Su Muqing woke up and immediately resigned herself to overtime. Perhaps people truly couldn't stay in too good an environment, nor could they relax their minds, otherwise, their thoughts would always drift towards laziness.
217 was in a dormant state. Sensing Su Muqing's restless mood and inability to settle down, its screen flickered, and a mechanical voice sounded.
“Host may utilize the Super Intelligent Scanning System. The program will automatically analyze and categorize for you.”
Hearing 217's prompt, Su Muqing smacked her forehead in annoyance. She must have read too many memorials in the morning, leaving her dizzy. She clearly knew she needed to enter the space to earn a time difference, so why hadn't she thought to ask 217 for help?
217 was the most powerful and omnipotent intelligent system among all the minor worlds. Without further ado, Su Muqing spread out the memorials and scanned all their content.
As the detectors scanned one by one, they began to automatically categorize and then rearrange. The speed was so fast that Su Muqing couldn't keep up even when flipping through them. After several hours of repetitive work, all the memorials were finally scanned.
Looking at the clearly organized matters, categorized by rows and columns on the screen, Su Muqing felt a significant sense of relief. With 217's help, not only was time gained many times over, but work efficiency also improved considerably.
After approving all the memorials and exiting the space, more than two hours had passed outside. Su Muqing ordered the approved memorials to be distributed.
Madam Zhou asked her to rest well, but Su Muqing refused. After they ate something casually, she took Madam Zhou to the General's Estate to visit Su Cuiping.
When they drove to the General's Estate, Su Cuiping was preparing to get out of bed and move around. Leng Kui supported her shoulder, first helping her to sit half on the edge of the bed, then gently placing her legs on the ground, one by one.
Su Cuiping struggled to support herself with Leng Kui's arm. If Su Muqing hadn't instructed her to use her own feet to exert force, Leng Kui would have wanted to carry her.
Even though she exerted only a small amount of effort herself, Su Cuiping's face was contorted in pain. Seeing her daughter's suffering, Madam Wang followed them carefully, her eyes brimming with tears.
Su Muqing stood at the doorway without entering. After Su Cuiping had walked around the room twice, she finally spoke, "Third Brother Leng, quickly help Sister Cuiping back to bed. First time getting out of bed, a few steps are enough. Rest for an hour before walking again."
"Your Majesty is here. Your subordinate salutes Your Majesty..."
"This humble subject's wife salutes Your Majesty..."
"Salutes Your Majesty..."
Seeing Su Muqing enter, the people in the room quickly saluted her.
"Everyone rise. There are no outsiders here, so there's no need for so much formality."
"Cuiping, since Your Majesty has said it's alright to rest, I'll carry you back to bed." Leng Kui merely informed her before scooping her up and carrying her back to the bed. He truly couldn't bear to see Su Cuiping in so much discomfort.
Su Muqing looked around. Besides Su Cuiping, Leng Kui, and Madam Wang, she saw no one else. "Aunt, why don't I see Rongrong and the baby?"
"She just took the child to the wet nurse... Oh, they're coming now." As Madam Wang spoke, she saw Lin Rongrong enter, carrying a baby.
"Salutes Your Majesty. Reporting to the General, Madam, Old Madam, the young master has just finished feeding and is asleep." Lin Rongrong brought the baby over for Su Cuiping to see. After they had looked, she handed the baby to Madam Wang.
Madam Wang looked at Lin Rongrong with gratitude in her eyes, then carefully took the baby. Since she had squeezed the baby's nipple yesterday, they hadn't allowed her to hold the child again.
Leng Kui glanced at Madam Wang. Seeing the genuine smile on her face as she held the baby, he said nothing. Su Muqing also gave Lin Rongrong a look of admiration. Su Cuiping, unaware of what had happened yesterday, did not notice the exchanged glances between them.
Su Muqing checked Su Cuiping's wound and then applied some undiluted spirit spring water to it. Since the General's Estate was holding the baby's third-day ceremony tomorrow, Su Cuiping, as the hostess, had to be present. The spirit spring water would help her wound recover quickly.
Another day passed. Today was the baby's third-day ceremony. However, Su Muqing was very busy today. She had received an urgent express report last night stating that Guangping Prefecture had encountered a locust disaster, and the agricultural harvest was severely affected. Therefore, she did not attend the ceremony banquet at the General's Estate.
The General's Estate was full of guests. Leng Kui, as a third-rank general, and Su Cuiping, with her county princess title, received so many congratulatory gifts that the estate was almost overflowing.
"By Imperial Decree! General Wei Yuan, Princess Xianjia, receive the decree." Xu Fu, holding the imperial edict and accompanied by a guard of honor, sang out loudly as he arrived at the General's Estate.
"This subject, General Wei Yuan Leng Kui"
"This subject's wife, Princess Xianjia Su Cuiping, receives the decree."
Leng Kui, holding the baby, and Su Cuiping knelt in front, with Madam Wang and Su Minghui kneeling behind them. Although the other guests attending the banquet were not required to kneel, they respectfully bowed their heads to the side.
"The Emperor's oral decree states that knowing that General Wei Yuan Leng Kui and Princess Xianjia Su Cuiping have joyfully welcomed a beloved son, I am deeply pleased and offer my sincere blessings. I hereby bestow the name Jingyu, with the childhood name Duofu. I grant five loads of gold and silver, a thousand pieces of jade, and one hundred treasures and antiques. May young Master Jingyu grow up healthy and always be happy!"
"General Leng Kui, Princess Xianjia, these treasures are bestowed upon the young master by Her Majesty the Empress." Xu Fu said, stepping back to let the palace attendants behind him present the gifts one by one.
"This subject/This subject's wife thanks Her Majesty the Empress for the bestowed gifts. May our Emperor live for ten thousand years, and may the Huaxia Dynasty flourish for eternity and prosper forever!" Leng Kui and Su Cuiping bowed respectfully before happily standing up.
Su Cuiping's wound had healed significantly with the spirit spring water. Although she could not make large movements, basic walking was no longer an issue. Leng Kui held the baby and stepped forward to talk with Xu Fu, "Uncle Xu, please come in for a couple of drinks before returning to the palace."
Xu Fu took Leng Jingyu and held him, looking at the infant in his arms with affectionate eyes.
"Good, good, good. Princess and General are so polite. Then this old servant will shamelessly request two drinks of our little Duofu's hundred-day wine. By the way, this little gold lock is a gift from this old servant to little Duofu. I hope he grows up healthy and becomes a man of integrity!"
Su Cuiping took the gold lock and placed it around Leng Jingyu's neck. "What an exquisite gold lock. Uncle Xu, such a precious gift. You must stay for dinner before returning to the palace."
Hearing Su Cuiping's words, Xu Fu asked with feigned regret, "Oh? You want me to leave after dinner? Uncle Xu was thinking of staying at your General's Estate for ten to half a month..."
Su Cuiping thought she had said something wrong and angered Xu Fu, so she quickly added, "Of course not! I didn't mean that, Uncle Xu can stay as long as you like!"