Mu Run asked in surprise, "Do corpses also feel hot?"

Fu Yunchen nodded, "Although they can move, the hot weather will cause them to decompose and shed their bones. And once they lose their physical bodies, they will still die. In weather like this outside, an ordinary corpse would only need three to five breaths to turn to bones."

Suddenly, Mu Run felt that the heat outside wasn't so unbearable anymore.

"Want to touch him?" She was wearing thin clothes, and her large belly was visible; even through her clothes, one could feel the slowly moving fetus.

Fu Yunchen naturally wouldn't refuse. He returned the ice bowl to her, then placed both hands on her large belly, carefully feeling the life inside her.

Suddenly, the baby in his belly kicked his palm.

A heartwarming smile appeared on Fu Yunchen's face. "He's so energetic!"

Just as Mu Run was about to reply, she suddenly cried out in pain, "Ah—"

"What's wrong?" Fu Yunchen's face tightened instantly, and he looked at Mu Run with extreme tension.

Mu Run replied, "I think... I'm about to give birth!"

The pain was contractions, and she was prepared to give birth at any moment.

This was the first time Fu Yunchen had ever done this, and he nervously ran out immediately, instructing a palace maid to find Lady Cai.

Madam Cai hurried over with a bowl of ice. "What's wrong, sir?"

"She said she's going into labor." Fu Yunchen was so nervous he didn't know what to do.

This was the first time Madam Cai had seen Fu Yunchen looking so helpless, and she instinctively comforted him, "It's alright, it's alright, I'll go in and take a look. It takes some time from contractions to delivery."

"How much kung fu?" Fu Yunchen asked.

Cai replied, "It could take anywhere from a few hours to a day or two, and that's all normal."

Fu Yunchen followed Cai Shi, but when they arrived at the palace gate, Cai Shi stopped them. "When a woman is giving birth, men cannot enter or see her. Please wait outside, my lord. I will keep you informed of Her Majesty's delivery progress."

"No! I have to stay with her!" Fu Yunchen insisted on going in.

Madam Cai still objected, saying, "No, it will disturb the goddess of the unborn child."

"The Goddess of the Fetal Development?" Fu Yunchen paused.

Madam Cai said, "Women giving birth are protected by the Fetal Goddess; it's bad luck to offend her. Please bear with it, sir."

Fu Yunchen frowned, but ultimately listened to Cai Shi and dared not take any risks. "Then... go there quickly and tell me about her condition at any time."

"Okay." Madam Cai handed the bowl of ice to Fu Yunchen and hurried inside.

She came out again a moment later, smiling broadly at Fu Yunchen, and said, "Your Majesty is doing very well. You have already dilated to two centimeters and should be able to give birth naturally in about one or two hours. With the protection of the Goddess of Childbirth, Your Majesty will not suffer too much."

"That's good." Fu Yunchen was slightly relieved, but his hands were still clenched into fists with tension. "But why didn't she cry out in pain?"

Lady Cai replied, “Crying out in pain is useless and only wastes energy. His Majesty has given birth once and understands this very well, so he has been enduring it. Please wait outside, sir. I will go and serve His Majesty.”

"Go quickly, go quickly," Fu Yunchen urged.

Lady Cai returned to Mu Run's side and checked the situation again. "Your Majesty, she is already more than two fingers long. She should be able to give birth soon."

After enduring waves of pain, Mu Run finally exhaled and said, "Well, I've given birth after all, and my penis will open up quickly."

“Yes, but it’s the same as giving birth. You’ll still experience the pain and suffering.” Madam Cai brought over some warm water and fed it to Mu Run.

Mu Run pushed the water aside, endured another wave of pain, and then drank it.

"The contractions are happening so close together, the delivery will be quick." Lady Cai instructed the palace maids to prepare the necessary supplies for the delivery.

Upon hearing the news, Hongmi rushed over, covered in sweat, and asked, "Sister-in-law, are you alright?"

"What could possibly happen to me? Giving birth? It's not like I've never done it before. I guarantee the cargo will be unloaded within two hours!"

“Listen to the tone of His Majesty’s voice, and you’ll know there’s no problem,” Cai said to Hongmi.

Hongmi's legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground. "That's good. My legs went weak when I heard that my sister-in-law was going to give birth."

"I can tell," Mu Run said with a smile.

Another wave of excruciating pain struck. Mu Run gritted her teeth, gripped the blanket tightly with both hands, and endured the pain.

Fu Yunchen couldn't hear Mu Run's cries of pain, and his heart was filled with unease.

Hongmi came out and looked at the nervous and scared Fu Yunchen, saying, "Boss, you're already three centimeters dilated. You can give birth when you're ten centimeters dilated."

How is she?

"It's great, I can drink and eat, and I'm having pastries right now."

"If you can eat and drink, that's good, that's good." Fu Yunchen sat down in the chair, his hands still gripping the armrests tightly.

Outside the palace gates, a man dressed in a jet-black dragon robe, with bewitching, domineering, and strangely handsome features, walked step by step toward the palace gates.

When the palace guards saw him, they immediately sensed something was wrong. One of them turned and ran into the palace, while the others raised their spears and blocked his way.

"Who goes there—"

The man remained silent, raised his sleeve and waved it, sending a surge of corpse energy towards the palace guards.

The palace gate guard immediately collapsed to the ground...

But he quickly stood up again, looking like a corpse, and knelt down before the man, holding a long spear.

"Greetings to Your Majesty, may your reign last ten thousand generations!"

The man was none other than the Corpse King of Wu!

Before the palace guards could report, Fu Yunchen sensed an ominous aura hovering over the palace.

He instructed Hongmi to protect Murun no matter what happened, and to choose the larger option if faced with a choice between the two!

He wanted Mu Run and the child to live!

Hongmi also realized the crisis and solemnly replied, "Sister-in-law will definitely have a smooth delivery. We're relying on the boss outside!"

He closed the palace door as soon as he spoke and locked it tightly.

When Fu Yunchen arrived outside the palace, he saw that the imperial guards had all become corpse soldiers, as well as the corpse king who should have been in the Wu Kingdom—Wei Chengzhang!

"You trespass into my palace, what is your intention?" Fu Yunchen could not sense the murderous aura emanating from him, and even his eyes were calm. Although there were thousands of corpse soldiers behind him, they just stood there blankly, without any morale, completely different from the corpse soldiers on the battlefield.

This unusual phenomenon, however, made Fu Yunchen even more wary and vigilant.

Wei Chengzhang clasped his hands together, slowly knelt down before Fu Yunchen, and performed the full kowtow, saying, "Your subject pays respects to Your Majesty!"

In public, Huanhuan and Tuantuan also addressed Fu Yunchen as "Father!"

Fu Yunchen looked at him, initially shocked and confused, but quickly understood, and roared angrily, "How dare you!"

Wei Chengzhang stood up, revealing a blatant and arrogant smile to Fu Yunchen, "Your subject is going to report to the Empress! This entire world is now given to the Emperor!"

After he finished speaking, his eyes froze, and he fell silent.

The thousands of corpse soldiers behind him also fell to the ground in unison, turning into rows of white bones!

At the same time, all the corpses on the continent, whether on the ground or underground, and even the corpse generals, turned into piles of white bones!

Inside the hall, the cries of a baby rang out, as if they would lift the roof off and soar into the sky!