A shout of excitement suddenly came from the bedroom. Prato, who was standing in the corridor, was so scared that he could not help but tremble. Listening to the painful shouts inside, Prato walked around like an ant on a hot pan. His anxious expression made many Wallachian nobles who came to hear the news with strange eyes and strange expressions.

Prato also realized that this seemed to easily make others misunderstand that he was the child's father. This idea made him startled, but he was indeed worried about whether His Highness the female Grand Duke could give birth smoothly.

All Prato's belongings are in the Balkans. When he first arrived in Bucharest, in order to make it easier to gain a foothold, Alexander dressed him up as a big businessman who not only had huge sums of money, but also had a lot of hands and eyes. At that time, Prato was just acting constantly. Although sometimes he once fantasized that one day he could really become a disguised person, he never thought that this fantasy would be realized, and it would be so fast.

Prato is rich and powerful today. While serving Alexander, he made a fortune by relying on the power of the trade alliance that gradually penetrated the land.

But Prato knew very well that he could rely on Alexander and Sophia today.

As Alexander's agent in the Balkans, the greater the power Sophia has, the smoother he can get rich for Prato. Whether Sophia's position in Wallachia not only affects his business, but may even determine whether he can enjoy the good days that wealth brings him safely.

So in this regard, Prato is no less concerned about whether Sophia can produce smoothly than Alexander.

Another scream, although he couldn't hear what was shouting because he couldn't speak, but the extremely painful scream still scared Prato's head and sweated coldly.

The door opened, and male and female servants rushed in and out, and the people in the corridor were also relaxed and tightened in their hearts with the sound coming from inside.

The door closed again, leaving only a group of nobles looking at each other outside.

Suddenly, a panic shouting sounded in the room. People outside seemed to hear someone shouting, someone ran, and some seemed to knock down something and make a sensation.

For a moment, people, led by the Patriarch, couldn't help but surround the bedroom door.

The sound inside was even louder. Apart from Sophia's painful shout, there seemed to be someone else shouting the same.

Then, with a cheer from unknown people, the people outside seemed to hear a series of shouts from inside: "Born!Born!"

Hearing the sound inside, the people waiting outside suddenly made a low voice. No matter what kind of thoughts they had, everyone showed a joyful expression. The Patriarch even raised the golden cross rod in his hand, ready to chant blessing scriptures for the born prince or princess.

But at this moment, a scream suddenly came from the room, and then it seemed that many people shouted.

The hearts of the people outside suddenly rose, and they looked at each other with a look of shock, not knowing what was going on.

The room was still busy, and there were even people who seemed to be making noise. After a while, when people were already a little uneasy, some nobles even began to ask the Patriarch whether they should knock on the door and see what was going on. Suddenly, the door was pushed open with force, and Alexander took a step out of the inside!

He grabbed the handles of the two doors with both hands, his face looked strange, and it seemed as if something was incredible, but his eyes only glanced at the nobles who were immediately surrounded, and then looked at Patriarch Buchart, who was standing in front.

"I've been born, I have a son!" Alexander shouted to the Patriarch. Just as everyone heard the news, he couldn't help but sigh, Alexander ignored them and continued, "I have a daughter, so Lord Patriarch asks you to give my children a double blessing mass."

After saying that, before the people at the door understood, Alexander had already closed the door again with a "slam".

Outside the door, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then someone reacted and asked in confusion: "The Duke does have a daughter, but why did he ask the Patriarch to pray for his daughter at this time?"

When people heard the man's words, people couldn't help but look at him, but then someone exclaimed unexpectedly: "The Duke is talking about His Highness's children, twins?"

The first person who reacted was stunned by the words of the people around him, and then a series of surprises immediately sounded in the entire corridor.

On March 27, 1500, Sophia Alexandra Valleolo, the eldest daughter of Wallachia, gave birth to a pair of sibling twins with the Summer Palace of Bucharest.

In the bedroom, the hot water vapor seemed to be able to wash a sauna in the room. Sophia, who had no strength, was lying lazily on the pillow. Her hair was soaked with sweat and was scattered on her forehead. Her mouth was gasping and opened from time to time, which looked a bit like a goldfish that was lacking in water.

Sophia was exhausted. She never expected that having a baby would be so painful and laborious. What was terrible was that she gave birth to two in a row, which made her feel that it was more difficult than running constantly in a full set of armor.

But she was still in good spirits. Her eyes were always staring at Alexander and the two children he was holding. Seeing Alexander holding the child with a smile on his face, Sophia let out a dissatisfied hum, and then she suddenly grabbed the pillow and smashed it over.

