Lin Bo replied through the window: "Five wet nurses were sent over at daybreak and are waiting in the outer courtyard."

"Call them all in!"

Lin Bo nodded and left.

The child cried even louder.

Eleventh Lady sat up anxiously.

"I'll do it!" Xu Lingyi hurriedly placed a pillow behind her and held the child in his arms.

Eleventh Lady leaned on the pillow. Xu Lingyi held the child and patted him gently as he walked. But the child continued to cry.

His voice was loud and he cried sadly, which was somewhat thrilling in this quiet space.

In just a few breaths, Eleventh Lady felt that the days were passing by like years.

There was even a hint of anxiety between Xu Lingyi's brows.

Hong Wen, who was standing by, hesitated several times, but Qiu Yu saw everything clearly. She walked over quietly and whispered, "What's wrong?"

Hong Wen asked timidly, "Could it be that he peed?"

Qiuyu was stunned for a moment, thinking that when she was selecting maids for the Sixth Young Master, she only selected those who were thirteen or fourteen years old and had taken care of younger brothers and sisters at home, so she felt that her words were somewhat credible. After thinking for a while, she stepped forward and whispered, "Madam, Hongwen said that the Sixth Young Master might have peed himself?"

At this moment, Eleventh Lady just hoped that the child would stop crying, and hurriedly called Xu Lingyi: "...bring him over and let me see!"

Xu Lingyi also heard Qiuyu's words and put the child in the **.

The two of them unwrapped the blanket clumsily. Sure enough, he had peed. After unwrapping the blanket, the child stopped crying, opened his dark eyes, and kicked his legs.

Xu Lingyi looked at the pair of small feet that were not much bigger than peanuts, feeling somewhat at a loss. He asked Shiyi Niang: "What should we do?"

The reason why the child was crying was discovered thanks to Hong Wen's suggestion. Shiyi Niang looked towards Hong Wen.

Hong Wen hurried forward and said tremblingly, "Mother Wan said that we should wash it, change it into a clean diaper, and wrap it again."

Before he finished speaking, Mother Wan came in and couldn't help but exclaimed "Oh my!" - but she turned around and told the little maid, and when she came back everything changed. She hurriedly held the child in her arms and covered the little blanket tightly: "Be careful not to catch a cold, that would be troublesome."

Eleventh Lady explained: "He peed!"

Mother Wan had already seen it. She smiled and said, "I'll change the Sixth Young Master's diaper right now."

Hong Wen had already brought out a clean diaper, and called the maid to bring in hot water. She and Mother Wan helped change the baby's diaper.

Xu Lingyi said, "This won't work. We need to quickly decide on a wet nurse and the mother who manages the house."

Mother Wan was moved when she heard this. She was thinking about recommending someone to Shiyi Niang when she heard Shiyi Niang say, "What do you think of Bin Ju? She has experience and I trust her to do the job."

Xu Lingyi felt that Bin Ju was too young, not to mention that there was Wan Daxian between them.

He helped Shiyi Niang pull up the quilt, and seeing that Wan Mama, Hongwen, and Qiuyu were concentrating on packing the children, he whispered, "After the New Year, an old steward of the first rank in the office has to go home to retire due to his old age, so the people in the office need to be moved. Wan Daxian has been diligent in his work in the past two years. I plan to make him a second-rank steward..."

As a result, Bin Ju was no longer suitable to work in the inner court, especially beside the second son.

Although Eleventh Lady was somewhat disappointed, she felt somewhat happy when she thought that Wan Daxian had been given an important position. Thinking about the tone of Xu Lingyi's words just now, she guessed that this matter might not have been finally announced yet. She also imitated Xu Lingyi's appearance and laughed softly, "I didn't expect Wan Daxian to be so lucky... I could only think of Bin Ju at the moment. Otherwise, how about choosing a wet nurse first? Anyway, the child is still young, and the weather is getting colder and colder. I want him to live in the warm room in the main house for the time being. I am free, and I have a wet nurse, as well as Mother Song, Amber, and Zhu Xiang. Can't I take care of a child? Lord, what do you think?"

Xu Lingyi thought about it and felt that it made sense: "Then let's choose the wet nurse first." He smiled and said, "Eating is a big deal!"

Eleventh Lady laughed when she heard this.

Mother Wan wrapped the child again and brought him over.

Seeing that he fell asleep again, Xu Lingyi couldn't help but laugh: "You are so delicate. You can't stand even the slightest bit of grievance!" He stared at Shiyi Niang.

Eleventh Lady blushed and said coquettishly, "He wet his pants and feels uncomfortable, so he naturally cries!"

Xu Lingyi just smiled.

Eleventh Lady's face turned even redder.

Lin Bo just happened to bring the wet nurse from the wet nursery over, and a little maid brought the three wet nurses over. Xu Lingyi then stopped smiling and said, "I'm going to go to mother's place. Let's first decide on the child's name. Then I'll discuss the third-day bathing ceremony with her. You're in confinement now, so you'll have to ask mother to help you with some socializing."

After all, selecting a wet nurse is an inner-house matter, so Xu Lingyi naturally cannot interfere.

Eleventh Lady nodded, and after Xu Lingyi left, she asked Mama Wan to call in a few wet nurses.

Eight wet nurses were lined up in a row, some were plump and some were thin, but they all had one thing in common: they were about twenty-one or twenty-two years old, with regular features, fair skin, and plump breasts.

Eleventh Lady asked them a few questions and selected two who were eloquent and whose due dates were close to hers, and asked them to try to breastfeed the babies.

The child was only concerned with sleeping, and when he was finally woken up, he started crying loudly in dissatisfaction.

Mother Wan hurriedly hugged him and comforted him.

