"Your Highness, it's a princess." At this moment, Madam Xu took the child from the midwife and showed it to Gu Linchao.
Gu Linchao's mind was entirely on Wen Nongnong, and when he saw her bring the child over, he glanced at her.
After crying a few times, the child quieted down. She didn't open her eyes; she was a tiny bundle held in Xu Di's arms.
Gu Linchao felt a surge of tenderness in his heart and said gently to Madam Xu, "Please trouble your mother-in-law to take care of things for a while."
Madam Xu nodded. With Gu Linchao taking care of Wen Nongnong, she felt at ease. She then took the child and led everyone out.
Outside, everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that Wen Nongnong and her child were safe and sound.
When they saw Madam Xu come out, they all crowded around to look at the child, and they were all very fond of him.
"Empress Dowager, Nong Nong has given birth to twins, a boy and a girl," Xu Di said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager was overjoyed. She quickly handed the young prince, whom she had been holding for a long time, to Wen Shiqing, who was closest to her, and then went to hold the young princess in Xu's arms.
Looking at the sleeping baby girl, the Empress Dowager was very fond of her and her eyes welled up with tears. When she saw Wen Nong Nong's belly, she had guessed that she was likely carrying twins.
Unexpectedly, they really were a pair, and even twins.
This made her extremely happy.
Now, all her wishes have finally come true; her son, Chao'er, has an heir.
Her previously strained spirit suddenly relaxed, and she swayed abruptly.
Atuo Jianghua, who was watching the little girl from beside her, saw this and hurriedly helped her up. "Empress Dowager, what's wrong?"
The Empress Dowager shook her head and handed the child to her. "Perhaps it's because I stayed up all night, I can't stay up any longer. I'll go back and rest first. I'll leave the child in your care."
"Then you should go back and rest. Let me help you," Atuo Jianghua said hurriedly, trying to hand the child to Xu Shi.
"No need, Granny Zeng can help me," the Empress Dowager refused. Granny Zeng understood and immediately stepped forward to help her walk outside.
No one thought much of it, assuming she was just tired, and focused their attention on the child.
Once outside the main courtyard and out of sight of everyone, the Empress Dowager could no longer hold back and suddenly coughed up blood.
Granny Zeng looked panicked. "This old servant will go and fetch Physician Lin..."
"No," the Empress Dowager said weakly, gripping her hand tightly. "Don't let anyone know..."
Granny Zeng was very worried and took a handkerchief to wipe the bloodstains from the corner of her mouth. "But your health..."
"You know how I am. I'm already very satisfied that I've made it this far," the Empress Dowager sighed. Then, she said with relief, "Now that Nong Nong has safely given birth to her child, and Chao'er has an heir, my wish has been fulfilled, and I have no regrets."
Granny Zeng was very sad. She had always served the Empress Dowager closely and naturally knew her thoughts better than anyone else.
But she thought her condition had improved because the Empress Dowager had been happy every day since arriving in Xiangzhou and had stopped vomiting blood. But unexpectedly, she vomited blood again.
"Help me back, and don't disturb anyone," the Empress Dowager said weakly.
"Yes." Suppressing her sadness and anxiety, Granny Zeng silently helped her back to the courtyard.
Wen Nongnong woke up at night.
She was dry, and her clothes had been changed long ago.
She opened her eyes and looked outside, but didn't see Gu Linchao. She thought she was hallucinating.
"Miss, you're finally awake." Green Fairy had been watching over her and was overjoyed to see her wake up.
Wen Nongnong paused for a moment, then asked, "Where's the child?"
"His Highness was worried that the child would disturb your rest, so he had his wife take the child to the next room," said Lü Qiao softly, tucking the blanket around her.
"Your Highness?" Wen Nongnong was surprised. So, it wasn't her hallucination at the time, and Gu Linchao really came back?
“Yes, the Prince happened to return when Miss was about to give birth to the little princess. After giving birth to the little princess, you fainted. The Prince stayed by your side the whole time and even took care of you personally, not letting us interfere. Only now does he have time to wash up,” said Lü Qiao.
Wen Nongnong paused, still feeling a lingering fear as she recalled the scene of giving birth.
She was in labor for a whole day and night, and the baby only started crying to come out the next day, which is why she didn't have enough strength when she was halfway through giving birth.
If Gu Linchao hadn't come back then, then she and the child...
Green Fairy could tell that she was thinking about the time she gave birth, so to prevent her from thinking too much, she quickly changed her mind, "Miss gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. The young master and the princess are very well-behaved. I'll go tell Madam that you're awake and bring the babies over for you to see."
Upon hearing this, Wen Nongnong's attention was indeed diverted, and she said eagerly, "Then go and bring it over quickly."
"Okay." Lü Qiao happily went to hug the child.
Wen Nongnong tried to sit up, but because of childbirth, her body was still in pain, and she hissed when she was halfway up.
Just then, Gu Linchao came out of the bathroom and saw that she was about to get up. He quickly walked over and said, "What do you want? I'll get it for you. Don't get up."
When Wen Nong Nong saw him, she suddenly felt a little wronged, and tears welled up in her eyes without warning.
Gu Linchao's heart tightened. He sat down on the edge of the bed, gently pulled her into his arms, wiped away her tears with his fingers, and then kissed her forehead. "I'm sorry to have troubled you, Nong Nong."
Wen Nongnong felt she was being a bit pretentious.
She was in excruciating pain during childbirth, but she didn't cry or shed a tear. However, when she saw him, her heart was filled with resentment, and she became spoiled and pampered.
He held her in his arms, and she remained silent for a long time.
Gu Linchao didn't say anything more, gently stroking her hair.
The room fell silent, a warm atmosphere gently flowing between them. But then, Wen Nongnong suddenly lifted her head from his embrace, her peach-blossom eyes looking at him expectantly. "I don't want to have any more children in the future."
Childbirth is truly one of the biggest challenges for women.
She had heard about it before, but now that she had experienced it firsthand, only she knew the true feeling.
"Okay." Gu Linchao nodded in agreement without the slightest hesitation.
Wen Nongnong suffered greatly during her childbirth, and Gu Linchao also felt lingering fear.
She was unconscious at the time; if she hadn't woken up, she and her child would have...
Thinking of this, he reached out and hugged her tightly, his voice a little hoarse, "We won't have any more children."
Upon hearing this, Wen Nongnong felt much more relieved.
She knew that Gu Linchao loved her and would agree to whatever she asked for. Besides, he had seen her give birth, so why would he let her have another child?
"Go and bring the baby over quickly, I want to see him." Wen Nongnong saw that Lü Qiao hadn't brought the baby back for a long time, so she quickly nudged him and said somewhat eagerly.
"Okay." Gu Linchao replied, and was about to get up when Madam Xu and Luqiao each carried one of them and walked in from outside with smiles on their faces.
The two had actually been standing outside the door for a while, but seeing the couple whispering to each other, they didn't come in.
Seeing that Wen Nongnong wanted to see the child, he then carried the child in.
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