Chapter 241 I'm Really Scared
A crystal clear teardrop fell heavily on the golden brick with lotus pattern.
Xie Chen grabbed Pei Tingyue's slender white wrist and said stubbornly,
"You can beat me, scold me, or blame me as much as you want, but I really can't keep this child. I dare not, and cannot, go through something like that again."
"I'm really scared."
Undoubtedly, this "such a thing" refers to the difficult delivery when the fourth child was born last time.
Pei Tingyue was surprised at first when she saw the tears on his face, but when she saw him being so humble, the anger in her heart gradually subsided.
She didn't expect that the last difficult delivery would leave such a big shadow on him.
He actually gave up his offspring without hesitation, and it was their child at that.
Are you so afraid of her leaving?
So I did this without hesitation, even at the risk of her finding out later.
Pei Tingyue lowered his eyelashes and was speechless for a moment.
Seeing her silence, Xie Chen became even more panicked. He ignored everything else and hugged her in his arms again, saying in a trembling voice,
"We already have Xiao Si now. One child is enough. We don't need another one."
"And wasn't Tingyue very scared during the last birth? We won't have to go through the pain of childbirth this time."
"This child is not meant to be with us in this life. We can try to have him in the next life, okay?"
Hearing this, Pei Tingyue touched her belly, feeling very upset.
The last time I had a difficult delivery, the pain was so excruciating that it felt like my whole body was being torn apart and split in half.
She still has hallucinations of pain when she thinks about it now.
Most importantly, childbirth was a real threat to her life.
This is what Pei Tingyue can't accept the most.
Like every mother in the world, she loves her child very much, but she cannot afford to sacrifice her life for the birth of her child.
After giving birth to Xiao Si, Pei Tingyue gave up the idea of having another child. She never expected that this accident would happen.
Although she had only known about its existence for a short while and did not yet have deep maternal love for it, Pei Tingyue did not immediately decide whether to keep it.
After all, this is her flesh and blood.
It's really hard to decide.
Thinking about this, Pei Tingyue wiped away her tears and looked at the man calmly, "We can discuss whether to stay or not later. Tonight, I don't want to see the emperor."
Xie Chen wanted to say something, but when he saw her cold face, he realized that she was sad because of what he had done.
He was wrong about the abortion pills, he was the one who cheated, and this was the result he deserved.
only…
Xie Chen's dark eyes were dim and lifeless. "Since Tingyue doesn't want to see me, then I will go back. But Tingyue must think carefully about whether to keep the child."
Pei Tingyue turned his face away.
He stood up and sat on the edge of the couch again.
Xie Chen wrung out a clean handkerchief for her, his voice bitter, "Then I'll leave."
Pei Tingyue didn't answer and lowered his head silently.
Xie Chen put the handkerchief aside and went out.
After everyone left, Pei Tingyue called Yun Shu and Yun Zheng.
Yun Shu looked at the mess on the ground and asked cautiously, "My Lady, did you have a fight with the Emperor?"
Pei Tingyue nodded tiredly.
"Yun Zheng, come and take my pulse."
Yun Zheng followed his instructions and stepped forward, concentrating on taking the patient's pulse.
Yun Shu was puzzled. Why would the Empress quarrel with the Emperor out of the blue? And why did she even ask Yun Zheng to take her pulse? Hadn't Court Judge Xia taken her pulse yesterday?
Yun Shu was confused, but seeing that the Empress and Sister Yun Zheng looked serious, she didn't ask anything.
After a while, Yun Zheng reported back, "Your Majesty, you are indeed pregnant."
Pei Tingyue closed her eyes.
Yun Shu's eyes widened and she almost cried out in surprise. Yun Zheng shook her head at her, signaling her not to speak.
Yun Shu's surprise gradually subsided, but at the same time, his doubts grew even more intense.
After all this trouble, Pei Tingyue's face turned pale. She asked, "How long has it been?"