Seeing Alexander immediately turned to protect the children and blocked the pillow with his back, Sophia was even more unhappy. She turned her head to the side, looking like she didn't want to see him again.

Alexander laughed. He knew that Sophia was obviously jealous, so he sat down with the children and carefully placed a pair beside her.

"This is our child. We have a son and a daughter all at once. Don't you feel happy?"

Alexander smiled and whispered in Sophia's ear. Seeing that she seemed to finally be unable to bear to look back at the children, Alexander couldn't help but smile.

Looking at the two wrinkled babies, Sophia frowned a little disgustedly, then stretched out her fingers and tried to poke one of the children's cheeks with curiosity.

This immediately scared everyone in the room. A few sounds of gasping in the air sounded at the same time. Everyone couldn't help but flash the scene of Sophia, who had broken her arms when she was about to give birth because of pain, broke her clavicle directly with a punch.

Fortunately, Alexander, who was prepared, immediately reached out and grabbed Sophia's hand, and then he took advantage of the opportunity to gently press Sophia's hand against his cheek.

"You are too tired now, you need to have a good rest," Alexander said, pecking Sophia's palm. "Close your eyes and sleep well, and you still have to feed the children when you wake up."

Sophia was stunned when she heard this, and then suddenly she was about to pull her collar open.

Alexander quickly stopped her, and at the same time turned around and waved his hands to the servants who stood a little further away.

The servants left the room one after another. When there were only two people, Alexander looked at Sophia, whose face finally showed a tired look. He touched her forehead and then whispered: "Get good sleep, I'm by your side. I promise that when you wake up, you open your eyes, I'm the first thing I see."

Sophia made a sound of grunting sound from her mouth. She raised her hand as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she couldn't resist the fatigue and closed her eyes. After a while, she made a gentle snoring.

Seeing Sophia asleep, Alexander picked up the child and looked at the pair of children who seemed to be unable to tell who was to whom. A burst of excitement made him almost cheer.

He held the child and walked towards another room connected to the bedroom, where three strong nurses were already waiting. Originally, this was to prepare for the emergent needs of Sophia if she had difficulty giving birth and could not breastfeed herself, but now it seems that this preparation is really useful.

Seeing the two women lifting up their clothes and feeding the two children, Alexander couldn't help but smile again.

Sophia is very healthy, which leads to the healthy child in her belly. This was a good thing, but she will inevitably suffer some pain during childbirth. What's more, no one thought that it was a pair of twins. After seeing a child born, another one appeared, which really scared the people next to her.

Alexander looked at his children with a smile, because he was too happy that he didn't even pay attention to the appearance of the two women until the door leading to the corridor was gently knocked, and then Schell walked in carefully.

"Master, the Patriarch and many people outside want to see you." Sher said first, then rubbed his hands with some nervous and excited "Sir, please allow me to congratulate you, and I ask you to allow us to allegiance to the prince and the princess in the name of all the guards in Wallachia and Croatia and Bosnia."

Seeing Sher's nervous look, Alexander thought about it for a moment, then nodded happily.

According to the agreement, the recruited Balkan hunting guards would serve in Alexander's army for ten years, and then they could choose to continue serving him or to terminate the contract and return to their hometown.

According to Alexander's conjecture, a group of Balkans like Sher would stay and continue to serve him, but most would choose to return home.

Before this, Wallachia would fulfill the contract with Alexander every year by exporting troops. When the first decade expired, his army had actually completed the replacement of new recruits in the past few years with the continuous replenishment of new recruits, which could effectively prevent the quality of the army from declining as the veterans retired.

In this era, it is crucial to maintain a well-trained army.

But this is not the key. For Alexander, although he recruited Balkan farmers because he was interested in their cheap prices and good quality, there was another more important reason that made him make this choice.

The retired Balkans will be valued for the experience they learned in Alexander's army every year. During this long decade, Alexander had enough time to train these Balkans into obedient soldiers influenced by his thoughts and ideas.

Then these people will return to their hometowns, some of them may continue to be peasants, while others will enter the army of Wallachia, Croatia, and even Serbia and Hungary.

Alexander believed that many of these people would become his agents in the Balkans and Eastern European countries, and they would become his agents in these countries.

Just like Schell now, these hunting guards who swore allegiance to his children, even if they returned to the Balkans after their service, would be the most loyal supporters of his children.

Thinking of this, Alexander couldn't help but smile a little proudly, and then he remembered that the Wallachian nobles were still waiting for his news.

