Cheng Yujin moved in the middle of the night, and the lights in the main hall immediately lit up. Soon, Lian Qiao ran out of the hall. She didn't even have time to put on her clothes before she hurriedly shouted, "Quickly call the midwife over. Quickly boil water in the small kitchen. The Crown Princess is about to give birth!"
This shout startled everyone in the Eastern Palace. Then, ripples spread through the palace, and small lights lit up in the entire Forbidden City. The news spread to every corner of the palace in an instant.
The Crown Princess was about to give birth.
Cheng Yujin was in so much pain that she almost lost consciousness. She suddenly woke up in the middle of the night and felt that something was wrong with her lower body. She knew that her water had broken and immediately called for help. Fortunately, Li Seung-kyung was a light sleeper and woke up as soon as she called out. After that, Cheng Yujin was moved to a special delivery room. All she could see were shadows swaying in front of her. Cheng Yujin couldn't tell who was who.
She was in pain for a long time. Giving birth was easy because every woman had to go through it, so it didn't seem to be a big deal. However, only those who had experienced it would know how painful it was.
In the end, Cheng Yujin was in a daze. She remembered that she had moved in the middle of the night. Now, the sky outside was exceptionally bright. It seemed that it was almost dawn. Cheng Yujin's ears were filled with all kinds of shouts, from midwives and maidservants.
Cheng Yujin remembered that when she gave birth in her previous life, she also had a difficult labor. In this life, she had twins. It seemed that it would be even more difficult.
In a daze, she vaguely saw a blurry figure. She couldn't see the other person's face clearly, but a strange voice in her head told her that it was her child in her previous life.
In her previous life, she and Huo Changyuan had given birth to a child that she had risked her life to give birth to. In the end, she didn't even have the chance to see the child. Later, this child was raised by Cheng Yumo. Because his stepmother and aunt was favored, she quickly gave birth to a son. This child lacked attention from a young age. When he was young, he was submissive. When he grew up, he became muddle-headed.
Huo Changyuan became more and more disappointed in him. In the end, he decided to change the heir. That child got drunk in the middle of the night and slipped into the lake, thus ending his short life.
Cheng Yujin heard the figure scream, "How can you be so selfish! Now that you've met the Crown Prince, you're trying to climb up the social ladder. Not only are you going to marry the Crown Princess, but you're also going to give up your child from your previous life? Have you ever thought that if you do this, your child will completely disappear?! "
On November 30th, it was extremely cold at night. Huo Changyuan trained for a day in the cold wind. Because of the incident with Yang Shoufu, the military had also been implicated. Recently, the trend of taking sides was extremely popular. Huo Changyuan was physically and mentally exhausted. He thought that he could finally take a break after returning home, but he found that the Marquis Household was dead silent.
Huo Changyuan went to pay his respects to his mother, but he saw the Huxue Clan sitting there with cold faces. They said in a strange tone, "Raising a son is indeed a losing business. At least a daughter knows how to take care of her maternal family. After raising a son, she poured her heart out for him, but in the end, he only remembers his own wife."
Huo Changyuan had no choice but to persuade them for a long time. Only then did the Huxue Clan's expression change. They dragged him to the side and nagged about Cheng Yumo. No one could remain in a good mood after listening to someone pour out their negative energy, even if that person was their own mother. Huo Changyuan felt even more exhausted. He returned to his room and found that there was no light in the courtyard. The main room was pitch-black.
Huo Changyuan suddenly felt a sense of weariness. He hadn't even entered the room, but he was already irritated by what he was about to face.
Sure enough, Cheng Yumo sat in the dark room, sobbing. When she saw Huo Changyuan return, Cheng Yumo didn't greet him. Instead, she turned her back and cried even louder.
Huo Changyuan had just comforted the Huxue Clan. Now that Cheng Yumo was also crying, Huo Changyuan didn't have any extra emotions. He was very tired. He sat down and poured himself a cup of tea, only to find that it was cold.
