30 Chapter 30
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Confinement is also extremely tiring. Fortunately, Huiyin knows the importance of urgency. Although she has maternal love, she is not like most women who hold the baby during confinement and cannot leave the baby for a moment. She knows that only when her body is well can she better protect the child.
The child now lives in the side room next to her main house. Every day when the child is asleep and not crying, she lets him come into the delivery room and sleep in the stroller.
Huiyin feels very quiet here. She either sleeps or is in a daze. She doesn't want to see outsiders because seeing people is the most tiring thing.
Of course Yin Liyi was also blocked outside the door. Nan's mother smiled and said, "I know you came to visit with good intentions. As long as your heart is there, it's fine. Our little princess suffered a lot when she gave birth to the little prince. She can't stand even the slightest bit of wind."
In fact, Nan's mother knew that guests might not be willing to visit a woman who had just given birth, so she was just pretending.
But Yin Liyi was really too enthusiastic. She asked again, "Mother Nan, is there any bandage on the princess?"
"Tied her up. Our little princess has recovered well, so the doctors and female physicians said she can be tied up." Mother Nan said as a matter of course.
Of course, Yin Liyi would not really visit a woman in confinement. The elders said that it was unlucky to visit a woman in confinement. There was too much evil spirit in the confinement period, and it would bring bad luck to others if they bumped into her. But she was not averse to these things. The main reason was that it would frighten the woman and expose her to evil spirits.
Therefore, Yin Liyi just smiled and said, "I personally asked someone to weave a silk quilt for the young master. Although this quilt is as light as a cicada's wing, it is very warm."
"Well, then I, this old servant, must thank you on behalf of the princess." Nan's mother has never liked Yin Liyi. It's not for any other reason, but that this person called the young prince "Brother Cheng" in front of the little princess, without any sense of propriety at all.
Of course, Mrs. Xie is not a bad person. She seems to be quite enthusiastic. But then again, no matter how good she is, it has nothing to do with our family.
Yin Liyi didn't think she had any problems. She felt that she had avoided suspicion enough. In the past, she, her sister, and Xue Huanhuan were all friends of the little prince. Although they had different statuses at that time, they all interacted as friends. Later, when she learned that Li Cheng was married, she met Zheng every time she visited him, even though her relationship with Zheng was ordinary.
After inviting Yin Liyi over, Nan's mother called Yun Hui to keep her company. She was not familiar with Yin Liyi and did not want to have too much interaction with her.
In fact, Yun Hui was unwilling to reveal her relationship with Yin Liyi, but one time when Zheng was chatting with Yin Liyi and mentioned her, she mentioned their relationship. Perhaps Yin Liyi's original intention was to let Yun Hui use her relationship to prevent Huiyin from touching her, but Yun Hui didn't like it very much.
But she was also very clear that Yin Liyi had no bad intentions, so she quickly came over to serve tea and snacks. In order to avoid being seen, the two of them went to the side room next to the pavilion outside to talk.
"Yunhui, you are always by the prince's side. Do you know what is going on on the front line?" She was most concerned about her husband's condition.
Yun Hui shook her head: "The little prince only talked about those things with the little princess at most. How could we know about our affairs as slaves? How can we inquire about the outside world? But don't worry, if there is a single word, I won't tell others, but I will definitely tell you."
Yin Liyi put her hands together and said, "Amitābha Buddha, I really want to thank you. By the way, I prepared a basket of tangerines, a basket of pomegranates, and half a basket of lychees. The others are nothing special, but the lychees are hard to come by, so you must try them."
Lychees are not actually a rare thing. When Yun Hui was in charge of Li Cheng's room, Li Cheng didn't like sweet things, so it was she who made the decision and either ate them himself or shared them with others.
Now that she is the head aunt, she doesn’t have such good treatment. Seeing Yin Liyi giving it to her, she was very happy.
