Zhu Youxiao, the emperor's eldest grandson with horizontal eyebrows and pointed chin, opened his mouth and asked, "When will Mr. Zhang go to North Korea and when will he come back?" "It seems that he is reluctant, the young Zhu was raised in the deep palace by the school, and grew up in the hands of women, his grandfather and father gave him the feeling of fear, strictness, suspicion and estrangement, his mother Wang Cai was sick and could not be together often, Xi Li was not kind to him, Wei Jinzhong and Wei Dynasty were all obedient to him, but these people were slaves and maids, and could not give him emotional support, he was very dependent on the nurse Ke Yinyue, and his feelings for Ke Yinyue were like his mother and there was another indescribable feeling, only Zhang Yuan gave him equal rather than instructive teaching, Zhu Youxiao felt that Mr. Zhang was both respectable and approachable-

Zhang Yuanzuo said: "Your Highness is well, the canonization mission is scheduled to leave on the 22nd of this month, and it will take half a year to go back and forth, I hope Your Highness will take care of yourself." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Mr. Zhang also take care of himself and come back to tell me what he has seen in North Korea." ”

After another conversation, Zhang Yuan resigned, Zhu Youxiao asked Eunuch Zhong and Xiao Gao to send Mr. Zhang to Donghua Gate, he and Mama Ke stood in a large area of blooming poppie lace to watch, Ke Yinyue looked at Zhang Yuan's back, her eyes were complex, and she remembered her oath sixteen years ago:

"Whoever can kill Tong Nu'er, I, Busia Mara, am someone's woman!"

Time flies, she is thirty-two years old this year, and the first beauty of the Jurchen tribe has become Yehe's old woman, which is really sad.

……

Zhang Yuan went out of the imperial city from Dong'an Gate, at this time it was about the end of the hour, the spring sun was bright, the trees on the side of the road were verdant, and the branches and leaves filtered down the flickering spots, Laifu and Wang sledgehammer. There are also burly Ma Kuoqi and the short and thin Sheba standing under the tree waiting for him, these two native soldiers are simply stupid and loyal, Qin Liangyu told him to protect Zhang Yuan when he left, so now Zhang Yuan will follow the two of them wherever he goes, Zhang Yuan let them not have to follow, but they don't listen and just follow, they only remember Qin Liangyu's words. This made Zhang Yuan feel a little helpless-

A few people bypassed the Daming Gate and went to Li Ge Lao Hu, and just walked to West Chang'an Street, but saw Wuling running in a hurry. shouted: "Young master, the eldest lady has arrived, and the eldest lady Ruoxi has arrived." and Aunt Lu also came. ”

Zhang Yuan was overjoyed, he knew that his sister Zhang Ruoxi would come to the capital in the first half of the year, but he didn't expect it to arrive in mid-March, so he accelerated his pace and returned to the old alley apartment of Li Ge, and saw his brother-in-law Lu Tao sitting in the foyer drinking tea, and there were a lot of boxes and cages under the corridor, and a group of servants were busy tidying up-

Zhang Yuan and his brother-in-law Lu Tao exchanged a few words, and the two entered the inner courtyard together, Zhang Ruoxi was sitting and talking with Shang Ran and Mu Zhenzhen on the stairs, and Xiaohong gradually babbled in Zhang Ruoxi's arms. looked at her aunt with dark eyes, and smiled and didn't recognize life.

"Ohara, haha, I have a beard and I'm still wearing the official uniform of the heron complement."

Zhang Ruoxi smiled. hugged his nephew and got up, looked his younger brother Zhang Yuan up and down, and looked excited, Zhuangyuanlang, she has a bright face in Qingpu, and she knows that she is the sister of the new champion. Her status in the Lu family is now the master of the house.

