After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 465 Freshmen
In the border town thousands of miles away, the roads were blocked by heavy snow and there was no war.

General Xie listened to the woman's screams in the house one after another, his face still gloomy.

However, another concubine, Wang, who looked to be in her early thirties and had a golden hairpin stuck diagonally in her hair, was pacing back and forth outside the delivery room with a handkerchief tightly grasped in her hand.

"Mother! Mother!" the woman in the house screamed miserably.

Aunt Wang couldn't bear it any longer and wanted to rush in.

"You are not allowed to enter!" General Xie scolded.

Aunt Wang burst into tears: "General, I only have this one daughter... Please let me go in and accompany her..."

General Xie still had a cold expression on his face: "A loving mother often spoils her child!"

Aunt Wang continued, "Yuan Niang is my only child, and also your only daughter. Although she has committed a serious mistake, she has suffered so much now. She has learned her lesson. Please let her go."

The midwife in the room suddenly pushed the door open and came out, asking the couple who were sitting and kneeling, "The mother is in a bad condition now, would you like to save the older one or the younger one?"

Aunt Wang did not hesitate at all: "Save Da!"

She turned around again and begged General Xie: "General, Yuanniang is now dying. She doesn't even have the strength to call her mother. Please allow me to go in and accompany her!"

A hint of surprise flashed across General Xie's face, but he finally nodded.

Aunt Wang rushed into the room, threw herself beside the bed, and grabbed her daughter's hand: "Yuan Niang, look at me. I'm here to accompany you. I've already told the midwife that I want to save the eldest daughter."

Xie Yuanniang didn't know where she got the strength from: "Protect the little one!"

Aunt Wang said immediately, "Don't make a fuss. What will you do if you save the child? People will have everything when they are alive. Your father will calm down sooner or later!"

Sweat and tears were mixed on Xie Yuanniang's face, but her eyes were fixed on the tightly closed door, as if she wanted to see her father outside through the door.

"I am an unfilial daughter. I was seduced by someone and made a serious mistake. I am now pregnant and have no face to face my father. I only ask that you can forgive me..." Xie Yuanniang said this with difficulty.

Aunt Wang cried and said, "But mother wants you to live more."

Xie Yuanniang had made up her mind: "Mother, if it weren't for the baby in my belly, I would have committed suicide to save my father's reputation... I am unfilial, and I am dragging my parents down to raise my child for me..."

General Xie, who was outside the room, listened to the noise inside and couldn't help becoming anxious. His daughter's life was in danger and he couldn't stay calm. He stood up and paced back and forth outside the delivery room.

Half an hour later, a loud cry was heard from the delivery room.

"Yuan Niang!" Aunt Wang's exclamation came from inside the house.

"How is Yuanniang?" General Xie asked through the door.

"Please, Daddy... forgive me... Yuanniang..." After Xie Yuanniang said this, she died.

He originally just wanted to punish his daughter for having an affair without a matchmaker, and he didn't really want her to die. He also didn't expect that his daughter would actually die.

General Xie stood there blankly. Yuanniang's death meant that he would no longer have any biological children in this world.

Aunt Wang came out slowly, holding the child, her face full of tears. She hesitated and asked General Xie: "General, this child...can you not send it away? This is the only reason Yuan Niang stayed here..." General Xie originally planned to send the bastard away after it was born, and to arrange for his daughter to marry as a widow in another place. Now that his daughter is gone, he looked at the red baby, finally sighed, and said: "Keep it."

"Then what status will this child have if he stays here?" asked Aunt Wang.

General Xie was upset and wanted to say anything, but suddenly asked, "Boy or girl?"

"boy."

Even though Aunt Wang hated the boy for killing her daughter, she couldn't be cruel to him when she saw his cute, rosy face. Instead, she was extremely clear-headed and made plans for the boy.

"General." Aunt Wang knelt down and grabbed General Xie's sleeve: "I want to register this child under my own name. This is the only flesh and blood left by Yuan Niang. I don't want him to grow up in obscurity..."

General Xie now has only one son, Xie Xingchuan. If Xie Xingchuan was his biological son, he would have rejected this proposal without any hesitation. After all, who would care about an illegitimate child born out of adultery?

But he was injured on the battlefield and could no longer have children. This child was his only bloodline in this world, and it was a boy.

He closed his eyes and thought for a long time before he slowly spoke: "All the servants in the mansion must be replaced. From now on, this child is our son. Name him Xie Xingyin."

When Aunt Wang heard this, she felt relieved.

At this moment, General Xie's personal guard came to report: "General, there is a letter from the capital, written by a man named Gu."

General Xie took the letter, opened it and took a look, then immediately frowned.

Aunt Wang did not dare to ask about General Xie's official affairs. She carried the child into the inner room and urged her confidant to find two wet nurses.

General Xie entered the study and dug out some old letters, all of which were sent by his housekeeper. Although he was in the border town, he had to keep abreast of the developments in the capital at all times to avoid any carelessness and offending the taboos of his superiors.

The top letter was the latest letter from the housekeeper, and the posting date was two days earlier than Gu Mingda's.

General Xie read the housekeeper's judgment of the Gu family in the letter: "Gu Mingda is valued by the emperor and has an excellent reputation. He was ordered to teach the royal family children and has the potential to enter the cabinet. The youngest daughter of the Gu family is deeply loved by the empress dowager and the emperor also dotes on her. The sons of the Gu family are also very promising. The prosperity of the family is just around the corner."

When he was in the capital before, General Xie had a vague feeling that the Gu family seemed to be trying to snatch his son from him.

Now the truth is a bit embarrassing. It turns out that he stole the son from the Gu family, but he still has a clear conscience about raising him for so many years.

The loud cry of the baby seemed to still linger in his ears. The power of blood relationship lies in the fact that just by meeting each other once, it is as if there is an invisible bond between each other. When General Xie thought of Xie Xingyin, his heart could not help but soften.

Separation from one's own flesh and blood is probably the greatest pain in the world. He could have refused outright, but when he thought of his deceased children and his newly born grandson who was still a pink ball, General Xie hesitated for a long time and finally put pen to paper.

People far away in the capital had no way of knowing what happened in the border town. On the second day of the New Year, except for the old couple, all the rest of the Gu family went out.

"Since Madam Xie accepted the visiting invitation yesterday, she shouldn't give us the cold shoulder..." Although Zhang Yunniang said this, she still looked nervous.

Gu Mingda patted her hand soothingly: "Even if I get a few cold looks, it's nothing compared to her kindness in raising the child."

"I hope so."

The carriage stopped in front of the Xie family's door. Unlike the expected cold face, the doorman's expression was normal, as if he was facing an ordinary guest.