Chapter 52: Capturing Zhou

  On the second day, just as the sky was breaking dawn, the slightly gloomy sky still had a few scattered remaining stars.

  Lin Qingyu lay on her side, staring blankly at Yongzheng's face.

  If my feelings are not unexpected, then in three to seven days, I will start building a foundation! Although I may not be diligent and almost become a lazy worm..., but at least I can't be too far off.

  Today, taking advantage of the baby's grab week, there will definitely be many people coming. First, let's see if we can get two people to help with the repair, and then add some effort ourselves to cultivate. Who knows, maybe we can even build a foundation before Yu Zhan.

  So, at that time, Lin Qingyu fantasized about Yongzheng being bullied and tortured by herself in various ways, with a silly smile...

  Yongzheng opened his eyes to see: his own Fu Jin's eyes were glowing green, with a silly smile on her face. Yongzheng really wanted to rub his temples, this scene had come again, and it was all too familiar! It must be known that his own Fu Jin simply did not distinguish between time and place, and would come at any moment. Even though they had already performed many times, Yongzheng indicated that he still had some difficulty adapting.

  "Cough..." Yongzheng let out a light cough, hinting that someone had woken up.

  "Grandfather, you're awake!" Lin Qingyu thought of a future day when Yongzheng would have a 'miserable' day, and feeling a little guilty, she smiled at him in an attempt to curry favor.

  Yin Zhen couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, looking at the row of black lines in front of him, and seeing someone with a sly smile on their face, with a line of shiny water marks on their chin, almost revealing a sentence from between their teeth: "Hurry up and wipe your mouth, fortunately my son didn't see it, otherwise he would have been corrupted by his grandfather!"

  Lin Qingyu heard this, and with a confused expression, she wiped her mouth with her hand. Seeing the water marks on the back of her hand, her face suddenly turned red, like a ripe cherry, bright red and shiny. It was so captivating that Yongzheng almost lost control and wanted to execute someone on the spot.

  "I... I'll go take a look at the baby..." After saying that, Lin Qingyu wanted to slip away quickly.

  "This disheveled appearance, where are you going?" Unfortunately, Lin Qingyu had not taken a few steps before being grabbed by Yongzheng's hand on her collar and pulled back in front of him.

  Lin Qingyu heard this, looked down and saw that she was still wearing her undergarments, with disheveled hair, and felt embarrassed. She touched her head and said in a low voice: "I... I just woke up from sleep, I'm still a bit dizzy, so... so... you understand, right?"

  Looking at Lin Qingyu's blushing and shy appearance, while still raising her eyebrows at him, Yin Zhen couldn't help but make a malicious guess in his heart: Is the Emperor thinking that he is too idle, so he bestowed this jinx upon him, wanting to see his son make a fool of himself?

  Kangxi bursts in: This scoundrel, I'm busy all day with national affairs, where do I have time to bother with family matters? At most, when I'm tired of reviewing memorials, I'll take a look at the secret reports written by Li Dequan's agents about the various ministers and princes, and relax my mind.

  Yin Zhen: ...Isn't this really what you mean?

  Lin Qingyu and Yin Zhen both got dressed up after washing and having breakfast, then they went their separate ways to attend to their respective tasks.

  Lin Qinyin held a big red auspicious dress, looking exceptionally white and lovely, a chubby Baozi in the backyard to entertain the female guests; Yinxiang was in the front yard to greet the princes, kings and other guests.

  Backyard

  All the ladies, whether they have a good relationship or not, would not be foolish enough to reveal their true thoughts at this moment. They all wore perfect diplomatic expressions on their faces and chatted warmly with the people around them.

  On ordinary days, Wu Fu Jin and Thirteen Fu Jin, who have a good relationship with Lin Qingyu, surround Baozi together, teasing him non-stop to call them "Auntie". Baozi also gives face by selling cuteness non-stop, his sweet voice calling out "Auntie" makes people's hearts melt.

  "Fourth sister, this little nephew is really too adorable! When he smiles, his chubby cheeks have a shallow dimple on each side!" Wu Fu Jin said with envy all over her face, the bitterness and desolation in her eyes flashing by.

  "Yes! Fourth sister, really want to take the little nephew back home to raise!" Thirteen Fu Jin had a face of 'ah, really want to take back home' look. Lin Qingyu looked at him with a silly expression, and in his heart, he was infinitely moved: The charm of his son is not ordinary!

  Without looking at Wu Fu Jin's expression, Lin Qing Yu let out a sigh in her heart. The relationship between the Fifth Brother and Wu Fu Jin was not good, she knew some of it. However, it was a matter between husband and wife, so she didn't dare to intervene. Just as she was thinking of saying something, Su Pei Sheng came in.

  "Madam, it's a good time now, Master wants you to take Young Master out for a stroll and prepare him for the Mid-Autumn Festival!"

  Lin Qingyu nodded and carried a big red auspicious baby with her, following the imperial concubines to the main hall.

  Front yard

  Yin Zheng was discussing state affairs with the Crown Prince, while the other princes were chatting about their own interests. Only Lao Shi felt extremely bored, his two black eyes darting around randomly, his body swaying from side to side, as if there were nails on the chair.

  Lin Qingyu came out with a bundle, and Lao Shi immediately discovered it. Looking at Si's arms, he saw the tender little baby, and was overjoyed.

  She sprang up from her chair with a start and rushed in front of Lin Qingyu, fortunately without startling her.

  I leaned in, my face close to Lin Qingyu's, and cooed: "Fourth sister, little nephew is so much fun, brother wants a hug." Before she could even respond, I used both hands to support the package under her arms and, with a rare display of gentleness yet firmness, pulled her into a tight embrace.

