Tianliangyuan

Chapter 462 Twins

After hearing what they had found out, Empress Qu learned that Xiao Tao had been bullied in life and had taken revenge on those people after death, and that none of them were innocent.

The most outrageous thing is that Jiang Ning was actually able to sleep peacefully after burning paper money for Xiao Tao for seven consecutive days.

Tsk, this is outrageous!

But now that the matter has been investigated, Empress Qu must make a decision.

Anyway, she and Consort Jiang didn't get along, so dealing with Jiang Ning was no problem for her. But the question was, could she take this opportunity to completely eliminate the chance for Prince Zhong to ascend the throne?

This is a rare and wonderful opportunity!

If you miss it, who knows when the next opportunity will come?

Especially now that His Majesty seems so energetic, he is even less willing to appoint a crown prince.

Empress Qu invited her brother Qu Shiji to the palace to discuss the matter. In the end, the two decided to give it another push and make the news of the haunted Prince Zhong's mansion spread throughout the entire capital.

Of course, they mainly targeted Lady Jiang in the Prince's mansion; only a fool would directly target Prince Zhong.

In this way, their goal can naturally be achieved.

Firstly, it would further damage the reputation of the Jiang family. Secondly, it would also be a way to suppress the power of the Prince Zhong's mansion. How could a prince, who couldn't even manage the women in his own household, presume to claim he was in charge of the world?

Of course, the third point is that this opportunity can be used to weaken Prince Zhong's importance in His Majesty's heart. At the same time, Empress Qu can have Prince An and his wife bring the young imperial grandson to the palace to talk and show filial piety. The contrast between the two is so stark that it will surely provoke His Majesty.

As expected, Empress Qu's guess was correct. Comparing the two, Emperor Yong'an was naturally very satisfied with Prince An.

At the end of March, Xu Zhaozhao took her own life.

She was eating fruit and listening to someone sing when she suddenly felt a churning in her stomach and immediately realized something was wrong.

Fortunately, both Xu and Yu, the nannies around her, were experienced, and a midwife had been found in advance, and the delivery room was prepared in advance, so everything went relatively smoothly.

Xu Zhaozhao was pregnant with twins. In this situation, the delivery would either be very smooth or extremely difficult.

Upon hearing the news, Wang Ruolan and Xu Han rushed over without even changing their clothes.

Xie Zheng stood guard outside the delivery room, peeking through the crack in the door every now and then, behaving like a bandit!

Xu Zhaozhao didn't rush to use her special ability, mainly because she wasn't in unbearable pain right now.

However, she didn't want her family to worry too much, so she roughly estimated the actual situation and then secretly transferred supernatural abilities to the fetus in her womb.

Wang Ruolan was anxious, and Xu Han was even more anxious. He kept pacing around outside, but instead of receiving any news from the delivery room, he brought Xie Xiaolin over.

"Xu Mutou, can you be quiet for a moment? You're giving me a headache!"

"Get lost! Just seeing you and your brat makes my eyes hurt!"

When the two started arguing, everyone kept their distance, afraid of getting splattered with blood.

Wang Ruolan ignored them, her prayer beads spinning rapidly in her hand, hoping only that her daughter and child would be safe.

Madam Xie and Madam Yu were also waiting anxiously. Madam Yu was actually a little worried and wanted to go in to check, but her mother-in-law did not agree.

Besides the people around Xu Zhaozhao, there were three midwives inside. One of them was found by Wang Ruolan, and the other two were arranged by Xu Zhaozhao herself.

Madam Yu and Madam Xie had considered this idea before, but seeing that Xu Zhaozhao had arranged everything in an orderly manner, they did not interfere.

After waiting for nearly fifteen minutes, Fourth Madam Xiaolin finally arrived leisurely.

The men glanced at her but said nothing.

Kobayashi knew that the gap between her and Wang Ruolan was too great, so she simply curtsied slightly and sat quietly to the side.

Soon, noises came from the delivery room.

"Young Madam, give it your all! We can see the baby's head now!"

"Young Madam, you must not let your guard down, otherwise all the suffering you endured will have been for nothing!"

Xu Zhaozhao's hair was already soaked with sweat. At this moment, she could not bear it any longer and directly activated her superpower to make the two children come out quickly. She only thought that after giving birth, she would slowly use her superpower to nourish her body.

"One has come out! Young Madam, you mustn't sleep, there's another one in your belly."

After a few more breaths, the midwife looked up and said, "It looks like we'll have to wait a little longer. Go and bring some food for the young mistress."

This was because they were worried that Xu Zhaozhao would be too exhausted to give birth to a second child.

Granny Yu carefully held the baby in her arms. The baby's face had been cleaned, and the skin was wrinkled. The baby was not light when held in her arms.

There is another side door to the delivery room, which requires going around a screen.

Passing through the side door, you'll find yourself where Wang Ruolan and the others are anxiously waiting.

"Congratulations, Your Highness! Congratulations on the birth of a son by the Princess."

Xie Zheng glanced at the child in her arms, then looked towards the delivery room: "How is the princess?"

"Your Highness, rest assured, the Princess is doing well and is eating to replenish her strength."

Wang Ruolan has also given birth to twins, so she understands from this that the second child will probably take a little longer to come out.

Grandma Xie held her great-grandson in her arms, unable to get enough of looking at him. Her mouth was constantly open, and her eyes were so wide with laughter that they were practically slits.

Xie Xiaolin also came over to take a look; this was his eldest grandson!

"Yes, she looks like Zhao Zhao, and she's pretty."

Ms. Kobayashi pursed her lips but didn't say anything.

Before the nanny could take the child away, more noise came from inside.

This delivery was faster and went more smoothly.

If you calculate it this way, the two young men were born about 15 minutes apart.

In an instant, the courtyard was filled with congratulatory voices.

Xu Zhaozhao had already fallen asleep. Although she wasn't as exhausted as other mothers, it was still quite physically demanding.

After Xie Zheng strode in, he slowly approached and saw his wife's noticeably pale face, which pained him greatly.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the princess is just resting. After lying down for another two hours, she can move to her bedroom."

"Ah."

Xu Zhaozhao actually heard Xie Zheng speak, but she was too tired to open her eyes, so she moved her fingers slightly.

Upon seeing this, Xie Zheng immediately grabbed her fingers and said, "The children are doing well, Zhao Zhao, you must take good care of yourself too. If it hurts too much, we won't have any more children."

Xu Zhaozhao smiled slightly, without opening her eyes or saying anything.

Xie Zheng gripped it even tighter.

The news that Princess Anle had safely given birth to twins quickly spread throughout the capital.

When Xu Zhaozhao was giving birth, Emperor Yong'an received the news and specially sent imperial physicians and eunuchs to her, both to save Xu Zhaozhao and to wait for news.

Only after the eunuch returned and reported this did Emperor Yong'an finally feel relieved.

"Issue the decree: Reward him!"