Chapter 401 Please give me a big reward, father!

A great happy event that happens suddenly.

Yan Shaoting was stunned instantly.

It was an experienced person like Zhu Zaigui who reacted first. He immediately grabbed Yan Shaoting and ran to the back house.

"Don't panic now. Doctor Li and the midwife are here to take care of everything. Just stay calm outside and nothing will happen!"

"After the child is born, don't just think about the child, take good care of Lu Gaoming first."

"Today, Lu Gaoming is the great contributor to your family. You must not let him down."

"Then we will send someone to the city to announce the good news to the elders and their relatives and friends in Beijing."

"We also need to ask Yunniang and the stewards outside to prepare wedding wine and reward money."

As a person with advanced experience, Zhu Zaigui had a look of joy on his face and kept imparting his past experience to Yan Shaoting, who was still in a state of confusion.

When the two men rushed to the backyard, they heard screams of pain coming from the house.

Li Shizhen had already arrived ahead of the two of them.

Li Shizhen had already diagnosed Lu Wenyan's approximate due date earlier, and he had been running between the academy and the villa these days.

In the yard, slaves kept coming in and out of the house carrying various things.

Seeing Yan Shaoting being pulled over by Zhu Zaigui with a confused mind.

Li Shizhen immediately explained: "Don't worry, guests. Three midwives are in the room to help Madam give birth. I have also asked someone to send in the medicine for Madam to drink."

Yan Shaoting was a little more sober at this time, but listening to the shouting coming from the room from time to time, his head was still numb and rushed all the way to his entire back.

Zhu Zaigui understood what he meant and supported Yan Shaoting with both hands with experience. He also had someone bring a few chairs over and then helped Yan Shaoting sit carefully on one of the chairs.

"Your family is now a noble family, and the title is hereditary and granted by the Emperor. According to the rules, you should prepare the name of the child and report it to the palace and the clan affairs office."

"According to etiquette, you can also rest at home for a few days, but in your case, it doesn't matter whether you rest or not."

"Now that Divine Doctor Li has said that everything is fine, you just need to relax and wait for the child to be born. Then you will be a father. You must be more careful and cautious in your future work in the court. Be prudent in everything you do."

Zhu Zaigui was still nagging and giving instructions.

Yan Shaoting could only nod his head continuously.

People who give birth frequently know that it is normal for the woman involved to have such a reaction at this time.

In the room, Lu Wenyan's screams continued to be heard, and Yan Shaoting had already silently grasped the handrails with both hands.

If it weren't for the instructions of Li Shizhen and Yunniang, the man would not be allowed to enter the house at this time. Yan Shaoting wanted to rush into the house to be with his eldest sister several times.

Time passes little by little.

In the room, there were continuously red gauze soaking in water, dyeing the entire basin red, and being brought out by the maids.

Outside the villa, Xu Wei and others also began to prepare.

As the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty Cabinet and the Earl of Changping, the birth of this first fourth-generation grandson was a major event not only for the Yan family but also for the imperial court.

The emperor's original decree was selective, and the officials in the court all remembered it clearly.

Regardless of whether it was a boy or a girl, the reward given by the emperor was unique in the entire court.

Who wouldn’t be jealous?

Yan Shaoting, who was sitting in the yard outside the door, was constantly frightened by the screams of the older girl in the house, so that he could not even sit on the chair anymore. He stood up and walked to the steps in front of the door, looking into the house where he could not see anything.

"When will the baby be born?"

Yan Shaoting didn't know how much time had passed, so he could only look at Li Shizhen anxiously and ask.

Li Shizhen was all smiles: "Don't worry, my dear guest. From what I've heard from Madam, there's nothing serious. I think the baby will be born soon."

Just as Li Shizhen finished speaking.

Suddenly, there came from the room the loudest shout ever heard.

Then the sound seemed to stop abruptly.

Everyone inside and outside the house was worried.

Yan Shaoting rushed to the steps trembling all over and stood under the corridor in front of the door.

He just felt his hands shaking constantly and his breathing almost stopped.

It was at this time.

A midwife with blood all over her hands rushed out with a smile on her face.

"Madame gave birth!"

"Madame gave birth!"

"Mother and son are safe!"

"Congratulations on having a young master. Both mother and child are doing well!"

As the midwife announced the good news, a low cry was heard from the room.

The voice was very weak at first, then gradually became louder and continued to cry.

Yan Shaoting was almost crying.

Again.

Only people who have given birth frequently understand this feeling.

Li Shizhen and Yunniang walked up to Yan Shaoting.

Yunniang whispered, "My dear, please wait for a moment. I will take someone to clean up the house. Then you can go in and accompany the mistress and the young master."

Li Shizhen also reached out and patted Yan Shaoting on the shoulder: "Giving birth to a child is like passing through the gates of hell. After this, you must treat your wife well. I will also go into the house later to check your wife's pulse and body condition, and prescribe some soups to replenish her weak body. I will also see how the young master's bones are. However, I am often in the academy now, and I can often take care of the young master. You can rest assured."

