Chapter 255: Child's Name

After Yun Xiangye gave birth to twins, Chen Qing and Ye Wanhe came to visit her the next day.

Chen Qing carefully held the little baby girl and chuckled, "You are so lucky to have a son and a daughter in one pregnancy. You have both a son and a daughter at once, and your life is complete."

Yun Xiangye chuckled lightly and said, "Fortunately, Nuonuo was not disappointed."

Ye Wanhe said at the side: "You just gave birth, so you must take good care of yourself during the confinement period. Don't learn from me and end up suffering from all kinds of illnesses."

Yun Xiangye nodded and said, "Yes, I will take good care of myself during the confinement period."

Ye Wanhe asked: "Have you named the two children?"

Yun Xiangye shook her head and said, "Gu Yan did mention the names in his letter. He didn't know they were twins before. I thought I'd wait for him to come back and give the two children full names. The older brother will be named Shun Shun and the younger sister will be named Xin Xin. I hope that everything goes smoothly for Gu Yan, and I also hope that they will all be happy in the future."

After putting the baby girl down, Chen Qing smiled and said, "I heard that Lizhou has been victorious all the time. I think it won't be long before Gu Yan returns victoriously."

Yun Xiangye nodded lightly and said, "Yes."

After giving birth to the children, Yun Xiangye thought that her longing for Gu Yan would be alleviated with the arrival of two children.

But I don’t know if it’s because I gave birth to the child that I became overly worried.

Before Yun Xiangye finished her confinement, she started looking at the account books in the Princess's Mansion and began to learn how to take over the huge business of the Mansion.

Keeping myself busy can also reduce my longing for Gu Yan.

The previous assets of the Princess's Mansion and the Gu family were not a small amount. Yun Xiangye, who originally had 80,000 taels of silver notes, felt that she was a rare person in the world with money. When she sorted out the assets of the Princess's Mansion, she understood why Xie Zhixuan always spent 10,000 taels of silver notes every time.

Even if this huge family business was divided equally between Gu Yan and his two younger sisters Jingru and Jingyu, even if they only got one third, it would still be enormous wealth.

What's more, Yun Xiangye has not yet intervened in the management of Renyuan Pharmacy.

Fortunately, Yun Xiangye also got help from Yin Liu, and he sorted out the accounts completely in a month.

After the first month of the year, the two children were one month old. Yun Xiangye would take the two children for a walk in the courtyard on sunny days.

Nuonuo followed Xiao Jingru to a girls' academy in Chang'an City to start her education.

This women's academy was jointly established by the Crown Princess and Fu Qianran. Yun Xiangye also donated some silver. Lin Bolan and Fu Qianran are both teachers in the academy.

However, Fu Qianran has now taken over the household affairs of Prince Xie and rarely goes to teach on weekdays.

Lin Bolan was very willing to teach, and after Xu Mengqi gave birth to her eldest son, she also went to the academy to teach.

The academy is run by the Crown Princess, and the teacher is the daughter of Prime Minister Lin. Although the Fu family has been convicted, Fu Qianran's talent is obvious to all. And although Xu Mengqi is the descendant of a military general, she has been well-read since childhood.

There were also several female teachers who were all famous talented women in Chang'an City.

Therefore, officials and their families in Chang'an City were willing to send their daughters to study in schools.

Women's academies are different from other schools. Other schools teach the six arts of a gentleman, but women's academies not only teach the six arts of women, but also needlework, embroidery, medicine, etc.

Whenever Yun Xiangye had free time, she would go to the academy every ten days to teach the girls embroidery techniques, and she was very happy about it.

Nuonuo made many good friends in the academy, but her favorite was her little sister. Every time she came back from school, she would go into the house to look for her little sister.

Yun Xiangye returned from the embroidery workshop today and saw Nuonuo lying beside the cradle and said, "Nuonuo."

Xiao Nuonuo walked to Yun Xiangye and said, "Mother, can I take my sister to school tomorrow? I like to go to school, but I can't bear to leave my sister."

