The arrival of a child is unexpected, and it is not easy for it to take root and sprout tenaciously under the strict supervision of its parents.
Two months later, Song Wan finally managed to stabilize her pregnancy. She refused to stay in the mansion any longer, unable to do somersaults or eat any more. She pointed at her slightly protruding belly with her index finger and said, "You're quite capable! I'll deal with you when you come out."
After Gu Yan hurried back to Beijing, he has not taken up any position. He stayed in the mansion all day to take care of Song Wan and kept her from running around. Today, he brought her to Xiaoyao Tower for a visit with the doctor's approval.
As a result, he had just been out for a while when he came back to see his wife arguing with the baby in her belly.
He looked helpless, "Even if you talk to it so much now, it won't understand."
Song Wan snorted, "It's making it so I can't eat anything. Tell me what's wrong with it."
"If a son is not well-educated, it is the fault of his father, so I am here to apologize on its behalf today." Gu Yan said with a hurried smile, "Ah Wan, do you want to see what I brought?"
Song Wan straightened up from the armchair and asked curiously, "What?"
Suddenly, she seemed to smell the aroma of meat, mixed with special spicy seasonings and bursts of charcoal grilled flavor.
Her eyes lit up, "It's barbecue!"
"I asked the doctor, and he said that eating these foods occasionally will not have any effect on you and the baby." Gu Yan hurriedly opened the curtain behind her and took the wooden tray from the waiter. There were about twenty or thirty skewers of steaming beef, mutton and pork belly on it.
"Gu Yanji, you're so kind!" Song Wan couldn't wait to pick up a bunch and start chewing. "Luckily, Mom went to the temple in the suburbs to burn incense today, otherwise she would have followed us here, and I wouldn't have been able to eat them then."
Gu Yan touched her head anxiously and said, "Thank you for your hard work in carrying it."
He didn't expect that just because of his uncontrolled indulgence, he would have a child.
Perhaps, there really is such a thing as fate in this world, just like him and her.
Song Wan ate the food she had been craving for day and night, and instantly she no longer had any resentment towards the bean sprout in her stomach.
After finishing a string of noodles in a few bites, she replied, "Not bad. It's so boring to be in the capital all the time. It seems like it would be nice to have a child and go out and play."
Gu Yan couldn't help laughing when she heard her quickly change her words.
In this way, during Song Wan's pregnancy, although Qi and Liu kept a close watch on her, Gu Yanji always found an opportunity to bring her to Xiaoyao Tower to eat some of her favorite food, sometimes grilled skewers, sometimes spicy grilled fish. Anyway, as long as it was something that Qi and Liu did not allow her to eat, Song Wan would eat some of it more or less.
Time passed quickly, and Song Wan's stomach swelled up quickly as if it had been inflated.
When the baby was more than eight months old, the doctor came to diagnose and said that the belly was a little big and that the baby should reduce his meals appropriately in the last month or so.
Qi was very puzzled. "It doesn't make sense. I always eat normal portions, so why is my stomach still so big?"
Song Wan, with her belly bulging, hid behind Gu Yanji guiltily. She would never admit that she had gone to the kitchen to steal a chicken to eat after eating the meal for pregnant women last night.
It was a chilly night in early spring. Song Wan hunched over, holding her abdomen with both hands, and quietly moved towards the kitchen.
Ever since she was ordered to reduce her meals, Song Wan has never eaten the special meal that Gu Yan prepared for her. She has endured it for a month, and she must eat tonight, otherwise she won't be able to sleep.
After finally reaching the kitchen, Song Wan didn't even light a candle in order not to attract attention. She relied on her memory to find a plate of unfinished boiled chicken, then made herself a bowl of chili dipping sauce in the dark, sat on the fire stool, and ate one piece at a time.
How refreshing! Song Wan enjoyed the meal very much!
Song Wan was afraid that Gu Yan would wake up anxiously and find that she was not there, so she ate quickly and finished the meal in less than a quarter of an hour. She wiped her mouth and planned to go back to the room like she did before.
After walking out of the kitchen smoothly and around the corridor without meeting anyone, Song Wan felt relieved. Just as she was about to turn a corner, she almost bumped into a wall.
