One hundred nineteen boys and one girl
Gritting her teeth in her heart, but constrained by today being the grand and auspicious day of the child's arrival, Bai Xinzhi could only swallow the discontent in her heart.
"Since Xue Lan needs to rest, we won't disturb her anymore. We'll come back another day when we're free." She smiled and bid farewell after taking a glance at Liu Xue Lan, whose head was blocked by the man's buttocks.
Just as she was about to step out of the door, a low male voice came from behind her - "Thanks a lot today."
Bai Xin smiled and walked out with a hint of disdain on her face.
Xia Lixun's gaze has been fixed on the baby in his arms, looking at that red and slightly wrinkled small face, with a faint fine fluff on it, the more he looks, the tighter his eyebrows are knitted.
It's so ugly!
However, the son is ugly, but those unopened features can still be discerned to have followed him, they are just too small. The whole little body is like a worm, soft and almost weightless, but considering it was born by that woman, he decided to reluctantly accept this little thing.
The old woman beside her helped Liu Xue Lan wipe her body clean, and when the maid took out the dirty water from the door, she saw that the man was staring at the child without any reaction for a long time, so she had to force herself to interrupt with a smile:
"Your Highness, shall I take Young Master down for a wash?"
Xia Li Xun only then reacted to the little guy in his hand who hadn't bathed yet, and upon hearing Ba Ba's voice, he suddenly had a face full of disgust, hastily handing over the swaddling clothes.
The old lady smiled and carefully took over, her movements in holding the child were obviously those of an experienced person.
As for these old women, Xia Lixun was still at ease, after all, they were personally selected by the emperor. However, just as the old woman was holding the child and about to walk out of the door, his cold and proud voice suddenly sounded behind her.
"Be careful, Wu Ayi, don't get hurt."
"Yes, Your Highness, I know, I will be careful." The nanny replied with a smile as she turned around.
The room finally quieted down.
Looking down at the woman who had been sleeping soundly since giving birth, Xia Lixuan pursed his thin lips tightly, and with his clean and slender fingers, he gently brushed away the wet hair that was still clinging to her forehead, revealing her pale and weak face. His fingertips moved slowly from her delicate eyebrows downwards. These days, her increasingly plump cheeks not only didn't make her look more mature, but instead added to her childishness. In his impression, this face of hers seemed like it would never grow up. Yet at this moment, the woman's adorable and childlike sleeping face made him feel that he had never seen anything so beautiful, so captivating.
He leaned down, his domineering lips locking onto those pale and dry ones that had lost their luster due to childbirth, lightly sucking on them with some difficulty in self-control.
The good news of the Prince's mansion spread throughout the capital on the same day. Xia Gaolong was overjoyed and immediately rewarded many valuable things to the Prince's mansion.
Along with the reward came Governor-General Ryū Hyōsuke.
It is said that the door of a woman who has just given birth should not be easily entered, as it will bring bad luck, especially for men, who should not appear in the room where the woman has given birth. But in order to see his daughter, Liu Boyu didn't care about these superstitions at all.
Ever since Liu Xue Lan married into the Feng De Wang Fu, her son-in-law has been overbearing and petty-minded, causing him to not see his own daughter for several months. Now, even when she gave birth to a child, her son-in-law didn't send anyone to inform him, and he only found out from someone else's mouth that he had become a grandfather.
With a belly full of anger, he rushed to the Feng De Wang Fu and directly broke into Liu Xue Lan's room. Originally, he wanted to find that scoundrel of a son-in-law to settle things, but as soon as he saw his own grandson, he was overjoyed and forgot everything else. After taking the baby from the old nanny's hands, he held on tight and wouldn't let go.
Liu Xuelan had already woken up, but due to postpartum weakness, her complexion hadn't recovered yet, and she looked a bit listless. Xia Lixun, on the other hand, had been guarding her bedside all along, although he hadn't said anything comforting from start to finish, but after Liu Xuelan was sent into this room, he never stepped out of the door once.
