Who understands? He traveled through time with a high-spec spatial ability.

Tantai Zhou's hand trembled, and the brush broke with a "thud," scattering the memorials like snowflakes across the ground.

Qiao Jingjing raised an eyebrow at him: "From now on, you must massage my legs for half an hour every day, or I'll complain to Father and Mother."

Fa Cai flapped its wings and landed on the table, exclaiming in an exaggerated manner, "Master! Master is pregnant with twins!"

The man didn't react for a while, so Qiao Jingjing waved her hand in front of his face a couple of times. "Are you stupid?"

Tantai Zhou finally found his voice, but stammered, "What...what did you just say?"

Qiao Jingjing suddenly covered her mouth, looking weak: "I might... upgrade our relationship... to a lifelong commitment... Tantai Zhou, you're going to be a father."

Before she could finish speaking, her face suddenly turned deathly pale, and she staggered as if about to fall to the ground.

Tantai Zhou instinctively reached out to help, only to see a sly smile curl up at the corner of her lips.

"Just kidding! I'm not that weak." She suddenly straightened up and pulled a handful of dried plums from her sleeve. "But I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"

Tantai Zhou: "???"

He carefully lifted her onto his lap, his long arm reaching over her slender waist to encircle her, his chin resting on her shoulder, and said gently, "Of course, I want to hear the good news first."

After eating a few dried plums and satisfying her craving, Qiao Jingjing briefly recounted her trip, picking and choosing what to say.

"So, the good news is that I can go back anytime for prenatal checkups, and I can even give birth there. The medical technology there is very advanced and developed, which not only has a high safety factor but also reduces pain, since the risks of twin births are still quite high."

Upon hearing that the risks were high, Tantai Zhou frowned slightly, his tone tinged with anxiety: "No matter how high the risks are, I will find a way to reduce them. If you think the medical care there is more advanced, then go there. But can I come with you? I'm really worried about you going alone."

"I don't know either, but you've reminded me. I'll look into it later."

Qiao Jingjing turned to look at Tantai Zhou and then asked, "Do you want this child?"

"Without a doubt, I want both you and the child."

Why don't you ask me what the bad news is?

Tantai Zhou tried to calm his breathing, but the fragrance of the person in his arms kept wafting over him. They had been separated for more than half a month, and now that they were suddenly reunited, all his emotions were awakened, so he could only try to restrain himself.

He scooped Qiao Jingjing up in his arms and carried her towards the bedchamber. "Of course I know. So, my dear wife, I'll have to trouble you tonight..."

The next morning at breakfast, Qiao Jingjing was carrying bird's nest porridge when her sore wrists made it difficult to even lift the spoon. Once again, she wanted to curse out loud. Sure enough, men who have become enlightened are terrifying.

Seeing her looking refreshed, Tantai Zhou felt embarrassed as he recalled what had happened the night before. He coughed lightly twice and moved closer to Qiao Jingjing.

He carefully took the spoon, scooped up a spoonful of bird's nest porridge, gently blew on it to cool it down, and then held it to her lips, saying ingratiatingly, "Wife, let me feed you."

Qiao Jingjing turned her face away, snorted coldly, but still opened her mouth and ate it.

Fa Cai chattered on the side: "Master, you went too far last night. You exhausted him until he had no energy left."

!!!

Oh dear, I forgot to put Fa Cai in my social media space last night. That guy has such a big mouth, he's too loose-lipped. I need to cover this up.

Tantai Zhou blushed and continued feeding Qiao Jingjing porridge.

After swallowing her porridge, Qiao Jingjing glared at Fa Cai and said, "Shut up, you're just talking nonsense. We were arm wrestling to see who was stronger. I just lost and wasn't satisfied, so we did it a few more times."

At that moment, the communication stone lit up; it was a call from Lin.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

“My dear, your grandmother passed away yesterday. Huang and Lan fell down the mountain yesterday and, unfortunately, they are also gone. I just wanted to let you know. Whether you need to come back or not is up to you. You are now the Crown Princess. As long as it doesn’t affect your reputation, nothing else matters.”

A quick calculation reveals that Xu's survival until yesterday was already at its limit thanks to her medicine.

She should also go back and inform the Emperor and his wife about her pregnancy.

"I understand, Mother. I do need to go back, but not for her. I'll pack up and go back immediately. Just pretend you don't know I'm back."

"Mother knows, don't worry."

Tantai Zhou naturally wanted to return to Daba Village together. After calling Xuan Yi and Shen Qing to make arrangements in the palace, the young couple teleported back to the peach grove at the west end of the village.

A two-story wooden house suddenly appeared before our eyes.

A beautiful woman dressed simply and plainly is resting with her eyes closed on a recliner under a grape trellis. On the low table next to her are a copy of "The Story of the Stone", a plate of pastries, and a pot of milk tea.

A gentle breeze blows, making the whole scene pleasant and comfortable.

