Chapter 296: Children's Experience
Cui Qingyi couldn't explain why. The two girls were making such a fuss when they were in her belly. She had originally prepared herself to give birth to two naughty little crybabies. But in the past few days since the children were born, whether they were lying next to her or in her arms, they were so well-behaved that it made her heart happy.
The older sister who was born first has long arms and legs and is a whole circle bigger than her younger sister. It can be seen that she must have been the most domineering one in the belly, but now she looks very steady.
Cui Qingyi didn't absorb much nutrition when she was pregnant, and now her milk is barely enough to feed a child.
The younger sister was as picky as a kitten and didn't want to drink the wet nurse's milk. She whimpered and cried when she was fed. The elder sister was also reluctant to drink the wet nurse's milk at first, but when she heard her younger sister crying, she gave up her biological mother to avoid putting Cui Qingyi in a dilemma.
Cui Qingyi felt sorry for both of them, and every time she would wait until her younger sister finished eating before holding her older sister and feeding her.
As long as the two girls were well fed and with Cui Qingyi, they would stop crying and make a fuss, and everyone who saw them would praise them for being adorable. But as long as Jing Wei was around, it was as if a switch had been turned on for the two girls.
Jing Wei either didn't hold them at all, or he had to hold both of them in his arms at the same time, otherwise even his kitten-like sister would cry so hard that Cui Qingyi's ears would hurt.
The elder sister was even more outrageous. She didn't like to cry like her younger sister, but if she started crying, Jing Wei would have to hold her in his arms and walk around the house for most of the night before she would stop crying.
Both children are very possessive of their biological father, but Cui Qingyi is not jealous at all. The children are born and raised by her, so they are naturally close to her. But it is different for their father. Of course, there is blood relationship, but the children's closeness and dependence are also a way to stimulate fatherly love.
Fortunately, Jing Wei also enjoys taking care of children. Now that the weather is getting colder, he stays in the mansion for a long time, enjoying the dependence of his two children on him.
Although the family hired a wet nurse to take care of the children, the children still slept with their parents at night. Jing Wei did not raise any objection to Cui Qingyi's practice of taking care of the children personally, but after a few days, he had become quite adept at taking care of the children at night.
Over time, the two sisters developed a bad habit of not being able to fall asleep until their father clung to them.
Cui Qingyi corrected them several times and realized that this thing could not be done. Jing Weibi and Yunjuan and Yunshu were both disappointed. It was pitiful for a grown man to act like that. Cui Qingyi simply followed the father and daughter.
With so many people in the house surrounding Cui Qingyi and her two children, Cui Qingyi felt very comfortable during her confinement period.
According to the experience she learned in the palace in taking care of women during confinement, Mammy Cui massaged Cui Qingyi's body with a special ointment every day and provided her with nutritious meals. After two months of confinement, Cui Qingyi recovered much better than she had imagined.
But Aunt Cui felt a little guilty when she looked at her mistress's still slightly plump waist. "If I had known that I would have the chance to take care of my mistress during childbirth in this lifetime, I would have learned more in the palace."
Cui Qingyi is very open-minded. She is not any better than normal people. She has maintained her figure after giving birth to twins. She is very satisfied with her current state.
This is one of the benefits of power and money.
"After the confinement period, start exercising slowly and you will get better soon."
Taozhi came in with cakes and heard their conversation. She smiled and said, "I think now is the perfect time. The girl was a little scary thin before."
Konjac came to visit with his little chubby boy in his arms and asked about the girls' full-moon banquet: "Are you planning to have it outside or at home?"
Cui Qingyi had originally planned to set up two tables at the mansion for the two children's full-month banquets and invite close friends to attend. However, Jing Wei showed a rare assertiveness on this matter. "My daughter's full-month banquet may not be earth-shattering, but it must have everything it needs. Otherwise, when the children grow up and ask about it, they will definitely think that their parents don't like them."
There was a reason for saying this. Twins were still relatively rare in that era. Cui Qingyi and Jing Wei loved their two daughters so much that they never felt any regret for not having a son.
But a few days ago, Jing Wei coaxed his daughter to sleep and went out happily, but a few hours later he returned home with a frosty face.
At first, when Cui Qingyi asked, he just said that he had encountered something unhappy outside. After a while, someone from the county government came to summon Jing Wei for questioning. Among the yamen runners who came to deliver the message was Yang Mei's brother. Only then did Cui Qingyi know what had happened.
Jing Wei beat someone up outside, and I heard it was quite serious.
Yangmei's brother quietly told Cui Qingyi: "The master sent someone to ask the people who saw the scene. They said that two tables of guests were sitting and drinking tea and chatting. Suddenly, the shopkeeper Jing attacked and beat them. He pinned them to the ground and beat them. The victim is still unconscious in the clinic.