In the room, the couple didn't say a word, just staring at an old man who was smiling and playing with the child in his arms who hadn't opened his eyes yet.
"Lan'er, this child has a good bone structure, he will definitely be a martial arts prodigy in the future." The Liu family had always been a martial arts family, and Liu Boyu proudly praised with his skill of feeling bones. However, just a moment later, he furrowed his brow, looked at the child's face, and shook his head with a sigh. "It's just that this appearance is not good enough, Lan'er, if this child looked like you, it would be even more beautiful."
"......?!?" Upon hearing this, Xia Lixuan almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Can't this old thing speak properly?! With a curl of his lip, he couldn't help but sneer, "What kind of nonsense is 'male and female are the same'?"
This is his son, naturally he looks like him. That woman has a doll face, if the son looked like her, would he still be good-looking? A boorish man will always be a boorish man, can a big shot say something nice?
Liu Boyu didn't think much of it and replied in a bad tone, "That's not necessarily true, I think if you really resemble Han'er, you'll definitely look even better."
Xia Lixun's face turned dark.
Looking at the two of them, it was clear that they were not on the same page. Liu Xue Lan smiled weakly and at the same time poked a certain man's waist with her fingernail.
Xia Li Xun's face turned black as he turned his head away, only to see the woman frowning and shaking her head at him.
He was even more displeased in his heart. Dead woman, eating inside and peeling outside, twisting her arm outward! Didn't you hear that old thing scolding his son?
Looking at the pale and weak face of the woman, the anger that had reached his mouth could not be spat out. So he could only coldly scold: "Men are talking, don't interrupt, just take good care of yourself for me!"
When he heard his son-in-law's scolding, Liu Boyu raised his eyes slightly and looked over with a somewhat displeased gaze. However, when he saw the man holding the woman's hand all along, he pursed his lips and immediately lowered his head to continue playing with his little grandson.
Liu Xue Lan didn't want to quarrel with him at all, first because her father was present, and secondly because she hadn't fully recovered yet. But being scolded by the man like that made her feel a bit wronged in her heart. She had given birth to his child with great difficulty, but not only did he not say a word of appreciation, he even gave her a dirty look in front of her father. As a woman, she really felt both humiliated and wronged.
Her long eyelashes trembled, and her eyes reddened in an instant. She pulled her hand out of the man's grasp, silently turning over to face the bed, afraid that she would uncontrollably burst into tears, at which point Old Liu would definitely help her out, and the two men would definitely start arguing...
As he watched her turn around with red eyes, Xia Lixun suddenly became hoarse. His face was also unpredictable, and suddenly he seemed a bit at a loss for words. It seemed that what he said earlier was a bit too much...
He reached out and touched Xue Lian's shoulder, but she completely ignored him. So he leaned in close, looking down at the woman who was secretly wiping away tears, and for a moment, he suddenly felt a bit awkward. Considering there was an old man behind him, he glanced back surreptitiously and saw that a certain old fellow was teasing his son, so he put his hand on Xue Lian's shoulder again, leaned in close to her ear, and called out in a low voice: "Lian'er?"
Liu Xuelan didn't even give him a glance, let alone talk to him.
Yan Bo Yu glanced sideways and suddenly stood up from his chair, holding the child and walking towards the door.
"It's really too stuffy in this house, I'm going out for some fresh air."
After the man left, Xia Lixun hastily took off his boots and climbed onto the bed, lying behind Liu Xuelan, and then turned her over to face himself. With a cold expression and a somewhat displeased tone, he said: "What's wrong with you? I didn't say anything, who are you crying for?"
After finishing speaking, he seemed impatient and raised his hand to wipe away the clear tears on the woman's face.
Liu Xuelan closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then opened them again to gaze coldly at the man in front of her. In a chilly tone, she said: "Summer, you wanted a son, I've given birth to one for you. Can't you finally let me go?"
Upon hearing this, Xia Lixun suddenly narrowed his eyes: "What do you mean?"
