Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved
Chapter 267 Ah Jiu Wakes Up, Wake Up

Chapter 267: Chapter 267 Ah Jiu Wakes Up, Wake Up

She didn’t know how much time had passed, perhaps a quarter of an hour, perhaps an hour, perhaps even longer.

Murong Jiu didn’t know how long she had persisted.

After being fed ginseng soup, she seemed to gain a bit more strength, and driven by maternal instincts, she exerted herself one last time, something slid out of her body, she felt relief and finally closed her eyes.

It was as if eager voices were calling her from afar; who was it? Who was calling her? It seemed to come from a distant place.

Her eyelids were heavy, she couldn’t open her eyes.

She mustn’t sleep, she told herself she mustn’t sleep.

Someone very important was calling her name.

She needed to open her eyes and see.

She struggled hard to open her eyes, just like when the Second Prince had thrown her into a deep well and she fought desperately, she was not willing to give up.

She was unwilling to let her two children bear the ominous name of bringing calamity; she was sure, if she were gone, her two children would definitely be cursed as disasters.

She must survive.

She had not yet grown old with Jun Yuyan, how could she leave first and leave Jun Yuyan in this cold world?

Thinking of his despondent silhouette, her heart ached.

She wanted to raise their two children together with him, let the children grow up happy under their parents’ love, just like the names he had chosen for the children, Zhijin and Zhiyu—holding Jinyu in one’s arms, hearts as carefree as the xiuxian grass, without worries.

She still needed to support her father and her master in their old age, watch her three brothers get married and have children, and marry off her two devoted maids; without her overseeing, what if they ended up with unworthy men?

She still had to see Xiao Wen off to the Yundian Royal Mansion, and send the grown-up Kai Xuan back to the mountains or the plains, watching it become a leader therein.

There were also people like the Second Prince whom she wanted to see suffer their just deserts, living worse than dying.

And the Glazed Pavilion in the front courtyard, she still wanted to watch as it bore abundant fruits, to see those foreign crops spread across the Great Yan, allowing everyone to have enough to eat.

She couldn’t give up, for there was too much she couldn’t bear to part with, how could she be willing?

She hadn’t even had the chance to glance at the two children, to see if they were plump and fair, not feeble like in her past life?

"Ah Jiu, you can’t sleep, wake up, please open your eyes and look at me one more time, okay?"

She gradually began to hear voices, and struggling, she managed to open her heavy eyelids—what she saw was Jun Yuyan, with bloodshot, reddened eyes, the sorrow therein turning into a joy of regained treasure the moment he saw her awake.

"Ah Jiu! Ah Jiu, you’re awake! That’s great, you woke up! You really woke up! That’s so wonderful!"

He was so agitated he was nearly incoherent, and Murong Jiu had never seen him like this before.

Murong Jiu wanted to speak, but she was too weak to say anything.

"Girl, don’t speak, you’ve just given birth and you’re still very weak."

Divine Doctor Zhai spoke up, his hand still on her pulse, and finally let out a long sigh of relief, saying the same as Jun Yuyan had, "It’s good that you’ve woken up, it’s good that you’ve woken up."

It was then that Murong Jiu noticed, she had already given birth, the midwife was no longer in the room, and both her body and the bedding were clean, the strong smell of blood was gone, there was only a faint trace of bloodiness left.

Her father and three brothers were also by her bedside, with Xiao Wen squeezed in between, his eyes nearly swollen into two walnuts.

Howl!

The young wolf let out a happy howl, making its presence felt.

Murong Jiu anxiously looked outside, where were her children?

Her son had already been born, but what about her daughter? Had she been born successfully? Had she choked on the amniotic fluid or suffocated? She was so worried, she didn’t know how long she had been unconscious.

Jun Yuyan, sensing her urgency, hurriedly spoke to her:

"Ah Jiu, the wet nurse has taken the children to the next room to look after them. Both children are very healthy; the elder brother was born weighing five jins and two liangs, and the sister also weighs five jins. Although they were premature, they are both well-formed, and their cries are very loud,"

Upon hearing this, Murong Jiu finally put her mind at ease.

"Come, girl, drink some medicine first. Do not be afraid, now that you are awake, it’s as if we have passed through the gates of hell, and even Lord Yama won’t dare to come for you,"

Divine Doctor Zhai personally carried the warm medicine over.

"Uncle Zhai, let me do it,"

Jun Yuyan carefully propped Murong Jiu’s head up a bit higher then took the medicine and fed it to her.

The medicine was pitch black and very bitter, but she still drank it little by little.

Watching her drink the medicine, General Fu’s eyes reddened again.

Previously, she had fainted after giving birth; they couldn’t feed her any medicine, and no matter how much they called to her, she wouldn’t awaken, which nearly drove everyone to desperation.

The bleeding was severe. After the baby was properly positioned, Xiao Jiu somehow found the strength to give birth to the child. Several midwives called it a miracle, but the bleeding had worsened. It took Divine Doctor Zhai a great deal of effort to stop her bleeding.

Initially, they were able to feed her the medicine, but later on, they couldn’t get her to ingest any more.

After the midwives had cleaned up, General Fu and the others rushed in immediately.

Seeing her weak, with soup medicine dripping from the corners of her mouth and not a drop going in, they were all frantic, with bloodshot eyes and ashen faces.

Divine Doctor Zhai said they couldn’t let Xiao Jiu fall asleep, so they took turns calling her name and talking to her, but there was no response.

She lay there, her eyes closed and her face pale, which left everyone feeling panicked and helpless.

Fortunately, she woke up and was able to take the medicine.

After taking the medicine, Murong Jiu wanted to sleep, but seeing the worried looks from her master Jun Yuyan and her family, she forced herself to stay awake.

She knew her body was severely weak. Her master feared she might bleed again, and it was very likely that she wouldn’t wake up if she fell asleep again.

After a while, she regained a little strength and said to Jun Yuyan, "I want to see the children."

Her voice was very hoarse.

"Alright, I will bring them over,"

Jun Yuyan quickly carried over the two soundly sleeping children wrapped in swaddling clothes.

Their cheeks were still a bit red, and they appeared smaller than the average newborn, yet they were much chubbier than in their previous life.

Moreover, for twins to have such weight was already quite good.

The brother and sister looked very much alike, with thick black hair. The sister had a small black mole at the corner of her right eye, like a light dot made with a pen, which could easily differentiate her from her brother.

As they slept soundly, Murong Jiu felt her heart soften tremendously just by looking at them.

These were her and Jun Yuyan’s children. In this life, she was determined to protect them well!

Divine Doctor Zhai said, "If the girl wants to watch them, let’s move the small bed over so she can watch them sleep,"

Hearing Divine Doctor Zhai say this, Jun Yuyan understood his intention; this would keep Ah Jiu more alert and more attached to the mortal world.

He had been worried that the children’s crying would disturb Ah Jiu, but having the children could forge a bond and reluctance in Ah Jiu, aiding in her recovery.

He quickly did as suggested, thus beside Murong Jiu’s bed, a small bed was added where the brother and sister lay in their red swaddling clothes, sleeping very sweetly.

In the following hour, Murong Jiu continued to drink a lot of medicine.

After checking her pulse, Divine Doctor Zhai finally showed a smile on his aged face, "All right, sleep for a while, girl."

This sentence relaxed everyone in the room.