The baby in his belly seemed to hear Taoti's prayer, and the subsequent delivery was simply incredible.

The baby delivery nanny was sweating profusely. A palace servant fed Taoti water and the other wiped Taoti's sweat. Taoti was holding the sheets with both hands, sweating profusely.

"The Queen is trying harder, it's almost done. The old slave looks at the emperor's head."

"Empress, take a deep breath and work hard together!"

“…”

Tao Ti wanted to scream, but the delivery lady said that shouting would cause her energy to be exhausted, so she could only hold her breath.

Fortunately, this torture did not last long. About an hour later, two crisp baby crying came from the delivery room.

Listening to the powerful crying, the delivery lady couldn't help but say in surprise, "I'm so lucky. This is both the first child and the twin child. It can also give birth so quickly and smoothly. This is the first time I have seen you after so many years of delivery."

Tao Ti smiled weakly and let Linglong feed the ginseng soup.

"Empress, the first one comes out is the little prince, and the second one is the little princess." Linglong's eyes were filled with tears. She watched the prince and the princess born with her own eyes, and also saw the Queen's suffering with her own eyes. Her emotions were very complicated at this moment, and she was both happy and distressed.

Tao Ti drank a bowl of ginseng soup, and she also felt some strength on her body, and said softly, "Bring the child to show me."

Linglong responded and hurriedly asked someone to hug her.

Outside the hall, Pei Yan wanted to rush into the inner room when he heard the cry of the baby. However, the palace maid stopped him and said that it was bloody inside and that the empress had not finished giving birth. He had to tighten his face and suppress the anxiety in his heart, but his eyes were staring in the direction of the inner hall.

When the baby delivery nanny came out to report the good news, he couldn't wait to step forward and asked in a deep voice, "How is the queen?"

The baby madam smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Empress is fine, little emperor..."

She wanted to say "Little Prince and Little Princess" was also very good. Before she could finish her words, she saw the emperor strode in, leaving only a hurried back.

This... don't even ask about the child?

As soon as Pei Yan stepped into the inner hall, he smelled a scent of blood. Although the windows were open and incense cakes were burned in the room, it was still hard to hide.

The palace people had changed their clean single bed covers at this moment, and the blood-stained bed sheets were placed in the copper basin. Pei Yan glanced at them and saw the bloody stains, his heart couldn't help but sink.

He pursed his lips and headed straight to the edge of the bed.

Tao Ti was leaning against the royal blue silk forged large welcome pillow, wearing a goose yellow cloud satin on her forehead, two small swaddles were in her arms, one left and one right, she lowered her head, and the corners of her lips were faint. She looked at this and that, her eyes were filled with joy.

The warm yellow candlelight shone on her body, making her whole body hazy, as if emitting a gentle light.

Pei Yan's heart, filled with anxiety, worry and fear, felt calm when he saw this scene.

An unprecedented and extremely strong emotion quickly surged throughout his body. His eyes were inexplicably sour, and his naturally drooping hands couldn't help but squeeze them tightly. He endured the surging passionate feelings in his chest, strode forward, and called out in a warm voice, "Ati."

Tao Ti raised her eyes and saw him coming, a smile appeared on her pale and haggard face, and her foggy black eyes were shining brightly. She said to him excitedly, "Your Majesty, look at our baby, they are really small!"

Pei Yan didn't rush to see the child, but looked at her up and down. Seeing that she was in a good condition, her nerves that had been tense in her heart were relaxed.

"Ati, how do you feel now?"

"I'm a little tired, I'm still feeling a little uncomfortable, but the others are fine."

"Thanks a lot."

He stared at her deeply, his eyes full of affection and a bright light.

Taoti was embarrassed by his eyes and hurriedly said, "Sit down and see the children."

Pei Yan then slowly sat down beside her and set his eyes on the two children.

Tao Ti tilted his head and quietly observed his expression. Seeing that he had not many expressions, he thought he was the same as himself. When he saw the two children wrinkled, he thought they were ugly, and he hurriedly explained, "Don't look at them like little monkeys now. The baby madam said that if they grow up in a few days, they will become beautiful."

Pei Yan bent the corners of his lips, "Good-looking."

Taoti, “Ah?”

Not so.

Pei Yan was serious and praised him sincerely, "It looks very good. My son looks like me and my daughter looks like you."

Taoti, “…?”

She looked down at the two little monkeys who couldn't even open their eyes.

Uh, how do you see it? The love father filter?

Pei Yan stretched out his hand and touched the two children's faces, and the facial lines became a little gentler.

Their children are the best.

"This is my brother, this is my sister, and they both came out from behind."

"Well, it's great. My brother can protect my sister in the future."

The two looked at the child together for a while. Pei Yan noticed the fatigue on Tao Ti's face and waved his hand to let the nurse carry the two children down.

He turned around, helped her lie down, and tucked the corners of the quilt for her in detail. Then, he leaned over and kissed her eyes again, his low voice full of gentleness, "Ati, have a good sleep."

"Well, then I'll sleep." Tao Ti was really tired. She held his hand, closed her eyes and fell asleep quickly.

………

Early the next morning, the news that the queen gave birth to twins spread throughout the harem of the previous dynasty.

Upon hearing the good news, Zhang, Princess Jingyang, Qinghe, Xu Wenchan and others brought a bunch of gifts to the palace to visit Tao Ti.

