After crossing, I was forced to hold on to my thighs and build a kingdom

Soon, the court learned of the high-sounding reasons why General Chen in the south and General Liu in the northwest could not withdraw.

Because it was winter, the barbarians on the border frequently invaded, and the army was short of food and money, so it was impossible to bring tens of thousands of soldiers across thousands of miles to return to the capital to defend the king.

In their letters, both of them emphasized that if they forcibly returned to provide support at this time, the border would fall into the hands of the enemy. They could not bear the eternal guilt, so they did not dare to leave their base without permission.

Thinking of the shortage of food and wages, the civil servants headed by Li Wenyan immediately stopped talking.

They knew very well that the military pay had not been paid since the old emperor fell ill last year, and the government was in chaos after the old emperor fainted.

From the capital to the local areas, officials of all ranks were busy vying for power, while Li Wenyan and others were trying their best to expand their sphere of influence, forming cliques and factions, and eliminating dissidents.

At one point, the party struggles even outweighed the calls for a crown prince. Who would care about the food and wages of the soldiers on the border?

By this calculation, the Northwestern Army and the Southern Border Army have not received any food or wages for almost a year!

In this case, it is understandable that the two generals were full of resentment and refused to return to provide assistance in time.

I don't know who brought up this topic, but Crown Prince Shenyou issued another decree on the spot, ordering the immediate payment of food and wages to the Northwestern Army and the Southern Border Army.

They hoped that after receiving food and wages, the two generals would change their minds and reinforce the capital.

Therefore, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War began to prepare for the calculation of food and wages for the Northwest Army and the southern border troops.

Strangely enough, during this period Su Cheng'an was quiet and just besieged the city without attacking. Apart from not being able to transport food and grass to the capital, he even allowed ordinary people to enter and leave.

Shenyou's originally anxious heart actually began to relax gradually in the peaceful atmosphere day by day.

By November, there were one or two small-scale frictions between the northern border army and the city defense army. After the commanders of both sides, Prince Dingbei Su Cheng'an, and Marquis Jingchuan Zhao Wenyan, had a personal meeting, the two armies were once again in a tense state of confrontation.

This confrontation lasted for another full month, and as the Laba porridge was cooked, the end of the year arrived again.

After several months of siege without attack, the people in the capital have become accustomed to life on the battlefields of the two armies.

Especially when they discovered that the northern border troops never harmed innocent civilians, the people became even more fearless and began to prepare all kinds of New Year's goods and celebrate the New Year happily.

After reaching an agreement with Jingchuan Hou, Su Cheng'an assigned the army to his good friend and subordinate, guerrilla general Chen Pengju.

Afterwards, he was escorted by several Qingyun Guards and rode back to the northern border in disguise.

When he came, Ajin had just found out that she was pregnant. Now it has been nearly four months. During these four months, in order to let him concentrate on fighting the enemy, Ajin's letters always reported good news but not bad news, and only said that everything was fine.

Su Cheng'an was happy, but he couldn't help missing her. With the consent of both parties, he reached a secret agreement with Jingchuan Hou that the two armies would not fight each other before the New Year.

First, he hoped that the people in both the capital and the northern border would have a good New Year; second, it was to prevent the four barbarians from taking advantage of this opportunity to cause chaos and seize the territory of the Jin Dynasty; third, it was to gain more people's hearts and try to exchange the greatest victory of changing the dynasty with the least possible loss of personnel.

Su Cheng'an was eager to go home, but Jin Chu was at ease.

Now she is more than five months pregnant, her belly has already bulged high, and her daily appetite has also increased a lot. At this moment, she is eating the hawthorn brought by Yucheng with gusto.

Seeing Jinchu eat four or five hawthorns in a row and was about to take the sixth one, Mother Wang stretched out her hand and stopped her respectfully but firmly.

"The Crown Princess has already eaten a lot of hawthorn today. It's sour in nature and shouldn't be consumed too much. Even if you're greedy, you still have to consider the two little princes in your belly."

