.

How should I tell my aunt? Last night he ate, drank and slept well in the house of my mother's previous life. He was really not pitiful at all.

Although he was the only son of his father and mother and grew up in pampering, he had never slept on such a soft bed, seen such a large study, or enjoyed such a convenient life.

In fact, apart from his father and mother, Yuan doesn't like outsiders to get close to him, but he is young, so there are inevitably many people around him to take care of his food, clothing, housing and transportation.

This morning, I woke up in my mother's soft bed. Yuan was downstairs sitting in what my mother called a "cart". It didn't need a horse to pull it or people to carry it, it could run by itself.

Yuan felt that it would be better to go to his mother's past life than to be the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. Comparing the two, Yuan felt even more sorry for his mother.

A Yuan drank his hot milk sip after sip, while his mother had already calmed down his grumpy aunt.

Gu Youan said, "You should save your energy. Zhou Xuan is desperate, which means he is not going to recover. You don't need to curse him. He may be dead."

Ah Xuan stopped scolding the emperor. She complained, "Brother-in-law is too confident. If he hadn't transferred all the city guards away, would you still be short of manpower? Would you still be forced to hide and flee for your life?"

"Don't talk about him. I was the one who asked the City Guard to support the Northern Guard."

A Xuan was even more upset: "How could you risk your life and A Yuan's? What would my parents do if something happened? Are you going to give away the property you've worked so hard for all these years?"

Ah Xuan became more and more angry as she spoke, and her voice became louder and louder, giving Gu Youan a headache. She said, "Ancestor, can you take a break and have a cup of tea? There are still many things waiting for me to do. I'm busy here, so please stop yelling at me."

Ah Xuan sneered: "What? Do you think I talk too much? I'm leaving!"

Gu Youan was helpless and hurriedly pulled her back: "Come on, how old are you? Are you still angry with your sister?"

Ah Xuan had been scolded by her elder sister since she was a child. But when her elder sister spoke softly to her, she could no longer be fierce. Her tone immediately dropped. "So, what can I do for you? I'll give you a hand."

Gu Youan said, "Right now, I need your help with something. We need to clean up the palace, especially the main courtyard. You know my habits. I don't want others to interfere in the affairs of the main courtyard. But my maid is busy with other things and can't spare many people. Since you are free, please go and help me keep an eye on it."

Ah Xuan knew her sister didn't like others touching her things, so she immediately said, "Then I'll go to the palace to help. If the things that are dug up are unimportant, I'll make the decision. I'll throw them away or burn them if necessary."

Gu Youan nodded, that’s good.

After receiving the assignment, A Xuan left with her maids and servants. When she went out, she ran into her father who had just come from the palace.

When Gu Wen saw his little daughter, he asked, "Are your sister and Yuan in there?"

A Xuan called out "Dad" and said, "Sister and Yuan are both fine, don't worry."

Gu Wen breathed a sigh of relief: "Where are you going?"

"The palace is short of manpower, I'll go and help."

"Go ahead. With so many casualties this time, your sister needs help. I'll be relieved if you go and keep an eye on her."

A Xuan nodded and left with a large group of maids, servants and guards.

Gu Wen had been handling official business in the yamen these days. When the enemy broke in, he and a group of his colleagues who were powerless hid in a dark room behind the yamen. Now that they had won the battle, Gu Wen and his colleagues rushed out to help.

Gu Wen went to the palace first and found out that his daughter and grandson were fine. He was worried because he hadn't seen them in person.

When the gatekeeper saw Lord Gu coming, she hurried in to report.

Liu Ling came over soon after, and Liu Zhong helped Liu Ling sit down.

Liu Ling said, "We've counted the bodies. Nearly 3,800 of the invaders were killed. Those who saw the situation was hopeless and tried to flee were captured one by one by General Tian from all over the city. We've found 123 of them alive."

"How many people died on our side?" Gu Wen asked hurriedly.

"One thousand two hundred and seventy-five of the palace guards and government officials died. Six hundred and sixty-four of the descendants of the generals from the city who came to help died, and over a thousand were injured."

