Chapter 1688: Give Birth to a Prince Soon
He said, "Father, if the imperial concubine gives birth to another son, I'm afraid—"
“…”
Wu Yingqiu didn't say anything.
He simply stood up suddenly, shook out his wrinkled, close-fitting gown, and said, "Go, get that coat for me, father."
Wu Ding hadn't finished speaking when he saw him suddenly like this, and asked in confusion: "Father, what are you going to do?"
Wu Yingqiu narrowed his eyes and said, "Don't you understand?"
“…”
"The Imperial Concubine is pregnant. How can we, as her subjects, not go and congratulate her?"
"Congratulations? Congratulations for her?"
Wu Ding frowned, his instinct was of course to refuse; but on second thought, indeed, as a subject, what he should do at this time was to go and congratulate the emperor and the imperial concubine.
In fact, you can't not go.
But--
I still feel unwilling.
Looking at his gritting teeth and frowning face, Wu Yingqiu smiled faintly. The wrinkles on his face moved slightly with the smile, magnifying the smile infinitely and revealing an indescribable hideousness.
He said, "My father said that to accomplish great things, one must be patient."
“…”
"Don't change what you should and shouldn't do just because you're angry. If you do, you'll only put your weaknesses and shortcomings in the hands of others."
Although Wu Ding was already a cabinet minister and a powerful figure in the outside world, he still obeyed his father's orders in front of Duke Cheng. When he heard his father say this, he immediately said, "Son, I understand. I will help you over right away."
So the father and son went out.
It had snowed for the past two days, and the Duwei Mansion was covered with snow. But after walking a short distance, I found that all the snow outside had been swept away. Even in the garden, I saw some people using bamboo poles to hit the snow accumulated on the treetops.
A group of people were making a lot of noise.
Wu Ding frowned: "What are you doing?"
One of the leading eunuchs, Wei Liang, saw that it was them and quickly turned around and saluted: "Duke, Lord Wu."
Wu Yingqiu said with a smile: "Eunuch, what are you busy with?"
Wei Liang smiled and said, "I'm afraid the Duke has also heard the news that the Imperial Concubine is pregnant."
"Of course, I was just about to go over and congratulate the Imperial Concubine."
"Of course we should congratulate you. The Emperor will be very happy."
"Really?"
"Well, they're worried that it might be unsafe for Her Majesty to walk on the snow, so they've had all the snow in the Duwei Mansion cleared away. They're also worried that the snow might fall and hit someone, so they've had us clear that snow as well."
"oh……"
Wu Yingqiu looked up.
Then he smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
"I dare not," Wei Liang said with a smile, "Since the Duke wants to go over to congratulate us, please go quickly. It's almost dark now. If you're any later, the Empress and the others will probably go to bed."
"That's right. I'm gone."
Having said that, they walked away.
When Duke Chengguo's hunched back had walked away, Wei Liang's smile faded. He sneered, "My daughter has been in the palace for so many years, and she hasn't even farted. And yet, she's already pregnant with her third child. How can I not go over and congratulate her?"
After saying that, he and the group burst into laughter and continued doing their work.
The Wu family father and son, who were gradually walking away, heard the laughter. Wu Ding's face turned pale and he said, "Father, I——"
Wu Yingqiu reached out and held his arm without saying a word.
"Father?"
“No problem…”
Wu Yingqiu said calmly, "If you want to argue, why bother with a villain?"
“…”
"What big things can you possibly accomplish by arguing with a villain?"
Hearing him say this, Wu Ding gritted his teeth and suppressed the anger in his chest, but when he looked back, his eyes were still full of anger.
He glanced back again, calculating secretly.
Wei Liang was originally a guard beside Zhu Feng. Later, he went to the battlefield and was injured and could not be treated. He was castrated and became a eunuch. If it were an ordinary eunuch, he would just find someone to beat him up, but he had been in the barracks for a few years and knew some boxing skills.
I'm afraid it will take some more effort.
Wu Ding said coldly in his heart: There will always be a time when I will take you away!
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At this time, Nan Yan was sitting on the couch, drinking the pregnancy-maintaining medicine prescribed by Wang Baizhi.
It was steaming hot and made her face sweat.
But she still drank it in a few gulps while it was hot.
Zhu Feng sat beside her, watching her finish her drink. He took the empty bowl himself and handed her a plate of pickled plums next to it: "Have some of this to refresh yourself."
Nan Yan's eyes and nose wrinkled together due to the bitterness, and she quickly picked up a plum and put it into her mouth.
The sweet taste made her forget the bitterness for a moment.
People are so easy to deceive.
She couldn't help but think so, and smiled as she sipped her plum. Zhu Feng handed the empty bowl to the waiter beside him, turned around to look at her smiling face, and said, "What are you laughing at?"
Nan Yan shook her head: "Nothing."
Zhu Feng glanced at her.
Under normal circumstances, he would not be satisfied until he got to the bottom of the matter, but at this moment, his mind was full of things about his children, and he had no time to think about anything else.
So he said, "It's good to smile more."
“…”
"Doctor Wang also said that you can't be too stressed these days. Being cheerful will be good for the child."
Nan Yan sighed and said, "The matter of Thermidor has not been resolved yet. Even if I don't bother with it, how can I be happy?"
Zhu Feng glared at her: "Are you still arguing with me?"
Hearing this, Nan Yan shrank her neck.
Although, she was already pregnant, Zhu Feng did not dare to "punish" her in that aspect, but when it came to dealing with someone, His Majesty the Emperor had plenty of ways to do it.
Sometimes, Nan Yan was really a little afraid of him.
So, I didn’t dare to say more.
At this time, Xiao Shunzi came to report that Duke Chengguo Wu Yingqiu and his son Wu Ding came to congratulate the imperial concubine.
I don’t know how many waves this is today.
Although this place is different from the palace and there are not so many people coming and going, some ministers who followed Zhu Feng to Shazhou Wei, as well as the officials here, still came to congratulate after learning that the imperial concubine was pregnant.
Nan Yan's original plan to rest in the afternoon was almost ruined.
At this time, Duke Chengguo came again.
She looked outside, sat up from the couch, straightened her back, and just as she sat down, two people walked in from outside the door.
Wu Yingqiu brought Wu Ding and kowtowed, saying, "Your humble servant greets His Majesty and His Majesty the Imperial Concubine."
Zhu Feng asked, "Duke has caught a cold these days and has been recuperating. Why is he here now?"
Wu Yingqiu knelt on the ground and said with a smile, "I learned that the Imperial Concubine was pregnant, so I came to congratulate the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine."
Then he said to Nan Yan, "I only hope that the Queen will give birth to a prince soon, so that the Emperor's kingdom will have someone to carry on his legacy."
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