Li Yunyan was listless for a few days, but then she became energetic again.

The Xia family members all breathed a sigh of relief.

When she was eight months pregnant, the emperor died and the crown prince succeeded to the throne.

The emperor wasn't supposed to die so soon, but recently he'd listened to some slanderous advice and started thinking about deposing the crown prince.

Later, for some reason, he became obsessed with taking pills.

What good could those pills be? They're full of heavy metals, practically slow-acting poisons!

As expected, the emperor choked himself to death!

Li Yunyan's belly is now alarmingly large, and after her persistent pleading, Xia Xiunian finally agreed to take her to the coronation ceremony.

However, instead of having her with the noblewomen, a good seat was arranged for her so that she could sit and watch.

The system went crazy as soon as we entered the coronation ceremony.

[Ding! Excellent male detected! Host, please focus on the mission and actively complete it!]

[Ding! Excellent male detected...]

[Ding! Excellent male detected...]

With her belly bulging as she was about to give birth, Li Yunyan cursed the system for being inhuman while simultaneously sizing up the outstanding talents it had discovered.

The Crown Prince's subordinates were mostly young men, and each of them was young, promising, and had an extraordinary air about them; they were indeed quite impressive!

But the best one of them is still my own dear husband!

She watched with great interest; this talent show was on a much higher level than the poetry gathering she'd attended last time! She wished she had some melon seeds in her hand to crack open right then and there!

Then Chunyu stuffed a bag of candied fruit into my hand.

Chunyu said in a soft voice, "Miss, the young master said that if you're feeling peckish, you can have some candied fruit to satisfy your cravings. After he comes back, he'll take you out to eat something delicious!"

Li Yunyan nodded, popped a candied fruit into her mouth, and squinted her eyes because they were sore.

Then my ears exploded!

[Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! ......]

Li Yunyan vigorously picked at her ears. Was the system... malfunctioning?

Immediately afterward, a series of figures appeared in her field of vision—

A monk?!

Li Yunyan almost choked, so she quickly picked up her teacup and took a sip.

The system's bottom line is getting lower and lower!

After a long period of crowing, the system finally caught its breath and took a moment to explain to Li Yunyan: "Host! This isn't my fault, it's yours!"

"What's it to blame me for? Is it because I'm too beautiful?"

[Host! This is really your fault! It's all because of you last time at the poetry gathering, you insisted I scan all those ugly guys, which caused my database to be full of junk, dragging down the average score! This time, seeing so many excellent men, I have to update the database properly, right?]

"An outstanding man? Does a monk... count?"

【Why doesn't it count? Aside from being bald, in every way does she not meet the host's standards regarding appearance, figure, and purity?】

Li Yunyan didn't want to scrutinize the monk's appearance or physique; that would be too impolite! However, as far as their innocence was concerned, there was no problem with their group.

"Ugh! Well then, go ahead and update the database! And while you're at it, turn off the sound, I can't concentrate!"

Okay!

......

On the very night the Crown Prince ascended the throne, his wife, who had already become Empress, went into labor and gave birth to the Crown Prince's first son.

Eldest son!

The whole nation celebrates!

The arrival of the young prince further enhanced Li Yunyan's reputation, and His Majesty even bestowed upon her a golden plaque with the inscription "Miraculous Hands and Benevolent Heart" in his own handwriting.

Li Yunyan arranged for the plaque to be carried to the ancestral hall so that the ancestors could admire it for a long time, and then had it hung on the gate of the Li family mansion.

The plaque was personally bestowed by His Majesty; I doubt anyone would dare steal it.

Li Yunyan and Xia Xiunian also attended the baby's third-day celebration.

The Empress was beaming with joy. His Majesty had just ascended the throne, and that very night she gave birth to the eldest prince—a double blessing. Even if His Majesty had many more sons in the future, the eldest prince's position would never be shaken!

She held Li Yunyan's hand and sincerely thanked her: "Yunyan, thanks to you! If it weren't for you, I don't know when my son would have had the chance to meet me!"

"Your Majesty flatters me. The young prince and Your Majesty are destined to be mother and son. Li Yunyan merely brought the young prince here earlier."

This timing is perfect, it's such a coincidence!

Not too early, not too late, it's exactly the day His Majesty ascends the throne!

It was simply destined by heaven!

The Empress was overwhelmed with gratitude and didn't know how to express it. Her gaze shifted downwards and landed on the woman's protruding belly.

"Are you about to give birth?"

Li Yunyan nodded slightly, "It's been more than eight months already. I'm carrying twins, so the labor might start earlier than expected."

Twins are great!

The Empress smiled and said, "If there are two boys, I will let them grow up with the Emperor. If there is a girl, I will accept her as my daughter-in-law!"

"this......"

Li Yunyan was both amused and exasperated. She was pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl. Could this be an arranged marriage?

He could only smile and say, "Let's wait until the children are a bit older before making a decision. What if they don't like each other by then? We can't force them to get together, can we?"

But the Empress had a great liking for Li Yunyan. With her looks, her daughter would surely be stunningly beautiful!

Only a woman like that is worthy of her imperial son!

The more she thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. So she asked the nanny to bring two jade pendants of excellent quality, and handed one to Li Yunyan. "This is a token. If they become enemies when they grow up, we can think of another way then!"

Li Yunyan had no choice but to accept it, "Then this humble woman thanks Your Majesty the Empress on behalf of my daughter!"

The Empress was overjoyed, "It really is a girl?"

Li Yunyan nodded, "I have taken my pulse and I am carrying a boy and a girl."

"That's wonderful! Yunyan, you're so lucky!"

The Empress looked at Li Yunyan's belly with affection, as if she were looking at her daughter-in-law.

*

A month later, Li Yunyan gave birth to a son and a daughter.

The son was named Li Mingcheng, and the daughter was named Li Mingxin.

Although they all shared the surname Li, the Xia family was so happy that they held a banquet for three days straight.

Xia's mother looked at her two little grandchildren with shining eyes, feeling that everything about them was wonderful, and she didn't want to be separated from them for even a moment.

So, under the pretext of taking care of her daughter-in-law and grandson, she moved into the Li family mansion.

After living there for more than a month, Xia's father couldn't stand the loneliness and moved into the Li residence with his steward.

Looking at this large family, and then looking up at the plaque of the Li family mansion, Li Yunyan felt that something was not quite right.

Xia Xiunian didn't think much of it before, but after enjoying a carefree life with Li Yunyan, he also realized that living in the same mansion as his parents was really inconvenient.

But what could he do? He couldn't exactly send them back, could he?

The only solution is to get Li Yunyan to give birth to her fifth child as soon as possible, so that her parents can take the child back to the Xia family mansion and raise it themselves!

But before Li Yunyan even started getting pregnant with her third or fourth child, he was already thinking about the fifth!

Time is tight and the task is heavy; the workload is considerable!