Gu Yanji suddenly appeared. Song Wan felt guilty. She tried to calm down and said, "I didn't cheat!"
Gu Yan was anxious: "......"
His wife seems to be particularly fond of playing some self-incriminating dramas recently.
"Really, no, I just came out to enjoy the moon." Song Wan pointed to the sky, but when she looked up, she found that there was no moon tonight.
"Okay, I just ate two pieces of chicken." Under Gu Yan's anxious gaze, Song Wan lowered his head and admitted.
"Next time you come out, remember to wake me up. What should I do if something happens to you?" Gu Yan sighed anxiously, walked over and picked the person up in her arms, "Anyway, it will be out in a few days, so what it eats now won't have much of an impact."
"Really?" Song Wan raised her hand. "Then I want another chicken drumstick. I wasn't satisfied with the previous one!"
Gu Yan's forehead twitched anxiously, "Didn't you say you only ate two pieces?"
Song Wan covered her mouth and continued to argue, "You heard it wrong."
In the end, Song Wan finally got to eat the big chicken leg she had been craving for. Her stomach, which had been craving for a month, was finally satisfied, and she couldn't help but stretch.
Just as she stretched it out, she suddenly felt something flowing inside her.
She touched it and found it was hot and wet, and then her stomach began to ache.
"Gu Yan is anxious, it seems to be coming out."
"What do you mean by coming out—" Gu Yan said anxiously halfway when she suddenly realized something and the plate in her hand fell to the ground with a snap.
Half an hour later, Gu Yan was blocked outside the delivery room and was not allowed to enter.
Liu held her son back and said, "Not only will you cause trouble if you go in, but you'll also affect the princess's delivery."
How could Gu Yan not be worried? He clenched his fists, wishing he could take the blame for the people inside.
Time passed bit by bit, it started at midnight, and finally at dawn, the baby cried and fell to the ground.
"Congratulations! It's a beautiful little girl!" The midwife shouted while holding the baby wrapped in soft cloth.
Gu Yan reacted quickly and rushed in.
The midwife thought he was there to hold the baby and was about to congratulate him, but he didn't even glance at her and went straight into the inner room.
Song Wan lay on the bed, sweating profusely, and exhaled, "Finally unloaded."
Gu Yan squatted in front of the bed anxiously. Seeing her so weak, she felt distressed and said, "I won't give birth to a child in the future."
Song Wan still had some energy left to joke with him, "What if you can't control yourself then?"
"I asked the doctor if he has any sterilization medicine suitable for men." Gu Yanji had already thought of a solution to this problem.
Song Wan was incredulous, "Gu Yanji, you don't look like the men here at all."
Gu Yan was about to ask her why she thought so, but she shook her head again and said, "No, it should be said that men who think like you are rare in any era."
The news that Princess Xiaoyao had given birth to a daughter spread quickly throughout the capital. Those who were jealous of her power secretly mocked her, saying that after five years of marriage, she only had a girl. It seemed that the Xiaoyao Palace and the General's Palace would have no successors.
But they didn't expect that this girl they looked down upon would beat them and their descendants to a pulp more than ten years later, making them cry for their parents.
After the third day of the baby's birth, the child's name was finally decided. It was named Song Ying, which means "Ying". It means extraordinary talent. It is hoped that when she grows up, she will be able to recognize people and not be deceived by him.
The reason why Gu Yan chose this name in a hurry was simple: his wife had a title to pass on, but he didn't.
Furthermore, he had never participated in the hardships of raising children, so how could he be qualified to have a surname?
Compared to the real name Song Ying, the nickname is a bit sloppy, crying all the time. It was because Song Wan woke up with the sound of a child crying in her ears. She was annoyed and decided on the nickname.
Qi and Liu wanted to change it. They felt so sad that their sweet and soft granddaughter had such a nickname. But before they could think of a better one, Gu Yan quickly agreed and made the decision.
As soon as the baby was born and the outside world's ridicule had not yet died down, an imperial edict came from the palace, slapping them in the face.
