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Queen Mother Jiang instructed Nanny Chen: "Wait a minute..." She looked at her son and said, "Jing Zhuo, have you named this child?"

"no."

"Why?" Queen Mother Jiang was surprised, "You should have known long ago that he was a boy."

He knew, but because Chu Yin was always feeling uncomfortable, he really didn't feel like doing this. Lu Jingzhuo thought for a moment and said, "He's the second child, so let's call him Erlang first. I'll give him a name tomorrow."

Queen Mother Jiang glared at her son and said, "Let Erlang choose a wet nurse later and see whose milk he likes."

"Yes." Nanny Chen picked up Erlang.

Queen Mother Jiang then said to her daughter-in-law, "Ayin, if you are worried, you can replace the wet nurse later."

"No need. Why should I worry about my daughter-in-law when you, mother, take a look? It just saves me a lot of effort." The wet nurse has been screened twice, and it is unlikely that any problems will be found in a short period of time. She can be used first and we will make another decision later.

"Then you should have a good rest," Queen Mother Jiang patted her son's arm, "Jing Zhuo, you take good care of Ayin. Don't go to the Qianqing Palace today. It won't hurt to delay for a day," she laughed again, "We still have to report the good news to our in-laws, Prince Jin's Palace, and Princess's Palace." Then she went out.

Nanny Chen followed behind, holding Erlang.

All of Lu Wei and Lu Zhen's attention was now on their younger brother, and they jumped up and down to watch.

The hall fell silent. The couple looked at each other, neither speaking for a moment, only intertwining their fingers and exchanging glances.

After a while, Lu Jingzhuo asked, "What do you want to eat? I'll tell the chef."

Chu Yin said: "The doctor will ask the chef to prepare it. They know what I should eat."

"Would you like to sleep for a while?"

"Not really," Chu Yin shook her husband's hand, "Your Majesty isn't really blaming... Erlang, is he? He hasn't even given him a name. Take a closer look at him later. He looks a lot like you."

"I don't think he looks like me now, but don't let your imagination run wild. I wouldn't really bother with a child."

"That's good," Chu Yin liked this child very much, "He was not easy to come by."

Lu Jingzhuo understood.

It is not easy to work so hard for so many days.

"I'll make sure to pick a name for him tomorrow." My mother was also very dissatisfied just now.

Chu Yin nodded.

I just said I wasn't tired, but in a moment, my eyelids became heavy.

Seeing her blink, Lu Jingzhuo asked, "Are you sleepy?"

"Well, is His Majesty still with me?"

He leaned over and kissed her on the cheek: "Of course."

Chu Yin smiled sweetly and closed her eyes.

He sat there, looking at her quietly.

Her hair, her eyebrows, her nose, her lips...

A word suddenly popped into my mind.

That's how the child was named.

And Erlang also chose his favorite wet nurse, Luo, who was only nineteen years old, fair and clean, with a simple smile, and was very good at taking care of children.

Erlang fell into a deep sleep soon after eating.

When Rendong came to report, she saw that the emperor was still sitting by the bed, holding the empress with one hand, without moving, and the empress was obviously sleeping.

She retreated quietly.

Before I knew it, the sunlight had started to pour in from the west window.

Chu Yin opened her eyes and felt her right hand was a little numb. She looked again and found that her hand was still held by the man. She was surprised and said, "The emperor hasn't left yet?" He said he wanted to accompany her, but she didn't expect that he would stay with her for so long.

"Didn't you have lunch?"

"Wait for you to eat together."

Chu Yin was afraid that he was hungry, so she quickly asked the palace maids to serve the meal.

Lu Jingzhuo helped her sit up and said, "I've thought of a name for Erlang."

Chu Yin had a bad feeling.

He wouldn't have chosen it randomly in such a short time, right? She said hurriedly, "Your Majesty can take your time to think about it. There's no rush."

"No need, he will be called Lu Yu from now on. I have even thought of a nickname for him, 'Ni Xia'."

"Nixia" means to hide flaws, but because of the word "Yu", the meaning is completely different: "Jinyu Nixia" means that something is so beautiful that no flaws can be seen.

Chu Yin was surprised: "So the emperor likes him so much?"

