Jin Ziyu is the legitimate daughter of the Jin family in Tanzhou. She is her mother's only daughter. It can be said that she has enjoyed the meticulous care and training of the Jin family since she was a child.
The age gap between Jin Ziyu and her two brothers is a bit big, and her nephew is probably only five or six years younger than her.
Jin Ziyu was delicate and beautiful, and when she was still waiting for her marriage, countless people came to propose marriage.
It happened that her father chose for her Lin Ruolian, a young talent from the Lin family, a frail scholar who had passed the top tier of the imperial examination.
Jin Ziyu is also a talented girl who has been studying since she was a child and especially likes poetry and music, so she is very satisfied with the husband her father chose for her.
And if Lin Ruolian can be selected as the top pick, his face must be good.
Jin Ziyu's heart naturally fell in love with the handsome and talented Tan Hwa Lang.
But there were flaws in Jin Ziyu's married life. She failed to give birth to a child after marrying into the Lin family, and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Lin, was quite critical of her.
Of course Jin Ziyu was not willing to take a concubine for her husband. After she married into the Lin family, she and her husband Qin Se were in harmony and loved each other very much. How could she be willing to let others come between her and her husband?
When the Lin family asked to marry her, didn't they also promise that "you can only take a concubine when you are 40 years old and have no children"? Her husband didn't even have a wife now, so why did she take a concubine so early?
Jin Ziyu gritted her teeth and insisted not to take a concubine for her husband, but Mrs. Lin didn't want to see her unable to give birth to a child and still clung to Lin Ruolian, so she arranged a marriage for Lin Ruolian.
Mrs. Lin also felt that this was not concubinage, but that the marriage had no status or status, and she did not break her original promise to marry Mr. Jin.
"Ms. Jin, it's been three years since you married into the Lin family, but you haven't given birth to a son or a daughter for Lian'er. I won't embarrass you, just let these first-in-laws serve Lian'er."
"If any of them can give birth to an heir, they can take him into your lap and raise him, which is not considered concubinage." Mrs. Lin said to Jin Ziyu.
Jin Ziyu still remembers her expression and mood at that time. She really couldn't believe that her mother-in-law treated her like this.
Even if she arranges for her husband to have sex with her husband, she actually wants to give birth to a child through the marriage and bring it to her for her to raise and occupy the position of her legitimate son?
Jin Ziyu found it difficult to accept, but that was her mother-in-law, and she had no way to resist.
Although Jin Ziyu has a very good relationship with Lin Ruolian, she actually has many of the same thoughts as ordinary women, which means that she is not too opposed to her husband taking concubines.
It is difficult for a concubine to inherit the family business of a direct descendant, so Jin Ziyu watched helplessly as Mrs. Lin arranged a marriage for Lin Ruolian, and she watched as her husband was with someone else.
Jin Ziyu found it difficult to accept it at first, but gradually she let it go, and she even took the initiative to take a concubine for Lin Ruolian.
So what if there was the original promise that "you can only take a concubine after you are 40 years old and have no children"? A concubine who is not a married woman is still her husband's woman. Hasn't this promise been invalidated long ago?
So Jin Ziyu arranged many concubines for Lin Ruolian. Later, those concubines still failed to give birth to children within a year or two, so she gave them a sum of money to remarry.
The Lin family still has a lot of property. After all, the Lin family has been a single family in recent generations. The dowry from the mistress alone is very generous. Coupled with the fact that other Lin family members are well-run, the Lin family is really not short of money.
So Jin Ziyu arranged concubines, and if they failed to give birth to children, they would be given a severance payment and let them leave the house and remarry.
Ten years have passed, and the Lin family still has not been able to give birth to any children, neither Jin Ziyu nor other concubines have been able to give birth to children.
It wasn't until Jin Ziyu met Princess Ning who came to Rongzhou with Prince Ning, and asked Dr. Hua under Prince Ning to see a doctor, that he realized that her body was very weak, and her husband's health was also very weak, which was why she had no children for so long.
In order to be able to give birth to a child, Jin Ziyu and Lin Ruolian worked very hard to condition their bodies.
I take medicated baths every day, spend an hour or two every day practicing martial arts to keep fit, and eat medicated meals every day to condition my body.
Jin Ziyu didn't find the medicated food unpalatable. Compared with the various folk remedies she tried to try to give birth to a child, the taste of the medicated food was absolutely delicious.
She hired a chef from Prince Ning's Mansion to help teach their chefs how to make the medicated meals, and the taste is definitely not bad.
