Chapter 811: Princess Chapter 811: Princess Editor: Atlas Studios Only Fan Zijin’s family was invited for the babies’ one-month-old celebration.

But since the two families always ate together, it wasn’t much different from a usual meal other than the fact that the spread was more sumptuous.

Qi Haoran felt that it was a little unfair to his two sons, so he asked someone to invite two storytellers over at the last minute.

The brothers leaned against the recliner and listened to the storytellers while Mu Yangling and Madam Xia played with the four children in the house.

By now, Mu Yangling could already differentiate between her second and third son.

However, Little Madam Xia still couldn’t, and only managed to guess correctly four out of ten times based on luck.

Having put in a lot of effort, Little Bear could also differentiate between the two when they were laid side by side.

But when the twins were separated from each other, he wouldn’t be able to tell which one it was.

Qi Haoran fared even more poorly, not being able to tell the twins apart even when they were placed next to each other.

Moreover, he didn’t have much luck with guessing either, getting it wrong eight times out of ten.

Although the two children were small when they were born, their bodies were very healthy.

In just a month, they had grown quite a bit, revealing a pair of bright eyes.

When Mu Yangling saw them, she wailed in her heart about the number of young ladies’ hearts the handsome twins would break when they grew up.

Unlike Little Bear, who looked like he was created from the same mold as his father, the two children resembled Mu Yangling more.

However, they inherited their straight noses and big eyes from their father, which gave them their handsome looks.

In any case, Mu Yangling would sometimes fall into a daze looking at them.

She felt that her two sons would definitely be very handsome when they grew up.

Qi Haoran was also very satisfied with the two children’s looks.

He turned to Mu Yangling and said, “We’ll have a daughter next.

One who looks just like you.” “Before I was confirmed to be pregnant, you said you wanted a daughter.

Once I got pregnant, you were so certain it was going to be a son.

I’m not falling for your words this time.” Qi Haoran chuckled.

“I just wanted our daughter to have more backers.

Now that she has three brothers, who would dare to bully her in the future?” “Have you decided on the children’s names yet?” Qi Haoran placed the two children on the small bed and said in a low voice, “I think it’s better to wait for them to grow up before naming them.

Let’s use nicknames first.

This way, they’ll have a higher chance of surviving into adulthood.” Mu Yangling looked at him suspiciously.

Qi Haoran rubbed his nose.

Alright, he admitted that it was because he wasn’t good at coming up with names, so he planned to take his time to decide.

Mu Yangling sighed faintly.

“It’s been more than eight months.

I remember that the moment you found out that I was pregnant, you started flipping through books to find a name.” Qi Haoran looked out of the window and insisted, “It’s better to use nicknames first.

We also only gave Little Bear a proper name when he was three years old.

We can always name them when they turn two.” Mu Yangling snorted and did not object.

Qi Haoran heaved a sigh of relief and returned to the study to continue flipping through the books to look for names.

Actually, he had shortlisted quite a few names, but despite liking every one of those shortlisted choices, he was not entirely satisfied with any of them.

Thus, up until now he hadn’t decided upon one.

However, the nicknames of the two children were very easy to choose.

Referencing Little Bear’s nickname, they were given the nicknames of Tiger Head and Little Lion.

This made Mu Yangling feel like she had given birth to an animal kingdom.

However, this Little Bear was the one who came up with these nicknames.

He firmly believed that since his nickname was a bear, his younger brothers’ nicknames couldn’t differ too much.

Hence, they ought to be named after a tiger and a lion respectively.

Because Qi Haoran was also very satisfied with these two names, Mu Yangling was outvoted two to one.

Little Bear wrote to Little Treasure to brag about the fact that he was the one who came up with his two younger brothers’ names, then sent it via the messenger pigeon.

When Little Treasure received the letter, he was guarding outside the Palace of Earthly Tranquility with tears in his eyes.

Qi Xiuyuan held Little Treasure in his arms as they waited together.

