It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 719 Sleeping Together with Blood and Tears
Liu Yao was in a good mood during this campaign. Although he encountered dangers, he was able to resolve them one by one. The key point was that he expanded his territory and had already surpassed his father, and was praised by the civil and military officials in the court.

Therefore, he was a little arrogant and even wanted to march all the way to the south of the Yangtze River in one go and directly destroy the Eastern Jin Dynasty established by Sima Rui.

Of course, this was just a thought. He had been out for more than half a year, and he figured his queen would give birth in the next few days, so he decided to go back and take a look.

He sent a message back saying that he would arrive in ten days, but he was still a little anxious, so he quietly changed his clothes and returned to Chang'an City with only Guo Jin and other guards.

Give my third sister a surprise and make her happy.

When I left before, I didn't have time to kiss her more. I did feel a little uncomfortable, but when I thought of her gentleness and her bright smile, my body would become soft and the corners of my mouth would rise.

He really missed her.

When he hurried into the imperial city, he found that everyone's face was very bad, and some even knelt on the ground and refused to look up. The closer he walked to the bedroom, the more red eyes these maids and eunuchs had cried.

He immediately had a bad feeling.

But he couldn't think too much about it, he just quickened his pace, even faster.

When they arrived at the door of the bedroom, Mao Hongmao, Mao Hongbin, Zhang Du and others who had received the news were already kneeling at the door. They were wearing plain clothes and did not say a word.

Liu Yao panicked and staggered.

White candles were lit in the bedroom, and even the curtains on the bed were changed to white. Cui Xi and Yang Xiankang had changed into white linen clothes, and the children were also kneeling beside them in white linen clothes.

There was still a smell of blood in the room, and even with the windows open, it couldn't go away.

"What happened?" Liu Yao shouted.

Yang Xiankang looked back at him, his face full of tears, but he was speechless.

"What happened?" Liu Yao shouted again, "Third sister!"

When he was almost in front of the bed, he suddenly fell down and knelt on the ground. The loud bang struck everyone's heart.

Cui Xi burst into tears and pointed at Liu Yao and shouted, "Why did you come back just now?"

Liu Yao had already crawled to the bed on his knees and saw Yang Xianrong lying quietly.

"What happened?" Liu Yao yelled.

Bian Heng reluctantly said, "The Queen had a difficult birth and passed away three days ago!"

Liu Yao couldn't utter a word. He just felt that all the blood in his body rushed to his head and into his eyes, and his ears were buzzing.

Her body was light and stiff.

Black spots appeared on her face, faint and invisible unless you look closely. This is his third sister, the most beautiful one, why did she become like this?

Liu Yao wanted to pull her up, but was afraid of disturbing her, so he reached out for her face but stopped in mid-air.

"The girl had a difficult delivery and the bleeding couldn't be stopped...the prince was saved..." Cui Xi said this in a halting voice and cried very hard.

Liu Yao listened, taking in every word very carefully, and then a mouthful of blood spurted out directly, splashing onto Yang Xianrong's fair and dark face, turning it bright red.

Liu Yao fainted due to anger.

Everyone rushed to rescue him, and the scene became even more chaotic. At night, Bian Heng used an extremely dangerous method of acupuncture with silver needles, saying that if the needles failed to wake the emperor, the emperor would die, and if the needles went wrong, the emperor would become stupid.

Fortunately, Bian Heng's hand did not shake, and Liu Yao woke up, but vomited several mouthfuls of blood again.

His breath was weak and his voice was hoarse. He looked at Yang Xiankang and asked, "What happened to the third sister?"

Yang Xiankang's eyes had long been red and swollen from crying, and had become slits. He grabbed Liu Yao's arm and burst into tears again, "I don't know either, she... gave birth to the child suddenly early... and then..."

Liu Yao closed his eyes, but turned to look at Cui Xi and Li Lianhua. Their eyes were even more red and swollen. "Tell me, I'm listening."

Cui Xi tried very hard to control her tears and recounted the situation of Yang Xianrong's difficult labor. After a long while, Liu Yao said, "You all should go down. I want to stay with my third sister for a while. I am too tired from traveling today. I want to talk to her alone and get some sleep."

"Your Majesty." Cui Xi was stunned when she heard this and couldn't help but call him.

"Well, you guys go down, remember to close the door." Liu Yao slowly sat up and lay on the side couch of the bedroom, which was usually where Yang Xianrong liked to lean back to read books and do needlework. Before, he always complained that this place was too low, and when he lay down, it was like he was lying on the ground.

Now, it is very easy to get up here and walk to the bed where Yang Xianrong is lying.

Yang Xiankang wanted to help him, but was pushed away by Liu Yao. "You all should go out. It's getting dark. Why don't you leave?"

The bedroom was actually full of people kneeling. Everyone looked at Liu Yao, watching him slowly walk to the bed, take off his combat boots, and push Yang Xianrong's body inside. He then lay down on his side, facing Yang Xianrong, and said softly, "Third sister, I'm back. Let's sleep for a while and talk slowly if there's anything."

Afterwards, he stopped talking and just placed one hand on Yang Xianrong's cold body. Tears flowed from his eyes and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

It was very quiet and no one spoke.

Cui Xi stood up and lowered the curtains of the bed.

The bed was already dark.

Liu Yao closed his eyes and breathed slowly.

Gradually, he heard the people outside the curtain quietly leaving the bedroom, and then someone closed the door.

There was a slight crackling sound of a candle flame.

He could hear his own heartbeat, but his head felt a little dizzy. He thought the noise was indeed too loud and might even disturb the people around him.

He hugged the person next to him a little tighter and said softly, "Third sister, I'm so tired, but oh, I won all the battles this time, it's amazing, you must praise me."

No one responded to him, not even a breath.

But Liu Yao continued to whisper: "Look, I was in a hurry to travel today and returned to the palace early because I wanted to give you a surprise. I calculated that our son should be born in ten days, so I must be by your side so that you won't be afraid... Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here."

Dead silence.

dark.

Liu Yao couldn't see the person next to him when he opened his eyes, so he could only trace the contours of her face with his hands. "Third sister, your face is so small, it's not even as big as my palm. You need to eat more in the future to replenish your body."

"By the way, let's not have any more children. Too many children are not good. They are too noisy."

"You'll have to get up and take a look later. Xiao Yi has given our sons all big names. You said that you felt that the names of Futian, Fudi and Liu Cheng were too rustic, and you had to ask Xiao Yi to give them names with more scholarly meanings. He has already chosen them. Liu Cheng will be called Liu Yin, which means "armed with swords and iron horses". Futian will be called Liu Xi. Fudi will be called Liu Xi, and the little one who was just born will be called Liu Chan. These characters are difficult to write, you have to teach me."

His mutterings became increasingly unclear in the empty bedroom, and no one could hear them clearly.