Out of concern for the war on the front lines, Huiyin took the initiative to request that the third-day and full-month baths be kept simple, or even unnecessary, and it would not be too late to hold a grand ceremony when the child is one year old.
Li Cheng was puzzled: "Although there is a war going on in the front, our son is born. It is such a happy event. Why can't we celebrate it in a grand manner?"
Huiyin smiled and said, "I was able to give birth safely and gave birth to a prince. This is already a great blessing. As for those empty gifts, why bother about them. We just need to get the inside. Besides, it's not easy to raise a child, so we can't let people worry about it."
"Well, is this really necessary?" Li Cheng still wanted to make a grand celebration of the event, and he even thought of where to arrange the banquet.
Huiyin nodded: "Just listen to me, let's hold a bigger birthday party. Don't we, as parents, love our children? The more we love them, the more we hope that they are safe and sound. Don't you know that my sister-in-law was in confinement before, and this person went today and that person went tomorrow, which made her unable to rest well. Look at me here, I don't move if I can. The female doctor said that I recover quickly."
Li Cheng nodded: "Well, I'll listen to you then."
Huiyin held his hand and asked, "How's the front line going these days? Do you need support?"
"It's only been a short time. The armies of both sides have to arrive first and deploy their troops. They don't fight every day. The prince came to you via Jizhou, and he brought soldiers from the He family. I heard that the prince took the princess to the front line, and the Lu family also sent the left wing to support them." Li Cheng originally thought that Lu Wei would not take action.
Huiyin thought that in her previous life, it was with the help of the Zheng family that Li Heng became so powerful. Now that Li Heng couldn't defeat the Zheng family, he conspired with Hu and deliberately favored the Crown Princess to get the Lu family to help send troops.
Lu Wei was a man of great foresight. He was probably willing to take action only because Lu Xiao was pregnant. Because Lu Xiao had a son, it was possible that she could truly control the emperor and the other nobles.
These are all speculations. The key is whether Li Cheng wants to confront the enemy head-on.
So Huiyin asked: "Can Governor Xie succeed? If not, we have to send troops from Xuzhou. My young prince, I am not trying to sow discord. I see that you train the navy day and night, and you often patrol the city. If Governor Xie fails, you will have to face the prince and the Lu family. Maybe even my family will turn against us."
"As the saying goes, if you don't worry about the future, you will worry about the present. You are a wise man, why do you need me to remind you? But we are husband and wife, and no one is as close as us. Don't think I am nagging you."
Li Cheng was very pleased to hear this, and he did not feel any resentment. He said, "Some of those conspirators are close to me, but not many are useful. Some are not worth conspiring with. But Huiyin, you are smart and clever, and you make up for my shortcomings. I am so happy."
Huiyin stopped talking: "If that's the case, then why did you come half a month after I told you that I liked you a little? Did you think that I liked you and you ignored me?"
Originally Li Cheng thought she would talk about something else important, and he even sat up straight. Unexpectedly, Huiyin was talking about this, and he immediately turned his face away.
"No, I don't."
"Not yet, you just did it..." Huiyin was very dissatisfied.
Li Cheng smiled and said, "Sometimes I am just teasing you."
Seeing that he didn't say much, Huiyin didn't ask any more questions. She yawned and wanted to sleep again. She had never slept so much in her life.
After leaving the main room, Li Cheng went outside to get some fresh air. He suddenly felt somewhat relieved. There was no need to set up a banquet, and there was no need to be so lively. He stood with his hands behind his back, but saw Yin Liyi approaching slowly.
"Brother Cheng."
"Mrs. Xie."
Yin Liyi was about to leave when she saw Li Cheng. She came over immediately and said, "I came here specially to deliver a silk quilt to the young prince. I don't want to bother the young princess any more."
Since Li Cheng saw Huiyin give birth in the delivery room, he has read a lot of medical books and couldn't help but say, "Yes, she is weak now. If you go in to see her, she will have to stand up, which is very troublesome."
