At the end of September, A-Ruan was about to give birth.
Wei Min hardly dared to sleep deeply at night these days, for fear that A'ruan would have abdominal pain in the middle of the night and go into labor.
Wei Min had already sent someone to invite a famous safe man in the capital to live in his mansion. Feng Yu also asked the Queen for a safe man for A'ruan. It was said that he had delivered many imperial daughters and was very experienced.
Wei Lian and Sun calculated the date and sent a letter to ask whether A'ruan had given birth and reminded Wei Min of many things he should pay attention to.
Everything about A'ruan and the child, whether it was written in books or heard from Fengyu and others, as long as it was good for him and the child, Wei Min read it carefully and wrote it down one by one.
A Ruan looked at his big belly and guessed that it might be twins. He was very nervous at first, but when he turned around and saw his wife who was ready for battle, he felt less scared and uneasy.
After dinner in the evening, A'ruan wanted to take a bath. He originally planned to call Erjiu to come in to help him, but when he turned around, he saw Wei Min coming in and waving at her with a smile.
——Why don’t you read anymore?
After the execution of Zuo Xiang Rongshen, Wei Min's burden became heavier and heavier. He had so much official business that he had to deal with it in his study before going to bed at night.
She was a deputy prime minister, but she did the work of a prime minister every day.
After Wei Min came in, he habitually raised his hand to cover A Ruan's stomach, sat beside him, and said, "The important matters have been dealt with."
Wei Min saw that A Ruan had someone prepare hot water in the side room, so he asked him, "Do you want to take a bath?"
Ah Ruan nodded while holding her belly. Wei Min said "oh" and raised his hand to support his arm as they walked into the ear room. "Let me wash you today."
A Ruan naturally agreed, and he was really looking forward to his wife helping him wash. If Erjiu wanted to help, he would only be able to help him step into the tub, but his wife would half-carry him in, saving him a lot of energy.
The nanmu bathtub that could accommodate two people was already filled with hot water. Wei Min stretched out his hand to test the water temperature before he picked up A'ruan and carefully placed her in it.
The water did not reach her collarbone, and the steaming hot water soon made A Ruan's face pink and rosy.
He leaned in the bathtub, tilted his neck back slightly, and let Wei Min wash his hair.
A Ruan held his belly with both hands, pursed his lips and closed his eyes slightly, enjoying his wife's slender and powerful fingers with distinct joints running through his hair, massaging his scalp with moderate force.
Wei Min lowered his eyes and looked at the man with a satisfied face. Somehow he suddenly wanted to call him, "A Ruan."
Hearing this, A'ruan opened his eyes and looked up at her inquiringly.
Wei Min smiled and said softly, "It's okay."
She just felt inexplicably uneasy and wanted to call him like this.
A Ruan smiled and raised her hand, and touched Wei Min's slightly cold face with her wet palm, motioning her to lower her head.
Wei Min followed A Ruan's wishes and bent down to kiss him.
Their lips touched, without any passion or desire, and they exchanged each other's breath in such a warm and tender manner.
After the kiss, Wei Min used a ladle to scoop water and rinse A Ruan's hair.
In the first few months of A'ruan's pregnancy, his weight didn't change much, but now that Wei Min wrapped him in a large towel and held him in his arms, he felt that he had gained a lot of weight.
Before going to bed, Wei Min raised his hand and placed it on A Ruan's belly, touching it thoughtfully, as if he was communicating with the naughty child inside.
A Ruan felt that if there were two children in her belly, one would definitely be quiet and well-behaved, and the other would be lively and active.
The fetuses have been moving frequently in these few months. The active one often tosses and turns, kicking left and right, while the quiet one occasionally stretches its legs and feet with gentle movements.
Although Wei Min never said it, A Ruan could see that she particularly liked the quiet one. Every time she saw his thin belly bulged up by that active thing, she frowned unhappily.
At this time, A Ruan could only smile and say to her:
——Although it looks thin, it won’t break.
Wei Min glanced at him sideways after hearing this and said nothing.
