The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 846 - 182: The Birth of Xixi_2

Chapter 846: Chapter 182: The Birth of Xixi_2

"You," the Crown Prince sighed, patting his shoulder, "just tell your royal brother if there’s anything!"

"Thank you, royal brother!" Xiao Guangjing smiled.

Xiao Guangbi, overhearing Xiao Guangjing entering the Crown Prince Mansion, couldn’t help but snort coldly, "Such brotherly affection now, but when the time comes for stabbing in the back, they’ll be playing right into my hands!"

The Advisor approached and asked, "Prince! Do you really intend to send Mo Heng to Xining?"

Mo Heng was currently an Inspector, effectively a military officer. With the Mo family suppressing his civil career, he couldn’t rise unless he toppled the entire Mo family—a near-impossible feat given his limited support. Xiao Guangbi, through managing affairs with increasing trust in Mo Heng, saw his own men succeeding the Governor of the Two Rivers, having also helped remove several of the Crown Prince’s and Prince Yongle’s spies. Xiao Guangbi now sought to give Mo Heng a chance for greater responsibility.

"Prepare the ink and paper; I’ll write a letter to inform Mo Heng about the Junior Provincial Official’s situation," he instructed the Advisor. He specifically intended to inform Mo Heng while arranging a gift for his daughter. Pei Qin was also close to childbirth, for whom he prepared another gift, ensuring Mo Heng’s unwavering loyalty to him.

The Advisor obeyed, and once the letter was written, he sent it along with the prepared items to Yuanyang County.

By then, it was the busy season for harvesting wheat.

Pei Qin often ran out to the fields. With Mo Heng busy daily at the Government Office, he entrusted Liu Feng, Huang Qiu, and Xue Dong to keep a close watch on her, and the house was ready with a midwife.

Just after the wheat was harvested and maize and beans were planted, Pei Qin’s labor began prematurely.

"Oh, heavens! This scorching heat is killing me!" Pei Qin grimaced in pain yet cursed the excessive heat.

Mo Heng dared not use ice, guarding her instead, occasionally feeding her, "Eat now while you have the strength; you won’t be able to eat later."

Pei Qin ate through clenched teeth.

Pei Qian, along with Jiujiu, waited outside. Jiujiu insisted on going to the inner courtyard, "Mom is in pain!"

"Mom is giving you a younger brother, Jiujiu, be good!" Pei Qian pulled her along.

However, Pei Qin didn’t give birth to a son. After four hours of agony, she delivered a daughter.

Grandma Sun frowned, "Wasn’t it supposed to be a boy?"

"A daughter is fine too; there’s always the next birth," Lady Zou said.

"Having a daughter might not bother Mo Heng much, but Xiao Pei will surely have to endure a lot of unpleasant words!" Grandma Sun pursed her lips, "That Kong’s claimed she was pregnant and stayed indoors for a good half month, definitely must have taken medicine to abort. They brought this upon themselves, had a quarrel with Xiao Pei, and surely hold a grudge against him. Now that they’ve had a daughter, mark my words, it will not be peaceful in Old Pei’s House!"

Lady Zou snorted, "The concubine of Old Pei lost two sons, and their eldest son failed his exams, they must hold a grudge too!"

"That family doesn’t have a single decent person, always in trouble! Lady Chen suffered retribution and died, and her two sons must come back for the mourning period!" Grandma Sun cursed and, seizing an old hen, brought over a sack of double-yolked eggs.

Pei Qin glanced at the child once, "Does she look like me? How ugly." She then drifted off into a heavy sleep.

Mo Heng, however, was quite delighted, his joy evident as Grandma Sun and Lady Zou came to look, holding the child, "Does she resemble Qin’er?"

Seeing his happiness, both Grandma Sun and Lady Zou agreed, "Especially the eyes and brows."

Mo Heng gently smiled while looking at his baby daughter.

"I want to see too!" Jiujiu stretched upward, reaching with her hands.

Mo Heng let her take a brief look, "Jiujiu is now a big sister, you must look after your little sister like Brother Xingwang, understand?"

Jiujiu thought for a moment and furrowed her brow, "Then I’ll give her my Longhorn beetle and bugs to play with," her face showing reluctance.

Mo Heng stroked her head, "Jiujiu is really good, definitely a great big sister!"

Jiujiu pressed near her sister’s face, "Little sister, call me sister soon!"

Grandma Sun and Lady Zou both watched and smiled.

The child yawned, and Mo Heng quickly took her to the inner room to sleep, instructing the wet nurse to keep a close watch.

Pei Qian pulled Jiujiu along, "You should stay with your auntie from now on! See, your father already started neglecting you the moment he had a new daughter!"

Jiujiu looked up at her, "I want my sister!"

Pei Qian glanced inside the room and pursed her lips. Her brother-in-law favored the little daughter, possibly growing distant from Jiujiu as she grew up. Seeing she couldn’t take Jiujiu away, she decided to leave her in the backyard while she went to the front courtyard to arrange a message to the Fang family and Qinghe Town and prepare a nourishing soup to promote lactation for her elder sister.

Upon hearing that Pei Qin had another daughter, Grandma Fang sighed, "Even without in-laws overhead, lacking a son, they can never truly stand firm. Although Mo Heng treats Qin’er and her daughter well, there’s no guarantee he won’t change his heart." She was extremely worried.

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