Rebirth: Ordinary Life and Living

The next day, Zhou Xinyue entered the small ancestral hall in the mansion, looked at her aunt's tablet, knelt down and kowtowed.

After bowing, Zhou Xinyue took the incense and lighted it gently, saying, "Aunt, did you know? The child has a name, Jin Hongzhi. Do you think the name is nice? I think the name is very nice, and it has been officially written into the family tree. Aunt, you can rest assured."

After the incense was lit, Zhou Xinyue walked to the tablet, holding the incense, bowed respectfully three times, and continued to say, "The child has grown up now, white and plump, so cute. Auntie, in a few days, I want to take the child to your resting place to see you, so that you can see the child with your own eyes, and see with your own eyes how handsome and cute the child you gave birth to with great effort is. Okay?"

Thinking of the chubby and cute child, I was so happy that the corners of my mouth rose unnaturally.

After that, Zhou Xinyue inserted the incense into the incense burner and began to talk to herself again: "Aunt, I am pregnant. I was at a loss at first, but now I love this child deeply. I can only tell you quietly about my emotional journey along the way. It was the prince who gave me the courage to go on, it was the prince who made me no longer afraid, and it was the prince who gave me a home when I had nowhere else to go."

Zhou Xinyue looked at her aunt's tablet with a guilty conscience and continued, "Aunt, the prince and I have reached an agreement for us to be husband and wife by agreement. I agreed. Will you be angry with me?"

Zhou Xinyue took out two crescent-shaped wooden blocks and whispered, "Aunt, if you are still alive, please give me some information to let me know if you are angry with me, okay? If two positive pieces mean you are angry and don't agree with the prince and I being together, if two negative pieces mean you are angry and don't agree with the prince and I being married and only want me to raise the child, if one positive and one negative piece means you agree with the prince and I being together and agree with me raising the child. I just want to know what you think, aunt. If you are still alive, please give me some information, please."

After saying that, Zhou Xinyue closed her eyes and threw the two small wooden boards toward the sky. They fell to the ground with a thud.

Zhou Xinyue opened her eyes slowly and nervously.

The two small wooden boards on the ground were facing one front and one back.

Zhou Xinyue couldn't help but smile as she looked at her aunt's tablet and said, "Aunt, are you not angry with me?"

Zhou Xinyue happily threw it again, one positive and one negative. Zhou Xinyue felt relieved and touched.

"Aunt, thank you, thank you for your understanding, thank you for your support, thank you aunt."

After saying that, Zhou Xinyue knelt down and bowed three times in gratitude.

At this time, a man in a green brocade robe was standing outside the door. His handsome face was calm and he didn't say anything. His gloomy eyes and brows revealed tenderness. He turned and left with a smile on his face.

In the evening, Zhou Xinyue went to the small kitchen and cooked a few home-cooked meals, all of which were taught to her by her mother in her previous life.

She took the child and had someone bring dishes to Jin Yourong's study. As soon as she arrived at the door of the study, she heard the spy reporting the military situation below. Li Binsheng of Ruzhou was assassinated by the deputy general Chang Shili and led his troops to rebel. The commanders of Zhuancheng, Rangcheng and Xiangcheng responded to the call and were all assassinated. Their heads were separated from their subordinates and announced to the outside world that they supported Chang Shili. The court ordered Guan Li and his son in the name of the emperor to go to quell the rebellion and find out the whole story.

Zhou Xinyue just walked to the door and didn't dare to say a word, she only heard Jin You also say: "The mothers tried their best, the queen couldn't do anything, those old guys all supported it, leaving A Niang with no excuse to refute."

Jin Youjiu said: "Now that our father is in Jin Youyuan's hands, we are in a passive position!"

Jin Yousheng said, "The Queen sent two teams of imperial guards seven days ago but they failed to break into the Tianlang Palace. Father is nowhere to be found alive or dead. Now everyone in the palace is in danger. I'm afraid half of them are on Jin Youyuan's side. Brother, we are slowly losing the southern part of Jiangxi. What should we do? There are no more of our people there."

Jin Yourong asked, "What did Old Eighteen say?"

Suddenly, someone reported at the door: "Your Majesty, the girl is waiting outside the palace."

Jin Yourong was delighted when he heard this, and said with a smile on his face, "Take her to the flower hall next door, I will be there soon."

Zhou Xinyue came to the flower hall and her heart tightened. She knew that Jin You was getting closer and closer to his goal, and the situation was becoming more and more favorable for him.

Zhou Xinyue sighed secretly, feeling mixed emotions.

A servant in the flower hall hurriedly served tea to Zhou Xinyue, because this was the study area and the women in the backyard of the mansion were never allowed to approach it, never allowed to enter the yard, let alone come to the flower hall.

Because even if Concubine Li came, she would only have to go through the gate outside the courtyard and pass the message to the courtyard guard, who would then pass the message to the guard outside the palace, who would then pass the message to the prince's attendants inside the palace, who would then go into the room and report to the prince.

It has always been like this, but I didn't expect this girl to come in so arrogantly and be arranged in this flower hall so arrogantly. People in the flower hall were so surprised that they dared not neglect her.

I was afraid that if I didn't serve well enough, I would lose my life.

The people below hurriedly brought various snacks, but Zhou Xinyue refused them, saying that she would wait for the prince to have dinner together later and would not eat them.

The people below hurriedly removed these.

Zhou Xinyue teased the child and waited patiently.

The sun came out today, and although it was almost dusk, the afterglow of the setting sun filled the entire yard, and the golden sunlight sprinkled on Zhou Xinyue's body.

Jin Yourong came out of the study and came to the side of the flower hall. As soon as he entered the flower hall, he saw Zhou Xinyue holding the child and happily holding the child high in the afterglow of the sunset.

The children's laughter like wind chimes, Zhou Xinyue's happy laughter, and the laughter of the maids and wet nurses in the back made the usually quiet flower hall and study room instantly lively and warm.

The laughter and joy, like the homely atmosphere of an ordinary family where a wife brings her children home to prepare a meal and wait for her husband to come and eat, left Jin Yourong stunned.

Jin Yousheng, Jin Youjiu, and Jin Youye were still discussing things after they came out of the study.

Jin Yousheng accidentally turned his head to the right and saw Jin Yourong standing in the aisle in a daze. Jin Yousheng hurriedly patted the other two with his hand. The three of them looked at Jin Yourong curiously and wondered what he was doing there.

The three of them walked over curiously, and before they could call out to Jin Yourong, they suddenly heard silver bell-like laughter coming from the small courtyard of the flower hall in front.

Several people came closer and stretched their necks to look inside, only to see a beautiful woman in white clothes and with her hair simply tied up. The woman was holding a child up high and spinning around. The child was laughing and looked chubby and cute. The beautiful woman's hair was flying. The golden sunlight of the setting sun filled the courtyard and fell on them. The beautiful woman's face and body seemed to be glowing, and the golden sunlight added a lot of warmth and tenderness to the scene.