GTB Chapter 254

Chapter 256: Is it a younger brother or a younger sister?

Chapter 256: Is it a younger brother or a younger sister?

After several consecutive days of snow, the weather finally cleared up on this day.

The warm sun shone into Fengqi Palace, illuminating the smiling faces in the courtyard.

Ji Shutíng held the five-month-old chubby boy in her arms, pointed at Jiang Jiuchu’s high and rounded belly, and asked:

“Zhu’er, tell your godmother, is there a younger brother or a younger sister in her tummy?”

Jiang Jiuchu laughed: “He can’t even talk yet, and you’re asking him about a younger brother or sister? Only you would do that.”

However, as soon as Jiang Jiuchu finished speaking, the little guy pointed at Jiang Jiuchu’s belly and said, “Bro…bro…bro…”

Jiang Jiuchu and Xiao Li looked at each other in surprise. They didn’t expect this little guy to be able to follow up on the conversation.

She quickly asked the little guy, “Little Zhu’er is a good boy, is there a younger brother or a younger sister in Auntie’s tummy?”

“Bro…brother…”

This time, the little guy’s pronunciation was significantly more accurate.

Ji Shutíng laughed heartily: “Haha, my son said it, there are all naughty boys in your bellies.”

“That’s great, these little guys can drink and cause trouble together all day long in the future.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jiuchu and Xiao Li’s mouths twitched in unison. They felt that Ji Shutíng wanted to raise her child to be a playboy.

Jiang Jiuchu said: “It’s not that mysterious. Little Zhu’er is just saying whatever comes to his mind. The pronunciation of ‘brother’ is simple. Maybe he will say ‘brother’ no matter who you ask.”

“That’s right, it’s not that accurate.” Xiao Li didn’t believe it either. She said to Jiang Jiuchu:

“Leave the cute and soft daughter to me to give birth to. You have an empire to inherit, so it’s better for you to have a son. In the future, my daughter will be the apple of her brothers’ eyes.”

Jiang Jiuchu was speechless. It was as if she wouldn’t be able to have any more children if she gave birth to a daughter.

“You’re already six months pregnant, is Eighth Brother not worried about you running around?”

“Don’t worry, he came with me. He went to the Emperor’s imperial study.”

Jiang Jiuchu nodded and then looked at Ji Shutíng, “I heard… you moved out of the Ji residence?”

Ji Shutíng nodded in response, “Yes, my older brother got married, and I gave birth to a son, so I wanted to live alone with him.”

Jiang Jiuchu thought for a while and asked, “It couldn’t be that your sister-in-law said something, could it?”

Ji Shutíng pulled her hair out of Little Zhu’er’s hand and looked at Jiang Jiuchu:

“No, my sister-in-law is a good person. Not to mention my eldest brother and mother. It’s me, I want to be independent.”

“Well, where is your new house? Is there anything I can help with?”

Jiang Jiuchu was still a little worried that Ji Shutíng, a woman, would have inconveniences living alone.

“My older brother is worried about me, so the house I bought is not far from the Ji residence.”

Ji Shutíng said, and continued: “Although I am alone now, I really don’t lack anything and I’m living well.”

“In terms of money, I have the shops that you and I partnered in, which bring in a lot of money every month. In terms of power, not to mention, my son has you as his godmother the Empress. No one dares to look down on us mother and son.”

Jiang Jiuchu smiled and nodded, then tentatively asked: “I see that the vice commander under your brother’s command treats you…”

“Do you have any thoughts?”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Li leaned in with a gossipy expression: “Eh, what vice commander? How come I don’t know?”

Ji Shutíng stroked her son’s chubby little hand: “I don’t have any feelings for him. This matter is not urgent, let nature take its course. It doesn’t matter if I don’t get married for the rest of my life.”

Xiao Li heard this and remembered seeing Gu Changxuan when she went to find Ji Shutíng a few days ago, so she curiously asked:

“I saw Gu Changxuan at your door last time. Was he going to see you? Do you still like that Gu Changxuan?”