Huo Changyuan was already a little angry. He forced himself to hold it in and asked, "What's wrong with you again?"
Again? This word seemed to hit Cheng Yumo. She suddenly exploded. She turned around and screamed at the top of her lungs, "What's wrong with me? I'm just a shrew. I'm not as understanding as Marquis. If you don't like me, then get out! "
Huo Changyuan really had the impulse to turn around and leave after being yelled at like this. However, he knew that if he left, things would only become more troublesome. At the end of the day, this mess was all his fault.
Huo Changyuan suppressed his emotions and said, "I just asked, and you exploded like a firecracker. If you have something to say, say it. What's wrong with you? "
"It's all my fault. I'm not as beautiful as Heng 'e, nor as talented as Pan Cao. I lost a child and my foundation was damaged. I haven't been able to conceive for so many years. I'm already a good-for-nothing. I'm not good-looking, my personality is not likable, and I don't know how to be smooth and slick to please everyone. Why does Marquis still keep me? He might as well send me back to my mother's family with a divorce letter. I'll be able to leave with a clean record and avoid being ruined by the wind, frost, rain, and snow. "
When Huo Changyuan heard the word "ruined," he sneered and said coldly, "In your eyes, marrying into the Huo family is actually going to be ruined by the wind, frost, rain, and snow? Since that's the case, I don't dare to keep you. Second Miss Cheng, you can go wherever it's warm. "
Cheng Yumo's cries suddenly weakened. She didn't really want to divorce. She was just deliberately angering Huo Changyuan and wanted him to coax her. She didn't expect Huo Changyuan to actually agree.
Cheng Yumo didn't continue and cried even more mournfully. "How did you beg me to marry you? How did you pledge your undying love to me? How long has it been? Have you forgotten? I was wondering why Mother-in-law mentioned taking in a concubine again. In my opinion, you were the one who was moved! "
So it was because of taking in a concubine again. Huo Changyuan was really exhausted. "Back then, I swore in front of the Crown Princess that I wouldn't take in a concubine. Naturally, I wouldn't take in a concubine. Why are you always pestering me? "
At the mention of the Crown Princess, both of them were silent for a moment. Cheng Yumo's heart suddenly ached. Huo Changyuan said it so resolutely and righteously. It was obvious that he had a clear conscience. Then, was he making a promise to his wife or to the Crown Princess?
Cheng Yumo's heart ached and her words became sharper. "Who's the one pestering you? Fine, you said you don't want to take in a concubine. Then you go and tell Mother-in-law. She's been trying to give you women all day long as if she's crazy. You go and tell her these words! "
Huo Changyuan flew into a rage. "How dare you! How dare you talk about Mother like that? "
Cheng Yumo also felt that she had misspoken after she finished speaking. However, she refused to change her words after Huo Changyuan shouted at her. Cheng Yumo shouted in a shrill voice, "Isn't she? What kind of mother would look at her son like that? What kind of mother-in-law would ask about the details of her son and daughter-in-law's bedroom? Don't you think there's something wrong with your mother? "
Huo Changyuan's long sleeves swept all the teacups on the table to the ground. He pointed at Cheng Yumo and said angrily, "You, you …"
Cheng Yumo was shocked by the broken porcelain. She shivered and her eyes were almost pierced by the splashing porcelain. Cheng Yumo felt wronged and scared. She cried, "How dare you throw things at me! How dare you treat me like this! You might as well throw me to death, just like how you threw our child to death last time. After I die, I can reunite with our child in the netherworld. Our mother is gone and she'll make room for you so that you can marry the person of your dreams! "
Huo Changyuan's momentum weakened when he mentioned their child. Huo Changyuan also blamed himself for accidentally hurting their child. Huo Changyuan felt guilty when Cheng Yumo mentioned it for the first time. He felt that he owed Cheng Yumo a lot. However, Cheng Yumo said it again and again. Every time she wanted to achieve something, she would mention his mistake. Huo Zhangyuan's guilt had turned into numbness, disgust, and hatred as the torture continued.