That's because he was Chu Yin's son. Lu Jingzhuo thought, he only loves her, how much affection can he have for the child after only seeing him once? But he didn't explain and accepted it. Chu Yin originally hoped that he would like this child.

Chu Yin was very happy: "I would like to thank the emperor on behalf of Yu'er."

Later, the two of them had dinner together, she ate sitting on the bed and he ate at the table next to her.

After careful observation, he found that Chu Yin was indeed in good health and had a good appetite, so he felt more relieved.

But later he was asked to leave by Chu Yin because she had just given birth and had sweated a lot, so she needed the help of palace maids to clean her up, and also to do things like going to the toilet and changing clothes, and she didn't want to be seen by him.

In this respect, she still regarded him as an "outsider".

When they walked outside the palace, Lu Jingzhuo issued an oral decree that the empress had given the Chu family a reward of twenty pieces of brocade and two boxes of silver for having added another prince to the royal family and making great contributions. As for Chu Yin... he suddenly didn't know what the reward was.

His wife had no shortage of gold, silver, jewels, or silks and satins.

As she was thinking about it, it suddenly flashed through her mind that Chu Yin had mentioned that she liked to collect Liu Xu's calligraphy.

This calligrapher from the Wei Dynasty once left behind a large number of calligraphy works, but unfortunately most of them were destroyed in the war. I heard that there are only four pieces left now. I wonder how many she has found? Lu Jingzhuo thought for a moment, and told Dong Ling to invite Ren Dong to the study later, and added a sentence, not to disturb Chu Yin.

Dong Ling received the order.

Looking for an opportunity, he secretly told Rendong what his master had said.

Honeysuckle felt strange, but she had to obey the emperor's words, so she slipped out to go to the study while Chu Yin was taking a nap.

February 11th of the first year of Taixi was the busiest day since the death of the previous emperor.

The second prince Lu Yu celebrated his full month celebration.

Chu Yin was extremely happy that her mother's family, including her father, would be present. She tapped her second son's nose and said, "You'll be able to see your grandfather soon!"

Lu Wei said: "My sister and I have never met him either."

"You have seen it when you were young, but you have forgotten it."

"Oh," Lu Wei really couldn't remember anything, "but I remember my grandmother, my uncle, oh, and my aunt."

"My aunt was very beautiful." Lu Zhen also remembered.

"But Uncle San can't go out yet? Uncle San hasn't even seen his brother yet."

How come this kid hasn't forgotten Lu Jingrui yet? Chu Yin said, "You have your brother to play with now, why are you still thinking about your third uncle? Even if your third uncle goes out, he has things to do, just like your second uncle."

Lu Wei pouted: "But my second uncle didn't give me anything, but the things my third uncle gave me are so much more fun!"

"I can do what your uncle can do," Chu Yin pinched his little face, "I gave you the horses and tigers you wanted."

"But that was given to me by my third uncle first. Mother only learned it later."

Chu Yin frowned and said, "When you grow taller this year, you can learn to ride a horse. Then let your father teach you."

There is no point in simply preventing him from getting close to Lu Jingrui. Children can be stubborn sometimes, and this will only cause dissatisfaction. It is better to find something new to divert his attention.

Sure enough, Lu Wei's eyes lit up: "Really? How tall do I need to be? Is this enough?" He gestured with his hands.

"Ask dad later."

Lu Jingzhuo would naturally be present at his second son's full-month ceremony.

Seeing his father appear, Lu Wei rushed over and asked, "Mom said Daddy can teach me to ride a horse this year, as long as I grow taller."

It looks like she's betrayed herself again.

Lu Jingzhuo glanced at Chu Yin and said, "You can ride a pony, but a big horse is impossible."

"..." Lu Yu felt a little disappointed, but learning is always a good thing, "Daddy, how can I grow faster?"

"Eat more, move more, and when your mother is out of confinement, learn some exercises from her."

"Okay!" Lu Wei had a goal and was full of energy. "Once I learn it, I'll teach my brother!"

After hearing this, Lu Zhen felt a sense of crisis, so she quickly grabbed her brother's hand, stood on tiptoe and whispered in his ear.

Chu Yin saw this and couldn't help but smile.

The brother and sister have different interests, so they usually play separately. Now that there is a younger brother, she wants to pull him to her side. But she can't guess what the child likes, but since he is a boy, he probably likes riding and shooting, right?

