Song Xibai's face also turned pale.

Fortunately, Song Siyuan's next words relieved both of them.

“Xixi is in better condition. She is about four months pregnant now, and both babies in her womb are still alive.”

After Song Siyuan finished speaking, he changed the subject again.

"However, the pulse being strong and weak is not a good thing!"

Song Xibai was filled with anxiety.

There's no ultrasound here, so how can you tell the condition of the baby in the womb just by taking a pulse? Even in modern times, it would be very difficult to deal with a situation like this, where the baby is carrying twins, one strong and one weak, and the weak one is on the verge of death.

It's either protect them all or give them all up; trying to protect only one is too difficult.

Unfortunately, she is already four months pregnant. Inducing labor at this time would cause great damage to her body. If she is not careful, it could damage her uterus and make it difficult for her to conceive in the future.

In that instant, many thoughts flooded her mind. She thought of her past life, and of her mother in this life…

As her anxiety subsided, Song Xibai quickly calmed down and gently stroked her belly.

I will not relive my mother's fate.

It's not too late...

The crown prince was not in a good mood either.

Everything was going so smoothly, so why...?

He closed his eyes briefly, his gaze sweeping over Song Xibai in his arms. Seeing the ever-changing expression on her face, his heart suddenly ached.

After a long silence, he finally made a decision.

"Is it too late to have an induced abortion now?"

Song Xibai suddenly looked up, her gaze intense, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"Yuan Shen! How dare you!"

Song Xibai shoved him away, her finger trembling as she pointed at his nose, angrily calling him by his full name.

Song Siyuan and Ding Xiang's expressions changed. One looked flustered, while the other hurriedly covered Song Xibai's mouth, afraid that she would say something offensive.

The Crown Prince grasped Song Xibai's hand and explained in a low voice.

"There's no other way. If these two children are going to take your life, it's better not to have them at all. If you want the children, there are other ways..."

Before he could finish speaking, Song Xibai shook off his hand and pushed hard against his chest, almost knocking the prince to the ground.

"Having children is easy for you, of course. You sleep with seventeen or eighteen women, and one of them is bound to get pregnant. These are my children. What right do you have to decide their life or death?"

"Qingqing, calm down. I'm doing this for your own good."

"Don't call me that! What Qing? Who's your Qingqing?"

Song Xibai protected her stomach with one hand and pushed him hard with the other.

The crown prince was furious.

"Don't be so willful!"

This sentence was almost shouted out.

Song Xibai's hand loosened and fell to his sides as he stared blankly at the Crown Prince.

Then, her eyes instantly filled with tears.

In the blink of an eye, tears fell like pearls from a broken string, dripping down her face.

Song Xibai didn't want to cry, but she couldn't stop. Her heart felt like a freshly ripened green lemon, sour and astringent.

When the crown prince saw her crying, he panicked.

"My love..."

He wanted to hug Song Xibai, but Song Xibai turned away.

The prince reached out and pulled her shoulders.

"I didn't mean to yell at you, I just lost control in the heat of the moment. Please don't be angry, okay?"

The crown prince coaxed him in a low voice.

Song Xibai ignored him and raised her hand to wipe her tears, but the more she wiped, the more tears fell.

Dingxiang, who was standing to the side, was extremely anxious!

But it was obviously inappropriate for outsiders to speak at the moment, so she could only keep her mouth shut and silently take out her handkerchief.

Song Xibai took the handkerchief and wiped her face haphazardly.

My chest feels tight and I can't breathe properly.

She knew it was because she had cried twice in a row, so she tried to calm herself down and regulate her breathing.

After calming down a bit, Song Xibai finally spoke.

"It's getting late, Your Highness, you should go and rest! I'm tired and want to sleep."

After saying that, he didn't turn around, but lay down on the bed, pulled the blanket over his head, and covered his head.

The other three exchanged glances, all feeling somewhat helpless.

In the end, Dingxiang gestured to the Crown Prince and Song Siyuan, telling them to go out first, while she stayed behind to keep watch.

After the Crown Prince and Song Siyuan left, Song Xibai poked his head out from under the covers.

"Dingxiang, go get me some paper and pen so I can write down the pulse."

As he spoke, he extended his left hand and placed it on his right wrist.

She didn't know it before because she didn't, but now that she does, she must remember her current pulse and physical condition.

Dingxiang quickly retrieved paper and pen from the small study.

Song Xibai said a sentence, and she wrote it down. After she finished writing, Dingxiang looked at her expression and asked cautiously.

"Are you really planning to keep the child?"

Song Xibai sighed and turned to look at her.

"Then let me ask you, given my current condition, if I were to have a forced abortion, would it not harm my body?"

Dingxiang was speechless.

Whether it's a natural miscarriage or an induced one, it's impossible for the mother's body to be completely free of damage.

It will take at least one or two years to raise it.

“Miscarriage can cause many health problems, so this is not a foolproof solution.”

Song Xibai lowered her voice as she spoke.

"Besides, the children are perfectly fine right now. I just can't bring myself to give them up."

Song Xibai thought that this might be because her maternal instincts had strengthened after she became pregnant. She just couldn't bear to think that the child in her belly was still alive.

Dingxiang rested her chin on her hands and sighed as well.

"I don't know how to advise you, and I've never had a child either, but I think His Highness is right. The child hasn't been born yet! In my opinion, naturally, nothing is as important as you, a friend I've known for over ten years."

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