Li Shuangwan gave him a helping hand: "Mr. Guo, please get up quickly. I should be the one thanking you for taking care of Luo Luo for me. I see that her injuries have healed a lot."

When Doctor Guo looked at Su Luo, his eyes were filled with love for his child: "I am so lucky to have such a good daughter in my old age. Don't be afraid of being laughed at by the princess. Although Luo'er was born in the Yongning Marquis' Mansion, she is a pitiful child. We are destined to be together as father and daughter. I like this child very much. She is extremely talented in medical skills, much better than my own."

Su Luo smiled shyly. She asked with a pair of bright black and white eyes. Because she was very thin, her bright eyes looked particularly big: "Godfather, what are you holding in your hand? A hare?"

Doctor Guo lifted the two rabbits higher and said, "Yes, they are from the same litter. Look, they look exactly the same, like twins. I'm giving them to you to nourish your body. You don't really like meat, but the meat of this wild rabbit is delicious. I'm sure you'll like it."

"Thank you, godfather. Hey, they really look alike. They must have been born from the same mother."

Chen Rong also came over and poked this rabbit, then poked that rabbit: "They really look exactly the same. I don't know how their parents tell them apart."

Su Luo raised his eyebrows: "There is nothing exactly alike in this world, not even two leaves are exactly alike. Look, their ears are shaped differently."

Doctor Guo picked it up and took a look: "Hey, it really is."

Roman slowly moved over and put his head closer to take a look. "Oh, really. The tip of this ear is square, unlike this one, which is very pointed. Miss Luo, are there really no two things in the world that look exactly the same?"

"Of course not."

Roman bent his head and asked, "What about the twin sisters or brothers who were born from the same womb? I sometimes can't even tell their parents apart. Aren't they exactly the same?"

Su Luo shook his head: "It's impossible for them to be exactly the same. Putting aside their personalities, there will always be some differences in appearance, and you can definitely see it if you look carefully. Sister Wan, have you ever seen two identical twins?"

Li Shuangwan curled the corners of his mouth.

Thinking of Zhou Caiyao, Roman didn't know why she couldn't like her. She pouted and said, "The princess herself has a twin sister."

Su Luo's eyes lit up: "Yeah, it seems that the chances of my younger sister giving birth to twins are very high. It would be great if my younger sister could give birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, all at once."

Yi Zhu, who was sitting nearby basking in the sun, suddenly became distraught and raised her voice a few notches: "Miss Luo, you must not say that. You are trying to kill our princess!"

Su Luo was shocked by Yi Zhu's appearance: "What's wrong? Is it bad to have twins?"

She looked around, not only the maids brought by her late sister, but also the family of Old Man Chen and her daughter-in-law all changed their expressions: "Miss Luo, although you said this unintentionally, you must never say this in the future. This is a taboo."

Even Doctor Guo's expression changed. His heart was good but his words were wrong. After all, this child was kept in the backyard by the wife of Marquis Yongning and lacked some knowledge.

But it doesn’t matter, he will teach you slowly.

Li Shuangwan suddenly thought of Ting Ning. If he didn't look so much like her, she wouldn't have raised someone else's son for nine years without knowing it.

So, could it be that her biological mother...

When everyone in the courtyard saw that the princess looked unhappy, they looked at each other and then left on their own accord.

There were only four of them left in the yard.

"Sister Wan, what's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Su Luo looked at this and then that, feeling a little uneasy.

Yi Zhu whispered, "Miss Luo, you don't know that if a pair of sisters or brothers are born, it is naturally good, and both the husband's family and the mother's family will be filled with joy. But if it is twins, it will be seen as an ominous sign, not only for the parents, but also for the entire family, and there is a risk of catastrophic disaster. Therefore, one of the two children is destined to die."

Roman nodded, "Yes, yes. And the ones who were sacrificed were all girls like us. How could a family give up their sons for their daughters? I have never heard of that."

"What will happen to them?" Su Luo's face turned pale. She had never heard of such a thing. She looked at Li Shuangwan steadily.

Li Shuangwan also had a serious expression: "Those baby girls were either strangled to death on the spot or drowned. And women who gave birth to twins were sometimes also sentenced to death, and it was possible that they were drowned in a pond."

Roman nodded heavily: "So, Miss Luo, don't ever say that again, it's a big bad omen!"

Su Luo suddenly raised his voice, slammed the table and said angrily: "How can this be true! Boy and girl twins, one can have a boy and a girl in one pregnancy, which makes the Chinese character 'good'. How many people want it but cannot have it."

She panted heavily, "Besides, what does this have to do with women? Women can only give birth to one or two babies a month, three or four at most. Men give birth to hundreds of millions of babies a day, and it's men who decide whether to have a boy or a girl. Why blame women? Humph, feudal superstition is killing people, it's really too much!"

Yizhu didn't understand: "Miss Luo, what did you say?"

"Nothing." Su Luo was very angry. In her era, if a family had twins, a grand banquet would be held for three days and three nights.

Roman suddenly thought of something and slapped his thigh, which affected the injury on his back and made him gasp.

"I heard my grandmother talk about an incident. It seems to be nineteen years ago. The Imperial Astronomical Observatory observed the stars at night and said that the Purple Star and the Dragon and Sandalwood Star would descend to the earth. There would be twin dragons and phoenixes in Shengjing City, which indicated that the fortune of Northern Jin would end. In order to break the spell, the twin dragons and phoenixes must be killed to ensure a peaceful and prosperous era."

"Oh, bullshit." Su Luo said angrily, putting his hands on his hips.

Yi Zhu asked in surprise: "There is such a thing? How come I don't know about it? Princess, do you know about it?"

Li Shuangwan nodded. This incident caused a big stir among officials at the time, but was finally suppressed by the late emperor.

Roman covered his mouth with his hands, "That's it. Grandma won't let me say it."

Su Luo pushed her hand away from her mouth: "You're almost done, so stop hiding it. If you have anything else, why not tell it all."

Roman looked at Li Shuangwan pitifully.

"It's just a few of us. It's okay. Go ahead."

"Okay, I told you guys to keep it a secret for me. It's been so many years since this happened, and it was done very covertly back then."

Several people nodded.

Roman lowered his voice and said carefully, "I heard that nineteen years ago, all pregnant women in Shengjing City were monitored by the Royal Secret Guards. Anyone who gave birth to twins, regardless of whether they were boy and girl, was killed. Many children died."

"All the dead were twins, so no one suspected anything?"

"There is no one who has no doubts, but who dares to say it?"

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