Death at birth

  At this time, Murong Jin had already subdued the male assassin in a short while. He turned around to see his wife and child about to be killed by the female assassin's knife. He wanted to rescue them but it was too late. However, unexpectedly, Lao San was holding a wooden board behind the female assassin, hitting her head with a loud slap. His poor martial arts skills made him flail wildly, causing the female assassin to subconsciously withdraw her knife and defend herself instead. She turned around and chopped the wooden board into several pieces.

  "Oh no, big brother save me!" Lao San looked at the large piece of wood in his hand and saw that it had become a small wooden block. He was so scared that he threw away the board, pulled up Li Ge who had fallen to the ground, and dragged Big Sister Li while wildly shouting for help.

  The old three Muyong Zhi made a mess, leaving enough time for Muyong Jin. With one palm, he slapped the female assassin, who didn't have time to grab her weapon. The palm wind howled and struck, causing the female assassin to spit blood and faint on the spot.

  Murong Jin's face was full of anger, "Take him away and keep a close eye on him. No one is allowed to visit without my permission. Don't let him die. Send someone to fetch the imperial physician immediately, I want a gynecologist." He stepped forward and picked up He Niangniang who was about to faint, issuing a series of orders as he did so.

  Mrs. Li also calmed down after a while, stuffed her son into her mother-in-law's arms, "Mother, you help me take care of Lige, I'll go and prepare the delivery room, He Niang is probably going to give birth."

  The old lady had experienced ups and downs in her life, following her husband through thick and thin. Having gone through the shock just now, she came to herself at this moment, hurriedly hugged her grandson tightly, nodded repeatedly, "You go, you also go to help with the second family's affairs, I'll take care of the child."

  It's not the time for bickering now, so Wang Er didn't dare to make any excuses. He nodded seriously and said, "Don't worry, Mother, I'll go with Eldest Sister-in-law. You rest first."

  The two of them hastily followed Mu Rong Jin to the delivery room, while the first and second stewards were led by Lao Er and Lao San to take care of different matters. Those who needed to be detained were detained, those who needed to send off guests did so, those who needed to offer apologies made their offerings, and those who needed to invite the imperial physician went to do so. Amidst all this hustle and bustle, the entire manor was busy yet not chaotic, with everyone working together in an orderly manner.

  Not to mention how dangerous it is for Aunt He, but at this moment the child in her belly is about to be born. It's indeed a pair of twins, and it's extremely auspicious, one boy and one girl, dragon and phoenix twins, very lucky.

  However, this female fetus was a bit unusual. The female fetus was originally a flower demon in cultivation, and its true body was an ancient species of Chaos Blue Lotus that had undergone thousands of years of cultivation to transform into a human. However, during the tribulation, it was ambushed by someone who had been hiding in the shadows, and as a result, at the critical moment, it tore open space to escape and fell into a spatial rift.

  And when she woke up, she found herself in the belly of this woman. Fortunately, her divine soul was preserved, but her physical body was severely injured due to the intense battle with humans and had to be nurtured back to health. In a daze, she reincarnated into the womb of a human being.

  Having been a demon cultivator for thousands of years, Qinglian had always dreamed of taking human form. Who would have thought that one day she could finally achieve her wish? This was also something Qinglian hadn't anticipated. In order to repay this woman, she used the last bit of her weak power to nourish the male fetus and the mother's body, cultivating and nurturing them together so that He Niangniang could give birth to a healthy child.

  Qinglian was a cultivator before, and he knew that cultivating in the womb would allow him to absorb some of the prenatal energy, which would be very beneficial for his future cultivation. It could even help him recover from injuries and have some self-preservation abilities.

  But because she owed Holler's favor, she tied up the cause and effect, so every time she practiced at dawn and dusk, she would pull this boy's hand to practice together. The spiritual energy would circulate from her body and then go through the boy's body several times, making him clever and healthy after birth.

  After nearly eight months of cultivation, Qinglian finally stabilized his divine soul and prevented it from dissipating. However, his injuries still require further absorption of pure spiritual energy to recover, which will take slow and gradual cultivation, and cannot be rushed.

  She was in the natural world of Murong's mansion, no matter what, being able to be a human Qinglian again was still very happy. To say that her experience was quite bumpy, she lived two lives. In her first life, she was a human born under the red flag, and lived until she was sixteen years old when she mysteriously died in a car accident. She thought that after death, she could be reincarnated, but instead, when she woke up, she found herself unable to move. It wasn't until much later that she realized she had become a plant, a green lotus flower. This made her unable to accept the fact for a long time.

  She became a Qinglian and experienced disappointment, loneliness, inability to speak, and immobility, enduring countless hardships for an unknown period of time before gradually enlightening herself to absorb the essence of the sun and moon, learning to cultivate, and experiencing thousands of years of tribulations, even nearly dying under the thunderbolt during her transformation.

  A thousand years of cultivation have gone through countless hardships, and also had many small opportunities. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to explain the golden dragon of the dragon clan, became friends, and let myself be nurtured by the dragon clan in the Holy Spirit Lake, which saved a hundred years of time and proudly transformed ahead of schedule.

  During her cultivation in the Dragon Clan, she absorbed a lot of dragon blood and dragon energy, which accelerated her cultivation speed and brought her many benefits. If she could also absorb dragon energy in the mortal world, it would be beneficial to her injuries as well.

  Although she was lucky enough to return to being human, returning to the Cultivation Realm's Longevity Path was still her goal. She vaguely felt that coming here might be fate, or perhaps it was because she hadn't completed the Thunder Tribulation, so Heaven gave her another kind of tribulation test.

