The imperial princes and princesses, starting from King Jie of Xia, have numbered countless times.

Whenever a legitimate son or daughter of the emperor is born, the whole country rejoices and cheers for the arrival of auspicious omens. However, whether or not such omens actually arrive is hard to say.

But the twins born in the Jade Dragon Kingdom, symbolizing the auspiciousness of dragon and phoenix, truly are auspicious.

Even Zhou Shaoyu and Xie Zhaozhao were secretly amazed.

May 18th is the third day after the washing ceremony.

Civil and military officials, along with their families, came to participate in the third-day celebration of the twins. These auspicious twins—who wouldn't want to share in their good fortune?

Zhang Yanyan brought her children along and gave each of the two babies a generous gift. She not only gave them gold locks and gold bracelets, but also two estates for each child.

Not to be outdone, Liu Yiyi brought her son along, presented him with a jade pendant, and gave each of the two children five shops.

Qi King Xie Yu spared no expense, showering his two children with gold locks, jade pendants, shops, and estates, practically giving them the entire royal palace.

Life is good now, and the gifts they give are quite substantial.

The gifts given to the princess were especially lavish.

By the end of the day, the gifts received filled several warehouses.

I've filled several notebooks with gift lists.

However, right after the bath, when the Ministry of Rites officials reported the gift list for the two babies, Princess Jiutian suddenly burst into tears, crying her heart out.

The wet nurse couldn't soothe him no matter what she tried. Zhou Shaoyu held him in his arms and coaxed him gently for a long time, but to no avail. In a hurry, he summoned the imperial physician.

After examining the princess, the imperial physician broke out in a cold sweat: "Your Majesty, the princess is perfectly fine, there's nothing wrong with her..."

But Princess Jiutian kept crying, until her voice was hoarse, "Eee..."

The crying was almost turning into a cat's meow, but it was still crying.

Seeing that she was crying uncontrollably, Zhou Shaoyu asked someone to quickly call Uncle Chai and Aunt Chai over, but it was no use. After examining her, they still couldn't find anything wrong.

The palace's poison doctors also examined her, and Princess Jiutian was not poisoned.

She cried all day and wouldn't even drink milk anymore.

Zhou Shaoyu and Xie Zhaozhao were so anxious that they took turns hugging and comforting him. They hugged everyone in the palace, but not a single one could cure him.

In contrast to her anxiety and crying, the Third Prince Zhou Qize was calm and composed, eating and drinking as usual.

"No, there must be something wrong." Zhou Shaoyu summoned Xie Rongyu overnight. "Immediately use the secret method to send a message to Her Majesty Lu Feiyan, and ask her to come and see if *** has been poisoned by a strange poison."

Princess Jiutian cried for over a day and wouldn't even eat. Newborn babies are already so fragile; how could they withstand two days of crying?

Seeing that the child was dying, unable to even cry, falling into a coma, and his body began to convulse.

The famous Xumi Temple, located on the outskirts of Daming Prefecture, has flourished again since the capital was moved to Daming Prefecture.

Yuan Ji would occasionally come to stay for two or three days, but the chances of meeting him were too few.

Despite having just given birth, Xie Zhaozhao insisted on going to Xumi Temple to pray to the gods and Buddhas.

Zhou Shaoyu said, "You just gave birth and your body is so weak, how can you go? Don't worry, I'll go right away."

While preparing to set off to worship Buddha at Xumi Temple, he arranged for Beichen, who was the most relaxed and capable, to invite the old abbot of Huguo Temple.

Zhou Shaoyu changed into his everyday clothes and rode his horse out of the palace gate when he saw Yuanji Living Buddha running towards him, clattering his shoes and muttering to himself.

Zhou Shaoyu immediately dismounted and tried to kneel down before him.

Yuan Ji quickly helped him up, saying, "Don't kneel, don't kneel. Isn't the little princess sick? Take me to see her quickly."

Nanxing had already rushed to the bedchamber on his whirlwind to report to Xie Zhaozhao.

Xie Zhaozhao immediately changed her clothes, put on a headscarf, and was helped out to greet Yuanji Living Buddha.

Living Buddha Yuanji exclaimed, "You must go back quickly, or you'll shorten the little child's lifespan if you get sick."

Nine Heavens *** was carried to the outer room, where Living Buddha Yuanji took her. Zhou Shaoyu watched nervously from the side, fearing that Living Buddha Yuanji might drop her in his madness.

“Monk, I have been confused for countless years. It is fate that I meet you today. You are a person of great merit, and you cannot bear money. Just exchange it for merit.”

Zhou Shaoyu had been listening intently, and upon hearing Yuan Ji's words, he knew that his daughter's background was probably not simple.

Yuanji did something to the baby's face, muttering some incantations, and then fanned himself with his broken fan. The baby then whimpered and woke up.

Zhou Shaoyu immediately took it, and Living Buddha Yuanji smiled and said, "She has an extraordinary background and profound blessings. She is devoted to the country, the people, and all living beings, but she never thinks of herself. You have given her too much..."

"Master, could you please elaborate?"

"She was born to benefit all living beings. She is not destined to be wealthy, as being wealthy will shorten her lifespan. From now on, there is no need to give her money or valuables. Three meals a day, simple food, and clothes made of common cloth are the best things for her."

"..."

But how could the royal family's food, clothing, housing, and transportation not be good?

Yuan Ji shook his head and said, "You'd better send her to a poor place and not let her enjoy royal wealth. She can only come back after a cycle (twelve years)."

Not only was Zhou Shaoyu unable to accept it, but even Aunt Cui next to him started to cry: "What should we do? We finally have a princess, and we have to send her away? How can His Majesty bear to do that? Isn't this like tearing out His Majesty's heart?"

Yuan Ji spread his hands: "If you don't want to, there's nothing I can do. We'll just have to watch her get sick. Anyway, no medicine works for this illness!"

When Xie Zhaozhao heard this, it was like a bolt from the blue.

Her youngest daughter, only a few days old, was to be sent to a poor place to eat simple meals and wear clothes from many families. Wasn't this making her daughter a beggar?

She won't be able to come back for another twelve years; by then, she'll be almost married.

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