Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 370 Leisurely
Li Qiang stood outside the bedroom and kept stamping back and forth. Even though he had used the 'Healing Spell [Advanced]' on Lin Daiyu, and even though this was Lin Daiyu's third child, he was still a little worried.

Three imperial doctors were standing in the corridor outside the bedroom. They were there just in case.

Inside the bedroom, there were four of the most experienced midwives in the palace.

All the concubines stayed in their respective palaces at this time, and they were also waiting for news.

A baby's cry was heard from the bedroom, which made Li Qiang happy.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! The young lady has given birth to a prince!" In the palace, only Xueyan would call Lin Daiyu like this, and only she had the qualification.

"Is Sister Lin okay?" Li Qiang asked with concern.

"Miss, everything is fine. She has fallen asleep now!" Xueyan replied with a smile.

Li Qiang finally felt relieved, it seemed that her worries were unnecessary.

"Summon Lin Zhongtang to Daming Palace and tell him the good news when you see him!" Li Qiang ordered.

At this time, Lin Ruhai was working in the cabinet.

However, news had spread in advance that Lin Ruhai was most likely also waiting for the result of Lin Daiyu giving birth.

"You also go down and wait for your reward!" Li Qiang waved his hand when he saw the imperial physician standing beside him.

The three imperial doctors quickly knelt down to express their gratitude. Although they did not do anything, having them around made Li Qiang feel at ease.

Li Qiang walked into the palace and came to the bedroom. Four midwives had wrapped the baby and placed it next to Lin Daiyu.

He glanced at the baby, which was obviously much larger than any newborn babies he had ever seen.

No wonder Lin Daiyu, a powerful warrior, would have trouble giving birth to a child.

He couldn't help but wonder if it was because Lin Daiyu was a nine-turn warrior that the child grew bigger.

This has never happened before and there is no previous experience to refer to.

However, after this incident, other concubines needed to be careful when giving birth.

Li Qiang gently picked up the baby. The child did not have wrinkled skin like other newborn babies. Instead, the skin was fair and tender and very cute.

It seemed that his action of holding the baby startled Lin Daiyu, who opened her eyes and saw him.

"Brother Qiang!" Lin Daiyu called softly.

"Thank you for your hard work!" Li Qiang said with a smile.

He waved his hand lightly, and the 'Healing Spell [Advanced]' was activated and fell on Lin Daiyu's body.

Lin Daiyu felt her body's vitality recovering rapidly and her fatigue disappeared.

Li Qiang put the baby in her arms and let her see her child.

"This child looks so much like you!" Lin Daiyu gently opened the child's swaddling clothes with her hands and said while looking at the child's face.

She pointed at the baby's eyes and nose with her fingers, but Li Qiang didn't feel any resemblance. The child was only that old, how could she possibly tell the difference?

"This little mouth looks like you!" Li Qiang couldn't possibly refute Lin Daiyu at this time, so he replied with a smile.

The two of them just looked at the baby. Under the effect of a 'Healing Spell [Advanced]', all the effects of giving birth to Lin Daiyu disappeared and she regained her energy.

"Your Majesty, Lord Lin is outside!" Xueyan came over to report.

"Sister Lin, let me take the child over to show my father-in-law. Also, he should be the one to name the child!" Li Qiang said to Lin Daiyu.

"Let Daddy go to the hall. I'll change my clothes and come with me!" Lin Daiyu felt very good at the moment. She waved her hand and said, "Xueyan, help me change my clothes!"

Li Qiang did not try to persuade her any further. After all, under the treatment of 'Healing Technique [Advanced]', Lin Daiyu was now no different from a normal person.

He first took the baby to see Lin Ruhai, which shows that he was very capable, otherwise it would be impossible for a newborn baby to meet outsiders.

With the level of medical care at that time, babies’ resistance was extremely weak. People coming in from outside would carry germs with them, and the germs would infect the babies and cause their death.

So under normal circumstances, the baby needs to stay with the mother during the confinement period. Only after one month, when the baby has developed resistance to the outside world after drinking breast milk, can the baby come into contact with the outside world.

When Lin Ruhai saw Li Qiang coming over with the child in her arms, he quickly stood up and was about to greet her.

"There's no need to perform the royal etiquette in private. Come and hold this kid. He's very heavy since he was born!" Li Qiang said with a smile.

Lin Ruhai did not kneel down to salute again, his eyes were completely on the baby.

When he heard Li Qiang say "boy", he knew it was a boy.