Who else could this person be but the Empress?

"Yao'er, come and see the hairpin I just carved!"

Emperor Xuanjing walked excitedly from another corner of the courtyard, his robes covered in wood chips.

Holding the wooden hairpin in his hands, he presented it to the Empress as if seeking praise. Zhao Yunyao examined it carefully and gave it full affirmation, "Hmm! A-Lie's carving is getting better and better."

Emperor Xuanjing was overjoyed by the praise, and said, "Once the hairpin is finished, I will carve a small portrait for you."

The two appeared to be an ordinary, carefree couple, and no one would guess that they were the most distinguished people in the Great Liang Dynasty.

"Father, Mother," Tantai Zhou led Qiao Jingjing into the courtyard.

Emperor Xuanjing and Empress Zhao Yunyao turned around and, upon seeing them, both showed expressions of surprise and delight.

Emperor Xuanjing put down the wooden hairpin in his hand and laughed, "Zhou'er, you and your daughter-in-law didn't even tell me you were coming back."

Zhao Yunyao also stood up, took Qiao Jingjing's hand, and asked with concern, "Jingjing, are you feeling alright?"

Qiao Jingjing curtsied, and Tantai Zhou smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, Mother. Jingjing is doing well. I came back this time for two reasons: firstly, my grandmother has passed away, and I wanted to visit her; secondly..."

"What is it? Tell me quickly, don't keep me in suspense."

"You two are going to be grandparents."

Emperor Xuanjing and the Empress were overjoyed to hear that Qiao Jingjing was pregnant. Emperor Xuanjing laughed heartily, "Great! Great! I'm going to be a grandfather!"

Zhao Yunyao held Qiao Jingjing's hand, showing her great care and concern.

Tantai Zhou watched from the side, a smile playing on his lips. Afterward, the family sat together, chatting about everyday things, the atmosphere warm and harmonious.

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Nine months later, "Wow—wow—"

A clear cry rang out, and Tantai Zhou suddenly looked up at the two babies in the swaddling clothes.

"They're twins! The boy weighs 4 pounds and the girl weighs 1 pounds," the nurse announced with a smile as she wheeled the babies, who were wrapped in a blue and pink blanket.

Qiao Jingjing weakly but joyfully reached out to touch her daughter's face, while Tantai Zhou carefully picked up his son, his eyes full of tenderness.

Sweat still clung to her forehead, but she reached out and poked Tantai Zhou's stiff back: "Pinch yourself, this isn't a dream."

"Congratulations." The nurse handed you a document. "We need to register the child's information."

Tantai Zhou glanced at the "birth certificate" on the document and frowned slightly: "What... what is this?"

Qiao Jingjing couldn't help but laugh: "This is a modern legal document, proving that you are my husband and the father of my child."

After the nurse finished explaining the precautions, she left the ward. Tantai Zhou trembled as she hugged her daughter, unable to believe that this tiny, soft baby was her own child. A sense of wonder at the continuation of life welled up within her.

On the Daliang side, the emperor and empress, along with Qiao Wanjun and his wife, waited anxiously outside the palace.

Unaware of the details, Qiao Wanjun was somewhat confused. He felt it was too quiet inside, even though his wife had made a lot of noise during childbirth years ago.

"Please activate the spacetime barrier immediately." Qiao Jingjing pressed the token, and a pale blue light screen spread throughout the entire floor. After erasing the memories of the relevant personnel, Qiao Jingjing disappeared from the hospital with Tantai Zhou and the child.

"Father, Mother, and the three of us are safe and sound." Tantai Zhou stood outside the Imperial Study, holding his two children.

Emperor Xuanjing and Zhao Yunyao looked up upon hearing the sound and were overjoyed to see that their son and daughter-in-law were safe and sound and had even brought back a pair of twins.

"Good, good! This is truly a blessing from heaven!" Emperor Xuanjing said in a trembling voice.

The Lin couple followed closely behind, and Mrs. Lin asked anxiously, "Where is my daughter? Is she alright?"

"Don't worry, Mother-in-law, Jingjing is fine. She's just a little tired and has fallen asleep. Why don't you hold the baby first?"

Madam Lin stepped forward, took one of the swaddled babies, and tears welled up in her eyes: "My darling, this is..."

"This is the younger sister. The older one is the older brother,"

The baby girl, with her eyes closed, suddenly burst into tears.

"This child has such a loud voice, I'm afraid he'll be a troublemaker in the future."

When the twins reached their one-month birthday, Emperor Xuanjing issued an edict formally abdicating in favor of the Crown Prince. Tantai Zhou officially ascended the throne, and Qiao Jingjing became Empress.

With the new emperor's ascension to the throne, everything was in need of rebuilding. Tantai Zhou was busy with state affairs every day, while Qiao Jingjing managed everything in the harem in an orderly manner.

