The Miao people want to build a city, Liu Yuben has no objection, but he always has to think clearly about the things that cost money and trouble. In fact, Liu Yu also understood what Liu Liniang meant, Liu Liniang planned to recruit the troops from Lingnan to serve as a civil servant to build a city for their Miao family, and Liu Yu would definitely not let her get her wish.

"If you want to build a city, build it yourself. The imperial court did not have silver, and would not send craftsmen over. Liu Yu said bluntly in front of Liu Liniang, "If this city is not in a hurry to build, you can wait for two years, and when the financial and tax situation improves, it is not too late to build it." ”

Liu Liniang is a smart person, she can hear the perfunctory words in Liu Yu's words, and she timely proposes to postpone the construction of the city. For a long time afterward, the two did not discuss the matter again.

The affairs in the south were almost handled, and Liu Yu was going back to the north. The female dependents are still in Jiankang City, and the Son of Heaven has been absent from Chang'an City for a while, so it is time to return to Chang'an with his family and settle the hearts of the government and the wilderness. And Liu Yu also received a letter from Jiankang City, saying that Xu Xuanzhu was about to give birth.

Liu Yu hurriedly made some explanations, and Hua Ji'an and Qi Fang were responsible for the establishment of a military office in Lingnan, while he returned north with Zhang Wuzhu, Huo Yi and other generals, and went north from Meiguan to the direction of Jiankang City. Liu Liniang did not go along, she would stay for the time being to deal with the resettlement of ethnic minorities, get the living land allocated to ethnic minorities from the imperial court, and then she would go north with Duo Lin and Mier, but she would not enter Jiankang City, but went directly to Chang'an City.

Liu Yu's return to the north this time was not only his personal matter, but also transferred most of the army to the north back to the north, which was also to reduce the imperial court's military expenditure in southern Xinjiang.

Along the way, Liu Yu is also reviewing the gains and losses of this expedition to the south. Although the imperial court pacified the south, there was still a lot about Su Yan's whereabouts and the mysterious rebels. Still nothing. Liu Yu could also sense the danger lurking around him. Fortunately, all the side troubles have been eliminated. He can also settle down and deal with everything behind him.

This is mainly the strength of Su Zhe, the king of Chu.

Liu Yu was also worried that Su Zhe would use the power of public opinion to gather military power and oust Su Yan, but after Liu Yue blatantly ousted Su Yan from power and responded to the infamy of the world, Liu Yu no longer worried about this, and now he is fighting against Su Zhe, which is harder than anyone's fist. Liu Yu was also prepared. When he returned to Chang'an City, he attacked some ministers of the old school in order to establish a favorable environment for him.

The group set off for more than ten days, and on September 13, Liu Yu finally saw the head of Jiankang City. Liu Yu couldn't wait to bring a soldier and horse into the city, and after entering the city, he directly took Qu Ning, who was a medical woman, to the direction of the palace. Liu Yu had already learned on the road that Xu Xuanzhu's delivery was a matter of the past few days.

When he arrived at the inner garden of the palace and saw the female official, Liu Yu learned that Xu Xuanzhu had given birth the day before yesterday and gave birth to a daughter for Liu Yu. Liu Yue hurried and hurried. Still a day late.

When Qi'er heard that Liu Yu was back, she hurriedly came out with a few palace maids. Seeing Liu Yu getting into Liu Yu's arms regardless of his manners, he whimpered and cried for a long time.

"It's not you...... Something happened to my sister, right? Liu Yu saw Qi'er crying sadly, and asked in a sinking heart. He also felt that the female officer seemed to have something to hide.

"Sister Xu gave birth to a baby yesterday, and it seems to be very painful...... She's better last night......" Qi'er said with a little fear as she wiped her tears.

It is difficult to give birth to the first child, which is a common trait of women. Especially in this era, there was no caesarean section, and women could only give birth naturally.

Liu Yue asked the female officials around him in detail, and only after learning that Xu Xuanzhu was only in difficult childbirth and had no fatal symptoms such as heavy bleeding, he was slightly relieved. The safety of mother and daughter is no longer demanding for Liu Yu.

"Let's go, Qi'er, take me to see your sister."

Qi'er took Liu Yu's hand, and the two went in the direction of the inner palace, and at this time, the Han sisters also came out, and Qi'er's mother, Lin Meiren, came out together. Because Qi'er had been waiting outside for a long time, she could also see Liu Yu first.

When he arrived at the inner curtain, he saw Xu Xuanzhu's miserable white face after giving birth, Liu Yudeng felt distressed, and stepped forward to sit on the edge of the bed and hold Xu Xuanzhu's hand.

The mother on the side flattered: "Lord, mother and daughter are safe, congratulations and congratulations......"

Liu Yu really wanted to kick this woman away, lest she affect the reunion of the long-lost couple.

When Xu Xuanzhu saw Liu Yu, he smiled happily, his face was much better, and his long-standing worries seemed to be swept away. In front of her sisters and palace maids, she didn't show too much excitement, but just grabbed Liu Yu's hand and held it tighter.

Liu Yu used his other hand to tidy up Xu Xuan's messy sideburns, and then kissed her on the forehead, and all the women in the inner curtain made a big red face, no one had ever seen such a public affection, it was still the regent and the generalissimo of the female army. Even when Qi'er and the Han sisters saw it, they also felt that their faces were hot, although Liu Yu had done this kind of raid before.

"Go down first...... Wait, bring my daughter over and I'll take a look. ”

Liu Yu only remembered at this time that he was a father who had become a father, although he was a daughter, Liu Yue was open-minded and did not have the idea of patriarchy, and Liu Yu did not need to think about the heir for the time being, and he was not worried about whether he would have a son in the future.

