After marrying a powerful minister, the female partner was pampered

When she arrived at Qiao's house, Qiao Jingjing saw Qiao Zhou as expected.

After not seeing him for more than half a year, his skin has become darker, but he looks stronger.

"Brother, you really surprised me." Qiao Jingjing praised.

Qiao Zhou knew she was referring to the war. He scratched his head, a little embarrassed, and said, "It was General Fan who gave me the opportunity."

"You have the ability to seize the opportunity." Qiao Jingjing said with a smile, and then said with a smile, "Qingyuan, come and meet my elder brother."

Qing Yuan quickly glanced at Qiao Zhou, lowered her head again, and stepped forward to salute, "Qing Yuan greets Brother Qiao."

Qiao Zhou's dark face suddenly turned red, and he began to stutter, "Ms. Qing, Qing Yuan, long time no see."

Seeing this, Qing Yuan couldn't help but laugh and hid behind Qiao Jingjing.

In the afternoon, the emperor's imperial edict of reward came down.

Qiao Zhou was conferred the title of Renyong Xiaowei, a ninth-rank officer. Although it was only an honorary title and had no real position, the emperor also rewarded him with 200 taels of silver and some cloth.

Moreover, after subsequent assessment, one can become a civil servant after completing his term of office.

Lu Xingzhi explained it to Qiao Zhou.

But Qiao Zhou didn't care about these. For him, it was a great honor to receive the emperor's reward.

In addition, Lu Xingzhi was directly promoted to prime minister by the emperor, becoming the youngest prime minister in the history of Dayan.

However, after being promoted to prime minister, Lu Xingzhi became even busier.

In particular, when floods broke out in various states and counties, he was sent by the emperor to control the floods and traveled around for several months.

When he returned to the capital, Qiao Jingjing was about to give birth.

Looking at her huge belly, Lu Xingzhi was not happy, but rather worried.

"We haven't seen each other for so long, why do you look so sad? Are you unhappy to see me?" Qiao Jingjing touched his wrinkled brows and teased.

Lu Xingzhi hid his worries in his heart and smiled: "When I left, your belly was only slightly bulging. After not seeing you for a few months, your belly is so big. Could it be that there are two babies inside?"

Qiao Jingjing rolled her eyes at him. "I'm about to give birth, so my belly must be big. As for whether it's two babies, it's hard to say. The doctor hasn't diagnosed it yet. But my mother gave birth to me and my brother, so there's a chance that I'll give birth to twins."

She was actually afraid too.

After all, ancient medical technology was backward.

So she didn't dare to be lazy every day and insisted on exercising, hoping that the delivery would be smoother.

On a sunny morning, the eldest princess came to visit Qiao Jingjing. They chatted for a while, and Qiao Jingjing suddenly felt a stomachache.

"Your Highness, I, I seem to be giving birth."

When the princess heard this, the cake in her hand fell onto the table with a "clack". She asked in shock, "Is she going to give birth?"

Seeing her like this, Qiao Jingjing was no longer panicked. She held her stomach and took a deep breath, "Your Highness, please help me call for help."

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away." The eldest princess turned pale with fear, and walked out of the house, holding her belly, which was already several months pregnant. "Someone come quickly, your wife is about to give birth——"

This sound was earth-shattering.

The servants who were waiting outside the house immediately got busy.

Those who needed to call for help called for help, those who needed to find a midwife found a midwife, and those who needed to boil water boiled water.

However, a midwife had been found in advance and was placed in Qiao Jingjing's yard.

Upon learning that Qiao Jingjing was about to give birth, the midwife entered the room quickly.

The eldest princess held onto the pillar, feeling somewhat at a loss.

At this moment, Lu Xingzhi came back.

Because he was too nervous, he kicked the door threshold when entering the house and almost fell down.

Seeing his miserable appearance, the princess was no longer panicked.

She held the servant's hand and sat down in the corridor.

Not long after, Lu's father and mother arrived, and Qin Moyuan also came with his wife and children.

Father Qiao came alone.

Because some time ago, Xu had given birth to a son and was still in confinement. For a while, Qiao Jingjing's Meixiangyuan was crowded with people.