"That's all I mean." Liu Xue Lan looked at him with a cold eye, "You only want your son, and in your heart, I am just an dispensable person. Since you are so unwilling to see me and think I'm too annoying, then hurry up and write the divorce letter. I don't want our son, if you want to raise him, raise him, if not, I'll let Old Man Liu take him away. From now on, we'll go our separate ways, no longer bothering each other, so as to avoid continuing to annoy each other like this."
After hearing her words, Xia Lixuan's entire face turned iron-green.
"Liu Xue Lan, you dare say that again?! What did she say? Let him write a divorce letter?"
What's wrong with this woman?!
Liu Xue Lan closed her eyes, as if she didn't want to see his face.
"I don't want to quarrel with you, if you must quarrel then go out, don't come back to bother me."
Xia Li Xun's hand on her shoulder tightened involuntarily, his teeth clenched in a menacing manner as if he was about to devour someone.
"Am I not good enough for you?"
"I don't think so." Liu Xuelan still didn't open her eyes, her indifferent tone was filled with detachment. "A whole day of noise and chaos, is this what you call a good life?"
"Liu Xue Lan, what exactly do you want from me?" The man's eyes rolled with anger, and he couldn't help but let out a low growl.
He never thought that on the day she gave birth to their child, she would tell him she wanted a divorce.
Liu Xue Lan fell silent, seemingly too lazy to bother with him.
After waiting for a long time without getting half a response from her, Xia Lixun was both annoyed and angry. If he hadn't seen her pale face, he would have really lost control and strangled her to death.
Suddenly, someone came and his anger turned into vinegar fire: "Are you still thinking about that little white face? I'm asking you! Are you still thinking about him?! Liu Xue Lan, I'm telling you, as long as I'm around, you'd better give up on that idea! Otherwise, the first person I'll personally kill is him!"
The dead woman had given birth to a son for him, but she still couldn't forget that young white face!
Isn't it just that you think he's not gentle enough? You think he doesn't know, but want him to speak in a soft and feminine tone like that little pretty boy... He, he...
"Lan Er." Suddenly, he wrapped his arm around her neck, holding her tightly in his embrace. In an instant, the stormy weather changed to a gentle spring rain. His cheek rubbed against hers as he spoke softly, "From now on, whatever you say is what I'll do. Can I change? Will it be okay?"
“……” Hearing him mention Bai Yuhao out of nowhere, Liu Xuelan couldn't bear it anymore and was about to shout at him. But unexpectedly, the man suddenly extinguished his anger, and his tone changed in an instant. This drastic change made her feel a chill, and upon hearing what sounded like his promise, she even suspected that this man had contracted some kind of illness.
Isn't this change happening too quickly?
She took two deep breaths, making sure the man beside her hadn't been replaced, before saying coldly: "Anyway, I don't want to put up with your stinky temper anymore. You're not good to me, and you're not good to my dad either. Since that's the case, why bother humiliating yourself? Now you have a son too, so just go live well with him from now on."
Xia Li Xun's arm tightened, and he gritted his teeth: "My son wants it, I want it too. You dare to abandon us and find a young pretty face? Eighteen years later, I'll let my son kill him!"
When she heard this, Liu Xuelan almost couldn't help but laugh at him.
She pushed his body and lifted her head from his arms, staring straight into his dark and angry eyes: "Then tell me, do you love me?"
"......?!" Xia Lixun was stunned, inexplicably, his eyes were a little dazed, even his ears were slightly hot, and he also somewhat understood that the woman in front of him had been making a fuss all this time just to hear him say something pleasant.
He came back to his senses and quickly cupped her face, his thin lips instantly covering hers.
"Love! Wait till you've recovered from your illness, and see if I don't love you to death!"
……
Following the imperial court
Because her due date was approaching, Bai Xinzhu had been extra cautious these past few days. Even the maids and servant girls in Cheng Wang Fu were more tense than usual.
The palace even proactively sent people to the Wang Fu to inquire about news, looking at her giving birth. This made Bai Xincheng feel very amused under the tense wait for childbirth. Liu Xue Lan gave birth to a child without much effort, and the signs came quickly, resulting in the child coming out quietly, presumably the emperor was also afraid of missing the opportunity to get the news first, so he was especially concerned.
