After Duanmu Junyu left, Su Yun'an leaned over the bedside and teased Xiaobao: "Sister, when will Xiaobao be able to call me uncle?"
Su Xuening was amused by his silly appearance: "He's only two days old. He won't be able to talk until he's at least a year old, so it'll be another year."
"So long!" Su Yun'an's eyes widened in surprise, then he asked eagerly, "So I didn't start talking until I was one year old too?"
“Of course,” Su Xuening said with a smile. “You also started talking when you were one year old, and you first learned to call out ‘Mother.’”
Su Yun'an nodded in realization, then looked at Xiao Bao: "Will Xiao Bao call me 'Uncle' first?"
Su Xuening raised an eyebrow: "If you take him with you every day, then maybe it really will."
Su Yun'an was delighted: "Then I'll take him with me every day from now on."
Su Xuening was overjoyed: "That puts my mind at ease!"
"Xiao Bao is so small and well-behaved, how could he be difficult to take care of? I'm sure I can manage." Su Yun'an felt that Xiao Bao was so young, she was sure she could take care of him.
Su Yun'an played with Xiao Bao for a while, and Xiao Bao got sleepy and fell asleep again soon after.
Seeing that Xiao Bao was asleep, Su Yun'an looked at Su Xuening and asked, "Sister, are you really going to make Xiao Bao change his surname to Duanmu?"
Su Xuening glanced at Xiaobao, and instead of answering, asked, "What about you? Would you be willing to change your surname to Duanmu?"
Su Yun'an raised an eyebrow noncommittally: "It doesn't matter. Anyway, my father might not even have the surname Su. Although my grandparents were good people, they might not have had the surname Su, so it really doesn't matter whether I have the surname Su or not! As long as my mother needs it, I don't mind changing my surname to Duanmu!"
Su Xuening nodded, agreeing with her: "I don't mind either. We can have the Duanmu surname then. Mother has returned to Xiliang after twenty years, and many things are no longer under her control. She's facing difficulties now, and we must help her. So, if she needs us to acknowledge our ancestry, we will. If she needs us to change our surname to Duanmu, we can change it too. As for Xiaobao…"
Su Xuening glanced at the sleeping baby in her arms again: "We still need to discuss it with Mother Consort, and it would be best to discuss it with your brother-in-law as well."
Xiao Bao isn't just her child; matters concerning clan lineage and surname still need to be discussed with them.
Su Yun'an also felt that they should discuss it, after all, his brother-in-law's identity was not simple. He was a member of the Eastern Chu royal family and had the potential to become the emperor of Eastern Chu.
If my brother-in-law becomes the emperor of Eastern Chu in the future, then Xiao Bao will be a prince of Eastern Chu, with a very important status. If he takes the surname Duanmu, then Eastern Chu will not be able to explain it.
At that point, not only would my brother-in-law not agree, but the royal family and officials of Eastern Chu would certainly not agree either.
"I wonder how my brother-in-law is doing now?" Thinking of Xuan Yuanzhan, Su Yun'an missed him a little.
Su Xuening was also stunned. These days she had been busy with this and that, fleeing and giving birth. She seemed to be trying her best not to think about him, but whenever she had free time, especially when she was alone or with Xiaobao, she would think of Xuanyuan Zhan.
There was no way around it; Xiao Bao looked just like him. Looking at Xiao Bao, she felt as if she were seeing Xuan Yuan Zhan.
Is Xuanyuan Zhan still in the North? I wonder if the battle with the Northern Rong is over?
If the war is over, Xuanyuan Zhan should return to the capital, but Xuanyuan Yu and Xuanyuan Zhi both say that Xuanyuan Zhan rebelled, so they probably won't let Xuanyuan Zhan return to the capital so easily!
So right now, Xuanyuan Zhan is either still in the North or stuck on his way back to the capital.
Actually, she still hoped that he would be blocked on his way back to the capital. As long as he didn't return to the capital, Xuan Yuanzhi and Xuan Yuanyu would not be able to use her and her mother to threaten him.
Once he receives his mother's letter, he will know that he and his mother are safe now!
Seeing that Su Xuening was lost in thought, Su Yun'an realized he had spoken out of turn and quickly comforted her, "Brother-in-law is so capable, he'll definitely be fine."
My brother-in-law is not only skilled in martial arts and commanding troops, but also very talented. He will not be so easily outmaneuvered by Xuan Yuan Yu and Xuan Yuan Zhi.
"Mm." Su Xuening nodded.
He's really amazing, he should be fine!
She couldn't care less about anything else right now. The only thing she could do to help him was to get his master to help his mother regain her memories as soon as possible. Once his mother remembered where the Su family army's military token was, perhaps she could use the Su family army to help him!
Also, they need to get their own health back as soon as possible and take good care of their children.
As the siblings were talking, Bai brought over the postpartum meals prepared by the midwives.
"Is Xiaobao asleep?" Bai asked in a low voice.
"Yes, I just fell asleep." Seeing Bai bring over the food, Su Xuening quickly sat up.
Su Yun'an immediately took a small table and placed it on the bed.
Bai brought the food over: "You must eat more today, you ate too little yesterday."
Su Xuening looked at Bai Shi and said, "Let them do these things. Mother, you don't need to do them yourself."
If we were at the Holy Prince's residence right now, my mother wouldn't need to do these things! There would definitely be Granny Shang taking care of everything.
When my mother arrived at the Western Liang royal family, although there were many palace servants, she was probably too embarrassed to order them around, and she did most of the work herself.
If I had known this would happen, I should have brought Granny Shang with me. It would have been better to have her serving my mother.
Madam Bai laughed: "What can someone like me, who has never lifted a finger to do housework, do? These are all things done by the midwives. I just bring them in. Your master is brewing some medicinal soup for you to regulate your body. I'll bring it over in a bit."
Now that Xiao Bao has started drinking milk, Doctor Luo and the others are quite tactful and rarely enter Ning'er's room, letting her bring in anything she needs.
Anyway, she's a free person, so she can still manage to cook meals and prepare medicine.
She not only wanted to see Ning'er, but also her little grandson.
Seeing that Bai Shi showed no sign of reluctance to do these things, Su Xuening didn't say anything more and quietly ate her postpartum meal.
After the postpartum meal was finished, before Madam Bai could clean up, a palace servant came in and tidied everything up.
Bai wanted to hug Xiaobao, but Xiaobao was asleep and she didn't want to wake him up, so she just watched from the side.
Su Xuening looked at Bai Shi and thought of what Duanmu Junyu had just said about recognizing one's ancestors and returning to one's clan. She then said, "Mother, Mother hopes that Yun'an and I can recognize our ancestors and return to our clan."
Upon hearing this, Bai immediately raised her eyebrows and said, "This is a good thing. You and Yun'an are of royal blood from the Western Liang Dynasty, so you should naturally acknowledge your ancestors and return to the family."
Recognizing one's ancestors and returning to one's roots probably means changing one's surname, but in reality, they aren't really members of the Su family. After all, Su Renzhong wasn't their parents' biological son, and since Su Renzhong doesn't even have the surname Su, there's no need for them to adopt that surname.
Su Xuening continued with a somewhat embarrassed expression, "Mother's intention is to have Xiaobao acknowledge his ancestors and return to the family."
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