"Go and invite the Patriarch and the Elders of the Palace." Alexander ordered.

As a Balkan country with a deep root with Hungary, Wallachia retains the customs of the era before the early Huns conquered. The elder system with traces of typical tribal states is a proof. This system gradually changed for a long time because it was influenced by the Eastern Roman Senate, until it eventually evolved into a specious and weird system.

Most of these elders were descendants of the royal side branches in their early years. Although these people had lost the opportunity to compete for the throne of Wallachia, they became court elders with great voice.

One of the rights is that in addition to the priest of the Bucharest Cathedral, the current Patriarch of Bucharest, these people have the right to recognize the newborn as a legal member of the royal family.

Shortly after Sher went out, a group of people walked into the room under his leadership. At this time, the two children who had eaten and drank had begun to feel sleepy. In the warm and comfortable embrace of the nurse, the two newly born babies lie there like two pink meat bugs, letting the group of old men with gray hair or orange-skinned faces admire it curiously and excitedly.

Wallachia has been hanging in the air since the piercing of Duke Vlad III. Although his son Cepes was once so close to the Grand Duke's throne, in the end he was unable to get what he wanted.

This is a very bad thing for the Wallachians. After all, the result of the throne hanging for too long is that it will not only cause domestic turmoil, but also may also cause covetousness by the monarchs of other countries.

Almost everyone knows the obvious covetousness of the Grand Duke of Wallachia and King Ladislas II of Bohemia and Hungary.

So when Sophia inherited the throne of Valachia, the first thing the Wallachia nobles thought of was to give birth to the heir of the principality as soon as possible to calm the hearts of the people. This is why even though he knew what Alexander did in Sophia's room all day during that time, no one expressed his objection.

The Wallachians may have been wary of Alexander and Wallachians, but they were happy to see that he could get the eldest daughter pregnant early.

The elders looked at the two sleeping children and whispered. Alexander noticed that some of these people did not seem to be very enthusiastic, or even a little cold, but he didn't care about them.

He was not worried that some of these people would suddenly come forward and deny his children's identity, because he knew they dared not!

Bodped, as the female grand duke's consultant, faintly influenced the court of Wallachia, while George Leruo was directly appointed by Sophia as the defense officer of Bucharest City.

Whether it is the palace or the army, Bucharest is now in the hands of Sophia's Greeks.

The discussion ended quickly, and everyone looked at the people with the highest status among the elders, and the eyes of these people looked at the Patriarch of Bucharest.

Under the gaze of everyone, the Patriarch walked to the two children. He lowered his head and looked at the sleeping twin brothers and sisters carefully, then tilted the tail of the big cross in his hand, and lightly tapped the two babies not far above the heads.

The Patriarch's tone was a little weak, but he refused to support a pastor next to him, and kept chanting the meaning of the Scriptures in a low voice: "I confirm that there is only one baptism for forgiveness of sins. I admit that life comes with God's creation and gifts. Just like what I see now, I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life in the next life, and will also impart this meaning."

The Patriarch recited the passage seriously, and when he stopped to gently stroke the cross with his hands, everyone in the room responded in a low voice.

Alexander was also praying. At this moment, he didn't know whether he was praying to something in the dark to make his children safe all his life, but he knew that since as his children, their lives would be destined to be ordinary.

An elder came over and took the whip and a wooden stick from the servant next to him. After whispering to Alexander, the elder crossed the two things and gently pressed them on the twin brothers and sisters, and at the same time whispered something in a dialect that few people could understand.

"The whip allows you to rule the people of this country with kindness like a shepherd, and the wooden stick allows you to set up boundary markers on this land to prove your rights."

The Patriarch whispered to translate the elder's words for Alexander. When the ancient ceremony finally ended, the Patriarch seemed to see a satisfied smile on Alexander's face.

"According to the canon, we need to baptize the newborn today one month later," the somewhat tired pastor handed over the heavy cross to the people next to him, and then said to Alexander, "I will baptize them myself, and this will be the greatest event since the victory of the Battle of Bucharest."

Alexander nodded with a smile. At this time, he felt that the weak old man in front of him was really cute.

"Then your Highness," the Patriarch thought for a while and asked, "Have you and His Highness Sophia agreed to what names are you going to give your children?"

Hearing the Patriarch's inquiry, Alexander looked back at his children, and then a smile flashed across the corner of his mouth.

"I've thought about it," Alexander said with a smile. "The boy is August Alexandre and the girl is Catherine Alexandra."
Chapter completed!