Chapter 258 Excessive Bleeding
Outside the hall, a shrill and painful sound suddenly came from the delivery room.
Xiao Heng's heart trembled violently, and he rushed to the door in two steps: "What happened to Concubine Xi?"
Doctor Shen behind the screen hurried forward upon hearing this and replied through the door, "Your Majesty, Concubine Xi is in labor and everything is fine."
"It's okay, it's okay! Why hasn't the royal heir been born after such a long time?" Xiao Heng was furious.
"Your Majesty..."
Just as Doctor Shen was about to reply, Liu Yuetang's mournful cry rang out again. Xiao Heng felt a sudden pain in his heart and wanted to kick the door open.
However, reason made him suppress this thought, and his clenched knuckles turned white and almost transparent.
He looked at the shadow of Doctor Shen behind the door, his voice deep: "Chen Ci! Don't forget what I told you."
He glanced at the concubines beside him and said, "If anything happens to Concubine Ruoxi and the heir, you will all bring your heads to me."
Inside the palace, Imperial Physician Shen nodded, "Yes! I will do my utmost to protect the Empress and the heir."
Su Nanqing looked at Xiao Heng's angry and nervous face, and her eyes became wet. She wiped them with her handkerchief and said, "Sister, I'm sure you'll be fine."
"Mother and child will be safe."
As soon as he finished speaking, a heart-wrenching scream suddenly rang out in the delivery room, and before anyone could react, the sound of a baby crying was heard.
"It's born... It's born..." The queen's eyes lit up, and she couldn't hide her joy.
Xiao Heng was stunned for a moment, then smiled foolishly, his mouth wide open: "Good! Good! Very good."
He raised his voice and said, "Propagate my decree. Concubine Xi is a gentle and respectful woman with a prudent nature. She has given birth to a son and has made great contributions. She is promoted to the rank of Noble Concubine."
When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.
Concubine Chu opened her eyes wide in disbelief.
It was still unknown whether Concubine Xi gave birth to a boy or a girl, but the emperor immediately promoted her to a noble concubine.
So many years have passed since she gave birth to the second prince, but she is still a concubine.
Concubine Xi...why?
The Queen was surprised for a moment, then smiled gently and said, "Then I, your Highness, would like to thank you for your grace on behalf of Concubine Xi."
At this time, the door creaked open and the midwife came out with a swaddling baby in her arms, her face full of joy.
Xiao Heng stepped forward with a smile on his face.
The midwife was about to speak when a midwife's voice suddenly rang out from the delivery room: "Doctor Shen! Concubine Xi is about to bleed profusely!"
"Quick! Give the prepared hemostatic soup to Concubine Xi." Doctor Shen's voice sounded anxiously.
Xiao Heng's face turned pale when he heard this, his mind went blank, and he raised his foot to walk towards the delivery room.
"Your Majesty..." The Queen quickly raised her hand to stop him, but her fingertips barely brushed against his fluttering sleeves before she froze in mid-air.
"Your Majesty, the delivery room is dirty, you can't go in." Zhou Defu rushed forward and hugged Xiao Heng's legs.
"Get out!" Xiao Heng's neck was covered with blood vessels and he kicked Zhou Defu away.
Zhou Defu climbed up in pain and was about to go forward when he was stopped by someone.
He turned around and saw the queen's look of disappointment: "Follow the emperor in."
Then she looked at the concubines behind her and said, "If anyone leaks any news about what happened today, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Xiao Heng rushed into the delivery room and saw Liu Yuetang slumped in the scarlet blankets, her cheeks pale and her lips bloody from being bitten.
"Miaomiao! Miaomiao!" His heart seemed to stop suddenly and he staggered to the bed.
Rong Yue quickly stood up and stepped back.
After hearing the voice, Liu Yuetang weakly lifted her heavy eyelids. She wanted to reach out and touch Xiao Heng's cheek, but her hand couldn't stop shaking because she had used too much force just now.
Xiao Heng quickly held her hand in his palm, then nervously put it against his cheek and whispered, "I'm here, Miaomiao, don't be afraid, I'm here."
After saying this, he looked at the midwife and asked, "What happened to Concubine Xi?"
Hearing that Concubine Xi had been promoted to Imperial Concubine, the midwife became even more terrified, trembling all over: "If the Imperial Concubine...if you bleed again, it will be a heavy hemorrhage."