After spending half a year recovering, Jin Ziyu's health improved a lot, and her complexion became much rosier, much better than the pale and haggard look before.
She used to take three breaths with each step, but now she can walk almost as fast as flying, and can even dance with a spear and stick for an hour.
Jin Ziyu's health has improved a lot, and her husband Lin Ruolian's has also improved a lot. The couple are completely different now than they were half a year ago.
"I will go to Tianshui with Princess Ning to pay homage in a few days. Will your husband be free at that time?" Jin Ziyu asked Lin Ruolian as soon as he sat down.
"I've been very busy recently. I can't delay the spring plowing." Lin Ruolian said, "I'm going to be busy looking at the spring plowing in Rongzhou and the spring floods in the past few days."
"Madam, feel free to go play with Princess Ning. The flowers at Tianshui Temple are in full bloom in spring. You can also relax by playing there." Lin Ruolian smiled and gave his wife a piece of fish.
Jin Ziyu frowned and looked at the fish in the bowl. An unmistakable smell of fish hit her nostrils, making her retching.
"Madam, what's wrong with you?" Lin Ruolian watched her retching, dropped her chopsticks and rushed over to support her and asked with concern.
"That fish... vomit... take it away, take it away..." Jin Ziyu waved her hands and said to Lin Ruolian unbearably.
Lin Ruolian looked back at the fish, asked his servants to remove it, and asked with concern, "Where else do you feel uncomfortable? Do you want to see a doctor?"
Lin Ruolian thought for a while and ordered his servant, "Go and invite Doctor Du over."
Dr. Du is a doctor raised by the Lin Mansion. Although Dr. Du's medical skills were not very good in the past, his medical skills improved a lot after interacting with Dr. Hua from Prince Ning's Mansion.
Doctor Du has been fully responsible for all the things that Lin Ruolian and Jin Ziyu have done to regulate their bodies in the past six months. After this period of experience, Doctor Du has made great progress.
When Dr. Du was invited over, he thought something was wrong with the hostess, but after checking her pulse carefully, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Doctor Du, madam, how is she?" Lin Ruolian asked anxiously when she saw Doctor Du smiling.
"Sir, Madam is pregnant. She has a happy pulse." Doctor Du said with a smile, "Madam, she is already one month pregnant."
Lin Ruolian and Jin Ziyu couldn't help but widen their eyes after hearing this, and both looked at Jin Ziyu's belly in disbelief.
"Dr. Du, are you telling the truth? Madam, is she really pregnant?" Lin Ruolian said in surprise.
"Yes, Madam is really pregnant."
Lin Ruolian hugged Jin Ziyu ecstatically and said, "Madam! Madam! You are pregnant! We have a baby!"
Jin Ziyu was also so happy that she was really pregnant. The child she had been waiting for for ten years was finally here!
The news that Mrs. Lin was happy gradually spread, and Lin Ruolian did not forget to send the good news back to the Jin family in Tanzhou.
Tanzhou Wang family.
"What did you say? Jin is pregnant?" Wang Qingluan was surprised after hearing the news, but she calmed down after thinking about it for a moment.
Don't panic, wasn't it mentioned in the book before? When Jin Ziyu passed away, she gave birth to a daughter to Lin Ruolian, so she couldn't panic.
Jin Ziyu will die soon after giving birth to this child, but she can still look forward to the day she marries Lin Ruolian.
But Wang Qingluan was disappointed. Jin Ziyu did not die soon after giving birth as she thought. She lived a very good life.
Because of half a year of physical conditioning, Jin Ziyu’s pregnancy was not very easy and smooth, but it was not very difficult either.
Jin Ziyu gave birth to a son for the first time. When her son was one and a half years old, Jin Ziyu became pregnant again, and then she gave birth to a daughter.
After Jin Ziyu gave birth to a son and a daughter, she no longer thought that Lin Ruolian's children would be born to her, and that she could also have sons and daughters.
Giving birth is really hard on the body. After giving birth to two children, Jin Ziyu felt that her body was almost the same as before before it was adjusted, so she did not plan to continue giving birth.
As a result, Lin Ruolian's concubines began to get pregnant and give birth to children.
Jin Ziyu had already looked away. Now that she had a legitimate son and daughter to stabilize her status, she no longer cared about the existence of a common son and a common daughter.
Holding her children in her arms, Jin Ziyu listened to the reports from her confidants that so-and-so the aunt in the backyard was pregnant, and her smile was calm, no longer as bitter as before.