One of the nurses, whose surname was Gu, said with a smile, "Madam, the young master was just trying to sleep, and he was woken up, so he will naturally get angry. If he is hungry, he will wake up naturally. It won't be too late to feed him after he wakes up!"

Eleventh Lady said anxiously: "You don't know, he hasn't eaten for a day and only drank two sips of water."

Gu Wet Nurse smiled and said, "Maybe it's because the baby has just been born and his appetite hasn't started yet. Madam, why don't you ask the doctor to prescribe two doses of soup medicine to regulate the spleen and stomach."

Seeing that she was very opinionated in her words and deeds, and seemed to be quite knowledgeable about children's matters, Eleventh Lady couldn't help but look at her twice more.

Wet nurse Gu was wearing a beautiful blue coarse cloth jacket and a black eight-panel Xiang skirt. The skirt was a little short, revealing her black cloth shoes and cleanly starched white cloth socks.

Eleventh Lady nodded secretly.

A maid came in and reported, "Madam, the imperial physician is here."

Shiyi Niang asked Mama Wan to take the child out to see the imperial physician first. But Mama Wan quickly came back: "The imperial physician said that Master Wu of the Imperial Hospital is good at treating difficult and complicated pediatric diseases." Shiyi Niang was furious, so she asked Qiuyu to take her own card and ask the steward of the outer hospital to invite Doctor Wu, leaving only Mama Tian to serve on the side, then put down the curtain, put a handkerchief on her wrist, and asked the imperial physician to check the pulse and prescribe medicine.

Mother Tian helped Shiyi Niang take the medicine.

The second lady helped the lady over.

The child had just cried and was awake, with a pair of eyes wide open and clear enough to reflect a person's reflection. The old lady looked at him with such delight that she asked, "The fourth son came to me just now and said he would name the child 'Jin'?"

Eleventh Lady smiled and replied “Yes”: “My Lord and I both think this name is good!”

The second wife looked at him and smiled faintly.

A trace of relief flashed in the eyes of the lady, and she said to the child with a smile: "Then we will call him 'Jin Ge'er' from now on, what do you think?"

The child yawned with his pink little mouth open, then closed his eyes and went to sleep.

Seeing this, the lady's heart softened. She said to Shiyi Niang, "If you can't take care of him, bring him to me. Next year, Zhun Ge will also move to the outer courtyard."

Shiyi Niang was so scared that she broke into a cold sweat and said hurriedly, "You are old and the child is too young, so it is inevitable that he will be a little noisy. It won't be too late to go when he is older." Then she hurriedly changed the subject: "I heard that Jie Ge'er stayed at your place last night. Did he not disturb you?"

"No, no!" The lady laughed, "The two brothers are very obedient when they are together. They played the flute for a while, recited some books, and then went to bed. In the early morning, Zhun'er got up on his own without being called, and he also called Jie'er. He is even more obedient than usual."

The second wife smiled and said, "When the two brothers are together, Zhun'er is the older brother, so naturally he can't act like a child like he does in front of you."

The old lady smiled and nodded. She asked about the child's condition. Knowing that he had cried because he peed, she smiled and said to the second lady, "Look at this child, how smart!" Knowing that Jing'er had not yet been fed, she became anxious and asked, "We need to find an imperial doctor to take a look?"

"I have sent someone to invite Doctor Wu from the Imperial Hospital!"

As she spoke, the Fifth Lady brought Sister Xin over.

Xin Jie opened her eyes wide and looked at Jing'er in the arms of the lady with curiosity. Seeing that her grandmother, second aunt, fourth aunt and mother were all talking, she quietly stretched out her white and tender fingers and gently poked Jing'er's face. Jing'er twitched his mouth and continued to sleep. Xin Jie found it interesting and poked Jing'er's face again. Jing'er wrinkled his nose and it took a while for him to relax. Xin Jie found it even more interesting and poked Jing'er twice in a row. Jing'er cried "wow", which frightened Xin Jie so much that she stayed there.

The lady was busy coaxing Jin Ge'er: "It's okay, it's okay, your sister is just teasing you!"

The Fifth Lady's face flushed red, and she quickly hugged Xin Jie'er and scolded the little maid next to her: "I brought you with me to look after the Second Miss, but you just stood there stupidly." She was busy apologizing to the Eleventh Lady, "The child is ignorant, please don't take it to heart!"

Xin Jie'er is still a child, how could Shiyi Niang be angry about this? But she still felt heartbroken when she saw Jing'er crying.

"Sister Xin teased him because she liked him!"

The Fifth Lady was a little embarrassed. She said a few words, then made an excuse that she had something to do in the room and left with Xin Jie'er.

After socializing for a long time, Eleventh Lady felt very tired and yawned behind her sleeve.

The Second Lady looked at her and gently pulled at the Lady's skirt, talking about the third-day bath ceremony: "... Mother has drawn up a list, please see if there is anything to add or subtract. If not, take it to the office this afternoon to send a notice."

In other words, this matter must be completed before the afternoon.

Eleventh Lady responded with a smile.

The lady said a few words like "take good care of yourself" and "let me know what the imperial physician says" and then stood up and went back to the house with the second lady.

Eleventh Lady was very sleepy. She told Wan Mama, "You should stay with Jing'er. If he wakes up, let the nurse surnamed Gu feed him first. If he refuses to eat, try giving him to someone else."

Mother Wan knew that she had taken a fancy to the wet nurse named Gu, so she agreed with a smile and carried the child to sit on the big kang by the window.

Eleventh Lady could see the child as soon as she raised her eyes, and she felt at ease and gradually fell asleep.

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Because I have to accompany my child to an exam this weekend, I can't update twice a week. Please forgive me. I will make up for it when I come back on Monday!

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