Yun Xiangye scratched Xiao Nuonuo's nose and chuckled, "Sister is too young. She will cry when she is hungry or sleepy, and will disturb the school. When she is three years old, you can take her to the Women's Academy to study."

Xiao Nuonuo uttered, "Mom, I miss Daddy so much. I almost forgot what Daddy looks like."

Yun Xiangye lowered her head and looked at Xiao Nuonuo. "Mother misses your father too, but unfortunately, the bandits are too cunning. There are many islands over there. It's not that easy to capture the bandits alive..."

"The Crown Princess, the Crown Princess..."

Xueyan came back from outside and said, "News came from outside. The army rushed thousands of miles to report to the court that the army led by the prince has obtained Wei Jian's head and will be able to return to Chang'an soon."

Yun Xiangye heard Xueyan's words and clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, Amitabha."

Yun Xiangye picked up Xiao Nuonuo and said, "Nuonuo, that's great. Your father will be back soon. You can see him now."

Little Nuonuo threw herself into Yun Xiangye's arms and said, "Nuonuo misses daddy so much."

Yun Xiangye smiled softly and said, "It will only take two months for the army to return to the capital."

The great victory in Lizhou boosted the morale of the court. Dasheng had not seen a war for many years, and this great victory also showed that Dasheng had a strong army.

Earlier than the returning army were envoys from several small countries in Southeast Asia.

Yun Xiangye only then realized that when Gu Yan was capturing Wei Jian, he also did not forget to send troops to help several small countries in Southeast Asia to eliminate the pirates of those small countries, so as to prevent any more pirates from causing trouble for the merchant ships of Dasheng and the small countries in Southeast Asia.

Da Sheng had no intention of intimidating the small countries in Southeast Asia when it came to suppressing bandits. However, those small countries in Southeast Asia were worried and hurriedly sent envoys to present gifts and negotiate with Da Sheng about merchant shipping.

Your Majesty has always intended to expand Dasheng's merchants and do business abroad. The envoys sent by these small countries in Southeast Asia are exactly what Your Majesty wants. Dasheng has a strong military force, so it will be effortless to negotiate business with them.

As the son-in-law of Xu's family in the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, Su Zhan got a lot of business orders and ate a lot of meat. The other merchants in Dasheng were not envious. After all, they could also eat a lot of meat bones from Su's dental shop, and drinking some meat soup also brought in a lot of silver.

For a time, Dasheng's trade was more prosperous than before.

Yun Xiangye's embroidery workshop and some rouge, powder, and ointments in the Princess's Mansion are also doing very well.

Yun Xiangye was busy all day long, but when she received Gu Yan's letter saying that he would be back in a month, she felt that time had passed so quickly.

The 100-day banquet for the two children was not a big one, because the uncle, aunt and grandmother of Gu Yan all said that twins, a boy and a girl, were a blessing, a gift from God, full of blessings, and that they did not need to live too luxuriously when they were young, for fear that the children would not be able to bear too much blessing, so they only invited relatives and friends to a small gathering at the Princess's Mansion.

Several people in the palace did not invite them, but they came uninvited.

Yun Xiangye was naturally happy as well, "Your Majesty, Queen, Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness the Crown Princess."

His Majesty said, "No need to be polite. Today is a family dinner, so there is no need to be so particular about the rules."

Queen Wei walked to Madam Gu's side, looked at the little boy in Madam Gu's arms and said, "Aunt, this child looks more like Gu Yan, but has he been named?"

Madam Gu smiled and said, "Yan'er hasn't returned yet, so he hasn't been given a name yet. His nickname is Shunshun."

Queen Wei looked at His Majesty and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you give this child a name?"

His Majesty looked at the baby in Madam Gu's arms and chuckled, "I think the word Shun is very good, it means smooth weather and good harvests, smooth sailing, so why not call him Gu Shun, and hope he has a smooth life."

Yun Xiangye bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the name."