Ah Ruan felt goosebumps on his back when she glanced at him. He smiled awkwardly and prayed that the lively and active one was a son, but not a daughter...
A Ruan woke up in the middle of the night because he wanted to go to the toilet. He clearly didn't drink much water before going to bed, but he always wanted to go to the bathroom after a while.
Wei Min protected him and slept on the outside of the bed, so A'ruan had to go over her to get up.
A Ruan wanted to raise her hand to push Wei Min, but she woke up just after she moved twice.
"Aruan, what's wrong?" Wei Min opened his eyes, his voice hoarse and unclear, "Are you going to the toilet or are you having a stomachache and about to give birth?"
A Ruan squeezed Wei Min's hand with amusement, indicating that she wanted to go to the toilet.
Wei Min finally breathed a sigh of relief, sat up, got out of bed, lit the lamp on the candlestick, picked up the cloak hanging on the mahogany hanger, put it on A'ruan, and raised his hand to him, "Come."
A'ruan went behind the screen in the ear room to relieve himself, and Wei Min stood outside the screen waiting for him.
The first few times he got up at night, Wei Min followed him in, stared at his stomach, and asked if he needed her help.
Ah Ruan felt embarrassed thinking that she might need to use her hands to support herself, so she reached out and pushed her out, asking her to wait outside.
After coming out of the ear room, Wei Min had someone bring warm water. He bent down and washed A'ruan's hands, so carefully that he even rubbed his fingertips twice.
A Ruan lowered his eyes, looking at his wife whose edges were softened by the candlelight, and gently pursed his lips, with tenderness in his eyes.
The wife's eyelids were slightly drooping, her expression was serious, and her eyebrows and eyes seemed even more gentle under the warm candlelight. Looking at her like this, A Ruan felt very soft and fluffy in his heart, and he just wanted to give birth to a child for her.
The fear and terror he had about childbirth deep in his heart were wiped away bit by bit by his wife's hands, and filled up inch by inch with her tenderness.
In the past, A'ruan got up earlier than Wei Min in the morning. When she was not feeling heavy, she would get her clothes and hair and wait for her to go out.
Now that autumn is in full swing and A'ruan is having difficulty moving, he gets up even later than Wei Min. When he had nothing to do during the day, he liked to sit and embroider clothes. The only time he moved was when he waited for Wei Min to finish his meal and walked around the mansion with him to help digest the food.
After Wei Min got up, he tidied his clothes as usual and bent down to kiss A Ruan on the forehead.
But for some reason, Wei Min always felt like something was on his mind when he woke up this morning, and he couldn't let it go.
Before leaving, Wei Min sat on the edge of the bed hesitantly, looking at the person sleeping soundly in the quilt, and thought about taking a day off today.
A'ruan took good care of herself. After the morning sickness stopped, she felt much more energetic and her complexion became even more rosy and beautiful.
Wei Min's fingers unconsciously touched A Ruan's face, his brows furrowed.
Ah Ruan was awakened by her disturbance. He raised his hand to rub his eyes, then raised his arm weakly to "ask" her:
——Why haven’t you left yet?
Wei Min hesitated for a moment, then asked seriously, "Ah Ruan, does your stomach hurt? Do you feel like giving birth today?"
“…” How does this feel?
Knowing that his wife couldn't let him go, Ah Ruan smiled, feeling helpless and sweet in his heart. He looked at her playfully with his eyes bent, raised his hand and "said":
——Don’t worry, even if I give birth, I will wait for you to come back and give birth again, okay?
At A'ruan's urging, Wei Min went out.
Before the court session, an official who was familiar with Wei Min noticed that she was a little absent-minded and asked her with a smile, "What's wrong with you, Lord Wei? You look absent-minded and you didn't hear me when I called you several times."
Wei Min raised his hand apologetically, "Maybe I didn't sleep well these days, and I always feel like something is wrong."
"That's probably a good thing," the minister smiled mysteriously, leaned over and whispered to Wei Min in a low voice, "You've been doing the prime minister's job these days. I'm afraid that in the next day or two, I'll have to call you Prime Minister Wei."
