Chapter 137 The Birth of Twins
Xiao Ling nodded: "Don't worry, I'll go check right now."
"Go quickly, I can still hold on."
Xie Yunyu's grip on Xiao Ling's hand, which had been tight at first, gradually loosened.
After hearing this, Xiao Ling kissed her hand, stood up, and walked out.
When the eldest princess returned to her residence, she found the atmosphere to be very heavy. After hearing Wang Yong's report, her expression turned quite grim.
"What is the Prince doing?" the Princess asked.
"The Prince stood guard outside the Princess's gate."
The eldest princess hurried toward Xie Yunyu's courtyard.
After searching for a while without finding the person, Xiao Ling gradually became anxious.
While Xie Yunyu was inside, she was enduring the pain and thinking. Suddenly, she whispered Gu Yu's name.
After Gu Yu arrived, Xie Yunyu whispered something in her ear, albeit intermittently.
Gu Yu hurriedly came out and bowed to Xiao Ling:
"Your Highness, the Princess Consort says to investigate those midwives."
Xiao Ling nodded in agreement.
Sure enough, following this direction of investigation, the results were quickly found.
A servant said he saw two midwives sent by the palace appear near the woodshed.
Xiao Ling immediately brought out the midwives sent by the palace.
After these people left, only one person that Zheng had found, one that the eldest princess had found, and one that the empress dowager had bestowed upon the delivery room remained.
The eldest princess entered the delivery room, placed a chair there, and sat down to personally oversee the process.
Xiao Ling was finally relieved.
Looking at the time, it was already past midnight, and it was almost 1 AM.
The new year has begun.
However, no one in the entire Princess's residence dared to sleep, and the courtyard where Xie Yunyu gave birth was brightly lit.
Xiao Ling was extremely anxious. Several times he tried to go in, but the princess scolded him and told him to leave.
Starting at the hour of Yin (3-5 AM), the commotion in the delivery room intensified, with basins of bloody fluid being brought out one after another.
Xiao Ling felt like she was about to faint.
Finally unable to resist, she struggled to go in and take a look at Xie Yunyu, only to be chased out by the Princess.
Finally, around 3:30 AM, Xie Yunyu successfully gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.
"Congratulations, Your Highness, on the birth of your twin grandsons, a boy and a girl. Both mother and children are doing well."
The midwife came out carrying the baby and said to the princess with a beaming smile.
The three nannies worked hard all night and only now brought the tidied-up child over.
Upon hearing this, the eldest princess was immediately delighted.
Looking at the baby in the swaddling clothes, she asked, "Which one is the older one?"
"The older one is the older sister."
The eldest princess was the emperor's elder sister, so she was naturally very happy to hear this.
"Okay, okay."
He reached out and hugged the girl, then peeked at the boy.
The two children were held in turn for a while before being handed over to the wet nurse and taken to the small hall next door.
Then, he called Xiao Ling and the Duke of Qi to come in and see the child.
Xiao Ling glanced at it; it was all red and wrinkled. She frowned, then turned and went into the delivery room.
The room had been cleaned up, but there was still a faint smell of blood.
Xiao Ling looked at Xie Yunyu's pale face and her hair, which was soaked with sweat, and felt heartbroken.
Xie Yunyu, barely breathing, opened her eyes and glanced at Xiao Ling:
Where are the children?
“Mother is watching from the next room,” Xiao Ling said. “They are twins, a boy and a girl, the older sister is the bigger one.”
Xie Yunyu closed her eyes after hearing this.
Xiao Ling kissed her sweaty forehead: "You've worked hard."
Xie Yunyu soon fell into a deep sleep.
Xiao Ling had a soft couch brought to him and lay down next to Xie Yunyu.
They don't care at all about what's wrong with the child.
Ever since the eldest princess saw the child, she has stopped caring about Xie Yunyu and Xiao Ling.
Thinking about what had happened before, I was terrified that something might happen to the children.
He sent all his capable people to look after the child.
The following day, at the beginning of the new year, the Princess's residence was especially festive.
During the New Year, everyone in the household received triple pay. However, due to the birth of twins (a boy and a girl), the eldest princess ordered that the monthly pay be doubled again.
The people in Xie Yunyu and Xiao Ling's courtyard will have their monthly wages increased fivefold.
The entire household was filled with joy and celebration.
