It seemed like a lifetime had passed, and it was so long that I didn’t even want to open my eyes. www. My soul drifted away for a moment, and my body was so tired that it felt like it was no longer my own. The candlelight pierced my newly opened eyes, which felt numb and painful.

He stretched out his hand to block it, and heard Huanbi's voice shouting happily, "Miss, wake up!"

My sight was blurred by numerous figures, and I couldn't recognize it for a moment. I couldn't care about anything, I only had one thing on my mind, and I could only vaguely say: "Child! Where is the child?"

All the strength in the body seemed to be exhausted, and there was a buzzing sound in the ears. It seemed that countless people knelt down in the hall and kowtowed happily: "Congratulations to the mother and son for their safety, and the birth of twins."

I thought about it more and more, and I felt dizzy as soon as I struggled. Huanbi and Huayi helped me sit up quickly, stuffed a few soft quilts into my bed and let me lean on them. The bitterness of the oxytocin was still on my lips and tongue, and the tip of my tongue was numb.

, Jin Xi had brought a cup of red date and white fungus soup and stood in front of the bed. I looked around anxiously, "Are they all princes or empresses?"

The dazzling bright yellow color came close to me, making my eyes blurry. There was endless joy and satisfaction in his laughing voice. He held me in his arms and said, "It's a prince and an empress! Huan Huan, you

I was given a pair of dragons and phoenixes as auspicious gifts."

Endless joy filled my heart, as if the whole heart no longer belonged to me. It was filled with the ecstasy of being a mother. I said eagerly: "Where is the child? Come and hold it for me to take a look!"

There was a smile on Xuan Ling's eyebrows and eyes, and his tone was high-spirited, "The prince was born early. The wet nurse has taken him to nurse him, and he will be here in a moment."

My heart relaxed, and my whole body felt as relaxed and happy as if I was immersed in the warm spring waves. It took me a moment to remember that I was in front of others, and I bowed and said, "Congratulations to the Emperor on your birth of Lin'er."

Xuan Ling laughed loudly, "Not only Lin'er, but Di Ji is also very good. It's all thanks to you."

I covered my sleeves and said in low voice: "Your Majesty, there are so many people here."

Xuan Ling didn't take it seriously at all, and raised his sword eyebrows, "You are the most important person around me. Who dares to make irresponsible remarks as Teng and you are relatively new?"

I saw that everyone was nearby, except for Wen Shichu and Meizhuang, who were still around just now. I asked, "Sister Meizhuang was here just now, but why did she disappear as soon as she turned around? Even Dr. Wen wasn't there either?"

Xuan Ling stroked my eyebrows and said with a smile: "I turned around, you didn't wake up for half an hour. Shuyuan followed the queen to see Gu Yanyi, but there is no good news from her yet!"

Huanbi smiled and said: "How dare Mr. Wen leave? He is watching the decoction in person."

I smiled gently and said, "My concubine is fine. Instead of Master Lao Wen personally watching the decoction, why not ask Master Wen to go to Yuzhao Palace to take care of her? I don't know what's going on with Xu Jieyu?"

Xuan Ling hesitated slightly and said softly: "You have just given birth and are still worried. Wei Lin is in Yuzhao Palace. If Wen Shichu also leaves, who will take care of you and my child?"

There was a sound of skirts moving slightly, but an old woman walked in first, and smiled before saying anything: "I wish you the best of luck to the emperor, and the best to the empress."

I took a closer look and saw that it was Aunt Sun who was beside the Queen Mother. She smiled and said, "Auntie is here."

Aunt Sun pointed to the congratulatory gift held in the hands of the palace maid behind her, with a smile on her face, "The Queen Mother was very happy when she heard that the Queen Mother had given birth and that the mother and child were safe. The Queen Mother wanted to come to see the Queen in person, but she showed up late at night, so she had to go ahead.

The slaves come to greet the empress and visit the prince and the emperor."

I saw that the maids following Aunt Sun were all holding nourishing and nourishing things in their hands, so I just smiled and thanked her, "The Queen Mother is so kind, please ask Auntie to thank the Queen Mother on my behalf." I said sincerely: "If the Queen Mother really does this for me.

If you move the phoenix in the middle of the night, wouldn't it be a disgrace to the palace? Tomorrow the palace will ask the wet nurse to carry the prince and the little emperor to pay respects to the queen mother."

Xuan Ling just listened with a smile, then suddenly looked at Aunt Sun and said with a smile: "Auntie is very thoughtful about this outfit." Then I paid attention to take a look, and Aunt Sun was wearing a dark red satin robe embroidered with a hundred children patterns and carved with silk, which fit the scene very well.

