Chapter 241:
“Nonsense!” Xie Yanyu scolded: “You have less than two months before you give birth, yet you haven’t even found a midwife, or a doctor…”
As he spoke, his brows were tightly furrowed. He just felt that his own younger sister was still a child. Even though she was about to become a mother, she was still a child.
She didn’t even have this bit of planning. If it were the prominent families in the Capital City, they would take careful care of the pregnancy from the moment the body showed signs, paying attention to everything and preparing every item fully.
But she was fine, parading around on the streets with her belly sticking out, pushing and shouting with the soldiers at the yamen entrance.
If something went wrong!
Xie Wanning felt quite aggrieved from being scolded.
Did she not even know to hire a midwife? It was just that the Li Family Matriarch said her own mother was a midwife, who had learned by ear and eye following her own mother in her early years, and later she herself had personally given birth to one.
In terms of midwifery methods, there weren’t many on these few streets who could compare to her.
Moreover, Chen Xi’er’s due date was one or two months different from hers, so they wouldn’t overlap.
It was better to trust her own relative than others.
Xie Wanning felt that her own identity should remain hidden, so she hadn’t bothered to look for a midwife again.
She refused to be treated like a child by her elder brother. She earnestly explained, then said: “The Li family members treat me very well. I’ve truly relied on their care for this period of time. Now that the Li Family Young Master has run into trouble, Elder Brother, you must keep a close eye on it.”
Xie Yanyu said: “Don’t worry. Since the case has landed in Cousin Ji’s hands, there won’t be any unjust and false cases.”
The implication was that his evaluation of Ji Chengfeng was frighteningly high.
Xie Wanning came back to her senses from the excitement of brother and sister recognizing each other, and only then did she react belatedly. Her cousin was now the Prefect of Bianzhou.
In this territory, that made him a local emperor.
The top scholar of the previous session, who had entered the court as an official just two years ago—this speed of promotion was really…
The Great Khan must be terribly short of talent.
Unexpectedly, Xie Yanyu said: “He’s only temporarily acting in the role. With Cousin Ji’s talent, this place can’t hold him. One day he will surely rise to the cabinet and become prime minister.”
Xie Wanning wasn’t overly shocked.
After all, in her past life, when Ji Chengfeng died, the Emperor cried as if his own son had died, no different.
If he weren’t truly a genius among geniuses, how would the monarch grieve so deeply.
Thinking of something, she propped her cheek and grinned foolishly: “No matter how long he can stay, as long as Cousin Ji is here for a day, I have someone in the yamen. I’m no longer a helpless young widow.”
These were words among the common folk, and she had picked up a few over these months by ear and eye.
Things like having someone in the yamen makes things easier, not fearing being bullied, and such.
She was just saying it for fun, but Xie Yanyu, whose heart had been broken with worry for his younger sister, heard it and his expression changed repeatedly.
What did “helpless young widow” mean?
He said: “Has someone bullied you?”
The coldness in his voice startled Xie Wanning, and she quickly shook her head: “No, no.”
“Bianzhou has good local customs. There are no ruffians coming to the door to bully men and dominate women. Although I am alone, the neighbors are all very kind and have never bullied me.”
After carefully examining her expression, Xie Yanyu slowly let out a breath and said: “Cousin Ji was temporarily assigned here, and he may leave at any time. The court will sooner or later send a real official to take the post.”
Several names of people who might be entrusted with heavy responsibility by His Majesty flashed through his mind, and his brows furrowed tighter and tighter. He decisively shook his head: “No matter who comes, as your elder brother, I won’t feel at ease. It’s still most proper for me to personally care for you.”
He was already prepared to submit a memorial, proactively requesting orders from His Majesty.
But Xie Wanning refused: “Elder Brother has great ambitions. How can he be trapped in Bianzhou because of me!”