Yin Liyi was very surprised to hear such gossip coming from Li Cheng's mouth. She always felt that Li Cheng had changed a little, but these changes made her feel a little strange.
"Young Prince, if Qingzhou can't be defended, Xuzhou must help, right?" This is what she is most concerned about.
How could she not worry when her husband was on the front line?
Li Cheng said: "We have to listen to the King of Wei about the details. But don't worry, if you ask me to support you in Xuzhou, I will definitely support you with all my strength."
"That's great." Yin Liyi finally breathed a sigh of relief. She was just worried that Li Cheng wouldn't help. She wasn't the kind of person who would assume bad intentions about others, but who would be willing to sacrifice troops to save others? The King of Wei had issued an order, and when the time came, it would depend on whether others were willing to cooperate.
Then, Yin Liyi said that she would come to the house and give a generous gift when the child was one month old.
Unexpectedly, Li Cheng waved his hand: "The princess said that the front line is still fighting, so there is no need to do anything. You should just wait at home. If something really happens, are you afraid that your husband will not write to you?"
Yin Liyi thought of her husband and felt sweet in her heart, so she said goodbye and left.
In fact, Yun Hui was not far away. Although she had a good relationship with Yin Liyi, when she heard Yin Liyi asked Li Cheng to lead troops to help, she felt that Yin Liyi was very tactless. How could she have the nerve to let others risk their lives for her?
She was anxious and decided not to have any contact with Yin Liyi next time.
Suddenly, he went back and said to Mother Chao: "In the future, we should not accept the gifts from the Xie family. She is the wife of the governor and the general, and we are just slaves. I am afraid that she wants things from us that we cannot afford. She may even use these to threaten us in the future."
