The Emperor, with more men than women, made me his mistress.

Upon hearing this, the two midwives placed the two bright yellow swaddled babies they were holding into the cradle next to them. They glanced at the little prince and princess, who had only cried twice since birth and were now asleep. Thinking of the rewards the emperor would give them later, the two men happily went out.

Shao Qi watched the two leave the delivery room before letting go of Yue Li's hand, smiling at her, and casting several cleansing spells on the room and Yue Li's body with his hands in a series of hand seals. After seeing that everything was clean, he picked up the blanket next to him and covered Yue Li with it again.

Then they had the palace servants waiting outside take out the warm water that had been brought in earlier.

Although they don't need these things, with so many eyes watching in the palace, they have to prepare everything that other women need for childbirth, even if they don't actually need it!

At this moment, in the side hall, after coming out of Yue Li's delivery room, Jin Jinxuan was restless, as if he had a thorn in his side. He paced back and forth in the room, making Jin Chenyuan, who was sitting on the other side and was already very worried, even more irritable.

Just as Jin Chenyuan was about to let Jin Jinxuan sit down and rest, the two of them clearly heard the cry of a baby coming from the delivery room, followed by another cry. Their faces lit up with joy.

Afterwards, the two couldn't stay in the side hall any longer, so they walked out of the side hall and stood at the door, waiting for the room to be tidied up so they could go in as soon as possible.

The two had just stopped at the door when they saw the two midwives come out of the delivery room with joyful faces. When they saw the two of them, they immediately knelt down and loudly congratulated the emperor, "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! The empress has given birth to twins, a boy and a girl."

As the two finished speaking, all the palace servants in Fengyi Palace, as well as several old imperial physicians who came out from the side hall on the other side after hearing the commotion, all knelt down and loudly congratulated the Emperor, saying, "Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Looking at the kneeling crowd before him, and thinking of his lover and the twins he had just given birth to in the room, Jin Jinxuan was overjoyed. With a broad smile, he waved his hand and laughed loudly, "Hahahaha... Reward! The entire palace will be rewarded with a year's worth of allowance."

Afterwards, amidst the kowtows and expressions of gratitude, Jin Jinxuan looked at Fuquan and said, "Tell everyone what needs to be said and what shouldn't be said, so that everyone in the palace knows."

It's clear that Yue Li and his affair can no longer be hidden in the palace, and he has no intention of hiding it anymore. Besides, this is his palace. If he has to be secretive in the palace, what's the point of being the emperor?

However, it is still necessary to keep it somewhat secret from people outside the palace.

At least for now, no one can know. Even if someone has already noticed, as long as it's not brought to light, once his son grows up, he will abdicate and become the retired emperor. At that time, whatever relationship he has with Yue Li will not have any impact.

The little prince, who had just been born and whose eyes hadn't even opened yet, was already being given high hopes by his father. It was unknown whether his small, tender shoulders could bear the burden!

Half a month later, shocking news spread from the palace: the current emperor suddenly had twins, a boy and a girl.

Furthermore, it has been decreed that a grand celebration will be held for the twins when they reach their one-month milestone, and all ministers will be allowed to attend with their families.

This news caught everyone in Kyoto off guard, especially the civil and military officials.

Although it is a good thing for the emperor to have offspring, they had never heard of the emperor having any affairs with women. Moreover, in order to make the emperor have offspring as soon as possible, these ministers had been submitting memorials for several years requesting the establishment of an empress, but the emperor had remained unmoved, hadn't he?

But what's going on now?

The Empress doesn't even exist yet, but the Emperor already has children?

Moreover, they are twins, just like those in the Prince Chen's Mansion.

Some ministers who had long suspected something amiss, and a few ministers who were related to the royal family by marriage, knew half a month ago that the twins had already held a grand third-day celebration in the palace.

However, this news has not been released yet.

The ministers who received advance notice remained silent, waiting for things to unfold.

Those ministers who were completely unaware could only wait to attend the full moon celebration of the princes and princesses.

No matter how outrageous the rumors outside were, or how shocked the people in the capital were, it didn't affect the Emperor's daily routine of cuddling and kissing the innocent little prince and princess.

Yue Li sat to the side, holding a sheet of Xuan paper in her hand. Looking at the two names on it, she turned her gaze to Jin Jinxuan and said, "Jin Jinghao, Jin Jingyao, are these the names you chose after all these days?"

"Hmm, after thinking about so many things, only these two names are worthy of my little prince and little princess!" Jin Jinxuan held Jin Jingyao, who had just received her new name, in his arms. Looking at her rosy little face as she slept, he couldn't help but give her another kiss on the cheek.

"Alright, she's sleeping. Don't keep holding her. What if she keeps being held to sleep?" Yue Li couldn't stand it anymore and urged Jin Jinxuan to put the child down.

When I chatted with those wives of officials before, they said that if a child is always held, he will develop the habit of not being put down even when he sleeps.

However, Jinrui and Jinyu have always been very well-behaved since they were little, sleeping and eating all the time. She didn't notice that they had such a habit. It's also possible that she never really took care of them. Even when she had free time, she would just have the servants hold them and play with them for a while, so she just didn't notice.

"What does it matter? There are so many servants in the palace, surely they can take good care of two babies. What's the point of having them?" Jin Jinxuan said this, but he put the baby back into the cradle according to Yue Li's wishes.

Seeing that the child was not awakened by his movements, Jin Jinxuan sat down next to Yue Li, hugged her, and said gently, "Since Li'er is going to attend the child's full moon celebration, shouldn't you leave the palace a couple of days in advance?"

As he spoke, he kissed Yue Li's cheek with a look of reluctance in his eyes.

"Yes, you know I didn't attend Jinrui and Jinyu's full moon celebration last time, but I didn't want to join in the fun or be surrounded by people asking me all sorts of questions. This time, I absolutely have to attend."

During the Lunar New Year, Yue Li was heavily pregnant. She did not attend the New Year's Eve banquet, which even members of the royal family were required to attend, nor did she show her face in front of others. Therefore, the only people who knew about her pregnancy, besides Jin Chenyuan and the others, were people in the palace.

If she doesn't attend Jinghao and Jingyao's full moon celebration this time, it will really be inexcusable, since no one else knows that she gave birth to them.

"Li'er, I can't bear to part with you. I don't want you to leave the palace. We've been inseparable for half a year. How can I get used to you suddenly leaving my side?" Jin Jinxuan wrapped his arms around Yue Li, buried his face in her chest, and could smell her sweet fragrance and rich milky scent in her breath. But his words were muffled.

Hearing this, Yue Li didn't know how to comfort him. After all, she had already given birth, and she was still thinking about the vast world outside. How could she be willing to be trapped in the palace? So she could only lower her head and kiss his forehead as a form of comfort.