IBTSOME Chapter 98 Part 2

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 98 Part 2: Pearl

 

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He hurriedly left the capital that day. It was true that the situation in Guanzhong was not optimistic, he was anxious to deal with the disaster. But there was also a small factor that he did not know how to face Lin Wei Xi. Simply avoiding in the name of disaster relief, he thought, he needs to calm down for a while.

 

When he was in Xi'an, he helped victims of the disaster, mobilized provisions, rebuilt houses, as well as sprayed medicines to guard against the plague after a natural disaster. There were endless tasks waiting for him every day, and Gu Hui Yan had absolutely no time to let his imagination run wild. But in the dead of night, when he sat in the Governor's Mansion, his thoughts would always uncontrollably float to Lin Wei Xi. Lin Wei Xi was experiencing morning sickness when he left, didn’t know if it’s better now. He heard that women would have cramps in the later stages of pregnancy, sometimes could not sleep all night, and yet he irresponsibly abandoned her and left...

 

Lin Wei Xi had never written to him, but Gu Hui Yan knew everything about Lin Wei Xi's movement. Later, the letter that were sent by his trusted aide said that Wangfei's appetite had plummeted as the month gets bigger, she couldn’t even eat for a few days.

 

Gu Hui Yan didn't know how angry he was when he received the letter. He only been away for a few days, but Lin Wei Xi was not eating well again. She even dared to blatantly not have dinner. If he didn’t specifically leave someone to watch over her, afraid Lin Wei Xi would threaten the maids again, and flip this incident lightly, and then when he returned, he would never know what Lin Wei Xi had done.

 

Gu Hui Yan finally couldn't sit still. His daily official duties were already heavy, and those days became more and more stressful. The governor's mansion top to bottom were used as support around the clock. Gu Hui Yan quickly took care of the snow disaster. The remaining things like rebuilding houses and so on would be time-consuming laborious work. Gu Hui Yan left these to the local officials. He arranged for some trusted aide to provide assistance, or to be more accurate to supervise. He himself quickly returned to the capital.

 

However, even though he returned to the capital half a month earlier, he almost missed Lin Wei Xi's birth.

 

Looking at this basin of watery blood and the heart stopping cry from the delivery room, Gu Hui Yan felt a wave of fear. He had long heard about how dangerous childbirth for women. There were dystocia and hemorrhage, postnatal illness, and there were also those who have completely injured their body because of childbirth... there were numerous, Gu Hui Yan couldn’t even think about it. If Lin Wei Xi also had any mishap, she would disappear forever, then what should he do.

 

In comparison, the anger and shock Gu Hui Yan had before leaving the capital were nothing. He even left Lin Wei Xi because of these things, left her alone in this dangerous situation. If he did not rush back tonight, if Lin Wei Xi had any mishap, he would not be able to forgive himself for the rest of his life.

 

Suddenly there was commotion in the delivery room, the midwife’s voice clearly became much urgent: "Wangfei push, I have already seen the head... quickly give Wangfei ginseng slice! Come on push... it’s come out, it’s come out!"

 

Both Gu Hui Yan and Gu Cheng Yao were shocked, and immediately locked their eyes on the door of the delivery room.

 

Very soon, the midwife opened the door and came out. She held a tightly wrapped baby in her arms, smiled and said: "Congratulations Yan Wang, it’s a precious daughter."

 

It’s a precious daughter?

 

The midwife put the little baby in front of Gu Hui Yan. Gu Hui Yan almost cautiously stretched out his hand, and very carefully touched her face.

 

In fact, Gu Hui Yan wasn't sure what to expect, but when he felt her heat and humidity, and how she still carried her mother's body temperature, Gu Hui Yan’s heart suddenly softened.

 

This was their daughter, the daughter of him and Lin Wei Xi. He spent half his life as a military horse, but in his thirties, he received such a precious gift.

 

The midwife originally worried that Wangfei gave birth to a daughter, would this kind of great mansion be unhappy. But when she saw Yan Wang took special care and gazed at this little life, wanted to touch but didn’t dare to, her heart was at ease. How could heavenly descendants be the same as ordinary people's house? Yan Wang's child, even a daughter, was also an honorable Junzhu¹, glistening like pearls, what should she worried about.

 

Seeing that Yan Wang liked the child very much, the midwife immediately put down her heart, the smile on her face became brighter. Isn't it brilliant? Yan Wang Mansion had gave birth, the attitude of the family to the child directly related to her reward. The midwife grinning from ear to ear and said: "Wangye, after seeing it the child has to be taken inside. Although it is March, and she’s tightly wrapped, but I dare not let her get blown by the wind for too long."

 

Only then did Gu Hui Yan react, yes, she was just born, how could she get blown by the wind? Even if the room was surrounded by screens, Gu Hui Yan always feels that the outside environment was not safe, and every place threatened his fragile daughter. The midwife held the baby again to show Gu Cheng Yao, and at this time, Gu Hui Yan suddenly realized that something was amiss: "Where is Wangfei? Why cannot hear her voice?"

 

Gu Cheng Yao was still immersed in the wonder of this little life, but when Gu Hui Yan said this, he was also startled.

 

The midwife was taken aback by Yan Wang's voice. She said in her heart it was indeed a person who had been on the battlefield and walked through the Hall of Supreme Harmony². He was so friendly just now, but when he revealed his true color still could scare people endlessly. The midwife covered her heart, waiting for the palpitations to pass, before she could speak: "Wangfei is too tired and has gone to sleep." Seeing that Gu Hui Yan's expression was wrong, she added another sentence: "Wangye please don't worry, Wangfei do not have a sign of postnatal bleeding, just exhausted."

 

Gu Hui Yan looked into the room, still feeling uneasy. He bypassed the crowd and wanted to go in, but was hurriedly stopped by the servants: "Wangye you cannot. The delivery room is full of blood and will destruct the official career."

 

"I have led dozens of battles from south to north, the number of lives on my hands is uncountable. Even if it will destruct, it’s the blood fiend on my body that will destruct other people. What, delivery room is ominous, how can I care about such absurd words?"

 

After Gu Hui Yan finished speaking, he strode in without looking back. The mixture of humidity and blood’ smells in the delivery room rushed towards his face. Gu Hui Yan saw Lin Wei Xi on the bed, and his heart suddenly clenched.

 

She had always loved beauty, but now she was lying weakly and helplessly on the wet bedding, strands of wet hair sticking to her forehead, her complexion was pale, and her lips were chapped, only her chest moved ups and downs weakly.

 

Gu Hui Yan carefully took Lin Wei Xi's hand, placed it to his lips, and kissed it lightly.

 

"Xi'er, I'm back."

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1 Junzhu, the title of a princess, the daughter of a prince (wang) ^↩
2 Hall of Supreme Harmony, one of three major halls of the Forbidden City, it’s the place where the emperor enthroned and held important ceremonies.^↩

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