A life of ups and downs is pure joy

Seeing this, Liu Xi quickly took the medicine box from Hong Qi and went into the room. Lin Qinghuan also wanted to follow anxiously.

"There are a lot of people inside. Huan'er, please wait here with me." Lin Yuzhi was also very nervous. He felt a little more at ease with his dearest sister by his side.

There were indeed a lot of people in the inner room, including two female doctors, three midwives, and Lin Qingyao who was also holding Ning Xiaoqi's hand.

"Big sister, I want my mother. I have some last words to say." Ning Xiaoqi said crying.

"What...what last words? What nonsense are you talking about, sister-in-law! You are fine, but the baby has not yet entered the pelvis, so it is quite painful right now." Lin Mo touched Ning Xiaoqi's belly and said quickly.

Liu Xi also stepped forward and wiped the sweat off Ning Xiaoqi's forehead with a hot towel.

"Am I okay? Will I not die? Why do I feel like I'm about to die... Ouch... It's starting to hurt again." Ning Xiaoqi started crying again with tears in her eyes due to the pain.

"Hurry up and get some more Eight Treasures Soup, add more ginseng slices, and how is the labor-inducing soup I just prescribed?" Lin Mo instructed the maid next to him.

"The labor-inducing soup is here..." Ning Xiaoqi's personal maids hurried in with the labor-inducing soup and ginseng soup.

Lin Yuzhi also followed him to the door, but was locked outside again.

"Ah... it hurts... it hurts so much... it hurts much more than before..." Ning Xiaoqi cried again.

"Xiao Qi, relax, don't scream, and listen to the midwife's instructions and push harder." Lin Qingyao said carefully.

The Lin brothers and sisters who were waiting outside could only worry anxiously. Lin Ancai was so scared that he hid in the yard and didn't dare to come in.

After a long time, a clear and loud cry was heard from inside. The Lin brothers and sisters hurried to the door of the inner room. The midwife pushed the door open and came out holding a small package, looking at Lin Yuzhi with a happy smile.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, it's a little prince." Lin Yuzhi took it with some excitement and trembling. Inside was a chubby little baby sleeping with his eyes closed.

"How is Xiaoqi?" Lin Yuzhi asked.

"It's okay, it's okay. I was a little exhausted and fell asleep." The maid helped Lin Qingyao out and said to her brother.

"Can I go in and take a look?" Lin Yuzhi asked while looking at the inner room.

"Come in." Lin Qingyao nodded with a smile.

"Come, Huan'er, hold him." Lin Yuzhi handed the child to Lin Qinghuan and walked in anxiously over the threshold.

"Ah... I don't know how to hold the baby..." Lin Qinghuan held the baby stiffly, not daring to move at all. The wet nurse hurried forward to take the baby.

"Look how anxious he is. He can't even take care of his son." Lin Qingyao smiled as she looked at her brother's back.

"Big sister, he is so cute and so small." Only then did Lin Qinghuan dare to freely observe the little guy in the wet nurse's arms.

"Why is it so ugly and wrinkled!" Lin Qingyi also poked her head over and said.

"What's ugly about it? Big brother and Xiaoqi's child will definitely be good-looking." Lin Qinghuan quickly patted Lin Qingyi and said, while Lin Qingwan also frowned and looked at the outspoken fourth sister.

"Hahahahaha... all babies are like this when they are born. Don't you remember when Huan'er was just born, she was so wrinkled and skinny as a little chicken. Now she has grown into the most beautiful woman in Dasheng." Lin Qingyao patted Lin Qinghuan's face and said.

"Big sister, I'm an aunt now." Lin Qinghuan said happily.

As they were talking, someone came outside and shouted that Imperial Noble Consort Xian had arrived, and several people hurried forward to greet her.

Lin Qinghuan looked at Consort Xian's favorite girl, Tong Ning Xiaoqi, who was talking in private, and her eyes were full of envy.

The Lin brothers and sisters closed the door and went out, leaving the mother and daughter and Lin Yuzhi chatting in the room.

"I won't be afraid if there are relatives by my side when I give birth in the future." Lin Qinghuan said while supporting Lin Qingyao.

"If possible, elder sister would definitely want to come and see you, but if I'm not here, you still have Mo'er, Wan'er and Yi'er by your side, and mother is also here." Lin Qingyao patted her hands and said.

Lin Qinghuan looked at her sisters and nodded, thinking back to when her eldest sister gave birth, only her second aunt was by her side. Now she had to come and comfort her, which was a bit too much for her.

Lin Qinghuan said goodbye to Lin Qingyao and got on the carriage with Lin Mo Liuxi. She looked at the two female doctors who she felt she had met too late and kept talking about stories about their medical consultation tours in various places that she had never heard of. She was very envious of them. She was like a canary in a cage, unaware of how high the sky was and how vast the earth was.