Thinking about what Li Qiang had promised, it was a pity that the second child born to Lin Daiyu was a daughter. If nothing unexpected happened, the third child would have the surname Lin.

At this time, Lin Ruhai hesitated again.

Li Qiang is not the original marquis, so it is not a big deal to change the surname of a marquis' child.

But the emperor's son changed his surname, and Lin Ruhai didn't know what would happen after the royal family found out.

Lin Ruhai took the child while thinking about it.

The more he looked at the child, the more he liked him. The child reminded him of his own son who had died young. His memory of his son's face had become vague, but in his eyes, the child's face completely replaced the face of that son in his memory.

"Daddy!" Lin Daiyu entered the hall.

"Why did you come out!" Lin Ruhai was surprised to see Lin Daiyu, but he immediately thought of Li Qiang's method.

After Lin Daiyu gave birth to her child, she didn't have much rest to move around freely.

"My daughter is now a brave warrior. She is not as weak as you think!" Lin Daiyu said with a chuckle.

"What? You are a fierce general?" Lin Ruhai was really surprised this time. Lin Daiyu herself had never told him that she had become a fierce general, so he would not know about it.

"Didn't I tell Daddy?" Lin Daiyu blinked her eyes, as if she really hadn't.

Every time I met my parents, my mother would pull me aside to talk in private, and I never had the chance to show off my strength as a warrior.

Lin Daiyu stretched out her hand, gently grasped the table leg, and with a little effort she lifted the entire table flat.

After holding the table up for ten breaths, she gently put it down again. There was no sound when it landed, which showed that the table was not difficult to hold in her hands.

"I have practiced the Lin family's 'Wanjun Bone Refining Technique'!" Lin Daiyu said proudly.

Lin Ruhai touched the table hard. This was a normal table in the emperor's bedroom. The emperor's furniture was mostly made of nanmu, a hard wood with extremely heavy weight.

The table in front of her weighed at least a hundred pounds, but in Lin Daiyu's hands it was as light as a feather.

"I didn't expect that the second most powerful general in my Lin family since our ancestors would be you!" Lin Ruhai shook his head and said.

The reason why he passed on the Lin family's spear manual and Wanjun bone refining technique to Li Qiang was because the Lin family had long been a family that passed on poetry and literature, and no one practiced martial arts anymore.

Seeing Lin Daiyu display the power of the 'Wanjun Bone Refining Technique' today, Lin Ruhai was a little confused.

It was rare for a woman to become a brave general. He knew his daughter's physical condition. Although she had recovered to normal under Li Qiang's treatment, she was still far from the requirements of practicing the general's body-building techniques.

"Brother Qiang, do you have any means to allow ordinary people to practice the generals' body-building techniques?" Lin Ruhai turned to Li Qiang and asked.

He has thought of the benefits that this ability will bring. Look at the current Daqian. It is because Li Qiang has a way to find people with the potential to practice the generals' body-refining techniques and can help these people practice without using powerful medicines that there are so many powerful generals in Daqian today.

But if ordinary people could also practice the generals' body-building techniques, then Daqian would have hundreds of thousands or millions of powerful generals. What a grand occasion that would be.

"It's not that easy. Sister Lin and the other concubines can practice the generals' body-building techniques, but their methods are not suitable for others!" Li Qiang replied with a wry smile.

It is impossible for him to send a large number of people into the illusory world of Taixu and train powerful generals there.

You should know that although there are many souls in the "Mirror of Wind and Moon", no matter how many souls there are, they cannot be consumed indefinitely.

Moreover, with the equipment of new artillery and long muskets, Daqian's demand for powerful generals will be greatly reduced.

Even when a large amount of copper mines were found in the occupied areas, he was ready to make copper bullets, and at that time he would also manufacture the Maxim heavy machine gun.

After the Maxim heavy machine gun enters the battlefield, the warriors also need to retreat carefully.

"That's true. If an ordinary person can really become a warrior, then talent is useless!" Lin Ruhai said with a sigh.

"Daddy, Brother Qiang asked you to name the child!" Lin Daiyu changed the subject.

"This is not appropriate!" Lin Ruhai said with some anticipation and hesitation.

"This child's surname is Lin, you are the most qualified!" Li Qiang followed.

Lin Ruhai was sure that the child would have the surname Lin. He looked at the child, then at Li Qiang and Lin Daiyu.

"It's better to let him have the surname Li. If he has the surname Lin, he will blame me in the future!" He shook his head and said.