The family reported the matter to the authorities, and the county magistrate had no choice but to summon the shopkeeper from Beijing for questioning.
Cui Qingyi's brows were furrowed tightly. Jing Wei might look intimidating, but he wasn't actually a hot-tempered person. To make him suddenly furious and hurt someone, something must have crossed his bottom line, right?
As Jing Wei followed the official away, he comforted Cui Qingyi: "It's okay, I'll be back soon. If Yunjuan and Yunshu are looking for me, tell them that Daddy will be back soon."
As soon as everyone left, Cui Qingyi called Amu over to question him. Amu didn't want to tell the truth to Cui Qingyi at first because of Jing Wei's instructions, but when he saw the village chief looking at him, he told the truth.
"That person has a dirty mouth. He started by saying bad things about the Township Lord's Mansion. The master didn't want to pay any attention to those fools when he heard it, but then he started to talk about our two young masters, saying that the two girls were wasting your stomach and said..."
Cui Qingyi was furious when she heard someone talking about her two daughters. She slammed her hand on the small table and said sternly, "What else are you talking about!"
Amu no longer dared to hide the truth: "He even compared our young master to Ehuang and Nvying. His words were extremely vulgar."
As he spoke, Amu clenched his fists again, secretly annoyed at why he didn't beat the bastard to death at that time.
He didn't even dare to look the village chief in the eye. Everyone in the mansion said that Jing Wei doted on the two young ladies, but that was also Cui Qingyi's life.
"Is that man dead?"
Amu was shocked: "No, the master was very measured. The man will only have broken arms and legs at most, and his life will not be in danger."
Hearing that the person was not dead, Cui Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time she could not suppress the anger in her heart. The story of Ehuang and Nvying was well known to everyone, but Cui Qingyi was too lazy to research such a distant history.
But Cui Qingyi didn't even need to think about how many dirty thoughts the man had about Ehuang and Nuying. Her child had just been born, and someone dared to use such vicious thoughts to speculate about them. Cui Qingyi was filled with hatred: "Why didn't you beat him to death on the spot?"
Late that night, Third Master Yun stood in the courtroom, filled with resentment. Seeing that the men who had gone to arrest Jing Wei had not returned, he angrily attacked Wang Xiaoqian, "Master Wang, the Township Lord's Mansion is bullying us with its power. If you don't give me an explanation today, I will not let this go."
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Wang Xiaoqian is now Zhou Yanxiu's confidant. Zhou Yanxiu's identity is valuable enough, but apart from this, Wang Xiaoqian has a faint sense of madness in his bones.
When I was just a small coroner, I always adhered to the life creed that it is better to live than to die.
Now that he is a county magistrate, he has a terrible desire to do his job even though he is in official uniform.
How could Wang Xiaoqian tolerate this random person who came from nowhere and dared to threaten him in court?
He raised his eyelids and glanced over nonchalantly. "Oh, why don't you just give up? Why don't you take this seat for me and show me how to do it?"
Mr. Yun San came from the capital and looked down on the village chief living in a small county town, and also looked down on the small local county magistrate, but he had never seen a county magistrate who did not play by the rules like this.
Most people would be hesitant to hear him speak like this because they are afraid of the power behind him, but now he didn't know what to say.
Wang Xiaoqian did not give up when he saw that the man did not speak. His daily life in this position was not as glamorous as outsiders thought. Zhou Yanxiu did not just abandon him in Dongping County and ignore him. The two letters he wrote every month were all comments on the work he had done that month.
Before Mr. Yun Sanye reported the matter to the police, Wang Xiaoqian had just finished reading this month's reply with gritted teeth. Lord Zhou was still as sharp and unkind as ever in his words.
To put it more directly, Wang Xiaoqian was in an extremely bad mood at this moment, and Master Yun San happened to bump into him with his belly sticking out. The village chief's mansion was bullying, so he stepped back a little. Master Yun San looked like a ready-made punching bag, and Wang Xiaoqian instantly felt that he was back to normal.
He simply relaxed and leaned back in the chair. His already frail figure relaxed, and his originally ironed official uniform immediately became loose. At this moment, Magistrate Wang exuded a gloomy and cynical air.
A pair of slender almond-shaped eyes only left the corners of their eyes to look at the people in the hall, "Why don't you say anything? Do you want me to take off my black gauze hat and give it to you so that you can take this seat in my place?
Or do you think this isn't legitimate enough? Would you like me to write a memorial and ask the officials at the Ministry of Personnel to send someone down to personally grant you the official position?"