As she spoke, she pushed out another plate of apples. "If the Crown Princess still wants to eat some fruit, then have a apple to moisten your throat."

Seeing that Mother Wang was determined, Jinchu pushed the plate of ringo away and said with a smile, "Okay, since Mother Wang won't let me eat it, then I won't eat it. This way you won't have to tease me all day long about the two little ones in your belly."

Since the third month of pregnancy, when her early pregnancy symptoms had completely disappeared, Jinchu's appetite had been increasing day by day. Her belly had also swelled up like a balloon, and was larger than that of a normal pregnant woman.

At first, everyone thought that the Crown Princess was in good health and had good absorption, so it was normal that the baby in her belly was bigger than ordinary babies.

Jin Chu was terrified. If the baby continued to be this big, wouldn't she be in great pain when she gave birth?

Therefore, even if she was hungry, she would try to eat small meals frequently and try hard to control her belly from growing so quickly.

It wasn't until last month that she felt the fetus moving, and the court doctor came to check her pulse as usual, something that should have been done quickly. But the court doctor frowned, stared at her belly for a long time, hesitated for a long time, and said nothing.

His unusual attitude actually frightened Jin Chu. He couldn't help but ask, "Doctor Chen, what's wrong with my body?"

The court physician pondered for a moment before looking up to confirm, "If I remember correctly, the Crown Prince's Consort should be more than four months pregnant, right?"

Jin Chu nodded: "Yes, and the child has started to move in the past two days."

The court doctor asked again, "Do you feel frequent fetal movements?"

Jin Chu thought for a moment and replied, "There are always eight or ten times a day. I wonder if that can be considered frequent?"

After hearing her answer, the court physician smiled and said, "Congratulations, Crown Princess! If my prediction is correct, you are pregnant with twins."

"what?"

"Twins?"

Before Jinchu could say anything, Yuxing and Mother Wang's surprised voices rang out at the same time.

Jin Chu also came back to his senses and asked in disbelief, "Doctor Chen, are you sure? I just heard you say that I'm pregnant with two children?"

"Many years ago, I felt the pulse of a woman pregnant with twins, and it was very similar to the Crown Princess's. Furthermore, the Crown Princess's abdomen is larger than that of an average pregnant woman. Just now, you mentioned frequent fetal movements. Therefore, based on all these factors, I suspect the Crown Princess is pregnant with twins."

The court physician stroked his beard, and although his tone was polite, his facial expression was very firm.

"Oh my god! No wonder the girl can eat so much, it turns out she's carrying two little babies!"

The impatient Yu Xing looked at Jin Chu with sparkling eyes, her face full of admiration, "Miss, you are really amazing! You even gave birth to one more baby than others."

"What are you talking about, girl?"

Mother Wang patted Yu Xing's shoulder in a scolding tone, "Our Crown Prince's Consort is a blessed person. Now that she's pregnant with two children, she's naturally working twice as hard as an ordinary person. We must pay more attention to the future and must not be careless."

Mother Wang's face gradually became serious. She pointed at Yu Xing and said, "Especially you. You must stop being so careless and learn to be more steady. Everything should be done for the Crown Prince's Consort."

Yu Xing nodded playfully and hid behind Jin Chu.

Princess Du rushed over after hearing the news. She stared at Jinchu's belly in amazement for a long time before she smiled and praised, "Ajin is truly extraordinary. She's pregnant with twins."

Thinking of the difficulty of conceiving twins, she frowned and whispered, "I wonder if the palace doctor's prediction alone is accurate?" She turned and instructed Yan Ming, "Go outside the palace and invite two experienced doctors back. Have them confirm with the Crown Prince's wife whether it is indeed twins."

Soon, two more old doctors came to the mansion. After taking the pulse in turn, they both gave the answer that it was very likely twins.

Princess Du finally felt relieved, gave the doctor a generous gift, and politely sent him out of the palace.

That day, the news that the Crown Princess was pregnant with twins spread throughout the Dingbei Palace.