Wei Min smiled and shook his head, "That's not what I'm thinking about."
Although she had a smile on her face, she was worried in her eyes, "My husband might be due in the next day or two."
She feels uneasy when the person is not under her nose and she cannot see him with her own eyes.
She is not worried about her position as the second most powerful person in the world, but is worried about the man in the backyard giving birth to a child. If someone else said this, they would probably be laughed at to death if it got out.
But if it was Wei Min who said this, the minister would feel that it was particularly natural, after all, Lord Wei had a reputation for doting on his husband.
Once, a minister asked Wei Shangzheng to go out to discuss something. She always went to elegant and quiet teahouses, and never went to places with smoke and willows, saying that her husband could not stand the smell of those people.
While the Lord of Wei was pregnant, there were people who wanted to use beauties to bribe Wei Sanzheng to do things for them. After arriving at the teahouse, she held a small teacup with a white bottom and green glaze and sipped the elegant tea. In such an atmosphere, she was too embarrassed to even mention this matter.
Actually, what Wei Min said was true. Ah Ruan had severe morning sickness during those days and couldn't stand certain smells. Sometimes she drank too much tea and her body was stained with the smell of tea. Ah Ruan stuck to her less often than usual.
During that period, Wei Min almost gave up drinking tea.
The minister understood what he said and said "oh" and smiled to comfort Wei Min.
After attending the court, just as the minister had said, Jiang Kunjun appointed Wei Min as the left prime minister and entrusted him with important tasks.
Wei Min was a little distracted, and was suddenly awakened when his name was called. He bowed and walked a few steps to the center of the hall, stepped out of the line, knelt down, and bowed deeply to thank the emperor for his grace.
Although Chiang Kai-shek had two prime ministers, the left prime minister was more important. The right prime minister's position was just a nominal one, and his real power was equal to that of the deputy prime minister.
Jiang Kunjun has been in worse spirits since the princess was demoted. When he heard that nothing was happening in the court, he ordered the Palace Ministry to announce the withdrawal of court.
After the court session, all the ministers gathered around Wei Min and bowed to congratulate him.
"Lord Wei has been appointed Prime Minister. We are so happy that we would like to invite you out for a drink." The person who spoke was afraid that Wei Min would not show his courtesy, so he laughed and said, "Don't worry, we won't go anywhere else, just go to a teahouse, order a pot of good tea, and drink until we are full. What do you think?"
If someone else had been given the title of Prime Minister, he would have naturally wanted to celebrate with a good one.
In a good restaurant, you can book a private room and enjoy unlimited wine. During the meal, you can call two good-looking and attractive prostitutes to sing and dance with you. If you are in a good mood, it is common to invite them into the inner room to have fun.
But when it comes to Lord Wei, all you can do is pick a good teahouse, brew tea around the stove, sniff it, take a sip, and savor it carefully. At most, you can invite an old storyteller with many stories to tell you a story. That's the best configuration.
The ministers smiled and joined in the commotion, but in fact none of them wanted to go. Who would go out just to drink tea and listen to a story?
Lord Wei is only in his twenties this year, but he is not as happy as a man in his forties. Although he is very young, he lives like a man in his seventies or eighties, very rigid and boring.
If it were any other time, Wei Minxu would have agreed, and with extreme reluctance in his heart but a smile on his face, he would have gone over to drink tea with the ministers to cleanse their greasy stomachs, but he was not in the mood today.
Wei Min raised his hand to express his gratitude, "I appreciate your kindness, but I have something to do at home today. Why don't you go with Lord Li to have tea?"
The gentleman who just proposed drinking tea is named Li.
The ministers were just being polite before, but now that they heard that they didn't need to drink tea, they looked regretful but were happy inside, and hurriedly said, "Prime Minister Wei's family matters are more important, and ours is not a big deal. We can meet again next time."
Wei Min bowed and left first. After she left, the minister who had seen her off turned sideways and asked Lord Li, "Now that Prime Minister Wei has left, are we still going to have tea?" If that was the case, she might as well go home and sleep.