When the Supreme Emperor of Xingqing Palace heard the news, he also received a lot of gifts.

In the morning court, Pei Yan was in a happy mood to share this joy with the court officials, and at the same time announced a general amnesty for the world, a reduction of taxes for three years, to benefit the people, and to accumulate blessings for the prince and princess.

All officials celebrate, the mountains call for heaven to bless the great abyss, long live Your Majesty.

When the little prince and the little princess were full moon, Pei Yan and Tao Ti took their two children to Xingqing Palace to visit the Supreme Emperor.

This is the first time that the Supreme Emperor has seen his grandchildren. Over the past year, his body has been getting worse and worse. His whole body is aging at a speed visible to the naked eye. His originally black hair is now more than half white, and he looks haggard.

Li Gui said that the Supreme Emperor often went to Fengyi Palace and sat in front of the tablets of Empress Gu and the eldest prince for a whole day.

Sometimes I laugh in a daze, sometimes I feel depressed and silent, and it is difficult to distinguish between joy and anger, and it is elusive.

The imperial doctor only said that the Supreme Emperor is a heart disease, and heart disease requires heart medicine. No matter how precious or rare ordinary medicine stone is, it will be useless.

Pei Yan and Tao Ti both knew what the Supreme Emperor's heart medicine was.

There is no other medicine in this world, so he can only continue to be sick until he dies.

Let’s talk about this, the Supreme Emperor looked at the white and tender little prince and the little princess, afraid that he would get sick and give it to the child, so he did not hug him, but just squinted his eyes and looked at them.

The two children were so cute that they were born with snow. They were not afraid of seeing the gray-bearded Supreme Emperor, and stared at him with their clear big eyes.

Seeing the curious and pure gaze of his grandchildren, the Supreme Emperor's cold face was much softer, and he stuffed two thick red envelopes to the two children, which was considered a gift for meeting.

That night, the palace also held a grand full moon banquet for the prince and princess.

None of the guests who came to attend the palace banquet were said to be cute when they met the little prince and the little princess.

****

Another month passed, and the cold winter came.

On this day, Pei Yan went to court as usual.

There were also ministers in the court who advised the emperor to select concubines and fill the harem.

They thought in their hearts that when the queen was pregnant, His Majesty did not accept the concubine in order not to affect the queen's mood. Now that the queen has safely given birth to the prince and daughter, she has passed the confinement period again. His Majesty now accepts the concubine again, so there should be no other reason to shirk it?

However, in the face of the court officials' advice, Pei Yan once again refused, his tone was calm and loud.

"I have a crown prince and a crown prince in the country, why do you need to take concubines? Besides, for the royal family, having a prosperous child may not be a good thing. I think that in order to avoid the chaos in more than ten or twenty years, don't mention the excerpts again."

His words meant something.

Smart people can hear that His Majesty is talking about the incident of the third prince Pei Changzhou two years ago. This is a taboo, so how dare they respond?

What's more, Your Majesty's attitude has been so clear. After more than a year of rule, the court officials also understood that this new emperor was not as gentle as his appearance. His tough methods were even better than those of the Supreme Emperor.

However, one is a needle hidden in the cotton and a knife hidden in the smile, and the other is a decisive killing and a quick battle. Anyway, the father and son are not easy to deal with.

After resigning from the court, Fu Xirui saw that His Majesty was not very happy, and was obviously disgusted by those court officials who had no eyesight.

He hurriedly smiled and bent down and suggested, "Your Majesty, why not go to Weiyang Palace to sit? Didn't the queen say yesterday that she specially made a stone pot and what stone pot chicken to eat..."

Sure enough, when the Empress mentioned, the coldness between His Majesty's handsome eyebrows and eyes disappeared a lot.

He turned the jade ring on his thumb, and after a while, he let out a low "um".

Fu Xirui immediately shouted happily, "Your Majesty is in Weiyang Palace--"

When Pei Yan arrived at Weiyang Palace, Tao Ti was sitting cross-legged on the couch to remove gifts, while the eldest prince and the young princess were lying in the golden cradle and slept soundly.

After more than a month of feeding, the two children were no longer as wrinkled and red as they were just born. Their skin gradually became white, tender and plump, like egg whites and skins. The eyebrows and eyes gradually grew. As Pei Yan said before, the little prince was indeed more like him, with a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes, while the little princess was more like Tao Ti, with big eyes round, and her double eyelids were very wrinkled, as delicate as a doll.

Hearing the familiar footsteps from afar, Tao Ti did not look up, but lowered her head to continue to dismantle the gift, and said hello, "Your Majesty, you are here."

"Yeah." Pei Yan walked over slowly and glanced at the gift on the table, "Is this what Rong Di sent?"

Taoti nodded and replied that these gifts were prepared by Qiongqi, with excellent fur, gems, spices, and two exquisitely polished wolf teeth hanging chains.

Qiongqi said in the letter that in the customs of Rongdi, wolf teeth are blessed, and wolves are hung on them, which can drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters and ensure safety and smoothness. These two chains are made of the teeth of the head wolf she had personally hunted, and are considered as her godmother's wish for the two little babies.

Taoti planned to wait until the children are one year old before hanging them. The children are still young now and are afraid that they will stuff them into their mouths.
To be continued...