Autumn was slowly entering its mid-month, and the air was cool. Lin Qinghuan and Liu Xi got off the carriage and waved to Lin Mo, then they went into the Xiao Mansion together. Liu Xi went to Qingbo Courtyard and took Lin Qinghuan's pulse again. She guessed that it was Liu Ji's daily instruction, and she wanted to see if this silly child was pregnant without knowing it. But the result was still the same as before, without any sign at all.

After Xiao Yi went to the Eastern Palace, he sent someone back to inform that he and Xiao Fan had gone out of town together and would not be back for several days.

"I only wish that you will be happy and free." Lin Qinghuan held the poetry collection that Xiao Yi usually read and read it with relish. However, there were many words that she did not recognize, so she kept tracing them on paper with a pen, waiting for Xiao Yi to return home today to explain them to her.

"Young Madam, Madam Li is asking to see you outside the courtyard." Yun Xiang knocked on the door and walked in and said.

"Why outside the yard? Just ask her to come in." Lin Qinghuan raised his head and said curiously.

"The eldest master has ordered that no one is allowed to enter Qingbo Courtyard." Yun Xiang said as he helped Lin Qinghuan up.

"Then go and call Sister Li in. My husband's decision is a bit unreasonable." Lin Qinghuan muttered.

Li Jiaxin and Ruyi walked in carrying lunch boxes, and Lin Qingying greeted them.

"Sister Li made delicious food for me again?" Lin Qinghuan smiled as he looked at the food box.

"I made these early in the morning. And this is my birthday gift to the young lady. It's not very expensive, but it's a token of my love." Michelle Reis gestured to Ruyi to hand the items in her hand to Yu Yunxiang.

"What is this? I'm so curious, let's open it and take a look." Lin Qinghuan and Li Jiaxin walked into the inner room, their eyes fixed on the cloth bag in Yun Xiang's hand.

"Oh my God!" Lin Qinghuan looked at the picture of a beautiful woman enjoying flowers embroidered by Li Jiaxin in surprise and marveled.

"Young Madam, take a closer look at this beauty. Does she look very similar to you?" Ruyi said happily from the side.

"Yes, it does. It looks really good." Yun Xiang and Chu Xia said in disbelief.

"Sister Li, how...how come you are so skillful?" Lin Qinghuan looked at the embroidery paintings stretched out by Ruyi and Chuxia, and looked at Li Jiaxin with great admiration.

"The young lady is so beautiful. I can't draw, so I can only embroider it according to the portrait my mother gave me." said Michelle Reis.

"A portrait given by my mother?" Lin Qinghuan asked in surprise.

"Yes, the woman in the portrait is the young lady." said Michelle Reis.

Lin Qinghuan looked at Li Jiaxin with confusion, then looked at Chu Xia.

"I don't know either. When did the girl have a portrait?" Chu Xia was also confused.

"Where is the painting? I want to see it." Lin Qinghuan had some guesses in his mind.

"It's still in my room! Ruyi, go get it." said Michelle Reis.

"I'll go with you." Chuxia said and followed Ruyi to Huaying Pavilion.

In the afternoon, when Xiao Yi returned to Qingbo Courtyard, he did not see Lin Qinghuan.

"What about the young lady?"

"The young lady took a painting to the Lin Mansion." said the little girl.

"What painting?"

All the sisters in the Lin family gathered in Suheju.

"Aunt, this is my aunt." Lin Qingyao said happily as she looked at the woman in the painting.

"Is this our mother?" Lin Ancai looked curiously at the woman in the painting and then turned back to look at Lin Qinghuan who was sitting next to him. "My sister looks exactly like my mother."

"There is a little difference. The mistress has a red mole in the middle of her forehead, but the girl doesn't. The girl has a pair of dimples like the marquis. The mistress has dimples when she smiles, and the second young master has them like the mistress." Chu Xia looked carefully at the fairy in the painting, and then tried hard to find the image of the beauty who loved to wear white clothes in her memory.

"She is so gentle!" Lin Qinghuan said softly as she looked at the woman in the painting.

"I still remember that the second young lady was admiring the flowers in the courtyard of Zhang's mansion. This painting should have been... painted by that child." Nanny Gui looked at the woman in the painting and her eyes became moist unconsciously. She raised her hand to wipe away her tears.

"Miss, Chou Niang has been wandering outside the yard for a long time." Ju Duo said as she entered the house, and Li Xue followed behind.

"She probably wants to come in and see the second young lady," said Aunt Gui.

"Let her in. She has been taking care of my Suheju. She can come and go at any time." Lin Qinghuan nodded.

Chou Niang walked in slowly with her head lowered, bowed to the girls, and then did not dare to look up.

"Aunt Zhang, you want to see your aunt, right?" Lin Qingyao asked.

Chou Niang looked up at Lin Qingyao in some surprise. If she didn't speak, she would have forgotten her last name.

"She has the same surname as her mother?" Lin Qinghuan said in surprise.

