Chapter 117 Chapter 117 Fang Ying endured for a few more days, and finally...
When Ji Yanlang came to see Fang Ying, Xiao Hong'er was already sleeping soundly beside her.
Ji Yanlang, who had just become a father, tiptoed to the bedside. Seeing his daughter sleeping soundly with her eyes closed and a few beads of sweat on the tip of her nose, he asked in a low voice, "Is she hot?"
The delivery room was stuffy, so Fang Ying changed the blanket covering her legs. She wiped away the sweat and touched the baby's forehead, saying softly, "It's a little hot today."
After loosening the swaddling clothes, Fang Ying softly asked Ji Yanlang, "Have you finished writing?"
"Have you heard?" Ji Yanlang raised his hand to show her, "My hands are sore. Holding a pen is harder than holding a gun."
Fang Ying couldn't help laughing.
Ji Yanlang looked at her, then at little Hong'er, and smiled too. "But this is a big happy event for us, so we have to take it even if we can't." He held up two fingers. "I wrote a letter to my father, and it took me two pages just to describe how beautiful our Hong'er is."
Fang Ying: "...Do you also think Hong'er is pretty?"
"Ah," Ji Yanlang said as if it was a matter of course, "70% like you, 30% like me, isn't that good-looking?"
Fang Ying lowered her head and carefully looked at her daughter's sleeping face. She felt that the more she looked, the prettier she became. She couldn't help but chuckle softly.
The baby was probably disturbed by her parents' conversation, and she kicked her legs and hummed twice. Fang Ying and Ji Yanlang immediately fell silent, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she stopped moving.
"You guys go to sleep." Ji Yanlang stood up carefully, "I'm going to mother's place."
Fang Ying stopped him and told him that Zhou Congshan wanted to visit her and the baby when the baby was one month old. "Please tell my mother for me."
"Yeah." Ji Yanlang responded and went.
Fang Ying lay down, looked at Hong'er's sleeping face, and fell asleep unknowingly.
I slept until the evening, but was woken up by a foul smell.
"The young lady has defecated." The nanny stepped forward and stretched out her hand to help Fang Ying up.
The wet nurse also came forward and took the child out to change his diaper.
"I'll go and take a look." The nanny also followed him out.
"The young lady hasn't defecated since she was born, so the nanny has to go over to check on her every time." Xing Niang replied.
No wonder the nanny had to go and deliver the message in person during lunch. It turned out that she wanted to see if Hong'er had a bowel movement.
"Mammy treats Hong'er and me so wholeheartedly."
Before dinner, Ji Yanlang came to have dinner with Fang Ying, and she deliberately sighed in front of the nanny.
The nanny said hurriedly: "It is all my duty..."
Ji Yanlang said, "I also feel that Madam is extremely dedicated. Even if it is just her job, it's rare to find someone as thoughtful and considerate as Madam." He thanked Madam for her hard work, asked someone to go to the kitchen and order two delicious dishes, and invited Madam to eat first.
The nanny declined a few times, but when she saw that Liu Lang and Liu Niang were sincerely thanking her, she accepted the offer.
After the nanny left, Fang Ying asked Ji Yanlang to remember to praise her to his mother and thank her for choosing such a dedicated nanny.
"Okay, I understand." Ji Yanlang responded, then he remembered, "Aren't you going to see mother tomorrow?"
The third day bath will be held in the hall outside the delivery room, and everyone will come to see Fang Ying then.
"I said what I said, and you said what you meant."
Originally Fang Ying was pregnant, so Li sent two maids over, but the other maid suddenly fell ill in the summer. Not to mention that Fang Ying was pregnant at the time, even if she was not, it would be impossible to keep a sick servant to serve her.
Li wanted to order another person over, but Fang Ying felt that they were not short of manpower at the time, so she declined. Now it seems that this nanny had to work hard.
"Okay, I'll listen to you. I've already told Mother about Princess Zhou, and she said it was a good idea. She was thinking that since Hong'er is our eldest daughter, the full moon banquet should be lively."