Huo Changyuan didn't speak for a long time. Finally, he said coldly and without any emotion, "I'm sorry. So what do you want? Divorce? "
Cheng Yumo was shocked. She raised her head, her eyes full of disbelief. "What did you say? It was your mother who forced me to take a concubine. It was your family who wronged me. How dare you talk about divorce? "
Huo Changyuan frowned and said impatiently, "If you have something to say, say it. If you drag my mother into it again, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Cheng Yumo's eyes widened. She felt like she was about to break down. "So, you never thought that your mother was wrong, did you?"
Huo Changyuan couldn't take it anymore. "You offended your mother again and again. Can't you be more mature?"
Although Huo Zhangyuan didn't answer the question just now, looking at his furrowed brows, it was obvious that he agreed. He even felt that Cheng Yumo was offending his mother by asking this.
Cheng Yumo's tears fell. "Didn't you say that you liked my naive and ignorant look the most? You didn't cherish it after you got it. You clearly said that you loved my naive innocence. Now that you've married me, you're saying that I'm immature? "
Huo Changyuan also felt suffocated. He said unhappily, "You're already an adult. You can't even handle the small things in your life. How can you be proud?"
Cheng Yumo, who was originally calm, exploded when she heard this. She stood up and threw the things next to her to the ground. She asked in a hoarse voice, "Do you regret it? Who do you think is mature and reliable? Cheng Yujin? "
Before Cheng Yumo could finish, Huo Changyuan covered her mouth. Cheng Yumo kept crying. Huo Changyuan looked out of the window with lingering fear. Seeing that no one had noticed, he let go of the hand covering Cheng Yumo's mouth and said in a low voice, "You're crazy! How dare you say such things? That's the Crown Princess. "
Cheng Yumo struggled to break free from Huo Changyuan's hand and gasped for breath. She looked sad with tears on her cheeks. She looked like she was crying and laughing at the same time. She looked very strange. "Crown Princess. Haha, Crown Princess! "
When the words "Crown Princess" came out, Cheng Yumo and Huo Changyuan fell silent. This name seemed to be some kind of key. As long as it was not mentioned, the two of them could pretend to be husband and wife and quarrel wantonly. However, today, Cheng Yumo called Cheng Yujin out of excitement. It was like a ferocious beast in an iron cage was released. The ugly situation that the two of them tried to hide was finally revealed.
They thought that their relationship was like the moon in the sky. Although they quarreled, it was normal. However, after breaking through the layer of window paper that they tacitly agreed to, they found that it was full of holes and scars. There was almost no place that was intact. Outsiders thought that the more hurt they were, the more sincere they became. After a long time, they also thought so. However, in fact, they were already full of scars and were unbearable to look at.
This name was a taboo in the hearts of the two of them. Especially now that this person had become the Crown Princess and was pregnant. She was the moon surrounded by stars. If they revealed the slightest hint of disrespect or suspicion in their words, it would bring a fatal disaster to the Huo family.
The two of them looked at each other in silence for a long time. In the end, Huo Changyuan could not stand it anymore. He hurriedly said, "I'm going to sleep in the study." Then he turned and left.
After Huo Changyuan left, Cheng Yumo looked at the mess in the room and slid to the ground as if he had lost all his strength. He covered his face and cried bitterly.
Huo Changyuan walked alone in the corridor where the cold wind whistled. Although he knew that he could not do this, he could not help but think, "If the person standing here today was Cheng Yujin, how would she deal with it?"
