Hearing Duanmu Junyu's感慨 (gǎnkǎi, deep feelings), Su Xuening knew what she was thinking and comforted her, "Mother has already done very well."
It was just fate playing tricks on us. If it weren't for those unexpected events, my mother would have done a much better job as the Empress of Western Liang.
Duanmu Junyu smiled, no longer dwelling on the past. She put a white jade hairpin in her hair and said with a smile, "From today onwards, you are officially out of confinement. Seeing that you are recovering well, your mother is relieved."
Su Xuening nestled into Duanmu Junyu's arms and rubbed against her like a cat: "I have to thank my mother for taking such good care of me with the midwife, which is why I was able to recover so quickly."
She is a doctor herself, and she knows her own body well. She really took good care of herself during her postpartum period, and her body has basically recovered to 90% of its previous state.
Actually, during her pregnancy, her master, mother, and Xuanyuan Zhan took good care of her and regulated her body very well. So even though she had a premature birth, her body was not greatly damaged. In addition, she had a good postpartum period and her master and the others gave her various kinds of care, so her body really recovered very well.
Sensing Su Xuening's coquettishness, Duanmu Junyu teased, "You're already a mother, why are you still acting like a child?"
Su Xuening didn't say anything, she just held Duanmu Junyu in her arms.
Heaven knows how envious she was every time she saw Yun'an hugging her and acting cute, and how much she wanted to imitate him.
Duanmu Junyu chuckled and gently stroked Ning'er's long, black hair: "Ning'er, even though you're a mother now, you don't need to think about the child in everything. Besides taking care of Xiao Bao, you also need to take good care of yourself."
Su Xuening's eyes reddened immediately upon hearing this. She didn't look up, but remained buried in her arms, and said in a muffled voice, "You're the same. You don't need to do everything for us. You can just be yourself."
She used to misunderstand her mother and was heartbroken by her sudden departure from her and Yun'an. But now she knows she was wrong. Her mother can be more than just a mother; she can simply be herself.
Duanmu Junyu smiled through her tears: "Okay, I'll just be myself."
"Sister, look at my clothes." The mother and daughter were getting sentimental when Su Yun'an ran in.
"Mother is here too." Seeing that Duanmu Junyu seemed to be talking to Su Xuening, Su Yun'an immediately stopped talking.
Su Xuening looked up at Su Yun'an's dress and praised with a smile, "It looks great!"
“I think it looks good too.” Su Yun’an tugged at his gold-threaded robe, clearly very satisfied.
He had originally thought that the clothes of the men from Xiliang would be the same as those of the women from Dongchu, and he was worried that he wouldn't be used to them. But the clothes of the men from Xiliang weren't particularly strange. They were similar to those of the men from Dongchu, also robes, not skirts. They were just more colorful and more fancy in style than those of the men from Dongchu. He could accept that.
Seeing that Su Xuening had finished dressing, Su Yun'an couldn't help but ask, "What kind of dress is yours, sister?"
Su Xuening gestured with her chin toward the table: "It's still there!"
Su Yun'an saw two dresses, one large and one small, on the tray and couldn't help but pick up the smaller dress: "This is so cute! Is it for Xiao Bao?"
Duanmu Junyu walked over and ruffled Su Yun'an's hair: "This is not formal attire, but the auspicious clothes you will wear when we officially recognize your names later."
Su Yun'an was slightly taken aback, not quite understanding what "auspicious attire" meant.
Su Xuening understood; it was clothing that symbolized a certain royal status, just like the phoenix robe her mother wore, which could only be worn by the empress in Xiliang.
Just like the emperor, empress, prince, and princess of Dongchu all have their own special auspicious robes, what her mother sent to her, Yun'an, and Xiaobao was not just a simple formal dress, but also auspicious robes symbolizing their status.
Duanmu Junyu looked at Su Xuening: "Change into these, the banquet will start soon."
"Okay." Su Xuening responded and went to get her clothes.
Jinzhu quickly stepped forward to help Su Xuening change her clothes.
Duanmu Junyu took the set of little clothes and went to the inner room to hug Xiaobao: "Our Xiaobao is changing into his auspicious clothes too!"
Su Yun'an immediately followed over to help Xiao Bao change his clothes.
Besides Su Xuening, Su Yun'an, and Xiao Bao, Bai Shi, Pei Luo, You Yi, and Dao Yi also received formal attire prepared by Duanmu Junyu.
The material of the formal wear was obviously very precious, and the style was also very characteristic of Xiliang. After the group changed into the clothes, they looked just like people from Xiliang.
The full moon celebration that Duanmu Junyu prepared was held at Fengxiang Palace.
Because Duanmu Junyu had given a strict order, and because it was a regular palace banquet and no one would intentionally miss it unless there were special circumstances, all the civil and military officials and imperial relatives who received invitations arrived at Fengxiang Palace early to wait.
When everyone gets together, they inevitably start talking about Su Xuening and Su Yun'an's identities.
"Who is Your Majesty hosting this full moon celebration for? It looks like a grand affair!"
"His Highness isn't even married yet, where would he get a baby who's only a month old from the palace!"
"You don't know this? I heard that His Majesty brought back a pair of illegitimate daughters and a illegitimate son a month ago. This baby, who is just a month old, is the child of that illegitimate daughter. He just turned one month old."
"Illegitimate daughter and illegitimate child? That can't be right. We didn't see Her Majesty pregnant or giving birth before. Where would she have an illegitimate daughter and illegitimate child?"
"That's right. We've never seen His Majesty pregnant before, and His Majesty's harem is very clean. Even if there were someone outside the palace, he could easily bring her back. Why would he need to create such an embarrassing situation as having an illegitimate daughter and son?"
"Some people say that His Majesty has never been pregnant, so those are not His Majesty's illegitimate daughters and children. Everyone is guessing what their true identities are!"
"No need to guess, His Majesty is making such a big fuss today, he must be going to formally introduce them to us. Let's just wait and see."
"His Highness Prince Hui has arrived!" Just as the officials and members of the royal family were discussing the matter, Duanmu Shenghua arrived.
She not only came alone, but she also brought her husband and her two daughters with her.
As soon as Duanmu Shenghua arrived, the chatter instantly ceased, and no one dared to speak out of turn.
Duanmu Shenghua, accompanied by her king and two daughters, sat in the front row.
In Xiliang, Duanmu Shenghua's bloodline is closest to that of Duanmu Junyu, which has established her status in Xiliang. In particular, she has been temporarily acting as Duanmu Junyu for so many years and has long since firmly grasped the military power of Xiliang in her own hands. Therefore, in the entire Xiliang, apart from Duanmu Junyu, no one has a more noble status than her!
"The Phoenix Lord has arrived! His Highness has arrived!"
Just as Duanmu Shenghua and the others sat down, Xiao Jincheng arrived with Duanmu Qingxin.
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