Luo Shenyuan said to Luo Yining, "I think he has a personality similar to yours. He's not young anymore, but he's about to make a big move."
Luo Yining rolled his eyes at him and said, "He's your son too, if you don't want him, just throw him out!"
Luo Shenyuan was speechless. He tucked his naked son into the warm quilt and let him wiggle around in it. Bao Ge'er buried himself in the quilt, his head nodding and unable to find his way. Yi Ning was so angry that she wanted to twist him: "Luo Shenyuan, what are you doing? I haven't wiped his butt yet!"
As a result, the bedding also had to be washed again. Bao Ge'er was very happy to dig, probably because he thought he was a mole.
Luo Yining began to seriously consider her third brother's weaknesses. It was clear that most of his abilities were devoted to his studies, leaving him rather... average in everyday life. He was a terrible cook, practically nonexistent, though he probably knew this himself, never going near the kitchen. He was also perfunctory about taking care of children, and he didn't particularly enjoy them.
"What did you call me?" Luo Shenyuan picked up the document and looked up at her.
"Third brother..." Luo Yining lost his arrogance.
"Yeah." He patted her head with satisfaction, "That's good."
After washing, the fragrant little ball was once again covered in a coat by the nurse and handed to the mother. The mother loved the child and pinched Bao Ge'er's little paw, asking him to scratch his father's face. His father wanted to see the official documents, so he couldn't dodge and pursed his lips slightly.
Bao Ge'er giggled happily again, and Yining laughed along with the child: "Bao Ge'er, do you think your dad is funny?"
Luo Shenyuan's face was scratched again and again by the little claws. Seeing the mother and daughter laughing together, he didn't want to make a fuss. He thought he would settle the score with her in the evening.
In the afternoon, Luo Chengzhang, who was working in Jinan, returned.
He returned this time with a pregnant girl by his side. Lin Hairu noticed the slightly protruding belly and glanced at Luo Chengzhang. Luo Chengzhang felt uneasy and coughed, saying, "I don't know when I got pregnant, but I brought her back this time to take care of her."
He then said to Luo Shenyuan, "How are you doing in the court now? I heard that you are very trusted by the emperor." He just avoided the subject.
Yining looked at Luo Chengzhang. His hair was slightly gray, and the look in his eyes when he looked at the beautiful girl was full of affection.
It turned out that he also looked at Aunt Qiao in the same way. Perhaps it turned out that he still looked at Gu Minglan in the same way.
Luo Yining suddenly felt like laughing.
Lin Hairu then summoned the maid, Xia Fan, into the inner chamber, and Luo Yining followed suit. Sitting on the Luohan bed, Lin Hairu held a teacup, carefully rubbing the lid against the teacup. She said, "Since you're pregnant, you won't be taking up your post with the master. Instead, you can move in with Concubine Qiao. Where are you from? I'll send some gifts there."
Xia Fan was originally nervous, but after hearing this, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to thank Lin Hairu, almost crying.
There were also cases where a woman who came back pregnant from outside had the fetus aborted by the mistress on the grounds that it was unclean. Fortunately, the mistress was not a bad person and promoted her to a concubine.
After the girl left, Yi Ning pinched her calf and asked, "You don't care at all now?"
Lin Hairu smiled and said, "If people care about something, they will care about it all their lives. It's not that easy... It's not that I don't care, it's that I don't want to make a fuss about it. Let him do whatever he wants. He always likes young and weak girls. The more you are like this, the more he likes you." When she got married at the age of seventeen or eighteen, Luo Chengzhang was in his prime and not without talent.
Lin Hairu was illiterate, but she had admired scholars since childhood, especially Luo Chengzhang, who was a Jinshi. She admired him very much, but Luo Chengzhang had never liked her.
"Why are you talking about this?" Lin Hairu pulled her up. "Come on, cheer up. I'm telling you, I heard your aunt say the other day that she wants to arrange a marriage between Qingjie'er and your Baoge'er..."
Luo Yining sat up straight. Look at Baoger, the half-grown baby in his nurse's arms, drooling and chewing on the bracelet. He can't even speak. She actually thought of him!
She asked, "Did my aunt bring this up? What did Yixiu say?"
"Yixiu has never cared about this. It was the old lady of the Zhu family who heard about Bao Ge'er and often urged her to bring the child back to visit." Lin Hairu has become more shrewd in recent years and squeezed her hand. "Why do you think the old lady of the Zhu family treats Qing Jie'er so well? It's because of the Luo family and Luo Shenyuan. Your third brother is no longer the same as before."
Luo Yining knew that power brought troubles. But Bao Ge'er was still so young... Even thinking about it made her uncomfortable.
Luo Yining sighed and said, "It would be embarrassing to refuse directly. You can mention it subtly in front of my aunt. My aunt is smart and will understand what I mean after she hears it."
Although the Zhu family had three Jinshi serving as officials in the court, they could not compare with the Luo family.
Once it is made clear, the eldest wife will not have any other thoughts.
The next day, they worshipped the Luo family's ancestors together with the eldest wife. Yining even dressed Bao'er in a festive gown. The Luo family's ancestral hall was built in Baoding, so the group arranged a car and returned to Baoding in a grand procession.
Luo Yining wasn't feeling well after being pushed around by Luo Shenyuan several times last night, and she dozed off the entire way. Sleeping in a carriage was always uncomfortable, so Luo Shenyuan pulled her into his arms. Seeing the red marks on her neck, and her sleepy lean against him again, he frowned and said, "You're just not feeling well. From now on, I'll wake you up every morning and walk around the yard a few times."
"I'm not leaving. I need to catch up on my sleep." Luo Yining turned over and buried his head inside.
Luo Shenyuan wanted to pick her up and say a few more words to her, but she closed her eyes and looked like she was already asleep, so he could only let her go helplessly.
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