If it was Cheng Yujin, she would not say things like "divorce" or "divorce". Once she said it, it meant that she had prepared everything and considered officially separating. She also would not use the child she lost to attack her husband. She would not scold her mother-in-law in front of her husband. She would not let her husband come home in the middle of the night only to find the house cold and empty when he opened the door. There was not even a cup of hot tea …
No, if it was Cheng Yujin, everything that happened today would not have happened at all. Cheng Yujin and her mother-in-law would not fight to the death. They would not turn against each other because of taking in a concubine. They would not lose their first child …
Huo Changyuan suddenly felt an intense pain in his heart. In fact, they had lost their first child. In his previous life, he and Cheng Yujin's first and only son had died in an ice-cold lake. At that time, he did not even have anyone by his side.
Was this his retribution? In two lifetimes, the first child that he had looked forward to the most and, in fact, loved the most, was bound to be lost.
The Crown Princess that everyone praised now should have been his wife.
Everyone in the capital was envious of the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess in the Eastern Palace who were deeply in love with each other. The Crown Princess personally arranged the Crown Prince's regular clothes. No matter where the Crown Princess went, the Crown Prince would personally escort her. The two of them were well-matched in appearance and graceful in bearing. They could play chess and paint together, talk about the present and the past. They could also joke with each other and tell jokes that only the two of them could understand. They were evenly matched and intimate. It could be said that they were a perfect example of the "harmony" and "intimacy" between husband and wife. It was the most perfect husband and wife model that everyone could imagine.
However, this beautiful married life should have been Huo Changyuan's.
Huo Changyuan closed his eyes hard. His heart was filled with pain. Why did he lose his mind and break off the engagement with Cheng Yujin? In his previous life, why did he not cherish Cheng Yujin and cause her to die early?
The story that everyone talked about should have been about them.
His emotions were like a dormant ferocious beast. Once it escaped its cage, it could no longer be suppressed. Huo Changyuan immediately recalled even more scenes. He had been painstakingly suppressing these feelings for the past few days, but at this moment, all his efforts were in vain.
In his previous life, he shouldn't have indulged Cheng Yumo when she was pregnant because he couldn't harden his heart. He shouldn't have run away from the military camp when he found out the truth. Most importantly, he shouldn't have avoided Cheng Yujin and stayed in the official residence on the day of Cheng Yujin's labor because he didn't know how to face Cheng Yujin. He shouldn't have caused Cheng Yujin's difficult labor and died.
He finally understood. When he regained his senses in the world of ice and snow, he used all his strength to open his eyes a slit. The first girl he saw was the beautiful goddess in his dreams.
The girl was bright and beautiful. Her beauty was unparalleled. She nodded and smiled at him.
At that moment, Huo Changyuan heard the sound of something shattering in his heart. He thought that he was moved by the girl who saved him, but in reality, it was the girl he saw at first sight.
After that, Huo Changyuan's love, infatuation, and even obsession with Cheng Yumo all originated from this girl. It wasn't because someone saved him. It was just out of gratitude. What truly drove him crazy was that fleeting glimpse of her when he opened his eyes.
From then on, the shadow of his savior overlapped with the goddess in front of him. Huo Changyuan couldn't extricate himself from this feeling of wanting to marry no one else but her. Huo Changyuan transferred these feelings to Cheng Yumo. He always thought that the one he loved was Cheng Yumo.
That was why Huo Changyuan was so conflicted and pained when Cheng Yumo told him the truth in his previous life. His feelings for the goddess in his heart were so sincere that when this person was separated from his wife who looked exactly the same, Huo Changyuan was in so much pain that he wished he was dead. He ran away for a long time, not knowing how to face all of this. However, just as he realized that the past was gone, and that the infatuation he saw at first sight couldn't compare to the daily necessities of life. Huo Changyuan had just made up his mind to be responsible for his wife and children when he heard the Marquis Household's servant report that his wife was dead.
She was dead.