Listening to the words of the two people around him, Yan Shaoting was moved and nodded continuously.

He took a deep breath, turned around and looked at the manager of the villa.

"reward!"

"Put in a big red envelope! Everyone who comes here, inside or outside the palace, will be rewarded!"

"Send someone to the Lu family again, and have Xiao Que lead the group in person. Don't neglect the etiquette, and invite everyone from the in-laws over!"

The manager nodded repeatedly, wrote down everything with a happy face, and turned to do it.

The Yan family now has four generations living together, and the young lady's first child is a boy that everyone in the mansion has been looking forward to. The servants in the Yan family are also very excited.

This means that as long as the Yan family does not get into trouble and does not do anything as the emperor calls it, then these people will be able to live a good life under the protection of the Yan family.

And at this time.

Zhu Zaigui, who finally waited for the news that Yan's family had given birth to a boy, glanced at Yan Shaoting who was surrounded by Li Shizhen and Yunniang with a smile, and then quietly left the backyard.

After leaving the Yan Mansion Villa.

Zhu Zaigui took a few guards with him, got horses from the academy, and rode back to the capital at full speed.

Zhu Zaigui rode non-stop all the way into Beijing City, and then went straight to Prince Yu's Palace.

When he arrived in front of Prince Yu's Mansion, Zhu Zaigui glanced at the mansion from horseback. It had been renovated by Yan Shifan after many years, and the smile on his face grew even wider.

He dismounted from his horse and walked quickly into the palace.

The front mansion, after seeing that the prince rarely returned home, had already passed the news to the back house of the prince's mansion.

Princess Li didn't know why Prince Yu suddenly returned home without being summoned today. She immediately asked Feng Bao to carry the little prince Zhu Yijun, who could actually start to walk, and rushed to the front mansion.

When Concubine Li and the child rushed over, they saw Zhu Zaigui lying in front of the table, drinking tea in big gulps.

Concubine Li immediately took the child from Feng Bao's arms with suspicion and walked to Zhu Zai's side with him in her arms: "What happened that made the prince rush back to the palace in such a hurry?"

Zhu Zaigui did not answer immediately. Instead, he picked up the teapot with both hands and drank a large gulp of tea.

Finally, his eyes fell on the child in Concubine Li's arms, and he held the child in his own arms.

Princess Li was surprised.

Before she could ask.

Zhu Zaigui was already walking outside with the child in his arms.

Wait until you walk out of the front hall.

Zhu Zaigui seemed to have just remembered, still holding the child, and turned to look at Concubine Li: "Lu Gaoming gave birth to a child today, and both mother and child are safe. I will take the prince to the West Garden first, and we will talk about anything after we come back."

"Lu's imperial edict?"

Princess Li looked puzzled at first, but then she reacted immediately.

She widened her eyes and said, "You mean, Mrs. Yan Shaoting gave birth today?"

Zhu Zaiqi nodded and was about to carry the child and continue to walk out. Concubine Li slapped her thighs heavily with both hands and said, "This is a big deal. It is reasonable for me to prepare a gift and personally lead people to send it to Changping!"

Zhu Zaiqi nodded and said, "You don't need to change your clothes, just this one, but the gift you bring must be heavy. You can stay in Changping for the next few days. I have a yard in the academy, so you can rest there."

Princess Li nodded repeatedly.

Of course she understood what Prince Yu meant.

This means that Lu Wenyan is to be treated as her own sister, so as an elder sister, she naturally has to accompany and take care of her for some days, and also chat with her as a person with experience about how to raise a child in the future.

If it were any other family, Concubine Li would definitely not agree so readily, and she believed that Prince Yu would definitely not ask her to do so.

But now we are the Yan family, which is different from other families.

As long as the Yan family is in the court, Prince Yu's Mansion will be as stable as a rock when taking that last step. Even if there are risks, the Yan family will come forward to block them.

This was something that even Gao Gong, Prince Yu's teacher, could not do.

Only the Yan family!

After Zhu Zaigui finished explaining everything, he saw that Concubine Li had no intention of objecting, so he felt relieved and continued to walk out of the mansion with the child.

The carriage has been prepared outside the mansion.

Originally, Zhu Zaigui planned to ride a horse with his children to Xiyuan.

But after thinking about it, he felt that if this was the case, it might have a bad impact if it got out, so he asked people to remove the flag on the carriage, and then he got into the carriage with the child in his arms.

The carriage slowly turned.

And in the carriage.

Zhu Yijun was staring with his big round eyes, looking at his father who was behaving very abnormally today, and thinking quietly.

Zhu Zaigui finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and looked down at his son sitting next to him with a smile on his face.

He smiled and said, "Jun'er, do you know that your Master Yan's wife gave birth to a son today?"

Zhu Yijun is now three years old and can speak common words. He is no longer like he used to, calling everyone he met "Dad".

He listened to what his father said, frowned, and then nodded.

"Did the master's wife give birth to a child?"

Zhu Zaigui smiled widely and patted his son's head: "Yes! It was your master's wife who gave birth to a son for your master Yan."

