Tailin City Governor's Office.
The Governor's Mansion is particularly lively today because Governor Yan Xiwen's wife Qin Ruoxue is about to give birth.
This was once the imperial palace of the Yi Kingdom. Apart from the emperor's palace, the harem was where Yan Xiwen lived. Now there are more people living here, including Qin Bingzhong, Yan Beixi and his wife Yan Shidao, and four other important figures - the current Empress of Daxia, Yu Wenyun, Concubine Lan, Dong Shulan, Concubine Xue, Nangong Piaoxue and Concubine Yan, Yan Xiaolou!
Look, what is the arrangement?
His Majesty has been away on an expedition for many days. Governor Yan’s wife is giving birth, and the royal family has sent four concubines!
Not to mention the gifts of large and small carts, and not to mention the imperial decree of the second-rank imperial lady, the face of the four ladies alone is enough to make everyone envious.
Nangong Piaoxue and Yan Xiaolou went to the backyard, where they were preparing for Qin Ruoxue's delivery.
In the garden in the front yard, Yan Xiwen was accompanying a group of people very nervously.
Dong Shulan looked up at him. It had been several years since she last saw Yan Xiwen. The most talented man in Jinling back then had now grown into a steady young man with a beard.
Back then... if I hadn't been ordered by the eldest princess to go to Linjiang, there would have been no way I would have met Fu Xiaoguan, or it would have been impossible for me to meet Fu Xiaoguan so quickly.
If that were the case, would she and Yan Xiwen... This was something she couldn't possibly assume. Dong Shulan quickly dismissed the thought and smiled at Yan Xiwen, "You look so uneasy. With Concubine Xue here, Ruoxue will be fine. But... you'd better stay back and watch. This is your first time being a father. We understand how you feel, and no one will blame you."
Upon hearing this, Yan Xiwen's face lit up with joy. He cupped his hands and said, "They say giving birth is like walking through the gates of hell. Before the baby is born, I'm feeling... genuinely uneasy. I'll be sorry to leave you guys for now. I have to go see Ruoxue."
"Well, go ahead and let's talk to Grandpa Yan and Grandpa Qin."
Yan Shidao glared at Yan Xiwen, who chuckled and ran away.
Yan Beixi looked at his grandson's back, shook his head and said with a smile: "Look at him, he still looks like he hasn't grown up yet."
"That's not the case. We understand Xiwen's feelings. Just like back then... Your Majesty was even more nervous than he was." Dong Shulan said this and raised her teacup to look at Yan Beixi. "How are my parents doing now?"
"Minister Dong and Madam Dong are both in good health. I occasionally visit the Dong residence and express my concern for you and His Majesty. I often talk about our time in Jinling."
Back then...six or seven years had passed in the blink of an eye. Dong Shulan thought of her parents, who looked a little desolate. However, she had older brothers at home, and they were both married and had their own families. Her parents were getting older, and it was probably time for them to retire.
After he retires and takes care of his grandchildren, he probably won't be lonely.
By the way, if my husband really moved the capital to Chang'an, and if the Grand Canal could be built, it wouldn't be too far to travel from Chang'an to Nanjing by water, and it would be convenient for us to travel between the two sides.
Yu Wenjun felt even more disappointed than Dong Shulan, but she didn't show it at all.
"Grandpa Yan, has my brother...ever returned to Jinling?"
Yu Wenyun’s elder brother is of course the former eldest prince, and now the Grand Marshal of the Great Xia Army stationed in the Western Xia Autonomous Region, Yu Wentian.
"Every year during the Qingming Festival, Wentian returns to worship his ancestors... This is permitted by His Majesty, but he is often busy with military duties, so he always returns in a hurry. He only came to stay at my home for a short time last year."
"He brought his entire family to Xixia, saying they'd settle down there... That's a good thing, as the sight of Jinling is somewhat disturbing."
Yu Wenjun nodded. She knew in her heart that her father had forced her husband to rebel against the Yu Dynasty and go to the Wu Dynasty. Under her husband's governance, the Wu Dynasty prospered rapidly, and there were even more irreconcilable contradictions between it and the Yu Dynasty led by her fourth brother Yu Wendao.
That war would not be diverted by anyone's will. It broke out just like that, and the Yu Dynasty was destroyed just like that.
Of the men of the Yu Dynasty royal family...now only the eldest brother Yu Wentian is left.
"Your Majesty, please do not be sad. If you look at it from the perspective of time, the fall of the Yu Dynasty is the rebirth of Daxia and the rebirth of the people of the former Yu Dynasty."
Yan Beixi rested his hands on his knees and added seriously, "In terms of economy, Daxia is still number one in Jiangnan. In terms of humanities, the former Jixia Academy, now renamed Jinling University, remains Daxia's premier university."
"Jinling University completed its transformation the fastest. Its former sacred studies were phased out, and new disciplines began to flourish. Last autumn, the Jinling Research Institute was established, and Jiangnan University is also under preparation. The Linjiang Xishan Academy of Sciences is expanding, and even a materials laboratory is being built in Fengming Mountain..."
"Today's Great Xia is full of vitality, far beyond the reach of the former Yu Dynasty. This is getting rid of the old and welcoming the new. This is what Your Majesty meant by liberating the mind and liberating productivity."
"This is the transformation from a cocoon into a butterfly, this is Nirvana and rebirth!"
"I firmly believe that under Your Majesty's leadership, Daxia will undergo even more earth-shaking changes beyond imagination! Therefore, I sincerely wish to ask Heaven for another five hundred years to see the future of Daxia, what trains will look like, what electric lights that can illuminate without candles will look like, and I even want to sail out to sea to see what the continent of Nalia looks like..."
Yan Beixi is old.
The elderly talk more.
But both Yu Wenjun and Dong Shulan listened very carefully.
They had long forgotten the sorrows of the past, and unknowingly followed Yan Beixi's words to the distant place they also longed to see.
Daxia has already been reborn, but it will be reborn again!
Its rebirth is not in disaster, but in prosperity.
Just when everyone was reminiscing about the past and enjoying the future, a loud baby cry was heard in the backyard. It was so clear and so pleasant that everyone stood up with excited expressions.
"It's born!"
"Yes, it's born!"
Yan Xiwen ran out like crazy, shouting like a child, "A son has been born, mother and child are safe! I'm a father now!"
On this day, Yan Xiwen hosted a banquet to celebrate the addition of a new member to the Yan family and his own promotion.
On this day, Fu Xiaoguan and He Sandao led 10,000 Marines to Yuanbei Road.
He chatted with Ning Yuchun in Dading Prefecture for a night, and the next day he led the 400,000 troops assembled there to set out again.
The sun rises again.
The Yellow Dragon Flag and the Eagle Sword Flag fluttered in the morning breeze.
The silver army flowed towards the Himalayas like mercury.
"This battle is about conquest!"
In Fu Xiaoguan's dragon chariot, the five army commanders gathered together.
"We can't send our civil officials over that snowy mountain, so... all enemy armed forces must be killed without mercy!"
"I want the Maurya Kingdom to be unable to recover within a hundred years. I want the Maurya Dynasty to become history. I want the people of the Maurya Kingdom to be terrified at the mere mention of Daxia!"
"I want the new regime of the Peacock Nation... to be ruled by Daxia!"
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