Liu Xue Lan was going to sit out her month of confinement, so she hadn't gone to the Fong De Wang Fu for half a month. She thought that after the two children were full moon, they would gather together again. So for this half month, the two people started exchanging letters again, relieving each other's boredom.
Time is quietly passing by, but as the expected delivery date has passed for a day or two, her belly hasn't shown any signs of movement. She doesn't think there's anything wrong, she still understands the basic knowledge of giving birth, and it's normal for the baby to be born a few days earlier or later than the expected due date. However, her calmness does not represent that the others in the Cheng Wang Fu are also calm.
Zhang Yu came over every morning and evening to take her pulse and confirm that she was fine, while the midwife would also come over twice a day to feel her belly and confirm that the fetus was fine. Anyway, in recent days, although the child had not yet been born, everyone seemed to have become much busier.
That night, after dinner, Yan Mo stayed with her in the room. He didn't say much these two days, but what he did most was stare at her belly, several times making Bai Xinyan unable to help but laugh.
"I'm telling you, can't you stop staring at my belly all the time? The kid inside doesn't want to come out, I reckon it's been scared stiff by your gaze." Lying on the bed, Bai Xintong covered her bulging belly with her hands and couldn't help but joke around.
She didn't know what was going on either, before she was always worried that she would give birth prematurely, but now she's worried that the baby will be oxygen deficient if it stays in her belly for too long. But looking at her obviously huge belly, she shook her head in denial, with a belly this big, there must be enough amniotic fluid.
Unfortunately, in this society, there is no B-ultrasound machine, and whether a child is normal or not can only be determined by others feeling with their hands.
He lay beside her, ignoring her jokes. Now he was all hung up and didn't have the mind to make fun of it.
It's just that these little rascals seem to be deliberately going against him, occupying his woman day and night, and not coming out even when it's time, he hasn't even said he wants to get rid of them, can't they just keep an eye on them a bit more?
"Alright, stop staring and turn off the light to sleep." Bai Xintian pushed him, actually wanting to shift his gaze. He had been using this kind of focused stare at her belly all day, making her feel like there was something abnormal about it. Was she going to give birth to a monster or what? Did he need to guard her like that?
He put down the bed curtain, blocking out the moonlight that was spilling in through the window, lay down, and then carefully reached over to the person beside him, gently pulling her close so that her head rested on his shoulder.
She was supposed to be sleeping, but Bai Xing couldn't sleep at all. She felt a warm hand touching her belly in the darkness, and as she was enjoying this interaction between them, a sudden sharp pain came, making her furrow her brow involuntarily.
The pain didn't last long and was almost fleeting, so she couldn't be sure what the situation was, and therefore didn't say anything.
A moment later, when she was almost asleep with her eyes closed, something suddenly pulled at her stomach like a tug, causing her to subconsciously grab the things beside her.
"What's wrong?" A magnetic and gentle voice came from beside his ear, with a hint of subtle tension.
It wasn't until then that she realized she was tightly grasping his hand.
The pain suddenly stopped and she felt a little embarrassed, unsure of what to say. She thought about saying if it was almost time to give birth, but it didn't seem like that was the case.
"It's okay, I just got a little nervous." She rubbed his neck and comforted him with a smile.
To be honest, she really suspected that this was a prelude to labor, but she thought it would be better to observe for now, lest the tense man become even more tense. Besides, it's late at night, and everyone is sleeping, so being able to sleep a little longer is a good thing.
She just thought it was nothing, but the man beside her had no sleepiness at all. In the darkness, a pair of deep eyes emitted a gloomy glow, and even if Bai Xiner closed his eyes, he could feel his gaze fixed on his head, and from his slightly tense body, she knew very clearly that he was uneasy. It was just that he saw her pretending to be nonchalant, so he didn't make any moves.
These few months, the two of them have been together day and night, no need to mention anything else, just the tacit understanding between them has cultivated a lot. A glance from one another, a seemingly casual movement, can tell what the other is roughly thinking.
