Chapter 338 Double Happiness
With a creak, Cai Yan's door was opened, and Zhen Mi poked her head out of the crack of the door. Everyone present could see clearly that Zhen Mi had a fine bead of sweat on her forehead. It can be seen that she was also very nervous just now, but from the smile on her face, you can infer that Cai Yan's childbirth should be quite smooth, and it was a good result for the safety of a mother and son.
After Zhen Mi, Sun Shangxiang also poked out from behind the door, holding a cradle in her hand. Needless to ask, there must be Ao Lie's son, but I don't know if he was a boy or a girl. Logically speaking, Sun Shangxiang had not officially married Ao Lie, so she should not have participated in this kind of childbirth scene, but Ao Lie has been fighting outside for many years, so his three beautiful wives were grouped together to guard the empty room and became good sisters who can talk about everything. Cai Yan gave birth to a child. With Sun Shangxiang's female overlord character, he naturally could not sit idly by, so he went to Cai Yan's room with Zhen Mi to help Cai Yan successfully give birth to a child.
After Sun Shangxiang walked out of the room, she saw Ao Lie who was a little confused and confused at first sight. She couldn't help but laugh, then quickly walked to Ao Lie, handed the cradle in her hand forward, and said with a chuckle: "You are so beautiful now, you are a son." After saying this, Sun Shangxiang immediately felt something was wrong. She had not officially passed the door, but she naturally called the child a son. This means that Sun Shangxiang had already determined that she was Ao Lie's woman. Although the closest relationship had already occurred between the two, if they said such words in public, those who were as strong as Sun Shangxiang still blushed.
Ao Lie had no intention of appreciating Sun Shangxiang's rare shyness at this time. All his attention was attracted by the child in Sun Shangxiang's arms. He stretched out his hands and carefully took the cradle, lowered his head to look at his son. I don't know whether it was the deep affection between father and son or the blood-connected relationship. After being brought by Ao Lie, the little guy seemed to recognize his father. His loud cry suddenly stopped, and he showed a happy smile, and then fell asleep in Ao Lie's arms.
"Wow, the little baby actually recognizes you. I wasn't so obedient when I was in the hands of his Sanniang just now." Zhen Mi's voice sounded in surprise. The Sanniang she mentioned naturally refers to Sun Shangxiang. In the eyes of Zhen Mi and Cai Yan, Sun Shangxiang has long been her own sister, and it is natural to call Sun Shangxiang Sanniang. Of course, in order, Zhen Mi is the second daughter of this child.
Ao Lie looked at the child in his arms without turning his eyes and said with a smile: "This is the deep love between father and son. This child was destined to be a child five hundred years ago." Afterwards, Ao Lie gently hugged the child and came to his grandfather, father and others. While showing the child to them, he said happily: "Grandpa. Father, mother, father-in-law, and brother, you all come to see who this little guy looks like?"
Liu Yu and others surrounded the child with joy on their faces and looked around them. Then they commented in a slight manner, saying that the child's nose and eyes were like Ao Lie, his mouth, his face and skin looked like Cai Yan... Finally, everyone came to a conclusion that this child gathered all the outstanding aspects of Ao Lie and Cai Yan. When he grew up, he would definitely be a handsome man who fascinated thousands of girls. This is not surprising. With the excellent genes of Ao Lie and Cai Yan, this child would probably not be able to look ugly even if he wanted to look ugly. What's more, he also gathered the strengths of Ao Lie and Cai Yan. As soon as he came out, the appearance of the handsome man had already begun to appear.
After staying with Liu Yu and the others for a while, Ao Lie brought the child to the middle of his men and shared his joy with them. The child's handsome appearance and skin like jade won praise from everyone, and they all gave him the birthday celebrations they prepared. For these ministers, the young master was born with a strange phenomenon from the sky, and he was a boy again. In the future, he would definitely be the first heir to the King of Yan. With this heir, their confidence and confidence in building Yan State in the future will be more sufficient.
Amid the congratulations, Ao Lie was already laughing from ear to ear. Liu Bei's defeat brought by Yizhou was completely abandoned by Ao Lie at this moment. At this moment, Ao Lie only regarded himself as a father, not the King of Yan who was fighting for the world. "Thank you for everyone for celebrating his son's birthday. Now that the mother and son are safe, everyone can rest assured. When the child is full of the month, I will hold a banquet to thank you for your kindness. At that time, we will not return until we are drunk!" Ao Lie said to the ministers with a smile.
Everyone bowed to Ao Lie, said a few more words of congratulations, and then dispersed one after another. After everyone left, Ao Dafather came to Ao Lie with a cane and said with a smile: "Lie'er, do you think this child follows my husband's surname or his grandfather's surname?"
