Wufu changed into a plain white dress, using only a silver hairpin to secure her hair, with a small white flower in her hair, holding the child in her arms as she walked out of Madam Zhou's room.
"My mother is gone." She looked at the crowd in the courtyard, her face filled with sorrow.
The crowd froze, not knowing who was the first to cry out, "Madam."
The sorrowful cries rose and fell.
"Nanny Shen, my mother's child has already been born, the wet nurse has already gone to find one, you and Jadeite take care of him first." Wufu handed the child wrapped in a cloak to Nanny Shen: "The weather is cold, go ahead."
Nanny Shen felt surprised and bowing her head to look, saw the child wrapped tightly, and thought how could he be born when Madam Zhou had been in the state of flickering flame?
Although she found it strange and shocking, she dared not inquire, considering it inappropriate at the time.
