Fu Shan’s twins, the boy was simply called Jiu Lang, and the girl had the name given by Emperor Yongping, called Bao
Yin Hui thought the name Bao sounded nice.
After returning from the banquet at the Shu Mansion, before taking a rest, Yin Hui chatted with Wei Luo while sitting upright, “It seems that the names Father gave to the girls seem to have some deep meaning. Maybe Father thought that the Second Sister-in-law’s name was not dignified enough, so he hoped that Zhuang would make that change. Ning Ning was born in wartime, and Father hoped that the world would restore peace as soon as possible. On the side of the Fourth Sister-in-law, the twins are auspicious, so Father was happy and gave her the name Bao. Then, what is the meaning of Mei?”
“Mei” refers to facial features. Her father-in-law should not be so superficial, hoping that his first granddaughter would be more beautiful, right?
Wei Luo sat on the head of the bed, watching her thinking seriously.
He didn’t think there was anything to think about. Mei was a concubine-born. His father probably hoped that the little girl would be gentle and beautiful.
It was just that it was too grand and pampering for him to name the girl of the Fourth Brother “Bao”.
Although the word “Ning” sounded good, it was still a little worse than “Bao”.
Seeing that his wife didn’t even notice that he didn’t feel great that his daughter lost such a potential name to someone else, and instead was thinking about something, Wei Luo lay down first.
No matter how much Yin Hui thought about it, she would never have guessed that he, a dignified Prince, would be jealous of Bao, otherwise she would have laughed at him for being narrow-minded.
Before the Double Ninth Festival, Prince Chu returned from his errand of inspecting the dams on both sides of the Yangtze River. He got to marry the side concubines in the middle of the month, and he came back in time, so there was no delay.
Ji Xianxian ran to Yin Hui to find her to complain about her husband. She disliked Wei Yan, who only cared about his side concubines and beauty, and was not as good at handling affairs as his brother Wei Yang.
Ji Xianxian could despise Wei Yan at will, but Yin Hui could only speak for him and said with a smile, “When the Elder Brother married the side concubines, it was true that he had not finished his errands, and it was not convenient to come back, but the Second Brother has been away for half a year. Well, he came back naturally, and it has nothing to do with when the side concubines will be coming. You really wronged him this time.”
Ji Xianxian glared at her and said, “The Third Master has no side concubines, and you have never experienced those bad things. Of course, you have no idea about it.”
Yin Hui suffered a lot from that kind of sourness in her previous life. When Wei Luo just sent Wen Ruyue over, and Ji Xianxian found out about it, she came over to comfort her with nice words, but in fact, she was just there to see her embarrassment.
“Then what do you want me to say? If I follow your wishes and say that the Second Brother came back early to marry the side concubines in time, would you like to hear it?” Yin Hui said helplessly.
Ji Xianxian’s eyes widened even more.
Yin Hui was about to change the subject when Jinzhan came in from the outside and reported with a smile, “Princess, the Duan Mansion just sent someone to announce the good news, saying that Concubine Meng gave birth to Shi Lang successfully, and the mother and child are safe.”
Ji Xianxian’s jealousy was replaced by gloating joy, as she said to Yin Hui, “This Concubine Meng is also a lucky person. First Liu Lang and then Shi Lang, she gave birth to two sons…” Halfway through speaking, she waved Jinzhan to go out, lowered her voice, and continued, “If the Elder Brother inherits the throne in the future, with the favor Concubine Meng gets, maybe she will be named Noble Concubine.”
Yin Hui’s memories of her previous life only ended in April next year, so she didn’t know what would happen in the future.
But she didn’t think Concubine Meng could be a noble concubine. After all, in her father’s harem, Concubine Li came from a good family and was his childhood sweetheart, Concubine Guo Xian was beautiful and came from a famous family. But neither of them could be a Noble Concubine. Concubine Meng only gave birth to two sons. In other respects, she was completely incomparable with the two newly added side concubines in the Duan Mansion. If she really confers the title of Nobel Concubine, the officials would make a fuss.
Prince Duan (Wei Yang) came back at the end of September, and he didn’t even have the wedding wine to marry his side concubines.
Wei Yang went into the palace to meet Emperor Yongping and Empress Xu, and only asked the guards around him to report to his house first.
In the Duan Mansion, Da Lang, San Lang, and Liu Lang were all studying in the palace, and Concubine Meng was in confinement. So Xu Qingwan called Xiao Mei and her mother, as well as the newly entered Concubine Bai and Concubine Ye, to the front hall of the palace. They waited there for the Eldest Master. As for Shi Lang, he was still too young, so she didn’t carry him for now, so as not to make him sick.
Concubine Bai was beautiful and delicate, because she was about to meet Prince Duan, she showed some nervousness.
Concubine Ye was glamorous and confident, and talked with Xu Qingwan openly.
When Wei Yang first brought Concubine Meng back to the Yan Palace, Xu Qingwan really felt uncomfortable. But after so many years, after experiencing Wei Yang’s unchanging love for Concubine Meng for many years and his boredom and neglect, Xu Qingwan no longer cared about Wei Yang going to any beauty. She only wanted to raise the children well, especially the eldest son Da Lang who was named eldest son.
However, glancing at Concubine Bai and Concubine Ye, Xu Qingwan also wanted to see whether Wei Yang would continue to love Concubine Meng, or whether any beauties could win his favor.
After waiting for an hour, it was almost noon, and Wei Yang finally returned home.
He went out for half a year, and when he came back, Xu Qingwan was shocked by the changes in her husband.
Before leaving Beijing, Wei Yang was over thirty years old, and he was a little fat. It was not obvious when he was wearing clothes, but when he took off his clothes, his arms were fat, and his belly was even more sagging. However, Wei Yang, who stood in front of her, was tanned and thinner. He was wearing a dark blue dragon robe, looking gentle and restrained, and his demeanor was even better than when he was young.
Xu Qingwan subconsciously looked at the three women beside her.