Song Qingshu was pleasantly surprised. It was not because he had given birth to a pair of twins. After all, he could predict the future. It was because Huang Rong had taken the initiative to mention this to him.
This had always been a taboo between the two of them. Whenever Huang Rong was mentioned, his expression would change immediately, let alone when she took the initiative to mention it.
Huang Rong paused and continued, "A son and a daughter."
Song Qingshu hesitated for a moment, then asked tentatively, "Have you given it a name?"
As he expected, Huang Rong would not say anything like waiting for him to name them. She said, "Yes. The elder sister is Guo Xiang and the younger brother is Guo Polu. They have the meaning of guarding Xiangyang and driving away the Tatars."
"Good names!" Song Qingshu sighed. He did not expect that he could not change the wheel of history. When she said the names, she deliberately said their surnames, obviously emphasizing their identity.
"They are still so young. Will they be fine on Peach Blossom Island?" Song Qingshu did not shamelessly ask who their father was. There was no need to force them into an awkward situation. In any case, they could only have the surname Guo and Huang Rong would only allow them to have the surname Guo.
"I had no choice. I guessed what Father wanted to do and had to stop him. Brother Jing's life is uncertain and I have to come out to investigate his whereabouts. It is not convenient to bring them along so I could only leave them on Peach Blossom Island." Huang Rong looked apologetic. "Fortunately, Sister Cheng is a meticulous person. I can rest assured with her looking after them."
Song Qingshu was puzzled and said, "But Cheng Ying is still an unmarried girl. Xiang 'er and Polu will need to drink milk."
Huang Rong blushed and rolled her eyes at him. "Peach Blossom Island has already prepared a few wet nurses."
"I see." Song Qingshu smiled awkwardly. His eyes suddenly fell on her bulging chest. He hesitated and asked, "You have been away from home for so long without breastfeeding. Won't your breasts swell?"
Huang Rong's face instantly reddened as she coldly said, "Prince of Qi, please conduct yourself with dignity!"
"I'm innocent." Song Qingshu spread his hands. He really didn't mean to tease her this time. "It's just that I met a friend before. She was accidentally separated from her child after giving birth. She couldn't breastfeed normally, which led to a blockage in her breast. As a result, she had a high fever and almost died."
He first thought of the time when he went to Shengjing City to pretend to be a doctor to treat Ma Chunhua. Then he thought of how he was poisoned by the Golden Ripple Flower and hid on the Wan family's ship. Qi Fang had just given birth and was so bloated that she had to squeeze it out …
Song Qingshu couldn't help but sigh at the wonders of fate when he thought of how he could save his life back then because of the Wan family's Young Mistress. He suddenly felt hot all over when he thought of the method to cure the poison.
Noticing his expression, Huang Rong said angrily, "Your head must be filled with filthy thoughts right now."
Song Qingshu hurriedly explained, "I was just thinking about you … uh, that's not right, I was worried about Furen's health."
"There is no need for Prince of Qi to worry." Huang Rong was both embarrassed and angry. Perhaps it was because she was too excited that her breathing was short or something else, but her chest trembled. "No wonder everyone says that Prince of Qi is a dissolute man. I didn't expect that you would even know the private matters of a woman."
"It was a coincidence, just a coincidence." Song Qingshu said embarrassedly. To say how much he understood women in front of a woman was really a foolish thing to do.
Huang Rong took a deep breath and calmed her emotions. "There are many eyes in the fu today. If someone sees a man and a woman alone with Prince of Qi, it will be too inconvenient.
This servant will take her leave. "
"Ah." Song Qingshu reached out to pull her. "Furen does not need to worry about this. If someone approaches, with my skills, I will be able to detect them in advance."
Huang Rong turned her head and looked deeply at him. "Prince of Qi must make it so clear? This is just an excuse for me not wanting to stay with you. "
Song Qingshu was stunned. Huang Rong took the opportunity to leave, leaving behind only a faint sweet scent in the air.
Meanwhile, Huang Rong quickly returned to her room and closed the door. She leaned against the door and fell into a daze.
"I'm dying. Why did I take the initiative to tell him about Xiang 'er and Polu?" Huang Rong did not need to look at herself in the mirror to know that her face must be very red.
After a long time, her heaving chest gradually calmed down. She was already very tired after running around for a few days. Previously, she had washed up and planned to sleep. It was only when she heard that her daughter had gone to look for Song Qingshu that she could not help but go out. Now that she was back, she could no longer resist the sleepiness and went straight to bed.
But she did not know why, even though she was very tired, she could not fall asleep. She tossed and turned on the bed for a long time. Suddenly, she sat up and held her chest with her hand. She frowned and said, "I feel a little uncomfortable. Could it be that what he said was true?"
Although she was experienced, when she gave birth to Guo Fu, it was the most leisurely days on Peach Blossom Island. She was usually with the child and she was the one who fed them. Fu 'er was a good eater, so she had never experienced the pain of breast growth. But this time, she left Peach Blossom Island not long after Xiang' er and Polu were born. A few days ago, she did feel the swelling, but at that time, she was more concerned about her father's safety and did not take it to heart. Now that she had calmed down, she suddenly realized the problem.
