Free Web NovelChapter 826: Chapter 831, Chapter 832: Liang Ji Gives Birth to a Son_2
Madam Gan and Madam Xiao, along with Zhihua, exchanged a glance, bit their lips, and followed in the wake.
This night, or perhaps this day, was the most fulfilling day for Chen Mo, though undoubtedly, it was also exhausting.
...
Time flies, as swift as a shuttle weaving, before one realizes, more than half of the year has passed, arriving now in late January of the fourth year of Yong’an.
Western River Land, ancestral home of the Liang Family.
At this moment, the Liang Family no longer basked in its former glory. After all, in the past, the Liang Family, together with the Luo Family, Lu Sheng, King Chong, and Prince Huai, had joined forces to attack King Wei. Though defeated, and despite the court showing leniency towards the Liang Family, those officials who once curried favor with them gradually distanced themselves, seemingly eager to sever connections.
In the eyes of outsiders, they did not know of Empress Dowager Liang Ji’s affair with King Wei, so to them, the reason the Liang Family hadn’t yet been purged was presumed to be related to Liang Ji’s status.
But should King Wei rise further in stature, Liang Ji would lose her ability to protect the Liang Family, and they would not escape retribution. With that potential outcome in mind, who would dare maintain close ties with the Liang Family?
Already past the fifteenth of the new year, at this time in the past, the lines of carriages and horses outside the Liang ancestral home would be endless, filled with officials and merchants delivering gifts. But now, the scene was exceptionally desolate, lacking any festive atmosphere after the new year.
In a wing-room of the rear courtyard, a cluster of orange lights gently danced on a high table, its luminescence spreading like water in the dim morning, providing a sense of warmth and reassurance.
Liang Ji, draped in a bright yellow brocade nightgown, her long hair cascading over her shoulders, her fair forehead as jade, sat leaning against a bed covered with thick blankets, with one hand caressing her rounded belly. A family doctor was taking her pulse beside the bed, and the room was very quiet.
As the doctor’s brows furrowed, a touch of worry and panic clouded the beautiful, gentle jade face of Liang Ji: "Elder Liu, is the child alright?"
Addressed as Elder Liu, the doctor lifted his hand, stroked his beard, and smiled, "Young Mistress, do not worry. You are about to give birth, thus the child is quite lively. It was just a false alarm earlier."
Upon hearing this, Liang Ji breathed a long sigh of relief and then asked, "Elder Liu, roughly when?"
"At the latest, by the end of the month. At the earliest, it could be today or tomorrow."
"Oh."
Liang Ji nodded, instructing her personal maid beside her: "Take Elder Liu to the accounts office for his reward."
"Yes."
"Thank you, Empress Dowager."
After the doctor left, Liang Ji looked at her big belly and murmured to herself, "Ten months of pregnancy, at last, it’s time to give birth, not easy at all..."
She then took out a letter from beneath her pillow.
This letter was sent by Chen Mo from the capital, and she had read its contents hundreds of times, nearly capable of reciting it by heart.
Since becoming pregnant with Chen Mo’s child and arriving at this ancestral home, Liang Ji increasingly found herself missing Chen Mo. She didn’t understand why, as their relationship wasn’t particularly deep, and even now, she couldn’t say that she liked him a great deal.
Yet, in this somewhat "awkward" situation, the bigger her belly grew, the more inseparable from Chen Mo she felt.
She could already foresee that once the child was born, she and Chen Mo would be firmly bound together.
Noon.
It was lunch sent by Liang Ji’s mother, but just after a few bites, Liang Ji’s phoenix eyes furrowed tightly. She suddenly felt a pain in her abdomen and initially thought it was another false alarm as before, but the pain in her belly grew stronger.
Seeing this, Liang Ji’s mother immediately asked what was wrong.
With a face drained of color, Liang Ji exclaimed urgently, "Mother... I... I think I’m going into labor."
Liang Ji’s mother’s expression changed slightly, and she quickly shouted outside, "Someone, quickly, find the midwife. The Empress Dowager is going into labor."
Being such a large noble family, the Liang Family had arranged for a midwife to be on standby in the mansion long ago. It wasn’t long before they all arrived.
The group of maidservants assisted Liang Ji to a side room.
Liang Mu was also present in the mansion at this moment; after returning from the Western Regions, he hadn’t stayed in the capital for long before coming back to the Liang Family.
Upon hearing the servants’ words, his expression changed, and he jogged towards the back courtyard.
It is unknown how much time passed.
"Aah... aah..."
Accompanied by the sound of a baby crying from the birthing room, Liang Mu and other important family members waiting outside breathed a sigh of relief.
After a short while, Liang Ji’s mother emerged from the birthing room with a joyful expression and said with a smile, "Master, it’s a grandson, and Yoyo gave birth to a big, plump boy."
At these words, Liang Mu raised an eyebrow and couldn’t help but let out a low roar: "Thank the heavens..."
Yoyo had given King Wei a son.
In the future, he will at least be a prince, and if things go smoothly, reaching that level is not impossible.
Thus, the Liang Family’s prosperity could be extended for at least a hundred more years.
Liang Mu delightfully said, "Madam, reward the midwives generously with red packets, and all the maids in the mansion shall receive double their monthly allowance."
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The Fourth Year of Yong’an, February 1st.
Winter was drawing to an end, yet the temperature had not begun to warm up.
It was exactly afternoon, with the lingering rain like a vague veil, and this kind of weather did not make one feel very pleasant.
In a side room of the backyard of Prince Wei’s Mansion.
Yue Ruyan lay quietly on her side on a couch by the window, covered only with a thin blanket atop her exquisite and graceful body, her two slender and strong beautiful legs exposed outside the thin cover.
A rosy blush like a fleeing haze covered her healthy and brave face.
A bronzed slender hand suddenly rested on her shoulder, and Yue Ruyan slightly turned her head, seeing a face radiant like dawn, with slightly parted lips breathing gentle fragrant breaths, and her heated breath directly landed on her face as she turned.
Yue Ruyan’s beautiful body felt a tingling numbness, and instinctively, she removed Yu Zhu’s hand from her shoulder.
Yu Zhu was lying diagonally on the couch, facing the bed, her upper body inclined towards Yue Ruyan, with her back turned to Chen Mo.
Chen Mo rested on Yu Zhu’s smooth and vibrant back, gently stroking her fine hair, his face showing a hint of pleasure.
He opened the system panel.
[Name: Chen Mo.]
[Age: 25.]
[Cultivation Technique: Purple Sun Transformation Skill (Perfection 179632.5/300000).]
[Realm: Divine Transformation (Second Grade)]
[Power: 4570.]
[Skills: Great Sun Qi Slash (Intermediate 1599999/6000000), Sun-Shooting Arrow (Intermediate 436/3000000), Divine Burning Technique (Intermediate 23/200000), Cloud Traveling Step (Perfection 49798/50000), Snake Swallowing Technique (Already Perfect, advancing to First Grade after Tier Break), Esoteric Dual Refining Technique (666/1000), Vajra Skill (Advanced 73/1000).]
Since the New Year, Chen Mo dedicated himself entirely to cultivating Cloud Traveling Step, Esoteric Dual Refining Technique, and Vajra Skill after returning from the early court sessions each day.
The effects were very apparent.
Cloud Traveling Step was nearing the stage of Tier Break evolution.
Poor Ruyan was the one to suffer.
Currently, she was the only one in the backyard able to partner with Chen Mo in the cultivation of the Esoteric Dual Refining Technique.
As for Yu Zhu, she was brought along by Chen Mo merely to add some affection to the atmosphere.
Due to her skin tone, when cherishing time with Ruyan, Chen Mo couldn’t help but think of Yu Zhu, and gradually, the idea of bringing them together sparked in his mind.
At last, this notion had come to fruition.
"Husband, you’re so heavy..."
Moments before, she didn’t sense it, but after moving around and now feeling weakness, Yu Zhu found the weight somewhat overwhelming.
Chen Mo rolled to the side and embraced Yue Ruyan.
Due to frequent activities and exercises, both Yue Ruyan and Yu Zhu’s skin were especially firm, smooth, and elastic, with no excess flesh, and crucially, their proportions were quite beautiful.
Just as Chen Mo was about to continue cultivating the Esoteric Dual Refining Technique, a knock on the door came, and Yue Ruyan’s maid said from outside, "Prince, there is a letter for you, and the Princess Consort has asked you to come at once."
Upon hearing the imperative tone, Chen Mo immediately got up, leaving the gentle nest, and said, "You two rest up, I’ll go check it out."
Yu Zhu closed her eyes; she was truly exhausted.
Yue Ruyan, however, sighed a bit of relief, finally having a moment to rest.
