In her previous life, Shen Wan was drugged and deceived by her cousin, believing she had lost her purity to Prince Xiao Yun. She married him with a grand procession, helping him ascend to the thron...
Chapter 477 Launch
The princess left Beijing for Shengzhou.
Before leaving, in addition to entrusting Shen Wan to the Yun family, he also arranged Xie Zhiyao's marriage.
The Luo family hoped to marry Xie Zhiyao as soon as possible, but because of Xie Zhihuan and the prince of Song, they gave the dowry prepared for Xie Zhiyao to Xie Zhihuan first, so they had to prepare it separately.
The princess went to the Jiang family and didn't know when she would be back. She asked the fourth master and the fourth mistress not to wait for her and to hold a wedding banquet for Xie Zhiyao. Steward Zhou would follow the arrangements of the fourth house. Xie Jingyu and Shen Wan were in the mansion. With them around, Xie Zhiyao would have a grand wedding.
As for the princess's insistence on going to the Jiang family, the fourth lady did not dare to persuade the princess not to go, but she couldn't help feeling strange in her heart.
Although the princess was married to the prince as the adopted daughter of the Jiang family to bring good luck, when they divorced, the Jiang family did not stand up for the princess. All the dowry given to the princess by the Jiang family was sent back to the Jiang family. Later, the prince ate the divorce agreement and carried the princess back. When the Jiang family sent another dowry, the prince did not let the princess accept it, and the princess did not want it either.
Over the years, the princess and the Jiang family have almost cut off contact. The old lady of the Jiang family just sent a letter, and the princess left the prince's wife who was about to give birth and went to the Jiang family. The Fourth Lady found it abnormal no matter how she looked at it.
Although the Crown Prince's wife will be fine when giving birth because of the Crown Prince, Duke Dingguo's wife, and her presence, the princess, as the mother-in-law, should stay in the mansion.
However, the Fourth Lady also knew that the princess had always been loyal and righteous. Outsiders had no way of knowing about the princess' affairs with the Jiang family. As an adopted daughter, the princess should show her last bit of filial piety. However, at this critical juncture when the Crown Princess was about to give birth, it could only be said that the princess was even more loyal and righteous.
Xie Jingyu arranged for secret guards and servants to escort the princess to Shili Pavilion. The princess repeatedly reminded him, "You must take good care of Wan'er and take good care of yourself."
Xie Jingyu said, "Mother, please go to the Jiang family. Go quickly. A month is enough, but it feels like you won't be back for a year or two."
The princess quickly suppressed her sadness of parting and said, "You have long been able to stand on your own feet. It is mother who is nagging."
Chen Ping followed Xie Jingyu and felt that his own prince was not capable of doing things on his own, but was killing people everywhere.
Apart from the difficulty in marrying the Crown Prince's wife, there was nothing that could stump the Crown Prince.
Worried that the princess's health had not recovered, Xie Jingyu specially invited Zhao Yuanzheng into the mansion yesterday to check the princess's pulse. He was relieved only when Zhao Yuanzheng said that the princess could travel far away. Otherwise, even if Madam Jiang was only left with one breath, Xie Jingyu would not let the princess leave Beijing.
Xie Jingyu watched the princess go away in the carriage until she was out of sight, then he turned his horse around and returned to the capital.
Inside the house, Chen Wan sat on the small couch with his back straight, looking at the tiger-head shoes sent by the embroidery room, and he really couldn't let them go.
Dong'er came in from outside and said happily, "Princess, the horse the emperor gave you has given birth to a foal..."
Shen Wan exclaimed, "Ah," "Give birth so soon?"
Dong'er covered her mouth and laughed, "Not fast at all, it's already eleven months."
Thinking of Ma being pregnant, Shen Wan thought of the embarrassing scene when Xie Jingyu took her to see the horse.
The emperor gave her a gentle horse. She had only ridden it once, and it felt like the horse was not given to her, but to Xie Jingyu's Ma Jifeng's wife.
Fortunately, the baby was not born in the cold winter. It is not easy to raise a foal in cold weather. Now the weather is getting warmer day by day, and with the servant taking good care of him, he will be fine.
Xie Jingyu's horse is already a rare thousand-mile steed, and the one the emperor gave to Chen Wan is a tribute colt. The foal born from the two horses knows from the moment it is born that it is a good horse that is one in a million. The servants in the stable will worship it as their ancestor. If anything happens to the foal, these servants who don't serve it wholeheartedly will have to sell some of them.
The stables were a bit far away and rather messy, so Chen Wan didn't go to see them. The weather was nice, so he took a walk in the yard.
As she was walking, she saw a certain gentleman walking in quickly, but when he saw her, his steps froze, his brows furrowed, "Didn't you say she was giving birth?"
Shen Wan, “…???”
Shen Wan was bewildered, "How many days will it take? Who told you that I gave birth?"