In addition to the gold, silver and treasures bestowed along with the imperial edict, what made them embarrassed was the content of the edict. The emperor actually directly appointed Princess Xiaoyao's daughter as the Crown Prince of Xiaoyao, who would be the next King Xiaoyao.
What they couldn't understand was why the emperor didn't wait until Princess Xiaoyao gave birth to a son before conferring the title. If he was afraid of Princess Xiaoyao's power, he could have simply not conferred the title of prince on her. But with such genuine favor towards her, there was no sign of any rift between them.
When Qi found out that her granddaughter took her mother's surname, she was a little worried. She was afraid that the Gu family would think too much, but she never expected that Liu would find her first to explain.
Liu held her elder sister's hand and sighed, "Our two families have shared weal and woe for so many years. We are already one family. Why bother agonizing over such a trivial matter? You know Yan Ji is a very filial child. He has already discussed this with me and his father in advance."
Qi thought about it and it made sense. Her daughter was not a bad person and had a title, so it should be like this.
"I was mistaken."
Liu smiled and said, "I have been looking forward to having a granddaughter for several years, unlike you who already have several granddaughters."
Qi also laughed, "Too much is not good either. You don't know, yesterday Chichi and Lanlan even laid that boy Hehe on the ground and rode him like a horse."
I was ridden like a horse by my older sister and younger sister in turn. I don’t know if I will remember it when I grow up.
Liu found this interesting. "Come to think of it, your granddaughters all seem to have some resemblance to Aunt Wan."
Mrs. Qi actually liked her granddaughters to be like her daughters, so that at least they wouldn't be bullied when they grew up.
After the full moon banquet, the newborn red monkey-like baby girl finally began to become white and tender.
Song Wan finally began to like this little baby she gave birth to. If it continued to look like it was when it was just born, she would have wanted to stuff it back in and give birth again.
She used to cry constantly, but she rarely cries after she was one month old. I don’t know if it’s because she knew she was given such a nickname, but now she only whimpers when she is hungry or needs to poop.
Before she was one month old, Song Wan didn't dare to hold her because she was very strong and she was afraid of hurting her accidentally.
As a result, when his niece was one year old and she kept crying, Li Yu took time out of his busy schedule to go to the palace to attend his niece's birthday banquet, but he never expected that he would break his little finger there.
Fortunately, Song Wan treated him in time, otherwise his left little finger would probably be disabled.
He kept crying and babbling, waving his little fists from time to time, completely unaware of what he had just done.
The Song and Gu families hurried forward to apologize. It was a great honor to have the emperor in person, and they did not expect that a one-year-old baby could break a finger.
Li Yu smiled and waved his hand, "It's okay, Sister Awan has already cured me. Besides, her constant crying was unintentional. I trust her."
"It seems that the one who keeps crying has inherited the great strength of the Song family's ancestors." Li Yu thought of the little guy who just broke his hand and concluded.
"It's good to be strong. You won't have to worry about beating others in the future!" After giving birth to a child, Song Wan finally became more plump. She was very satisfied and felt a little more loving when she kept crying. "When you go out to mess around, fists are the last word."
Except for Gu Yanji, everyone from the Song and Gu families lowered their heads helplessly, feeling ashamed in silence.
Li Yu agreed with a smile, "Sister Wan is right."
The fifteen-year-old boy had grown taller and displayed the aura of an emperor. He was no longer the child who was not favored in the beginning.
At the beginning, many court officials thought that the Song and Gu families pushed a young child to the stage in order to take power themselves. However, after so many years, the only one from the Song and Gu families who was active in the court was Gu Lingfeng.
Even though the two families enjoyed continued glory and favor, they never thought of seeking certain power.
Many people breathed a sigh of relief while privately mocking the two families for being stupid, saying that the consequences of not seeking anything would only be disastrous.
In the final analysis, they are jealous, jealous that they are favored by the emperor but do not take advantage of this friendship.
The older Li Yu got, the more he understood. He knew the reason why the Song and Gu families restrained their influence and eliminated Sister Awan was for him. They hoped more than any other ministers in the court that he could be a good emperor who truly served the people.
And just as they wished, he worked hard to move in this direction.
