Chapter 34: The Dark Emperor vs. the Soft Concubine Giving Birth to a Child

After December, the tenth month of pregnancy begins.

The snow still showed no signs of melting, and it was Hatsuari's first Spring Festival in the palace.

The first pear should be prepared to be born on time.

At this time, she needed someone to support her when she walked.

The Emperor and the Empress Dowager also arranged for midwives to be ready to deliver babies at any time. These past few days, Hatsuri had been fantasizing about what it would be like to be a mother.

She had never thought about what it was like to raise a child.

She seemed to have had a long dream.

She dreamed that she had just arrived here, she dreamed of being a concubine at that time, and she dreamed of meeting the emperor for the first time.

Suddenly she woke up, breathing heavily. The maid saw her face flushed and asked with concern, "Did your majesty have a nightmare?"

Hatsuri took a sip of water and felt relieved.

The eunuchs had already put up the couplets in front of her palace. She was interested and told the eunuch Xiao Fugui beside her: "Xiao Fugui, I want to write the couplets myself. Otherwise, we can all write our wishes on the couplets and hang them in this palace. I hope that the next year will be safe and smooth and that all our wishes will come true."

The palace maids and servants all responded yes.

Everyone started writing down their wishes with a pen.

It was then hung on the plum tree in front of Li Guifei Palace.

It was too cold at the beginning, so she took the pen and wrote a few pieces of paper crookedly, then asked someone to take them to the emperor.

He even specifically requested that it be hung in front of the temple.

After seeing this, Shen Yan found it difficult to comment for a moment.

"Can you put it aside for now?"

"Your Majesty, our queen said...if she finds out that you are still alive, you are done for."

Shen Yan was helpless. The words on the couplet were all stuck together before the ink had even dried. It was simply unbearable to look at.

I can only follow her wishes.

The Imperial Concubine also received some couplets. She was very disgusted but had to hang up. She had never stopped since she took over the six palaces for Chu Li.

She didn't even have time to visit Hatsuri.

She complained to the maid beside her: "Do you know why Concubine Li Gui doesn't care about these things? She told me at the beginning that she didn't want to be the empress."

"How could that be? Perhaps Concubine Li is playful by nature."

The Imperial Concubine grabbed her hair, which was getting thinner day by day, in annoyance. "Of course, she said she couldn't worry about it. Now she is so happy and free. She is also comfortable with her pregnancy. But I am going crazy here!"

At night, the snow that had been falling all day finally stopped.

Shen Yan wore a shawl and walked through the snow to reach the Hatsuri Palace.

He brought the freshly cooked hot soup to her and fed her mouthful by mouthful.

Chu Li suddenly said, "Your Majesty, I wonder if our child will be born during the Spring Festival?"

Shen Yan held her in his arms, looking at the snowflakes outside, and kissed her forehead, very dotingly: "That's good, you can ask the Queen Mother for more red envelopes."

Shen Yan loves winter, and the palace soon began to celebrate the Little New Year.

Hatsuri had not been out for a long time because of her pregnancy, so she decided to go out with the emperor to walk in the snow in the Yu Garden on the day of the Little New Year.

Hatsuri also likes winter very much, as she was born when the first snow fell.

She picked up the snow on the ground, made a snowball, and threw it at the emperor, saying mischievously, "Your Majesty, let's have a snowball fight!"

Shen Yan looked at her body and said worriedly, "Don't fall because the road is slippery. Why don't you sit down and see if the snowball can hit me?"

Chuli thought it was a good idea.

The eunuchs brought a warming stool and held an umbrella to shield the noble concubine from the snow.

I just watched the emperor hiding here and there in the snow, even his clothes were soaked by the snowflakes, just to make Concubine Li happy for a moment.

When Chuli saw that she couldn't hit the ball, she got angry and stopped playing.

Shen Yanzheng patted the snow off his body. Seeing her coquettishness, he didn't think it was pretentious. Instead, he patiently asked, "What else do you want to play?"

"Your Majesty, you dote on me so much, aren't you afraid that I will become arrogant because of your doting?"

"What am I afraid of? You are my only lover, so what if I'm spoiled?"

Chu Li held his face and kissed him, saying coquettishly, "Your Majesty, I want to eat the fruit on top of the Yu Garden."

"Okay, I'll pick them for you."

Just as I turned to leave, I saw Hatsuri shouting.

Then the palace maids saw a flash of red and exclaimed in surprise: "The queen is about to give birth!"

So the emperor hurriedly took Chuli back to the palace.

The father-in-law quickly ran to call the midwife.

The Queen Mother also hurried to Hatsuri Palace anxiously.

Shen Yan prayed devoutly outside: "Please bless my beloved wife to have a smooth delivery. If anything happens, please protect my beloved wife."

The Queen Mother also prayed to God: "May the mother and child be safe, and the mother and daughter be safe."

And the Imperial Concubine also felt at this moment that she was going to be the Empress!

This is a huge happy event in the palace.

It was Hatsuri's first time giving birth, and she only felt a surge of pain at first. However, she was not very familiar with the process and was a little nervous. The midwife told her what to do and she tried hard to learn how to do it.

"Mammy, I won't die, will I?"

"My queen exhales!"

"Mammy, if I die, I will never blame you!"

"My queen exhales!"

"Mammy..."

"My Lady! Can you please use your strength somewhere else?"

Only then did Hatsuri shut up obediently.

At this moment, the system in my mind suddenly appeared: "Susu! Congratulations on completing the task of having a child. This system will immediately activate the skill of painless childbirth for you! I wish the royal heir a safe birth and healthy growth!"

So, with the help of the novice gift pack, she didn't feel any pain at all and just had to use force as the nanny said.

"Your Majesty, please push harder! I can already see the little prince's head!"

"The queen came out, it's the little princess."

Chu Li took a breath, and then the nanny shouted: "Madam, don't stop! There is another baby in your belly!"

Hatsuri immediately tensed up and started to exert force again.

"He's coming out! He's coming out! It's the little prince!"

Hatsuri's face was almost horrified, she had already used up the greatest strength of her life.

All I heard was the maids holding the children and saying, "Quickly report to the Queen Mother and the Emperor, it's twins!"

It was Hatsuri’s first time giving birth, and she was so exhausted that she fell asleep straight away.

In a daze, she seemed to see Shen Yan rushing in, holding her hand and wiping the sweat off her face.

But before she could even shout out, she fell asleep due to exhaustion.

The Queen Mother was outside holding her two royal heirs, filled with joy.

"Very good, very good. I finally have my own grandson and granddaughter."

And Shen Yan was inside accompanying Chu Li.

He was worried outside, he knew what giving birth meant to a woman, it meant enduring great pain and being strong.

Carrying the baby for ten months was the best response that Hatsuri could give to his love.

He was very grateful for Hatsuri's appearance.

If there was no Hatari, he would still be a puppet without his own thoughts and being controlled by others.

Because of Hatsuri's appearance, he finally knew what it felt like to truly love someone.

The once cold and hypocritical emperor who played tricks on others is now an emotional person.

He was obsessed with Hatsuri.

Now that he has children of his own, he is willing to love them forever.