The days without war always flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was mid-April, a month after Jang Hyun's secret inspection of Beihae County.

During this period, a series of major changes occurred in the imperial court, Xiao Yu was deposed, Fan Zigai was also dismissed and investigated, and Wei Xuan, the secretary of the military department, was transferred to Xijing to stay behind, and the power structure of the court and China changed drastically.

The local forces also quietly changed, Qu Tutong entered Guanlong to suppress bandits, Wang Shichongqin Wang Yougong was promoted to Luoyang garrison, Li Yuan was crowned as the envoy of the four counties of Bingzhou, responsible for the suppression of bandits in the four counties of Taiyuan, Xihe, Shangdang and Lishi.

As early as late March, Yang Yichen was officially transferred to the capital as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and all the troops under his command were disbanded, but there was no news from Zhang Xuan's side, and no one knew whether he would be transferred, but rumors about Jiangdu were very prevalent in the capital, and the Son of Heaven would tour Jiangdu south to escape the summer.

However, Zhang Xuan is not so concerned about the changes in the court these days, his whole mind is at home, two days ago the midwife told him that his wife has become popular, this is a sign of having a child, Zhang Xuan specially asked for two days off to accompany his wife at home, but there was no movement in the past two days, early in the morning, Zhang Xuan rushed to the barracks to deal with military affairs.

In the inner hall, Lu Qing was half lying on the soft couch and chatting with Xin Yu, she had a large belly, it was very difficult to walk, and it was very inconvenient to sleep.

"Xin Yu, how do you give birth on the grassland? Is there so much exquisiteness? Lu Qing asked lazily half-lying on the couch.

Xin Yu has been in Jiangdu for a few months, although she married Zhang Xuan with Wu Niang, but for her, the most important thing is to adapt to the life of the Central Plains, fortunately, she is smart by nature and is born in the grassland nobles. In terms of language, there was no obstacle soon, but some habits of life had to be slowly reversed.

Xin Yu sat a little restrained in front of Lu Qing, not as casual as Wu Niang, this is because her relationship with Lu Qing is not as close as Wu Niang, the two are good friends, but she is not. And she was born in a grassland tribe, and Lu Qing is the daughter of a famous family in the Central Plains, which makes her feel a little inferior in front of Lu Qing, and more importantly, Lu Qing is a wife, and she is just a concubine, and the status difference is too big.

Xin Yu said with a smile: "Giving birth to a child in the grassland is a big deal, on the one hand, the grassland population is small, but I feel that it is still because the survival is relatively low, like my mother gave birth to five children before and after." Only my brother and I survived, and my father was still the big chief, if it was an ordinary herdsman's family, even fewer survived, so it was not easy to give birth to children on the grassland, and it was even more difficult to raise children, but there was nothing particular about giving birth, and the yurt was very rough. Born to both men and women love. ”

Lu Qing smiled and said, "Although it is rude to give birth to children in the grassland, I think it is better to give birth to men and women equally." Unlike the Central Plains, in order to give birth to a boy, the date of intercourse must be particular, and it must be conceived on the one, third and fifth days after menstruation, so as to give birth to a rich boy, and after pregnancy, you must wear a male grass. That's it! ”

Lu Qing pointed to a small straw wreath on his chest, "After confirming that I was pregnant, the midwife asked me to wear it, and I have been wearing it until now, and a midwife also asked me to bury an axe under the bed, with the blade facing down." ”

"Why?" Xin Yu was puzzled. Why bury the axe?

"In this way, a woman can become a man, if you conceive a daughter first, and then you will become a son in a few months."

"How can there be such a thing?" Xin Yu covered her mouth and asked with a smile, "Will it have an effect?" ”

"Who knows? Anyway, I didn't bury it, and my husband won't allow me to bury it, even if we have a daughter, we like it just as much. ”

"Then why does the eldest sister still wear Yi Nan grass?" Xin Yuxin asked bluntly.

Lu Qing's face flushed slightly, and said with a smile: "I hope to give birth to a son for my husband, mainly because he has no brothers, the Zhang family has no descendants, and there is a son who can inherit the career for him, but I personally prefer daughters, I think daughters and mothers are more intimate." ”

As soon as he said this, Lu Qing frowned and shouted in a low voice, 'Oops! ’

"What's wrong with the eldest sister?" Xin Yu hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"Stomach aches!"

Lu Qing covered his stomach, beads of sweat had already appeared on his forehead, "I'm afraid I'm going to give birth, Xin Yu, go find the midwife." ”

"I'll go!"