Ji Shutíng looked at her son, who was babbling in her arms, with a calm expression in her eyes.

“He went to see the child. If he wanted to see him, I would have someone bring him to him for a look. After all, he is also his child. As for whether I still have feelings for him…”

She said, pausing for a moment, “If you had asked me before, I would have angrily said that I didn’t like him anymore.”

“But now I will admit that I still like him in my heart, but this kind of liking is just a remnant that has not completely dissipated.”

Jiang Jiuchu touched Little Zhu’er, who was spitting bubbles, and said to Ji Shutíng:

“Yes, some things are beyond our control. Let all the good and bad, wanted and unwanted things develop with time and fate.”

“What ‘letting fate take its course’?” Shí Yuanchen strode into Fengqi Palace and ran over quickly, followed by Shí Yan, who was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe.

“It’s nothing, there are many people today, or else let’s play leaf cards.” As soon as Jiang Jiuchu finished speaking, her expression suddenly contorted, one hand supporting the corner of the table in front of her, and the other hand covering her stomach. Her expression was extremely unsightly.

Seeing this, Shí Yan’s expression changed, and he immediately rushed to Jiang Jiuchu in two steps and three steps, holding her up and anxiously asking, “What’s wrong? Does your stomach hurt?”

“Yes.” Jiang Jiuchu nodded.

“Quick, quickly call the doctor. No, go call the midwife.”

Shí Yan knew that Jiang Jiuchu’s due date was this month.

He picked up Jiang Jiuchu and walked into the room.

None of them expected that Jiang Jiuchu would suddenly go into labor.

Ji Shutíng quickly got up with her son in her arms and walked over, instructing Green Luo and Green Yi: “Quickly have someone prepare hot water, it will be useful when the midwife comes.”

“Yes.” Green Luo and Green Yi responded quickly and went down to arrange it.

Inside the room, Shí Yan sat in front of the bed, looking at Jiang Jiuchu, who was frowning, with a look of heartache, “Chuchu, does it hurt a lot?”

Jiang Jiuchu frowned and relaxed, suddenly feeling that the pain had disappeared, and smiled at Shí Yan, “Don’t worry, it doesn’t hurt anymore now.”

“It seems that giving birth is not that painful? Or am I not going into labor?”

Jiang Jiuchu was a little puzzled. She had heard that women were in excruciating pain when giving birth, but she didn’t feel that way.

“It…doesn’t hurt anymore?” Shí Yan was also a little unsure upon hearing this.

“Yes, it doesn’t hurt anymore.” Jiang Jiuchu said, taking her hand out of Shí Yan’s palm, and was about to get out of bed when her abdomen suddenly started to hurt again.

“No, no, it hurts again.”

Shí Yan quickly helped her lean on him, “It should be labor, don’t move around, let’s wait for the midwife and doctor to come over.”

“Okay.” Jiang Jiuchu leaned on Shí Yan, enduring the faint pain in her lower abdomen.

Because Shí Yan had found two midwives to live in Fengqi Palace early on, the maids quickly called the midwives and doctor over.

After taking her pulse, the doctor said, “The Empress is indeed about to give birth. I will now decoct a dose of medicine to replenish the Empress’s energy and strength.”

“Okay, go quickly.” Shí Yan looked at Jiang Jiuchu’s little face, which was frowning more and more tightly, without even raising his head.

The midwives next to him looked at each other, and then mustered up their courage to say to Shí Yan:

“Your Majesty, a woman’s body has a lot of yin blood during childbirth, and it is often inauspicious for men to be in the room. Please, Your Majesty, wait outside.”

Shí Yan carefully held Jiang Jiuchu, raised his eyes to look at the two of them and said, “What’s inauspicious about it? I don’t believe in that. You do what you need to do, don’t worry about me.”