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.
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 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.
Mother Chao always listened to her daughter on important matters. When she heard Yun Hui say this, she said, "Okay, I understand. Anyway, I'm just afraid that the little princess will find some evidence against me, and I won't be able to explain myself."
Yun Hui nodded.
Although the full-moon ceremony has not been held in the palace, the Xuzhou nobles have sent many gifts. Huiyin is looking at the gift list. In fact, sometimes you can know the relationship between a family and the palace by looking at the gifts they give.
Two little girls were combing her hair. As she couldn't wash her hair and her scalp was itchy, she had to use the comb to relieve the pain.
Although the Mu family has a good relationship with him, their abilities are limited. As for the Xue family, after the family property was divided, Mrs. Xue no longer has the same generosity as before.
Life's circumstances are so unpredictable in just a year.
It seems that I will have to reduce my return gifts in the future.
The wet nurse came in carrying a baby. Huiyin saw that the baby's red skin had faded, revealing fair, tender and smooth skin, and the baby's face looked plump.
The wet nurses also flattered him, saying, "When the prince was breastfeeding, he was very strong. He will definitely be very strong in the future. We all say that the prince has the demeanor of a prince."
"I just hope he is safe." Huiyin didn't have any big demands. As the saying goes, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. If a person can live safely to old age, it is also his ability.
A few people were chatting and laughing, saying that Concubine Wu and Concubine Wei of Jianye had sent people to deliver the baptism ceremony. Concubine Wu also sent a message saying that she missed her grandson very much and asked Huiyin to go to Jianye after the child was a hundred days old.
Go to Jianye?
Huiyin thought that what was supposed to come had finally come. Concubine Wu had been holding back for so long, and this time she even persuaded Concubine Wei to let her take the child back.
Nan's mother couldn't help but ask, "The child is only three months old, how can he be so tired from traveling so long?"
"Yes, but the word filial piety is overwhelming, so I have to go." Huiyin sighed.
If she doesn't go now, it will be fine if Xie Jiuyi of Qingzhou wins in the future. If not, Xuzhou will also join the war, and it will be unsafe here. If she still has to go there in the future, she will be passive.
When everyone heard Huiyin say this, they were all depressed.
I have finally sorted out everything in Xuzhou, but now I have to go to Jianye. As the saying goes, there can't be two tigers in one mountain, not to mention that Concubine Wu is definitely not a pushover.
However, Huiyin was thinking that although she could go to Jianye, she would have to return to Xuzhou sooner or later, and Li Cheng would have to pick her up in the future.
If she doesn't go, she will be criticized. Moreover, Li Cheng may not stand on her side in the future.
This news was told by Huiyin when Li Cheng came to visit her three days later. She said, "Returning to Jianye after a hundred days will be a hardship for the child. But my great-grandmother wants to see her great-grandson, so why shouldn't I go back? Besides, I haven't been back to see my grandmother since I married you. I am really not filial."
"This...can't be done. The child is too young. This is absolutely not possible." Li Cheng was worried when he saw the tiny child in the stroller.
Huiyin pursed her lips and said, "I thought so too. The child is too young. Even adults would get dizzy on a boat, let alone a child."
Since his parents passed away, Li Cheng's relationship with his grandmother has become much more harmonious, but with Xun Rou in front and the child behind, he looked at Huiyin and said, "You have suffered."
Huiyin shook her head: "What do you mean by suffering? It's not true. Am I not still by your side? But you are my grandson, and it would be bad if some things got to the ears of the King of Wei."
Li Cheng held Huiyin in his arms: "I know."
"But what if I miss you when I go to Jianye? What if I miss you so much that I cry?" Huiyin sobbed.
Li Cheng also couldn't bear to leave his wife: "Then I won't go."
Huiyin burst out laughing.
Li Cheng stroked her face and said, "Don't worry, I will pick you up as soon as possible. After you greet me, we will be reunited as husband and wife."
"Yeah." Huiyin breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing his frown, she pressed it away with her hand: "You haven't left yet, have you?"
Just when their love was about to deepen, the couple had to separate, and Li Cheng felt unhappy.
After the confinement period, Huiyin's health is no longer the same as before. She will not drink supplements desperately, but she will worry less.
The son was also given a name, a single character, Jing, which means the brilliance of jade.
Manager Qiao brought the account book over. The family had internal and external accounts. The external accounts were managed by several former managers of Prince Wu's mansion, while the internal accounts were almost all managed by the four major maids around Huiyin.
As she is in the middle of it, she doesn't need to read every book, but she must have a general idea of them.
Huiyin will not argue about every detail, but if you write something that is obviously too extreme, too blatant, or if you treat her like a fool, she will definitely find it out.
But looking at these things takes a lot of effort. When Huiyin gets up in the morning, she spends two hours doing housework, looks after her son at noon, looks at the account books in the afternoon, and goes to bed as soon as it gets dark at night.
