"Master, what's wrong?" Xiang Song asked with concern when he saw Xiao Jingzhao rubbing his chest with both hands after waking up.
"Master, don't worry about the young master. He seems to be much better than he was a few days ago."
Xiang Song glanced at the "Record of Strange Diseases" on the desk, then at the bare candlestick, clearly indicating that his master had stayed up all night again to research medical books.
The eldest son born to the Princess of Yannan was frail and sickly from a young age. She named him Xiao Kang, hoping that he would be healthy.
Xiao Kang's health fluctuated. When Xiao Jingzhao was seven years old, the Prince of Yannan and his wife, seeing that their eldest son's health had not improved, requested that Xiao Jingzhao be named the heir apparent.
Xiao Jingzhao said calmly, "I'm fine. Go and see if anyone has taken down the notice."
In order to find a skilled doctor to cure his elder brother's illness, Xiao Jingzhao searched far and wide for famous doctors and had a notice offering a large sum of money for treatment posted outside the Prince's Mansion.
Xiang Song bowed respectfully and said, "Your subordinate will go immediately."
Watching Xiang Song's departing figure, Xiao Jingzhao sat up and continued to peruse the medical books.
My gaze lingered on the book for a long time, but I couldn't absorb a single word.
Why did that exquisitely beautiful child appear in his dream?!
The silvery laughter seemed to still linger in my ears.
I'm 21 years old this year, and I'm neither engaged nor married, I don't even have a concubine, let alone children.
wrong!
He had been drugged with the aphrodisiac before. Xiang Song and Xiang Yang, eager to save their master, put him on a bed with a woman who had also been drugged.
Could it be that she...
Xiao Jingzhao shook his head violently, immediately dismissing the wild thoughts in his mind.
The woman died; perhaps her poisoning was more severe than his?
My elder brother's old illness relapsed a few days ago, and my mother keeps urging him to choose a wife for the heir.
Xiao Jingzhao was worried about his elder brother's illness and also had to help his father with government affairs. He was exhausted and had no mind to get married.
...
Jiang Shuyue was extremely exhausted after giving birth. In her sleep, she dreamed of a pair of phoenix eyes, bright as stars, smiling at her.
Just as she was trying to make out the face, the baby's cries rang out, abruptly pulling her from her sleep.
"Young master, be good, don't disturb your mother." Qiuju heard the child crying and hurriedly ran into the house, picked up the child, and gently patted him.
Jiang Shuyue slowly opened her eyes, the throbbing pain in her chest growing stronger.
"Qiuju, go and wring out a damp cloth with hot water. The child is hungry."
A moment later, Jiang Shuyue sat on the bed, watching the soft and cuddly child in her arms greedily drinking milk, and a warm feeling slowly rose from the bottom of her heart.
This is probably what motherly love is.
Seeing the milk overflowing from the corner of the child's mouth, Qiuju said excitedly, "Miss, Lin Miaoshou's prescription is really effective. Our young master won't go hungry anymore."
"Miss, what name are you going to give the young master? Do you really have to wait until he's 100 days old to name him?"
Qiuju said she didn't believe that claim, as there was no such custom in the capital, and the children were perfectly fine.
Jiang Shuyue's eyebrows curved slightly, and her pale face made the beauty mark between her eyebrows appear even more vivid red.
She gazed at the baby in her arms for a long time, then said calmly, "Let's call him Jiang Sui'an! His nickname will be Sui Sui, simple and easy to remember."
"May you have peace and safety every year. It's a very auspicious phrase. I also hope that you, young master, will have peace and safety every year."
"Qiuju, don't call him 'Young Master' when you're out. Just call him Suisui. Once he can greet people, I'll have him call you 'Auntie'."
“Miss, we must not disorderly distinguish between the proper and the proper. You treat me like family, so I must be even more careful to do my duty.”
Jiang Shuyue returned the indenture to Qiuju, who was determined to follow her mistress for the rest of her life and never go anywhere else.
Now that she has a lovely little master, she is even less likely to leave.
Seeing that Qiuju had difficulty accepting the idea of equality for all, Jiang Shuyue stopped pressuring her.
As the master and servant were talking, they heard a sheep bleat from the courtyard.
When Qiuju went outside, she saw a goat standing in the yard.
The goat's belly is bulging, which means it has nursed lambs.
Qiuju was overjoyed and ran back into the house: "Miss, we'll have goat milk to drink every year!"
“Where did the sheep come from? Go ask Aunt Su’s house. Maybe it’s one of the villagers’ sheep that got lost.”
Jiang Shuyue couldn't leave the sheep behind; the villagers weren't well-off, and the family that lost it was probably frantically searching for it.
She and Qiuju rarely interacted with others, and they didn't even know who raised sheep.
“Miss, when I passed through the village, I didn’t see anyone raising sheep. Those sheep were goats. I saw them from afar when Nan Nan and I went up the mountain.”
Qiuju muttered to herself as she walked toward the Su family's house, which was not far away.
In the Su family courtyard, Su Jin was cleaning the fish he had caught.
Su Nan pointed to a big fish and said, "Big brother, this fish is the fattest. It's enough for Sister Yue'er to have a meal."
The sixteen-year-old boy had his black hair tied up high, and even his cotton shirt couldn't hide the extraordinary aura he exuded.
Su Jin's features resembled Aunt Su's more; he had beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and his skin was tanned to a wheat color from working all day.
He worked swiftly and quickly prepared several crucian carp.
Turning around, he saw Su Nan pointing at the big blue carp and said, "Uncle Lin said we have to have crucian carp soup today. We'll keep the blue carp alive for now and stew it for my sister in a few days."
Su Hui started the fire, and Su Jin fried the crucian carp and then put it into two bowls of water.
While chopping the vegetables, he instructed Su Hui, "Use medium heat to make the soup thick."
Inside the main room, Su Huai-ren, dressed in a cotton long gown, was intently copying a scroll.
Aunt Su held a piece of cotton cloth in her hand and was sewing away beside her.
It's the height of summer, and she's preparing winter clothes for her child.
"Honey, what name do you think would be good for the baby? You're an educated person, so help me come up with a few meaningful names."
Su Huai Ren put down his pen, pondered for a moment, and then slowly said, "I think that girl is resourceful and educated. She's good at naming things. You and Hui'er should go and visit her more often and take care of her so she can recover."
"Since Miss Jiang came to our village, our family has never had to worry about food and drink again. She is our family's lucky star," Aunt Su said with emotion.
Su Huai-ren nodded slightly, agreeing with Aunt Su's words.
In the past, our family lived a very frugal life, and we couldn't even afford to buy fine cotton cloth.
Since Jiang Shuyue came here, the whole family has been wearing fine cotton cloth.
The eggs at home could be sold for money, and when Su Nan went to the back mountain with Jiang Shuyue to pick mushrooms, they always managed to find the most valuable mushrooms, and a few times they even found Ganoderma lucidum.
Even the vegetables in the garden are growing more lushly than before.
"Master, Madam, a ewe has entered the yard. Miss sent me to ask whose sheep it is?"
The couple were talking when Qiuju's voice came from outside the door.
Aunt Su put down her needlework and went outside: "No one in the village raises sheep, I'll go with you to take a look right away."
Su Nan seized the opportunity to follow: "Mother, may I go see Sister Yue'er's baby?"
"Go and see! Miss has named the young master Jiang Sui'an, nicknamed Sui Sui. Isn't it nice?" Qiu Ju beamed as she spoke of Sui Sui.
As soon as they reached the outside of the fence, Su Nan said with certainty, "This is no one's sheep. I've seen it on the mountain; it's a wild goat."
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