Gu Youan had already prepared himself mentally, but he couldn't help but sigh when he heard the exact number of casualties. If A Xuan hadn't led the troops to arrive in time, there would have been more than just these people killed or injured.

"Record the casualties of each family and compensate them later. All of our family members who have passed away will be buried in our palace cemetery. The yamen runners will follow the original rules and receive an additional fifty taels of silver. Furthermore, besides those who have passed away, those who have contributed and those who have been injured should also be compensated."

Liu Ling nodded and said, "Before the city defense army returns, I'm afraid we'll have to ask General Tian to stay for a while longer."

"Don't worry, I've already given the instructions."

Gu Youan had already told Tian Erlang that the troops he brought would not leave until news came back from Luoyang.

After solving the problems in the city one by one, Gu Youan was still concerned about the news in Luoyang City.

Gu Wen said, "No news is good news. Let's take care of the current situation first. As for Luoyang, I believe Prince Qi will take care of it."

Gu Youan could only hope so.

After the enemy forces in Songjiang City were cleared out, the families who had been hiding outside the city came back one after another in the afternoon. The Gu, Tian, ​​and Zhang families came back the fastest.

Mrs. Du did not ask her grandchildren to come along and cause trouble. She came alone and did not stay long. Seeing that her daughter and grandson were fine, she sat for a while and then left.

After Mrs. Du left, the Meng, Yuan, Duan, and Su families all sent invitations to the palace requesting an audience. Gu Youan was too busy to meet them at the moment, so he asked Zhou Chen to refuse them all.

After a busy day, the mother and son lived in the same yard to rest at night. Gu Youan arranged for Yuan to live in the east wing, but Yuan was unwilling and insisted on living with his mother.

Aunt Qian advised earnestly, "Son, you are already seven years old and well-educated. How can you still sleep in the same bed with the princess? If anyone knows about this, you will be laughed at."

A Yuan pointed to the low couch under the window in his mother's room and said, "I'm sleeping here. I don't want to sleep on the same bed with you."

"That won't work either. A low couch isn't like a heated kang. Even if the room is warm, it's still cold. Besides, you're just a young man. How can you follow the princess around all the time?"

A Yuan said pitifully, "I'm scared because my mother is not around."

Seeing the prince like this, several old women and maids guessed that he must have been frightened by the vicious killer in the past two days. Their hearts softened and they stopped trying to persuade him.

Finally, it was Aunt Qian who said, "If the prince is afraid, can we all go to the east wing to accompany you tonight?"

"No, I want my mother."

Gu Youan didn't interfere in her son's affairs. She was tired after a day's work, so she just sat there and closed her eyes to rest, letting Xiaoyue and the maid help her comb her hair.

Aunt Qian felt sorry for the young master. She glanced at the princess quietly, coughed lightly, and said, "The prince is scared. Can you ask the princess to stay with him for a few days?"

A Yuan lowered his head dejectedly: "Will others think I'm timid?"

Aunt Qian and several maids hurriedly said, "No, no, the prince is young, and he has encountered such a big thing. He is very strong not to cry or make a fuss."

Yuan looked at them and whispered, "Then I..."

"Your Highness, please live with the princess. I will go to the east wing and bring your thick quilt over. You will definitely be warm if you lay down two layers of quilts."

"Fill two more hot water bottles and put them inside the quilt. It will definitely keep you warm until tomorrow morning." After saying this, the maids went to the east wing to get busy.

Gu Youan opened his eyes, glanced at his son in the mirror, and couldn't help laughing. This damn kid was getting better and better at manipulating people.

I don’t know who he learned this from, but instead of being tough, Yuan is particularly good at showing weakness.

After the mother and son washed up and the servants left, Yuan crawled out of his bed, trotted to his mother's bed, and whispered, "Mom, mom, I want to sleep in there."

Gu Youan was lying on his side, propping up his head with his arm as he looked at him. He asked with a smile, "You went around in such a big circle just to get in there?"

Yuan nodded excitedly: "Yesterday I found a good book in my mother's study, but unfortunately I only read the beginning."

