Chapter 133 A First Marriage is Better Than a Second Marriage
"My wife, what should I do if I don't want to go back?"
Ning Yan rolled her eyes; she had heard that sentence at least eight times today.
"Then don't go back."
Wen Xiangyan: "...Madam is really too wicked. She knows I can't not reply, yet she deliberately tries to provoke me."
"Then, Duke, tell me what I should say?"
"Couldn't you just say you'd come back to the barracks with me?"
He does have a noble title and a separate residence in the military camp. It's not big, just a small house of a few dozen square meters. If his wife could go back with him, his life would be wonderful.
Unfortunately, even if they didn't have to go to the battlefield to kill ferocious beasts, no woman would be willing to suffer in the military camp. He could only dream about it.
"Alright, then I'll go back to the barracks with you!"
Wen Xiangyan suspected there was something wrong with his ears!
"You... you really agreed?"
Ning Yan rolled her eyes at him this time, "Didn't you see? Ever since you said for the third time that you didn't want to go back to the military camp, I've already had the maid pack my luggage."
The cultivation technique she developed was quite powerful; in a short time, she had already accumulated the strength of thirty-two cauldrons, making self-preservation no problem.
So even if she went to the military camp, she wasn't afraid.
Seven days later, the Duke of Dingguo and his wife arrived at the military camp together.
Wen Xiangyan wasn't as unreliable as he seemed. Instead of actually arranging for Ning Yan to stay in the military camp, he bought a house in the city for her to live in and also bought her several servants—normal adults couldn't be bought, and those who could serve as servants were either old, young, or disabled.
The courtyard was small, with only two sections. Ning Yan already had Xiang Ling by her side, and with the seven people Wen Xiangyan had bought, there were enough servants.
And so Ning Yan settled down on the border. Wen Xiangyan spent his days in the military camp and would return to the house to rest at night whenever there was nothing to do in the camp. A few days later, he followed the army into the heartland to kill ferocious beasts. He did not return until more than a month later. When he returned, he suddenly discovered that his wife's belly seemed to have grown bigger.
He wasn't stupid. He often saw heavily pregnant women in the military camp, and he could tell from the way his wife looked that she was pregnant!
"How many months?"
Ning Yan touched her slightly protruding belly and smiled, "Almost four months."
Wen Xiangyan exclaimed in surprise, "Almost four months? Does that mean you were already pregnant when you were a notorious womanizer?"
He's really amazing! His marksmanship is incredible; he hit the target on the first try!
He knelt on one knee at Ning Yan's feet, gently placing his hand on his wife's lower abdomen, his joy barely concealed.
Ning Yan: ...Every world has its own customs.
There are no notorious flower thieves on the Xuanwu Continent, because they don't need to pick flowers; they can achieve their goal by open robbery, which is perfectly reasonable.
There's a large-scale "matchmaking event" in the military camp every month. The commander pulls out all the male and female soldiers to go around. If they like each other, they can try to recruit them. If the other person refuses, they can just snatch them. If they win, they'll consummate the marriage that night. If they can't win, they'll find someone else. They keep doing this until they achieve their goal.
She's certainly set a precedent as a notorious womanizer.
"It should be."
Wen Xiangyan was delighted to receive a positive answer; at this rate, his wife's task of bearing children should be completed very well.
Thinking of childbirth, Wen Xiangyan immediately stood up. "Wait here, I'll go back to the military camp and get some meat from ferocious beasts that's good for childbirth. Also, we need to hire two midwives, otherwise I won't feel at ease."
There are many things to prepare for a woman giving birth. There are definitely not enough servants, and wet nurses also need to be arranged in advance...
Wen Xiangyan had only been back for a quarter of an hour when he hurriedly left again, and Ning Yan ignored him and let him do as he pleased.
...
One day she becomes pregnant and gives birth after ten months.
Ning Wanrong was pregnant for ten months, and the day of delivery finally arrived. She saw blood at Chenshi (7-9 AM), but by Zishi (11 PM-1 AM), the baby still hadn't been born, and the cries from inside the delivery room had subsided.
The prefect's wife was losing patience. Ning Wanrong was too much of a troublemaker; she had been making a racket as soon as she started bleeding, and she had everyone in the courtyard running around. She hadn't given birth at all in a whole day, and even a tough woman would get tired of waiting.
"Go and get her some more food, otherwise she'll run out of energy."
The servant obeyed and left. Soon the food was brought up, and Madam Fu told her son to take it inside, saying, "Take it in so she can eat more and save up her strength for childbirth."
Stop shouting. You'll exhaust your energy. What will you do when you give birth?
Fu Qing frowned as he carried the food into the delivery room. The midwife was also sweating profusely with anxiety. "How is it?"
The midwife hurriedly said, "The Fourth Young Mistress's birth canal is dilating too slowly; it's only four centimeters dilated so far."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Madam Ning, who had come to accompany her during childbirth.
She'd seen women dilate to four centimeters in a day before, and even those who gave birth for three days and three nights, but she'd never seen anyone as restless as the Fourth Young Mistress.
I had invited my own mother to the delivery room long ago, and had her keep an eye on the servants, treating them like thieves.
Fu Qing took the food he was holding and sat down by Ning Wanrong's bedside. "Eat something so you'll have the strength to give birth later."
Ning Wanrong had just recovered from the pain and didn't want to eat a single bite of the food on her plate.
Anyone who cries and wails all day would get stressed and lose their appetite, right?
"I don't want to eat, it hurts too much. If I had known childbirth would be this painful, I wouldn't have given birth."
Fu Qing: ...
He handed the food in his hand to Madam Ning, saying, "Mother-in-law, please feed her some."
He's too lazy to coax him here anymore.
Madam Ning took the tray and begged her daughter to open her mouth and eat, but at that moment the contractions started again.
The midwife hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.
Fu Qing asked her, "If you have something to say, just say it."
"The fourth young mistress is a bit delicate. She hasn't gotten out of bed all day. If she still has the strength, getting out of bed and walking around will help her give birth faster."
As a result, the person on the bed started wailing again, "I won't leave, I won't leave, it hurts too much, I can't move..."
Fu Qing left the delivery room shortly afterward, and the cries were kept inside. Fu Qing stayed up all night until the next morning at dawn when she safely gave birth to a girl.
The little girl was a bit weak, but after the doctor examined her, he said that if she took good care of herself, she would be no different from an ordinary person when she was seven or eight years old.
Ning Wanrong glanced at the girl she had given birth to and then ignored her.
Madam Ning was still trying to persuade him: "If you can have a daughter, you can have a son. Take good care of yourself and try to give your son-in-law a big, healthy boy as soon as possible."
The idea that only sons can carry on the family line has remained unchanged for millennia.
This is especially true in this world, where as long as there are men in the family, women will not be sent to the battlefield.
If you can't give birth to a son, no one can escape it.
Last year, even the last daughter-in-law of the Wu family went to the battlefield, leaving only an old woman who had cried herself blind.
No matter how unwilling Ning Wanrong was, it was no use. She could only wait until after her confinement period to try to have a son with Fu Qing.
Unfortunately, Fu Qing no longer wanted to touch her. He bought a woman from outside and placed her in his study, keeping it a secret from Ning Wanrong. It wasn't until the Fu family held a full-month celebration for their daughter that Ning Wanrong discovered that her husband had a pregnant woman by his side.
(End of this chapter)
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