September 15th is Jiaojiao’s second birthday.

She has only been in this world for two years, but she seems to have done so many things.

Everyone in the capital smelled the news and sent birthday gifts early that day.

After all, she was personally conferred the title of Princess Yongle by the Emperor, so she had to be given this honor.

Xiao Si was still the first guest to arrive. Jiaojiao had just been dug out of bed by Mrs. Qiao, and he was already waiting there with a smile on his face.

"Sister Qiao, your birthday gift!"

Qiao Jiaojiao was half sleepy. She glanced at the light when she heard it and was almost blinded by the light.

What a beautiful string of Dong pearls!

"Sister Qiao, this is something from Xiao Si's private collection. The brightest one is for Sister Qiao!"

Xiao Si raised his face, and his bright eyes seemed to be saying: Sister Qiao, please praise me!

"Thank you, Xiao Si, it's so beautiful! I love it so much! I will wear it today!"

Qiao Jiaojiao smiled with two dimples and reached out her hand towards Xiao Si.

Xiao Si immediately wrapped the string of Dongzhu beads carefully around Jiaojiao's little hand, and both of them smiled with their eyes narrowed.

When Mrs. Qiao saw this, she smiled and shook her head, combed Jiaojiao's hair herself, and let the two of them go out to play.

We didn’t originally plan to have a big celebration for Jiaojiao’s second birthday. It would be nice if the whole family just sat together and had a meal.

However, the Emperor and the Empress said they were coming a few days ago, so she had to make careful preparations.

At dinner time, the Xiao family, Duke of Yan, Tan Hanchi and Zuo Anning all arrived. They were chatting and laughing in the hall, and soon Shen Yuanzhan and Xiao Qianlan also came in disguise.

"Brother Emperor! Sister Xiao!"

Qiao Jiaojiao came out skipping and jumping, and was picked up by Shen Yuanzhan.

Before he could open his mouth to speak, Jiaojiao had already covered his mouth with her hand.

"Emperor brother, let's make it clear today, you are not allowed to mention Jiaojiao wetting her pants!"

If others saw this scene, they would be shocked, but Jiaojiao still went her own way and was very comfortable.

She had long discovered that what the emperor brother wanted was this casualness and closeness, especially with her and Xiao Si.

As expected, despite Qiao Jiaojiao's "insolent" behavior, Shen Yuanzhan was not angry at all. Instead, his eyes were filled with smiles.

"Brother had forgotten it a long time ago, but Jiaojiao brought it up again. Thinking back to the past—"

"Ahhh! I don't want to listen! I don't want to listen!"

Qiao Jiaojiao quickly covered her ears, and then leaned towards Xiao Qianlan again!

"Sister Xiao! I want Sister Xiao to hug me!"

When Shen Yuanzhan saw Qiao Jiaojiao like this, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Jiaojiao, your sister Xiao can't hug you now, come, let your brother hug you!"

When Qiao Jiaojiao heard this, her eyes lit up.

[Ah! Could it be that Sister Xiao is pregnant? Is it the little grandson of the emperor in the original novel? That’s great! ]

[The Queen Mother must be very happy to hear this, it is really perfect! ]

When Shen Yuanzhan saw that Qiao Jiaojiao seemed to have guessed it, he couldn't help but scratch her little nose with his fingers.

"Little clever ghost."

At this time, everyone came forward to pay their respects, and Shen Yuanzhan smiled and waved his hand.

"Today is Jiaojiao's birthday. No need to be reserved in front of me. Just treat it as a normal family dinner."

Everyone sat together with smiles on their faces. It was truly a rare and wonderful sight.

As Qiao Jiaojiao ate the delicious food in front of her, she felt her heart was filled to the brim and even had tears in her eyes.

She is truly honored to be loved by everyone.

But what everyone was thinking was that it was great that Jiaojiao could appear in their lives.

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Time passed smoothly amid Jiaojiao's laughter and joy, and soon it was mid-January of the following year. At that time, there was a heavy snow in the capital, and Han Yaxian was about to give birth.

Mrs. Qiao and Qiao Jiaojiao have been staring at Han Yaxian with wide eyes all day long these days, and even Qiao Tianjing has begun to become distracted.