In fact, she knew very well that Yin Liyi was not such a person. At most, she just wanted to find out about her husband, mainly to know whether her husband was injured. As for other things, Yin Liyi was careless and didn't care that much. But she thought that Yin Liyi just said something casually, and Li Cheng agreed. Somehow, she felt a little jealous.
晁媽媽素來在大事上聽女兒的話，見雲慧這樣說，也道：“好，我知道了。也罷，就怕被小王妃找到什麽把柄，我有嘴也說不清楚了。”
雲慧點頭。
府中滿月禮雖然未辦，但是徐州士族禮物沒少送禮物過來，禮單子徽音在這兒看着，其實有時候憑借別人的走禮，就能知曉這戶人家和王府關系如何。
兩個小丫頭正替她箅着頭發，因為無法洗頭，頭皮又癢，只好用箅發來緩解。
這其中謬家雖然和自己關系不錯，但是謬家能才有限，薛家呢，分了家産，薛夫人也沒之前那股豪氣了。
人生之際遇，短短不過一年，還真是變幻莫測。
看來自己将來的回禮也要酌情減少一些。
外面乳母抱着孩子進來，徽音看着孩子已經褪去了紅皮膚，露出白嫩潤滑的皮膚，看起來小臉鼓鼓的。
乳母們還奉承道：“世子吃奶的時候，力氣可大了，将來肯定也是一個虎虎生風，我們都說世子有王爺之風呢。”
“我希望他平安就好。”徽音倒是沒什麽太大的要求，俗話說兒孫自有兒孫福，一個人能夠平安活到老，也是這個人的本事。
幾人正說笑着，說是建業的吳太妃和魏太妃都分別派人過來送洗三禮來的，吳太妃也讓人帶了口信，說思念孫子重孫子的緊，讓徽音等孩子百日之後去建業雲雲。
去建業？
徽音心想該來的還是來了，吳太妃已經按捺這麽久了，這次甚至把魏太妃都說動了，讓自己帶着孩子回去。
南媽媽忍不住道：“孩子才三個月，怎麽能舟車勞頓呢？”
“是啊，但是一個孝字壓過來，不得不去啊。”徽音嘆了一口氣。
如果她現在不去，将來青州的謝九儀若是勝了就還好，若是沒勝，徐州也要參戰，這裏就不安全了，将來還是要過去，那就被動了。
衆人見徽音都這麽說，都心情郁郁。
好容易在徐州把一切都理順，如今卻要去建業，俗話說一山不容二虎，更何況吳太妃此人定然也不是省油的燈。
然而徽音想的是建業她去是去，但徐州遲早也是要回來的，将來還要李澄去接自己回來。
一直不去也會落下口實，更何況将來恐怕李澄也不一定會站在她這邊。
這個消息是三日之後李澄過來探望時，徽音說的，她道：“百日之後回建業，對于孩子而言是受罪。但是曾祖母想見重孫子，我又怎麽不好回去呢？況且，我自從嫁給你，也沒有回去拜見祖母，到底失了孝心。”
“這……不行，孩子太小了，絕對不行。”李澄看着悠車裏的孩子這麽小小一團的，實在是放心不下。
徽音抿唇：“我也是這麽想的，孩子太小了，就是大人坐船都會暈，更何況是小孩子。”
李澄自從父母故去之後，和祖母關系融洽了許多，但是前有荀柔，後有孩子，他看向徽音道：“你受苦了。”
徽音搖頭：“說什麽受苦呢，沒有的事兒，我這不還在你的身邊麽？只是你是孫兒，有些事情傳到魏王的耳朵裏也不好啊。”
李澄摟着徽音入懷：“我知道。”
“可是我去建業想你了怎麽辦？想你想到哭了怎麽辦？”徽音抽噎了一下。
李澄也舍不得妻子：“那就不去了。”
徽音噗嗤一下笑了。
李澄摩挲着她的臉：“放心，我會盡快去接你的，請完安，咱們夫妻就團聚。”
“嗯。”徽音舒了一口氣，見他眉頭皺着，又用手按開：“這不是還沒走嗎？”
情正要轉濃時，夫婦卻要分別，李澄心中不是滋味。
出了月子之後，徽音的身體無法和以前相比，她不會拼命喝補品，但是會把自己要操的心少操點兒。
兒子也取了名字，單名一個璟字，璟有玉的光彩的意思。
喬管事把賬本送了過來，家中有內賬和外賬，外賬由原吳王府幾位管事管着，內賬幾乎都是由徽音身邊的四大丫鬟執掌。
她身居其中，可以不需要她每一本都翻看，但是一定要她大概是心裏有數的。
徽音也不會分毫必争睚眦必究，但你若是寫的明顯太過分的，太明目張膽的，或者把她當傻子的，她是一定會揪出來的。
但看這些是需要費神的，徽音早上起來的時候，會花兩個時辰處理家務，中午看看兒子，下午看賬本，晚上天一擦黑就睡覺。
這幾日李澄在外沒有回家，正好她也能睡一個飽覺。
府裏卻是波瀾起伏，晁媽媽得知徽音要去建業高興的差點從床上跳起來，她想着等鄭氏一走，這府上必然是她的天下了。
說來也奇怪，出月子之後，倒是沒見着殷麗儀的人。