"Bah!" She suddenly spat, "He is a man, what does he know?" Then she turned over and continued to sleep.
She could not be blamed for thinking this way. In this world, the literacy rate was not high, not to mention the knowledge of physical health. In addition, the Southern Song Dynasty was very strict. Men did not know anything about women. Even if they were married, it would not be any better. So she did not believe that Song Qingshu really knew anything. She only thought that he was deliberately teasing her.
Meanwhile, Song Qingshu sighed at the moon in the back garden. He knew that he had been away for too long. It would not be good to neglect the group of officials, so he returned to the banquet.
This time, he had changed his attitude. At the banquet, he focused on winning over Xiang Shibi, Gao Da, and the others. Although he had many female confidantes around him, he lacked male talents that he could use. This had always been a headache for him.
But after the conversation with Zhao Min and the conversation with Dongfang Muxue, he understood everything.
All along, he had been inclined to personally train his confidantes, turning them from nothing into useful talents. But the two ladies told him that there was no need to personally train confidantes. Sometimes, they only needed to be promoted appropriately.
In the officialdom, as long as the person was promoted, he would be marked with your brand. Everyone would think that he was on your side. As long as that person did not betray you, you could use him boldly.
This way, you could save the time of personally training them, and you could use them directly.
Zhao Min and Dongfang Muxue used the Mongols and the Manchus as examples, explaining how they had become stronger over the years. Actually, these two countries did not have many people of their own. At least, compared to other races, their numbers were far from enough. However, they were good at recruiting talents from other races.
The Mongols and the Manchus.
Moreover, rewards and punishments were clear. Don't underestimate these few simple words. Since ancient times, very few people were able to do this. Most of them were only able to do it at the beginning of a dynasty. In the middle and later stages of a dynasty, whether it was rewards or punishments, it was completely dependent on the person. If you had someone above you, even if you continuously lost a battle, you would still be continuously rewarded. If you had no one above you, sometimes you would still be beheaded for some inexplicable reason after winning a battle. Even if you were rewarded, the rewards would be deducted from the hands of the people at the bottom. Could you even keep a tenth of it?
Not to mention rewards, even if it was proper military pay, was there anyone who could receive their share in full and on time?
Du Chong of the Southern Song Dynasty was the best example. He could be said to be an idiot. After he came to power, he ruined the positive situation in the Central Plains that Zong Ze had painstakingly worked on for many years. He lost one battle after another, dug up the Yellow River, and caused millions of people to lose their homes. He retreated all the way to the banks of the Yangtze River. However, with such a resume, his official position became higher and higher. With such a system of rewards and punishments, how could the middle and lower level officers and ordinary people think?
How could they still have the strength to fight? In history, during the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty and the end of the Ming Dynasty, many imperial armies collapsed on the battlefield. Later, they had no choice but to surrender to the Mongols and Manchus. However, all of them instantly turned from sheep to tigers, and their fighting strength skyrocketed.
They were the same people, why did they change so much? There was no other reason than the clear system of rewards and punishments.
Of course, it was not that no one in the Ming Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty did not realize these things. Unfortunately, the dynasty was too big, and the interests of all parties were intertwined. Even if the higher-ups were determined to reform, the implementation would definitely change when it came to the lower levels.
Song Qingshu did not think that he was smarter than these people. It was just that he stood on the shoulders of giants and knew a lot of lessons in advance.
After a drinking competition, Song Qingshu also became familiar with these people. When the banquet was over, he was already seventy to eighty percent drunk. Although with his power, it could be said that he could not get drunk, if he could not get drunk, what was the meaning of life? Therefore, when he drank, he usually did not use his internal force to dissolve the alcohol.
Not long after he returned to his room and fell asleep, there was suddenly an urgent knock on the door. "Brother Song, Brother Song!"
"Miss Guo, what's the matter?" Song Qingshu lay on the bed and answered lazily. If it was a young girl, and she was so beautiful, who came looking for him in the middle of the night, he would definitely be excited. He might even flirt with her. Unfortunately, the other party's identity was too awkward. He did not want to make any mistakes, so it was better to nip it in the bud. "Brother Song, I haven't seen my mother in a long time.
"Brother Song, I haven't seen my mother in a long time. I wanted to go talk to her, but I found out that she seems to be sick. Her body is very hot, and she talks nonsense from time to time. Father isn't home, and there are unfamiliar guards everywhere. I don't know who to look for in the middle of the night, so I came to you." Guo Fu's voice was filled with panic, and there was a hint of sobbing in it.
Just as she finished speaking, Song Qingshu opened the door from the inside. "Madam is sick? Wasn't she just fine? "
"I don't know either." Guo Fu looked helpless. "It is said that sickness comes like a landslide. Is it true?"
"Take me to see her." Song Qingshu hurriedly walked out. After walking for a while, he suddenly thought of something and asked, "What nonsense is your mother talking about?"
"She said she was sorry to my father. I don't understand what she means." Guo Fu blinked, her gem-like eyes filled with confusion.
.com。 Wonderful Book House.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