  But it doesn't matter, life is short and fleeting, for her it's just a practice, a test.

  Qinglian spent eight months of hard practice, only moving her hands and feet when she was tired, indicating that she was still alive, and the little boy also benefited a lot.

  Unexpectedly, today she felt extremely uncomfortable, the space seemed to have shrunk a lot all of a sudden, it was very crowded, and suddenly she felt like she might be going into labor, it's possible that the twins are being born prematurely.

  Just as I was thinking of using force to squeeze out, who knew that the boy next to me, who had been very well-behaved, suddenly took a step ahead and rushed out. As he left, he even borrowed strength from me and stepped on my head with one foot, using my power to be born first. This is outrageous! You wolf in sheep's clothing, I treated you so well, but you took half of the innate energy that I had painstakingly cultivated. How dare you step on my head!

  Qinglian knew that things were urgent, she keenly felt that the woman's vitality was disappearing, so she didn't dare to delay, and slid out along with the force, finally seeing the dazzling white light.

  Immediately afterwards, a loud shout of joy was heard, "Born, both are born, one boy and one girl, dragon and phoenix twins!" The voice was very loud and belonged to an old woman.

  Qinglian felt like someone was holding her ankle and slapped her buttocks twice, something seemed to have been spat out of her throat, under a surge of pressure she started wailing loudly.

  Next, Qinglian was wrapped up by someone and felt that the little brother who ran out before her was being held by someone beside her, walking towards the door.

  The old woman hugged the two of them, smiling and bowing to Murong Jin, "Congratulations, sir, congratulations, madam, it's a young master and a princess, dragon and phoenix twins, great auspiciousness!"

  "Alright, alright, there's a reward for everyone. How is Aunt He now?" Murong Jin hadn't forgotten about Aunt He.

  The midwife's face also fell when asked about He Yiniang, and she replied truthfully: "Not good, too much bleeding, afraid it won't work out."

  The imperial physician also followed out at this time, with blood all over his hands, shaking his head gloomily, "She's beyond help, she wants to see the empress and the child."

  Li covered her mouth and tears instantly flowed down, forcing herself to say: "Holding the child, come in with me."

  On the delivery bed, lay pale and haggard He Yiniang. She was supported by someone to sit up with great difficulty, looked at her two children with hardship, unwillingly kissed them again and again. Qinglian seemed to feel this mother's reluctance and the passing of life, couldn't help but wail loudly, and also made her little brother cry along with her.

  The wailing was desperate and mournful, causing Mu Rong Jin outside to also look downcast and speechless. The old lady and Wang Er also couldn't help but shed tears.

  "Li held the child close to He Niangniang and said, 'He Xin, it was you who saved my child's life and mine.'"

  Auntie Wang is warm?

  Rou smiled weakly and tiredly, "Miss, He Xin... is willing to... die for you, just ask one thing of me..."

  She looked at Li with hopeful eyes, glanced at the two children in her hands, and only hoped that she could leave some good fortune for them with this little kindness.

  "Rest assured, I will personally raise the two children and they will be my own from now on. I swear on Lige's life that if I have even a slight bit of neglect towards these two children, may my son Lige not die a good death or have a peaceful ending." She promised with red eyes, emphasizing each word.

  "Miss, thank you... I can rest assured now, no matter where I am, I will... bless your mother and child." Huaxin's hand fell weakly, a tear dropped from the corner of her eye, still looking at the two children before she died.

  "Ah, He Xin!" Mrs. Li wailed in grief, while the two children cried out loud, bidding their final farewell to their mother.

  Murong Jin heard the crying sound, and for a moment, he was stunned. His face turned gloomy, and he closed his eyes, speechless for a long time. His fists were clenched tightly together, as if suppressing a surge of anger and resentment.

  Qinglian also felt a bit uncomfortable, this mother loved them, eight months of getting along, every evening could hear her talking to them, soft and gentle voice, should be a good-tempered woman, didn't expect her to leave like that.

  Although Li was heartbroken, she did not forget about the crying babies waiting to be fed and handed them over to the wet nurse for feeding. Only then did she begin to take care of the funeral arrangements for her mother-in-law and other subsequent matters.

  During this time, Qinglian and her little brother were moved out to the room next to Li's, just a wall away, where they were taken care of by two wet nurses. Their daily lives were meticulously managed, with not a single moment of neglect.

  Until she finished dealing with He Yiniang's affairs, Li Shi was finally able to take a breather. He Yiniang was established as the second wife of the Murong family and would be able to enjoy the incense and fire of her children in the future. This was also proposed by Li Shi herself, although she may have had other thoughts, but for He Yiniang and the children, it was all good. At least it was an open attitude, without hiding or covering up, and when the children grew up, they could also offer incense to their ancestors.

  Every day, no matter how late, Mrs. Li would come over to take a look at the children herself, holding and coaxing them for a while. However, after several days, she grew more and more fond of these two children and couldn't bear to part with them. As long as she had a little free time, she would definitely go see them. Qinglian was well-behaved and brought along her little brother, so the two of them were very pretty and fair-skinned compared to other children. With Qinglian being cute and lovely by their side, bringing along her little brother, every time Mrs. Li and Murong Jin came over, they would be in a very happy mood, and the two children also loved them very much.

  "This day, Li's wife held Qinglian and said: 'Old master, I have something to say to you, what name did you give the child?'"