Moreover, he had never concealed his tense and solemn mood in front of her.
So she said straightforwardly: "Mo Yu, accompany me and chat for a bit, I couldn't sleep."
"Good." The man responded without thinking.
They said they were chatting, but neither of them seemed to be in the mood for chatting, because their minds were not on it. Until about another minute later, a sharp pain came from her stomach again, this time much clearer and more painful than before. After holding onto the man's arm to get through that wave of pain, she blinked and said seriously and calmly:
"Moh Yuh, I think I'm going into labor."
"...For a moment, I was stunned, and for that moment, I couldn't even feel his breathing. A moment later, he almost quickly sat up and called out in a low voice towards the door, "Come in!"
Today coincidentally Yin Du was on duty outside, hearing the voice inside, he hastily responded from outside the door. "Sir, what are your orders?"
"Bring the midwife over and wake up everyone else too!"
Upon hearing this, Yin Du was shocked and quickly ran off to inform others.
In the room, Bai Xinzhen was still calm and even couldn't help but tease a certain man: "What's the hurry? I've just started."
He ignored her, got up and lit the lamp in the room with a match, then quickly put on his outer robe from the clothes rack. After simply tidying himself up, he returned to bed, his face tense, his deep eyes staring at that high bulge as if he had forgotten to blink, as if the child inside would come out immediately under his gaze.
Bai Xin rubbed her temples, thinking she should have waited a bit longer before speaking.
Upon receiving the news, a group of old and young people quickly appeared in their dormitory.
Madam Gong directed Mei and Yu to prepare hot water, and let Xue Ying prepare the clothes and bedding that would be needed after the child was born. Then she stood by the bed, watching as the two midwives examined Bai Xiner's body.
The two midwives were both over fifty years old. Perhaps it was because of their rich experience in delivering babies that they were the calmest among all the people present.
After checking, the two of them lifted up the bed curtain and walked out. One of them said to the man sitting at the desk with a tense face: "Your Highness, the princess's water has not broken yet, so it's unlikely she will give birth for the time being."
Upon hearing this, Yan Mo's already cold and handsome face sank a few more degrees. "Probably until when?"
The midwife replied, "To answer the king's question, it's not easy to say. Some women give birth quickly, while others take their time. The queen has just started showing signs of labor and her water hasn't broken yet, so she probably still has several hours to go before giving birth."
How many more hours?
Upon hearing this, Bai Xincheng lifted the bed curtain and looked at Mo Yu.
"Mo Yu, why don't you let them go to the side room and rest first? I'm not busy right now." Having a large group of people staring at her in the room made her feel somewhat uneasy.
"You all go out first, and don't leave the main courtyard." He gave a low command, then got up and walked to the bedside to sit down.
The two midwives and Gong Nian hurriedly responded and retreated.
The evening time is obviously more unbearable than daytime, especially when nothing can be done, and it feels like the time is passing very slowly.
The intermittent cramps in her belly made Bai Xin press the root and couldn't sleep. Even if drowsiness came, she would doze off for a while, and the sudden cramp would wake her up again. Moreover, she silently counted that these cramps were very regular, at first about once every minute or so, and later on, the time gradually shortened, but each interval was almost the same.
Every time she bites her teeth, Yan Mo feels that his heart will stop beating once, although his big hand is pinched tightly by her every time, but he seems to be unaware of it, and all his attention is on the woman's belly and face.
"Does it hurt? How does it hurt? Can I get Dr. Zhang to take a look?" It had been an hour, and his wife hadn't made a sound, but the way she was enduring the pain in silence made him even more anxious, and he couldn't help but think of ways to relieve her suffering.
Bai Xin was about to laugh out loud. If doctors could alleviate this kind of pain, then women giving birth wouldn't be so painful either.
It wasn't until two hours later that she felt something flowing out from under her, and she quickly had Yanmo call the midwife in. She knew it was a sign of broken water, and the interval between contractions was getting shorter, with the pain becoming more and more intense, so intense that she could hardly bear it.
