It was windy and snowy outside, and time was wrapped in pieces of snowflakes, covered layer upon layer.
After raising them for more than ten days, Ke'er and Brother Liu gradually became what the third brother thought of as "family members".
After eating and drinking, they were brought back by the wet nurse. The two little guys opened their eyes and were in good spirits looking at the two idle brothers who were guarding them.
Brother Yu and Brother Jiu ate the candied haws that they begged their elder brother to buy. The bright red fruit was wrapped in translucent and sweet sugar coating, and they made a crunching sound when they bit it.
"Hmm~ It's just right~" Brother Yu sighed as he narrowed his eyes, then smiled and waved the candied haws in front of his younger brothers and sisters, "Brother, I'll buy it for you when you grow up."
Brother Jiu was too busy to talk. He bit and saw his mother looking at him. He turned around and left his siblings. He raised the candied haws and handed it to his mother's mouth: "Eat."
Lu Qing looked at the hawthorns covered in saliva and missing the sugar coating in silence, and she shook her head.
In order not to make Jiu Ge'er sad, she said, "Mom, I can't eat candied haws on a stick now."
In this way, Brother Jiu can understand. Because his mother gave birth to a younger brother and sister, he couldn't eat many things. He had heard from his mothers.
So Brother Jiu didn't force himself and sat down on the footrest beside Lu Qing's bed, hugging the hawthorns and chewing them vigorously.
Lu Qing's teeth were sore when she saw it. Thinking of Brother Jiu's doubts about her younger brothers and sisters a few days ago, she shouted softly: "Baby."
Brother Jiu smiled and turned his head, allowing Lu Qing to reach out and touch him.
Mother's warm and soft palms held his face, and Ninth Brother rubbed it comfortably and lovingly.
Lu Qing's heart almost melted and she asked him: "Have your brothers and sisters become more beautiful?"
"Yeah!" Brother Jiu readily admitted, "They are my younger siblings."
It's easy to tell if you're beautiful, but you won't recognize anything ugly.
Lu Qing smiled and poked a small dimple on his fleshy cheek: "Then we must love each other from now on."
She heard that Ninth Brother had shaken his fist at his younger brother, and she was afraid that they would be like Yan Fuguang's imagination, and they would make a lot of noise when they grew up.
Brother Jiu nodded with hawthorn in his mouth and smiled sweetly at Lu Qing.
With this smile, Lu Qing couldn't help but kiss him, and then asked him to spit out the hawthorn: "Don't get my baby stuck."
Brother Ninth vomited the hawthorn and kissed it back on his mother's face.
**
Ever since Luqing gave birth to two children, Yu Qianqian has been restless all day long.
The Buddhist scriptures copied by Yan Xianzhi were rejected by Emperor Xihe, and she had to wait until the New Year to be recognized.
But she couldn't wait any longer. The child wouldn't be born until after the new year, and she knew it.
One day in mid-December, the child in her belly came into the world noisily, catching Yan Xianzhi and Queen Xu off guard.
Yan Xianzhi was both happy and worried as she held her newly-baked son in her arms: "Is there anything wrong with giving birth to her two months early?"
Yu Qianqian closed her eyes with a guilty conscience. She was very afraid of being diagnosed by the imperial doctor as to the true month, but no one had ever questioned it, so she breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she had hidden it from everyone.
Now that Yan Xianzhi mentioned it, she pretended to be afraid and explained: "It was my first time to give birth to a child. The older I got, the more worried I became, so I gave birth prematurely... But the imperial doctor came to see me and the child is very healthy. The eldest prince and the queen, please don't blame me. Okay, if possible, I don’t want to do this..."
Looking at the seven-pound fat son born in his infancy, Yan Xianzhi smiled and narrowed his eyes, not doubting Yu Qianqian's words at all.
"That's all, as long as the child is healthy and born before the New Year, he can still ask for gifts from his grandfather and several uncles during the Chinese New Year. It's not a loss!"
Just because Yan Xianzhi is careless doesn't mean that Queen Xu is also a fool.
She squinted her eyes and looked at Yu Qianqian: "You gave birth more than eight months ago. The baby is not light when it is born. You are a capable person."
Yu Qianqian was so frightened that she wiped her tears: "I don't want to do that either... Queen, if you want to blame me or punish me, just ask, I will plead guilty."
Children born prematurely are usually a little weak. Empress Xu finally felt soft when she looked at her little grandson.
"We'll talk about it after you finish confinement."
Yu Qianqian quietly breathed a sigh of relief, lying on the bed and not daring to press for status.
Now that the baby was born, she was not in a hurry, but Yan Xianzhi and Queen Xu were.
Yan Xianzhi walked to Changding Hall with great joy. When Yan Fuguang saw him, he raised his eyebrows lightly: "When did your father leave the palace?"
"I'm here to announce the good news!" It was precisely for this reason and with Queen Xu's help that he was able to reach Changding Hall smoothly.
No one answered his words, and Yan Xianzhi was unhappy. He deliberately shouted: "I have a son! A fat son who weighs more than seven pounds!"
Yan Qinghuai first roared, then counted on his fingers, and looked at Yan Xianzhi with complicated eyes: "Brother, something seems wrong these days."
Yan Qingzhou tugged at his younger brother's robe. He seemed to be whispering but in fact everyone could hear what he said clearly. He said, "Fifth brother, don't be like this. As long as the eldest brother is happy."
"What are you talking about!" Yan Xianzhi glared at Yan Qinghuai with an angry look, "My son likes me and wants to come out as soon as possible to get close to his father. What's wrong?"
Yan Qinghuai pouted: "Yes, yes, as long as you are happy."
Yan Xianzhi rolled his sleeves: "Where is your father?"
Yan Changfeng answered him: "I went to the study to discuss matters."
"Then I'll wait for him to come back." Yan Xianzhi drank tea and snacks leisurely. Thinking of his fat son, he was filled with pride and couldn't help but want to show off his superiority in front of Yan Fuguang.
"Although the third brother's twins are twins, they are small when they are born. It's better for me to have one at a time, so that one can take on your two."
What kind of lunatic is talking!
Yan Qinghuai couldn't hold back: "Some people care more about nothing the less they have anything. I have never heard the third brother show off his four sons and one daughter."
As if Yan Xianzhi didn't understand, he taunted him in turn: "Humph, fifth brother, please wait until you have a son before you talk to me!"
He was just a son, which made him so proud that his tail was raised. Yan Fuguang squinted at him: "Your son does follow you. One is as good as two others. In this regard, I can't compare to you."
The more you eat, the fatter you get, this is what Yan Xianzhi said.
He looked embarrassed and was about to fight back, but saw Emperor Xihe stepping into the palace with his hands behind his back and in a very good mood.
Yan Xianzhi immediately greeted him with joy on his face: "My son, I came here specially to congratulate my father. You have a grandson!"
"He Xi sent his servants here. I haven't released you from the ban. Why are you walking around?"
"My son, my son is so happy. I want to inform my father about this good news as soon as possible. I also ask my father to forgive me!"
Emperor Xihe snorted heavily: "Go back and stay there. You are not allowed to come out without my order!"
Yan Xianzhi also had another purpose: "The child's name..."
His child cannot be treated worse than Yan Fuguang's child, especially since this is his first son.
Emperor Xihe pondered for a moment: "I will think of the name myself. You go back."
Yan Xianzhi returned to the prince's mansion happily, waiting for Emperor Xihe to name his son.
But a few days later, before the name was decided, someone suddenly said that the son he couldn't get enough of day and night was actually not his son.