Lord Li glanced at her in confusion and said, "If Prime Minister Wei is not going, then why are we drinking tea? Of course we are going to drink wine!"
As soon as this was said, everyone responded, "Come on, come on, I know a restaurant with nice music, delicious food and wine, and most importantly -" the minister lowered his voice, with a lewd smile on his face, "The beauties there are delicious."
Everyone understood immediately and left laughing.
…
On the way back, Eighteen asked Wei Min, "Sir, why didn't you go for tea today?"
When Wei Min went to have tea in the past, she liked to watch those ministers who were obviously not that important, just looking for reasons and excuses to curry favor with her and invite her to tea. He had to pretend to be an elegant person in front of her, talk about literature and poetry with her, and make small talk.
If you invite such a person to drink tea twice, all the evil thoughts in her stomach will be washed away by the tea.
As time went on, fewer people were willing to invite him, and Wei Min naturally enjoyed the peace and quiet after returning home from court.
Eighteen usually went out for tea with them, and she loved to watch those ministers who were acting arrogantly outside. When facing her master, she couldn't respond to the conversation, so she often gave an awkward but polite smile, and acted as if to say, "I understand, in fact, I understand everything, but I just didn't think of it."
Eighteen was sitting outside, and he found it funny when he thought about the faces of those ministers. "When they asked you to have tea, they hoped in their hearts that you would not agree."
After a while, the carriage arrived at the Wei Mansion and just stopped. Eighteen saw the little servant who usually studied with Erjiu standing at the door with his hands clenched and an anxious look on his face.
Eighteen's heart skipped a beat and he quickly pulled the reins to stop the carriage.
When the young servant saw Wei Min coming back, she hurriedly ran down the steps, holding up her skirt, and said, "Sir, the master is about to give birth."
Wei Min, who was bending over to lift the curtain of the carriage, suddenly stopped.
The young servant's eyes were red and his face was full of worry. "Not long after you left, the master felt a little abdominal pain. After asking the master to call a stable doctor, he knew that he was going to give birth."
"Mr. Wen said that the master might be pregnant with two children. It would be very risky to deliver the babies hastily. He said he would wait for you to come back and make the decision."
Why would A'ruan have to wait for Wei Min, a woman, to make the decision when she gives birth?
Should we save the adults or the children?
Wei Min felt that he had difficulty breathing, his mind was blank, and his body was shaking when he got off the carriage.
"The master has been waiting for you to come back." The young servant was in the room just now. Seeing the master, who was always gentle and calm, turned pale with pain, he felt distressed. "The master told the master that he had agreed with you this morning."
Wei Min was just about to step onto the stairs when he heard these words and felt his knees go weak. He stepped on empty air and staggered forward, almost falling to his knees.
"Sir!" Eighteen stepped forward quickly and held Wei Min, who was unsteady on his feet, with a worried look on his face.
The young servant standing by almost cried.
They were always calm and composed adults, so when had they ever been so flustered and embarrassed as they were now.
Wei Min pushed Eighteen's hand away and ran towards the mansion, his fists clenched tightly.
She, Wei Min, wants both A'ruan and the child!
The author has something to say: Small theater
Minister A: (Flattering) Prime Minister Wei, would you like to go out for a walk? I have a restaurant here, with plenty of wine and vegetables
Wei Min: Thank you, I only drink tea
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Minister B: Prime Minister Wei, I know a few beauties who sing first-rate songs. Would you like to listen?
Wei Min: No, I just listen to books.
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All the officials: (sigh) Wei Xiang is as pure as an old cadre, and we can't even dream of him.
…
A Ruan: (not believing it) My dear wife, I have a treasure here, do you want to see it? (/▽╲)
Wei Min: (with eyes shining) Yes, yes, yes! Look! ovo
Ministers: My face hurts_(:зゝ∠)_
Dear ones, I am sorry that I did not finish writing today. I will continue tomorrow. But don’t worry, there is no difficult birth and only one can be kept. For you, A-Ruan and the babies will be safe and sound~
A Ruan: Anita Buddha, the lively and active one must be a daughter [clasping hands]
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