Year: 170 A.D.
Location: Caojia, Concubine Bai's Residence
Two weeks after the birth of our Main-Character, as well as the day the letter containing the name he will be given, written by his father Cao Song arrived at Caojia…
[PovCaoBu]
I hear the cries and shouts of roosters and chickens, waking me from my latest slumber, sleeping the most restful and peaceful sleep I have rested in a long time…
As I open my eyes, I feel the Supreme-Mother of this galaxy rising alongside with me, shining pure-vitality and life-essence rays and flares, shedding life upon my side of the planet…
I have woken once again from the many slumbers I have entered since finishing my last struggle with death, escaping from the womb I had meditated inside for the fortnight before my escape…
Now, as a infant barely a fortnight of age, I have almost given up on developing some sort of motor-control or at the least master some body-control as my entire body develops rapidly every time I fall into a slumber…
This morning something seems different however, I notice the young woman who is currently tasked with watching over me, she is still oblivious to my waking….
"Hm, hm…" I attempted to clear my throat, producing some noise to alert my watcher or minder, I have risen it is time for my day to begin…
"The young-master is awake!" The young woman exclaimed, as she turned her dark pupils towards me locking onto my eyes…
I nodded to her, as best as I could succeeding in the task far more than usual, I notice her eyes widen as I nod my little baby head…
So, I decided to kick it up a notch and attempt to somwhat point my tiny hands and finger at my mouth, to signal or sign with my body language that I was thirsty and hungry all at the same time…
She immediately became a little unnerved at my actions, her eyes turned a little more sharp and intelligent as she bowed and spoke…
"Yes, young-master!" The wetnurse replied as she proceeded to feed me, I notice Lady Ding has found me a more qualified wetnurse with adaquete reserves of milk needed or required for my development…
I focus my senses on the nutrients I am absorbing through the sustenance, I am being shamefully fed from the teat of a young-mother, as they flow through my blood and organs all throughout my body from head to toe…
At this rate of development I should start teething soon, at the least I shall be able to eat soft-foods, I require more sustenance…
I have been focusing on closing my eyes and ears, babbling and producing baby-noises, attempting to control my baby vocal-chords to develop some sort of speech or speaking ability…
The sudden bouts of sleepiness I have been dueling with all throughout the fortnight since my second-birth, arrive once more in full-force up in arms, as I was busy trying guzzle all the life-force carrying milk from my milk-maid that I possibly could…
'Fuck' I think to myself, as I fight with all I can to stay conscious and awake, before failing to stand up to the task as I fall into another slumber….
Not too far away from Cao Bu, as he enter another period of dreaming, inside the Mansion of the Minister of Finance Cao Song…
Location: Henan-Province, Capital-City of the Eastern-Han Empire Luoyang, Minister of Finance's Residence, Main-Hall
[PovCaoSong]
"Mengde, you must focus on your studies more, I plan for you to serve as Xiaolan in a few more years, we will always be treated as eunuchs since my adopted father Cao Teng was a highly-favored eunuch for the previous emperor, your official-position will be of utmost importance to the family…" I continued teaching my eldest son as I spoke, thinking about the current turmoil between the current emperor's favored-eunuchs and the eunuch's hostile-forces…
"Yes, father I will do as you command, the people are starving while the eunuchs are selling official positions, I am used to being ostracized by the scholars and wealthy families alike, I know it and I will study hard and become Xiaolan as you wish father!" Mengde replied, speaking words that could be used against us if they were heard by our enemies, causing me to just sigh and shake my head…
"Your mother has written, you shall take my steward with you to the horse-market, purchase a young warhorse for your new brother Bu'er, I shall have it sent back to Caojia a moon from now…." I replied after sighing and shaking my head, telling my eldest son the errand I required him to run for me, before turning to my steward and nodding my head to him….
"Yes father, I shall find a most worthy steed for my youngest brother, good-day father…" Replied my son, as Cao Fu my head-butler bowed to me then followed him to purchase the colt for my youngest son…
"I speak of studies, he speaks of eunuchs, by all the land and river spirits hear my prayers, please protect my Cao-Family, shield and guide us…." I speak aloud to myself, shaking my head and sighing once more once I finished my statement…
Back at Caojia, where Lady Ding is informing Concubine Bai her husband had replied to the letter she had sent upon the birth of Cocubine Bai's son…
Location: Caojia, Concubine Bai's Residence
[PovLadyDing]
"Bu'er, what a perfect name for our little warrior, thank you Lady Ding!" Concubine Bai replied, after I informed her of the name Jugao picked for her son…
"Jugao, will have Mengde purchase a fitting and worthy colt from Luoyang and have it sent here for Bu'er…" I informed her, causing her blue-eyes to widen, before she immediately bowed to me…
"Thank you Head-Wife, I am more than honored for Bu'er to recieve such a gift!" The exotic looking woman spoke, bowing even lower as she expressed her gratitude for my words informing her of what Jugao wrote on the reply-letter…
"You have done well Concubine Bai, Bu'er is blessed by the spirits, we can all see it with our very eyes, you have birthed a blessing upon my Cao-Family, you will be rewarded…" I told the young woman, causing her to almost fall to her knees to kowtow to me…
"Stop! Do not bow so soon after giving birth, you must not push yourself, you must rest… I shall visit Bu'er, we shall speak again before I leave" I said, as I grabbed her by her shoulders stopping her from continueing to grovel, looking her in the eyes, before leaving to find my blessed-child of the Cao-Family…