Mrs. Qiao had long stopped allowing Han Yaxian to come and pay respects. On the contrary, she and Qiao Jiaojiao would go to Qingzhuyuan from time to time to sit and chat with Han Yaxian.

On January 17, the snow finally stopped after five days of continuous snowfall. Mrs. Qiao took Han Yaxian for a walk in the yard, and earnestly instructed her:

"Xian'er, you need to walk more. It will make you healthier."

"This is your first child, so you may have to endure a lot of hardships. Don't be afraid, mother will be with you all the time."

Han Yaxian was actually still afraid in her heart, but everyone was so nice to her that she couldn't bear to make her family worry, so she nodded as if she was relaxed.

"As long as mom is here, Xian'er won't be afraid."

Mrs. Qiao patted Han Yaxian's hand lovingly, and seeing that they had been gone for a while, she wanted to take Han Yaxian back to rest.

As a result, after taking only a few steps, Han Yaxian's face suddenly changed, and he held his waist with a pale face.

Mrs. Qiao was startled, and then she heard Han Yaxian's trembling voice saying, "Mom, it's broken! It's broken!"

Mrs. Qiao looked down and saw that Han Yaxian's trouser legs were wet!

She took a deep breath and shouted without panic, "Madame Liu! Xian'er is about to give birth, hurry up! Get ready!"

Seeing how calm Mrs. Qiao was, Han Yaxian felt as if she had found her backbone, and she gradually felt at ease.

At this time, Qiao Zhongguo, Tian Jingdiyi and Jiaojiao were discussing matters in the study.

Ever since Qiao Zhongguo wrote to Meng Guxue last year to ask about the Soul-Snatching Divine Gu, the two of them inexplicably developed some kind of tacit understanding, and the correspondence has never stopped.

Thanks to this, the Qiao family learned a lot about Shen Yuanbai's recent situation from Meng Guxue.

The battle for the crown prince in Nanli Kingdom has reached its full swing. With the help of Shen Yuanbai, the eldest prince has actually restored a lot of his reputation during this period.

The Second Prince is now increasingly targeting the Third Prince, and it is quite difficult for the Third Prince to fight his two elder brothers at the same time.

Qiao Zhongguo was just about to open today's letter when a servant suddenly came in hurriedly reporting:

"Master! Young Master! Young Lady! Young Madam... Young Madam is about to give birth!"

Wow——

Several people in the study room stood up suddenly, and Qiao Tianjing ran out like a gust of wind.

Qiao Jiaojiao quickly climbed onto Qiao Zhongguo and said quickly, "Daddy! Let's go to Qingzhu Courtyard!"

When we arrived at Qingzhu Courtyard, everything had already been arranged in an orderly manner by Mrs. Qiao.

The midwife had been living in the mansion for a few days, and she had started early to boil water, get mattresses, and prepare coats.

Qiao Tianjing was standing in the yard, pacing back and forth nervously. Qiao Jiaojiao also clenched her palms and kept chanting "Amitabha, God bless you."

Han Yaxuan felt pain during this pregnancy for a long time. It was not until late at night that a loud cry was heard from the room.

When Qiao Jiaojiao heard the voice, her eyes suddenly lit up, and soon she saw Nanny Liu coming out in person to announce the good news.

"Congratulations, Master. Congratulations, Young Master. Young Madam and her child are safe!"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Jiaojiao burst into tears of joy.

God bless you, and everything goes well!

She really became a little aunt!

At the end of the hour of Xu on January 17th of the first year of Ding'an, Qiao Tianjing was blessed with a baby boy.

The naming of the child caused a little "disagreement" in the family.

Because Qiao Zhongguo named his child "Ziqiang", the whole family unanimously felt that it was... a bit rustic.

Qiao Zhongguo was very upset about this until Shen Yuanzhan heard the good news and personally gave him a name - Qiao Mingpei.

Qiao Zhongguo thanked the Lord for his grace happily on the surface, but at night in bed he couldn't help but mutter to his wife:

"Madam, I think it's not as good as being strong!"

Mrs. Qiao: “…”

At the beginning, "natural law" was no match for my husband, thank God the emperor took action.

Mingpei.

Well, as a grandmother, she is very satisfied!