Chapter 287: Another Son

Li Yuan, who was receiving the Queen, was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

When Maidong came back in the evening, Li Yuan immediately told her about the queen adding makeup.

Maidong was surprised that the queen came in person. She could just send a nanny to add the makeup. There was no need for her to come in person. After all, the queen was the mother of a country.

On second thought, the Queen's visit to the Marquis's Mansion to add dowry might not be to give her face.

She thought she came to see if her brother had returned.

Maidong sneered in her heart. Not only did her brother not care about those messy things in the royal family, she was tired of listening to them.

"Second sister-in-law, don't worry. The royal family is in chaos right now, and they don't have the energy to care about the affairs of our inner court. You don't have to worry about it either. If there is anything, just tell me."

Li Yuan said, "I just told the Empress that you went to Jiangcheng, and you'll be back tonight. Maidong, don't go out for the next few days. Just stay home, or hide in the other courtyard. Be careful and don't let the Empress notice you."

"Well, I understand. Thank you for your concern, sister-in-law."

Li Yuan chuckled, "You call me Second Sister-in-law, isn't it normal for me to care about you?"

"I don't know when Her Highness will come back. When she comes back, I can relax."

Now that she is in charge of all the affairs of the Marquis' Mansion, she absolutely cannot and is not suitable to leave. She thought that when Yun Qiao comes back, even if it is just for a short time, she will tell her what is in her heart.

Maidong also noticed that her sister-in-law always seemed to be in a bad mood, with an indelible sadness between her brows.

She had met her second brother before and told him to spend more time with his second sister-in-law.

He agreed to it, but Maidong didn't know whether he did it or not.

What Maidong couldn't understand was that his second brother was always busy with business and didn't look for women outside or hang out in brothels, but why his second sister-in-law was always cold to him and not as enthusiastic as before.

Li Yuan didn't want to talk much about herself, so she asked Mai Dong if he was hungry. She went to the big kitchen to see if they had prepared a more sumptuous dinner today.

When Maidong and Gu Heng were busy outside, only Li Yuan and her son Chen Yang were left at home. The children didn't eat much, and she also ate light food. She rarely ate chicken, duck, fish or meat, and she was always happy with just one thing.

But today, seeing Maidong coming back, the meals in the big kitchen can no longer be that simple.

The queen went to the marquis's mansion but didn't find Maidong. As the queen, she couldn't go there again even if she needed the Chen family's help.

Finally, it calmed down.

Two days later, Emperor Showa vomited blood again.

But he was conscious and summoned several trusted ministers to come to him. He even told Zhao Xuan that he wanted Zhao Xuan to go to Mobei. The general meaning was that he wanted Zhao Xuan to see for himself whether Chen Jingyan was really pretending to be sick and couldn't come, or was really sick...

Several ministers left together, including Pang Zheng, who was closer to Zhao Xuan.

He asked Zhao Xuan, "Master Zhao, are you really going to Mobei?"

Zhao Xuan frowned. "Your Majesty's words are sometimes clear and sometimes muddled. He lets me go to Mobei today, but who knows what he will do tomorrow. Let's wait and see."

"Master Pang, several princes from the court are here, you'd better be careful."

Don't be dragged into being cannon fodder.

Zhao Xuan unexpectedly learned that the wife of this circumstantial witness had some relationship with the concubine of one of the princes. They were originally not related at all, but now that these princes have entered Kyoto, they all want to get a piece of the pie, so they will naturally think of ways to make friends with them.

Pang Zheng nodded, "Master Zhao's words of advice are clear to me."

"Does Lord Zhao know anything about the Marquis?"

To be honest, Pang Zheng and Prince Mingyu are good friends. They also had a good relationship with Chen Jingyan before. They both thought that if Chen Jingyan came back to be emperor, they would be willing to support him.

But Chen Jingyan didn't want the position of emperor.

Zhao Xuan smiled and glanced at Pang Zheng.

"He's living a pretty comfortable life. I heard he has another son..."

Of course, this was just Zhao Xuan's guess.

I didn't expect that he actually guessed it right.

But at this moment, Yun Qiao in Mobei really took action.

After a day and night of pain, I finally gave birth to a boy the next morning, weighing 6.8 jin (16.8 catties), neither big nor small.

Seeing Yun Qiao sweating in pain, Chen Jingyan went straight to see Yun Qiao without even checking on the child after she gave birth. When giving birth, Yun Qiao felt as if her soul was about to be pulled out of her body by the pain.

Chen Jingyan took a cotton handkerchief and wiped the sweat off Yun Qiao's face.

"I won't have any more children, never again. I just realized how difficult it is for women to give birth."

Yun Qiao smiled and said, "That's right. Giving birth here is like walking through the gates of hell. If..."

If it were in modern times, it would be better.

"Mother Qiao, we don't want this anymore."

"Giving birth to this child can be considered as giving an explanation to my grandmother."

Chen Jingyan's eyes were very red. Thinking that Yun Qiao had not rested since yesterday, he also had not rested. His eyes were bloodshot, his beard was untidy, and he looked extremely haggard.

Yun Qiao hummed, "My Lord, I'm a little tired now and want to sleep for a while. You should rest too."

She was too tired to even see the kids.

Another son.

She originally thought that this baby would be a daughter, making two perfect.

However, the son was her own, so she must like him too. It’s just that she is too tired now and wants to sleep.

Seeing that she was indeed very tired, Chen Jingyan asked her to lie down and rest. He carried the child out and handed the child to the wet nurse to feed.

Chen Jingyan went to tell the three children that their mother had given birth to a younger brother for them.

The three children liked it very much.

They kept shouting around the fourth brother. Among the three children, Nian Nian liked her brother the most.

At this moment, Yun Qiao was lying on the bed and soon fell asleep.

She didn’t know if she was dreaming, but in her dream she saw a square crystal box with many books in it. No, to be more specific, it contained many novels that had been written down and preserved.

Among them are modern novels, ancient novels, and novels from the 1960s and 1970s.

There were too many, like a cursory glance, and she saw her own name among the dazzling books she was flipping through.

Yun Qiao was dreaming, was she transmigrating into a book?

Didn't she travel through time?

But what about her memory?

It turns out that she is just a character in the book, but this character has awakened to consciousness in the book. She thinks she is a real person and everything is just what she thinks.

Suddenly, Yun Qiao woke up abruptly.

When I opened my eyes, I saw a young but smiling face lying in front of me.

"You're awake, mother."

She smiled brightly.

"Niannian, is that you?" Yun Qiao asked a question that only she and Nian Nian knew.