Please, marry a white snake wife. It’s super cool.

The generals who participated in the expedition against Japan and won the national war will arrive at the imperial city one after another in the near future.

At that time, the empire will hold a ceremony to award prizes.

The emperor would lavishly reward generals and confer official titles and ranks upon them.

However, the prince's sudden death turned the happy event into a sad one.

In the imperial capital, cries of grief were heard everywhere.

The palace maids and eunuchs all walked around the imperial capital with their heads down and sad looks on their faces, busy preparing things for the funeral.

Emperor Gu Yuanzhang sat slumped in the imperial study, his hair turned white overnight, and his eyes were filled with grief and anger.

In the streets and alleys of the imperial city, white silk fluttered in the wind.

On the day of the funeral, the main roads of the imperial city were packed with people.

The Royal Guards were dressed in plain clothes, looked solemn, and maintained order.

The coffin was pulled by eight pure white horses, slowly moving out of the city.

The coffin was covered with gorgeous brocade embroidered with patterns symbolizing the prince's noble status.

On both sides of the street, civil and military officials and generals who had come to the imperial city to attend the awarding ceremony knelt down to see them off.

A few days ago, Gu Gaoxu, who was also going to come to the imperial city to accept the reward, was dragged back by Yan Wang Gu Di before he even left Yandu.

Prince of Yan, Gu Di, seemed to have known everything early on and had already drafted a "sick leave" memorial for his son and submitted it.

Otherwise, Gu Gaoxu should be the one kneeling on the ground to see the prince off.

These tearful officials and generals did not know whether they were crying for the deceased prince or for their own bright future.

On that day, Lu Yuan, as the commander of the left and right guards of the palace army, had been holding the important position of guarding the imperial city.

Naturally, Lu Yuan could not mingle with the civil and military officials, so he knelt down to see them off.

Lu Yuan led his soldiers to stand neatly and straight on the city wall, watching the prince's coffin leave from the west gate.

At the north gate of the imperial city, it was still Lan Ying, the commander of the left guard of the palace army, who led the soldiers to assist in the defense.

In other words, Zhao Feng, the commander of the Jinwu Guard, did not come back to continue guarding the north gate of the imperial city.

Lu Yuan speculated in his heart that perhaps Zhao Feng, the commander of the Jinwu Guard, had failed to complete the task assigned by the emperor, and might have been punished somewhere or even demoted.

The officials kneeling on the ground knew very well that the death of the prince was not only a loss to the royal family, but also a huge variable in the future of the empire.

In the Tianchao Palace and Leshen Temple in the imperial city, bells rang continuously, and Taoist priests performed rituals to pray for the prince's soul to be liberated.

The melodious and sad bell sound echoed in the sky above the imperial city, as if telling of the prince's bravery and wisdom during his lifetime.

Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning in the sky, and dark clouds gathered and pressed down.

Lu Yuan, wearing armor, stood on the wall of the imperial city, looked up at the sky, and muttered to himself: "The world is going to change!"

It started to drizzle, and the rain soaked everyone's clothes, but no one left, and everyone insisted on seeing the prince off for the last time.

This grand and tragic funeral became an indelible memory in the history of the Shenling Empire, and also cast a heavy shadow on the future situation.

After the prince's funeral, Lu Yuan took off his armor and returned to his mansion.

Su Liyan patted Lu Yuan's clothes with a towel and said:

"Brother, it's raining outside, drink some ginger soup, don't catch a cold."

Su Liyan estimated that the time was about right, so she prepared some ginger soup and waited for Lu Yuan to come back.

Lu Yuan picked up the ginger soup on the table, gulped it down, and thanked: "Thank you so much, my wife!"

"What are you talking about? Husband and wife don't need to talk about this."

Su Liyan took the empty bowl from Lu Yuan's hand and placed it on the table, then took out a set of clean clothes from the closet.

Su Liyan took off Lu Yuan's wet clothes and put on clean clothes for him.

Lu Yuan asked: "Yuer, what's going on?"

"I'm fine, I just stayed in the room and didn't come out." Su Liyan replied.

"Let's go and see it together."

"Okay, brother."

Lu Yuan and Su Liyan came to Gu Ziyue's room, and Lu Yuan knocked on the door lightly.

Gu Ziyue was lying on the bed. When she heard someone knocking on the door, she turned her head, wiped her face, and shouted, "Come in!"

"Yuan~Sister, you are here." Gu Ziyue said when she saw the two of them.

"Come and see my sister!" Su Liyan said softly.

Lu Yuan sat on the edge of the bed, holding Gu Ziyue's wrist. Her pulse was normal.

Lu Yuan said: "It is expected that the baby will be born next week, and the midwife has been arranged to live in the house."