Yun Zheng whispered, "About two months. The last time I and Court Judge Ning took your pulse was during the Lunar New Year. You were only a month pregnant then, so you didn't notice."
Pei Tingyue lifted her red and swollen eyelids and asked, "How's your pulse?"
Yun Zheng whispered, "The little princess is doing well in your belly."
Pei Tingyue's lips trembled, "Is she a girl?"
Yun Zheng nodded.
Pei Tingyue felt extremely uncomfortable.
This child...
She really couldn't decide...
Pei Tingyue couldn't help but smile bitterly.
This was the first time in her long time in the palace that she was helpless.
Forget it, let her think about it for a few more days.
Maybe a decision can be made in a few days.
*
The Chengming Hall was brightly lit.
The emperor sits alone on the high platform.
The remaining candle on the copper lamp with twined branches pattern lengthened his shadow, making him look particularly lonely.
Liang Yao came in quietly: "Your Majesty, everything about the coffin has been arranged."
Xie Chen said "hmm" and said nothing more.
Liang Yao retreated tactfully.
The moment he closed the temple door, he breathed a sigh of relief.
The eunuch below asked, "When I served tea to His Majesty just now, I saw that his face looked grim. But when the steward came out, I saw that he seemed relieved."
Liang Yao glanced at him and sighed, "You don't understand this. There's a lot to learn if you want to do your job well."
Good, good, it’s a great night tonight.
It turned out that Concubine Chen had known about it all along and had even seen through the Emperor's plan.
There is still time for everything, everything can be saved, and there is still hope for this child.
Otherwise, we will be stuck in a dead end in the future, and it will be useless for the emperor to regret it!
*
The next few days.
Pei Tingyue did not step out of the palace, and even put on hold the big moves she had planned to make in the palace in the near future.
Every day she would send Xiao Si to the palace gate as usual and then return to the palace.
It's just that the whole person is in very bad condition.
She had no interest in eating, nor in handling palace affairs, as she was only thinking about whether her child would stay or go.
That evening, Liang Yao came hurriedly.
Pei Tingyue had him invited to the warm room and asked in a warm voice, "Why is Chief Steward Liang here?"
Liang Yao knelt directly in the hall and said, "I came here to ask the Imperial Concubine to go to Chengming Hall."
Hearing about Chengming Palace, Pei Tingyue's long, thick, black eyelashes trembled, "Did the emperor send you here?"
"No, I came here on my own initiative." Liang Yao kowtowed heavily and explained the situation clearly. "Ever since the Emperor left Chengning Palace that day and returned to the palace in a state of despair, he has been sleepless and drinking non-stop. I have been terrified for the past few days and have no other options, so I came to ask for help, Your Majesty. Please go to Chengming Palace and give the Emperor some advice."
Pei Tingyue has been struggling for these days.
I feel like I have reached a conclusion.
In fact, she had already gotten the result that night, otherwise she would have asked Yun Zheng to make abortion medicine, and she wouldn't have to stay away from the emperor for so many days.
The result was that she had to keep the child.
Moreover, in the past few days, she has carefully asked Ning Yuan about his verdict.
The Ning Court ruled that the woman's second delivery would be much better than the first, and that this baby was a girl, born small. If she strictly controlled her diet and ensured the weight of the fetus, she should be able to give birth smoothly.
This was the main reason why she settled down.
Pei Tingyue didn't change her clothes. She stood up, took a deep breath, and said loudly, "Let's go to Chengming Palace."
Along the way, Pei Tingyue was thinking about how to persuade and comfort the emperor.
She wasn't completely sure about this.
Because the emperor really cared about her too much and would not allow her to make any mistakes for even a moment.
Pei Tingyue felt helpless and troubled by this.
She never expected that this deep feeling would one day become an obstacle on her road.
It's true that things are unpredictable.
While he was lost in thought, the sedan chair stopped and he had unknowingly arrived at Chengming Palace.
Pei Tingyue took the hand warmer and went up the steps, then ordered someone to slowly open the door of the hall.
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