No one said that the gentleman had misunderstood.
As soon as he rode back to the mansion, he heard the two gatekeepers muttering about the birth of a child and whether they should announce the good news to the prince...
He thought Shen Wan had given birth, so he hurried back without asking any further questions.
Shen Wan covered her mouth and laughed, "It's not your wife who gave birth, it's your Ma Jifeng's wife who gave birth."
Xie Jingyu couldn't bear to see Shen Wanxiao's happy look, and gritted his teeth and said, "You still have the nerve to laugh. You haven't consummated your marriage yet, and you are not even as good as a horse. You have made so many jokes for your husband."
The horse consummated the marriage first, got pregnant first, and had a foal first...
As his master, he is always one step behind his horse.
Seeing the man looking depressed as if he couldn't beat the horse, the woman had a lot of black lines on her forehead.
The Prince of Yuzhang and his men competed with Xie Jingyu, but Xie Jingyu, on the other hand, competed with his own horse.
If this gets out, people will laugh their heads off.
Shen Wan held her belly and said, “Just wait patiently for a few more days, and the baby will be born.”
Chen Wan really wanted to say that the baby would be born in four days, but this life was different from the previous one. Even if she got pregnant on the same day, she might not give birth on the same day. She didn't dare to say too much. Anyway, it would only be in these few days.
The closer I get to delivery, the more difficult it becomes. My body feels heavy, my legs are swollen, and walking is tiring, but for a smooth delivery, I have to walk.
I can only walk and rest, hoping to unload the goods as soon as possible.
That day, Chen Wan was strolling in the yard, holding her belly and supported by Shanhu Yinchuan.
The maidservant outside came in and said, "Crown Princess, the wife of Duke Dingguo is here."
Shen Wan immediately turned around and walked towards the courtyard gate, and saw Yun coming with her maid from a distance.
Seeing Chen Wan, Yun came over in two steps. Chen Wan asked, "Why is mother here?"
Yun said, "Mother is here to give you a gift to hasten your birth."
Chen Li went to the border, and Princess Jiangling was pregnant, so Yun had to come and see her off in person. It just so happened that she also wanted to see her daughter.
Shen Wan asked, "How did mother know that I would give birth tomorrow?"
Yun Shi didn't notice that Chen Wanming was born, she just smiled and said, "Twins are rarely born full term, there's no telling when they might start labor, it's better to bring them in sooner rather than later."
Knowing that Yun was coming, Xie Jingyu came out of the study and greeted Yun.
Yun was extremely satisfied with her son-in-law Xie Jingyu. With Xie Jingyu around, Yun felt at ease.
Yun came to chat with Chen Wan for a while and then left.
The next day, after Chen Wan had breakfast, she couldn't sit still. This condition was exactly the same as before she gave birth in her previous life. In her previous life, the condition occurred during lunch, and she didn't know if it would happen today.
In the previous life, he had only eaten half of his lunch and was extremely hungry when he was born. Shen Wan was afraid that this would happen again, so he ordered the kitchen to prepare lunch two quarters of an hour earlier.
Xie Jingyu didn't know why Chen Wan had his meal early, but just when he was halfway through, he heard the sound of something exploding.
He heard what sounded like it came from Shen Wan's stomach, and Xie Jingyu asked, "What's wrong with your stomach?"
Shen Wan said while eating, "My water broke, I'm going to give birth..."
As expected of someone who has given birth.
It's impossible to stay calm.
So calm that a certain gentleman became restless.
The maids Shanhu and Yinchuan were also completely bewildered. They hurried out to call for help, "Hurry up and call the midwife! The Crown Prince's Consort is about to give birth!"
Chen Wan finished the remaining half bowl of rice and added another half bowl. She didn't want to be like in her previous life, where she ran out of strength halfway through giving birth and had to eat another bowl of rice before continuing.
After they finished eating, the midwife came over. Shen Wan was helped to lie on the bed, and Xie Jingyu was driven out.
After being driven out, Xie Jingyu was worried that something might go wrong, so he immediately ordered Chen Ping, "Go and invite Zhao Yuanzheng."
Chen Ping is leaving.
Xie Jingyu said again, "Come back."
"Inform the Emperor that Wan'er is about to give birth."
Chen Ping accepted the order and withdrew.
The maids and servants in the yard were all very confused.
It was normal for the Crown Prince to be worried about the Crown Princess giving birth and to ask Zhao Yuanzheng to give birth, but why did he inform the Emperor about it?
The emperor is busy with all kinds of affairs. No matter how much she loves the princess, the most she can do is to report the good news to him when she gives birth.
The maids and servants found it strange, but something even stranger was yet to come.
Dean Zhao arrived, bringing Doctor Lin with him.
Eunuch An is here.
Prince Ling is here too.
The maids, “…???”
The women said, “……???”
Their Crown Prince's Consort is giving birth, why is Prince Ling coming to join in the fun?