Lu Yuan did not mention a word about the funeral of Crown Prince Gu Biao today.

Several people also kept silent about each other and stopped talking about sad things.

"Yeah~ I'm not afraid!" Gu Ziyue touched her round belly.

Gu Ziyue is not very tall, half a head shorter than Lu Yuan.

There was no obvious change in Gu Ziyue's figure during her pregnancy.

Apart from the big round belly, the parts that should be thin are still thin.

This made Zhao Qiaoer very envious, and she always kept shouting:

"This thin person is still thin even when she is pregnant. She just won't gain weight."

People are just different.

Lu Yuan could tell whether Gu Ziyue was pregnant with a boy or a girl just by taking her pulse.

But Lu Yuan never told anyone about it. No matter how Gu Ziyue asked, Lu Yuan just smiled and said nothing.

Some things, if you say them in advance, there will be no more expectations.

The moment the baby is born, it will definitely be a big surprise.

Although Su Liyan didn't know any medical skills, her keen hearing allowed her to know what was going on in Gu Ziyue's stomach.

A few days passed in a flash, one morning.

Gu Ziyue was lying on the bed screaming in pain, while the midwife was busy beside her bed.

There were also several maids helping out.

Lu Yuan and others were waiting anxiously outside the room.

Zhao Qiaoer looked at Lu Yuan and asked, "My dear, you also know medical skills, why don't you go in and help Yue'er give birth?"

"With the midwife here, everything will be fine." Lu Yuan replied calmly.

These days, Lu Yuan prepared a lot of medicine for Gu Ziyue, enough for her to deliver the baby smoothly and safely.

It’s just that because Gu Ziyue is relatively small, the passage is also relatively narrow.

Therefore, it must have been more painful for Gu Ziyue to give birth.

I guess Zhao Qiaoer didn't feel this kind of pain when she gave birth.

Gu Ziyue's childbirth this time was different from Su Liyan's situation.

When Su Liyan gave birth, her mother specifically told her not to let a midwife deliver the baby.

It’s because when Su Liyan gives birth to a child, there will be a period of regression to her ancestral home.

If the midwife saw the tail of a big snake, she would faint on the spot.

Lu Yuan then personally delivered the baby for Su Liyan. If it weren't for the prince, Gu Ziyue would have come to the mansion to take a look if she hadn't given birth to a baby today.

Gu Ziyue's painful groans could be heard from time to time, making everyone outside the door feel anxious.

Finally, a loud cry broke the tense atmosphere.

"It's happening, it's happening."

The people outside the room hugged and shouted to each other excitedly.

In the room, the midwife picked up a pink baby girl and said with a happy face:

"Congratulations, ma'am, on the birth of a little princess!"

Gu Ziyue was sweating profusely. She weakly pushed open the swaddling clothes with her right hand and glanced at her daughter in the midwife's arms. She was very relieved.

Don't ignore the tearing pain Twilight Sparkle is feeling.

"Wow! The little guy's cry is so loud!" Song Meiqi, who was outside the door, couldn't help but exclaimed when she heard the baby crying in the room.

Su Liyan heard the midwife's voice in the room and said, "My sister came out first."

Except for Lu Yuan, no one else carefully considered the meaning of Su Liyan's words.

Lu Yuan and Su Liyan smiled at each other and didn't say anything else.

Zhao Qiaoer was about to push the door open and say, "Let's take a look. Who does this little guy look more like?"

Lu Yuan grabbed Zhao Qiaoer's arm and said, "Wait a little longer, wait a little longer."

Everyone outside the door was stunned, not knowing the reason.

However, the midwife did not expect that the princess's delivery was not over yet.

Just a few minutes later, the princess's cry of pain was heard again in the room.

The midwife placed the baby in her arms steadily in the crib that Lu Yuan had prepared in advance.

The midwife was also shocked. According to past experience, the baby would still scream in pain after being born. Could it be that there was heavy bleeding?

Under current medical conditions, pregnant women who suffer heavy bleeding will hardly survive.

Princess Yuening lost her life at the hands of his own men, and he was afraid that he would not survive either.

The midwife lifted the quilt with trembling hands and looked inside.

Things were far beyond the midwife's imagination. She cried out, "Oh my God, there's another one!"

Immediately afterwards, the midwife began a new round of busy work in a panic.

The people outside the door were once again in a state of tension and anxiety. "My dear nephew, Yue'er is so young, will she be okay?"

Lu Yuan comforted everyone and said, "Don't worry, everything will be fine."

Lu Yuan specially fed Gu Ziyue some medicine this morning to increase her strength and relieve her pain.

After a long time, an even louder cry echoed throughout the mansion.