After several hours of pain, Qiao Jingjing gave birth to a daughter in the evening.

With the baby's loud cry of "wa", the people who were waiting finally felt relieved.

"It's born, it's born."

Everyone was relieved and surprised.

Not long after, Lu Xingzhi came out with stiff hands and feet, holding a child.

Looking at his pale face, everyone thought something had happened to the child. They all held their breath, no one dared to speak, and no one dared to reach out to hug him.

Lu Xingzhi waited for a moment, and seeing that everyone was indifferent, he suddenly became unhappy, "What do you mean by that expression? Don't you like my daughter?"

Everyone seemed to have just woken up from a dream and rushed to hug him.

"This child is born really well."

"So beautiful, she looks just like Jingjing."

"I think he looks more like Ah Xing."

Lu Shuangshuang looked at her from the side for a few times and said in confusion, "I don't think she looks like anyone. Her skin is wrinkled. How did you tell who she looks like? And what's so beautiful about her?"

"If you can't speak, don't speak." Lu Xingyan said angrily.

"I'm telling the truth, you guys are just being fake." Lu Shuangshuang muttered.

The princess rolled her eyes at her. "She hasn't grown up yet. We have to wait a few more days. But from her eyes and eyebrows, we can tell who she looks like. I think her eyes are like Lu Xingzhi, and her mouth and nose are like Jingjing."

Lu Xingzhi returned to the house again.

Qiao Jingjing was so tired that she fell asleep, and she had changed into a clean and refreshing dress.

When the child was one month old, Lu Xingzhi named his daughter Lu Jin.

On the eve of the wedding of the Emperor and Lu Shuangshuang.

Lu Shuangshuang couldn't sleep, so she ran to Qiao Jingjing's room.

Seeing that she was fidgeting, Qiao Jingjing handed her daughter to her and said, "Hug your niece."

Lu Shuangshuang hugged her niece and lowered her head to look into her eyes. Suddenly, her niece grinned at her. She was startled for a moment, then laughed happily and said excitedly, "Sister-in-law, Xiaojin smiled at me."

"Yeah, I saw it." Qiao Jingjing said with a smile.

Lu Shuangshuang hugged her niece with love and couldn't help talking to her, "Xiao Jin, your aunt is getting married tomorrow. Once you enter the palace, it will be difficult to get out. When you grow up, you must come to the palace to visit your aunt."

As she spoke, she was overwhelmed with grief and could not help but hug her niece tightly and started crying.

When Lu Jin heard her crying, his little mouth pouted and he also burst into tears.

For a moment, the room was filled with the crying of adults and children.

Qiao Jingjing wanted to laugh at first, but when she thought about the fact that Lu Shuangshuang would lose her freedom after entering the palace, she couldn't help feeling sad.

She stood up and patted Lu Shuangshuang's back, but she didn't know how to comfort her.

Fortunately, Lu Shuangshuang heard her niece crying and quickly stopped crying.

Her eyes were red, and she looked at Qiao Jingjing apologetically, "I made Xiaojin cry."

"It's okay. Children love to cry." Qiao Jingjing wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and then reached out to hug her. "Shuangshuang, remember, our Lu family is your backer, you don't have to be afraid."

Lu Shuangshuang choked up and nodded.

The next day.

At the wedding of the Emperor and Empress, the sky was filled with rosy clouds and the entire imperial city seemed to be inlaid with countless gems. It was magnificent and dazzling, attracting thousands of people just to catch a glimpse of the royal majesty and splendor.

Lu Shuangshuang was dressed in a phoenix coronet and bridal robe, looking dignified and noble. After bidding farewell to her parents and family, she boarded the phoenix chariot and, led by a ceremonial officer, headed to the palace.

On the top of the palace, the phoenix relief is lifelike, as if it will flap its wings and fly away at any time. Colorful ribbons are hung on the eaves of the palace, fluttering in the wind, making rustling sounds, as if expressing blessings.

The palace gate opened, and the emperor, dressed in a dragon robe, stood there with great dignity, looking deeply at the queen who was walking towards him. (End of this chapter)