Soon, the midwife understood that she was just a decoration. A man who should never have appeared appeared in the delivery room.
"Get them to cover their eyes. Don't look at things they shouldn't see."
Jiang Pengji's tone was very calm. One could not tell that she was a pregnant woman who was about to give birth.
Wei Ci said, "Leave it to me, my lord."
The delivery room was cleaned up. Irrelevant people were herded to the cubicle to wait, including the midwife and the doctor. Only the maidservants who were in charge of boiling water could wait outside. They were all watched by special people. Some had ulterior motives and were extremely afraid. Some were baffled but did not dare to object.
"This doesn't look like the grandeur that Lord Jiang should have when giving birth."
Jiang Pengji was still in the mood to joke at this moment.
Wei Ci said, "Giving birth doesn't require so many people to move around. Not only is it easy to cause trouble, but it will also give people with ulterior motives an opportunity to take advantage of."
Even with experience, Wei Ci was so nervous that his hands were trembling.
Many imperial concubines, princes, and princesses were killed in this way in the unofficial history of the palace without anyone knowing.
Jiang Pengji was really in pain at this moment. She lay on the delivery bed and looked at her slightly shameful posture of waiting to give birth. She smiled and said to Wei Ci, "I heard that there used to be a man who accidentally saw his wife giving birth. Since then, he has been dispirited and has no interest in treating his wife."
Wei Ci said, "I've seen it twice. Have you seen me in such a situation before?"
Jiang Pengji was shocked by the bold and unrestrained Wei Ci that day.
"If it were you on a normal day, you would most likely be so embarrassed that you wouldn't be able to speak."
Wei Ci sighed and said, "My lord is about to give birth. I have to accept whatever you say and make you happy. This is my duty."
A woman's positive emotions were conducive to giving birth. If she was seriously frightened, it might even cause the position of the fetus to be reversed, from a natural birth position to a difficult birth position. Wei Ci could not afford to take the risk. If this could make the lord feel more relaxed, why not let her tease him a little?
"Why are you touching my stomach?"
After her pregnant belly appeared, she was particularly ticklish. Wei Ci's warm fingers touched her stomach, making her want to laugh.
"Touch the position of the fetus. If it's not in the right position, turn it over before the fetus enters the basin."
"There's such a method?"
Wei Ci said, "I specially found someone to learn it. I disguised myself and followed them to a few places and learned a thing or two.
Jiang Pengji laughed. "Are you going to dress up as a girl?"
Wei Ci answered patiently, "If I was dressed as a man, they wouldn't have let me in. I'm afraid I would have been beaten out by the host."
Cross-Dressing … Wei Ci?
He actually didn't get beaten out?
Jiang Pengji scrutinized Wei Ci's serious face. She was not surprised.
His appearance was exquisite and beautiful. He didn't have the cold and hard edges of a man, but he wasn't as feminine as a woman either.
After dressing up a little, applying some make-up and changing into a more voluminous female outfit, one would indeed look like an iconic beauty at first glance.
"Although they are twins, the positions of the fetuses are very good."
After the examination, Wei Ci heaved a sigh of relief. The probability of a natural birth of twins was not high. Most of the time, one would die prematurely.
"Did you experience dystocia because the fetus was in an irregular position?"
Wei Ci said, "Her Majesty's body was suffering from a chronic illness. She was entangled with worldly affairs and did not take good care of the fetus. She met with trouble during childbirth. In the end, both mother and daughter were safe."
When a woman gave birth, outsiders could not help much.
Don't be fooled by the scenes of people giving birth in the TV series. The midwives worked very hard and the maids fetching hot water ran back and forth.
If you really went to a modern delivery room to take a look, you would realize that when the delivery room was busy, one midwife had to look after several beds of pregnant women.
According to the TV series, the nurses and doctors would be too busy even if they had three heads and six arms.
"Wait until the uterus is almost opened before exerting force. My lord can save up some strength now."
Wei Ci used a handkerchief to wipe away the beads of sweat that rolled down her forehead and almost wet her eyelashes so that she wouldn't feel uncomfortable.
"Then talk to me for a while."
Jiang Pengji's ability to endure pain was extremely high, but this body was not original after all. No matter how much pain she could endure, there was an upper limit.
"What does my lord want to talk about?"
Jiang Pengji said, "Anything is fine. I'm really in pain now. Talk and be distracted."
Her pain was really painful. It was not the "pain" that she used to say when she was acting coquettishly or teasing Wei Ci.
However, Wei Ci could only watch and was unable to share her burden.
Jiang Pengji forced a somewhat stiff smile. "I want to hear how you like me."
The two of them did not make much noise when they spoke. Those who were a distance away could not hear what they said, let alone the people waiting outside the delivery room.
Feng Jin and the others waited for more than two hours. This was probably the longest they had ever waited for more than two hours.
Afterwards, when some people recalled it, they could not help but complain that even their wives did not wait for so long when they gave birth.
At that moment, no one had the mood to laugh at themselves. There was no movement in the delivery room. Their hearts could only be raised high, with nowhere to rest.
Some people could not help but imagine situations such as a hemorrhage and dystocia. The more they thought about it, the more afraid they became. The more they were afraid, the more they could not get rid of the images in their minds.
The real situation was very different from what they imagined.
Jiang Pengji's delivery was very smooth.
Because of her special body, her belly did not really show until seven months. She did not have too much nutrition during her pregnancy, so the size of the fetus was not big.
When Wei Ci said that he could see the baby's head, her body was a little numb from the pain, but she still did as she was told.
At that moment, Wei Ci was calm.
He steadily helped the baby out of the birth canal with both hands. His actions were agile.
Jiang Pengji felt her belly loosen up a little. She asked while sweating profusely, "Is it a boy or a girl?"
"It's a girl. It's a girl."
Even though Jiang Pengji already knew the answer, she felt that there was a different meaning in asking after going through the procedure.
The eldest daughter was small, but her voice was very loud. Her voice could be heard in the main hall outside the delivery room. She cried pitifully.
Jiang Pengji: "…"
No matter how Wei Ci coaxed her, she did not stop crying.
Jiang Pengji waved her hands weakly and said, "Let her cry for a while. She's been wronged."
Wei Ci: "???"
Jiang Pengji could not tell Wei Ci that her daughter had been kicked into the basin to give birth.
Don't think that she could not see the situation in her belly with her mental strength.
Pei Qian, what's wrong with you kicking my daughter?
Look at this child crying!
The second child was born in the time it took to brew a cup of tea. Her crying was a little weak, and her voice was childish.
She pulled the daughter's leg and fixed her eyes on her. "She's also a girl."
Wei Ci panicked at first, but after taking a closer look at the appearance of the two children, he breathed a sigh of relief.
They were not quite the same. That was safe.
Jiang Pengji could not help but roll her eyes.
Fraternal twins were not identical. Wasn't it normal for them to look different?
Unbeknownst to her, Wei Ci had worried about these two children for a long time. There was a period of time when he dreamed of two identical children standing in front of him. They kept asking him to distinguish who was the eldest and who was the second. If he guessed wrongly, they would have to leave.
"Have you named them?"
Wei Ci said, "There are a few. Do you want to continue using the name Jiang Yan?"
"Don't. Otherwise, it's unfair to both of them." Jiang Pengji was silent for a while. "Linlang, one Jiang Lin, one Jiang Lang?"
Wei Ci: "???"
Is the lord sure you want to trick your youngest daughter like this?
The character Lang has a good meaning, but do you still remember your surname, my lord?
Jiang Lang, Jiang Lang …
Jiang Lang has run out of ideas?
"Why don't we … each name one?"
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