Aunt Sun couldn't help but smile, "The emperor and the empress are very happy, and the slaves will naturally want to please the emperor. Today's empress is the first happy event in the palace. I also hope that the emperor and the empress will have many children and blessings in the future. The blessings of our great Zhou Dynasty will continue to be evergreen."

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Xuan Ling smiled and touched her palms and said, "Auntie is really good at speaking." After that, she was about to reward her.

Aunt Sun pursed her lips and smiled, Fu Yifu said: "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty. I don't dare to ask for any reward, but I don't know if I have the blessing. If I can get the first prize, I can take a look at the prince and the little emperor, and then I can go back to the Queen Mother."

answer."

I said with a smile: "This is natural." After saying that, I turned to Jin Xi and told Jin Xi, "I must have had enough at the wet nurse's place. Go and bring it to my aunt to see. I haven't seen it yet."

Wet nurse Ping Niang and Zhong Niang are both in their mid-twenties, very honest and honest. They were carefully selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs out of dozens of people early in the morning, and they secretly paid attention to them for two to three months before they agreed to stay with them. They are so talented.

Choose carefully, just to avoid luring a wolf into the house and ruining the wall.

After a moment, I saw Ping Niang and Zhong Niang holding a gold-woven swaddle in their arms. They happily came forward to greet me and carried them to me. They first saluted Xuan Ling and said, "Prince and Di Ji, please give your regards to your Majesty." After a pause.

Zhicai leaned over again and said: "This servant is here for the emperor. Please give me your regards, my queen."

Before I finished speaking, I couldn't help but stretched out my hand and hugged her in my arms. Huanbi called out anxiously: "Miss is weak, so be careful." Although she was anxious, her eyes were gentle, only focusing on the two children.

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Xuan Ling saw that I was weak after giving birth and my arms were trembling slightly, so he hugged me quickly, with a full smile on his lips unconsciously, and said: "When can I hug you? This is the time to be strong."

The two soft children are both smaller than when Ogyue was born. Ogyue was born prematurely in August, and these two have suffered a lot since they were in my belly. Thinking about it, it’s even more...

Endless pity.

He has a small body, slender fingers, and is ruddy. There are a few soft hairs on his forehead. His eyes have not yet been opened, and he instinctively avoids the light. Xuan Ling's gesture of holding a child is very familiar.

He also hugged many people when He He was born. Xuan Ling couldn't get enough of it, and Aunt Sun also came closer to look at it for a long time, and joked: "Your Majesty, please look at the eyes, nose, and appearance of the little prince. He is exactly the same as the emperor when he was a child."

What comes out is really similar."

Xuan Ling said, "That's all. The prince's forehead and chin are like his mother's concubine, and the emperor's eyebrows are similar to Huan Huan's."

Not to mention it, but when I raised my eyes, my heart tugged hard. Fortunately, the child was still young and his eyes had not yet been opened. I hesitated without realizing it, and said with a smile on my face: "The child is still so young, how can I

You can see where it looks like I am here, the emperor just wants to make me happy."

Xuan Ling looked at me intently, with endless affection lingering in his eyes, "If the emperor in the future is like you, she will naturally be a beauty; if our prince is like you, I am afraid he will be even more handsome and charming, and will dazzle all the women in the world.

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I glanced at him sideways and said with a smile: "With a father as handsome as the Emperor, it is natural that he has a father who is a tiger and has no sons!"

Xuan Ling raised his eyebrows in excitement and said, "When a father looks at his son, the more he looks at him, the more he loves him." He held my wet and curled fingers with emotion, "Huan Huan, thank you very much."

I smiled brightly and said, "How dare I take credit? Besides, the eldest son of the emperor is also a very good boy."

Xuan Ling frowned slightly and hesitated to speak. In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore, "Yu Li is probably like her mother, Concubine Qi. She is really a child with ordinary qualifications. Even if the queen educates her carefully, she has not made much progress."

I persuaded softly: "The emperor's eldest son is still young after all. It will be fine when he is older."

Xuan Ling wanted to say more, so I quickly glanced at Aunt Sun. Aunt Sun smiled and said, "Don't bother the emperor and the empress anymore, let's ask the wet nurse to hold him." After saying that, he looked at the child carefully for a while, and then went to the mother's house.

He was revived in the harem.

Xuan Ling looked at the pair of little children, his voice bursting with uncontrollable joy, and his brows and eyes were full of brilliant smiles like phoenix flowers: "Huan Huan, do you know how happy I am? You brought me this gift all at once.

Got two kids!”

