Those who were near the door screamed and retreated in fright, only to be sternly reprimanded by the Empress Dowager.

Perhaps because she had suffered at the hands of such concubines when she was young, the Empress Dowager disliked those who were weak and pretentious, and even when she went to Cining Palace to pay her respects, she would be treated differently.

"Go and see how the Empress is doing?" After the rain, the weight on everyone's hearts in the harem can be lifted.

The Empress Dowager simply sent one of her personal maids to investigate the situation.

Good things come in pairs. Just as it started raining here, good news came from the delivery room: the Queen's birth canal had dilated to ten centimeters and the baby's head was already visible.

"Alright! Amitabha!"

The Empress Dowager recited a Buddhist mantra and returned to her seat at the head of the table.

The other concubines who had gathered at the entrance of the main hall gradually dispersed, and the atmosphere became lively.

Chen Yuwei didn't forget the date she asked about when she left home today, nor did she miss the heavy rain that started falling from the sky.

The Empress was still a little unlucky, as tomorrow is the famous Buddha's Birthday.

"It was just a little short, all that planning went wrong," what a huge loss.

Inside the delivery room, Empress Fucha Jinyi gripped Donghan's wrist tightly, sighing with helplessness.

She and the imperial physician had agreed on a date for tomorrow, but due to unforeseen circumstances, she gave birth to the child today at the last minute.

"Your Majesty, as long as the little prince is safe, that's all that matters," Dong Han said, forcing a smile as she looked at the midwives and others bustling about below. "It rained in the capital today; our little prince was born with good fortune."

Fucha Jinyi was not satisfied. "There will be another one tomorrow." It can only be said that man proposes, God disposes. Even if you rush, you still can't catch the best time.

The Queen could already feel the baby in her womb eagerly wanting to come into the world.

Some things are ultimately beyond human control. Although Fucha Jinyi felt regretful, she still mustered her spirits and worked hard to give birth under the constant reminders of the midwife.

Separated from the delivery room by only one wall, the main hall had no idea that Fucha Jinyi, at the crucial moment of her childbirth, still had the mood to think about random things.

They listened intently to the constant footsteps and noises coming from outside, each one tense.

Some people hoped the empress wouldn't have such a smooth life, some hoped she would die along with her unborn child, and others had already set their sights on the emperor outside the palace.

Only when the heavy rain outside gradually subsided did a faint cry of a newborn baby drift from the delivery room.

The sound was very faint, and it was even more difficult to hear through the thick rain.

It was only when Donghan, who was attending to the Empress during childbirth, ran over excitedly to announce the good news that everyone was finally convinced that the Empress had indeed given birth.

Despite being nearly two months premature, the news that the Queen and her baby are safe and sound is still awe-inspiring.

Wow, is this the strength of the Imperial Medical Academy? Premature birth and still safe – their medical skills are truly remarkable.

The moment the Empress Dowager heard that the Empress had given birth smoothly, she braved the rain to go to the delivery room to visit the young prince.

Taking this opportunity, Chen Yuwei also joined in the fun. Although she only glanced at it briefly, she still saw the little prince's excessively small body and weak breathing.

With such poor innate conditions, could the Empress possibly support herself?

The Empress Dowager also had this question in her mind, but since he was born as a legitimate son and the Emperor had been hoping for him for many years, she was not really so vicious as to curse her own grandson.

Putting her doubts aside for the time being, she turned back to Cining Palace and began urging Yonghuang, who was already married, and Niohuru to hurry up and have a son.

Hongli has no grandchildren now. If Yonghuang can give birth to a legitimate son, then the Empress Dowager will not have to worry about whether the Empress can raise the little prince. She will definitely devote all her efforts to Yonghuang.

Yonghuang finally managed to enter the palace, only to be confronted by the Empress Dowager's methods of urging him to have a child.

The urging made him dizzy and lightheaded, and he even forgot all about going to the palace.

He turned around and went back to his residence, where he had a fight with Lady Niohuru. Then he went to sleep in Lady Ulanara's courtyard.

The Niohuru clan bloodline that the Empress Dowager in the palace longed for had long been abandoned in Wazhao Kingdom.

...

The day after the Empress gave birth to her son, the Emperor rushed back from outside the palace in the rain.

Hongli attributed the success of the rain to his newborn son.

Therefore, Hongli himself fiddled with books and ancient texts, and specially found a good name for his youngest son, Yongcong.

Even though it was drizzling on the day of the baby's third-day celebration, Hongli did not cancel the banquet. On the contrary, he held it in a very grand manner, inviting all the prominent figures from inside and outside the palace.

Seeing Hongli's frantic state, Chen Yuwei thought to herself that this man must not have actually met the little prince yet, otherwise why would he be in the mood to hold a baby shower? He would rather keep it as low-key as possible and suppress the little prince's fate.

He thought to himself that Hongli really didn't know what was important. As April passed, May arrived.

Yongcong's full moon celebration was also unusually grand.

The Empress herself even organized the full moon celebration, for which she left her postpartum confinement period early to prepare.

Chen Yuwei: ...I don't understand, I can't comprehend it.

Chen Yuwei stared blankly as the Emperor and Empress busied themselves with their youngest son.

Interspersed among these were pieces of good news: Yonghuang's secondary consort, Ulanara, was pregnant. Although she was only a month along, the women of the harem still sent congratulatory gifts to express their respect for the first grandson of the emperor.

However, because it included Yongcong's full moon celebration, and because Ulanara was only a secondary consort, she didn't receive as much attention as those in the palace, except for the Empress Dowager who was feeling nauseous and the consort Niohuru who only knew how to cry and complain.

The Empress Dowager never expected that although she had urged Yonghuang to have a child, he did have one with his concubine, Ulanara.

She wanted a child with the bloodline of the Niohuru clan; otherwise, why would she choose Yonghuang over so many other grandchildren (even though there was an element of manipulation involved in the adoption)?

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