Although the words in the book were incomplete, he found a dictionary in the study and quickly learned how to look up words in the dictionary with his clever brain. When he came across words he didn't recognize, he could read them with the help of the dictionary and understand what they meant, and even decipher some of the hidden meanings.

Yuan was in high spirits, but his mother didn't allow him to take the things out. He had no choice but to put it down and read the beginning of the book when he was going down the North Mountain this morning.

"What book are you reading?"

"Political Gains and Losses Throughout the Ages."

Gu Youan's lips curled up slightly: "That's not the book you should be reading now. Besides, that history is the history of my ancestors in the world where my mother lived in her previous life. It's different from the Great Zhou Dynasty. The history is different, and there is no comparison."

“Although the history is different, it is instructive.”

Gu Youan touched his son's head and said, "Your father still doesn't know what to do, and now you're learning the art of governing a country?"

"Father will win."

Gu Youan also guessed in his heart that Zhou Qi would most likely win, but he couldn't make any rash statements until the last moment.

"Mother~"

Pinching his ears, Gu Youan said, "If you want to watch, go in and watch it, but don't stay up late. Watch for a while and then go to sleep. I will wake you up tomorrow morning."

"good."

A Yuan was looking forward to it excitedly. Gu Youan disappeared from the house in a blink of an eye with his son in his hand and appeared at the entrance of the space stairs.

The guard on duty outside the door had just heard the princess and the prince whispering in the room, but now there was no sound at all.

I guessed that the prince might have been really scared, and it took the princess a long time to coax him to sleep.

The invading enemies were killed or imprisoned. Songjiang City was exceptionally quiet that night and nothing happened.

The next morning, Gu Youan pulled her sleepy son out of the space and put him to sleep on the still warm kang. When she left, she told people not to disturb him and told him to sleep well.

After the princess left, Aunt Qian peeked inside at the door and saw that the prince was sleeping on the princess's kang. She said nothing and pretended she didn't see it.

Gu Youan will go to the palace today to meet with officials from various government offices and listen to their reports on official business of each department. Needless to say, this day will be another busy day.

Gu Youan was busy from morning to night, and only had time to think about Zhou Qi when he had dinner with his son in the evening. There was no news from him in the past two days.

Fortunately, they didn't have to wait for a few days before the navy commander Gao Jin landed with his troops at the port of Dongliao City and headed straight for Songjiang City.

The Prince Qi's mansion had not yet been tidied up. After Gao Jin entered the city, Li Xian led him to a street in the north of the city. Gao Jin knelt down and immediately reported what happened in Luoyang City.

Gao Jin said, "When I received the prince's order to split up and return, the southeastern and southwestern armies had already been intercepted by our army when they fled south. The main generals of the northwest and northern armies, such as Chen Hui, were captured by the city defense army, and the remaining stragglers could not hold out for long. The city defense army's leader, General Zhang Heng, took over the internal and external defense of Luoyang. Everything is under the prince's control."

Liu Ling was also beside him. After hearing him, he smiled and said, "Congratulations, Princess. Congratulations, Princess. It seems that our Qi Wangfu's great cause has been accomplished!"

Gu Youan showed a happy smile on his face. It seemed that Zhou Qi was a step late and he really got lucky.

Gu Youan: "Don't spread the news yet. Wait until the matter in Luoyang is completely settled, and then everyone will know."

Liu Zhong said, "Princess, today is already the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month. In a few days it will be the Little New Year."

Xiaoyue smiled and said, "Maybe this will be our last New Year in Songjiang City."

The prince ascended the throne and became emperor, and their princess became queen, so they should celebrate the New Year in the palace from now on.

Having said that, Gu Youan was quite reluctant to leave. Songjiang City became quiet in winter, and she would definitely miss this peaceful feeling.

Gu Youan cheered up: "It's time for us to get ready."

"yes."

Gu Youan didn't say what he had prepared, but everyone had an idea. However, some people didn't know the reason. In the next two days, they saw many officials from Songjiang City entering and leaving the north street of the city, and they roughly guessed the reason.