Zhu Yijun tilted his head, his two big eyes rolling around: "That's my junior fellow apprentice. Should I give him a gift?"

As he spoke, Zhu Yijun cast an inquiring look at his father Zhu Zaigui.

Zhu Zaigui nodded: "Your mother is preparing the gifts, but Jun'er has to play with you, his junior brother, more often in the future, okay?"

Zhu Yijun immediately raised his butt and stood up from the seat in the carriage.

The tiny little kid patted his chest with his chubby little hands in a serious manner.

"While the child is here, no one is allowed to bully my junior brother from now on! Everyone is only allowed to play with my junior brother!"

Looking at his son's childish talk, Zhu Zaigui smiled and patted his son's head again.

He sighed and said, "Your Master Yan is a man with great ambitions. Even your father can only treat him with affection and interact with him. When you grow up, you must understand the meaning of the word master."

Zhu Yijun nodded and said crisply, "Don't worry, father. The last time I went to Changping to play, Master Yan told me that he wanted to help our Ming Dynasty create a great prosperity. I think Master Yan didn't lie."

Now it was finally Zhu Zaigui's turn to be stunned.

After a while, he asked, "Did your Master Yan really say that to you?"

Zhu Yijun didn't know why his father asked this, he just smiled and nodded, then climbed back to his seat with his butt sticking out, leaned against the carriage, quietly took out a piece of dried beef from his pocket and stuffed it into his mouth.

Master Yan said that if children eat more beef, they will have strong bodies and be able to help their grandfather and father govern the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Although I don’t understand what the Ming Dynasty is.

Why did he need to help the emperor and his father? But the beef was delicious, so Zhu Yijun felt that what Master Yan said was right.

After receiving his son's answer, Zhu Zaigui was stunned for a moment, then a faint smile appeared on his face.

He muttered in a low voice: "That's good... That's good... It's worth all my running around today... Great!"

The father and son sat in the carriage, each with their own thoughts, and drove all the way to the Western Garden and stopped in front of the Wanshou Palace.

Zhu Zaigui got off the carriage carrying his son who had secretly eaten a whole beef.

Only then did he notice the residue on his son's mouth. He didn't mind it. He simply reached out and pinched his sleeve to wipe his son's mouth clean.

Zhu Zaigui then carried his son all the way to the gate of Wanshou Palace, put Zhu Yijun on the ground, took his son's hand and walked into the inner hall.

Inner Temple.

Lu Fang, who had already received the news, trotted to the Taotai with a smile on his face.

Lu Fang looked up at the emperor who was chanting scriptures with Zhang Guoxiang, and whispered, "Master, Prince Yu is outside the palace with the young master today."

On the Taotai, Jiajing suddenly raised his head with a puzzled look on his face.

He frowned and asked, "Why did he bring the child here?"

Although he asked this, there was a hint of joy in Jiajing's eyes.

Lu Fang shook his head: "The prince only said he wanted to see you, but he didn't tell me why."

Jiajing nodded, then glanced at Zhang Guoxiang beside him.

After Zhang Guoxiang retreated cautiously.

Jiajing then smiled and said, "Let them in. Bring out the cakes that were sent from the imperial kitchen this morning. Jun'er is a greedy kid, so we'll give him some later."

Lu Fang smiled and nodded.

Not long after.

Zhu Zaigui then took his son Zhu Yijun into the inner hall.

Zhu Zaigui stood half a step in front and shook his robe, and Zhu Yijun stood behind and imitated his father.

Then the father and son knelt on the ground.

"My son, I pay my respects to my father."

"My grandson pays homage to Grandpa Huang."

The smile on Jiajing's face finally couldn't be hidden.

He immediately stood up and walked down the platform, stretched out his hand and hugged Zhu Yijun in his arms, carrying him all the way back to the platform.

"Good good!"

"Jun'er and father came to the palace today. Are you here to see Grandpa Huang?"

Zhu Yijun nodded and pointed to his father who was standing under the stage.

"My father said that he hadn't brought his grandson to see Grandpa Huang for a long time. Grandpa Huang must miss him, so he brought his grandson to the palace to see Grandpa Huang today."

Hearing his beloved grandson say this, Jiajing burst into laughter.

Then he looked down at his son who had stood up and was waiting beside him.

"Really?"

Zhu Zaigui couldn't help but sweat. He didn't know where his son learned this, but he was surprisingly good at coaxing the elders.

He nodded: "Today I just happened to encounter a happy event, and I thought that Father may not have seen Jun'er for a long time, so I brought him to the palace for Father to see."

Jiajing's eyes moved and he smiled faintly.

I know that this son would never bring his grandson into the palace to see me for no reason.

But he didn't point it out.

After all, my grandson is in my arms right now, and he is so lovable.

Jiajing glanced casually at his son below.

"Oh? Tell me what happy things happened to you today?"

At this moment.

Zhu Zaigui immediately knelt on the ground again.

But his face was full of joy.

"Today, Yan Shaoting gave birth to a child at home. Lu Gaoming said that both mother and child are safe."

"I beg the Emperor to give me a great reward!"

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