After the morning court session the next day, Huo Qijing hurriedly caught up with Emperor Ming Yan and said, "Your Majesty!"
Emperor Ming Yan had never seen him like this before, and couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong?"
Huo Qijing whispered, "Your Majesty, I...I listened to Yue'er's fetal heartbeat last night and detected four..."
Emperor Mingyan was surprised: "Four?!"
Huo Qijing nodded. Emperor Ming Yan said, "Did you hear it clearly?"
He nodded again and whispered, "I haven't told Yue'er yet. I don't know whether I should tell Yue'er or not. I'm afraid she will worry."
Four... quadruplets! This is absolutely extraordinary! It's so rare! I'm really happy, but I'm also really worried!
Four!
Emperor Ming Yan frowned and saw Huo Qijing looking at him steadily.
He was always calm and composed, and had never looked so uneasy.
...
...
Emperor Ming Yan couldn't help but feel soft-hearted, thinking that he was just a young man who had just passed the age of twenty. His parents died when he was young, and he had no elders to seek advice from when encountering major problems.
And the fact that he chose to tell him instead of Yan Chengyuan also made Emperor Ming Yan very happy.
He got up and patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, my Yue'er is a blessed lady. Su Ji took her pulse and said that it would be difficult for her to have children. But didn't she give birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, as soon as she entered the family? Now there are only four. It will be a great auspicious sign when they are born. What is there to worry about? Yue'er can never be judged by common sense. Don't worry!"
Huo Qijing thought this made sense, his expression gradually changed and he nodded silently.
Then he bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I will take my leave."
Emperor Mingyan said: "From now on, follow Yue'er and call him Aye."
Huo Qijing said: "Yes."
Seeing him leave in a hurry, Emperor Ming Yan went to Kunning Palace.
At this moment, Yan Shiyue was holding her belly and chatting with Sun Wuniang.
Many people around me have been pregnant recently. I just heard two days ago that Tang Xiu is also pregnant.
At home, Sun Wuniang was two months pregnant earlier than her, and Liu Qinnan is now four months pregnant. The three pregnant women have a lot to talk about together.
Sun Wu Niang said to her, "Master's wife, your belly seems to be bigger than mine."
Yan Shiyue said, "Because I have two!" She smiled and said, "Are you jealous? It's just as tiring for ten months, but I can give birth to two at a time, and you can only give birth to one at a time!"
Sun Wu Niang laughed and said, "I envy you. I really do."
Before he could finish his sentence, he heard a voice laughing and saying, "Then I will make you all more envious!"
Yan Shiyue looked up and was startled: "Mother, why are you here?"
The Queen came in with a smile on her face, and stopped the two from bowing. She said, "No need to be polite. I am just walking around casually."
Can the Queen leave at will?
The two of them also understood the situation and left after a few jokes. Yan Shiyue asked, "Mother?"
The Queen laughed and said, "Today, your Ah Jing ran to see your father-in-law in a hurry. Guess what he said?"
Yan Shiyue felt that Huo Qijing had nothing to do with words like "qiqi hanhan", so she asked, "What did you say?"
The queen pointed at her belly, and Yan Shiyue said, "Aren't they just twins? It's not the first time..." Then she gradually came to her senses, "Could it be triplets? Could it be... No, don't be like this... It can't be quadruplets?"
The queen smiled and nodded, "He was very worried. He said he heard four fetal heartbeats."
"It's over, it's over!" Yan Shiyue held her belly: "After giving birth, my belly will definitely not go back to normal! It's so ugly!"
The Queen smiled and patted her: "I knew you would say that!"
She couldn't help laughing, "Sometimes I think men are really interesting. They are brave and timid... Before Jiulang and Shilang were born, your father was also very worried. Sometimes when I woke up at night and turned over, I would see him touching my belly with his brows twisted into a knot. But now you have four of them. Your father comforted Jing in the past, and even the court officials didn't care and urged me to come to you."
She covered her mouth and laughed: "I told him it was okay, but he got angry and said I didn't know the seriousness of the matter and was not like a mother."
She smiled and touched her belly: "If the King of the Northwest was still alive, he would be so happy! Marrying a daughter-in-law like this, he would have children one after another, and the family would prosper. There would be no such thing as a single-line inheritance for several generations!"
As they were talking, they heard that Huo Qijing had returned.
The queen didn't stay long, she just stood up and left with a smile.
After returning, four maids were sent to her. When Meng Min heard about it, she came here every day.
Moreover, Yan Shiyue discovered that Huo Qijing began to be absent-minded... He would come back at the right time every morning and only stay at home with her.
Yan Shiyue asked him: "Can you do this?"
Huo Qijing smiled and said, "I've talked to my father and asked him to help me out for a while."
The whole family revolves around her and turns a deaf ear to what is happening outside.
On March 15th, several concubines who were allowed to visit their parents returned home one after another, accompanied by a grand procession.
At night, Yan Shiyue was in the room and could still hear the sound of ceremonial staff passing by outside.
Just think about it, the concubines left the palace at 9 o'clock and returned at 20 o'clock. In just half a day, excluding the time spent on the road, they could hardly talk to each other, and the family would be busy for several months... It's quite boring just to think about it.
But when you think about the money you earn, it still feels good.
Moreover, the seventh and eighth princes, who were just little kids, took over the sales job of "General Knowledge of the Ministry of Commerce" and unexpectedly made a big splash.
You should know that the princes all have study companions, and most of them are selected from noble families. They are all eight or nine years old, or at most twelve or thirteen years old, and each of them is a phoenix egg.
What method did they use? They first gave a copy to court officials like Xu Xiang, Sun Ci Fu, Prince Chun, and the elders in their families, under the pretext of trial reading. After the trial reading, they would buy the book if they thought it was good, and they were also required to write a letter of recommendation.
First of all, no matter whether the book is good or not, the prince is the one who is promoting it! How can these people not buy it after reading it?
So after collecting some letters of recommendation from court officials, he sent people to copy them and send them to various prefectures.
As the provincial examination had just ended and the scholars were taking the imperial examination, anyone who had money wanted to buy a copy and take a look.
The court officials were all happy to buy the products without any promotion.
Are you kidding? The Emperor has read the books written by the Prime Minister and praised them highly. How can you keep up with the current situation if you don’t buy them?
So he made a lot of money. A few days later, Qiba came to the Duke's Mansion to tell her the good news.
Yan Shiyue had originally listened to the reports from his subordinates, and then listened to them again.
The Seventh Prince was obviously more lively, courageous and eloquent than the Eighth Prince, while the Eighth Prince looked gentle and well-behaved, and although he didn't say a word, he listened very attentively.
Yan Shiyue smiled and praised him a few times, then changed the subject: "Then do you know where you went wrong?"
The Seventh Prince was stunned for a moment, somewhat unconvinced: "What's wrong?"
Yan Shiyue said, "This is the General Knowledge of the Ministry of Commerce! Ministry of Commerce! The first word in the title, but you didn't pay enough attention to it! There are two points to note when selling this book. First, this is a must-read book for the Ministry of Commerce exam! Second, this book is mainly for business people! Even if you don't take the Ministry of Commerce exam, it will help you do business! You set your target on scholars, which is wrong, inappropriate, and not smart enough."
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