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The outside disturbances have nothing to do with Jiang Shaohua for the time being.

She slept for most of the day and did not wake up until the afternoon. She looked after her daughter, drank some hot porridge, and then went back to sleep.

When I opened my eyes again, it was already the next day.

Sufficient sleep and rest greatly relieved the fatigue and pain of childbirth. She had the strength to get off the bed. However, as soon as her feet touched the ground, she was stopped by Sun Zelan: "Your Majesty, lie down quickly. After giving birth, women should not get off the bed and walk around for one month. Just lie down and rest."

"This is the rule for women to stay in confinement after childbirth. I know that the emperor is in good health, unlike ordinary people. However, we should still follow the old rules and complete the confinement period properly. This will also prevent you from getting any minor illnesses."

Yinzhu Tubai on the side nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Cui Du also came over with his daughter in his arms: "My daughter and I will be here with you."

Jiang Shaohua smiled helplessly and had to lie back down.

Cui Du sat down beside the bed and carefully placed his daughter next to Jiang Shaohua. Jiang Shaohua turned sideways, stretched out his fingers, fiddled with his daughter's little hands and feet, and then pinched her tender little face.

Cui Du reminded nervously: "Constrain your strength."

Jiang Shaohua smiled and rolled his eyes at him: "I know I am strong, so I must hold back. This is my own daughter, how can I hurt her?"

In the past, he always put her first, but now that his daughter is born, he has obviously moved her to second place.

Cui Du heard her slight dissatisfaction and laughed softly, "In my heart, you are always number one, and your daughter is only second."

Jiang Shaohua refused to admit that he could be so childish: "That's not what I'm talking about."

Cui Du smiled secretly in his heart, and followed her words: "Your Majesty is broad-minded, and naturally will not care about these trivial matters. It's me who can't hold back and say whatever comes to my mind."

A smile flashed in Jiang Shaohua's eyes, and the corners of his lips rose visibly.

Sun Zelan was so annoyed by this that he coughed and said, "I'll take my leave first."

Before leaving, he winked at Yin Zhu Tu Bai. The two of them suppressed their laughter and left together.

All the idlers in the dormitory left, leaving only the family of three.

Jiang Shaohua touched his daughter's little face and smiled softly, "It's strange, when I first saw her, I thought she looked like a red monkey. But now I like her more and more."

Cui Du also laughed: "When I first saw my daughter, I also thought she was ugly. Now the more I look at her, the prettier she becomes."

However, he asked excitedly, "Tomorrow is the baby's third-day baptism ceremony. Have you decided on a name for your daughter?"

Jiang Shaohua hesitated for a moment and said, "We should name him according to the Jiang family tree. The first generation of Prince Ping starts with the character Ye, and the next generation starts with the character Baogai. Let's call him Jiang Ning!"

Ning means peace and tranquility. A mother's best wish for her daughter is for her daughter to grow up safely.

Cui Du nodded repeatedly and praised the name as nice.

Jiang Shaohua smiled softly and said, "I'll give her the full name, and you give her a nickname."

Cui Du racked his brains: "She is the apple of our eye, how about calling her Baozhu?"

Jiang Shaohua's mouth twitched slightly, and he glanced at Cui Du. Cui Du smiled awkwardly: "It's a bit tacky. Then I'll think of another one."

After thinking hard for a long time, another idea popped up: "Why not call her Mingzhu." Jiang Shaohua didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Pearl here and there, it sounds like calling a piglet. Let's just call her Baoer!"

Cui Du, who was bad at naming, happily called out "Baoer".

Princess Baoer waved her little hands on the bed, as if she understood the conversation between her mother and father, and expressed satisfaction with both her full name and her nickname.

After playing for a while, Princess Baoer suddenly started crying, and her little body twisted and turned in the package.

"It's probably because she urinated or she's hungry." Jiang Shaohua had experience in giving birth and raising children, so she wasn't panicking at all.

Cui Du, a new father, was nervous for a moment. He unwrapped the package clumsily and found that the baby had peed. There was a clean and soft diaper next to him, so Cui Du took one and changed it for a long time before putting on a clean one. When he was done, beads of sweat covered Cui Du's forehead.

Jiang Shaohua was amused and laughed.

Bao'er started crying again. Cui Du had experience with this: "She must be hungry. Our daughter has a good appetite and needs to be fed every hour."

Cui Du planned to take the child out to find a wet nurse.

Jiang Shaohua was a little reluctant to leave: "Let the nurse come in to feed the child! I'll go see her while I'm at it."

Cui Du nodded and went out to call the wet nurse in.

There were two wet nurses feeding Baoer. Both of them were in their twenties, had given birth to two or three children, and had rich experience in feeding children. They were selected from the good people outside the palace, and they were considered to be servants in the palace, and they could receive a monthly salary of ten taels of silver. Such a generous monthly salary was enough to make up for the slight regret of being separated from their own children.

After staying in the palace for two or three years and raising Princess Baoer, they can return home with a lot of money.

Even on weekdays, the two wet nurses could leave the palace once a month to reunite with their families. However, their food, clothing, housing and transportation had to be monitored by someone to prevent sneaky people from tampering with the wet nurses' diet.

After the wet nurses came in, they were all a little embarrassed and knelt down to kowtow to Her Majesty the Empress.

The throne was passed, and the Daliang Dynasty had a new empress. This was also a big event for the people in the capital. They were both lucky people. After passing through layers of selection, they were chosen to be the wet nurses of the princess and were lucky enough to meet the empress.

Jiang Shaohua was very kind to the nurse: "All of you stand up."

One of the nurses picked up Princess Baoer and fed her in front of the emperor, which actually required some courage. Fortunately, Earl Changning tactfully avoided her. The emperor was also a woman, so the nurse was a little flustered at first, but soon calmed down.

Jiang Shaohua first asked the other nurse's name. The nurse trembled and answered: "My surname is Wu, and her surname is Pang. Your Majesty can just call me Wu or Pang."

Chen Changshi was in charge of the selection of wet nurses. He deliberately avoided the women of all prominent families and selected them from ordinary people. Even after learning the rules for two or three months, they still seemed cramped and petty.

Jiang Shaohua smiled and said, "You two will live in the palace for a long time. You will be able to see me every day in the future. There is no need to panic. Also, I am used to calling people around me by their full names. What are your maiden names?"

Women have names in the boudoir, and when they get married, they become the daughter-in-law of a certain family. Even names like Wu and Pang are very elegant for them.

Being suddenly asked about her maiden name which she had not used for a long time, Wu was a little surprised and answered subconsciously: "My name is Wu Guihua."

A very simple name.

Jiang Shaohua nodded slightly.

Pang, who was feeding Princess Bao'er, mustered up the courage to answer: "My name is Pang Cuicui." (End of this chapter)