Wang Xiaoqian did not play by the rules, and Master Yun San was completely disgraced by this lack of respect.
He was respected in the capital, but he didn't expect to be treated so humiliatingly by a county magistrate in this remote corner of Dongping County. Naturally, this guy who had a fool in his head and tried to judge others by their tastes naturally didn't want to suffer this loss.
He stood up angrily, his belly heaving like a toad busy catching insects in the field. "How dare you, a mere county magistrate, disrespect me? Do you believe that with just one word from me, you'll lose your official position and become a county magistrate?"
If Wang Xiaoqian could really get rid of his position as county magistrate, he would be more than happy. He chuckled, "The laws of the Great Jin are strict. How can we tolerate your unlawful behavior? This man has shown contempt for justice. Give him a severe beating!"
With a clang of the gavel, Master Yun San was put on the torture bench by several yamen runners before he could react. Seeing that Wang Xiaoqian actually dared to come to him, Master Yun San was instantly anxious, but he did not forget to threaten Wang Xiaoqian at this time: "You dare, do you know who my brother-in-law is? My brother-in-law is the current Sixth Prince. If you dare to hit me, I will make sure you die!"
Of course Wang Xiaoqian knew who the Sixth Prince was; he was the current emperor's cousin.
But would he be afraid? He wouldn’t be afraid at all!
Hearing this, Wang Xiaoqian chuckled like a villain and ordered the clerk sitting next to him: "Did you hear that? Prince Yun's brother-in-law wants this official to die a miserable death.
Please write down every word carefully for me. I am terrified and must immediately plead with His Majesty to spare my life."
The corners of He Wenshu's mouth twitched. Even though he had been working with this gentleman for a long time, he still couldn't quite keep up with the county magistrate's pace. It was too erratic!
The yamen runners, who knew Wang Xiaoqian's temper well, quickly blocked Yun San's mouth with the handkerchiefs around their waists before Yun San could say the next word.
Mr. Yun Sanye was fat and thick-skinned, so even ten strokes of the board were not enough to kill him. The bailiff who carried out the execution did not hold back at all, and completed the ten strokes of the board in one go. Wang Xiaoqian felt relieved.
Third Master Yun was released, sweating profusely. A voice rang out from the hall, saying, "These ten strokes of the cane are a small punishment, but a great warning. If you dare to use the Sixth Prince's name to commit evil again, I will not let you off lightly."
In this way, the victim who filed a lawsuit did not see the defendant, but was beaten first.
Master Yun Sanye bared his teeth and dared not to compete with Wang Xiaoqian anymore. He only swore in his heart that when he returned, he would write a letter to his brother-in-law and kill this ungrateful county magistrate.
Jing Wei entered the hall without even glancing at Mr. Yun Sanye who was standing with his hands covering his butt. He bowed to Wang Xiaoqian as per the rules and stepped aside.
Wang Xiaoqian slammed the gavel. "Jingwei, someone is suing you for assault and injury in a teahouse. Do you admit your guilt?"
Jing Wei had beaten someone in public, and many people had seen it. He wasn't going to deny it. "Your Excellency, I did injure someone in the teahouse, but there were reasons for it. Please investigate."
Wang Xiaoqian naturally wanted to ask the reason, "What's the reason? Tell me in detail."
The difference in treatment was too obvious. As soon as the pain in his buttocks eased, Master Yun San felt that he was fine again. "Sir, this man hurt my brother first, and he admitted it himself. What else can I ask? My poor brother was just going out for tea, but because he offended the Village Lord's Mansion, he suffered a sudden disaster. Now he is unconscious and his life is in danger!"
Hearing him bring up the Township Lord's Mansion again, Jing Wei clenched the fingers in his sleeves.
Wang Xiaoqian: "I just said, why don't you come to judge?"
The sinister tone of voice touched the nerves of Master Yun Sanye, just like a cackle of a goose being pinched by the neck and silenced.
Jing Wei bowed in the courtroom and said slowly, "Your Excellency, I would like to sue the Yun brothers for defying the imperial authority and being disrespectful to the village chief. I ask that you punish them for the crime of gross disrespect."
Although the rank of the village chief is low, he was conferred the title by imperial decree and the Ministry of Rites went through a formal conferment ceremony. The Yun brothers were commoners, so it was his fault for making comments.
Master Yun San was not at the scene when the incident happened. He only heard the servant who followed Master Yun Si report that his younger brother was beaten outside and is now unconscious.
Then he heard that the one who started the fight was the man who came to the Township Lord's Mansion. The frustration of being suppressed by the Township Lord's Mansion in the past few months immediately found an outlet. Yun San didn't even think of asking why Yun Si had a conflict with someone from the Township Lord's Mansion.
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