Chapter 179 The Queen Gave Birth to a Daughter

This question from Doctor Zhou really made Xiao Jingheng feel troubled.

Perhaps he also saw his dilemma, Doctor Zhou then added,

"I have seen that the Queen's baby is a princess."

Hearing this, Song Zhao saw that Xiao Jingheng's tangled expression suddenly changed.

He cleared his throat and was about to speak, but Song Zhao rushed before him and glared at Doctor Zhou.

"What kind of nonsense is this, Imperial Physician Zhou? The lives of the Empress and the little princess must be saved! Otherwise, it would be the dereliction of duty of your Imperial Hospital!"

Xiao Jingheng was silent for a moment, and then said:

"What Concubine Yi said is very true. You must use all your medical skills to ensure that the Queen and the Princess are safe! Otherwise, I will make sure you come to me with your heads!"

The emperor was furious and his ministers were ashamed.

Doctor Zhou was frightened to death, and hurriedly responded to Xiao Jingheng's words, and was about to crawl back to the inner chamber,

As soon as I pushed open the door to the inner chamber, I heard the queen shouting at the top of her voice,

"We must protect the dragon fetus at all costs! I will give birth to a legitimate son for the emperor at all costs! No one can harm my child!"

Hearing her words that made him cry out in anger, Xiao Jingheng couldn't help but be moved.

But the delivery room was bloody and he was not allowed to go in, so he could only pace back and forth nervously outside the door.

In his heart, he also had something he couldn't figure out:

Imperial Physician Chu had clearly told him before that both the Empress and Concubine Xiao were pregnant with princes, so how come the Empress gave birth to a princess?

However, it is impossible to be 100% sure when diagnosing the gender of a man based on his pulse, so occasional deviations are not a big deal.

After all, it is his child, no matter whether it is a boy or a girl, as long as it is born safely, it is fine.

Later, the screams coming from the inner chamber gradually weakened, and it seemed that the queen's condition had stabilized.

Xiao Jingheng then realized that Song Zhao had been standing with him the whole time.

He quickly took Song Zhao's hand and said, "I've asked you to stand with me for so long. Are you tired? Sit down."

Xiao Jingheng led her to the warm seat.

Song Zhao could clearly feel a fine layer of sweat on his palms.

After sitting down, she said something comforting to Jamel Xiao.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. The Empress is blessed by heaven and mother and daughter will be safe."

Xiao Jingheng nodded heavily, his eyes fixed on the direction of the inner bedroom.

Song Zhao looked at him sideways with mixed feelings.

When the imperial physician Zhou said that the queen's baby was a princess, Song Zhao saw through Xiao Jingheng's thoughts from his sudden change of expression.

He had probably already decided to give up the princess in order to save the queen.

If Song Zhao hadn't said in advance that she had to be kept alive, I'm afraid Xiao Jingheng would have had the princess taken away...

To be honest, Song Zhao hated the queen.

I hate her for plotting to harm my mother and son, and I hate her for almost killing Yunshan.

Song Zhao hoped that the queen would die in childbirth, but she never thought of harming the queen's child.

After all, she was going to be a mother soon. How could she do something as vicious as the queen and hurt a young child?

After a while, the faint sound of a baby crying could be heard from the inner bedroom.

Then, the nanny ran out with a baby in her arms, looking very happy.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! The Queen has safely given birth to a little princess for you!"

Xiao Jingheng couldn't stop smiling.

Song Zhao also came forward to watch the fun.

The baby in the swaddling clothes was born white and soft, but perhaps because they were in a hurry to come out and announce the good news to Xiao Jingheng, the nurses had not had time to clean the placenta mucus on the little princess' body.

Looking at it this way, the child was dirty and had a strong smell of garlic.

Song Zhao knew that the smell was most likely the smell of amniotic fluid, and the newborn baby was crying loudly with its facial features wrinkled, so it was impossible to tell whether it looked good or not.

However, Song Zhao still smiled and raised his eyebrows at the little princess, praising her: "The princess's eyebrows and eyes are like the emperor, and her nose and chin are more like the queen's. She is very beautiful."

Jamel Xiao smiled and said, “Okay, Princess too.”

Song Zhao then asked, "Your Majesty, would you please hold the little princess?"

But Xiao Jingheng just perfunctorily touched the little princess's cheek and said, "The queen has worked hard. I will go in and see her first."

Song Zhao didn't know whether he was anxious to see the queen or he felt that the placenta mucus on the little princess' body was dirty and would stain his bright and beautiful dragon robe...

She asked the nanny to carry the little princess downstairs to clean up first, and then followed Xiao Jingheng's steps to visit the queen.

At this moment, Xiao Jingheng sat on the edge of the queen's couch, holding her hand tightly, and said affectionately:

"Thank you Queen for your hard work. You gave birth to a little princess for me."

The queen said with a bit of sadness: "I am unlucky that I cannot give birth to a legitimate son for the emperor..."

"Whether it's a prince or a princess, they are my first children after all, and I like them all."

Song Zhao saw that this premature birth almost cost the queen her life.

She had a heart attack and gave birth to the child at the very brink of death. She was really lucky.

At this moment, he was so exhausted that it was difficult for him to even say a word. He looked very haggard.

Doctor Zhou said, "The Empress had a hard time giving birth, and now she needs to rest and recuperate to recover her strength. Why don't you come visit her later?"

Xiao Jingheng tucked in the quilt for the queen and told her to take a good rest.

Just as he was about to leave, he saw Xiao Yinzi stumbling in, kneeling in front of him, kowtowed with an expression of joy, and said:

"Your Majesty! Someone from Yonghe Palace came to tell us that Concubine Xiao is about to give birth!"

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