"It's alright, it's alright. Childbirth is a life-threatening ordeal. Jiang'er is healthy, she will be safe and sound," Empress Ye said, tears welling up in her eyes. She turned away and secretly wiped them away.
Jingyi had never seen such a scene before. She held Empress Ye's hand and sobbed softly.
Jing Huaixu looked at the mother and daughter and said to Jing Yan, "It was all because of that brat Jing Shuo who beat Zheng Yutong in private, leaving her covered in bruises and fearful. Just now, he threatened Zheng Yutong in Delin Hall, which made her so scared that she put down her wheelchair."
"When the trouble started, Cheng Suyun, who was next to Lu'er, also fell into the water. I heard that when she was rescued, she was covered in blood, and I'm afraid the baby is not going to survive."
"Jingshuo has been locked up in his palace by me, and he will not be allowed to come out again without my permission."
"Is that so? What a coincidence. My third brother has suffered another undeserved calamity. He is truly innocent," Jing Yan chuckled.
The group waited silently outside. When Shang Yu, who had gone in, came out of the house, Jing Yan grabbed him and asked him a question.
"How is Jiang'er? Has the fright affected her? Why did you come out?"
Shang Yu: "The Crown Princess is very fortunate and her pulse is stable. The midwives inside are more experienced than I am, so they are enough. I will go and brew some medicine for the Crown Princess."
Shang Yu headed towards the kitchen.
Jing Yan leaned against the wall again, secretly counting the time—one breath, two breaths…
Almost half an hour later, a loud baby's cry suddenly rang out. Yue Jiang's shouts gradually faded away, and Jing Yan heard the sound of joyful tears coming from inside the room.
Unsure if they were packing up inside, Jing Yan waited by the door for quite a while before it finally opened.
The midwife came out carrying the baby, and in a flash she saw the Emperor and Empress were there. She quickly put on a smile and congratulated them.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress, and Your Highness the Crown Prince! The Crown Princess has given birth to a little grandson."
Jing Huaixu had been worried about having offspring since he was young. Now that he has his first grandson, he was the first to smile and couldn't help but reach out to hug him.
"My Jing Kingdom has new hope again. Let me see."
The midwife happily handed the baby to Jing Huaixu, and Empress Ye's gaze followed her grandson. After taking a quick look at him, she smiled and looked up.
"Yan'er, this child is really..."
Before she could finish speaking, Empress Ye could no longer see Jing Yan beside her. She looked towards the door and saw the midwife bowing respectfully towards the room.
Empress Ye smiled silently and shook her head, not bothering to pay any more attention, and turned back to look at her grandson whom she had just met.
Inside the room, Yue Jiang had just been changed into clean undergarments by Qing Ke and Qing Fei. No longer feeling sticky all over, she drowsily tilted her head and saw Jing Yan standing in front of the bed.
Yue Jiang smiled wearily: "Your Highness, why did you come in without saying a word? Did you see the child?"
When Jing Yan entered, he saw palace maids carrying basins of bloody water out. Then he saw Yue Jiang's face, which was paler than ever before. This was even more frightening than if he had bled and been injured himself.
Jingyan was afraid that Yuejiang would have something bad happen because she had lost so much blood, so he didn't dare to startle her in the slightest.
Listening to her speak now, Jingyan's heart gradually settled down.
He walked to the bed and sat down, nodding with a smile.
"I saw it, and it looks a lot like you. Just like we said before, it looks like you, and its personality is definitely like mine."
Yue Jiang knew it was a lie and scoffed, "No way! As soon as the midwife finished washing the baby, Qingke and Qingfei went to see it and said it looked like a concubine. How could a concubine look like that?"
"Your Highness, didn't you check? Where's the child?"
She pretended to stretch her head out to look for the child. Jingyan was both amused and annoyed by his clumsy lie, and quickly pressed Yuejiang down to make her lie down.
"Don't worry about the child. He's with his father and mother. I saw him, but only glanced at him and didn't look closely. He is quite wrinkled, but I can't tell who he looks like."
"So it's because Your Highness is worried about me that you don't even care about the children," Yue Jiang teased.
Jing Yan did not refute Yue Jiang's words. Even if he had a thousand words to say, they could not compare to seeing Yue Jiang doing well at this moment.
Yue Jiang noticed that Jing Yan was very silent. She pretended not to see the tears hidden in his eyes and clicked her tongue deliberately.
"It's over. People say that in the royal family, a woman's status depends on her son. My child is really pitiful. His father doesn't seem to care about him at all. I'm afraid he can only rely on his mother for status."
Jing Yan was slightly taken aback, but then smiled and leaned down to whisper in Yue Jiang's ear.
"Yes, Jiang'er's child can only rely on his mother's status, because his father knew his mother before he knew him."
"His arrival caught his father completely off guard, almost making him the biggest fool in the world."
Jing Yan's breath, like a warm current, surrounded Yue Jiang's ear. Coupled with the fact that Jing Yan could say such dejected words, it made her chuckle incessantly.
"Your Highness, you look very pitiful today."
"Jiang'er, you've had a tough day too. Are you still in pain? Shang Yu said he'd brew some medicine for you, but I don't know where he's brewing it now."
Jing Yan watched Yue Jiang, not daring to move an inch. He looked back at the outside of the hall but didn't see Shang Yu bring the medicine.
A moment later, the midwife brought the baby in and carefully placed it beside Yue Jiang, saying...
"His Majesty and the Empress said that the little prince and his family like him very much, as he resembles the Crown Prince and Crown Princess. The Crown Princess has had a hard day, so we will not disturb His Highness the Crown Prince and Crown Princess any longer."
"His Majesty originally intended to name the little prince outside, but the Empress stopped him, saying that this was the Crown Prince and Crown Princess's first child, so they would not interfere."
"His Majesty then abandoned the idea of naming the child, saying that he would definitely hold a grand 100-day celebration for the little prince later."
The midwife finished speaking and then left.
Yue Jiang poked the baby in her arms with her fingers, thinking that the baby was just born and not yet active, and was fast asleep and not responding at all.
However, she looked at the child's wrinkled little face and was puzzled.
"Your Highness, you said the child is all wrinkled, how come Father and Mother, these two elders, can tell that the child looks like him?"
Jing Yan smiled and said, "You said you're an elder, so naturally you have experience. It's understandable that we can't tell."
"However, even if we can't tell yet, it's still worth it for Father and Mother to say nice things. If the child doesn't resemble us, who else could he resemble?"
“That makes sense,” Yue Jiang agreed, paused for a moment, and said with relief.
"It's a good thing Father didn't name our child."
"Why do you say that?" It was Jing Yan's turn to ask.
Yue Jiang said proudly, "Your Highness wrote several pages of papers a while ago but couldn't find one you liked. You said that when you see it, the one you take out will definitely be the most suitable."
"Your Majesty, the Empress has already given you a chance. Why don't you seize it?"
To put it bluntly, she was urging Jingyan to name the child on the spot, and the name she gave him couldn't be worse than the names that had been listed before.
As Jing Yan silently thought of a name, he imitated Yue Jiang by tracing the child's eyebrows and eyes with his finger.
Actually, the wrinkles aren't so pronounced anymore. The eyebrows are light, the eyes are beautiful, the nose is high and straight, the lips are rosy, and the features are very similar to one's own. One can vaguely tell that the child is a very good-looking person.
Jing Yan blurted out the name in his heart: "Jing Mingzhang".
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