Without waiting for Ao Lie to answer, Liu Yu rushed over and stood in front of Ao Lie like an old hen protecting his son. For the first time in his life, he became tough on his father-in-law: "Father-in-law, you have the final say in anything else, but this child must be named Liu!" Mr. Ao's crutch was on the ground, looked at Liu Yu coldly, and said dissatisfiedly: "What? Are you going to rebel? Who gave you the courage?"
Although he knew that Mr. Ao was pretending to be angry, Liu Yu still felt short of breath and hesitated for a long time. Finally, he only said one sentence: "My father-in-law, don't be embarrassed by someone anymore, please." Seeing that Liu Yu was defeated, Mrs. Ao smiled and came to help him rescue him, and said to Mrs. Ao: "Okay, okay, father, you have forced Lie'er to take your surname. Don't even let this child go? Let me say a fair word, this child is surnamed Liu!"
Cai Yong walked over with a smile and said, "I said that this child's surname is nothing important. What is important is his future growth. He was born in a royal family. He was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. He was nobler than most people. This has both benefits and disadvantages for him. This is a double-edged sword. We must pay great attention to cultivating him in the future and prevent him from going to the wrong path. In addition, I was overjoyed when I saw Lie'er's expression just now.
In the future, you must not show too much in front of your children. Don’t forget that Yuan Shao’s army and money and food were far more than the five northern states, but he was defeated by Lie'er. The reason is that the Yuan family has not been strict in educating their children since childhood. Yuan Shao developed the character of a second-generation ancestor. In addition, Yuan Shao’s sons were spoiled by him, and they were all very idiots. This is a bloody lesson. Brother Bo’an did a good job in educating children, and he was a strict father and a filial son."
Cai Yong's words were like pouring a basin of cold water on Ao Lie, which made Ao Lie, who was immersed in endless joy, instantly shocked him and sweated coldly. Cai Yong was right. Too much spoiled children will only affect their normal growth, and will not benefit him in the future. Instead, it will harm the child's life. Such examples are everywhere in later generations.
Ao Lie looked at Cai Yong solemnly and said, "What my father-in-law taught me is that Lie'er is kept in mind. He will definitely train this child to be a good man who stands tall in the future."
Ao Lie's words made everyone nod. Ao Lie is a top-notch military general, an expert in strategizing and leading troops to fight, Liu Yu is a master in governing internal affairs, Cai Yong is a great scholar. Ao Laoye and Zhen Yi are rare economic talents, as well as the civil and military ministers under Ao Lie, as well as Sima Hui, Zheng Xuan, Hua Tuo and others in the Yanjing Academy, who have so many ready-made famous teachers, if they can't train this child into outstanding talents, then these people really have to buy a piece of tofu and kill them.
Suddenly, Mr. Ao said again: "Don't let the child take my husband's surname. Is it okay to give this child a name? Just now Lie'er said that he would train the child to be a man who stands tall and strong. Why call this child Liu Kun, the beautiful jade of Kun, we all hope that this child will become a dazzling piece of jade in the future. How about it?"
Cai Yong immediately stroked his hands and said in agreement: "Xian Huankun and Chenlixi, Shen Jue is very beautiful with Xuanhuang. Not bad, this name is good. The beautiful jade of heaven and earth, and the arrogant dragon among people."
Under the suggestion of father-in-law Ao and Cai Yong, the child's name was officially decided. Zhen Mi smiled and snatched the cradle from Ao Lie, teased Liu Kun, who was sleeping, and said with a smile: "Xiao Kunkun, you have a name. Tell Ernie, do you like this name?" In an instant, Zhen Mi's maternal love bloomed swept the whole audience...
In the blink of an eye, a month passed quickly, and Cai Yan was able to get out of bed and walk. What she liked the most now was to look at Xiao Liukun every day, and she seemed to be unable to see enough and love it enough. On the day when Xiao Liukun was full moon, Ao Lie held a banquet in the Yan Palace and hosted everyone, and a few days ago, he had already sent a letter to inform the prefects and prefects guarding everywhere that if they were not busy with political affairs, they would come to Yanjing to gather.
When the sun was in the sky, officials from all walks of life began to gather at the Yan Prince's Mansion. Ao Lie personally stood at the door of the palace and acted as a doorman. No matter the status of the visitor, whether it was Ao Lie's familiar old subordinates or newly promoted newcomers, Ao Lie expressed great affection and greeted each official gently. He did not have the stance of being a king at all, which gave those officials who were not particularly familiar with Ao Lie a more intuitive impression of their king. At the same time, they also made them feel that their choice was not wrong. It was definitely a wise choice to serve the King of Yan and serve the State of Yan.
