Zhang, quick-witted and agile, grabbed the One of Bamboo: "Hahaha, One of Bamboo, I won, I won! Thirteen Orphans! A big hand! Hahaha... Ah... Ouch, ouch..."
Everyone was thinking that Zhang's luck in the last round was too good, but when they saw Zhang's expression change, they didn't even have time to pay.
"Oh dear, Mother, she's going into labor! She's going into labor!" Zhang grabbed Grandma Gu's arm. "Mother, Mother, oh dear, oh dear..."
Grandma Gu: What a terrible thing!
She helped Zhang up.
Zhang still remembered how big a hand she'd won, and as she walked away, she cried out, "Ouch, it hurts so much, I'm going into labor! Ouch, remember to give me my money! Ouch, it hurts so much! Ouch, pay me..."
Grandma Gu really wanted to slap him, but she held back for a while: "Shut up!"
The due date is in the next few days, so everything, including the midwife, has been prepared.
However, as soon as the midwife entered, a loud cry came from inside the room, followed by Zhang's crying.
Uncle Gu, drunk, burst in: "Wife, what's wrong? You never cried when you gave birth to four children before, why are you crying this time?"
Zhang burst into tears: "My husband, it's a son, another son! I couldn't have a daughter!"
Queen Dugu, standing outside, suddenly shuddered. "Oh dear, it feels like I'm in the Land of Goddesses! Does my aunt's family value girls? Didn't you notice?"
Uncle Gu sighed, "Forget it, we have two daughters now. Don't cry. Your eyes are already small, what if you go blind from crying? Do you still want to play cards?"
Zhang stopped abruptly.
Grandma Gu was relieved that she gave birth as easily as eating a meal.
Zhang's wailing was so loud that the Empress Dowager and the Gu family children, who had already gone to sleep, got up and rushed over.
Gu Si was worried that her mother would be as weak as her second aunt after giving birth, but when she heard this, she realized that her mother was never weak!
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month that year, the Gu family had another grandchild. On the eleventh, the child was given the surname Ye again and was named Ye Chengkang by the emperor himself.
The emperor said that since the fourth prince's wife had given birth, the son would be named Ye Chengjian, and the daughter's name would follow the royal family's naming conventions, including the character for "king".
As a result, Ye Chengjian was born on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Uncle Gu didn't particularly like daughters or sons. He liked any of his and Yang's children. Of course, it would be best if he had both a son and a daughter like his older brothers and sisters.
He wasn't in a hurry after having two sons. He and Yang were only in their twenties. They could have another child after Yang had recovered for a few years, and try to have both a son and a daughter.
Empress Xue watched as several of Gu's cousins and their wives gave birth to sons one after another since their arrival, and she believed the emperor's words even more.
She was still thinking about whether she should stay in Kuncheng instead of going to Chunnancheng, so she could soak up some of the festive atmosphere there.
Unfortunately, the emperor wouldn't allow it. He was out having fun, and having a son was secondary. So, he insisted on taking Empress Xue to Chunnan City and then to the seaside in Linzhou, so that he could experience the most ordinary married life with his beloved.
Empress Xue was moved and went along with the emperor's wishes.
The Mid-Autumn Festival gala was a great success, and no unexpected problems arose due to the large number of people, as had been anticipated.
Even the Empress Dowager went out for a stroll, and only returned to her residence by carriage after hearing that Lady Yang had suffered a seizure.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the population of Kuncheng visibly increased, and more and more people applied to relocate their household registration to Kunzhou. While the emperor was still in Kuncheng, Gu Shouxin pulled him aside to discuss the matter of establishing a new city.
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