Chapter 82: Crown Prince’s Concubine – 10

Ren Xin felt she was incredibly tough. Without letting out a single cry, the children were born. In the time it took someone else to have one child, she had delivered three.

If that wasn’t overachieving, what was? Who else could compare?

The commotion was so great that Grandmother eventually found out. She hurried over to check on the situation, only to hear three distinct, uneven cries rising and falling in succession.

Grandmother asked in disbelief, “Is my hearing failing me? Why do I hear more than two children?”

Moving with surprising speed and agility, Grandmother entered the delivery room. There, she saw Ren Xin looking as if she had just consumed some legendary tonic. Her cheeks were rosy and glowing; she didn’t look like someone who had just given birth to a child, but rather like someone who had just eaten one.

“Grandmother, look! I had three! But sadly, none of them are girls. My daughter… she’s gone!”

Grandmother remained in a daze. Everything happening before her transcended her understanding of the world. Since when was childbirth so fast for women? And why wasn’t she exhausted or pale afterward?

Something was definitely not right!

Ren Xin tilted her chin up proudly. A ginseng spirit was simply a different breed of mountain product.

It wasn’t until the wet nurse brought the three infants before Grandmother that a sense of reality finally set in. These children were the entire hope of the Xie Family.

Ren Xin couldn’t quite agree with that sentiment. What if they all turned out to be useless playboys? They still weren’t as good as a fragrant little daughter. After all, she lacked a bit of confidence in her own genes.

Little Qingfeng had come to find his Little Aunt to play as usual, but as soon as he entered the door, he was told the joyful news: his Little Aunt had given birth. Moreover, it was three babies in one go, all of them younger brothers.

Qingfeng was stunned.

“Little Aunt, Little Aunt… Are you okay? Can I come in to see you?”

The head nurse quickly blocked Qingfeng as he tried to rush into the room. “You can’t, Young Master. The Madam has just given birth and cannot see anyone. You must wait patiently; you can meet them in two months.”

Qingfeng began to wail. “Is Little Aunt dead? Are you lying to me?” At this thought, he cried even louder. No matter how the maids tried to coax him, it was no use. Even Grandmother couldn’t calm him down. Qingfeng kicked and screamed, demanding to see his Little Aunt.

Hearing Qingfeng’s cries, Ren Xin shouted toward the outside, “Is that Little Qingfeng? Little Aunt is still here! I’m alive, don’t be afraid!”

Only after hearing Ren Xin’s voice did Qingfeng stop crying. He sobbed and shouted back, “Little Aunt, I’ll come see you every day. Don’t die…”

“Uh… go play with your brothers!”

Qingfeng’s tears turned into a smile, and he crowded around the old lady, eager to see the babies.

“Madam, you and the Young Master have such a wonderful relationship,” a serving maid said sweetly.

Ren Xin smiled proudly. “Of course. I’m just that likable!”

The servants in the room couldn’t help but chuckle.

Xie Liangchen’s old wet nurse smiled along with them. It seemed Liangchen had found a good wife; at the very least, her heart was in the right place.

Over the next month, both the mother and the children grew fair and plump. However, being confined to bed was truly stifling, so Ren Xin spent her idle time “playing” with the babies.

She secretly used her powers to condition the infants’ bodies. She didn’t want them growing up to be sickly “medicine jars¹” even if they did end up as playboys.

“Your mother is truly wearing herself out for you all!”

Believing she had radiated maternal love to the absolute limit, Ren Xin was finally ready to end her confinement. Because she had birthed three, she had observed a double confinement period² of two months.

Ren Xin used cleansing talismans on herself every day, so she didn’t have a desperate urge to bathe. She was perfectly clean.

The children’s one-month milestone wasn’t celebrated with a grand banquet. Grandmother had specifically explained the reasons for this, and Ren Xin nearly raised both hands in agreement.

Their household consisted of the elderly and the very young, and she herself hadn’t fully recovered. There was no one capable of acting as a host to entertain guests.

Thus, they skipped the formalities entirely, opting for a simple family dinner at home.

Once the two-month confinement ended, Ren Xin was instantly resurrected. She began to let herself go. “Little Qingfeng, come here! Let Little Aunt test you. How far have you gotten in your studies?”

“To a point you couldn’t reach even if you whipped your horse into a gallop.”

Ren Xin was displeased. What kind of talk was that? She had only taken a short break to pop out a few kids; how could she have fallen so far behind?

But when she saw Qingfeng’s actual progress, she lost her composure. She asked out of pity, “Does your teacher even treat you like a human being?”

Qingfeng nodded confidently. “Yes. My teacher says that if I study for a few more years and wait until I’m a bit older, I can go and try the imperial examinations. Yes, that’s exactly what he said.”

Ren Xin: “…” The success of others was making this ginseng spirit lose face.

That night, she returned to her room to start “chicken-parenting³” her own kids. They couldn’t be playboys anymore; they had to become Top Scholars

Translator’s Notes