After Wen Ruyue would appear in the Shu Mansion in April next year, she would know whether Wei Luo had accepted the cousin or not.
Fu Shan successfully gave birth to a pair of twins. The steward of the Xiang Mansion sent someone to send the good news to the palace before the curfew.
Emperor Yongping heard that his fourth daughter-in-law was about to give birth, and he was very concerned about the twins, so he went to Concubine Guo Xian that night.
Concubine Guo Xian beamed with joy after hearing the happy announcement from the eunuch of the Xiang Mansion.
Emperor Yongping also squeezed her hand and said with a smile, “The Fourth Daughter-in-law follows after you.”
The twins were born in the first year of his rule. If such a festive news spread, the people of Jinling might think that his ascension to the throne was in obedience to God’s will.
After ascending the throne, although Emperor Yongping had not returned to Pingcheng, he had been out of the palace several times. In the eyes of most Jinling people, he only saw fear and defense, without a trace of joy. The people in Pingcheng were always smiling.
In the final analysis, the people of Jinling supported Wei Ang better, treating him as a rebellious lord.
Every time he thought of that, Emperor Yongping would be so angry that he wished he could move his capital to Pingcheng immediately.
It was just that if Pingcheng was going to be the capital city, the Imperial Palace alone needed to be expanded, not to mention that the entire city needed to be remodeled according to the regulations of the capital city. Such a large project would not be completed in three to five years.
Concubine Guo Xian didn’t know that her husband had already thought so much in his mind. Her thoughts were all on her son’s house, and she carefully asked the eunuch about the process of her daughter-in-law’s birth.
Knowing that Princess Shu stayed with her daughter-in-law until her son returned, Concubine Guo Xian said to Emperor Yongping with relief, “Fortunately, the two sisters-in-law have a good relationship; otherwise, the Fourth Son was not at home, and Fu Shan must be flustered giving birth to twins for the first time.”
Emperor Yongping nodded; the Third Daughter-in-law had always been the kindest among his daughter-in-laws. His Ying’er liked her, the Fourth Daughter-in-law liked her, even the domineering and arrogant Second Daughter-in-law was willing to go to her.
In comparison, the Eldest Daughter-in-law was more than majestic but not close to her sisters-in-law.
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When Yin Hui was in confinement, she always felt that time passed too slowly, and every day was uncomfortable. She wished she could sleep for more than a month and wake up with her body back to normal.
But when it was the sister-in-law’s turn to give birth and be in confinement, Yin Hui felt that time seemed to pass quickly, and Fu Shan’s twins had a full moon in a blink of an eye.
On that day, the family of five came to the Xiang Mansion early.
Wei Xuan greeted them with a full smile, especially when he looked at Yin Hui, he smiled very affectionately, “The Third Sister-in-law is finally here, Fu Shan has been thinking about you early in the morning.”
Yin Hui smiled and said, “I brought the kids to see the children.”
Wei Xiao told her, “Go, I’ll entertain the Third Brother.”
Yin Hui and Wei Luo looked at each other, led Xiao Ning, and took Xiao Heng and Xiao Xun to the room.
Wei Xuan still grinned from ear to ear at his cold brother, saying, “Third Brother, look, we are five brothers. I am the best, so I got two kids at once.”
“Childish.”
Wei Xuan said in a good mood, “You can’t eat grapes, so you’re saying grapes are sour.”
He smiled and walked in first.
Not long after, Wei Jing, the Eldest Son-in-law Zhao Mao, and the Second Son-in-law Yang Pengju also came. Wei Xuan looked at Wei Yan and showed off again, and asked Wei Jing, “You have been married for four months, Fifth Brother, why is there no good news yet?”
Wei Jing laughed and said, “To tell you the truth, my wife was diagnosed pregnant after the Mid-Autumn Festival.”
Wei Xuan was first surprised and then happy, and punched him on the shoulder, saying, “Okay, good; you may give Shi Lang (tenth brother) next year!”
Wei Jing reminded him, “Brother, there is a Concubine who is about to give birth, maybe Shi Lang will be born in the Elder Brother’s house.”
Wei Yan patted his head, saying, “Then you give birth to Shiyi Lang. Starting from you, and going around again, we five brothers will make up twenty kids!” (Shiyi Lang= Eleventh Brother)
Wei Jing didn’t answer such stupid words.
Zhao Mao laughed in his heart at Prince Xiang’s wishful thinking and turned his head to look at the Second Son-in-law Yang Pengju, hoping to get a consensus from his brother-in-law.
As a result, Yang Pengju pretended that he didn’t exist at all and offered a bowl of wine to Wei Xun with a smile.
In the back house, there were many female relatives. The five princesses (daughters-in-law) were all there, and the three princesses (daughters) were gathered together.
Wei Ying already liked a bunch of nephews and nieces at home, but her sister-in-law had given birth to a pair of twins. She liked them the most and sat beside the children all the time.
The Second Princess, Wei Shan, smiled and said, “Third Sister, you like children so much, why don’t you want to get married? It would be nice to have a few of your own.”
Wei Ying said bluntly, “Everyone has their own ambitions, and I don’t have these.”
Wei Shan showed a sarcastic smile.
The Eldest Princess, Wei Jin, looked at Wei Ying and said, “I am envious of the Third Sister. If she doesn’t get married, she will have no unnecessary worries. She can do whatever she wants.”
She had no chance and couldn’t let go of Zhao Mao.
Otherwise, she would follow Wei Ying, go out when she had the opportunity, and return to Beijing to live for a while.
Of the three princesses, Wei Jin obviously favored Wei Ying, and Wei Shan felt a little bit lost. She looked at her sister-in-law, Ji Xianxian, hoping that she would help her.
How could Ji Xianxian dare to contradict Wei Jin?
Wei Jin was favored by her father-in-law, and she was a ruthless person who dared to leave the children and go to her father-in-law alone. So Ji Xianxian would not be so stupid as to get into trouble.