As the children grew up, the older brother became calm and intelligent, while the younger sister became lively and adorable. Qiao Jingjing and Tantai Zhou often taught them to have the people in their hearts and to be responsible people.

Under the joint governance of Qiao Jingjing and Tantai Zhou, the Great Liang Kingdom ushered in an unprecedented golden age. Both inside and outside the city walls, everything was thriving.

Grain production has been steadily increasing, and the people who were once emaciated are now all radiant.

The improvement in salt-making technology allowed the Chinese people to wipe away their past humiliations and no longer be subject to others. The refined salt they produced was directly sold overseas and to neighboring countries.

Subsequently, Qiao Jingjing overcame all opposition to promote a modified version of the "well-field system" and ordered the improvement of water conservancy, resulting in the addition of one million mu of fertile land in just a few years.

The development of the real estate market is also commendable, with the newly built residential areas being the most bustling in the market.

Rows of small houses with blue bricks and gray tiles stood side by side, and the people moved into their ideal homes, which were sturdy, durable, and safe. Later, under Qiao Jingjing's instruction, cement roads were built, extending outwards from the capital and Nanling as the core, ensuring that every village had access to a road. Even the most remote villages finally bid farewell to the muddy dirt roads.

Guo Pingting led the medical school to continuously train medical professionals, who were then sent to various regions. Due to their superb skills and extremely low infection rate, these individuals became highly sought-after.

The school in Daba Village has also changed its traditional teaching methods, boldly trying to teach various skills such as carpentry, blacksmithing, and arithmetic, all of which are taught in a targeted and individualized manner. The children educated there are shining in their respective fields of interest.

Qiao Jingjing also used modern technology to improve hygiene products and promoted them throughout Daliang.

When the twins turned one year old, Qiao Jingjing proposed to repay the heavens for the blessings bestowed upon them by establishing a women's academy to improve women's education and survival skills as much as possible.

This decision caused a huge uproar.

When the first batch of female students walked out of the school gate in their simple uniforms, the senior officials in the court were heartbroken and said that it "violated the ancestral rules".

But when these women not only learned to read and write, but also repaired farm tools and managed accounts, the opposition gradually turned into praise.

In terms of the military, Qiao Jingjing absorbed China's military concepts, modified and adjusted them, and implemented them in the Daliang army. She strengthened the basic defense of the military towns, doubled the military pay, and ordered the Ministry of War and local governments to ensure that the military supplies were sufficient.

In the industrial sector, Tang Tianbao used all his talents, gathered a large number of practical talents, and continuously improved the blueprints provided by Qiao Jingjing. In just a few years, he increased the efficiency of agricultural work several times over and even created the prototype of an automatic harvester.

With the rapid development of Daliang in all aspects, Yan and Northern Qi witnessed the gap between the two countries and voluntarily submitted to Daliang, becoming the first batch of vassal states to rely on Daliang.

Years later, the history books of the Great Liang Dynasty recorded that Emperor Hongsheng, Tantai Zhou, and Empress Qiao were very loving and gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, in the seventh year of the Shengyuan era, which brought joy to the whole country.

Five years later, she gave birth to another son, much to the delight of the emperor and empress. The new emperor, Tantai Zhou, personally presented the imperial seal and ribbon at the ancestral temple and proclaimed to the world: "The empress and I have been blessed by Heaven and now have a son. We should celebrate with all the people and exempt them from taxes for one year." In the same year, the eldest son was granted the title of crown prince.

On a sunny afternoon, a young couple was fighting over a stroller.

"Tantai Zhou, who told you to dress your son in a little skirt?" Qiao Jingjing chased after him, holding a baby bottle.

"These are clearly my daughter's clothes when she was little, how cute!" He dodged the baby bottle and reached out to grab the chubby baby in the stroller, only to find the little one wearing a little hat with a ruffled edge, happily chewing on a rattle, completely oblivious to the gender confusion.

Qiao Jingjing laughed angrily: "Do you think the court and the public don't know? Tomorrow the censor will submit another memorial admonishing the crown prince not to be trifled with!"

Tantai Zhou choked, then put his arm around her waist and lowered his voice: "Why don't we have another daughter? Look, Fu Bao has an older brother and a younger brother, but she's missing a younger sister."

"Tantai Zhou!" Qiao Jingjing's roar startled the egrets in the Imperial Garden.

The twins, a boy and a girl, watching from afar, exchanged a knowing glance.

"Father is courting death again," the young prince said, rubbing his forehead.

"Brother, I bet Mother will punish him by making him sleep in the study this time." The little princess blinked her wide eyes, took out a candied hawthorn from her sleeve, and stuffed it into her mouth.

The setting sun cast long shadows of the three figures onto the white jade steps. The historian, trembling, added a line to the "Daily Records": "On this day, the Emperor and Empress were frolicking in the courtyard; the Second Prince, wearing a skirt, startled a flock of sparrows into flight..."

That's all for the main story. See you in the bonus chapters!