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Sister and brother-in-law work hard, I thought you would arrive next month." ”

Zhang Ruoxi said: "What if you don't come early, you are going to North Korea - our ship met Uncle Xi Zhang Ertao's ship in Cangzhou, Xiuwei was also on that ship, and when I learned that you might go to North Korea, I ordered the boatmen to travel day and night, and rushed to Beijing two days ahead of schedule." ”

Zhang Ruoxi spent the New Year in Shanyin last year, the two sons stayed in Dongzhang, she and her husband Lu Tao left Shaoxing on the third day of the first month, all the way in Hangzhou, Qingpu, Suzhou, Nanjing, until Beijing, speaking of parents, the body is healthy, Yiting's twins are very cute, a little comfort Zhang's mother Lu Shi missed the good grandson Xiaohong's feelings, Zhang's mother Lu also let her daughter bring a lot of Shaoxing specialties to Beijing, pickled anchovies, tofu are Zhang Yuan's favorite food, Huiji's Shang Zhou De also asked Zhang Ruoxi to bring a lot of gifts to the brother and sister in Beijing - …,

Zhang Ruoxi is very busy, with her husband Lu Tao and Wuling, Yunjin went to the wharf outside Chaoyang Gate to direct the unloading, she shipped 3,000 pieces of Songjiang fine cotton from Qingpu this time, 1,200 pieces of jacquard silk, and the rest of the flying cloth, weaving flannel cloth, twill, chess cloth A total of 8,000 horses, as well as 1,500 horses of Shaoxing fine Ge cloth, full of two ships, in addition, there are 5,000 taels of silver for the expansion of the Beijing branch of Shengmei firm, Zhang Ruoxi is ready to stay in Beijing until Wang Wei returns to Beijing to hand over the business to Wang Wei for management and then return to Jiangnan——

After nearly four years of expansion, now Shengmei firm in Qingpu has 1,600 acres of mulberry forest, more than 3,000 acres of cotton fields, 210 cotton households, 250 silkworm households, 580 weaving households, more than 700 looms such as flower machines, waist machines, silk machines, and silk machines, which can produce 50,000 cotton, silk and other fabrics every year. The annual output of silk should be able to reach 100,000 horses, and the towns along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal should have stores of Shengmei firms, at the end of Wanli, the annual cotton and silk output of Songjiang Mansion is nearly 20 million horses, and the so-called "clothes are the world" means that the cotton output of Songjiang Mansion can make the people of Daming warm, so even if the annual output of Shengmei firm reaches 100,000 horses, there is still a very broad space for development——

The envoy is imminent, Zhang Yuan has to arrange the affairs of the Hanshe bookstore and the mirror workshop during the day, and has a gathering with Wen Zhenmeng, Qian Shisheng and other colleagues of the Hanshe to discuss matters related to the development of the Hanshe, and at night, Zhang Yuan has to reply to the letters of friends from all over the world, and these letters must be sent out before he goes on the mission, so he has to write until late at night for several days in a row-

At the end of March 20, most of the servants had fallen asleep, Zhang Ruoxi had gone to the West Wing to rest because of the fatigue of the day, Zhang Yuan was still writing in the study, Mu Zhenzhen was with him, Zhang Yuan said: "Zhenzhen, go to sleep, you can't stay up late." ”

Mu Zhenzhen smiled and said: "The maid slept for an hour in the afternoon, and now I can't sleep, and I want to accompany the young master." ”

Zhang Yuan put down the pen in his hand, touched Mu Zhenzhen's plump cheeks, looked at her tall belly, and said apologetically: "The itinerary has been decided, otherwise I will have to wait until you have a child before leaving——"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw Mu Zhenzhen's brows frowning and his breathing a little short, Zhang Yuan hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, I have abdominal pain?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen nodded, she often had abdominal pain in the past two days, and it was fine after a while, but this time it was like a burst of pain.