Liu Yu took her daughter from Mu Niang's hand, held her in her arms, and looked at it carefully. The newborn baby, her eyes seem to be shrunk together, she is full of the first meal of her life, she is still asleep, and the slight snort also makes Liu Yu feel the rhythm of life.

Seeing his first life taking root in this world, Liu Yu couldn't help but show a loving smile on his face. Although this smile has experienced wind, frost, snow and rain, and experienced life and death tribulations, he is a loving father at this time, not the king who everyone fears.

"It's so cute. Madame, look...... It's really like Mrs., you must be a beauty embryo when you grow up......" Liu Yu sat on the edge of the bed with her daughter in her arms and showed Xu Xuanzhu to see, Xu Xuanzhu was too physically exhausted because of yesterday's dystocia, and she only saw her daughter in a hurry yesterday, and now she sees her daughter again, with a little guilt in her eyes.

For women in this era, not giving birth to a son means not fulfilling the mission of a woman. Even if Xu Xuanzhu is such a heroine, he is not exempt from vulgarity. In the past, she didn't care much about this, but now she has wholeheartedly become a good wife and mother.

"Phew......" Xu Xuanzhu took a sip gently, "How can you talk about your daughter's ...... like this?"

Liu Yu is thick-skinned enough, and even Xu Xuanzhu, who is a mother, can't stand it. People say that God is very stingy, and you should not spoil your children too much, otherwise God will take away this gift. In ancient times, it was not easy for ten babies to reach three or four adults.

Xu Xuanzhu was also afraid that Liu Yue would praise her daughter's tightness, and God would take this gift away, leaving her with lifelong regrets.

When the family of three got together, Xu Xuanzhu also had a warm smile on his face, but his face still inevitably showed regret that Liu Yu could detect.

"Madam, you should give her a name, what should you do? Oops, what a headache. Liu Yu seemed to be very puzzled.

Xu Xuanzhu smiled slightly, and finally dissolved the sadness on his face a little.

"Husband, my daughter is still young, so I'm not in a hurry to name it." Xu Xuan built the road.

In this era, it is common for daughters to have no name, and they don't need to go out to meet people, they are in their own boudoir before marriage, and after they get married, they don't go out of the door, and the name is just a simple title, and they only need their parents and husbands to know.

But Liu Yu felt that giving birth to a life, if she didn't even have her own name, seemed to be a disadvantage to the little life. Why can boys have names and women cannot?

"It's good to be called Ting'er, or Yi'er, or Qi'er?" Liu Yu said, the Han sisters and Qi'er lowered their heads in shame, Liu Yu smiled again, "Such a good name already has a master, if she grows up, I will call it out and call her three aunts over, how can I be good?" ”

Xu Xuanzhu said suddenly: "Husband, call her Zhen'er." ”

"Hu'er? It's good, but ...... The girl's name is not beautiful enough, what is the reason for the lady's name? ”

Xu Xuanzhu's face turned red and said: "When the concubine was young, my mother called me Zhen'er, saying that it is so, the girl's family is easy to raise......"

Liu Yuxin said that it was Xu Xuanzhu who used his name on his daughter, in fact, Liu Yu had also asked Xu Xuanzhu what her maiden name was, but Xu Xuanzhu always refused to say, and now Liu Yu finally knew that if Xu Xuanzhu was not going to the battlefield to kill the enemy, her name should be Xu Zhen'er instead of Xu Xuanzhu.

"Okay, that's a good name. Mother and daughter are connected, and even the names are connected together, which is better...... Oops, it should be that I'm too happy to be a father, and she's awake......"

Liu Yu hugged his daughter, and then a howl and cry sounded from Liu Yu's arms. Mu Niang knew that the baby was hungry, so she quickly took the baby and went to the side to feed.

Liu Yuping retired from the palace maid and Mu Niang, and the women of the family got together and talked about the experience of going south, but they just skipped the matter of marrying a woman for the time being. Although Liu Yu doesn't want to hide everything from the female dependents in the family, in this matter, it is not suitable to say it now, after all, Xu Xuanzhu has just given birth, and he needs to get her husband's love to get out of this haze.

It was still early, and Liu Yu naturally wanted to "comfort his wife" at night, but because the regent suddenly came back from southern Xinjiang, the officials of Jiankang City also hurried to the palace to ask for a meeting, and there were always a lot of official affairs waiting for Liu Yu to deal with.

"Madam, have a good rest, we will have a meal together as a family in a while, and I will cook for my husband, so that you can taste my craftsmanship......"

After Liu Yu finished speaking, Xu Xuanzhu was a little surprised, she didn't expect Liu Yu to cook in his current capacity.

"Husband, gentleman......"

"The gentleman is far away from the cook, and he knows the Tao for his husband, but madam, you have opened up branches and leaves for my Liu family, how can you repay this kindness for your husband? It's just cooking, who dares to say that I'm not a gentleman, I cut him with a knife......"

Xu Xuanzhu smiled happily on her face and didn't say anything more, because it was inconvenient for her to get up for the time being, so she had to watch Liu Yu leave.

"Qi'er, Yi'er, Ting'er, take good care of your sister Zhiludao? I'll come back for my husband in a while, your sister has less hair, and I'll bring the three of you to justice together!" ”

After Liu Yu finished speaking, Qi'er and the Han sisters were red-faced again. Qi'er couldn't help but peek at Xu Xuanzhu's hair, and couldn't help but want to pull one off. (To be continued......)