Fang Ying asked, "Mother, do you want to go to Zhenzhou after the full moon banquet?"
"How did you know?" Ji Yanlang was very surprised. "Mom just said that she hadn't told anyone and would tell us after she was done with these busy days."
"I guessed."
After the full moon banquet, it was September. The weather was neither too cold nor too hot, and the roads were easy to travel. As long as Mrs. Li didn't change her mind, it would be the most appropriate time to set off.
Ji Yanlang sighed: "You still understand mother's thoughts."
"You're not stopping me anymore, are you?"
"No, since you said last time that mother really wanted to reunite with father, I haven't tried to persuade her again." Ji Yanlang paused for a moment, then continued, "But I'm worried, so I want to take some time off and send mother to Zhenzhou."
"Okay, that's as it should be."
Ji Yanlang held Fang Ying's hand and said, "But it takes at least half a month to go back and forth, and at most twenty days. Hong'er is just one month old, and you..."
"Don't worry, there's nothing wrong at home. Besides, my two sisters-in-law are here."
Ji Yanlang leaned closer and asked, "Then don't you miss me?"
“…”
Although Fang Ying didn't expect him to say this, she knew what he wanted to hear, so she lowered her head and smiled, saying, "Of course I miss you, but filial piety comes first. I'll feel more at ease if you send your mother there in person."
Ji Yanlang put his arm around her shoulders and sighed, "If you hadn't just given birth to Hong'er, I really wanted to take you with me."
"I'm happier that you've been so thoughtful than if I'd gone there."
The couple agreed on this matter, and the meal was delivered. After the meal, they talked for a while, and then Ji Yanlang reluctantly went back to his room to rest.
Fang Ying had slept twice during the day, so she was not too sleepy at the moment. In addition, the nanny came in and massaged her abdomen, which made her sweat from the pain. She simply asked Lichun to help her up and walk a few steps.
"I had a smooth birth, but I still feel so uncomfortable. It's hard to describe. What about those who had unsmooth births?" Fang Ying and Lichun sighed.
"Yes, I was just watching from the side, and I felt so distressed for my lady."
Fang Ying also felt something similar: "I suddenly understood a lot of the sufferings of mothers."
For example, her stepmother was in pain for five hours when she gave birth to Fang Quan, and she also developed a lot of problems after the birth. No one had explained it to Fang Ying in detail before, but now she can understand it.
Because of this feeling, when she saw her stepmother the next day, Fang Ying's attitude was more friendly than before. When she saw that she did not bring Fang Quan with her, she did not think much about it. She just said, "Don't forget to bring Er Niang to meet Hong Er when the baby is one month old."
Moreover, Li and the female relatives from other families came to Fang Ying's room to see her. The two of them didn't say a few words to each other. Everyone was in a lively mood, either praising Fang Ying for being lucky or praising Hong'er for being a good-looking child. The whole third-day baptism ceremony was a complete success.
After that, Fang Ying rested peacefully. Twenty days later, in front of her three sons and two daughters-in-law, Li instructed Yue Qing'e and Gao to prepare a full-moon banquet, and mentioned that she was going to leave for Zhenzhou in September.
Ji Yanlang immediately responded, saying that he would ask for leave and personally send his mother over.
Ji Yanshou was still in a daze when the fifth son Ji Yanhui said that it would be inconvenient for the cavalry camp to take leave for so many days, and his sister-in-law had just given birth, so their office was not busy, so why not he take leave and send his mother to Zhenzhou.
Ji Yanshou came to his senses and hurriedly said that he was his elder brother and it was his responsibility to go.
Li did not reject her sons' filial piety, but asked the three brothers to discuss among themselves who would escort her to Zhenzhou.
"Second brother is too busy at the yamen and can't spare the time. Fifth brother is free, but he's no match for me in knowing the roads. I explained to him that I've been away for three years and haven't been able to fulfill my filial duties to my mother. I ask Fifth brother to give me a break this time."