The midwife excitedly picked up the baby, lifted up the baby's legs, and saw a medium-sized thing hanging there.

The midwife shouted in a trembling voice: "Great joy, madam! Another little boy has been born!"

The midwife's voice in the room was like a bolt from the blue, leaving most people speechless with surprise.

They are twins!

Everyone then broke into extremely happy smiles on their faces.

Zhao Qiaoer picked up Song Meiqin and spun her around, saying excitedly, "This is such a great blessing!"

After several maids cleaned up for Gu Ziyue, Lu Yuan and others rushed into the room.

For a moment, everyone didn't know which one to look at first.

Lu Yuan walked straight to Gu Ziyue's side, held Gu Ziyue's hand, patted her and said, "Yuer, you've worked so hard."

Gu Ziyue's lips turned pale, and she smiled bleakly and responded, "I really didn't expect it, it's twins, a boy and a girl, why didn't you tell us!"

Seeing Gu Ziyue’s bulging belly, I thought it was a big baby, but it turned out to be two babies.

Lu Yuan took out a high-grade pill from his arms, which was specially made for Gu Ziyue.

The small pill melted in her mouth, causing Gu Ziyue's physical condition to immediately return to the state it was before pregnancy.

Gu Ziyue no longer felt any pain in her body, not even any tiredness, and she could even get out of bed.

Lu Yuan still held Gu Ziyue down and let her rest on the bed for a while.

After Gu Ziyue took the pill, she didn’t even need to stay in bed for the whole month. She just needed to take a good sleep and she would be full of energy again.

"Look, look at our Yue'er. She is not very big, but she can still give birth to two children. It's amazing!" said Zhao Qiao'er, who was holding the baby girl.

At the same time, deep in the magnificent imperial capital, Empress Ma sat exhaustedly on the phoenix chair.

In recent days, due to arranging the funeral of the crown prince, I have been exhausted both physically and mentally, and my face has become much more haggard.

An old eunuch walked up to the queen and said with his head down, "Your Majesty, today Princess Yuening gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl."

The old eunuch was able to obtain this information thanks to the Jinyiwei spread throughout the imperial city.

This news also reached Emperor Gu Yuanzhang.

Of course, Lu Yuan would not have any conflict with the Jinyiwei now, and would allow the Jinyiwei to monitor his every move.

When Queen Ma heard this, her frown relaxed a little.

Her daughter, the beloved princess, gave birth to a child successfully.

"Let the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Treasures, and the Ministry of Clothing prepare gifts together to convey my blessings and concern to the princess."

Queen Ma's lips were colorless but her eyes were gentle, and her voice was majestic yet full of love.

The old eunuch bowed respectfully, and after Empress Ma finished her instructions, he left the Empress's bedroom.

The old eunuch took the order and, with a team of palace maids, set off towards the princess's residence, carrying gift boxes filled with rare treasures.

The old eunuch had already stepped into the main courtyard of the palace and said, "The Queen has ordered me to come and present a gift to Princess Yuening!"

Lu Yuan and others who were inside the house heard it and hurriedly asked someone to invite the old eunuch to the front hall.

Gu Ziyue is not able to see anyone at the moment because she just gave birth to a child.

Lu Yuan went to the front hall alone and asked others to look after Gu Ziyue and the newborn baby.

The eunuch walked into the front hall, bowed respectfully, and said, "Sir, the Queen is overjoyed to hear that you and the princess have a baby boy.

He was specially given a string of Kunlun purple jade beads, ten pieces of top-quality silk, a pair of jade ruyi, as well as a thousand-year-old ginseng, a luminous orchid, and a five-color phoenix flower.

May you be safe, prosperous, and healthy. "

Queen Ma knew that Lu Yuan could refine elixirs, so she specifically asked him to send three precious medicinal herbs for Lu Yuan to use.

Lu Yuan asked the servant to take the gift from the palace maid and said:
"Thank you for your concern, Queen. Please go back and thank Princess Yuening and my husband on my behalf."

The old eunuch saluted again, then left the front hall and led the palace maids back to the imperial capital to report to the queen.

About half a month later.

Su Liyan's parents, Su Changliang, and Xiaoqian's family came from Taining City and have arrived at the outskirts of the imperial city.

Su Changliang called Lu Yuan and said on the phone: "Brother-in-law, our family has come to the Imperial City and will arrive tomorrow."

"Okay, okay, drive slowly on the road and be careful." Lu Yuan said.

Just as Lu Yuan said, the world has not been peaceful recently.

After Lu Yuan hung up the phone, he told Su Liyan the news that Su Changliang and his family were coming to the imperial city.

After Su Liyan found out, she jumped five feet high and said excitedly: "This is unexpected good news!" (End of this chapter)