"Then what are you doing?"
"You already have two little ones, don't let your sister have another one." Those three days were excruciating for him.
"You really wanted a daughter?"
Zhu Yu's eyes darted around: "Well, I don't really like it that much. Stop with the nonsense, just tell me, do you like it or not? Preferably something that's a one-and-done solution!"
Lu Yuyan straightened his back: "Yes! To perform vasectomies on men!"
It didn't sound so bad: "Okay, then get ready, I'll come over tomorrow. I'll get that surgery you just mentioned done."
"Zhu Yu, are you really going to get a tubal ligation?"
Zhu Yu's eyes continued to dart around: "Hmm, hmm."
He turned and walked outside.
Lu Yuyan looked at his back.
Zhu Yu turned back again: "You're not allowed to tell your sister about this!"
"Oh, oh... okay."
When Zhu Yu returned to the room, Lu Xiaoyun had just finished eating, and Li Feng was cleaning up the dishes. When she saw Zhu Yu, she said, "Your Highness, the Princess Consort is recovering very well. Look, she drank half a bowl of red bean porridge again."
Ha, how could she not recover well? He's the one who suffered all the pain!
"Who entered the palace half an hour ago, when the king and queen were asleep?"
Li Feng narrowed her eyes: "This servant."
Did you say anything?
"What did you say?" Li Feng thought for a moment. "Oh, I remember now. I said, 'Your Highness, you were so brave this time! Your Highness is so kind and wonderful!' Do you think I was right? Wasn't Your Highness especially brave and wonderful?"
Zhu Yu's forehead veins were throbbing. So, he had two sons and didn't get to properly recover after childbirth, all thanks to you two!
Li Feng blinked as she looked at the prince who was about to collapse: "Your Highness, what's wrong? I didn't say anything wrong."
Zhu Yu took a deep breath, then another. He wasn't angry, not at all. He opened his mouth wide, gritted his teeth, and said, word by word, "Yes, she is very brave! She's awesome!"
Li Feng wondered why the prince was speaking through gritted teeth.
...
Shenyang, Imperial Study
Zhu Dan stood by the window of the imperial study, gazing blankly southward, as if that way he could pierce through mountains and rivers and come to her side.
A letter lay quietly on the desk, unfolded, containing only one sentence:
On the 20th day of the sixth month of the second year of Jianyan, Princess An gave birth to twin sons safely after three days and three nights.
It's been over a year, Yun'er, I hope you're doing well. Have you ever thought of me, even for a fleeting moment?
Were these two children born to you or your fourth brother?
Do they look like you, or like Fourth Brother?
Have you switched back?
Lost in thought, Zhang Zhongwei came up behind him and whispered, "Your Majesty, the two prime ministers request an audience."
Zhang Zhongwei's back became increasingly hunched. The emperor had granted him permission to leave the palace and retire to a residence outside the palace after this month.
Zhu Dan rubbed his stiff face vigorously, turned around, and said to Zhang Zhongwei, "Summon them."
The Great Zhou Kingdom is still weak, and its people are still poor...
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