Following Chu Nanzhi's instructions, Tang Weiming and Chu Wenbi posted notices in the city, but no wet nurse came into the house to serve them for several days.
This made Chu Nanzhi feel strange.
The servants who bought the cows had not returned yet, and there was no way to let the grandson and granddaughter drink rice soup all day long. Chu Wenbi had no choice but to carry the two little babies to the city to find a woman with breast milk.
But a bad old man who carries two little babies all day long and goes to the city with a group of guards to beg for milk will not be welcomed by others.
Even women who breastfeed mostly choose to stay away from it.
As a countryman, the old marquis had his own methods. If he couldn't be found in the city, he would go to the countryside.
After all the hard work, not only did she get milk, her grandson and granddaughter wouldn't starve, but they also found an older country woman who was willing to come into the house and serve her.
Seeing that her confinement was almost over, Chu Nanzhi rested in bed for more than half a month and was finally able to walk.
Although there were still some days before the full moon, she heard that Ji Huazhen was still ill in bed, and that Mrs. Cui was tired and sick from handling Chang Lao's funeral for her. She couldn't help but want to go over and take a look.
After all, corpses cannot be stored for long in this hot weather. It is necessary to find out the circumstances of Chang Lao's case early so that the body can be sent back to his hometown for burial.
Li Sanmu and Inspector Tan have searched almost the entire Langzhou City but have not found any traces of the assassin. So far, they have found nothing, which is really strange.
She had to go and see it for herself before she could give up.
Liu Yun and Lin Jinhui couldn't persuade her, so they had to make more arrangements and wrap her up airtight before letting her go out.
After a few people stepped out of the room, they saw Chu Wenbi leading his servants in with the babies in their arms, followed by a chubby young woman in her twenties.
"Huang Tian paid off and finally found a wet nurse."
Chu Wenbi gasped and said, "I think the slaves who bought the cows will be back soon. Let this wet nurse take care of my grandson and granddaughter who will no longer be hungry."
"Who is so wicked that even a wet nurse can't be found in the huge city of Langzhou?"
Lin Jinhui was very angry when he heard that, and looked at the chubby woman with resentment in his eyes: "Do you know who is serving you? She is the future princess of our dynasty, the prince. If it weren't for my sister-in-law who is now trapped in Langzhou, she would be placed there.
Normally you don't have this blessing."
Chu Nanzhi looked at the little baby in the hands of the slaves, and went forward to hug little Ruisi. The little guy didn't cry or fuss, his bright little eyes were shaking and he kept licking his chubby fingers.
Compared with the thin and pitiful appearance when he was just born, his head is completely different.
For a moment, I couldn't help but sigh how lucky I was to have a good grandpa who loved his grandson and granddaughter.
In such a difficult situation, Chu Wenbi did not let Rui Ji and Rui Si suffer any injustice, and they became fat and white.
Holding the pretty little Ruisi in her arms, when her eyes fell inadvertently on the young woman, seeing her frightened look, Chu Nanzhi comforted her with a warm voice: "You don't have to be afraid, take care of my two babies.
I will never treat you badly."
After receiving this encouragement and comfort, the woman leaned over and nodded repeatedly with a look of joy on her face: "Please rest assured, Madam, the common woman will take good care of the little nobles."
At such a strange time, someone was willing to enter the house. Chu Nanzhi felt comforted from the bottom of her heart, so she ordered Liu Yun and Chu Wenbi: "Father, mother, you choose a house in the city for this lady, and move her home
The little girl has come to the city so that her family can be taken care of."
"Da Zhi, don't worry, my mother will not treat her badly."
Liu Yun responded with a smile.
After all, he was serving the children of the current queen, so he had to be more dignified.
The woman was so excited that she didn't know what to do. She had just entered the house and admired the house. She quickly knelt down and knelt down and said, "Thank you so much, my lady."
Chu Nanzhi smiled at her and motioned to get up.
Looking at the well-behaved little Ruisi in her arms, she winked at the little girl tenderly, and handed it over to Liu Yun with love, saying, "Let Jinhui accompany me, and my mother will stay at home with you."
Father helps take care of Reggie, Reese."
When he learned that his daughter was going out, Chu Wenbi's face was full of worry: "Da Zhi, you are still in labor, so you can't go out and run around."
Liu Yun had already advised her, not wanting the old man to cause trouble for her daughter. She glared at him, and then Chu Wenbi changed her words and said, "Then you have to be careful and don't go too far."
"Don't worry, father, my wife's house is not far away. Manager Tang has already had someone hitch the carriage."
Chu Nanzhi glanced at her tightly wrapped body, then took the curtain hat that Abi had prepared in her hand, and said with a wry smile: "It won't be blown by the wind or wet by the rain, so it won't be a big deal."
When Chu Wenbi saw this, he felt relieved.
Chu Nanzhi held up the curtain hat and looked at Liu Yun and the two little ones in the slave's arms again. She reluctantly warned her softly: "I'll be back soon. You must listen to grandma and grandpa at home."
Then he put on his curtain hat and went out with Lin Jinhui.
She got on the carriage and after the carriage started to move, she inspected the situation in the city. It was so quiet that it was terrifying.
"Now that the Dongsang people have retreated, why is the city still so depressed?"
Chu Nanzhi asked puzzledly.
"It's not because of the Dongsang people."
Lin Jinhui explained: "I heard that the city has been like this since the national mourning, and the fireworks have not been restored yet."
"This is strange."
Chu Nanzhi shook his head in surprise: "Even if we follow the ancestral system, the people only need to observe the system for one month. What's more, the late emperor issued a three-day mourning edict. Even if it is based on the one-month period, it should have been on the Chinese Valentine's Day.
It just needs to be over. It’s almost two months now, and something is wrong.”
Thinking back on the difficulty in finding a wet nurse in the city, Chu Nanzhi always felt that there was something fishy about it.
"I heard from people in the government a few days ago that in order to convey the late emperor's will, the governor deliberately asked officials at all levels to issue notices not to use national mourning to suppress the people. In particular, he made strict statements about the abortion of pregnancy in national mourning. As long as it is in compliance with the requirements,
The government cannot forcibly interfere with a woman who is about to give birth in state mourning."
Lin Jinhui pursed her lips and frowned: "But I heard from Uncle Chu that he hardly found any women who had just given birth in the city. Even those who were willing to feed Reggie and Reggie were all women who gave birth before the national mourning.
people."
After a pause, she stroked her chin and said, "I'm afraid the baby that the wet nurse Uncle Chu found will not give birth to within the past month or two."
"This Langzhou is indeed an unusual place. First, Governor Tan interceded for the tomb robbers, and now even the pregnant women who are about to give birth are looking weird. I don't believe that there is no one like me in such a big city of Langzhou.
A woman in labor during a period of national mourning.”
Chu Nanzhi sighed sadly.
The perverted law of terminating pregnancy in national mourning is unreasonable. Someone has finally earned this hard-won right for women. Can these mothers just watch their children being aborted after ten months of pregnancy?
Moreover, abortion at this time is very likely to kill two people.