Chapter 1161: Clan!

Chen Wuji always thought Chen Bushi and the other two were the highest-ranking in the clan.

After the battle of the Profound Abyss Sect, he learned that the clan not only had grandfathers' generation, but also great-grandfathers' generation.

It's just that these old men hid themselves too deeply, so even family members thought they had long been dead, year after year offering incense and kowtowing, devoutly making offerings.

Who would have thought they were all alive and well.

According to Chen Li, only he, Chen Bushi, and Chen Luozi truly knew about this.

Everyone else was completely unaware.

Although he once again felt the sense of a Chu Men world, Chen Wuji's immunity was now strong, so when he found out, he was only slightly surprised, and then there was nothing after that.

He had long understood what needed to be understood; the rest was merely admiration.

In that chaotic environment, the Chen clan still managed to grit their teeth and achieve this much; for the sake of the clan's descendants, the ancestors could truly be said to have exhausted their hearts.

……

Half a month after Shen Youwei gave birth, Huo Sanniang also successfully gave birth to a male infant.

The birth of this child could truly be said to have gathered the gaze of thousands upon one person.

It simply landed in the hearts of everyone.

Qin Zhanhong and others very much hoped Huo Sanniang would give birth to a boy.

To achieve this goal, they even engaged in many genuine metaphysical practices before Huo Sanniang's childbirth, praying to gods and making wishes being the most basic; Yu Yan Chu even set up a formation in the courtyard, saying it was some palace secret method.

As for the civil and military officials under Chen Wuji, there's no need to mention them further.

They had been hoping for this day, not knowing how long they had waited.

When the news of Huo Sanniang giving birth to a male infant spread, this group of people became as happy as if they had drunk stimulants, joyful for several days.

"Wuji."

In the warm sunlight of the East Pavilion, Huo Sanniang wrapped in heavy clothing, looked at Chen Wuji with an expression of having nothing left to love in life, "I'm dressed like this in such hot weather, I'm afraid I'll be smothered to death."

Chen Wuji bent down and lifted Huo Sanniang, moving her to a place not exposed to sunlight.

But that was all he could do.

"Telling you this is useless; even if you change your clothes now, they'll just dress you back up later." Chen Wuji said helplessly.

"Actually, I also think your way of dressing isn't good, but look, I've said this so many times—has anyone listened? Their reasons are far more than mine, I truly can't argue against them."

Observing the confinement period is a very major matter for women, requiring utmost caution.

And Qin Zhanhong and others, they have truly exerted these four words to the utmost.

It is completely meticulous caution, down to the smallest detail.

From what Huo Sanniang eats and drinks, to how she dresses and sits, every single item, every single clause strictly follows the ancient rules passed down, so cautious that it can even be described as harsh.

The current Jiangxia City in this season is already very hot; Chen Wuji feels many things are actually unnecessary, and Huo Sanniang strongly agrees, but their mutual agreement is useless.

Qin Zhanhong and others have reasons that are dozens of times more than theirs.

Above, there is the royal confinement version provided by Yu Yan Chu and Qin Zhanhong; below, there is the common version provided by the wet nurse; this matter is such that even Zhang Lao, this divine doctor, couldn't intervene, merely providing a prescription and a bit of advice.

Huo Sanniang pouted her lips, her face full of resentment, "Such days…… actually still have a month left, I think about it, it's really terrifying, so hard to endure."

"Endure the hardship; Zhang Lao said although what they're doing is indeed a bit excessive, it can still be considered thorough, what else can we do?" Chen Wuji said with a light laugh, "Just bear with it, only one more month left, find something else to do, it'll still pass quickly."

Huo Sanniang nodded helplessly, shifting the topic to ask: "Have you decided on a name for our son?"

"I have, but currently several clan elders and the cabinet are still discussing it; in my view, this matter may still need to continue for a period of time." Chen Wuji said.

As he expected.

He had already lost half of his authority to name his son.

During yesterday's discussion, someone brought up this matter, he casually threw out the name he had thought of, and then a group of people below said the name is part of qi flow, cannot be hasty.

This is essentially saying Chen Wuji's chosen name is not good.

The group's opinion was very uniform.

Chen Wuji could say nothing else; he could only let them discuss it.

Huo Sanniang chuckled lightly, "Today's events, listening to them, I feel dazed; who would have thought that I, a concubine, would also have such an identity one day…… now thinking back, it feels unreal, the dazed feeling is just like in a dream."

"Who says it isn't so."

"I still remember when we two couldn't even eat rice, I went every day to shovel wild vegetables in the mountains. That patch of land I shoveled back and forth for several days, I feared the other villagers would discover it, and also feared that after shoveling it all, there would be nothing left to eat." Huo Sanniang's eyes showed reminiscence, her gaze gentle.

"I clearly remember the daily growth of those wild vegetables, even now it's crystal clear. But I never imagined that in just these short four years, our child's mere naming has already reached such a solemn level."

Chen Wuji sat down beside Huo Sanniang, "Sanniang, those years you suffered."

"Husband, why must you say these things to me? The hardships you ate are no less than mine." Huo Sanniang laughed lightly, "We both know how it is; the clan endured humiliation and bore burdens, everything has its cause, it's not intentional mistreatment of us."

Speaking to this point, she suddenly reached out and gently pinched Chen Wuji's palm, "Regardless of how I am, I am blameless, but you should not resent the clan elders; they are actually the ones who have suffered the most."

"The clan is not unwilling to help us, but rather, they have their own difficulties. Let me say something I shouldn't say: without them, there would be no husband's today."

Chen Wuji laughed and slightly shook his head, "I am not that foolish a person; when I first heard this, I indeed felt some displeasure in my heart, but now I have long understood it."

"Rather than saying who between us suffered more, it's better to say that the clan's endurance and burden-bearing brought about today. Moreover, the elders' approach is not wrong; if those pieces of news had leaked out ten days or half a month earlier, many things now would likely have undergone changes."

"Who wouldn't want to live openly and honestly? Hiding secretly behind the scenes, that feeling is actually not very good, not everyone is like that dog thing, Snake Staff Old Man."

Huo Sanniang smiled gently and warmly, "Husband being able to understand is already the best."

"Understood, there's nothing not to understand."

"Mm."

Huo Sanniang took a light taste and then stopped; this topic didn't go deeper, so she stopped there.

Chen Wuji almost forgot when Sanniang started having this habit.

Before, she was always uneasy about him, always liked to dissect a matter thoroughly, speak clearly and clearly, and still repeatedly remind him, to prevent him from forgetting.

"Sanniang……"

Chen Wuji called out softly, but then didn't know how to say this topic.

"Huh?"

"Nothing, do you feel better now?"