Chapter 1049: Dont reject us in the future (2/2)

Ning Jing didn’t protest. She truly was feeling weak and her injuries still hurt. Bai Yuqiao and the rest worked together to move Ning Jing to a warm bed on the side while Mu Linger took her spot. She covered herself up with sheets while Ning Jing held onto the baby.

“Medicine, drink the medicine first,” Mu Linger urged.

The servant girl hurried to carry over the two bowls of medicine and gave one each to Mu Linger and Ning Jing. Yet the midwife stopped Ning JIng with a helpless air. “Miss Jiing, you must be hungry, right? Eat some food first, before drinking that brew.”

They couldn’t come out, but neither could the outsiders step in. Fortunately, the midwife had long ordered the servant girl to cook up a bowl of lean meat porridge on the side. Hearing this, Ning Jing finally realized she was hungry--so much that her entire stomach felt hollow.

“Big sis Jing, I’ll feed you!” Mu Linger quickly scooted to the edge of the bed, but Bai Yuqiao shot her a glare.

“Lie down and stay put!” she cried. Picking up the porridge, she sat next to Ning Jing herself.

“No need, I can manage myself,” Ning Jing refused.

“Just consider this me doing my task to the end! When you escape in the future, remember my good points and treat my little sister well!” Bai Yuqiao said.

“You’re not leaving?” Ning Jing asked.

Bai Yuqiao fed her a spoonful of soup without a word. Ning Jing didn’t press the issue, but ate spoonful after spoonful of soup. Her heart was filled with gratitude at the sight of Bai Yuqiao’s serious face. Who would have thought that this girl would be feeding her soup today?

After finishing the porridge, Ning Jing felt some strength returning. She drank up the medicine and laid down on the bed, already tired enough to sleep. Yet she couldn’t bear to shut her eyes and ended up staring at her baby sleeping instead.

“She still looks a little more like Tang Li,” Ning Jing muttered to herself. “Especially her nose and mouth. Daughter, you better not learn from your father’s mouth in the future, always saying what you want and making a racket.”

With difficulty, she shifted on her side and gave her daughter a kiss.

No one urged her to rest, because they all knew she wouldn’t be able to keep her baby for long. As Ning Jing stared at the baby, she couldn’t resist reaching out to touch her little face, or tug at her little hands. Perhaps she really was exhausted, because she ended up dozing off in the end. Bai Yuqiao and Mu Linger both exchanged looks, unsure of what to do. Even they couldn’t bear to part with the baby!

One hour later, Ning JIng was still asleep, but the midwife woke her up and said, “Miss Jing, feed the child some milk.”

With her guidance, the first-time mother Ning JIng managed to hold her daughter and feed her successfully for the fist time.

“Child,” she murmured, “Eat a little more, drink until you’re full. Father and mother are sorry to you. You have to remember us. Your mother’s name is Ning Jing, and your father’s name is Tang Li. You...you can blame us all you want, but...in the future, please don’t reject us.”

By the end, Ning Jing was too choked up to speak. She lifted her head but stubbornly refused to cry. How could a mother cry in front of her daughter?

Mu Linger and the rest didn’t dare to make a peep. Her eyes were already red with tears, while Bai Yuqiao turned away, unable to look any longer. How wonderful it would be if time could just pass a little slower?

Still, time waited for no one. By daylight, the tiger by the door had left. Seeing this, the guards and soldiers finally drew close. They got rid of the corpses first before the head guard personally knocked on the door. “Miss Bai! Miss Bai, it’s safe now, you can come out.”

No one reacted inside.

Ning JIng simply pretended to hear nothing as she tightened her grip on the baby, rubbing her cheek against hers. Mu Linger laid on the bed while clutching the sheets, gritting her teeth to endure it all. Bai Yuqiao sat in the corner without responding.

Knockknockknock!

The pounding on the door grew fiercer. “Miss Bai, are you inside? Can you say something?”

“Miss Bai, has anything happened inside? Where’s the child?”

“Miss Bai, if you’re not coming out, we’re going to come in!”

Finally, Bai Yuqiao lifted her head. She shot Ning Jing an apologetic look, but the latter wasn’t paying her any attention. Resolutely, she rose to her feet. It’d be much worse if the guards charged straight inside instead. On her way to the door, she passed by Ning Jing and whispered, “Ning Jing, I’m sorry I couldn’t help you.”

Then she took wide strides out of the building.

“What’s with all the racket? The mother needs rest, don’t you understand?” she snapped at the guards.

The soldiers were resentful. “Miss Bai, the Duke of Kang has orders for us to take the child away. It’s not convenient for us men to enter, so we’d like to trouble you to carry the baby out.”

1. Not his actual brother, just a term for older comrades-in-arms.