Li Cheng had been away from home for the past few days, so it was a good opportunity for her to get a good night's sleep.
However, there was turmoil in the mansion. When Mother Chao learned that Huiyin was going to Jianye, she was so happy that she almost jumped out of bed. She thought that once Zheng left, this mansion would be hers.
Strangely enough, I haven’t seen Yin Liyi since I finished my confinement.
After finishing this busy period, half a month had passed. Li Cheng came back from outside and said that there was a fierce fighting in Qingzhou. Xie Jiuyi was certainly not an ordinary person, otherwise he would not be so trusted by the King of Wei that he would marry his wife's sister to him.
The He family and the Lu family helped Li Heng together. Xie Jiuyi brought his own troops and the army given by the King of Wei. In fact, Li Heng had more troops.
In fact, Huiyin also found it funny. Whenever a man takes advantage of a woman, he has a plan. But if a woman takes advantage of a man, it is as if she relied on others to get to the top.
"Your Highness, let's eat first." Huiyin pulled him to sit down.
Li Cheng laughed and said, "Look at me, I was only concerned with what was happening outside and forgot to ask how our brother Jing was doing."
Huiyin poured him a bowl of soup: "Very good, he is really the most well-behaved child I have ever seen, he doesn't cry and doesn't make a fuss. I have to take care of the housework, and I can't visit him every day. As parents, we are really sorry for him. In another half a month, we will have to take him to Jianye. I am really afraid..."
"If it were before, I could still delay for you, but now the battlefield in Qingzhou may spread to Xuzhou. I think it will be safer for you to go to Jianye. You don't need to take the heavy dowry you sent at that time. It can still be kept in the warehouse. But you have to pack up your favorite things. I will prepare a few ships to take you there. If it is safe then, I will pick you up." Li Cheng said with a smile.
Huiyin took a bite of the tender shredded chicken and looked at Li Cheng and said, "You have to be careful. As the saying goes, if you live in poverty, you will never have to worry about firewood. Don't be too young to confront others. Always remember that you have a wife and children. If you really can't make it here, let's go to Jizhou to seek refuge with my father and brothers. After all, you are a brave general, and everyone will be eager to get you."
Li Cheng smiled and shook his head. How could he end up in such a miserable state?
"Just take care of yourself. I will definitely protect you and your child from the wind and rain."
Since they had decided to go to Jianye, they had to make arrangements in advance for the personnel changes of those who were leaving and those who were staying. Huiyin said, "Your wet nurse, Mama Chao, is willing to stay, and I want Aunt Yunhui to stay as well. We can't separate them. As for the rest, Manager Qiao, these are all already done..."
Li Cheng didn't have any big opinions. To him, these things were originally his wife's business, so he raised his chopsticks and said, "You decide."
After dinner, the couple went to see their son and then went to the stable to ride horses.
There was an open space in the Huaiyin Palace. Huiyin was helped onto the horse by Li Cheng. She smiled slightly and said, "When I was in Jizhou before, I would ride the horse when I was in a bad mood, and I would feel better."
Li Cheng asked curiously, "Then why are you in a bad mood?"
"Actually, it's very difficult for me to be in a bad mood, but there is one thing that makes me very angry. My cousin is a well-behaved and decent person. She has never done anything out of line and is very good to us. Unfortunately, because of this, she was targeted. The one who was targeting her was from a wealthy family. She was also very well-dressed and originally liked a widow, but her family disagreed. So the mistresses came up with a bad idea. They asked the man to marry a woman first, then divorce her and become a widower. Wouldn't it be natural for him to marry the widow later? My cousin only dared to be sad by herself, and later married to another state. What makes me angry is that the mistresses are still living happily together now. If anyone harms me for the rest of my life, I will definitely make him wish he were dead." Huiyin narrowed her eyes.
In fact, she didn't have such a cousin, and this incident never happened. She just heard about it. The woman they framed became depressed and was misunderstood for the rest of her life.
If she was killed and her enemy was still alive and happy, she would not let her go even if she turned into a ghost.
Li Cheng had been listening the whole time, but when he heard the last part his heart skipped a beat and he was completely shocked.
Huiyin looked at his reaction, not knowing whether it was because of her contrast that frightened him, or whether he really had a white moonlight. If it was the former, then forget it. If it was the latter, if he continued to do so, then don't blame her in the future.
In this way, these words also have a warning meaning.
But she didn't expect Li Cheng to be even angrier than her: "There are actually such men in the world. It's a disgrace to us men. If I like someone, even if she is of low status or a widow, I will try my best to marry her. Even if I can't marry her, I will never harm another woman. Such people are no different from beasts."
"Oh, then who do you like?" Huiyin pulled the reins and looked down at the person who was going to take her off the horse.
In fact, Huiyin never liked to make a big noise, but she was sharp and her words were to the point, leaving no room for escape.
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 herself 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 with ease!
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