"Whether you talk or not, this matter is already settled. If you talk, you might at least have a complete corpse. If you don't talk, then your bones will be crushed and scattered to the winds!"

These words startled the midwife, and her face turned pale.

"Sud, if she doesn't speak, take her away! I don't want to hear her anymore."

Upon hearing the emperor's words, Su De immediately went to the midwife and reached out to help her.

The midwife was startled by Su De's sudden action, and she became excited.

"You...you don't pull me. I'll tell you everything. It was Consort De who made me do all these things. I didn't want to, but I had no choice. Consort De gave me too much. I couldn't resist at all."

The Emperor was not surprised at all when he heard that it was Consort De; in fact, he had already guessed it.

"Su De, bring Consort Rou here. I will interrogate her myself."

The moment Consort De was brought over, she saw the midwife and was so frightened that she knelt down.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I deserve to die. I acted impulsively. I beg Your Majesty to have mercy."

Consort De knew that there was no point in her trying to deny it, because she knew that since the Emperor had already sent someone to bring her here, he must have evidence.

If she had confessed earlier, the emperor might have ultimately shown leniency towards her.

Consort De felt that since the Emperor had doted on her so much in the past, he would definitely make an exception for her.

However, Consort De overestimated her position in the Emperor's heart.

When Consort De admitted it, Jiu Gongting immediately spoke up.

"Guards, since Consort De has confessed, take her to the imperial prison to await her fate. I will leave Consort De's matter to the Empress."

Having settled things here, Jiugongting couldn't wait to run over there.

As soon as he arrived at the delivery room door, Jiugongting heard the sound of a baby crying inside.

When the Empress Dowager heard this voice, she became excited immediately.

"Your Majesty, she's given birth! She's finally given birth! Once you've had one, the rest of the children will surely be born faster."

Upon hearing this, Jiu Gongting relaxed a bit, but as long as Jiang Jingyue hadn't finished giving birth, his heart would remain in suspense.

After a while, the midwife came out carrying the baby.

She immediately handed the child to the emperor, but the emperor was somewhat at a loss. He wanted to reach out and take the child, but he didn't know how to hold it.

He had never held a child in his entire life, so at this moment, he could only look to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager fell down very easily and immediately reached out to hug the child.

"Your Majesty, please hold the child first. This servant still needs to go inside to help. The Empress still has a child in her belly that hasn't been born yet."

After saying this, the midwife hurriedly ran inside.

The Empress Dowager adored the baby she held in her arms and wanted the Emperor to see him, but the Emperor didn't care at all.

"Your Majesty, please take a look at the child. Look how much this child looks like you!"

Jiu Gongting doesn't care about the child at all; all he wants now is to hear news of Jiang Jingyue's health and safety.

Suddenly, another baby's cry came from inside. Judging from this, another baby must have been born.

At this moment, everyone in the Nine Palaces outside was on edge, waiting for the last child to be born.

Once all three children are born, he can go in and see Jiang Jingyue.

When the midwife came out this time, she was carrying two children. When Jiugongting saw that all three children had been born, he couldn't wait to go into the delivery room.

However, this time, he was stopped again.

"Your Majesty, you cannot go in. The Empress is pregnant. You may enter only after the baby is born."

This was something Jiugongting hadn't expected. He remembered the imperial physician saying that Jiang Jingyue was only carrying three children, so how did she suddenly have another one?

However, in this situation, no matter how anxious he is, there is nothing he can do but wait.

When the baby's cries were heard again, we were finally allowed to enter the Nine Palaces.

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment. Don't be in such a hurry. Let the people inside help the Empress clean up first. Once they're done, Your Majesty can go in."

When Jiugongting finally saw Jiang Jingyue, she was lying on the bed, somewhat dazed.

Seeing Jiang Jingyue in this state, Jiugongting was somewhat worried.

"Yuebao, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Jiang Jingyue was actually tired and sleepy, but when she heard the servants say that Jiugongting was waiting for her outside, she forced herself to stay awake for a while, intending to say a few words to him before going to sleep.

Now that Jiugongting has entered, Jiang Jingyue immediately shook her head upon hearing his words.

"Your Majesty, I have nothing wrong. I'm just sleepy and want to go to sleep."

Hearing Jiang Jingyue say that, Jiu Gongting reached out and patted her gently.

"Yuebao, since you're sleepy, go to sleep! I'll stay here and wait for you to wake up."

Jiang Jingyue was indeed extremely sleepy, so after hearing what Jiugongting said, she immediately closed her eyes and fell asleep.

She probably didn't realize that her sleeping almost scared Jiugongting to death.

She was fast asleep, while the Nine Palaces outside were terrified.

The main problem was that Jiang Jingyue slept for far too long this time, for two whole days. No matter how Jiugongting called her, she showed no sign of waking up.

Jiang Jingyue's condition really frightened Jiugongting. For the past two days, he has stayed by Jiang Jingyue's side, hoping that she can wake up.

Even all the imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Academy came to Jiang Jingyue's palace.

However, they were also puzzled. All the imperial physicians had examined Jiang Jingyue, but they just couldn't figure out what was wrong.

"Your Majesty, the Empress...she's just asleep right now, she's fine."

Yes, all the imperial physicians concluded that Jiang Jingyue was asleep, but Jiugongting simply didn't believe it. He couldn't possibly have fallen asleep; sleeping for two days and two nights straight was simply impossible.

So when he heard the imperial physician say that, he was furious.

"They're asleep. You people are all quacks. Who can just sleep for two days straight without waking up in between?"

"What use are you to me? You can't help me with anything, what can you do?"