  Lin Qingyu looked at her empty arms, and then at the old tenth who was playing with the baby in a strange way, couldn't help but laugh. It's hard to imagine that this careless guy actually likes children so much.

  "Hey little guy, I'm your tenth uncle! Come on, call me Tenth Uncle, and I'll teach you how to ride a horse." Old Tenth was trying his best to coax Little Baozi into calling him that.

  Xiao Baozi looked at Lao Shi's silly appearance, her moist eyes quietly rolled upwards. Lin Qingyu saw this and thought to herself: It's all over, this is the baby's usual habit when she's up to no good, it seems that Lao Shi is in for a disaster!!

  At this moment, Lao Shi was eagerly waiting and watching Xiaobao's mouth open to call out, feeling pleased with himself. As a result, he felt a surge of hot air on his chest, looked down, and saw that the little boy had just peed on his own chest.

  I stared blankly at the scene in front of me, but when I came to my senses, not only was I not angry, but I also smiled foolishly. With a tone that still carried some delight, I said: "Hey, it seems like little nephew likes grandpa! But where did you see that from? Although baby's heart does have some affection for this tenth uncle."

  Lin Qingyu couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time, and had to say that Lao Shi was indeed the most broad-minded among all the brothers.

  "You're a bad guy!" Old Tenth pinched the little doll's nose in his arms.

  "Not bad..." The baby's sweet and sticky voice refuted, "Good... Mama praises the baby... Good kid..."

  "Really?" I almost laughed to death in my heart, but on the surface, I pretended to be suspicious and teased Xiao Baozi. In my heart, however, I was thinking: Looking at Fourth Brother's appearance, I really didn't expect him to be a kind father, it's truly shocking! Later, I'll tease Fourth Brother properly, hehehe.

  Xiao Baozi was very clever, but unfortunately too young, so he didn't realize that Lao Shi was teasing him. Therefore, he nodded heavily to prove that he wasn't wrong.

  I raised an eyebrow and said with a serious tone, "Call out 'Tenth Uncle' and Tenth Uncle will believe!"

  The little guy tilted his head and looked around for a while before calling out to Uncle Shi in a soft, sticky voice that was unique to infants, which completely melted my heart. After glancing at Fourth Brother who was talking seriously with Eighth Brother, he turned his eyes around, hugged the small package and walked over, saying loudly: "Fourth Brother, I didn't expect that you would be a kind father when you returned home, despite having an icy face that warns people to stay away in your daily life. It's really unexpected!"

  Lin Qingyu knew something was going to happen when she saw Yongzheng's face turn black. Now, looking at his darkened face, it's laughable yet not laughable! Although she would be delighted to see Yongzheng lose face, as the Fourth Imperial Concubine, she still had to go and smooth things over for him. After all, husband and wife are one entity; they share honor and shame together.

  "Alright, tenth brother, it's time for baby to grasp the Zhou! If delayed, it won't be good!"

  I lowered my head and looked at the small person in my arms, who was staring back at me with a pair of pure and wet eyes. Suddenly, I shifted my attention and walked over to stand beside the red table in the center.

  At this time, the slaves had already brought up the carefully prepared things for Zhuo, and carefully placed them on a table in the middle of the main hall covered with a thick red woolen blanket.

  On the large red carpet were placed many exquisite and beautiful small objects, including baby-fist-sized books carved from top-grade sandalwood, small seals, brushes and inkstones made of Hetian jade, hair ornaments, and abacus, coins, swords, food boxes, toys and other trinkets made of emerald.

  I saw that everything was in place, so I put the baby in the empty space in the center of the table and sat down. The others, seeing that they were about to catch Zhou, came over and surrounded him in a circle. Lin Qingyu took advantage of the crowd and people's attention being on the baby, opened up her spiritual sense, and checked one by one to see if anyone had a spiritual root. Of course, she started checking from the people on the mother's side first.

  Lin Qingyu discovered that her maternal family was indeed very powerful! Ama, E'niang, older brother, younger brothers, Daiyu actually all had spiritual roots! This fact really made her excited beyond words.

  After waking up from a coma after giving birth, she had only seen her mother once, and because of excessive excitement, she forgot to chat and didn't remember to check if her mother had a spiritual root. The rest of the relatives were actually seeing her for the first time! Unexpectedly, heaven was not bad to her, and in the future life, she would no longer have to face the separation and death of her relatives. All the Lin family members had spiritual roots, and as for others, she didn't have the desire to look at them again.

  When Lin Qingyu raised her head to look at the baby again, she found that the baby had already finished grabbing things. Both hands were holding something, with a copy of "The Analects" in his left hand and a bow and arrow in his right hand. Then everyone started praising him.

  Lin Qingyu's head was full of black lines. Although she said that as a mother, she was happy when others praised her child, wasn't it too exaggerated? Both civil and martial arts? As Lin Qingyu's son, a future cultivator, that was to be expected. Extremely wealthy and noble? As the emperor's grandson, how could he not be wealthy and noble?

  Just as Lin Qinyu was muttering to himself, Li Dequan arrived with a group of eunuchs and palace attendants to deliver the imperial edict. Lin Qinyu was so absorbed in his thoughts that he only came back to reality in time to hear the last part of the edict, which declared that the baby would be named "Hong'e".

  After seeing Li Dequan off, Lin Qingyu picked up the baby from the table and said softly: "Baby, from today on, you are Hongyue!"

  I've been saving up for a computer and haven't had time to update, I'm really sorry. Now it's finally ordered, probably in about a week I'll have it, and then I can update normally again.