Yingbao looked out of the window and saw a man and a woman running towards her carriage holding a tattered bamboo basket.
The guards quickly stopped him and shouted, "Who are you? Get out of the way!"
Yingbao blinked, and when she saw the two people's appearance clearly, she said to the outside: "Let them come over."
So the man and woman ran to the carriage.
The woman cried and said, "Please save my child, he has been bitten by a poisonous snake."
As he said this, he pushed the bamboo basket in his arms towards Yingbao.
Ying Bao lowered her eyes to take a look, then said to Mu Dan who was in the same car, "Bring him over, let me take a look."
Mudan quickly carried the bamboo basket into the carriage.
Yingbao saw the baby's face was pale, sighed, and said to the couple: "Your child is very ill, I'm afraid it will be difficult to cure."
The woman and the man knelt down and kowtowed, "Please be kind and save him. My husband and I will work like slaves for the rest of our lives to repay you."
Yingbao's mouth twitched, and after a long pause, she nodded: "Okay, if he loses his life, you can't blame me."
"Of course." The two kowtowed again: "If you don't believe us, my husband and I are willing to sell ourselves as slaves and serve you for life."
"Alright. Get up, we still have to go on our way." Wei Zhan drove his horse and paced, "You just follow behind."
The two men said yes, lowered their heads and walked with the servants.
Yingbao poked her head out of the carriage and said to a eunuch, "Tell them to stay in the cart carrying miscellaneous items at the back. Don't get off unless necessary."
The eunuch agreed and ran over.
Yingbao then looked at the baby carefully and gave him some Wudingzhi.
The child in the bamboo basket seemed to be in better condition and opened his eyes to look at Yingbao.
She touched the baby's face and teased him, and the baby grinned.
Yingbao picked him up and said softly, "From now on, you will be my child."
Mu Dan sat nearby and didn't dare to say a word.
The baby laughed even more happily and made oohing sounds.
In the evening, the caravan entered the post station to rest.
Ying Bao and Wei Zhan were led by the postmaster into a courtyard.
Mudan followed the two men, carrying a bamboo basket containing the child.
Afterwards, Xinghua, Qiuxiang and Hexiang went to fetch hot water and helped their master to wash.
Yingbao also washed the baby.
Wei Zhan said dissatisfiedly: "Why do you keep him with you? Wouldn't it be the same if you gave him to the maid?"
"It's different. I think he is very cute and I am going to adopt him as my godson." Yingbao held the baby and played with him.
Wei Zhan: …
After washing his hands and face with a pouty mouth, he secretly glared at the baby. The baby caught his gaze, thought it was playing with him, and giggled.
At night, Wei Zhan went out to check on his parents. Ying Bao put the baby beside her and quietly asked Xuan Wu, "Help me see if there is any poison in this child."
Xuanwu snorted and spoke reluctantly: "The poison has not yet been cleared. Didn't you see that his face is all black?"
"How do we remove the remaining poison?" Yingbao asked.
Xuanwu said lazily: "Soak him in the Holy Spirit Water every day. The poison will be completely removed in thirty days."
In fact, Yingbao's blood can also be used to detoxify immediately. After all, her body is reshaped by the essence and blood of the Xuanwu beast, but it will not tell her, because once she knows that her own blood can detoxify, she will definitely think of that drop of golden blood.
It doesn't want to give its flesh and blood to mortals to eat.
Yingbao: "Then give me a small basin of holy water now."
Xuanwu snorted, "I put it under the bed for you, take it yourself."
Yingbao got out of bed and took a look. Sure enough, there was a ceramic basin under the bed. When she touched it, it was still warm.
"Thank you Xuanwu." She undressed the baby and put him in the basin.
The little baby waved his hands and pouted as if he was about to cry.
Yingbao quickly took out the Xuanwu and put it in his hand.
The baby was stunned for a moment, then hugged the Xuanwu and put it into his mouth, chewing on the turtle shell with saliva flowing.
Xuanwu was so angry that he wanted to scratch someone.
This damn woman! She actually gave the majestic divine beast to a mortal child to eat like a sesame cake!
Wei Zhan came in from outside and saw his wife bathing the baby herself. He said, "Since you like children so much, let's have one ourselves in the future."
Yingbao said nothing, but asked Mudan to come in and support the baby to prevent him from drowning.
Mu Dan saw the baby holding a small golden turtle and chewing it, and asked curiously, "Princess, where did you pick up the turtle?"
"This is my pet, I didn't pick it up."
Ying Bao wiped her hands with a towel, turned around and asked Wei Zhan: "Have my parents made all the arrangements?"
"Okay, I've asked the postmaster to prepare food for them and bring hot water, there's nothing else to do."
Yingbao nodded: "You've worked hard. You should get some rest early. We still have to travel tomorrow morning."
Wei Zhan held his wife's hand and said, "You can come too. The child can be taken care of by the maids."
"I want to take him with me." It was absolutely impossible to hand the child over to the maid.
If anything goes wrong, my whole family will be in trouble.
Wei Zhan was helpless and knew that his objection was futile, so he had to make some space on the bed for the child.
After soaking for fifteen minutes, Yingbao asked Mudan to bring the child over.
I put a diaper on him, wrapped him in a swaddle, and placed him next to me.
The baby's face was flushed and he was fast asleep with his eyes closed.
The next day, Mudan and others came in to change the child's diaper and feed him goat milk.
This goat milk was purchased from the postmaster and cooked again, so it smells very fragrant.
There were also several sheep raised in the post station, which were usually driven out for grazing by the postmen.
Before leaving, Yingbao and the postmaster bought a lactating ewe and a lamb and put them in the car.
After walking and stopping along the way for more than ten days, we finally arrived in Zhouhe County.
The magistrate of Zhouhe County and a group of officials were waiting at the city gate early in the morning to salute Yingbao's carriage.
Yingbao didn't like this kind of occasion, so she asked Wei Zhan to deal with it, and she and her group came to the Princess's Mansion.
The renovation of this mansion began long after she was named a princess, and it is almost complete now.
Entering the yard, Mu Dan and several senior palace maids went to arrange people to clean the house, organize the boxes and cages, and spread the mats and quilts.
The baby was held by Xinghua and followed Yingbao around to look around.
Chunniang, Jiang Sanlang, as well as Old Man Jiang, Jiang Liu and others were arranged to rest in another courtyard. Qiuxiang and Hexiang took several maids to boil water and cook for them.
After taking a look around and getting a general idea of the structure of the house, Yingbao lay back on the kang to rest.
After traveling for more than ten days, it was really uncomfortable to be stuck in the carriage and being jolted all the time.
Fortunately, there was a baby nearby to attract her attention, otherwise she would have gotten out of the car and walked.
"Chu Wuyang, smile!" Yingbao teased the little baby.
She gave the baby a new name, Chu Wuyang, which means the King of Chu is safe.
Chu Wuyang frowned and looked at her, then he flipped over with one leg, then tried to crawl towards Yingbao with his little feet, but he couldn't move.
"Wow! You're really capable." Yingbao was amused by his hard work. She took out the black tortoise and put it in the box, leading the baby to crawl over.
Xuanwu was already giving up. He rolled his eyes and snorted, "I hate kids!" Especially kids who drool.