Chapter 166: Protecting the elder and the younger
"My lady, Aunt Lan may have lost her way. Please go in and wait."
Su Nanqing nodded in astonishment: "Yes, Auntie must have lost her way. She has just entered the palace and has never offended anyone, so she will be fine."
Su Nanqing took a deep breath and comforted herself, but her voice trembled unconsciously.
At the banquet, she was very nervous and felt that something was going to happen. But when she returned to the palace, her concubine was gone, which made her have all kinds of thoughts.
As time passed, there was still no news from the people sent by the palace. Su Nanqing could no longer sit still and paced back and forth in the courtyard.
Taxue also followed Su Nanqing anxiously.
After a long time, Su Nanqing's lower abdomen felt tight and swollen. She stopped, frowned and held her abdomen.
Seeing this, Taxue quickly held her hand and said, "My lady, what's wrong with you?"
"I don't know why, but the fetal movements are very frequent tonight, and there are also waves of tightness."
Taxue was startled: "My lady, you are not having a miscarriage, are you?"
"I will send someone to call the imperial physician right away."
Su Nanqing nodded slightly, holding the chair and slowly sat down.
I thought it was just because of my anxiety that I had caused some miscarriage, but after a while, my abdomen began to hurt.
Su Nanqing was completely panicked now. Beads of sweat covered his forehead and his legs began to go weak.
"Treading on the snow! I feel... I feel something is wrong."
A few days ago, the midwife said that there are signs of labor. Some are spotting, some are water breaking, and some are intermittent tightening and regular pain.
But now, her abdomen hurts once every stick of incense, and every time it hurts, her abdomen becomes tight and hard.
Taxue was so anxious that tears were about to come out, "My lady, you...you are not going to give birth, are you?"
After the pain subsided, Su Nanqing took Taxue's hand and said, "You...help me in first."
As Su Nanqing stood up, she saw little Guozi standing at the palace gate with a pale face, hesitating to move forward.
Su Nanqing hurriedly stepped forward, holding her towering belly: "How is it? Did you find my aunt?"
Little Guozi looked up at Su Nanqing and stammered, "Auntie Lan...she...she."
At this moment, Taxue had a very bad premonition in her heart. She quickly winked at Xiao Guozi, asking him not to continue.
Unexpectedly, Su Nanqing shouted, "What's wrong with Aunt Lan? Don't lie to me!"
Su Nanqing had always been gentle and had never treated his servants harshly, let alone said a harsh word. The sudden roar frightened little Guozi so much that he fell to his knees.
With red eyes, he said, "My Lady, I told you to hold on, you are pregnant with the heir."
Su Nanqing's heart started beating wildly, and her voice became tense: "Speak!"
Little Guozi closed his eyes and blurted out everything, "Someone just found a body in the pond of Chunxi Palace. The guards fished it out and found...it was Concubine Lan."
These words seemed to send Su Nanqing into the eighteenth level of hell. She felt dizzy and passed out.
"My lady!" Taxue quickly supported her.
When Liu Yuetang heard the news, she was shocked and hurriedly got up and went to Yufu Palace.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of Zhongcui Palace, he ran into Xiao Heng who came in a hurry.
Liu Yuetang quickly stepped forward and bowed, "Your Majesty."
Seeing her face full of worry and panic, Xiao Heng raised his hand to help her up, "Don't worry, Su Cairen will be safe. I will go in with you."
Liu Yuetang nodded slightly.
Holding hands with Xiao Heng, they walked into the Yufu Palace.
Seeing Imperial Physician Shen in the palace, Liu Yuetang hurriedly asked, "Imperial Physician Shen, how is Concubine Su?"
Imperial Physician Shen bowed and said, "Replying to Concubine Xi, Princess Su's pulse is strong and floating, and her qi and blood circulation is disordered, indicating premature birth."
"Premature birth?" Xiao Heng's heart sank when he heard these all too familiar words.
Most premature babies are weak and delivery is dangerous.
After experiencing the death of the second princess, Xiao Heng became even more uneasy.
Doctor Shen nodded: "According to Su Cairen's pulse, it seems that he took something to invigorate the blood circulation, or his emotions were too fluctuating."
How could Xiao Heng not know why Su Nanqing had such big mood swings?
Lan's death by drowning was undoubtedly a heavy blow to her.
"Tell Consort Su that I will send someone to investigate her mother's case thoroughly. When she gives birth to an imperial heir, I will promote her to the rank of Rou Meiren."
Although Xiao Heng understood that his promotion was insignificant to Su Nanqing, he could only use this as a consolation.
In the delivery room, Taxue tearfully said, "My lady, did you hear that? The Emperor said that if you can give birth to an heir, he will promote you to the rank of Rou Meiren."
Su Nanqing looked at the curtain sadly, with only endless sorrow and heartbreak in his eyes.
Everything she did was to make her aunt's life better.
Now that my aunt is dead, what is the use of the wealth, status, fame and fortune she wanted?
As he was thinking about it, a sharp pain came over him in his abdomen, as if it was going to tear Su Nanqing apart from his mind.
She gritted her teeth and said, "It's all my fault! I killed my aunt!"
If it weren't for me, how could my aunt enter the palace?
If the concubine had not entered the palace, she would not have died.
She was filled with regret at this moment! Why was she so selfish as to let her aunt come all the way to accompany her during the birthing process?
"My dear! I don't blame you, I don't blame you!"
"Don't be sad. What's more important right now is the baby in your belly."
Su Nanqing was choked with sobs and couldn't speak. Her heart felt like it was being tortured, almost tearing her apart alive, making it impossible for her to breathe.
Seeing her pale face and difficulty breathing, Taxue called out in panic: "Imperial Physician! Imperial Physician! Come and see our young lady."
The concubines outside were all shocked when they heard the noise, and the queen who had just arrived had a face as solemn as stone.
After a moment, the imperial physician came out from behind the screen.
"Your Majesty, Miss Su is suffering from heart palpitations. I must quickly prescribe a medicine for her that will not harm the dragon fetus and will be effective."
Xiao Heng waved his hand and asked Doctor Shen to go down and prepare.
The concubines looked at each other in bewilderment. Having heart palpitations during childbirth was much more difficult than Concubine Rong's.
If you are not careful, the child will suffocate.
Doctor Liu also realized one thing. The previous heir to the throne could not be saved. If the heir in Concubine Su's belly could not be saved... their lives would be in danger.
He said tremblingly, "Ms. Su is short of breath right now. If she doesn't recover, I'm afraid the unborn child will be in danger. Your Majesty, if you can only save one, which one would you choose?"
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