"Well, this girl grew up in the Zhang Mansion and has been serving the Second Young Lady." Nanny Gui looked at the woman who had been lowering her head. "Chou Niang, go and see the Second Young Lady."

Chouniang nodded, then walked towards Zhang Yulan's portrait, looked at it for a long time, then knelt down and kowtowed to the portrait several times.

Lin Qinghuan saw that Chou Niang had a birthmark on her face. Actually, she was not ugly, but a pretty girl. But now there were traces of tears on her face.

"Aunt Zhang, my mother-in-law gave me this portrait of my mother. It will be hung in Suheju in the future. If you have nothing to do, please help me dust off my mother every day." Lin Qinghuan looked at her and said.

Chou Niang looked up at Lin Qinghuan in surprise, then hurriedly lowered her head and bowed to Lin Qinghuan in response.

"I never thought that this painting was preserved so well." Aunt Gui said as she looked at the painting in a trance.

"Mammy, you just said that it was drawn by that child. Who were you referring to?" Lin Qinghuan asked curiously.

"The child of the Dong family grew up with your mother. I haven't seen him for many years." Nanny Gui said.

"Huan'er, Dad will definitely be very happy when he sees this painting when he comes back. He told me the other day that my aunt appeared in his dream." Lin Qingyao said.

"Hmm." Lin Qinghuan felt a little sad as she looked at the woman in the painting. At this time, she was probably only about sixteen or seventeen, beautiful and talented. Who would have thought that she would be so beautiful and have such a tragic fate? Then she thought of the man named Dong that Nanny Gui mentioned. She remembered that Nan'er also asked her to stay away from people with the surname Dong.

Chuxia was holding Xiaobai and following Lin Qinghuan to leave the yard. Mother Huang ran out of the kitchen and chased after them.

"Hey, girl, aren't you going to stay for dinner? I specially stewed an old hen."

"Let's not eat anymore. Let An Cai enjoy the meal alone. My husband should be back home by now." Lin Qinghuan said, turning around.

"Since you're here, you must stay for dinner." Xiao Yi's voice came from outside the yard.

"Husband, you're back. Why did you come to Suheju?" Lin Qinghuan happily turned around and trotted towards Xiao Yi. As the saying goes, a day without seeing you feels like three years.

"Since you are not at home, I have to come to find you." Xiao Yi walked forward, hugged Lin Qinghuan tightly and kissed her forehead, then the two of them walked hand in hand into the yard again.

"My son-in-law is here too, so I'll go cook a few more dishes." Mother Huang happily went back to the small kitchen and started busying herself. Chuxia also put down Xiaobai in her hand. Tongyun wanted to go into the kitchen to help, and Lixue happily brought tea into the room to serve them.

"Husband, have you seen the embroidered painting hanging in the room?" Lin Qinghuan asked.

"What embroidery? I heard that you came back in a hurry after taking a painting." Xiao Yi picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then frowned and opened the lid of the kettle to take a look.

"Sister Li embroidered my mother, and she thought it was me. It was so lifelike. She is such a talented woman. It's such a pity that she married you as a concubine." Lin Qinghuan stood up and pulled Xiao Yi to the small room next to them. The picture of the beauty admiring flowers was hung on the screen inside.

"You really look like my mother-in-law." Xiao Yi looked at the woman in the painting, then looked at Lin Qinghuan and nodded.

"Mother should be only sixteen or seventeen at this time, probably the same age as I was when I first married you." Lin Qinghuan said as she sat on the wooden couch next to the painting.

"Where did this painting come from?" Xiao Yi asked.

"I don't know. My mother and I asked for it. We were in a hurry to bring it back and let An Cai and my elder sister take a look, so I forgot to ask." Lin Qinghuan just remembered this.

"I'll accompany you to my mother's yard in the evening. Tell me to take good care of you. I haven't seen you for several days. I miss you." Xiao Yi hugged Lin Qinghuan's face and said affectionately. He looked at her carefully and couldn't help but hugging her in his arms and kissing her.

"Huan'er has missed her husband and my good brother very much these days." Lin Qinghuan held Xiao Yi's sleeves with both hands and said softly.

"How much do you think?"

"I miss you when I have nothing to do during the day, I miss you when I play games alone, I miss you when I read books, I miss you when the door of Qingbo Courtyard is pushed open, I miss you when the leaves in the courtyard fall, and I miss my good brother the most when I am alone in my empty room in the dead of night." Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yi and said affectionately. Now she has fallen in love with him completely.

"Huan'er, I will take you with me wherever I go from now on. I want to see you every time I open my eyes, and I want to hug you before I go to sleep." Xiao Yi said very happily in his heart.

"Well, Huan'er also wants to stay with her husband day and night." Lin Qinghuan leaned on Xiao Yi's chest, gently closed her eyes and enjoyed the most wonderful and comfortable moment.

"Miss, son-in-law, I came in to set the table. The second young master is probably coming soon." Chu Xia said while knocking on the door outside.

"come in."