等忙完這一陣子，已經過了半個月了，李澄從外面回來，說的是青州打的不可開交，謝九儀當然不是一般人，要不然也不會那麽得魏王信任，以至于将妻妹嫁給他籠絡。
何家呂家一起幫李珩，謝九儀這裏帶着自己的部曲和魏王給的軍隊，說起來李珩人馬還多一些。
其實徽音也覺得好笑，舉凡男子利用女子便是有謀略，女子若是利用男子，就好似女子是靠別人上位的。
“王爺，咱們先用飯吧。”徽音拉着他坐下。
李澄笑道：“瞧我，只顧着說外頭的事情，忘記問咱們璟哥兒怎麽樣了？”
徽音替他盛了一碗湯：“很好，他真的是我見過最乖巧的小孩子了，不哭也不怎麽鬧。我要打理家務，每日去看他也有限。咱們做父母的，真是對不起他，再過半個月，還要帶他去建業，我真的怕……”
“若是之前，我還能替你拖延，只是現下青州戰場恐怕要蔓延到徐州了，我想你們去建業，那邊會更安全。你當時送來的嫁妝，笨重些的就不必帶了，依舊存在庫房中。但你心愛之物得收拾出來，我準備幾艘船送你們過去，到時候若是安全無虞，我再去接你們。”李澄笑道。
徽音咬了一口滑嫩的雞絲，看着李澄道：“你自己得小心，俗話說留得青山在不愁沒柴燒，不要年紀輕輕跟人家硬剛。時時刻刻都記着，你有妻有子，真的這裏混不下去了，咱們去冀州投奔我父親兄弟去，好歹你也是一員猛将啊，哪裏不是搶着要你啊。”
李澄笑着搖頭，他怎麽可能會混的這麽慘啊。
“你呀，就好好照顧你自己就成，我肯定會為你們母子遮風避雨的。”
既然決定要去建業，那帶過去的人留下來的人員變動都得提前做出安排，徽音道：“你乳母晁媽媽願意留下來，我想讓雲慧姑姑也留下，總不能把她們母子分開。其餘的喬管事這些都是做熟了的……”
李澄聽了沒什麽太大的意見，于他而言，這些事情本來就是妻子管的，故而揚了揚筷子：“你作主就是了。”
飯畢，夫妻二人去看了一回兒子，又相約去馬場騎馬。
淮陰王府就有一塊空地，徽音被李澄扶着上了馬，她微微一笑：“以前在冀州的時候，心情不好就會跑跑馬，人心情就好起來了。”
李澄好奇道：“那你是為何心情不好呢？”
“其實我很難心情不好，但有一件事情讓我憤怒的很。我表姐是個乖巧本分的人，從未做過任何出格的事情，對我們也很好，不巧，正因為如此，被人盯上。盯着她的是一戶大戶人家，人也生的儀表堂堂，原本喜歡一個寡婦，偏他家人不同意。于是那對姘頭就出了個馊主意，讓那男的先娶一房人家，再休了人家，成了鳏夫，後來娶那寡婦不就順理成章了嗎？我表姐只敢自己傷心難過，後來嫁到外州去了。我生氣的是那對姘頭如今還和和美美的，若是誰害我終身，我定然是讓他求生不得求死不能。”徽音眯了眯眼睛。
其實她也沒有所謂的表姐，更沒有這件事情，只不過她聽說過此事，那被她們栽害的女子反而郁郁寡歡，終身被誤。
若自己被害，仇人還活的歡天喜地的，那她就是變成鬼也不會放過她的。
原本李澄一直在聽，聽到最後心髒一抽，整個人吓了一跳。
徽音看着他的反應，也不知道是自己的反差吓到他了，還是他真的也有個白月光。如果是前者倒是罷了，如果是後者，他若不斷，那将來就別怪她了。
如此，這番話也有敲打之意。
卻沒想到李澄比她更憤怒：“天下居然有如此的男人，簡直丢我們男人的臉，若我喜歡誰，便她身份低微，抑或者是守寡，我都會盡力求娶？即便求娶不成，也絕對不會再害另一個女子，此等人簡直與禽獸無異。”
“哦，那你喜歡誰啊？”徽音拉着馬缰繩，居高臨下的看着要接她下馬的人。
其實徽音從來都不愛大吵大鬧，但她犀利，說話一針見血，讓人無處遁形。
Li Cheng sighed, looked at her and said, "My aunt, I am already too busy to deal with you alone, how can I have time for others? Yes, you just like me a little bit, but I like you with all my heart."
Only then did Huiyin hug his neck with a smile as beautiful as a flower and let him carry her off the horse: "That's good to know. You must love me wholeheartedly in the future. Look, I only let you hug me now."
Originally, Li Cheng was most worried that Huiyin would be bullied by Concubine Wu, but now it seems that Concubine Wu may not be able to defeat her. She can manipulate herself with ease!