At dawn, the Empress gave birth to a rosy little girl.

This was Qi Xiuyuan’s eldest princess and the Qi family’s first daughter!

Qi Xiuyuan hugged the little girl happily and gazed at her for a long time before carefully handing her to the wet nurse.

Seeing that Little Treasure was looking at her eagerly, he picked him up to let him have a closer look at his baby sister.

Amazed to see such a small child, Little Treasure asked, “Are Brother Tiger Head and Brother Little Lion also so small?” Qi Xiuyuan said with a smile, “They’re even smaller than your sister.

Your sister weighs six catties and eight taels, but they’re only four catties plus.” Little Treasure reached out and gently touched her little face, then said solemnly, “Then Sister, you have to be good and eat up.

You can’t let your two younger brothers catch up.” Qi Xiuyuan smiled and didn’t say that the two children had already caught up.

He just coaxed Little Treasure, “Then you have to take good care of your sister in the future and supervise her to eat more so that she can grow up well.” Little Treasure nodded fiercely.

This being Qi Xiuyuan’s second child, he valued this child very much.

After the xisan1 ceremony, he gave her the name “Mingzhu2”.

It could be seen how much he valued and adored this child.

The concubines in the harem were all fired up.

Everyone knew that the Emperor liked children very much, so they tried their best to get pregnant.

After all, the Empress would not be able to serve the Emperor for at least three months while she was undergoing confinement and breastfeeding.

Meanwhile, Consort Xian had always been somewhat of an invisible person.

These three months were a golden opportunity for them.

There were not many concubines in Qi Xiuyuan’s harem.

During the spring concubine selection, he had only chosen five concubines.

Their statuses were all very low, with the highest among them only holding the rank of ‘Noble Lady’.

There were only so many people in the entire harem, and Qi Xiuyuan was in his prime.

Everyone was afraid that the Empress would monopolize the harem after her confinement period ended, so they let down their guard against each other and privately worked together to decide on a schedule where they would take turns serving the Emperor.

Oblivious to this, Qi Xiuyuan just did whatever he wanted.

Most of the time, he stayed in the Empress’s palace to accompany her and the two children, causing many concubines in the harem to bite their handkerchiefs to pieces in frustration.

Consort Xian was the only one who was unmoved since she had long known that it was impossible for her to have a child.

Her heart had once fluttered for the handsome Qi Xiuyuan, but then one day, she saw the way he interacted with the Empress.

At that time, they were standing in the imperial garden admiring the flowers.

The Empress said something, and the Emperor laughed loudly in response and tapped the Empress’s forehead intimately.

Meanwhile, the Crown Prince ran around the two of them and clung onto the Emperor, wanting to climb onto him.

Yet, the Emperor did not get mad.

He only shifted the Crown Prince aside and let him play in front while he and the Empress chatted as they walked… They reminded Consort Xian of her Royal Father and Mother, and her Royal Father had treated her the same way when she was young.

He had placed her on his neck and ran out, doting on her.

If she had not suffered those injuries and had not lived the life of a fugitive, she might have let go and taken a gamble.

However, at that moment, seeing the Emperor and the Empress together, Consort Xian’s thoughts settled down, knowing that she could not win against the Empress.

But as long as her father and brother were still holding on to the ‘Lord Yunnan’ title, she would do alright in the palace.

Other than love and children, there were many things to look forward to in life.

Princess Consort Rong had told her this before, and so had her royal father and big brother.

Consort Xian had not been able to understand this before, but surprisingly, it was only now that the other concubines were restless that her heart calmed down, and she truly understood this.

Smiling, she turned to the head palace maid beside her.

“Go and find the paint that my brother sent over some time ago.

I want to paint.

Seeing as I haven’t done it in a long time, I wonder if my skills have gotten rusty.

If Father finds out, he will be angry.” the custom of giving bath to the baby on its third daywhich means luminous pearl

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