When Ao Lie welcomed officials from all over the country into the palace, he was about to turn around and walk into the palace, a familiar voice suddenly came from his side: "Brother, you have welcomed others, but don't you welcome me?" In Yan State, there was only one person who called Ao Lie the eldest brother, that is Zhuge Liang, the Wolong. Among other people, Ao Lie would usually be called the second brother or the second brother in private, but Zhuge Liang called Ao Lie the eldest brother, because Zhuge Liang always remembered that when he encountered a robber on his childhood, Ao Lie stepped forward and saved the kindness of the three siblings. From that day on, Zhuge Liang called Ao Lie this.
Suddenly, Ao Lie saw two familiar figures. Zhuge Liang was on the left, and he walked side by side with Zhuge Liang. Who was it if it wasn't Feng Chu Pang Tong?
A kind smile climbed onto Ao Lie's handsome face. Pang Tong was willing to come, which means that his heart disease had been gone for most of his illness. This is a gratifying thing. "Kong Ming, Shi Yuan, you are here, I thought you were not here anymore. Why did you come so late? The meal is about to start inside, follow me to the mansion." As he said that, Ao Lie strode between the two, stretched out his hands, grabbed one of Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong's hands, and led them to the mansion.
In fact, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong have come a long time ago. After this month of guidance, Zhuge Liang, with the help of Pang Degong, had basically opened up Pang Tong's knot, but Pang Tong still seemed a little depressed. Perhaps Liu Bei had caused him too much harm. After Pang Tong's heartache was almost healed, Zhuge Liang once asked him to let him join Ao Lie's command and jointly create a peaceful and prosperous era. Pang Tong did not comment on this and did not give a clear answer.
Pang Tong is a Confucian scholar with a traditional loyalty and righteous plot. He was deeply influenced by orthodox Confucian culture and could not accept the tragic things of brothers being traitorous and betrayal. Therefore, he repeatedly had unhappiness with Liu Bei during his time under Liu Bei. This also led to Liu Bei's belief that he could not fully control Pang Tong. In the end, he simply took Pang Tong out as an abandoned son and abandoned Pang Tong in exchange for a large number of talents from Yizhou and Yizhou. Pang Tong was the first to serve Liu Bei for his family.
The interests of the clan deviated from his beliefs. Between faith and reality, Pang Tong was carrying psychological pain, and devoted himself to giving advice to Liu Bei, helping him occupy Jingzhou in the south, and laying a solid foundation for Liu Bei to occupy Yizhou. In the end, he fell to the point of flying birds and hiding a good bow. Such damage could be recovered in just a few months, and it was really difficult for him to turn his head immediately under Ao Lie's command.
Fortunately, with the joy of the full moon of Liu Kun, Zhuge Liang received Ao Lie's letter. After talking about Pang Tong, Pang Tong finally agreed to come to Yanjing with Zhuge Liang. He suggested to Zhuge Liang that he would first observe Ao Lie's character and attitude in secret, so as not to be entrusted again.
After the two arrived in Yanjing, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong changed into ordinary people's clothes and wandered around Yanjing City for half a day. The place where they saw was full of peace. In this magnificent and magnificent Yanjing City, Pang Tong found that the residents here were mixed with a strong sense of happiness and strength, which was people's sense of belonging to a happy home and their strong determination to defend their home. Pang Tong also felt this atmosphere in the residents of Yecheng, but it was not as strong as the military and civilians of Yanjing. Therefore, Pang Tong concluded that Ao Lie was really different from Liu Bei.
When Ao Lie pulled Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong and was about to step into the gate of the Yan Prince's Mansion, Pang Tong suddenly broke free from Ao Lie's palm, took a few steps along the stairs, and retreated to the bottom of the stairs. Then he raised his head and looked at the three gold-burned characters on the plaque of the palace. Then he looked at Ao Lie and said slowly: "Since ancient times, Pang Tong has not received any rewards. Pang Tong is not an official of Yan State and is not qualified to enter the Yan Prince's Mansion." After a pause, Pang Tong continued: "But Pang Tong really wants to enter the mansion today and celebrate the full moon ceremony for the little prince, but he doesn't know if the King of Yan is willing to allow it?"
Ao Lie looked at Pang Tong and said, "Shi Yuan, the gate of the Yan Prince's Mansion will be open to you at any time!" Zhuge Liang quietly poked Ao Lie behind Ao Lie and whispered, "Brother, this fat man is asking you for an official position."
After receiving Zhuge Liang's reminder, Ao Lie reacted, and was overjoyed. He quickly walked down the stairs and came to Pang Tong. The joy on his face was unspeakable. Pang Tong looked at Ao Lie's smile, smiled knowingly at Ao Lie, then bowed to the ground and said aloud: "Pang Tong pays homage to the King of Yan, and he is willing to serve the King of Yan in the future."
Chapter completed!