The great joy of being a mother hit me strongly. Although it was not my first time to be a mother, the desolate situation I felt when I gave birth to Long Yue, like the deep black grinding marks that turned and fell on the snow, was particularly sad and sad.

Obviously. At that time, all the joy I had as a first-time mother was exhausted by the love between mother and daughter who were about to be separated. I was only thinking about finding a good future for me, Longyue, and I couldn't care about anything else.

Now, for the first time, I feel the joy of a mother looking at her newborn. I had to go through so much trouble to save them and give birth to these two children. What’s more, my heart felt a little warm, but

his children.

Ping Niang and Zhong Niang held the children in front of them one by one. Xuan Ling seemed to love them too much. They held one and looked at the other, and said excitedly: "There has never been such a happy event of twins in the palace, and they are twins.

It shows that I am very lucky!"

Before Xuan Ling finished speaking, Jin Xi knelt down with a smile on her face and said: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the empress. I heard that the twins of dragon and phoenix are auspicious and a good sign of peace in the world. The emperor's blessing is the blessing of the world, even the slave and maid

Even our humble bodies deserve glory. Long live the Emperor!"

Xuan Ling was originally in high spirits, but Jin Xi congratulated her with such clever words.

Each of you will be rewarded with ten pieces of silk and satin for half a year, as a reward for your dedicated service to the master."

The people in Hegong Palace knelt down to express their gratitude, all smiling. There was a celebration in Weiyang Palace.

Xuan Ling held my hand and said, "Huan Huan, thank you for giving me the joy of being a father."

I looked at his sincere eyes, looking at me so earnestly, and my heart suddenly felt sour: He couldn't feel my father's joy by doing this. Does he also know about me giving birth to twins now? He

What would he think and what would he say?

I couldn't show any of my thoughts and sadness, so I smiled and leaned on Xuan Ling's shoulder. "I can't do much for the emperor. I really can't repay the emperor for the favor he has shown me over the years."

, I can only do my best to take care of the emperor’s heirs and extend the emperor’s lineage.”

Xuan Ling's voice came slowly to his ears, lingering and warm like spring water, "Huan Huan, you have done so much for Teng Li, I really don't know how to thank you." He seemed to have remembered something, with excitement in his eyes.

Shining like a spark of light: "Huan Huan, I want to make you a noble concubine, and you must be my most beloved concubine!"

I was stunned for a moment. It is a common practice in the palace to give birth to a son and to be given a title. I followed the rule and it was just a first-class wife. Even if Xuan Ling was selfishly doted on, the title was more grand and the reward was more generous. And among the queens in the palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty,

The four concubines, noble, virtuous, virtuous, and virtuous, are all of the first rank. However, although the four concubines are in the same row, the noble concubine is the first of the four concubines. Starting from the Longqing Dynasty, only the noble concubine was given the title. Xuanqing's biological mother Shu

This is the case for the imperial concubine. Therefore, the imperial concubine is the most noble woman in the harem after the queen.

I almost instinctively wanted to refuse, so I hurriedly said tactfully: "If the emperor wants to give me the title of noble concubine, I really don't dare to accept it. Even if I want to be promoted to the imperial concubine for giving birth to a son, according to the ancestral system, I can only be promoted to a first-class concubine."

, the imperial concubine is a first-class official, and I dare not take the position of a concubine once I have been promoted to this position, and I am afraid that the sisters in the harem will not accept it."

Xuan Ling smiled and held me in his arms, and said warmly: "If I say you deserve it, then you deserve it. If others are not convinced, even if they can give birth to a dragon, a phoenix, and a lin for me, they can be as smart as you."

Xianhui, she has become the 'Explanation Flower' that I can never let go of, and I love her as much as I love you." The tenderness in Xuan Ling's eyes seemed to melt away, "In my heart, no one can take on the responsibility except you.

The title of noble concubine."

So I struggled to get up, but Xuan Ling quickly held me down and asked in surprise: "What are you trying to do?"

I was sincere and said sincerely: "Huanhuan knows that Silang really cares about her. But when Silang thought about it carefully, sister Duanfei was the earliest to enter the palace and had the highest qualifications. Sister Jingfei also became a concubine several years before Chenconcubine, and both sisters had served as assistant concubines.

The contribution to the affairs of the Sixth Palace is not small. If they only occupy the position of concubine and Huanhuan becomes a noble concubine, it will inevitably chill the hearts of the concubines in the palace."

The imperial concubine's position is naturally honorable, and being ranked lower than the queen will probably make the queen jealous. But being the first to bear the brunt, and having a new prince, it would be strange for the queen not to deliberately try to eat me alive. What's more, the queen is originally from the position of noble concubine.
To be continued...