Last night, Wang Yong interrogated the two midwives in the palace, and it turned out that they were actually Consort Shu's people.
After the matter was reported to the Eldest Princess, the Eldest Princess immediately sentenced Consort Shu to death in her heart.
The palace was naturally overjoyed to receive the news that Xie Yunyu had successfully given birth to twins, a boy and a girl.
Throughout the morning, various places in the palace kept sending things to the Princess's residence.
The emperor bestowed names upon the two children, both of whom were born on the first day of the lunar new year. Therefore, the young lady was named Yuanxi, and the young gentleman was named Yuanzheng.
Xie Yunyu was looking after the child when she heard the imperial edict and asked in confusion:
"Your surname is Xiao, but your father's surname is Lin, so what will the child's surname be?"
Xiao Ling thought for a moment and said, "That depends on His Majesty's decision."
After a while, Wang Yong came to deliver the imperial decree: "His Majesty has decreed that the two children shall take Xiao Ling's surname."
Xie Yunyu laughed: "Xiao Yuanxi, Xiao Yuanzheng. Hmm, not bad, good names."
After saying that, he glanced at Xiao Ling and smiled:
"His Majesty truly dotes on you."
Xiao Ling laughed: "This isn't about saving face for me; it's because the royal family has never used twins."
The two children were born on New Year's Day, which their maternal uncle probably considered an auspicious omen, so he bestowed upon them the surname Xiao.
Xie Yunyu reached out and poked her daughter's cheek, saying:
"Yes, two lucky children."
Xiao Ling looked at her son and daughter and asked, "We're both so good-looking, how come our child is so ugly?"
When Granny Sun heard this, she laughed.
"Your Highness, you looked just like this when you were born. You'll grow up and look better. In two months, you'll definitely be chubby and healthy."
After being rescued yesterday, Granny Sun rested for a night and came back to work early this morning.
Xiao Ling asked Granny Sun in disbelief, "Really?"
Granny Sun, who had watched Xiao Ling grow up since he was a child, smiled and said:
"It couldn't be more real."
“This girl looks like you, but the son looks like my second brother,” Xie Yunyu said.
Xiao Ling was immediately displeased when he heard it sounded like Xie Yunman.
He looked at Xie Yunyu and then said, "He clearly looks like you, how could he look like him?"
"My second brother and I are also twins, a boy and a girl, we look very alike."
Besides, he's a boy, and he'll probably look more and more like my second brother as he grows up.
Xiao Ling closed his eyes, then thought Xie Yunman would also work, at least he was smart.
Within a single day, the joyous news of the princess's birth of twins, a boy and a girl, spread throughout the palace.
Seeing the joyous atmosphere at the Princess's residence, and with the Emperor bestowing a name upon the child, everyone understood the situation regarding the child's birth time.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Xie Yunyu was supposed to return to her parents' home, but Zheng Shi brought Wu Yumin and Xue Weiyang to visit Xie Yunyu instead.
Xue Weiyang was very surprised when she saw Xiao Yuanzheng:
"Mother, why does this child look so much like my husband?"
“It’s not strange that a nephew resembles his uncle,” Zheng said with a smile.
Even as she left, Xue Weiyang couldn't stop looking at Xiao Yuanzheng and saying:
"It's so similar, it's really so similar."
The Crown Prince arrived in the afternoon and also saw the child.
The royal family preferred Yuan Xi, and the Crown Prince thought Yuan Xi resembled the Eldest Princess.
Xiao Ling was originally like an emperor and a princess, but Yuan Xi was even more like them, and also had some of the emperor's features.
After returning home that evening, the Crown Prince dined with the Empress Dowager and told her what had happened.
The Empress Dowager was delighted upon hearing this and insisted on leaving the palace the next day to see the twins.
The Crown Prince pleaded with the Empress Dowager to allow Xiao Ling to paint a portrait of the two children and send it in the next day.
After receiving the Crown Prince's message, Xiao Ling complained about the Crown Prince in his heart for a long time.
But the next day, he stayed home and drew pictures of his two mythical beasts.
The Empress Dowager was delighted when she saw the portrait.
Indeed, as the Crown Prince said, Yuan Xi resembles the Princess when she was a child.
The Empress Dowager took out a portrait of her daughter when she was a child and compared it with the portrait. Sure enough, the more she looked at it, the more similar the two resembled each other.
The old lady was very happy and ate an extra bowl of rice that day.
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