Xin Yu quickly ran to the courtyard, and happened to meet Wu Niang and Ah Yuan and Li Xiang walking in with a smile, Wu Niang saw Xin Yu's face full of anxiety, so she asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"The eldest sister is going to give birth, go find the midwife."

Everyone immediately panicked, Wu Niang was relatively calm relative to everyone, she hurriedly said to Ah Yuan: "You go to find the midwife, find a few midwives, Lixiang stay to take care of Mrs., Xin Yu goes to the housekeeper to help, I go to the general, let's go separately, go quickly!" ”

Several women acted separately, and several female guards hiding in the shadows also came out to help, and several midwives soon came, some boiled hot water, some prepared clean linen, and some stabilized the fetal position for the mother, and the inner house was in chaos.

Wu Niang turned over her horse, beat her horse and galloped to the military camp outside the city, and after a while, she came to the front of the camp outside the city, she ran to the front of the camp and shouted to the soldiers on duty: "I am your commander's family, let him come out, his wife is going to give birth." ”

Hearing that the boss's wife was about to give birth, several soldiers rushed to the camp, and after a while, Zhang Xuan hurried out of the camp, "Wu Niang, how is she now?" ”

"I don't know, husband, go back with me!"

At this time, several pro-soldiers led the horses out, Zhang Xuan turned over on the horse, and galloped towards the city with Wu Niang, followed by several pro-soldiers.

Zhang Xuan turned over and dismounted, and rushed to the inner house, but when he entered the inner house, he was stopped by the housekeeper's mother-in-law, "General, men can't enter." ”

"I'm her husband!" Zhang Xuan said urgently.

"General, of course we know, but men have masculinity, and women can't get close when they give birth, this is the rule, the general is outside and waits a little!"

At this time, Wu Niang said: "Fulang, I'll go in and see, if there is any situation, I will come out and tell the general at any time." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I'll leave it to you." ”

Wu Niang walked into the yard quickly, women give birth to children not only men can not approach, but also can not be mixed hands, mainly for fear of being infected with filth, almost all women have been driven out, there are only two experienced midwives in the delivery room, and Ah Yuan and Li Xiang are guarding the door to report the situation, asking for items to be prepared at any time.

"I want hot water!" Ah Yuan shouted.

Several mothers-in-law hurriedly brought a large basin of hot water, Ah Yuan and Lixiang brought the hot water basin in, and after a while, Ah Quan's head sweated profusely, and Wu Niang hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is the situation of Madame?" ”

"The midwife said that the fetal position is more positive, that is, the child is bigger, a little slower, let us be patient, but the lady has suffered, she is sweating profusely in pain, biting the belt and refusing to make a sound."

At that moment, I heard 'Wow! Wow! The cry was very loud, and the women in the courtyard cheered together.

After a while, Rika ran out and shouted: "It's a big fat boy, mother and son are safe!" ”

Wu Niang hurriedly ran out of the courtyard and smiled at the anxious Zhang Xuan: "Congratulations to the husband for having a son, their mother and son are safe!" ”

Zhang Xuan shouted happily, hugged Wu Niang tightly, and kissed her the face, Wu Niang pushed him away coquettishly, "Husband, it's not me who gave birth to a child, you hugged the wrong person." ”

Zhang Xuan was so happy that he couldn't speak, turned around and ran towards the courtyard, but was blocked by several maids, "General, the midwife has explained that within an hour after giving birth, the man cannot get close to the wife, and when the lady is resting, he will carry the child out, and the general will wait patiently." ”

Zhang Xuan was very helpless by the custom of giving birth, but he was very happy in his heart, and he was not in a hurry to go in when he learned that the mother and son were safe.

turned around and came to the outer study, but just before arriving at the study, a subordinate ran to report: "Master, Master Fang has an urgent matter to see!" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded and walked out of the gate, only to see Fang Xuanling standing in front of the gate, Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "You came just in time, Mrs. just gave birth to a son for me." ”

Fang Xuanling was overjoyed, and hurriedly congratulated him, "Congratulations to the general for having a noble son!" ”

"Yes! I really rejoiced in my heart, is there anything wrong with the military advisor? ”

"There is indeed something important to tell the general, this is not the place to talk, let's go to the front office!"

Fang Xuanling knew the rules, and it was not appropriate to visit the door when giving birth, so the two came to the front office and sat down in Zhang Xuan's official room.

Fang Xuanling said in a low voice: "I just received urgent information from the capital, the imperial court has made a decree, and the general will be appointed as the Qinghe Tongshou and Hebei Recruitment Envoy, and take over the post of Yang Yichen." (To be continued.) )