Huo Changyuan was so distressed that he couldn't breathe. He asked several times before he realized in despair that it was true. For a long time afterwards, Huo Changyuan didn't dare to look at his eldest son's face. Whenever he saw his eldest son's face that resembled Cheng Yujin's, Huo Changyuan felt as if he had returned to the morning when he heard the news of Cheng Yujin's death. His heart ached so much that he couldn't even speak.
The heartache that almost tore him apart finally made Huo Changyuan realize who the person he loved, the person he fell in love with at first sight, was.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
The pain from his previous life seemed to have been brought into this life. Now, Huo Changyuan's chest also began to ache faintly. Huo Changyuan was in extreme pain and remorseful. The thing he regretted most was that when Cheng Yujin gave birth in his previous life, he didn't stay at the scene and didn't persuade his mother. As a result, the Huxue Clan numbly said, "Save the child."
At this time, Huo Changyuan had an intuition. He raised his head and looked at the Forbidden City in the north.
"Did she give birth?"
At this moment, Cheng Yujin was trapped in the maze of her previous life and this life. The voice was still screaming with all its might, "Don't you want the child of your previous life? As a mother, are you so irresponsible? "
Cheng Yujin was in pain for a long time, and her consciousness gradually blurred. She didn't know whether this moment was real or an illusion. She also didn't know whether the person in front of her was a figment of her imagination or a real demon hidden under her rationality.
She looked at the blurry shadow and asked, "Who are you?"
"I'm the child of your previous life who didn't have a good ending."
"No, you're not." After Cheng Yujin said this, her spirit suddenly became clear. Her muddle-headed spirit suddenly seemed to have stepped on solid ground. All of her rationality and decisions slowly flowed back into her body.
Cheng Yujin's heart was even brighter. She said, "According to what you said, if I want to treat my child well, I have to marry that bastard Huo Changyuan and die again? No, that's the real irresponsibility to the child. If you want to treat someone well, the most important thing to do is to treat yourself well. "
"This is the case for parents, husbands, and children. You're not the child of my previous life. You're me. "
After Cheng Yujin said those words, the fog that had been wrapped around the person dispersed. As expected, behind the black shadow was her own face.
"I don't know why I dreamed of my previous life, but you're not me, and I'm not you. I've never married Huo Changyuan in my life. The so-called fated child is even more impossible to talk about. As long as it's my child, it's my child. There's no difference between a previous life and this life. "
"What I regret the most about my previous life isn't that my little sister took over my nest, it's not that my only son didn't have a good ending, and it's definitely not that I entrusted to the wrong person. The only thing I'm sorry about is that I've schemed for my entire life, but at the critical moment, I gave the right to decide my life and death into the hands of the Huxue Clan. But now, my husband, the one who stood outside and made the decision for me when I was about to pass through the gates of hell, is Li Seung-kyung. He's worth me entrusting my life to. So, all the wrongs of my previous life can no longer affect me. "
She thought that she didn't care about her previous life. She thought that nothing could affect her mind. But in fact, there was. Especially when she became a real mother. In her dreams, she had died due to a difficult labor. The child who died prematurely because he fell into the lake had always invaded her mind in her dark dreams. Cheng Yujin never wanted to use reason to suppress the fear in her heart. However, the more she suppressed it, the more it swelled up. Finally, on the day of her delivery, when her mind and body were at their weakest, it completely exploded.
Only by facing the heart of her illness could she truly walk out of it. Cheng Yujin looked at the fog that was gradually collapsing. She knew that the heart of her illness had been completely uprooted.
Cheng Yujin finally broke through her obsession. All kinds of voices rushed into her mind. When the midwife and maidservant saw that Cheng Yujin didn't react for a long time, they were scared to death. They desperately stuffed ginseng into Cheng Yujin's mouth. Now that Cheng Yujin finally reacted, they were overjoyed. They all shouted, "Crown Princess, hold on, use more strength."
Cheng Yujin's eyes suddenly became moist with tears. She was still alive. Li Seung-kyung was still waiting for her outside. He was her Ninth Uncle, her husband, and the father of her child. He had wandered the world for more than fourteen years. How could she bear to leave him alone?