Madam Duan privately told her husband, "These days, families are taking advantage of the upcoming Lunar New Year to visit relatives and friends early. They're all whispering that Prince Qi is about to become emperor, and many officials in Songjiang City will be selected to serve in the imperial court. Do you know anything about this?"

How could Duan Ji not know the news that all the female members of the family knew?

Seeing her husband was not in a hurry, Madam Duan said hurriedly, "The Little New Year is just around the corner. Why don't we take advantage of the holiday to visit our in-laws?"

Duan Ji glanced at his wife and said, "Do you want to go to Luoyang?"

"Who wouldn't want to go to Luoyang? If Prince Qi ascends the throne, our family is related to the Princess Qi's family, so we can at least benefit from the influence of relatives by marriage. You are now a first-level official in charge of taxes. After entering the court, even if you can't become the Minister of Revenue, you can become a Vice Minister."

"Also, our grandchildren, you think they're not studying well enough? Then send them to the Imperial College or the Imperial Academy. In the future, they'll be associated with royal relatives and children of officials. Naturally, they'll be able to move up a level and have better choices for marriage in the future."

Let Mrs. Duan say that if one person succeeds, the whole family will benefit. It would be a good thing for the Duan family to go to Luoyang, so why not go?

Duan Ji shook his head: "I have made up my mind. We will not go to Luoyang, but stay in Songjiang City."

"Stay in Songjiang City?" Madam Duan was horrified. "Why?"

Duan Ji looked at his wife deeply and asked, "Why do you think that is?"

In the past couple of years, because of the younger generations of the Duan family, not only the Wang Mansion, but even the Gu family has been trying to stay away from them. Even if everyone is rising in the family, how can the Duan family get close to them like this?

"You should be aware of our children and grandchildren. Without me, even if they go to Luoyang, they will only be mediocre people and unworthy of great responsibilities."

Mrs. Duan disagreed: "The eldest and second sons have always been cautious in their work. Don't you always praise them? Why do you change your tune now?"

"That's because we're in Songjiang City. A few years ago, there weren't many scholars in Songjiang City, let alone people with the ability to be officials. Luoyang is very different from Songjiang City. All the scholars and smart people in the world gather in Luoyang. Can the eldest and second brothers compare with others?"

Madam Duan wanted to say more, but Duan Ji waved his hand helplessly and said, "Gu Wen, a child from a poor family with no one to rely on, relied on his own abilities to become a doctor in the Ministry of Works. What do you think of him? Gu Wen was both academically competent and capable, and a decent person, but wasn't he eventually exiled to Songjiang City?"

"Speaking of Su Guang, the Su family and his wife's family, the Lu family, are both wealthy and powerful families. In the end, isn't it the same?"

Mrs. Duan wanted to say that the Gu and Su families were implicated, but in which dynasty and generation were such things rare? It seemed that their children and grandchildren were really not suitable to go to places like Luoyang.

Duan Ji sighed and said, "You and I are not young anymore. If I were ten years younger, I would definitely take my children and grandchildren to Luoyang to try their luck. Now I don't have the energy to do that, and I don't trust them to go to Luoyang. It's better for the whole family to stay in Songjiang City. This will leave some goodwill with the Qi Palace and the Gu family."

Mrs. Duan figured it out. She sighed softly, "Yes, you're right."

If my children and grandchildren don't have much potential, it's better for them to stay in Songjiang City. If they do, they still have an aunt in Luoyang to rely on, so they don't have no future at all.

The Duan couple made up their minds and waited until the day off before the New Year. In the morning, they went to Gu's house to sit for a while. The purpose was not for anything else, but to tactfully tell Princess Qi through Gu's family that they were willing to stay in Songjiang City and guard this land for the prince and princess.

Before the next day, the news reached Gu Youan at noon. Gu Youan smiled and said, "Master Duan is still a very good person."

Zhou Chen, who had been accompanying the princess for the past few days, smiled and continued, "It's a good thing that Lord Duan is willing to stay. We can't make any mistakes with the tax collection."

Although Songjiang City is a small place, it is responsible for the agricultural and commercial taxes of Songjiang City, Pingxi City and many places around the two cities. It is impossible for anyone to handle it.

