Chapter 1405: Baifeng

A major event was happening in Baifeng's household, though it was hard to say if it would turn into a bad one, because Ayuduo was in labor. Her overly large belly made everyone very worried, and Changle was even more terrified, wanting his father to go deliver the baby himself.

But Baifeng knew that his own skills were no longer as good as those of the midwives who delivered babies every day. They had seen it all and had experience with most situations; he had only understood the theory in the past, and now he had forgotten all that theory.

However, for the sake of the big event, he still had people prepare scalpels and such. If a difficult labor occurred and the baby couldn't be born, he would have to step in and perform a cesarean section. Ayuduo's life might not be saved in the end, but if the child could be saved, he had to try.

This was the worst-case scenario, but Baifeng would not tell Changle this. Changle was finally going to be a father, and he had found a woman he loved; it was the most meaningful time in his life, so how could Baifeng bear to crush his confidence at such a moment?

Besides, it wasn't as if twins would necessarily result in a difficult labor; it was just that the risk was slightly higher. If the fetal position was correct, there wouldn't be much difficulty in the delivery.

Ayuduo's labor could be called a major event for the entire Huaxia, but the news was relatively contained. It was impossible for everyone to know about Baifeng's family affairs, and the servants had to protect their master's privacy. The midwives had been brought in within the expected due date and were on standby at all times, so people outside had no way of knowing exactly when Ayuduo was going to give birth.

"Joyous news! Princess Consort Ayuduo has given birth to two sons for Changle Prince! The whole country celebrates, one day off! Wine and meat are supplied at greatly reduced prices!"

After the two sons were born safely and had eaten their first meal of milk, Changle finally set his heart at ease. The two children had no problems at all, so Baifeng immediately announced the joyous news to the whole country and provided some benefits to celebrate.

Ayuduo hadn't expected that she could give birth to two children at once, and two sons at that. This made her overjoyed. When she was pregnant, she had said it might be two, and now that they were actually born, she was finally convinced.

A woman who could give birth, and could give birth to two sons at once, was formidable and incredible in this era. Whoever saw you would have to praise you, and it was even more significant since it was for the Royal Family.

In the past, some people thought Ayuduo was thin, but now they all said that Ayuduo's body was as fertile as a pig and as robust as a cow. If you praised a woman like that in later generations, you'd get beaten to a pulp, but hearing it praised now, it sounded incredibly pleasant—just like praising a man for having the strength of a leopard or tiger, being a man like a soaring eagle, not like a pigeon.

Baifeng didn't pick the names, letting Changle think of them himself, and if he couldn't think of any, they would talk about it later. Changle, who had always been naming Grass, didn't know how to name his two sons for a moment. No matter how he named them, they felt like a tree or a blade of grass. Helpless, he could only delay for a few more days; there was no rush for the names.

Zhi's belly was also big, but there was still some time before she gave birth. After all, she already had experience, so she wasn't very afraid and had nothing to worry about. Moreover, once the child was born, it would at most be a matter of feeding on time; she almost didn't need to do any work to raise the child, as there were plenty of people in the house to take care of children.

Yulong's second wife had also been in the house for a long time, but because the role she played in this family was not important, she indeed had no status before Yulong became King.

However, even if Yulong inherited the throne, she could not possibly have the same status as Chinv. Chinv and Sui were, after all, very special, and Zhi was also very special to Yulong.

The wife he married now was just to have more offspring and to solve Yulong's personal problems; there was no love involved. Of course, that woman didn't ask for it either; they pursued power, and being able to marry Yulong was better than marrying for love.

Besides, it was only the second wife, so what of it? Even if she didn't marry Yulong and married another man, he would certainly have more than one wife. At least she could live better now, and her status was higher.

Yulong would have more wives in the future, perhaps five or six, or perhaps more. After all, reproduction was the primary duty; the Royal Family had to lead by example and pass on the Royal Family's intelligent genes as much as possible.

Changle also gave in under the pressure of Sui and Chinv, deciding to take another wife. Ayuduo was even more in favor of it with both hands. Changle had love, which was very good, but he could not forget his basic duty as a human: increasing the population for Huaxia was also an important task.

However, no matter how many children they had, Baifeng would only focus on cultivating Qihu. He wanted to cultivate Qihu into the third-generation successor. Other children, if they were more intelligent, could also be cultivated, but they could only be placed in important departments to assist Qihu and could not compete with Qihu for this position.

Once a bad precedent was set, and brothers killed and competed with each other in the future, that would be a disaster.

Another thing was that Baifeng must teach his children to let go in time. When it was time to hand over power, they should hand it over. Holding power in one's hands forever was not a good thing. In this way, the affection between father and son would be exhausted. In the future Royal Family, I fear fathers and sons would not be fathers and sons, and brothers would not be brothers. Truly becoming a lonely and widowed ruler would be meaningless.

Letting go early could ensure that one did not make governing mistakes when one's abilities declined, and it also avoided hearing things like, "Have you not heard of the Crown Prince of sixty years..."

Regarding the birth of Changle's two sons, Xuanxiao, as an ambassador, naturally had to show some gesture, and the gifts that should be sent were sent. It was just that Huaxia knew very little about Xuanyuan's family affairs now. Xuanyuan had many wives and many children, so it was truly impossible to remember them all.

There was also Sunu who taught Xuanyuan the Bedroom Arts, but it shouldn't be thought of as so dirty, because Sunu was also a goddess of music and medicine. Teaching the Bedroom Arts also meant teaching the arts of nourishing life. The legend that Xuanyuan could live so long might be inseparable from learning various arts of nourishing life from these people.

Xuanxiao was the successor currently handpicked by Xuanyuan. Even if he didn't end up succeeding Xuanyuan, he still occupied an important position and had a say in the Xuanyuan Tribe, so he had to be taken very seriously.

And now Baifeng would consider why Xuanxiao was unable to inherit Xuanyuan's position—even Changyi could have; why was it passed directly to the grandson? According to Baifeng's current considerations and worries, it was that Xuanxiao had been a Crown Prince for a lifetime. If Xuanxiao was still alive when Xuanyuan died, then Xuanxiao could still have ascended the throne, or it was Changyi. Unfortunately, they did not learn as many arts of nourishing life as their father. Baifeng vaguely felt that he might not live longer than Xuanyuan, and even Yulong might find it difficult.

Of course, Xuanxiao might also have been enfeoffed as a Marquis or something. Baifeng didn't know this history, so he could only guess.