By the way, she hasn't touched horse riding for a long time, and she wants to practice it again after she finishes the confinement period.

The maid came to report: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Minister Chu, Madam Chu, Editor Chu, Madam Chu, Princess Baocheng..."

The guests have arrived.

Chu Yin was a little excited and looked sideways out the window.

She can't even get out of bed.

"I asked Er'er and Zhen'er to go and welcome their grandparents." Lu Jingzhuo lowered his head and kissed her on the lips, then looked at his chubby second son, and then walked out of the inner hall holding a child in each hand.

Queen Mother Jiang also arrived at the East Palace and sat at the top with him. The two children greeted their grandparents with smiles, staring at the former with curiosity.

Everyone kowtowed first.

Lu Jingzhuo asked them to stand up: "You don't have to be restrained today...Father-in-law, go and see Ayin, she is looking forward to seeing you."

Chu Fangheng responded and walked quickly towards the inner hall.

His father had a tall stature but a delicate appearance. When Chu Yin saw his tall figure appearing not far away, her eyes couldn't help but turn red.

Except that her cheeks are fuller than before, her daughter is not much different from the unmarried girl. He is very pleased. His daughter, Chu Fangheng, is not only naturally beautiful, but also intelligent. Only in this way can she firmly capture the heart of the emperor, right?

It can be seen that he did not make a wrong move at all. Of course, in the end, it all came down to his daughter's hard work.

As long as she secures her position as queen, and as long as he and his son do not make any mistakes, their Chu family will never fall.

"Ayin!" He went up with a smile.

While the father and daughter were reminiscing about the past, Madam Chu and the others gathered around to look at the Second Prince.

The child, who could not understand a word, had his ears filled with words of praise from his grandmother, uncle, aunt, great aunt and two cousins.

As he listened, he felt sleepy, closed his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.

The child hardly cried, and Lu Jingzhuo liked this very much. He asked Mrs. Chu, "Didn't Ayin cry when he was this old?"

Mrs. Chu smiled: "Ayin loves to cry. She can't leave people. She cries when I'm not around her. She also cries when the nurse leaves for a while. She got better when she was five years old, but she also liked to stick to Ge'er when she was young."

Chu Ge recalled the past with a bit of regret: "After hiring a female teacher at home, Ayin became more and more sensible and stopped clinging to me." She began to become rational, mature, and assertive.

But it was also because of this that my sister was able to marry into the Cheng Palace and become the current queen.

Lu Jingzhuo was silent for a while after hearing this.

When the child was brought back, there was a safety lock around his neck, which was given by his grandmother, and a silver bracelet on his wrist with a small safety lock embedded in it, which was given by Princess Baocheng.

"My mother wanted to give it to me, but she heard that it would be better for the child to wear the one given by his grandmother, so she gave up."

Chu Yin smiled and smoothed the wrinkled new clothes for her second son: "Where did you hear that from, mother? I remember that you didn't mention it when we were in Qingzhou."

"Maybe he heard about it after coming to the capital, and it's for Yu'er's own good."

"Yu'er, you see how much the Empress Dowager loves you, you must grow up healthy." Chu Yin lowered her head and kissed her son's little face.

The child didn't move, but the corners of his lips slightly raised, as if he was smiling.

Chu Yin kissed him again, and was very happy.

Lu Jingzhuo suddenly said, "Since he is asleep, let him sleep and don't wake him up." He ordered the wet nurse Luo to take the child away.

Chu Yin stopped him: "Just let him sleep here."

But Lu Jingzhuo disagreed.

The emperor's face was cold to begin with, and now it looked even colder. Luo walked forward and whispered, "Your Majesty."

Chu Yin didn't want to disobey Lu Jingzhuo in front of the wet nurse and the palace maids, so she reluctantly handed the child over to Luo.

After Luo left and the palace maids left, she expressed her dissatisfaction: "Why not let Yu'er sleep here? The emperor usually doesn't care about this." After she had been in confinement, he was in the Qianqing Palace during the day, and her son often slept next to her and was taken away at night. What happened to him today? It was really strange that he meddled in these trivial matters.

Lu Jingzhuo said calmly: "Because there are some things that children should not see."

Chu Yin: “…”

Chu Yin: Is there anyone who can take care of him?