Chapter 37: The Dark Emperor vs. the Soft Concubine Giving Birth
After December, the tenth month of pregnancy begins.

The snow still showed no signs of melting, and it was Hatsuri's first Spring Festival in the palace.

Hatsuri must be prepared to give birth on time.

At this point, she needed someone to support her when she walked.

The emperor and the empress dowager also arranged for midwives to be ready to deliver babies at any time. These days, Chu Li was always fantasizing about what it would be like to be a mother.

She had never thought about what it was like to raise a child.

She seemed to have had a very long dream.

I dreamed that she had just come here, dreamed of being a concubine in the past, and dreamed of myself meeting the emperor for the first time.

Suddenly she woke up, breathing heavily. The maid saw her face flushed and asked with concern, "Did the queen have a nightmare?"

Hatsuri took a sip of water and felt relieved.

The eunuchs had already put up the couplets in front of her palace. She was very interested and told the eunuch Xiao Fugui beside her: "Xiao Fugui, I want to write the couplets myself, or we can all write our wishes on the couplets and hang them in this palace. I hope the coming year will be safe and smooth, and all our wishes will come true."

The palace maids and servants all responded yes.

Everyone started writing down their wishes with a pen.

It was then hung on the plum tree in front of Concubine Li’s Palace.

It was too cold at Chu Li, so she took a pen and wrote a few pieces of paper crookedly, then asked someone to take them to the emperor.

He also specifically requested that it be hung in front of the temple.

After seeing this, Shen Yan found it difficult to comment for a moment.

"Can you put it aside for now?"

"Your Majesty, our queen said...if she finds out that you are not dead, you are finished."

Shen Yan was helpless. The words on the couplet were all stuck together before the ink had even dried. It was simply a disgrace to look at.

I can only follow her wishes.

The Imperial Concubine also received some couplets. She was disgusted but had to hang up. Since she took over the six palaces for Chu Li, she has never stopped.

She didn't even have time to visit Hatsuri.

She complained to the maid next to her: "Do you know why Concubine Li doesn't care about these things? She told me at the beginning that she didn't want to be the queen."

"How could that be? Maybe Concubine Li is just playful by nature."

The Imperial Concubine was scratching her hair, which was getting thinner day by day, in annoyance. "That's natural. She said she couldn't worry about it. Now she is so happy and free. She is also comfortable because she is pregnant. But I am going crazy here!"

At night, the snow that had been falling all day finally stopped.

Shen Yan wore a cloak and walked on the snow to come to Chuli Palace.

He brought the freshly cooked hot soup to her and fed her mouthful by mouthful.

Chu Li suddenly said, "Your Majesty, I wonder if our child will be born during the Spring Festival?"

Shen Yan held her in his arms, looking at the snowflakes outside, and kissed her forehead, very dotingly: "That's good, you can ask the Empress Dowager for more red envelopes."

Shen Yan liked winter, and the palace soon began to celebrate the New Year.

Chu Li had not gone out for a long time because of her pregnancy. On the day of the Little New Year, she decided to go out with the emperor to walk in the snow in the imperial garden.

Hatsuri also likes winter very much, as she was born when the first snow fell.

She picked up the snow on the ground, made a snowball and threw it at the emperor, saying mischievously, "Your Majesty, let's have a snowball fight!"

Shen Yan looked at her body and said worriedly, "Don't fall on the slippery road. Why don't you sit down and see if the snowball can hit me?"

Chuli thought it was okay.

The eunuchs brought a warm stool and held an umbrella to shield the imperial concubine from the snow.

I just watched the emperor hiding here and there in the snow, even his clothes were soaked by the snowflakes, just to make Concubine Li happy for a moment.

When Chuli saw that she couldn't hit the ball, she got angry and stopped playing.

Shen Yanzheng patted the snow off his body. Seeing her being so coquettish, he didn't think it was an act. Instead, he patiently asked, "What else do you want to play?"

"Your Majesty, you dote on me so much, aren't you afraid that I will become arrogant because of your doting on me?"

"What am I afraid of? You are my only lover, so what if I spoil you?"

Chu Li held his face and kissed him, and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, I want to eat the fruit in the imperial garden." "Okay, I will help you pick it."

As I was turning to leave, I saw Hatsuri yelling.

Then the palace maids saw a flush of red and exclaimed, "The queen is about to give birth!"

So the emperor hurriedly took Chuli back to the palace.

The father-in-law quickly ran to call the midwife.

The Queen Mother also rushed to the Hatsuri Palace anxiously.

Shen Yan prayed devoutly outside: "Please bless my beloved wife to have a smooth delivery. If anything unexpected happens, please protect my beloved wife."

The Queen Mother also prayed to God: "The mother and child are safe, the mother and daughter are safe."

And the Imperial Concubine also felt at this moment that she was going to be the Empress!
This is a huge happy event in the palace.

It was Hatsuri's first time giving birth, and she only felt a slight pain at first. However, she was not very familiar with the process and was a little nervous. She tried hard to learn what the midwife told her to do.

"Mammy, I won't die, will I?"

"My lady exhales!"

"Mammy, if I die, I will never blame you!"

"My lady exhales!"

"Mommy..."

"My Lady! Can you please use your strength elsewhere?"

Only then did Hatsuri shut up obediently.

At this moment, the system in his mind suddenly appeared: "Susu! Congratulations on completing the task of having a child. This system will immediately activate the skill of painless childbirth for you! I wish the royal heir a safe birth and healthy growth!"

So, with the help of the novice gift pack, she didn't feel any pain at all and just had to use force as the nanny said.

"Your Majesty, push harder! I can already see the little prince's head!"

"The queen has come out. It's the little princess."

Chu Li took a breath, and then the nanny shouted: "Madam, don't stop! There is another one in your belly!"

Hatsuri immediately tensed up and started to push again.

"He's out, he's out! It's the little prince!"

Chuli's face was almost hideous, she had already used up the greatest strength of her life.

All I heard was the maids holding the children and saying, "Quickly report to the Queen Mother and the Emperor, it's twins!"

It was Hatsuri’s first time giving birth, and she was so exhausted that she had no strength left and fell asleep straight away.

In a daze, she seemed to see Shen Yan rushing in, holding her hand, and wiping the sweat off her face.

But before she could even shout out a word, she fell asleep from exhaustion.

The Queen Mother was outside holding her two royal heirs, filled with joy.

"Very good, very good, I finally have my own grandson and granddaughter."

And Shen Yan was inside accompanying Chu Li.

He was worried outside. He knew what giving birth to a child meant to a woman. It meant enduring great pain and having to be strong.

Carrying the baby for ten months was the best response that Hatsuri could give to his love.

He was very grateful to Hatsuri for showing up.

If there was no Hatsuri, he would still be a puppet without his own thoughts and controlled by others.

Because of the appearance of Hatsuri, he knew what it was like to truly love someone.

The once cold and hypocritical emperor who played tricks on others is now an emotional person.

He was thinking about Hatsuri.

Now that he has children of his own, he is willing to love them forever.

Have a baby, have a baby, a new round of having a baby is about to start. The heroine is definitely not a baby-making machine, she gave birth because of love~