Ji Yanlang mimicked Fang Ying's words vividly, "Fifth Brother finally agreed, but he still said that if the Cavalry Battalion couldn't give him that many days off, he would go."
Fang Ying was a little surprised. This Fifth Uncle was usually so quiet, so why was he so proactive this time... Ah, how could she have forgotten? This was a trip to Zhenzhou, a rare opportunity for Ji Yanhui to show his face in front of his father. The fact that neither of his own sons went to see him off further highlighted his filial piety.
"No, you have to go no matter what." Fang Ying said seriously, "Otherwise, if word gets out, even Second Uncle's reputation will be damaged."
Ji Yanlang smiled. "I know I won't ask Fifth Brother to send it off, but Fifth Brother doesn't have bad intentions. He just wants to show his filial piety to Mother."
It's certainly not a bad intention, but there is definitely selfishness.
Fang Ying nodded and said nothing more.
Ji Yanlang then went to the camp to ask for leave. He was popular in the camp, was the son of a general, and had made contributions. This time he was going to see his mother off, so the camp quickly approved his leave.
Fang Ying endured for a few more days until the full moon. She took a comfortable bath, and with her hair fresh and clean, she collapsed on the couch and couldn't help but sigh, "Finally, I'm alive again."
The maids all laughed, and Lichun did not forget to comfort her: "Madam, there is really no strange smell on your body."
"Don't try to trick me. I can smell the odor on my head."
As early as half a month ago, Fang Ying could no longer bear it. Whenever she met someone, she had to wrap her hair with a scarf to prevent others from smelling the strange odor.
Although she was fine, there was always a lingering smell of blood in the delivery room. It had been sunny and hot for many days this month, and Fang Ying felt uncomfortable every time she thought of the smell in the afternoon.
Ji Yanlang was also very happy. When he went to bed that night, he hugged Fang Ying and kissed her hard, saying, "Finally, I don't have to stay alone in the empty room anymore."
Fang Ying raised her hand and pressed his chest, "But I'm not fully recovered yet, so please bear with it for a while."
"Not fully recovered yet?" Ji Yanlang was astonished. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I could have asked the imperial physician to take a look..."
Fang Ying interrupted him: "Of course it's a place that the imperial physician cannot see."
Ji Yanlang lowered his gaze: "You mean..."
Fang Ying nodded.
"It's been a month and you're still not healed? Even if the imperial physician can't see him, at least he can ask questions, prescribe some medicine, or..."
"This isn't something that can be cured with medicine. Mammy taught me some methods, but it's a slow process." Fang Ying paused, but couldn't help but say, "Let alone just one month, even after a few years, it might not be fully recovered."
Noticing that she was a little unhappy, Ji Yanlang hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, no rush, let's take our time to recover."
Fang Ying breathed a sigh of relief and was about to say that she should go to bed early because she had a banquet tomorrow, when Ji Yanlang came over and asked, "But what's wrong with it? Let me take a look."
"No." Fang Ying was shocked and refused flatly.
Ji Yanlang was stunned: "Why..."
Fang Ying felt embarrassed just saying this to him, and she didn't expect him to even want to watch. She couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. She pushed him away and turned over, saying, "No, that's not right. Go to sleep."
“…”
Ji Yanlang hurriedly went up to comfort her and said many words of apology.
Fang Ying didn't intend to really quarrel with him because of these few words. Besides, she had a banquet tomorrow, and it wasn't worth it to be laughed at for such a small matter.
But she forgot that men always take advantage of the situation. Seeing that she was no longer angry and turned around, Ji Yanlang immediately came up to her, hugged her and kissed her endlessly.
Whenever Fang Ying refused, he would be humble and ask Fang Ying to pity him for his monk-like life in the past few months, and repeatedly swore that he would never touch her unhealed parts.
She couldn't help but feel soft-hearted. Later, he took off her clothes and used his hands. He tossed her until she was drowsy. Only then was Ji Yanlang finally satisfied and fell asleep with her in his arms.
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