Looking at the several old women who rushed in, compared to before, the faces of these people now appear even more tense.
The midwife confirmed that Bai Xiner's water had broken, and Bai Xiner took advantage of the brief pause to nudge the man beside her.
"Moyu, you go out and wait first." She couldn't bring herself to give birth stark naked in front of him. Even if he didn't mind, she felt embarrassed.
He held her hand in his, not looking at her but instead asking the midwife with a serious face: "How much longer?"
The two midwives were visibly stunned. Mainly because they thought that a big man was accompanying them in the house, and they didn't have that psychological preparation, so they all seemed a bit awkward and uneasy.
The old lady, Gong, smiled and helped the two out of the awkward situation: "Your Highness, the water has already broken, it shouldn't be long before the child is born. I see that the princess hasn't slept all night, she must still have to go through some suffering later, so I'll get someone to bring over a bowl of sugar water for the princess to drink and replenish her energy."
Upon hearing this, Yan Mo tightly pursed her lips and didn't say another word, only nodding slightly towards Gong Nian.
As the sky turned gray and white, the only sound coming from the main house was the woman's cries of pain, but still no cry of a child.
Outside the door, Yin Du paced back and forth anxiously.
It's been a whole night, and it still hasn't come out. Honestly, these old men have never been afraid of anything, but after hearing the sound of a woman giving birth for the second time in a row, his heart started to feel hairy.
Just thinking that his own woman might one day be called out like this too, he couldn't calm down for a moment, standing still and pacing around in circles.
In the room, Bai Xin's black long hair was already soaked with sweat and messy on her body. Despite being mentally prepared, when this moment arrived, she still couldn't bear it and cried out loud. The pain that felt like tearing flesh was much more severe than she had imagined, so severe that several times she almost thought she would die from the pain. If she hadn't been held down by someone, she would have rolled around on the bed in agony.
When the pain became unbearable, she bit whatever was near her mouth and grasped whatever was within reach of her hands. She had no idea what she was doing. When she slightly caught her breath, tears welled up in her eyes as she looked pitifully at the man beside her. The man's handsome face was unusually pale, his sharp facial features more pronounced than usual. Every time she turned her head, their eyes met, and she saw the concern and panic in his deep, piercing gaze. Several times, she wanted to cry out for help, but the words were stuck in her throat.
She didn't mean to worry him on purpose, it's just that she couldn't help it... damn, does it hurt or what?
"When she shouted 'Mo Yu...', her voice was full of energy, but after the outburst, she felt like all her strength had been drained away, and her throat was soft and weak."
"Be good, just bear with it a little longer, it'll be fine soon." He raised his hand to wipe away the sweat on her forehead, and Yan Mo tried his best to calm down his racing heartbeat. His seemingly calm demeanor was betrayed by the hoarse tone of his voice, which revealed the turmoil and unease in his heart at this moment.
"The princess, take a deep breath and don't hold back, the head can already be felt——" The midwife beside her suddenly exclaimed, with a hint of excitement and agitation on her tense face. Is it going to be a young prince or a young princess that comes out first?
Before the midwife could finish speaking, Bai Xiner felt an even more intense pain wash over her, a wave of dizziness flashing through her mind, almost causing her to faint from the pain.
"Ah——"
Outside the door, Yin Du covered his ears. The cry was really too miserable!
Xian Yueying emerged from inside with a copper basin in hand, and he hastily stepped forward to hold her back, unable to help but ask: "How is it? Has the princess not given birth yet?"
The blood-stained face was expressionless as he shook his head. Only when looking at the dirty water in the copper basin, his eyes would flicker slightly.
Yin Du furrowed his brow, also at a loss for words.
Just then, a few old women in the room suddenly let out a chorus of delighted gasps.
"It's born! It's born!"
Immediately afterwards, a loud wailing sound came over.
Yin Duton's face lit up with joy, seemingly having been tense outside the door all night. As soon as he heard that the birth was successful, he became extremely excited and didn't care what Xue Ying was holding in his hand. He suddenly hugged Xue Ying tightly and burst out laughing: "Xue Ying, did you hear? It's born! The princess has finally given birth!"
