The Three-Life Stone

"Coconut cups, pearl fish balls, four-happiness meatballs, and braised lion head. My sister is missing them very much. Let's see what Sister Jin wants to eat." An Zhaoyi muttered to Concubine Shu with a smile.

"You, I like meatballs. I think you look like meatballs."

Everyone walked towards Yonghe Palace, chatting and laughing.

In the spring of the following year, the magnolia flowers at the gate of the Hibiscus Courtyard bloomed, and Hua Xiaoyao was due to give birth. At this time, Shufei had been promoted to Guifei, Jin Xiuyi was promoted to Jinfei, and An Zhaoyi was promoted to Concubine but was not given a title.

The emperor was guarding the gate of the Hibiscus Courtyard, while Concubine Shu and a group of concubines were guarding the courtyard. Because it was a reincarnation and she was giving birth to twins, Hua Xiaoyao felt that her body was hollowed out. The child stayed in her belly and showed no intention of coming out. She was in so much pain that she almost fainted, and fear filled her heart in an instant.

Will she die? Will she die with the child? Where will she go if she dies? Will Lin Mo be sad? Why is it so painful? No more, no more, why the damn Lin Mo won’t give birth?

Beads of sweat and crystal tears appeared on Hua Xiaoyao's face. She clutched the quilt tightly with both hands and comforted herself. It was just giving birth to a baby. The child had been normal till now and should be normal at the last moment as well. She should not scare herself. The child was so well-behaved in the mother's belly and was the mother's good child. The mother would not want to let the mother suffer, right?

An hour passed, and Hua Xiaoyao felt her stomach dropping. The midwife was still persuading her, "Madam, now is not the right time. You can walk around to relax, or take some supplements to distract yourself."

"I'm in so much pain, why hasn't the time come yet?" Hua Xiaoyao cried out exhausted and aggrieved.

Lin Mo, who was outside the door, was not in a good mood. Just as he was about to enter the door, he heard Concubine Shu's symbolic dissuasion: "Your Majesty, think twice. When a woman gives birth, the air is filled with blood. Your Majesty can't help much if you go in. It's better to leave it to a professional midwife."

"Xiaoyao is my wife. What else should I pay attention to when I go to accompany my wife?"

Xiao Shunzi looked at Lin Mo's expression and stood aside. No one stopped Lin Mo from walking in, and the maid closed the door.

When Lin Mo entered, he saw Hua Xiaoyao lying on the bed, rolling back and forth slightly. He wiped away the tears mixed with sweat for Hua Xiaoyao with concern: "Be good, Mo Yuan is here, Xiaoyao, don't be afraid."

The midwife knew how important Hua Xiaoyao was to the emperor. She stood by and watched the pain-stricken Hua Xiaoyao. She had no better way to deal with it, so she timidly said, "Your Majesty, it will be a while before the queen gives birth. She is in so much pain now and there is no better way. It would be best if she could walk around to help with the birth. If she has used up all her strength now, it might be difficult for her to have two children."

"I don't care about anything else. If you need a hundred-year-old ginseng or a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, I can find them for you. I only want Xiaoyao's life."

"I will do my best."

Lin Mo said so and asked someone to prepare ginseng and comfort Hua Xiaoyao. He didn't know if Hua Xiaoyao was feeling better. With Lin Mo's support, Hua Xiaoyao was able to walk a few steps. The midwife checked her condition from time to time. Hua Xiaoyao ate some porridge because she was tired. Another hour passed, and soon the contractions came again. The yellow liquid broke out, and Hua Xiaoyao couldn't stand in pain. Lin Mo carried her to the bed.

"Your Majesty, the Queen is now preparing to start giving birth. I wonder if the Emperor wants to..."

"Don't worry about me, just do what you should do."

The midwife continued to check the fetal position with her hands, and then went back to work on the matters below. Lin Mo simply held Hua Xiaoyao's hand. It's not that he hadn't thought about the pain of childbirth, but he really couldn't empathize with her just watching it. He just hoped that being here could make Hua Xiaoyao feel better.

Hua Xiaoyao stared at her belly with distracted eyes, and glanced at Lin Mo out of the corner of her eye, their child, the continuation of their life. His big hands tightly grasped her hands to give her strength, and something came out like poop after constipation.

Following the first cry of "Wa", the midwife held the child and handed it to the assistant next to her, congratulating her: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's a little prince."

The midwife's hands were free and she looked at the second child. Not long after, a faint cry was heard: "Congratulations, His Majesty, congratulations, it's a little princess, a dragon and a phoenix twins, the boy turns into a dragon and the girl turns into a phoenix. It's a joyous occasion."

The midwife handled the postpartum matters neatly. After giving some instructions, she took the older Hongfeng away. The two children over there were washed, wrapped in mattresses, and taken away by the wet nurse.

After giving birth, Hua Xiaoyao looked at Lin Mo exhaustedly, gave Lin Mo a smile, and fell asleep. During this time, everyone sent their blessings, asked about her health, gave her a bunch of gifts, and then left. Lin Mo stayed in the room, while Concubine Shu and Concubine An stayed in the yard.

"You guys go and rest first. I'll be watching over here. Gather some strength and come back to visit Xiaoyao later when she wakes up."

"promise."

Lin Mo was looking at Hua Xiaoyao's eyebrows and eyes. He seemed to have never looked at the woman in front of him so carefully. She had just given birth to a child for him, and even when she was exhausted, she still smiled at him.

Lin Mo placed the woman's hand on his cheek: "Xiaoyao, thank you."

"Your Majesty, please eat something first. If Concubine Jin is awake, she would definitely not want Your Majesty to stay by her side without eating or drinking. She would be heartbroken if she wakes up." Xiao Shunzi couldn't bear it and persuaded.

"It's okay. I'm not hungry. I'll eat with Xiaoyao later."

"Your Majesty, the queen has just given birth, so her diet must be different from usual. You should eat something first. When the queen wakes up, the imperial kitchen will serve her food."

Lin Mo wanted to say something when Hua Xiaoyao opened her heavy eyelids and woke up: "Why, you don't eat well again?"

"No, I just want to wait for you to wake up so we can eat together."

"I can only eat some porridge now, I'm afraid it will be hard for Your Majesty."

Lin Mo scratched Hua Xiaoyao's nose and said, "You still have the leisure to joke around now. I guess everything is fine."

"Yeah, at first I felt like I was going to die, but I never thought..." He felt like he had been constipated for a week and suddenly had to poop and he pooped two huge lumps of shit. He felt relieved all of a sudden. Hua Xiaoyao couldn't say this, and she had already exhausted her strength, so she fell asleep. "I never thought that after the baby was born, I woke up from a nap and felt like I was reborn. Xiaoyao felt like she could have children again."

Lin Mo chuckled: "Forget it. I haven't forgotten that a few hours ago, Xiaoyao was crying and saying things like 'Brother Moyuan, Xiaoyao is not going to have children', 'Brother Moyuan, is Xiaoyao going to die', 'Brother Moyuan, can Xiaoyao just take these two bastards out and beat them up? It's not enough to stay here for so many days, and they even hid for the last two hours'..."

Hua Xiaoyao blushed as she recalled her previous embarrassment. Lin Mo held her in his arms and said, "Xiaoyao, Mo Yuan said this not to laugh at you, but because he doesn't want you to be in so much pain anymore. Mo Yuan knows what kind of life you want."