Chapter 206: Double Happiness
"What a distinguished family!"
Emperor Guangde threw the secret memorial in his hand aside and slightly raised one corner of his mouth, but it was unclear whether he was angry or mocking.
"That's right. The Jia family was once the head of the Eight Lords, but now they are so unruly - not only did the servants bully their master a few days ago, but this nunnery has also raised a bunch of little monks!"
The only one who dared to speak at this time was naturally Prince Zhongshun. He sat on the stool listlessly, and it was clear that he had not done anything good last night.
He was seen yawning and saying, "If it weren't for Consort Xian De and Wang Zi Teng supporting us, I think the Rong and Ning mansions would have been removed from the list of the four kings and eight miles long ago."
He perked up a little, and chuckled, "But your majesty chose Consort Xiande to appease those meritorious nobles, wasn't it because her family was useless?"
At this point, he stood up and bowed flatteringly, saying: "Now it seems that Your Majesty really has a keen eye for law!"
“You…”
Emperor Guangde couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, then changed the subject: "What about the Sun brothers? I heard that you just acted as a matchmaker for Sun Shaozu and betrothed Marquis Jia En's concubine's daughter a few days ago."
"My brother may be a bit rough but he has some finesse, but that's all."
Prince Zhongshun took the opportunity to step forward and took a cup of ginseng tea from the imperial desk. While sipping it without any image, he said, "My younger brother is quite interesting. He is obviously a capable general. He has been very stable in Shuntian Prefecture for more than a year. Not only has he solved many strange cases, but he also does not make many mistakes in his daily work. He is probably much better than the genuine Jinshi officer."
"More importantly, he is still young. If he is properly trained, he will be of great use in the future."
"Whether it can be of great use or not, let's first practice for a few years to see."
Emperor Guangde shook his head slightly, then called Dai Quan in loudly, and ordered: "Pass on my decree. Liu Chongshan, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, will be transferred to Yunnan as the envoy after the new year. Sun Shaozong, the assistant judge, has made outstanding achievements during his tenure and will be promoted to governor. As for the position of assistant judge of criminal law..."
——Dividing line——
The promotion decree on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month undoubtedly added a bit of joy to the Sun family at the end of the new year.
After a lively New Year celebration, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month arrived in the blink of an eye.
Just as the Rongguo Mansion was decorated with lights and everyone was waiting for Concubine Xiande to come home to visit her parents, the anticipation and anxiety of the Sun brothers were more than ten times greater than theirs.
Ruan Rong is finally giving birth!
Not to mention how busy the delivery room was, Sun Shaozong and his eldest brother, who were guarding in the yard, were so nervous that they were almost stepping on the stone slabs on the ground, and then they heard a loud cry coming from inside.
"Give birth?!"
The two of them rushed to the door, craning their necks to look inside, not caring what they could see through the thick cotton curtain.
"It's born, it's born!"
After a while, a midwife came out with a curtain, beaming with joy, and said, "Congratulations, sir, it's a young man!"
"Hahahaha...it's a son, it's a son! Our Sun family finally has an heir!"
Sun Shaozu immediately laughed so hard that he couldn't stop.
Sun Shaozong hurriedly grabbed the midwife and asked, "Where is the concubine? Is she safe?"
The midwife hurriedly said, "Safe, safe, mother and child are safe, sir!"
Sun Shaozong finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't really care whether it was a boy or a girl, as long as the mother and child were safe, it was enough - of course, considering Ruan Rong's previous anxiety and the expectations of his adopted elder brother, having a son was undoubtedly the best result that would make everyone happy.
After calming down a little, he asked again: "When is it convenient for us to go in and take a look at the child?"
"It's done now. The young master has been carried to the outer room..."
Touch~
Before the midwife could finish her sentence, Sun Shaozu pushed her upside down and stepped over her.
Although he had known for a long time that his adopted elder brother was almost obsessed with wanting a child, Sun Shaozong still couldn't help being speechless when he saw his rash behavior.
"Ouch, my old waist..."
Seeing the midwife screaming on the ground, Sun Shaozong hurriedly ordered: "Bring the prepared reward money, and double the reward for the midwife on the ground!"
"Thank you, Master! I hope you live a long life and have many children and grandchildren!"
The midwife immediately stopped arguing and took the opportunity to kowtow to Sun Shaozong to express her gratitude.
But how could Sun Shaozong have the patience to argue with her?
He hurriedly slipped into the house.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw the nanny holding the child, with Sun Shaozu leaning against the child's side and looking flattering. His two big hands were sometimes stretching forward and sometimes retracting backward, as if he wanted to hold the child but didn't dare to.
Seeing Sun Shaozong coming in, he waved his hand and said, "Quick, quick, come and take a look. With his features and stature, you can tell he is from our Sun family!"
After Sun Shaozong came over, before he could even take a look at him, he slapped Sun Shaozong hard on the back and laughed, "I knew it, you're destined to have a son! Hahaha..."
Sun Shaozong: “…”
After being silent for a while, Sun Shaozong carefully looked at the baby in the cradle. In terms of size, the baby should not be small among newborn babies.
but……
The child clearly had his eyes closed, and I don't know how my cheap brother could see his features.
To be honest, even though it was his first child, Sun Shaozong was not as excited as what was shown on TV. He just felt inexplicably comforted when he saw the little thing pursing its lips and its nose trembling.
So he subconsciously reached out and prepared to take it from the wet nurse's arms.
"Be careful, be careful! Don't drop him!"
The wet nurse was fine, but my adopted brother was acting as if he was facing a great enemy. He was rubbing his hands and stamping his feet, and even a few drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Sun Shaozong was too lazy to pay attention to him, so he imitated the nanny's posture and held the child horizontally in his arms steadily. He then tried to touch the child's palm with his fingers. Unexpectedly, although the child had his eyes closed, his reaction was quite fast. He tightened his little hand and grasped Sun Shaozong's fingers.
Before Sun Shaozong realized what was happening, his younger brother beside him glared at him with eyes as big as bells, and said excitedly, "Look at this kid! Look at how energetic this kid is. He will definitely be a man of both literary and martial arts when he grows up!"
What does having strong hands have to do with being good at both literature and martial arts?
Sun Shaozong was speechless again. He originally wanted to carry the child in to see Ruan Rong, but seeing that his elder brother loved her so much, he simply pushed the child forward and said, "Brother, help me hold the child for a while. I'll go in to see Rong'er."
"I ?"
The cheap brother was startled, rubbed his palms vigorously, and stretched out his hands to hug her, but suddenly retracted them and said anxiously: "No! I have to wash my hands first!"
As he spoke, he started looking for water.
Fortunately, there was nothing else in the delivery room, but there was plenty of hot water and towels.
So the clever midwife immediately handed over a set of clothes, and the cheap eldest brother used scented soap, rubbing it over and over for more than eight hundred times, until his skin was almost bald, and then he came over tremblingly to hold the baby.
Seeing that he couldn't stop shaking all over, Sun Shaozong said helplessly: "Brother, why don't you sit cross-legged on the couch, so that he won't fall."
"Right, right, right! You are really smart, why didn't I think of that?"
Sun Shaozu quickly threw off his boots, jumped onto the couch, sat cross-legged like an angry King Kong, and stared at the child in Sun Shaozong's arms like a pug.
Sun Shaozong then carefully handed the child to him, and then, too lazy to look at his laughing face with snot bubbles, strode into the inner room.