Gu Youan said to Zhou Chen, "After we leave, Songjiang City will be under your command. Whether it's civil officials like Duan Ji or military generals stationed outside Songjiang City, you have the power to manage and submit memorials."

When the city defense troops are transferred to Luoyang, the garrison outside Songjiang City will be much smaller. It is estimated that only two to three thousand people will be left, but they are also military generals and are all under Zhou Chen's management.

Zhou Chen knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Thank you, Princess, for your trust. I will definitely manage Songjiang City properly."

Zhou Chen is an old man following Zhou Qi. He is of a high generation and not young anymore. If he goes to Luoyang now, he will have to seize power from the powerful and influential people in Luoyang, which is troublesome and difficult. It would be better for him to stay in Songjiang City, which is very familiar to him, and be a frontier official.

If the prince becomes emperor, Songjiang City will be the birthplace of the prince, and he is an elder in the palace, so he will definitely benefit from it in the future.

Furthermore, he was willing to stay in Songjiang City, which also brought a good future to his children and grandchildren. The princess had already promised to take his children and grandchildren to Luoyang and arrange a good future for them.

Officials like Duan Ji and Zhou Chen, despite their high positions, were a minority, willing to remain in Songjiang City. Most wanted to follow the prince and princess to Luoyang. They all knew the prince and princess' temperament, and it would be useless to try to figure it out at the last minute. They could only wait anxiously while trying to gather as much information as possible.

Officials on duty were anxious to go to Luoyang, but retired people like Su Guang were not in a hurry at all. He said that the only bad thing about Songjiang City was that it was too cold in winter.

"Songjiang City has long, cold winters, but that's only outside. Inside, we have a kang (kang), which is very warm. I've gotten used to it over the years. As for me, we have a house and land in Songjiang City, so it's nice to live a quiet life there."

Mrs. Lu has aged a lot in recent years and has lost the competitive spirit of her youth. Since her husband said so, she also agreed: "You are over sixty, and I will be sixty next year. How many years can we live? There is no need to toss and turn."

The Su and Lu families, who had traveled thousands of miles by ship to Dongshan Port and then braved the snow to come to Songjiang City to ask the couple to return to Luoyang, suddenly became anxious.

The head of the second branch of the Lu family said, "Brother, even if you don't think about yourself, think more about the descendants of the Lu family, right? Luoyang is now under the control of Prince Qi. You are the only one in our Lu family who has a close relationship with Prince Qi. You must come back to Luoyang with us no matter what. Without you, we have no idea what to do."

Mrs. Lu's nephew also said, "Grandpa, Aunt, please take care of the younger generation. You know that our Lu family has been declining in recent years. If we can't raise a capable descendant in this generation, in two or three years, I'm afraid there will be no place for our Lu family in Luoyang City."

There are distant guests at home. All the children and grandchildren of the Su family are here today, and even the married-out daughter Su Xiang has come from her husband's home to meet the guests.

Su Xiang sat for a while, and seeing that there was no tea in her mother's cup, she didn't ask the maid to do anything, but stood up and refilled her mother's cup with tea.

When Mrs. Lu saw her daughter, she was so angry that she pointed at her nephew and scolded him, "I don't know how your Lu family is doing now, but I know what you were like in the past. Now you want to borrow my family's power and you come to ask me to feel sorry for you. When my family was in trouble, your grandparents and I wrote a letter to ask my Ah Xiang to marry back into the Lu family. How could your grandmother despise us?"

The nephew from the Lu family didn't dare to refute. After a long while, he said awkwardly, "It happened many years ago. My grandparents are both dead. Please be magnanimous and forgive them."

"Humph, I'm just a poor man who's been exiled. I can't be so magnanimous. I'll remember everything from that year even when I'm in my coffin!"

The Lu family was unkind to their family back then, and the Su family was the same. In order to avoid being implicated, they even cut off ties with their family.

Mrs. Lu felt sorry for her daughter and herself. She got angry when she saw the Su and Lu families and slammed the table and ordered them to kick them out.

