Chapter 104 Birth
Ji Yunqing gave birth very quickly, with Nanny An watching closely at the side, and the midwives all delivered the baby obediently.
When it was noon and the sun was shining brightly, a cry could not wait to be heard.
"It's born, it's born!"
Ji Yunqing felt like he was finally relieved. He fainted from exhaustion without even checking the gender of the child.
When I woke up again, it was already night.
Ji Yunqing heard some noise outside and said weakly in a voice that sounded like he was doing splits: "Someone come here..."
Then there was the sound of footsteps approaching.
"My beloved concubine, you have worked hard."
It's King Zhao.
Ji Yunqing was shocked. Why was he here for no reason?
Then I remembered, oh, she seemed to have given birth to a baby today.
Where are the children?
Ji Yunqing looked with difficulty at the man who was dressed elegantly and looked relaxed and happy.
She swore that if this man dared to talk about giving the child to the princess, or anyone else, she would definitely drug him.
She didn't dare to use lethal medicine, so she used a drug that would make her childless.
He stayed up all night and pricked his teapot with a silver needle.
King Zhao was unaware of the inner torture of the woman who had just given birth to his child. He was quite interested: "Do you want to see that brat? I heard that he tortured you a lot."
"So it's a boy?"
Ji Yunqing thought that the child was still there, and her eyes softened a lot at this time: "Does he look like the prince?"
King Zhao couldn't tell what the newborn baby looked like, so he said randomly, "They look alike. They were carved from the same mold."
Ji Yunqing: “…”
Generally speaking, aren't these the kind of words that gossip-loving women often say?
King Zhao sat in front of the bed with a gentle look in his eyes, and personally wiped the non-existent sweat from her forehead.
"My beloved concubine, have you seen the child of Concubine Mei? Concubine Mei will be sent away after the confinement period. I have decided to give the child to you to raise. Let's pretend they are twins. How do you think?"
Haha, not so good
Ji Yunqing's heart choked for a moment: "I don't want to raise it"
King Zhao's face immediately darkened.
Ji Yunqing pretended not to notice and continued, "I just gave birth. I'm so tired. I have to take care of this newborn. I just can't do it."
"Then this..."
King Zhao quickly thought of a good idea: "You can give this child to the princess to raise, and you can raise the other child. This way, it won't be tiring, right?"
Ji Yunqing reviewed the ten tortures in his mind, and planned to put piercing the teapot with silver needles on the agenda.
"Why don't you ask the princess to raise that one? I want to raise my own."
Why do you have to transfer it?
why is it like this?
Because the princess didn't want to raise the child and felt that the mother had bad character.
King Zhao had no choice but to turn his attention to Ji Yunqing.
Ji Yunqing ignored him and took advantage of the fact that she had just given birth to the child to say, "Prince, you should figure it out yourself. I won't raise the child anyway, so can't I find someone else in the mansion who is willing to raise the child?"
Anyone else willing to support?
King Zhao seemed to be enlightened.
Before, he had always wanted to find someone who had just given birth and announced to the public that they had twins. Ji Yunqing was the most suitable one because outsiders knew that the others had only single babies, but this one had just given birth and had not announced it yet.
But think about it, there is no need to do so. There will always be someone in the mansion willing to support it.
Soon, King Zhao left.
The next day, Ji Yunqing heard the news that King Zhao had arranged for the child to be born to his concubine Liu.
Concubine Liu is the palace maid who has served King Zhao since she was a child. She is old and out of favor now, but King Zhao still has some special feelings for her.
When Ji Yunqing heard about this candidate, he was a little puzzled. Even if the princess didn't want to keep him, wasn't there still a concubine?
She doesn't want to raise it either?
At worst, there are still three concubines, two of whom have just given birth to children. So won’t Concubine Xu raise them too?
Ji Yunqing shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
It would be better to give it to Concubine Liu. She remembered that when she first entered the mansion, Concubine Liu made a special effort to befriend her. Later, when Concubine Zhao became pregnant, she turned around and made friends with Concubine Zhao again.
The purpose is to have a child.
Now she has finally got what she wanted.
Just as he was thinking about it, Nanny An brought in two elderly women and five maids.
"Master, these two are wet nurses, Liao and Shan."
As Nanny An spoke, the two wet nurses stepped forward with their heads lowered and bowed.
"Greetings to the Master"
"Free gift"
Ji Yunqing's eyes swept across the two men's brows. They both looked honest and decent, but he didn't know what their true personalities were like.
"Put your hand out so I can see it"
The two wet nurses stretched out their hands politely, both of them had calluses on their hands.
Among them, Nanny Liao's nails were neat and tidy without a trace of stain. Although Nanny Shan also looked clean, her nails were a little long.
"The baby's skin is very tender. Go cut his nails before you hold him."
"One more thing," Ji Yunqing said seriously, "Before you two hold the baby, you must wash your hands first, and take a bath every day. Make sure you are clean, understand?"
"Yes"
The two wet nurses quickly agreed.
After sending the two wet nurses to look after the children, Ji Yunqing looked at the five maids.
She wondered, was this asking her to pick two out of five?
Unexpectedly, Nanny An said, "Master, among the five maids, one is for you, and the other four are for the young master."
She paused and said, "Now the young master is still young, so he doesn't need too many servants. When the young master grows up and moves to a new courtyard, he will have a few more servants."
In other words, her current treatment is that of four maids plus one nanny An, and when the boy was just born he had two wet nurses plus four maids. And this is just the beginning?
Do you want to be so exaggerated?
Oh, Ji Yunqing thought again, this boy’s biological father is the prince, as for her biological father, it’s better not to talk about it.
Ji Yunqing was slow to speak, and Nanny An thought she couldn't pick out her maid for a while, so she couldn't help but say, "Master, you can observe these maids first, don't be in a hurry."
We all live in the same yard anyway, so there is no need to pick us out now.
Ji Yunqing came back to his senses and pointed at someone casually: "Let's pick her, what's her name?"
The little maid who was pointed at knelt down hurriedly and said: "I don't have a name yet, please give me a name, Master."
Seeing that she was young, Ji Yunqing named her after Hongdou: "From now on, you should be called Hongfeng!"
"How many of you are there?"
The other four maids also asked their master to give them names, and Ji Yunqing arranged them one by one.
Ji Yunqing hesitated for a moment and said, "Since you are here to serve the young master..."
Several maids looked at her expectantly.
"You can just call it Jixiang, Ruyi, Zhaocai, and Jinbao."
"Yes"
Several maids hurriedly expressed their gratitude.
I have to say, it’s really good to have a few more people in the yard. After observing for a few days, Ji Yunqing felt more at ease.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, Ji Yunqing had completed her double confinement period.
In fact, Ji Yunqing didn't need to sit in the double-month period, but the previous ones all did. If she didn't sit in the double-month period, the full-month banquets in the mansion would be held too frequently.
Maybe they will be held together.
Ji Yunqing didn't want his child to share the same activities with other children. Anyway, it's always a good thing to take more rest.
In addition, she had to think more about how she should explain to the princess after she was over the confinement period.
You know, she had been keeping her pregnancy a secret. If she told the princess about it, who knows how those women would tease her.