This lively incident in the Zheng family has come to an end. Xie Rongzhao doesn't go out every day, just listening to gossip at home.
Xie Rongzhao learned from Cheng Jingzhou that the newly promoted Minister of Rites was a royalist and was promoted by the emperor.
There is no big background. It is better than Xie Xiuwen's starting point back then, but it is not too good either.
Xie Rongzhao wondered in his heart, is the emperor going to attack the noble family?
It doesn't look like much either.
Mainly because the family was so powerful, Xie Rongzhao didn't believe that the Holy One would take action at this time.
At the end of September, Xie Rongzhao launched an attack. When Cheng Jingzhou, who was on duty, heard the news, he reportedly fell down while rushing back. The fifth prince happened to be with him. Seeing his embarrassed appearance, he laughed at him for several years.
When Cheng Jingzhou hurried back, Liu Ruolan and Mrs. Cheng were guarding the yard. There were two midwives in the delivery room, two nuns were helping to take care of her, and there were servants outside who were coming in and out bringing hot water.
As soon as Cheng Jingzhou came back, he wanted to rush into the delivery room, but was grabbed by Mrs. Cheng.
"That's not okay. You wait here for a while. A woman is giving birth. Even if you go in, you won't be able to help."
Cheng Jingzhou felt his throat was blocked. He wanted to say that he couldn't help but also wanted to go in and take a look, but maybe because of nervousness, he was speechless.
After a while, Xie Xiuwen and Xie Ronlang also hurried over, but again, they couldn't help with anything and could only wait.
Fortunately, Xie Rongzhao was very upbeat. They only waited for more than an hour before she gave birth.
Mrs. Cheng was originally comforting her son, saying that it would be more difficult for a woman to give birth to her first child, and that there were many women who gave birth to a baby that lasted a day and a night.
Unexpectedly, before she could finish her words, there was a sound of crying coming from here.
Mrs. Cheng and Liu Ruolan looked at each other and walked in immediately.
As soon as they entered the outer room, grandma took the child out and said, "Congratulations to both ladies, the young lady has given birth to a little boy."
Mrs. Cheng was overjoyed: "Okay, okay! My dear grandson, hurry up, spread the word, and the whole government will reward you with a month's salary."
Liu Ruolan entered the back room at this time.
Both midwives were still there, and Xie Rongzhao was only very tired at this time, but he was still awake.
"How's it going, dear baby, does it still hurt?"
Xie Rongzhao shook her head. Because she had sweated a lot when she was giving birth, her hair was wet and stuck to her scalp, which was not very comfortable.
Even if there is a maid taking care of him all the time, there is nothing that can be done properly.
"Aniang, I am also a mother. I finally know how much pain Aniang suffered in order to give birth to me."
Liu Ruolan couldn't hold back the tears and fell down.
"Good boy, let's not talk about this anymore. You can sleep for a while before you can move back tomorrow."
"Well, how are the kids?"
"It's very good. He's a little boy. He will definitely look like Jingzhou in the future."
Xie Rongzhao was still too tired and fell asleep without saying a few words.
When Cheng Jingzhou came in later, the smell of blood in the room had faded, but it was still there. It was not appropriate to open the windows for ventilation now, so this was the only way.
Cheng Jingzhou came in and took a look at her. He sat with her for a while but didn't see her waking up, so he went out again to order people to prepare food.
Cheng Jingzhou became a father, and he was even happier than when he won the first prize. He wished he could have a big banquet to celebrate.
He had good intentions, but the actual situation did not allow it.
According to the rules, there is either a full-moon wine or a hundred-day banquet.
Xie Xiuwen was also happy. After all, in terms of blood relationship, only Xie Rongzhao's children were the closest to him.
When the child is still young, it is not appropriate to give him a big name because he is afraid that the child will not be able to stand up any longer, so he should give him a nickname first.
After discussing with Xie Rongzhao, Cheng Jingzhou decided to give him the nickname Tuantuan.
Cheng Jingzhou has already thought about it. If he has a second child again, regardless of gender, his nickname will be Yuanyuan.
Xie Rongzhao gave birth to a son here, and the news naturally spread quickly to all the high-level mansions. During her confinement period, several groups of friends came to visit.
Among them, Wang Yinuo and Zhao Ying are naturally indispensable.
Wang Qin'er also came, but was rejected by Mrs. Cheng.
Wang Qin'er was angry, but there was nothing he could do.
She held a banquet at Dong's house before, and she had promised well verbally, but there were only a few people with real status who came.
Especially when something happened to Zheng's family, whom she had high hopes for, she was still hoping to get Dong Yan into the sixth film, but it ended up like this.
Wang Qin'er had made big promises before, but had yet to see any results. Now that Mr. Zheng had been demoted again, she had no way to turn to him.
Dong Yan was not in a hurry. He knew that it was common for some expatriate officials to be left hanging for a year and a half if they had no background after returning to Beijing.
Moreover, Dong Yan was not good at digging into the camp, and he didn't like his wife running around for him.
However, after he said it several times, Wang Qin'er didn't listen at all, so he had no choice but to let her go.
In fact, Dong Yan visited his father-in-law twice after returning to Beijing. His father-in-law saw him twice and did not turn him away. From this, it is not difficult to see that his father-in-law still wanted to help.
It's just that what Wang Qin'er did before was too much and made his mother-in-law unhappy, so even if his father-in-law wanted to help him, he had to slow down.
No matter how innocent Dong Yan is, he still knows that Wang Qin'er is thinking about plotting his brother-in-law's marriage. Normally, no mother can tolerate this.
But Dong Yan also knew that his family was not as powerful as the Wang family. Even if Wang Qin'er went too far, he didn't want to abandon her. After all, he gave birth to a child for himself. He couldn't be too ruthless.
It's just that Wang Qin'er keeps jumping up and down like this, and he really feels like he has a headache.
Wang Qin'er went out again that day, and Wang Jin sent someone to ask Dong Yan to come over and talk.
Dong Yan thought that the opportunity might have come, so he changed his clothes and brought some gifts to the door.
"You did a good job in your previous job, but it was just good, not particularly outstanding. Maybe you understand what I'm saying?"
"What my father-in-law said is true, and my son-in-law understands it."
Dong Yan is self-aware. When it comes to serving as a county magistrate abroad, he is far inferior to Cheng Jingzhou.
Whether it is political achievements or taxes paid to the national treasury, they are all beyond his reach.
"Well, I asked Mr. Xie about it. Do you want to enter the Sixth Division, or do you want to go to the Nine Temples and the Fifth Prison?"
"Everything depends on my father-in-law's orders."
Dong Yan is not stupid, he can decide where he wants to go?
"That's alright. Then I'll talk to Mr. Xie later and recommend you to be an official in the Ministry of Rites and see if it works."
Dong Yan was overjoyed. If he joined the Ministry of Rites, his future would be good. The key is that he would have less errands. He knew that what his father-in-law said was basically enough.
In the evening, Dong Yan told Wang Qin'er that she should not travel outside the house and live peacefully in the house for a while, just waiting for the appointment letter to come out.
Wang Qin'er didn't believe that his father could be so kind? (End of chapter)