"I still say the same thing. Whether the child's surname is Lin or Li, he is mine and Sister Lin's child. He should not be given any less!" Li Qiang promised with a smile.

Lin Ruhai was still a little hesitant. He was very decisive in other matters, but when it came to this bloodline descendant, he became unusually indecisive.

"Let me make it clear, I plan to destroy all the countries in this world, leaving only one Daqian.

When Li Heng and the others grow up, even if Li Heng becomes the emperor, he will not be able to manage such a huge country. At that time, his younger brothers will be granted fiefs in various places to help their elder brothers manage Daqian!" Li Qiang stood up and looked into the distance and said.

"But dividing the princes' fiefdoms will bring a lot of trouble. Won't there be conflicts among the brothers?" Lin Ruhai, as a cabinet minister, was extremely shocked by Li Qiang's words, but he still raised his objections.

The enfeoffment in history was always carried out at the beginning of the founding of the country. As time went by, later emperors would try their best to take back the power that had been enfeoffed.

"But I'm still watching you, right?" Li Qiang replied with a smile.

No matter what policy is, it can never be perfect.

But as long as Li Qiang is alive, he can control everything, and if any trouble really arises, he can solve it easily.

Lin Ruhai actually believed it, but his understanding was different from Li Qiang's actual situation.

What he was thinking about was the "longevity pill". Since Li Qiang could give the "longevity pill" to him and his wife, Li Qiang would have taken the "longevity pill". Even his daughter should have taken the "longevity pill".

Although the "longevity pill" can only extend life by a hundred years, more than a hundred years have passed in Daqian. Considering Li Qiang's age, she can still take care of Daqian for about two hundred years.

It is already very good for a dynasty to prosper for more than three hundred years.

"Let's name this child Lin Youran!" Lin Ruhai thought about it and named the child.

"Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, leisurely seeing the southern mountains." Li Qiang explained the origin of this name.

He also understood Lin Ruhai's thoughts. He hoped that the child would be indifferent to fame and fortune. Without the entanglement of fame and fortune, the child would be able to live a better life.

"Jin Dong, send the prince's name to Changchun Palace and inform the retired emperor and the empress dowager!" Li Qiang ordered outside.

Jin Dong stood outside the bedroom. He would not enter the bedroom unless he was summoned.

When he heard Li Qiang's order, his face fell. This was not an easy job.

Li Qiang did not go there in person, but was telling the retired emperor that the child's name was already a fait accompli.

In Changchun Palace, the retired emperor received Jin Dong's report, but there was no anger on his face. He waved his hand and asked Jin Dong to go back.

"How come this child was born with the surname Lin? Was he fooled by Lin Ruhai?" The empress dowager was worried that the emperor would be angry, so she hurried to help explain.

In recent times, many conflicts between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor have been resolved. The Emperor often orders people to invite the Empress Dowager over. Now the Empress Dowager is in Changchun Palace.

"It's not a big deal. He has ten concubines, and I heard that he has quite a few maids. Also, the women who follow him get pregnant almost every year. We don't need to worry about his offspring!" The emperor was open-minded and said with a smile.

He still has a hundred years to live. Although he no longer has power, he is in a higher position and can watch the ups and downs of life with a smile.

Look at Li Qiang, she now has four princes and three princesses, not counting the newly born prince who changed his surname.

"That's true. When it comes to the ability to expand the family, Li Qiang is probably the best among all the Daqian emperors!" The empress dowager nodded and said in agreement.

They have been married for only a few years and already have a bunch of children.

The fertility capacity of the Daqian royal family is generally average. With Li Qiang giving birth at this rate, there is no need to worry about the number of Daqian princes.

"You don't know Li Qiang very well. If he is here to discuss something, then he is really here to discuss something. But if he has just told someone to tell us like he did, then there is no need to consider vetoing it. Look at Daqian today, from the court to the army, when has there ever been such a unification of power!" the emperor sighed.

The retired emperor really admired Li Qiang's ability to govern. He knew a lot about Li Qiang, for example, Li Qiang only spent a maximum of one hour a day handling government affairs, except for the morning court sessions.

Even after Lin Ruhai took charge of the cabinet and Gan Feng joined Li Qiang, Li Qiang had even less time to handle government affairs every day.

But even so, Li Qiang's control over the court increased instead of decreased.

"I want to go and see the child. No matter what the child's surname is, he is our blood!" The Queen Mother stood up and said with a smile.

"I want to move around too, let's go together!" said the emperor after stretching his body.

(End of this chapter)