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At the same time, Yongning Palace was extremely busy and bustling—
Since the hour of Mao, the Empress's belly had begun to move. Hong Ju immediately summoned the midwife and sent an eunuch to notify the Imperial Hospital.
When the news reached the Golden Palace, the morning court session had not yet ended. The emperor, who always focused on government affairs, immediately left all the civil and military officials in the court and returned to the harem to accompany the empress in childbirth.
The courtyard of Yongning Palace is quiet and the atmosphere is solemn.
Inside the main hall, several midwives could be heard shouting, "My Lady, push harder!"
"Please try harder!"
Palace maids and nannies kept going in and out carrying copper basins and cotton handkerchiefs.
Basin after basin of clean hot water was brought in, and then quickly brought out and poured into the yard. The steaming water was mixed with blood, which was shocking to the eye.
"How could there be so much blood..." Xiao Mingyi's face was as gloomy as water. He anxiously questioned the nanny who came out with the basin of water, "Did the Queen have problems during childbirth?"
The nanny was horrified: "Your Majesty, calm down. Women bleed during childbirth. This hot water is used to clean the Empress's body. It is normal for it to be stained with blood. Your Majesty, don't worry. The midwives are all experienced in the palace, and there are imperial physicians in the courtyard. The Empress will be fine."
"ah--"
At this time, Song Lingyi's crying voice came from the main hall. Her voice was trembling with pain, which made Xiao Mingyi's eardrums buzz and veins bulge on his forehead. He rushed into the hall without thinking, but Nanny and Hongju stopped him quickly.
"Your Majesty! The Empress has instructed that you cannot enter the palace."
"Yes, Your Majesty, the delivery room is very hot and humid, you'd better go to the side hall and wait." The nanny was terrified.
Everyone in the palace knew about the love between the emperor and the empress, but in all the years she had served in the palace, this was the first time she had seen the emperor put aside state affairs to accompany the mother during her childbirth.
Xiao Mingyi paced back and forth anxiously at the door with his hands behind his back. Seeing basin after basin of blood being brought out, he wished that the blood would flow out of his body.
The courtyard was filled with silence. Six or seven imperial physicians, medicine boxes in hand, waited silently. Several pearwood armchairs were placed nearby, but no one dared to sit. Song Lingyi had refused to allow Xiao Mingyi to accompany her in the birthing procession, ordering him to stay in a side hall. He couldn't sit still, so the eunuchs brought a chair and placed it in the courtyard.
But the emperor didn't sit down, and the imperial doctors didn't dare to sit down either.
Xiao Mingyi calmed down a little when another cry of pain was heard from the hall.
Hongju was asking the palace maids to bring hot water when she suddenly saw a bright yellow gust of wind flash past her eyes. The emperor, who had just been pacing in the corridor, had rushed into the palace.
Several maids serving in the palace immediately stopped the man and said in panic, "Your Majesty, the queen is in labor. You'd better wait outside the palace."
"I'm worried and want to go in and take a look." Xiao Mingyi's chest heaved violently and his fists clenched.
"emperor!"
Empress Dowager Shen walked into the hall, frowned at the impatient Xiao Mingyi, and scolded him lightly: "You are not an imperial physician, it is useless to go in and see him. It is better to stay outside and don't cause trouble."
Xiao Mingyi's face changed, and he gritted his teeth to suppress the anxiety in his heart. Although he did not insist on going into the inner room, he did not leave the main hall either. He sat directly on the couch in the outer room.
"My queen, try harder!"
The midwives' cries never stopped, and even Xiao Mingyi and Empress Dowager Shen were worried.
Upon receiving the news of the Empress's delivery this morning, Empress Dowager Shen rushed back to Kyoto from Baohua Temple without stopping. Fortunately, she arrived in time. She clasped her hands together and bowed silently, praying for a smooth delivery.
After a long time, the midwife was heard shouting with joy: "I see the end, I see the end, my lady, please try harder!"
On the bed in the inner room, Song Lingyi clutched the pillow tightly with both hands, her facial features twisted, and her face covered in sweat from the pain.
Until a ray of red clouds climbed up to the top of the palace, the crisp cry of a baby was finally heard from Yongning Palace: "Woo wa——"
"It's born! It's born!"
Empress Dowager Shen, who was waiting outside, breathed a sigh of relief and showed a look of joy. She turned to look at the emperor next to her, but saw that the emperor, who had always been calm and introverted, had red eyes and was even a little at a loss.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, and congratulations to the Queen Mother."
"The queen gave birth to a little princess, both mother and daughter are safe!"
The midwife came out happily with the little princess in her arms, announcing the good news. Just as she walked around the screen, she saw His Majesty rushing into the inner room like a gust of wind.
The nanny was wiping the sweat off the queen who was lying on the bed. She caught a glimpse of a tall figure approaching from the corner of her eye, and the next moment, the handkerchief in her hand was snatched away.
"I'll come, you all just wait on the side."
The nanny and the midwife retreated to the side of the screen.
Xiao Mingyi immediately sat down on the bed and gently wiped the sweat off Song Lingyi's face. The woman, who had been resting with her eyes closed, slowly opened them and met those crimson eyes.
"How do you feel now? Does it hurt?" Xiao Mingyi looked concerned.
Compared to when she gave birth, she felt much more relaxed now. She shook her head, her voice slightly hoarse: "Where's Yan'er?"
Before the child was born, Xiao Mingyi decided on a name for the child. If it was a girl, he would name her "Fuyan".
Seeing a hint of embarrassment and hesitation on Xiao Mingyi's face, Song Lingyi probably guessed that he had never held a child before, so she ordered the nanny to bring the little princess over.
Xiao Mingyi clumsily took the swaddling clothes.
The little baby wrapped in silk cloth had not yet fully opened its eyes. He raised his hand and touched the baby's tender cheek. In an instant, a surge of sourness surged in his chest and he choked with sobs.
This is his and A-ri's daughter, the most noble princess in Dayuan.
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