Chapter 469 The Child Looks a Little Strange

The air was filled with the smell of blood, and the windows were closed tightly without ventilation, making the smell of blood even stronger.

The ladies were busy with their own business, neatly cleaning the newborn baby with warm water, wrapping it in the swaddling clothes that had been prepared in advance, and holding it over to Rong Yu with joyful faces: "Prince Regent, this is your highness, he is a baby. Where is the prince?"

However, they discovered to their embarrassment that the regent had not even glanced over from the corner of his eye. He was looking at Nan Xi who had just given birth and looked pale and tired. Her expression was frighteningly white.

Po Wen's expression was stern, and she turned to look at the eldest princess somewhat helplessly.

Xuanyuan Xi waved his hand, indicating to them what to do and not to pay attention to the abnormal regent at this time.

"Xi'er." Rong Yu knelt down on the bedside, held her hand, and said in a hoarse voice, "How are you?"

"I'm fine, don't worry." Although Nan Xi was exhausted, she still managed to raise her lips and smile. She stretched out her hand to caress Rong Yu's bloodless face, and looked at Rong Yu lovingly and complicatedly. After a while, He said softly, "Thank you for your hard work."

It must be very uncomfortable to wait outside.

When the stable ladies heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other in confusion.

Hard?

Your Majesty was the one who gave birth to the child, and it was Your Majesty who was in pain. Why did the hard-working person become the regent?

However, looking at the pale face of the regent, which seemed to be no better than His Majesty who had just given birth to a child, the stable ladies felt quite complicated.

In ordinary families, men take it for granted that a woman gives birth to a child, and even think that it is not a big deal at all. Which woman does not give birth to a child?

No one thinks that giving birth is hard or even dangerous.

Those who dare to complain are mostly considered to be hypocritical.

Women are also used to being treated in this way. They naturally feel that giving birth to children is what women should do and the only value of their existence.

A woman who cannot give birth to a child or can only give birth to a daughter will be looked down upon by her husband's family, and they will live their lives looking at other people's faces all day long.

They have been delivering babies for so many years. Whether it is a home for powerful officials or ordinary people, there are not many people who truly sympathize with their wives' hard work, but they are very few. However, this is the first person like the regent who is so worried and anxious that his face turns pale.

But when I think about it, I think it's normal. After all, Her Majesty the Queen's identity is extraordinary. If something bad happens...ah, the Queen is the Dragon Girl of Heaven, a lucky person, how can anything good happen to her?

After the ladies had cleaned up the little Highness, they also had to wash, change and clean up Her Majesty the Queen. It was really inconvenient for the Regent to stay here, so he had to ask the eldest princess for help again.

Xuanyuan Xi said: "Rong Yu, please go out first."

Rong Yu had just calmed down, but his pale face had not fully recovered yet. He was about to be kicked out again, and his expression suddenly changed.

"You go outside and wait first." Nan Xi said softly, with a somewhat soothing tone, "You can come in in about half an hour, wait until they finish their work."

Rong Yu pursed her lips, looked at her silently for a moment, and nodded slowly.

"Hold the child." Xuanyuan Xi took the newborn child from her mother's hands and forced it into Rong Yu's arms, "This is your son, don't you look at it?"

As soon as Rong Yu stood up, there was a newborn baby in his arms. Before he could react, he heard Xuanyuan Xi say: "Go to the outer hall and wait."

Rong Yu pursed her lips and glanced at Nan Xi reluctantly, receiving a weak but gentle smile from her.

Rong Yu's heart palpitated, and somehow he thought of the palace change in his memory. Dan Shu, who was weak after giving birth, also smiled at him like this after rebuking the ministers who besieged the palace. The smile made him feel a dull pain in his heart and blame himself.

Grandma and Wen Po are all waiting.

Rong Yu had no choice but to leave the inner hall first and walk out with her newborn son in her arms.

When he walked to the outer hall, he lowered his head and looked at the white and tender face of the infant child. He began to look at it unknowingly, looking at his son's eyebrows and eyes carefully. At first, he felt nothing. The more he looked at it, the more strange he felt.

Who does this kid look like?

The face is so small, it may not be as big as his hand.

Rong Yu held the swaddling clothes in one hand and used one hand to make a gesture on the child's face. Well, it was indeed not there. It was only about half the size of his hand.

The facial features are also small, the skin is a little wrinkled, a bit like a monkey, the eyes are bright, and he looks quite energetic.

But to be honest, it doesn’t look good.

Rong Yu was murmuring in his heart, his Xi'er was so beautiful, why was her child so ugly?

Like him?

But Xi'er always said that he was good-looking and had a rare appearance in the world. Why did his son look like this? They didn't inherit the advantages of the two at all.

"What's wrong?" Xuanyuan Xi came out and noticed that Rong Yu's expression when he looked at the child was abnormal, "Is there something wrong with the child?"

Rong Yu raised her eyes and looked at her mother-in-law subtly: "Mother-in-law, do you think this child looks strange?"

He wanted to say he was ugly, but he was afraid that Xi'er would be sad if he heard it, so he asked more tactfully.

"Looks strange?" Xuanyuan Xi was puzzled by his question. He subconsciously lowered his head to look at the outline of the child's facial features, "What's so strange? Isn't it pretty? Look at how handsome this little face is. He will definitely be a handsome man in the future. The best son."

Handsome?

Rong Yu was suspicious and kept staring at the child's face, but couldn't see what was so handsome about it.

"Newborn babies are like this. After a few days, their facial features will grow and they will look rosy and white." Xuanyuan Xi said, feeding the baby some water with a small spoon. Seeing him sucking water with his little mouth, he was so cute, so he couldn't help but smile, "Look how cute he is, so energetic, worthy of being a dragon son, born to shoulder the responsibility of the people."

Rong Yu finally relaxed when he heard this.

He looks really energetic. It doesn't matter if he is ugly, as long as he can govern the country well.

Xuanyuan Xi didn't know what he was thinking. He fed the child some water. Seeing that Rong Yu's posture of holding the child was really awkward, he turned around and told the wet nurse: "Take the little prince over, and you can feed him when he is hungry."

"Yes."

Rong Yu handed the child to the wet nurse, his hands empty, and couldn't help but start to worry about Nan Xi again.

Fortunately, there were many people in the inner hall, so it was quick to clean up.

After a cup of tea, Nanny Xu came out and said, "Prince Regent, His Majesty has packed everything."

Rong Yu walked in before she finished speaking.

The bed was already tidy and clean. Nan Xi closed her eyes slightly, her black hair spread on the pillow. The sweat on her face had been washed away, and she looked a little refreshed, but she still looked weak and tired.

The bloody smell in the palace had not yet dissipated, so he could imagine the pain she had just endured.

The midwives knelt down and bowed, and then filed out.

Xuanyuan Xi ordered Yin Yue, "Give them the reward silver, and take more."

Yin Yue nodded in agreement.

"Xi'er." Rong Yu held her hand, "Are you tired?"

Nan Xi opened her eyes and looked at him, with a smile on her lips, "Actually, it's okay."

Rong Yu pursed his lips, "It's enough to have this one child, we won't have any more in the future."