When Ku Bu Ting was three years old, except for the slightly older Gu Chang, none of her cousins in the family could beat her. Even Gu Lingfeng's second son Gu Xiang, who was five or six years older than Ku Bu Ting, could not escape being crushed by Ku Bu Ting and had to sit on him like a stool.
Everyone who saw it said that the Song family's ancestral strength was indeed extraordinary.
She cried non-stop and was not afraid of anything except her mother Song Wan, because no matter how angry other people were, including her own father, they would not really beat her.
But her mother would, and she would cry non-stop. She remembered that when she was two years old, she accidentally knocked over her sister Anan's glass lamp. When her mother found out, her butt almost broke and was swollen for three whole days.
From then on, I cried non-stop and realized that the person I should never mess with in this world is my mother.
Overall, Song Wan was very satisfied with the baby she gave birth to. She had never raised anything before and now, and this baby was her first, and she gave birth to one herself.
This sense of novelty has not disappeared even after several years, especially when she sees that face that looks almost exactly like her own when she was a child, she occasionally has the illusion that she is raising herself.
However, compared to her past self, the current "self" can eat and drink well every day, does not have to be bullied, and does not have to worry about not having food to eat tomorrow. Song Wan is very satisfied.
When she was five years old, the ship for the voyage was finally built, so Song Wan took Gu Yanji, her son, and a group of followers, regrouped and set sail.
This voyage directly brought the Dayue Dynasty a step further. Princess Xiaoyao brought back many things they had never seen before, such as mangoes, pineapples, durian and other novel fruits.
But when Gu Wu smelled the durian, his face turned green and he ignored Song Wan for a whole month.
It was not until durian was gradually accepted by the wealthy families in Beijing and became a popular fruit that he felt relieved.
Later, Princess Xiaoyao started doing business overseas on behalf of the Emperor of Dai Viet, and at the same time set up a shipping office and built a maritime army.
Just when everyone thought Song Wan was going to take charge of the naval army, she pulled Gu Yanji again, this time leaving behind her daughter and followers, and the two of them sneaked away. This time no one knew where they went.
Until two years later, a group of bandits suddenly emerged in a certain place. They not only disturbed the local people and made their lives miserable, but also kidnapped many people who were just passing by to enjoy the scenery. Just when the court learned about it and was about to send troops to reinforce, the group of bandits was suddenly wiped out overnight.
When the imperial soldiers arrived at the place, they saw only the corpses of bandits scattered all over the ground, with hundreds of their heads neatly laid out.
The leader was Wei Lin. Seeing this scene, he felt very familiar with it. Only the omnipotent Princess Xiaoyao could use this method.
The incident of bandits had a huge impact. The tourism industry that has flourished in Dai Viet in recent years has been greatly affected. Many people dared not go out after learning about this incident.
Not long after, a women's army was quietly established, and they could be seen wherever there were bandit problems.
The people who founded the women's army were none other than Song Yao and Daya, who had been in the martial arts world for several years. As the women's army grew larger and larger, the imperial court directly built branch camps for them in various places.
However, I heard that all of this was an idea proposed by Princess Xiaoyao. Later, this women's army helped women in distress in various places, beat up corrupt officials, and killed bandits, solving many potential hidden dangers for the court.
Later, when Princess Xiaoyao's daughter grew up, she also joined the women's army and became the second-generation leader of this women's army with her outstanding talents.
Song Wan and Gu Yanji spent several years in their own world outside, and only returned home on the eve of Li Yu's wedding.
It is no small matter for the emperor to choose a queen. The Ministry of Rites began preparing for it two years ago.
The new queen is from the Song family. When Li Yu made this decision, the court and the public were shocked. By making a daughter of the Song family the queen, the emperor wanted to ensure that a hundred years later, the descendants of the Song family would still enjoy glory.
Song Wan also learned about this on her way back to the capital. She was already over 30 and had never expected Li Yu to do such a thing. She asked Gu Yan anxiously, "Ayu calls me sister, but marries my niece. Won't he find it strange?"
Even after nearly twenty years in this world, Song Wan still hasn't integrated into the inherent thinking of this world.
