Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1249

Chapter 1249: Chapter 1244: Clean

"Don’t worry, the news about the two children spitting up milk and not eating yesterday was just for the outsiders! Although both children are weak, especially Kangle, with Doctor Huang here, they will surely get better." Mrs. Dong gently patted the child in her arms, speaking softly to Bai Qingyan, "Doctor Huang has prescribed some nourishing medicines and medicinal diets to the wet nurses for the two children to gently adjust their bodies through breast milk. I think this method is very good."

Bai Qingyan looked at her sleeping daughter’s little face, feeling a deep ache in her heart, and gently placed her daughter on the bed.

"Mother, let the two children sleep with me tonight!" Bai Qingyan said.

"The children are just born and need to nurse several times a night. If they are by your side, you won’t be able to rest well! Have you forgotten how you promised A Yan to take care of yourself for A Yan’s sake?" Mrs. Dong knew Bai Qingyan’s love for her children, and she softly persuaded, "Listen to Mother’s advice, rest well. The wet nurse will keep the children in the side room, and after you complete your postpartum month, Mother will not object to you taking the children yourself."

"Mother, just for tonight, please..." Bai Qingyan was reluctant to part with her two children.

Mrs. Dong glared at Bai Qingyan, but after a while, her heart softened. She remembered when she had just given birth to Bai Qingyan and couldn’t bear the wet nurse taking Bai Qingyan away.

"Alright! Alright! Just for tonight..." Mrs. Dong cautiously placed the sleeping Xile beside Bai Qingyan, reminding Nanny Tong and the wet nurse to stay vigilant at night.

After Mrs. Dong left, Bai Qingyan turned to the side, leaning against her pillow, watching the two children sleeping in the bed, wondering whether they resembled her more or Xiao Rongyan more.

She later recalled a saying that a nephew resembles his uncle, but she could no longer recall what A Yu looked like when he was just born.

She adjusted the quilt for the two children, feeling a heavy weight in her heart, uncertain whether A Yan, A Qi, and Jinxiu had successfully rescued A Yu and Little Seven.

The newborn children wake up frequently at night, needing to nurse... and have their diapers changed.

Bai Qingyan immediately awakened as soon as the children cried. By the time Nanny Tong and the wet nurse came in, they saw Bai Qingyan holding the child in her arms.

This pair of twins, when one cried and awakened... the other followed suit.

The wet nurse took the two children to be fed and have their diapers changed. Nanny Tong urged Bai Qingyan to lie down and sleep for a while, but just as Mrs. Dong had predicted, Bai Qingyan couldn’t fall back asleep after being startled awake.

The children, only a few days old, nursed slowly, and Bai Qingyan waited for quite a while... inevitably worrying about the situation on Xiliang’s battlefield. She told Nanny Tong, "Nanny... please get me a map of Xiliang."

Nanny Tong looked troubled, "Eldest Young Lady, don’t put this old servant in a difficult position. In your room, not to mention maps... even books, Madam had Steward Hao move them all out, fearing you might impair your eyesight while in your postpartum period."

While unable to sleep and worrying, Mrs. Dong was just about to lift the curtain and come in when she heard Bai Qingyan asking for a map. She stepped in, lifting the drapery with a stern face, and told Bai Qingyan, "What map are you looking for? During your postpartum time, you must be very careful with your eyes. You shouldn’t hold the children too much, be cautious of wrist pain in the future!"

Seeing the wet nurse finish feeding and bringing the children back in, Mrs. Dong quickly took the child into her arms, sitting by Bai Qingyan’s bedside.

Bai Qingyan’s face showed a hint of a smile.

"Look, both your brother and sister... your husband is also leading troops at the front line, what is there to worry about! Mother also has to learn to trust and believe in you children!" Mrs. Dong said with a smile, "Mother knows you are the Eldest Young Lady and have always taken responsibility for caring for your siblings. You’ve done very well, and Mother is very gratified!"

Bai Qingyan nodded.

Mrs. Dong looked down at the little granddaughter in her arms, murmuring softly, as if speaking to Bai Qingyan and to herself, "When your father was alive, he was always worried about you charging recklessly on the battlefield. No matter how formidable you were... he worried! Later... because you pursued Shu Kingdom’s General Pang alone, your father got very angry and wouldn’t talk to you. It was your grandfather who persuaded your father, saying that fledglings always grow up, and without letting them fly, how could you know if they can soar higher than their parents!"

"By the same token, Kid... you should let all your siblings, including A Yu and Little Seven now, go out to gain experience and spread their wings and fly, and trust that they will fly even higher and steadier than you expect! Don’t worry too much! Mother keeps telling herself this too."

"Mother, I remember!" Bai Qingyan sincerely told Mrs. Dong.

Just as Bai Qingyan finished speaking, Nanny Qin lifted the curtain and came in, speaking softly from behind the drapery, "Madam, Eldest Young Lady... there’s a message from the Fifth Madam, someone in the palace has made a move!"

She lifted her eyes, her voice cold and stern, "It’s good they moved, I was just afraid they wouldn’t!"

This time, Mrs. Dong brought the little prince and princess out of the palace to stay at Bai Mansion, and Mrs. Dong along with Fifth Madam, Mrs. Qi, seized this opportunity to make some moves, intending to clean up the Imperial Palace.