"Where's the medicine! Bring it to me quickly!" Xiao Heng shouted angrily, his voice trembling with panic.
Liu Zheng hurriedly brought the medicine forward.
Xiao Heng helped Liu Yuetang up, "Miaomiao, let's drink the medicine."
Liu Yuetang was already exhausted, but she tried hard to swallow the medicine.
She didn't feel any bitterness at all, and had only one thought in her mind: she wanted to survive.
Her life had just started to get better. She was named a noble concubine and was given the power to assist in managing the six palaces.
The child had just been born, she couldn't die and let him be a child without a mother.
After drinking the medicine, Xiao Heng helped Liu Yuetang sit down and glared at the midwife: "Why is Concubine Xi bleeding so much?"
"Tell me! Did you do anything?"
The midwife was so frightened that she kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, even if you gave me a hundred courages, I would not dare to murder the Imperial Concubine and the heir."
"Besides... everything that came into contact with the Imperial Concubine was prepared by Aunt Wanqiu. I and the others have all had our clothes changed. Just now, Concubine Rong was also guarding me the entire time. I feel so wronged!"
"Why did Concubine Xi bleed so much?" Rongpin looked at the midwife.
Just now she had been watching the midwife, so logically she had no chance to take action, as she, Wan Qiu Liu Zheng and others were all in front of her.
All the items used were personally examined by Doctor Shen before being presented.
The midwife trembled as she said, "Your Majesty is weak and your contractions are rapid, so this is why you're bleeding so heavily."
"But the bleeding has stopped a little now. As long as the bleeding stops, your Majesty will be out of danger."
How could she have imagined that this precious lady would give birth so quickly.
It only took three hours from the Chou hour to the Chen hour.
It was precisely because the subsequent uterine contractions were too rapid, coupled with physical reasons, that led to heavy bleeding.
Xiao Heng's eyes were sharp. "Hurry up and stop the bleeding for Concubine Xi! If anything happens to Concubine Xi, you won't live any more."
The midwife kowtowed quickly: "Yes! Yes! This servant will stop the bleeding and drain the blood clots for the Imperial Concubine."
She stood up trembling and wanted to say something, but when she saw Xiao Heng's fierce face, she was so scared that she quickly shut her mouth.
Mainly, she was afraid that the emperor would feel sorry for the imperial concubine and get angry again.
To remove the blood clots, one needs to reach into the uterus with one hand and press the abdomen with the other hand, which is extremely painful.
She crouched down on tiptoe, "Your Majesty, it will be painful when removing the blood clots. Please hold the Imperial Concubine's hand, and I will try to be gentle."
Liu Yuetang thought, since she had experienced the pain in her ten fingers, what else was there to be afraid of?
However, the moment the nanny put her hand into her body, her face twisted in pain and she almost fainted.
Even though she was able to endure the pain, she still screamed loudly.
It felt as if a pair of hands were crushing the internal organs in my abdomen, causing me to feel both painful and bloated.
Seeing Liu Yuetang in such pain, Xiao Heng's heart was also broken. He hugged her and said in a hoarse voice: "Miaomiao, Miaomiao, bear with it, we will be fine soon."
"Ah..." Cold sweat suddenly broke out on Liu Yuetang's forehead, and her nails dug into Xiao Heng's palm.
Xiao Heng let her pinch him, unaware of the scarlet bloodstains that were winding around him.
Only his heart was struck by waves of pain, which spread to his throat and made his eyes red.
For the first time, he felt the powerlessness of being an emperor.
He watched helplessly as the woman he loved suffered for him, but he couldn't bear even a little bit of her pain.
Rong Yue behind him also had tears in her eyes and turned her head away.
The midwife, noticing that there was no more bleeding, felt relieved and exclaimed in delight, "The bleeding has stopped, the bleeding has stopped!"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, and Your Majesty. The blood clots have been drained and the bleeding has temporarily stopped. After I clean up the delivery room, I will ask Doctor Shen to give Your Majesty acupuncture. This will make things safer."
Liu Yuetang breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed on the bed. She looked up and saw that Xiao Heng still had a look of panic on his face.
He tightly grasped Liu Yuetang's hand and pressed it against his burning cheek, murmuring repeatedly with trembling lips.
"It's okay, it's okay..."
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