"He is the emperor. These generations are nothing to the royal family. Besides, you two are not siblings after all, so it doesn't matter." What Gu Yan didn't say in a hurry was that A Yu's move was mostly for the future of the Song family.
Gu Yanji was very relieved, and even more glad that Li Yu could think of this.
But Song Wan still couldn't understand, "Could it be that because we've been away from Beijing for the past few years, Ayu has gradually become abnormal?"
Gu Yu choked. How could he answer this?
The eldest granddaughter of the Song family got married several years ago. She married the eldest son of the eldest grandson of General Qin who was stationed in the southwest. The one who is about to become the Queen of Dai Viet is the eldest daughter of the second son of Weiyuan Hou, whose name is Song Wei.
Oh, by the way, she also has a nickname, which I heard was chosen by Princess Xiaoyao herself, and it’s called Chi Chi.
The Song family has more than one daughter. As to why it was Song Wei, it all started when the emperor went on an incognito tour three years ago.
However, no one else knew about his incognito tour except Song Wei, Li Yu and a few of his close confidants.
For example, Song Qin was always confused about the fact that his daughter was about to become the queen. He couldn't understand why the emperor fell in love with Chi Chi.
Speaking of advantages, his daughter does have them, such as being able to fight, eat, and get into trouble, but these do not make her qualified to be a queen.
Chichi, that is, Song Wei herself was relatively calm. She comforted her father, "Don't worry, I promise I won't bring shame to the Song family. It's just a harem. I've fought in such a big world, how can I not be defeated by a few women in the harem?"
Seeing her eager to take action, Song Qin couldn't help but say, "My daughter, the emperor has never taken a concubine yet, so you should take it easy from now on."
Song Wei uttered an "oh," with a look of pity in her eyes. "Then what's the fun in entering the palace? Can the emperor handle a beating? Can he withstand a beating?"
Song Qin: “…”
Song Wan and Gu Yanji finally caught up with the ceremony of enthroning the queen. After not seeing each other for many years, Princess Xiaoyao and General Gu looked just as they did back then, without showing any signs of aging at all, but they were more mature and steady than before.
Of course, mature and steady refers to Gu Yanji, while Princess Xiaoyao is still the same Princess Xiaoyao, with a free and easy demeanor.
Song Wan saw that the baby who always liked to snatch her snacks when she was little had grown into a graceful young lady and became the Queen of Dai Viet.
Only then did she realize that she had been living in this era for nearly twenty years.
Here, she had a handsome and loyal man, a family that loved her dearly, gave birth to a child herself, raised many small teams, and had countless gold and silver, as well as endless food.
She had never known what this strange feeling was before, but now she seemed to finally understand it. It was a sense of happy satisfaction.
Seeing that she was staring into the distance, Gu Yan was anxious, so she touched her and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Song Wan turned around and seemed to be teasing him, "I was thinking about you."
Gu Yan hurriedly held her hand, not allowing her to refute, "Yes, I take it seriously."
Song Wan pouted, "I didn't say it was fake."
Gu Yan was anxious: "......"
He could never win an argument with his wife.
Song Wan teased the man, stretched, and then said, "Let's go to the bridal chamber!"
Thus, Li Yu became the only king since the founding of Dai Viet to be disturbed in his bridal chamber.
However, it is a blessing for the people of Dai Viet to have such an enlightened king.
In later records of the Dai Viet Dynasty, apart from Princess Xiaoyao who was mentioned the most, the only two people mentioned were Emperor Jiande, who was deeply influenced by Princess Xiaoyao.
During the hundreds of years when he and his descendants were emperors, the status of women was greatly improved. Many female officials and generals emerged, and quite a few were granted titles of nobility and appointed as prime ministers. This was also the era when women in Dai Viet had the highest status.
The author has something to say:
Actually, Ayu and Chichi followed a script of marriage first and love later, so I won’t go into details.
It's probably because after entering the palace, I found that there were no concubines to play with. Usually, apart from teasing the palace maids, I can only play with A Yu. That's how feelings are developed. Hehehe~
The article ends here! Thank you all for your support. See you in the next article.
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