After all the annoying people were driven away, they were the only ones in the house. Su Gu, the eldest of the Su family, said, "Dad and Mom, let's talk about this behind closed doors. Are we really not going back to Luoyang?"

Su Guang smiled and said, "You were a compiler in the Hanlin Academy before you were exiled. You are a man of honor and renown. If you return to the court and serve as an official, no one will be able to find fault with you. Even if your mother and I don't go back, you should go back too."

The second brother Su said, "I am not as good as my eldest brother. Before I was exiled, I was only a Juren. In Songjiang City, I was only a third-rank official. If I enter the court, I am afraid it will cause a lot of controversy. If I don't enter the court, I will become a county magistrate in the local area. I think it is better for me to stay in Songjiang City."

Madam Lu looked at her husband and said, "How about our second son take the imperial examination again? He's only in his early forties this year, so it's not too late for him to take the imperial examination."

Without waiting for Su Guang to speak, Su Cheng hurriedly said, "Mother, please forgive me. I have already given up studying over the years. You are urging me to take the imperial examination. Why not ask my son to go?"

Su Cheng's son Su Ting was only eight years old when he was exiled. Now, more than ten years have passed, and he is already a young man in his early twenties.

Su Ting smiled and said, "My grandson feels that he is a good student. If Prince Qi ascends the throne, he will definitely hold an imperial examination. I will definitely try it then."

Su Guang praised: "Yes, he is a descendant of my Su family!"

The Su family was bustling with activity, and Su Guang did not forget to send someone to Prince Qi's mansion to inform him of the news from Luoyang. When the Lu and Su families set out for Songjiang City, the prince had already cleared out the forces inside and outside Luoyang.

The next day was the Little New Year. In order to thank the Su family, Prince Qi's Mansion sent a gift to the Su family. The Su family was honored and naturally happy.

At this time, the royal carriage coming from the capital Luoyang went all the way by sea to Dongliao City. After landing, it traveled day and night and finally arrived at Songjiang City on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Xu Zhi was wearing the uniform of a Grand Chamberlain, and beside him stood the Minister of Rites. They both knelt and said, "Your servants, following the order of Prince Qi, are here to welcome the princess and the crown prince to the capital to be crowned!"

Gu Youan asked with a smile, "Why are you still called King Qi?"

Before the Minister of Rites could speak, Xu Zhi, the newly appointed chief eunuch, stood up and said with a smile, "The prince said that he will ascend the throne on the same day as you were conferred the title. He can only ascend the throne if you go there."

On the second day after Zhou Qi took control of Luoyang, he summoned all the civil and military officials to the court, and they knelt down and asked King Qi to ascend the throne.

Prince Qi said at the time: The world belongs to him and the princess, and he will not ascend the throne until the princess comes.

A country cannot be without a king for a day, nor can it be without an heir for a day.

How could the court officials dare to bargain with Prince Qi? So they rushed day and night to Songjiang City to welcome him. They would set off for Luoyang tomorrow and must arrive in Luoyang before the eighth day of the first lunar month.

The Director of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory said: The eighth day of the first lunar month is a good day for all the stars to come down to the mortal world to celebrate the Emperor of Man, and this day is an auspicious day for ascending the throne.

When the royal carriage entered Songjiang City, the people who got the news ran around happily to tell each other that their Songjiang City had also produced an emperor and empress. Songjiang City was truly a treasure land.

After hearing the news, Mrs. Du burst into tears in the room, holding Gu Wen and saying, "Finally, we don't have to worry about it anymore. An An has good eyesight, and Prince Qi didn't let her down."

Gu Wen was both relieved and sighed. Dust returns to dust, the past is the past, and who can tell what will happen in the future?

After ascending the throne, Prince Qi became the emperor and was no longer the same person he used to be.

"Hey, why are you sighing? Say something happy so I can hear it."

Gu Wen smiled and said, "Congratulations! From now on, you are the mother of the Queen, the mother-in-law of the Emperor, and the grandmother of the Crown Prince!"

Mrs. Du laughed out loud. She gave birth to a good daughter.

This was a bumpy road, but I finally got through it all.