Huo Nan said: "But I have a wife too!"
Wei Bo said: "What I mean is, his wife is the daughter of the second assistant, who dares to offend her!"
"So what! I don't care about that!" Huo Nan said with a grin: "Wife, when can we get married?"
Then the two of them started to get bored.
Yan Shiyue speechlessly changed the place where he was walking, thinking about it.
Among the four disciples, Qing Weiliao married the daughter of Ci Fu, Ren Dong was also the daughter of a cabinet minister and the father-in-law of Zhao Kuangyin, also a dignified general... Only Wei Bo didn't even have a family of his own. Although Huo Nan didn't care, he vowed that someone would gossip about it in the future.
She called Wei Xin and said, "Tell them to spread the word that I said that if any of my disciples want to take a concubine, they can move out of the Duke's Mansion immediately."
Sure enough, it calmed down immediately.
After all, everyone is looking to make friends rather than enemies, and offending Yan Shiyue is no joke.
The next day, after Prince Chun finished his morning court, he asked Ding Xiaoyan to respectfully stop him and said, "Your Highness, our master has something to talk to you about. Our master said that he should have come to visit us, but he was not feeling well. Knowing that your Highness has a good temper, he was generous enough to invite you to come to talk."
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Although Prince Chun really couldn't guess what Yan Shiyue wanted to talk to him about, he quickly agreed and came over immediately.
Yan Shiyue's belly was so big that she needed someone to help her walk. When she saw Prince Chun coming over, she bowed, which frightened Prince Chun so much that he almost knelt down on his knees: "Prince Prime Minister, you must not do this. If you have any instructions, please tell me directly!"
Yan Shiyue was also very calm and said, "I have an unreasonable request and would like to ask the prince, but if the prince is embarrassed, just pretend that I never said it. The prince and I are quite familiar with each other, so you should know that I am not being polite."
Prince Chun said, "Prince Prime Minister, please speak."
Yan Shiyue said, "There is a person named Wei Bo around me. She is in love with my apprentice Huo Nan and has been engaged. I want to give her an identity before the wedding... But I have a bad temper and I don't know many people in the court, so I thought of the prince. I wonder if the prince is willing to recognize a daughter?"
Prince Chun was stunned at first, and then he was very happy.
Adopting an adopted daughter is nothing, he won't suffer any loss anyway, and the fact that the Prime Minister came to him is a recognition of his character!!
Prince Chun stood up quickly and said with a smile: "I am extremely honored and delighted that the Prime Minister values me. My family is small to begin with, and this is a drop of gold from heaven. I couldn't ask for more!"
After the news of Princess Chun's adultery and childbirth was exposed, Prince Chun did not kill her but divorced her. He never remarried, and the Crown Prince and his wife also had no children. Their family was indeed small.
Yan Shiyue thanked him with a smile and said, "Weibo!"
Wei Bo was outside, and heard every word. Seeing Yan Shiyue bowing to others with a big belly, her eyes immediately turned red. She rushed forward and wanted to say no, but Ding Xiaoyan held her back and whispered, "Don't let the master down!"
Wei Bo choked up in his throat and came in and said, "Master."
Yan Shiyue pointed at Prince Chun, and Wei Bo stepped forward and bowed deeply: "Father."
Prince Chun accepted the gift and helped her up himself. "No need to be polite. I came here in a hurry today and I don't have any gifts with me. I will ask someone to bring them to you later."
Wei Bo bowed his head and agreed.
The wedding date was set for the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month. When Prince Chun returned, he asked people to clean up the house and take Wei Bo away. He wrote her into the family tree, changed her surname to Zhou, and Prince Chun named her Qiongju, Zhou Qiongju.
Zhou Qiongju was bright and cheerful. She hit it off with the Crown Prince's wife right away. The two families formally accepted the marriage. When the Crown Prince's wife came to the Duke's Mansion, she came to pay her respects to Yan Shiyue. Yan Shiyue patted her on the shoulder and said, "Have a baby soon."
The Crown Princess was overjoyed.
On the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the wedding was held with great fanfare.
A few days later, Chu Ningyuan also married Tang Xiu.
Forget about the apprentice's marriage. As for Tang Xiu, Yan Shiyue directly gave her a shop and a house as a dowry. They were right in the city, not far from the Duke's Mansion. The couple could live there normally. Tang Xiu had the badge of a great weaver and was also a disciple of the Prime Minister. She could recruit people in the blink of an eye and open an embroidery workshop or a thread embroidery shop.
It's really enviable and hateful!
As for the Prince Chun's Mansion, which had suddenly become related to the Duke's Mansion, it was rumored that the Crown Prince's Consort was pregnant before the new year had even passed, which made people extremely enviable.
But Yan Shiyue’s baby is already nine months old and there is still no movement.
Naturally, they couldn't go to the New Year's Eve banquet. Qing Weilai took Sun Wuniang to represent the Duke's Mansion. Yan Shiyue lay in bed, listening to the noisy voices outside: "Will she be born on the first day of the new year?"
Huo Qijing smiled and said, "Any time is fine, don't worry." He gently touched her belly and said, "Didn't mother-in-law say that if the baby grows one more day in the belly, the baby will be stronger."
Yan Shiyue snorted.
She said dissatisfiedly: "I knew it! You like children more than you like me!"
Huo Qijing lowered his head and kissed her: "I like Yue the most."
"Humph, sweet talk..." She suddenly froze and looked at him.
Huo Qijing asked: "What's wrong?"
She panicked all of a sudden: "A Jing, it hurts a little bit." After all, she had never given birth before, so she burst into tears and grabbed his hand: "A Jing, it hurts... I'm scared, please call my mother to come!"
Huo Qijing suddenly jumped up, was at a loss for a moment, and then rushed out immediately.
In fact, there were already old maids from the palace and maids sent by Meng Min in the mansion. They were busy but calm and quickly carried the person into the delivery room.
At the night banquet, several young eunuchs quickly entered and spoke in the ears of several people.
After a while, Yan Chengyuan and Meng Min got up and left, and then Qing Weilai and the other two followed them out. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that this was the Prime Minister's initiative.
The empress hurriedly arranged for someone to follow. Seeing the singing and dancing below, Emperor Mingyan was overwhelmed with emotions. He suddenly waved his hand to stop the singing and dancing, and said slowly: "I do want to say something. Everyone knows that after the incident with the national treasury, Fu Yan signed a military order in front of me, promising to earn 10 million taels for the national treasury within three years. At that time, I was just moved by Fu Yan's filial piety, and did not take it seriously..."
Everyone stopped drinking and chopping, and listened quietly. Emperor Mingyan continued, "After all, the annual treasury revenue of the entire Dayan is only 30 million taels. But I can tell you that since the establishment of Simo, the 10 million taels have been collected into the treasury!"
Everyone was shocked at first, then they congratulated each other, and it was very lively for a while.
At this time, Yan Chengyuan and his party had already rushed back to the Duke's Mansion. Huo Qijing was walking back and forth. When he saw the two of them coming back, he hurried over to greet them: "Father-in-law, mother-in-law!"
"Don't worry! I'll go in and take a look." Meng Min comforted him, then changed her clothes, washed her hands, and went into the delivery room. Yan Shiyue was so panicked that when she saw her come in, she said, "Mother!"
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!" Meng Min hurriedly comforted him: "Twins are both small and easy to give birth to. Take your time. Don't worry."
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