novelaction Chapter 604 Duanmu Zonghua!
Chapter 604 Duanmu Zonghua!
The following year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Mu Xin Nuan gave birth to a son last winter. After announcing the good news to the capital, the emperor was overjoyed and bestowed upon him the name Duanmu Zonghua.
The fact that Prince Chang Le finally had an heir brought a sigh of relief to everyone. Especially the Mu family; Madam Li and Mu Chang'an worried that if Mu Xin Nuan couldn't give birth to a son for the prince, would he take more concubines? How would Mu Xin Nuan survive without an heir?
Now that they've heard a son has been born, the Mu and Li families are probably the happiest people in the capital.
Duanmu Chuze was the Empress's youngest son, and now that he had finally become a father, the Empress was naturally overjoyed.
He issued an imperial decree to bestow many gifts upon Mu Xin Nuan, and also specially sent her a great many precious jewels and jade artifacts.
Mu Xin Nuan held the child, looking at his chubby little face, and gave him a kiss. "Mommy's little baby, you're even heavier today."
"Your Highness, the young master eats a lot, so he grows quickly. Look, he's only a few months old, but he's already as big as a one-year-old child in other families."
Mu Xin Nuan was naturally delighted to hear this. She then picked him up and held him in her arms, while using her other hand to play with his chubby little hands.
Looking at this harmonious and heartwarming scene, Aunt Fang couldn't help but recall the prince's worried and anxious expression when the princess gave birth last year.
If someone hadn't stopped him, the prince would have really rushed into the delivery room.
However, seeing the prince and princess living such a peaceful and happy life is the greatest blessing.
"Zonghua, my darling, your name is Zonghua, given to you by your grandfather. Your father even held a grudge against your grandfather for a long time because of this!"
As Mu Xin Nuan spoke, she recalled how Duanmu Chu Ze's face turned green after someone from the palace delivered the imperial decree!
"This is so unfair! My name was chosen by my father, so shouldn't my son's name be chosen by me, his father? How come it's the grandfather who chose it? Doesn't that make me, the father, just a figurehead? This is not fair!"
Mu Xin Nuan chuckled, "Why are you arguing with your own father? Besides, he's the elder, so it's only right that he chooses the name. This is a blessing for Zong Hua. Zong Hua, what a beautiful name, I love it. Let's call him that."
Duanmu Chuze looked distressed. "Anuan, I am the child's father. You have no idea how many names I came up with for our child. Because we didn't know if it was a boy or a girl, I came up with dozens of names for both. Now, my father's decree has stripped me of this right. It's infuriating."
"Alright, stop acting like a child. Don't forget, you're a father now. If I told our son about this in the future, wouldn't he laugh at you?"
"Anuan, really? We just had a son, and you're already going to abandon me?" Duanmu Chuze said pitifully. "Without me, where would this son come from? So, you should be thinking of me first. If you don't think of me, who knows, one day I might get upset and do something outrageous."
As Duanmu Chuze spoke, he raised an eyebrow slightly, giving off a threatening look that was truly unpleasant to look at.
Mu Xin Nuan glared at him. "Really? Then tell me, what outrageous things are you planning to do? Should I ask someone to help you out? By the way, I heard that the girl from before, Haitang, seems to be quite popular in Yanzhou City now. How about I have someone take you to hear her play some music?"
This joke has gone too far!
Duanmu Chuze immediately changed his demeanor and said ingratiatingly, "How could that be? Anuan, you misunderstood me. That's not what I meant."
"Really? Then tell me, what did you mean just now? Weren't you just emphasizing doing outrageous things?"
"What I mean is, if you treat me badly and don't put me first, I'll beat my son."
Mu Xin Nuan's eyes widened immediately. "You dare? Are you even his father? How can you be so cruel? You threaten to hit your son the moment you speak. What did he do to you? Let me tell you, our son is still young. If you want to discipline him, you'll have to wait a few more years. By then, I'm afraid you won't want to discipline him anymore."
Duanmu Chuze was truly at his wit's end!
Sure enough, having a son has changed his status as her husband. If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have felt sorry for her and let her have a child so early. Wouldn't it have been better to wait another four or five years?
"Aunt Fang, will the Prince be back for lunch today?"
"Your Highness, the Prince said he's coming back to have chicken soup with you." Aunt Fang smiled. She knew the Princess didn't like these kinds of things, but since giving birth and completing her postpartum confinement, the Princess hadn't gained weight like others; instead, she had become even thinner. This worried the Prince, so he prepared different nourishing dishes for her every day.
"Your Highness, please heed my advice: if you don't want to use these tonics, just leave the child with the wet nurse. Why go through all this trouble?"
Mu Xin Nuan smiled and shook her head, "You don't understand. Although A Ze and I have had a tough time, and sometimes we might not be able to sleep well at night, we have to experience what it's like to be parents for ourselves. It would be easier for the prince and me to hand the child over to others, but the problem is that our relationship with the child might become distant."
Aunt Fang was slightly taken aback. Was there such a saying? She had never given birth, so naturally she wouldn't have known.
“The baby is only a few months old now, but look how smart our Zonghua is. At least, he recognizes people and places earlier than other children. Especially when he sees me and Aze, he will excitedly wave his chubby little hands. This is a testament to his intelligence. Because he has the most contact with us, he is the most familiar with us. Of course, this feeling will not disappear when he grows up. It will remain in his memory and be imprinted in his heart.”
Aunt Fang looked at her princess with some surprise. She had only recently become a mother, yet she already knew so much.
"Don't look at me like that. At first, I didn't know either. All of this was taught to me by Aze. At first, I didn't believe it either. Although I was thinking of raising the child myself, I just wanted to be close to the child and didn't really think about anything else. But Aze often talked to me about parenting, and over time, I naturally became influenced by him."
"Your Highness actually knows this? That's amazing!"
He said that he learned this from foreigners when he was traveling abroad. He was still young then, but when he saw how others raised their children, he felt that the child must be very happy.