Cheng Yujin suddenly exploded with a burst of brute force at the end of her rope. Gradually, the midwife in her ear shouted in surprise, "I see the end! Crown Princess, use more strength. You'll be out soon! "
Li Seung-kyung stood outside the delivery room. A night had passed. At this moment, the east was already shining with a faint white light. Li Seung-kyung waited in the cold wind for a night. Several groups of people came to inquire about the situation. Only Li Seung-kyung had been standing there the whole time.
Eunuchs constantly came to ask Li Seung-kyung to rest in the side hall. Li Seung-kyung shook his head and refused. How could he rest at ease? There were several times when Li Seung-kyung heard the thrilling screams inside and wanted to push the door open himself. The most dangerous time was when everyone inside shouted Cheng Yujin's name. It was as if when she fainted, Li Seung-kyung's hand was already on the door of the delivery room.
But in the end, Li Seung-kyung resisted. He knew that he didn't know anything. If he went in, he would only add psychological pressure to the midwife and the palace maids. Cheng Yujin was so vain and strong. She didn't take the initiative to say anything. She must not want him to see her in such a sorry state. Besides, Li Seung-kyung was standing outside. There was dust and sand on his body. If he rashly entered the delivery room, he was afraid that he would infect Cheng Yujin and the child.
He resisted for an entire night. The cold wind rustled. The eunuchs couldn't help but change shifts. Only Li Seung-kyung did not move. The sound of the night watch came from outside. Fine snowflakes fell from the sky. Li Seung-kyung raised his head to look at the endless sky. The sky was about to brighten.
Cheng Yujin was in pain for an entire night.
Li Seung-kyung called Liu Yi and said, "Go and pass a message to the Emperor. Tell him that I won't be going to the morning court today."
"Yes." Liu Yi carefully responded. Regardless of rain or shine, one could not be absent from the morning court. However, the Crown Princess giving birth was clearly not an ordinary situation for the Crown Prince. After Liu Yi left, Li Seung-kyung stopped a palace maid who was holding hot water and said, "Pass a message to everyone inside. No matter what happens, no matter the cost, you must ensure the safety of the Crown Princess."
The palace maid was frightened by the look in Li Seung-kyung's eyes and stammered in response.
After a while, there was a burst of shouts from the delivery room. In the end, the midwife's voice was hoarse, but she still excitedly shouted, "It's a boy. The Crown Princess is pregnant with a son!"
"Aiya, there's another one!"
It's a boy? Li Seung-kyung's fingers suddenly clenched. She was pregnant with twins. Could it be … the worst case scenario?
At this moment, Liu Yi came back with a message and brought the Emperor's eunuch. The Imperial Eunuch greeted Li Seung-kyung and said, "Crown Prince, have a good day. The Emperor is very considerate of the Crown Prince's feelings. He said to let you stay in the Eastern Palace and not worry about the morning court. That's right, His Majesty was also worried for an entire night. Has the Crown Princess given birth? "
Li Seung-kyung's hands clenched into fists. Just as he was about to speak, another burst of shouts came from the delivery room. A maidservant cried out in pleasant surprise, her voice breaking, "It's twins!"
At this time, she seemed to have been hit by another maidservant. Dugeaux glared at Lian Qiao and ran all the way to the delivery room. When she went out, she almost fell. "Your Highness the Crown Prince, it's twins! The Crown Princess gave birth to twins! "
"Twins!" The people standing in the courtyard were all in an uproar. The eunuch who came to inquire was so surprised that his mouth was wide open.
"Twins?" The Imperial Eunuch finally reacted and clapped his hands. "Congratulations to Your Highness the Crown Prince, great news! Twins are a good omen. Landing in the Eastern Palace of the Imperial Family is a blessing from the heavens. The dynasty will last for eternity! "
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