"Can you come with me to the East Palace?" Yi Shuihan asked Xiao Qingyin. "The Crown Princess is having a difficult childbirth."

"good."

Xiao Qingyin took her medical kit and entered the palace with Yi Shuihan.

The Eastern Palace's sleeping quarters were packed with people, and Situ Sheng was yelling at several imperial physicians.

"Powerless? You actually dare to tell me you're powerless! If anything happens to the Crown Princess and the child, I will make you all pay with your lives!"

The imperial physicians knelt on the ground, their foreheads pressed against the earth, not daring to move an inch.

They secretly lamented their predicament: they also wanted to protect the Crown Princess and her child, but the child had not yet been born, and the Crown Princess was weak and unconscious, and acupuncture could not wake her up. What else could they do?

Seeing their cowardly behavior, Situ Sheng's anger intensified, and he immediately gave the order.

"Men, drag them away and behead them!"

Just as the imperial physicians were about to beg for mercy, Yi Shuihan led Xiao Qingyin into the bedchamber.

"Mingyan, Miss Xiao is here."

Situ Sheng suddenly turned around.

Like a drowning person grabbing onto a piece of driftwood, a glimmer of hope ignites in their eyes.

"Miss Xiao, please save the Crown Princess and my child."

"This humble woman will do her best."

Xiao Qingyin followed Situ Sheng into the inner room.

On the way to the palace, Yi Shuihan briefly mentioned the Crown Princess's situation to her.

The Crown Prince has been married for over seven years. During this time, the Crown Princess has been pregnant three times, but all of them ended in miscarriage. This is her fourth pregnancy, and she has finally reached seven months of age.

Just when things were about to reach their climax, the Crown Princess suddenly began to faint intermittently and had difficulty taking medicine or eating.

Fearing for the child's life, the imperial physicians forced labor, but the Crown Princess was only dilated to four centimeters before she became weak and fainted, and even acupuncture could not wake her up.

The midwives stood by the bed, sweating profusely and looking completely bewildered.

The person on the bed had a thin face, sunken eyes, and her hands, which were sticking out of the blanket, looked extremely frail. She didn't look like a pregnant woman at all.

There was a faint smell of rotten apples in the air.

Xiao Qingyin's face darkened, and she prescribed a medicine without even taking the pulse.

"Cook this soup right away and send it over as soon as possible!"

The palace servants immediately fetched the medicine and prepared the soup.

A hint of confusion appeared on Situ Sheng's face: "What's wrong, Crown Princess?"

"Ketoacidosis."

Xiao Qingyin said as she took his pulse.

Situ Sheng's expression changed drastically.

"The Crown Princess has been poisoned?!"

Xiao Qingyin nodded.

"How dare they!"

Situ Sheng was furious and slammed his fist on the table.

He already had difficulty conceiving. Whether it was the Crown Princess or his concubines, they all miscarried shortly after becoming pregnant, and none of the children survived for more than three months.

This year, the Crown Princess managed to save one of her own, but someone actually tried to poison her!

Did they really have to go to such extremes?

They can't even tolerate a child!

Is that location really that attractive?

After venting his anger, he calmed himself down and asked Xiao Qingyin, "Is there an antidote?"

“The blood sugar-lowering and pancreas-protecting soup that the palace servants are cooking can alleviate the symptoms,” Xiao Qingyin explained. “However, in the final analysis, ketoacidosis is a common complication of diabetes mellitus, not an externally ingested poison.”

Situ Sheng was stunned.

He knew the Crown Princess suffered from diabetes, but he never imagined it would be so dangerous.

"The Crown Princess's diabetes only developed during her pregnancy. The imperial physicians should have known that she needed to strictly control her sugar intake. Why did she still consume so much sugar?"

Xiao Qingyin asked.

“The Crown Princess doesn’t usually like sweets,” Situ Sheng said, somewhat puzzled. “She’s been vomiting a lot and can’t eat much. She only likes fresh fruit.”

"What fruits do you eat, and how much do you eat on average each day?"

"Cantaloupe, mango, and grapes, one cantaloupe, three mangoes, and two pounds of grapes every day."

Honeydew melons, also known as Hami melons, were, like grapes, tribute items of the Xi Kingdom, and were only available to the royal family or high-ranking officials.

Since Xiao Qingyin transmigrated, she has only eaten raisins once, and that was when Bai Musheng got them from his mentor. She has never eaten fresh ones since.

She sighed, "These three things are all high in sugar, so the Crown Princess should not eat them."

Are all those imperial physicians in the palace just sitting around doing nothing? They didn't even remind me of this.

Situ Sheng was struck dumb, his face turning extremely pale.

The imperial physician had told him that the Crown Princess's diet was too monotonous and that she should eat more fish, meat, and eggs, but the Crown Princess would vomit as soon as she smelled meat.

He figured that eating more fruits and vegetables would help him recover, so he gave her all of his fruit.

Who knows...

"Your Highness, the soup is ready."

A palace maid brought in the soup.

Xiao Qingyin helped the Crown Princess up, pried open her mouth with one hand, and fed her soup with a spoon in the other.

After being given soup and acupuncture, Ruan Lanruo slowly woke up.

After opening her eyes, she was dazed for a moment, then immediately reached out to hug her stomach, looking very nervous.

"Where's the baby? Has the baby been born yet?"

"not yet."

Xiao Qingyin replied.

Ruan Lanruo was stunned for a moment, then felt as if her waist was about to break, and a dense, sharp pain came over her.

"Come on, breathe in rhythm with me..."

Xiao Qingyin taught her the Lamaze breathing method, pressed a few acupoints, and called over a midwife to help.

Half an hour later, the child was born.

The midwife, holding the baby in her arms, was about to announce the good news when she saw the baby's face and knelt down with a thud.

During the delivery, Situ Sheng went to the outer room to wait. When he heard someone inside shout "She's given birth!", he immediately rushed in.

Before the smile could even bloom on her face, she saw the baby in the midwife's arms.

The clear sky suddenly turned into dark clouds.

"how so……"

He took two steps forward, picked up the child, and found the child to be ice-cold and covered in bruises, clearly having been dead for some time.

"About three days ago, the baby's heartbeat stopped."

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