After Luo Deyun finished speaking, the private room was so quiet that even the sound of breathing seemed so clear.
Yuan Shuyi lowered his head, biting his lower lip, his eyes were a little sore, and his handkerchief was balled up.
Opposite Luo Deyun looked at the girl in front of him who was only a few years older than his daughter, and suddenly felt a little unbearable in his heart, but he did not comfort or urge her, and just waited patiently.
After a long while, Yuan Shuyi raised his head, his voice trembling slightly: "Then, the child is really not the Marquis's?"
Luo Deyun was stunned, frowned and said: "If it belongs to me, I will tell you directly, why go through such a big detour?"
After thinking for a while, he softened and said patiently: "He is indeed a good friend of ours in the army. It's just that his son died on the battlefield a month ago, and now he is unfortunately seriously ill. The doctor said he will not survive this autumn. The child's mother is also frail and sick. , then I entrusted the two children to me. But don’t worry, I will let Ranran take care of the children when they come to the Hou Mansion, you just need to pay a little more attention to them. "
Yuan Shuyi knew that he was not telling the truth, but he also believed that the two children he said were not his. If it was really his, with his current status, he would not let the child return to the Luo family so unclearly, let alone not give the child a title to his mother.
Thinking of this, Yuan Shuyi felt a little brighter and said, "Please rest assured, Mr. Hou, I will try my best."
She didn't say too much.
With these words, Luo Deyun was satisfied. He didn't want to ask her too much and said, "I'm really making things difficult for you."
No matter who she is, how can a bride be asked to take care of two babies of unknown origin before she even walks in?
Moreover, no matter who looks at this matter from the outside, they will think that the child was born in an outside room where Luo Deyun raised him outside. I just want Ran'er and her children to return to the capital, and there is no other way for the time being.
Yuan Shuyi shook his head: "Master Hou, you are too polite."
Seeing that the matter was finished, Luo Deyun took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeve, put it on the table, and said: "Don't worry too much. You will have to worry about two children in the future. This is my little thought. I still have to worry about it." If you have something to do, let’s go first.”
Just as Yuan Shuyi was about to refuse, Luo Deyun, who was tall and had long legs, disappeared from the door in a few steps.
After leaving the house, Qingchuan, who had not seen him for a few days, stepped forward, glanced around, and whispered: "Master Marquis, the matter is settled. The woman promised to go back to get married after the child is born. I will send the child away when the time comes. Go to Ci'an Hall and tell the outside world that you were adopted by the Marquis, so no one will find out."
Luo Deyun nodded and breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, but don't take it lightly. Always pay attention to the movements of Jin Yiwei."
Qingchuan: "Yes, I understand."
After Luo De left, Lu Rong dared to come in. She looked at the thick stack of banknotes on the table and was a little worried: "Miss..."
Yuan Shuyi waved his hand: "Just pretend you don't know anything about today's matter. It will be the same in the future, just do as the Marquis said."
Three months later.
"Miss, hold on! Harder, harder!" Aunt Qiu and the two stable women were busy sweating profusely.
The old doctor stood outside the screen and kept asking: "How's it going? Did you see the head? Don't worry, Madam has used the secret medicine. As long as you don't panic, there will be no problem!"
"Hot water! Hot water!"
Youqing directed the little girl to change the water from basin to basin.
Outside the house, Luo Deyun rubbed his hands and walked around in the yard. When he turned his head, he almost hit Shen Yuzhi's head. He raised his hand and waved it away: "Yu Zhi, please move closer!"
It was also the first time for Shen Yuzhi to see a woman give birth, and her uncle was so anxious that his forehead was covered with sweat.
Fortunately, since Luo Ran called Zhuang Zi, he has been walking around every day, so the production is going smoothly.
On October 20th, Luo Ran finally gave birth to two children successfully.
"Congratulations, Mr. Marquis! Congratulations, Mr. Marquis! The young lady has given birth! A little lady and a young master!"
Young, crying and laughing, he came out to announce the good news. He and Aunt Qiu each held a bright red swaddling baby in their arms.
Aunt Qiu also followed: "Miss is also fine, but she was very tired and fell asleep."
Shen Yuzhi looked at the two wrinkled children with both relief and bitterness in his heart.
After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Luo Ran finally slowly opened his eyes and saw the figure with one hand on the table and his eyes closed. His throat was a little tight: "Cousin."
I just gave birth and my voice is still a little hoarse.
Shen Yuzhi woke up when he heard the sound, and hurriedly stepped forward to touch her forehead. Without waiting for her to speak, he hurriedly said: "Fortunately, there is no fever. The children are also fine. Don't worry, the wet nurses will take them down to feed them."
Luo Ran nodded: "Cousin, thank you."
Shen Yuzhi smiled: "Fool, why are you being polite to me? By the way, there are two children, a sister and a brother. The sister cries loudly, but the brother is very quiet. My uncle said that he will name the two children after you wake up. "
Luo Ran nodded happily and said, "It's thanks to my cousin that the two of them came into this world, so please trouble my cousin to give them another name."
Shen Yuzhi did not refuse, thought for a while, and said: "The mountains are high and the scenery is still, let's call my brother Luo Jingxing. The sky will be clear and the earth will be peaceful. How about my sister's name Luo Qingning?"
Both children are named Luo.
Luo Ran read it softly and was very happy: "Luo Qingning, okay."
There is also the word "Qing" in my mother's name, so my father will definitely like it. Just to avoid it, I removed the word "water".
Ten days later, Luo Ran was holding two children lying side by side on the bed. Luo De brought Zhuangzi, stood at the door and knocked gently: "Ranran."
Seeing that his clothes were still intact, Luo Ran said hurriedly: "Dad, please come in quickly."
Youqing opened the door, turned around and went out, then closed the door again.
Luo Deyun looked at the two children, who were sleeping soundly, and said with a smile: "Now that we are outside, there are fewer rules, but there is a bit more humanity."
Indeed, according to the rules, Luo Ran had just given birth, and neither he nor Shen Yuzhi should enter the inner room. However, apart from Youqing and Aunt Qiu, there were no outsiders in this village.
Luo Ran said nonchalantly: "If possible, my daughter would like to keep it like this."
Luo Deyun sat for a while without saying anything, staring lovingly at the two children with his eyes, unable to get enough of them.
Luo Ran's heart tightened and she said, "Dad, is it..."
Luo Deyun nodded: "I originally wanted to wait until you were out of confinement before letting you mother and son go back, but..."
It's just that the wedding is approaching, and as the eldest daughter, it would be inappropriate for Luo Ran not to go back. Luo Deyun didn't care about this. What he was afraid of was that Fu Jinan's actions had become more and more threatening recently. If he discovered it first, the consequences would be disastrous.
Luo Ran also understood and tried his best to smile: "Dad, I'm fine. Didn't the doctor say that I just need to be careful and don't catch cold, and it's fine to move around in the house. Let's just follow what we said before. I Go back first, and then you can take Ning'er and sister back."
Luo Deyun stood up and touched his daughter's head, and after a while he said, "I'm embarrassing you."
On November 11, Luo Ran, who had been away from Beijing for half a year, finally returned to the capital from "Jiangnan" accompanied by his cousin Shen Yuzhi.