"Clang!" The copper basin in Xue Ying's hand was squeezed out of his grasp and rolled onto the ground.
As she listened to the man's barely concealed delight, her cold and hard mouth corners moved slightly, imperceptibly curving up a small arc...
Inside the house
Bai Xin felt as if something was being pulled out of her, but before she could even catch her breath, another wave of pain came from below.
"......?!?" She didn't need to ask anymore...
After the first child came out, the second one didn't take much time either, and she couldn't tell if it was numb from pain or not, but this time she felt that the pain had decreased a lot.
As she heard the old women beside her exclaiming that they were the two young princes, she was already on the verge of fainting and didn't even have the strength to call out.
But just as I was about to let out a sigh of relief, another wave of pain came from my stomach.
"Ah——"
A flash of shock in her mind made her almost dare not accept such an astonishing fact.
The midwife's shouts of "breathe" and "push" still echoed in her ears.
She didn't know how she got through it, before losing consciousness, she only vaguely heard someone say something like 'young lady' and then knew nothing.
The sky is still hazy at this moment, the red sun in the east gradually reveals its head, reflecting the surroundings with dazzling and fiery red clouds. At this moment, the mood of the people in the Cheng Wang Fu is like that vast morning glow, it's hard to say just how beautiful it is.
The birth of the three young masters, as soon as the news came out, everyone who heard it was excited, that's even more thrilling than an old sow giving birth to twenty piglets.
In Shu Xia State, even twins are extremely rare, let alone triplets. What kind of ability is required to give birth to this?
Compared with the joyful voices in every corner of the Wang Fu, the bedroom was exceptionally quiet.
On the bed, the woman had already been changed into clean clothes and was sleeping peacefully. Beside the bed, three cribs were lined up in a row. The man sat beside the cribs, gazing at each of the small red faces one by one. Although he didn't say a word to anyone from start to finish, his deep eyes revealed an indescribable excitement and joy.
Two sons and one daughter, how can this result not make him excited?!
Although each child looks small, fortunately, they are all healthy, especially the last little girl who came out. At first glance, he couldn't express his heartache, and she was as thin as a monkey. Fortunately, Zhang Yu doctor took a look and said that the child is fine, as long as she is carefully nursed and fed, before the full moon, the child will grow plump.
Three children, although twins, are quite distinguishable. The eldest resembles him, the second resembles his beloved woman, and the third, although also resembling his beloved woman, is a girl and the smallest of the three. So even when all three are together, they won't be mistaken for each other in order.
Just as Yan Mo carefully examined the three siblings one by one, the youngest daughter suddenly opened her eyes. This child had been born with her eyes open, and they were bright and shiny, making her incredibly endearing.
His eyes sparkled and he involuntarily stretched out his hand, picking up the little girl in the swaddle.
Gong Yinniang and two midwives who were standing by rushed forward to instruct him in a low voice on how to hold the child.
Looking at the small and soft little girl in his arms, Yan Mo's Adam's apple moved up and down, and there was a rare gentle light in his dark eyes. Being stared at by those shiny black pupils, he strongly felt that his heart had turned into a ball of mush. His arms holding the swaddle were stiff, as if he would drop the little girl if he relaxed even slightly.
Several old women on the side couldn't help but giggle secretly.
Everyone thought Wang Ye would hug Eldest first, but unexpectedly he hugged Little Gong Zhu instead.
Maybe it's because the old man's hug was too stiff, but the little girl who had been wide-eyed suddenly grew up and let out a loud "ahh".
This sudden scene made Yan Mo Yu somewhat unresponsive, and the hands holding the baby's swaddle were visibly shaking.
Just then, the two sons who were originally sleeping soundly on the small bed suddenly started wailing "ah ah" for no reason, their heads shaking back and forth.
"...?!" For a moment, the man stared stiffly at the lively scene in front of him, his heart inexplicably somewhat disordered.