Zhang Yuan hurriedly called Wen Po to come and see, at the beginning of this month, Shang Ran asked people to find two Wen Po, one of them Wen Po was for Su Zhi to deliver the baby, living in Chongwen Gate, the other home is outside Yongding Gate, because he lives far away, he is afraid that he will not be able to pass on temporarily, so he has been staying in Zhang Yuan's apartment five days ago, in case Mu Zhenzhen gave birth at night, at this time, he heard that Mu Zhenzhen had unbearable abdominal pain, this Wen Po helped Mu Zhenzhen back to the room, closed the door and checked it for a while, and said to Zhang Yuan who was waiting outside the door: "Yang Shui is broken, and he is about to give birth." ”

Zhang Ruoxi, who had just fallen asleep, heard the movement and got up, Shang Tanran hadn't slept yet, he was breastfeeding Xiaohong, and hurriedly instructed Laifu to drive to Chongwenmen to invite that stable woman to come, the curfew is not forbidden to childbirth and funeral, life and death are major events, just make it clear when you meet the sergeant who is cross-examining-

Zhang Yuan was pacing in the courtyard, Mu Jingyan was waiting for the news outside the door of the weeping flower instrument, all of them were worried, although this stable woman said that Mu Zhenzhen's fetal position was positive, and there should be no dystocia, but the fetus in the womb will move, maybe it will turn in a direction and become feet facing outward at the moment before delivery, which is difficult to say, Nanjing's little hand mother-in-law can't be kept at home specifically for his Zhang daughter-in-law to deliver the baby-

An hour passed, and the stable woman of Chongwenmen also came, Mu Zhenzhen still didn't give birth, and he didn't hear the moaning, silently, Mu Zhenzhen suffered hard, endured pain, and would moan and cry out in pain unless he lost consciousness, and always gritted his teeth and didn't say anything when he was awake, but the stable woman in Chongwenmen wanted Mu Zhenzhen to scream and shout, and the child in the womb was shouted——...,

Shang Ran took Zhang Yuan's arm and comforted: "Zhang Lang don't worry, it is also very common for Yang Lang to be born half a day, a day or even a few days after the yang water is broken, and it is more difficult to give birth to the first child, if you really have a good physique, you will definitely be safe for the mother and child." ”

Zhang Yuan nodded and said, "Only then did I know that you were in danger when you gave birth last year, and I really shouldn't have been by your side." ”

Shang Ran said softly: "Zhang Lang went to Beijing to take the exam, and he didn't mean not to accompany me." "I said this, I was still a little afraid in my heart, if it wasn't for the little hand mother-in-law invited by Wang Wei to arrive in time, she might never see Zhang Yuan again-

The half-remnant moon crossed the sky above the courtyard, it was already the beginning of the Yin period, the movement in Mu Zhenzhen's bedroom in the west wing gradually increased, Wen Po let Mu Zhenzhen work hard, Zhang Yuan in the courtyard couldn't help clenching his fists, and heard the two Wen Po say happily: "Ah, I was born, it was a baby boy, and the mother and child are safe——"

Zhang Yuan was overjoyed, but before he had time to be happy, he heard a stable woman say: "Why doesn't this baby cry!" ”

Zhang Yuan's heart rose again, and he heard another steady woman say: "Your eyes are dark, hit him on the ass." Then there was a "pop", and there was a loud baby cry -

Zhang Yuan burst into tears, and hurriedly walked to the door of the Weeping Flower Instrument and said to Mu Jingyan: "Uncle Mu, it's really born, it's a boy." ”

Mu Jingyan rubbed his hands with joy, and said continuously: "I heard, I heard, it's great, it's great!" ”

Sanyin customs, the delivery room is not cleaned up, men can not enter, at dawn, Zhang Yuan and Mu Jingyan were allowed to enter the room to visit, Mu Zhenzhen was lying on the bed, his hair was a little messy, his spirit was very good, a baby in swaddling clothes beside him, the fetus was slightly yellow, Mu Zhenzhen reached out and touched the baby's forehead, and asked Zhang Yuan with a smile: "Young master, is this child famous?" ”

Zhang Yuan leaned over to look at the baby and said happily: "The name has been chosen, called Zhang Mingqian, the same as his brother Hongji's name, from "Zhou Yi". ”

————————————————————

Okay, Mu Zhenzhen is really born, Zhang Jiezi can no longer stay in Beijing and not leave, and the curtain will open tomorrow when he leaves Beijing. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )