Days without war always pass quickly. In the blink of an eye, it is mid-April. It has been a month since Zhang Xuan's secret inspection of Beihai County.￥f,

During this period, a series of major changes occurred in the court. Xiao Yu was dismissed from prime minister, Fan Zigai was also dismissed from office and investigated. Wei Xuan, the Minister of War, was transferred to Xijing. The power structure in the court changed drastically. Pei Ju and Pei Yun controlled the Secretariat and the Censorate. The Inner Historian Yu Shiji was in power and became more domineering and accepted bribes.

The forces in various places also changed quietly. Qu Tu entered Guanlong to suppress bandits. Wang Shichong was promoted to the garrison of Luoyang for his contribution. Li Yuan was granted the title of the four counties of Bingzhou to recruit bandits, responsible for the four counties of Taiyuan, Xihe, Shangdang and Lishi.

As early as late March, Yang Yichen was officially transferred to the capital to be the Minister of Rites, and all the troops under his command were disbanded. As for Zhang Xuan, there was no news. No one knew whether he would be transferred. However, rumors about Jiangdu were very popular in the capital, and the emperor would visit Jiangdu to escape the summer heat.

However, Zhang Xuan was not so concerned about the changes in the bureau these days. His whole thoughts were at home. Two days ago, the midwife told him that his wife had seen her, and that was a sign of having a baby. Zhang Xuan specially asked for leave for two days to accompany his wife at home. Unexpectedly, there was no movement in the past two days. Early in the morning, Zhang Xuan rushed to the military camp to handle military affairs.

In the inner hall, Lu Qing half was lying on the soft couch and chatting with Xin Yu. She had a big belly, had difficulty walking, and was inconvenient to sleep. In the past two days, the midwife repeatedly told her not to walk around at will and try to lie quietly in the room.

"Xin Yu, how do you give birth to a baby on the grassland? Are there so many things to pay attention to?" Lu Qing asked lazily on the couch.

Xin Yu has been in Jiang for several months. Although she and Wu Niang married Zhang Xuan, the most important thing for her was to adapt to life in the Central Plains. Fortunately, she was smart by nature and came from a grassland aristocrat. She quickly had no obstacles in terms of language, but some living habits had to be slowly reversed.

Xin Yu sat in front of Lu Qing a little restrained and not as casual as Wu Niang. This is because her relationship with Lu Qing is not as close as Wu Niang. The two were good friends, but she was not. Moreover, she was from a side tribe in the grassland, and Lu Qing was the legitimate daughter of a famous family in the Central Plains. She was somewhat inferior in front of Lu Qing. More importantly, Lu Qing was the righteous wife, and she was just a concubine, and the status difference was too big.

Xin Yu smiled and said, "It is a big deal to have children on the grassland. On the one hand, the grassland has a small population. But I feel that it is because of the low survival. For example, my mother gave birth to five children before and after, only my brother and I survived. Moreover, my father is also a chieftain. If it is an ordinary herder family, there will be even fewer survival. Therefore, it is not easy to have children on the grassland, and it is even more difficult to raise children. However, there is no need to give birth to children. The yurt is very crude. Both men and women like it."

Lu Qing smiled and said, "Although giving birth to children on the grassland is rough, I think it is better to have a boy and a girl. Unlike the Central Plains, you have to work hard to have a boy, and you must have a quintessential date. You must have one day, three or five days after menstruation, so that you can have a rich boy. After pregnancy, you must also wear Yi Macao, that's it!"

Lu Qing pointed to a small straw woven wreath on his chest, "After I was sure I was pregnant, the midwife asked me to wear it. Until now, a midwife asked me to bury an axe under the bed with the axe blade facing down."

"Why?" Xin Yu was puzzled, why did he bury his axe?

"This way, a woman can become a man. If you get pregnant with a daughter first, then you will become a son in a few months."

"Is this kind of thing there actually happening?" Xin Yu covered his mouth and asked with a smile: "Will it work?"

"Who knows? Anyway, I didn't bury it, and my husband won't let me bury it. We like it even if we have a daughter."

"Why do you want to Dai Yi's man-made grass?" Xin Yuxin asked quickly.

Lu Qing's face turned slightly red and she smiled and said, "I hope to give birth to a son for my husband, mainly because he has no brothers. The Zhang family has no descendants yet, and there is a son who can inherit his career, but I personally prefer my daughter. I think the daughter and mother are more caring."

As soon as he said this, Lu Qing frowned and shouted softly, "Oh!"

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

"stomachache!"

Lu Qing covered her stomach, and sweat beads were already appearing on her forehead. "I'm afraid I'm going to give birth, Xin Yu, go find the midwife."

"I'll go now!"

Xin Yu ran to the yard quickly and happened to meet Wu Niang and A Yuan. Li Xiang walked in with a smile and said. Seeing Xin Yu's face full of anxiety, Wu Niang asked, "What's wrong?"

"My elder sister is going to give birth, go find the midwife."

Everyone was panicked, and Wu Niang was relatively calm compared to everyone. She said to A Yuan anxiously: "You go find the midwife and find several midwifes. Li Xiang stayed to take care of her wife. Xin Yu went to find the housekeeper to help. I went to find the general. Let's take action separately. Go quickly!"

Several women acted separately, and several female guards hiding in the dark also came out to help. Several midwives came quickly, some burned hot water, some prepared clean linen, and some stabilized the fetus for the mother, and the inner palace was in chaos.

Wu Niang turned over and ran towards the military camp outside the city. Soon after, she came to the camp outside the city. She ran to the camp in front of the camp and shouted to the soldiers on duty: "I am your head coach's family. Let him come out quickly, his wife is about to give birth."

Hearing that the head coach's wife was about to give birth, several soldiers rushed into the camp. After a moment, Zhang Xuan hurried out from the camp, "Wu Niang, how is she now?"

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

At this time, several personal soldiers led their horses out, Zhang Xuan turned over the horse, ran into the city with Wu Niang, and the few personal soldiers behind followed closely.

Zhang Xuan turned over and got off the horse, rushed towards the inner house, but was stopped by the housekeeper, "General, men cannot enter."

"I am her husband!" Zhang Xuan said anxiously.

"General, of course we know, but men are masculine and cannot get close to women when giving birth. This is the rule. The general should wait outside for a moment!"

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

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I'll ask you."

Wu Niang quickly walked into the yard. Not only did women not get close to the women for giving birth, but they could not get too many people. They were mainly afraid of being infected with filthy air. Almost all women were driven out. There were only two experienced midwives in the delivery room, as well as A Yuan and Li Xiang guarded the door to inform the situation and asked to prepare items at any time.

"You need hot water!" A Yuan shouted.

Several mothers quickly brought a large basin of hot water. A Yuan and Li Xiang brought the basin of hot water. After a moment, A Yuanman sweated heavily. Wu Niang hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is the situation of Madam?"

"The midwife said that the fetal position is relatively positive, but the child is older and a little slower, which makes us patient, but the lady suffered a lot, and she was sweating profusely and bit her belt and refused to speak."

At this moment, I heard the cry of "Wow! Wow!" in the room. The sound was very loud and the women in the yard cheered together.

After a moment, Li Xiang ran out and shouted, "It's a big fat boy, mother and son are safe!"

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

Zhang Xuan shouted with joy, hugged Wu Niang tightly, and kissed her heavily on the face. Wu Niang shyly pushed him away, "Mr., it's not that I have given birth to a baby, you hugged the wrong person."

Zhang Xuan was so happy that he couldn't even speak. He turned around and ran to the yard, but was blocked by several maids. "General, the midwife told me that within an hour after giving birth, the man could not approach his wife. When the wife rested well, he would carry the child out. The general would wait patiently."

Zhang Xuan was very helpless by the custom of having children, but he was extremely happy. When he learned that the mother and son were safe, he was not in a hurry to go in.

Then he turned around and came to the outer study room, but as soon as he arrived in front of the study room, a servant came to report: "Master, Military Advisor Fang has something urgent to ask for a meeting!"

Zhang Xuan nodded and walked out the gate. He saw Fang Xuanling standing in front of the gate. Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "You happened to be here. The lady just gave birth to a son for me."

Fang Xuanling was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed to congratulate him, "Congratulations to the general for having a son!"

"Yes! I am really happy. Is there anything wrong with the military advisor?"

"There is indeed an important thing to tell the general that this is not a place to speak, let's go to the front yamen!"

Fang Xuanling knew the rules and was not suitable for visiting her when giving birth. The two of them came to the front yamen and sat down in Zhang Xuan's official room.

Fang Xuanling then whispered: "I just received emergency information from the capital. The imperial court has issued an order. The general will serve as the governor of Qinghetong and Hebei recruitment envoy, and take over the position of Yang Yichen." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!