Chapter 640 A Dream of Youth 172
Yan Xi glanced at Granny Qin, who understood and immediately retreated quietly with a senior palace maid.
This is the Empress's palace. Because she is about to give birth, everyone is very nervous. The palace is cleaned three times a day, for fear that something bad might offend the Empress. But unexpectedly, something still happened.
Because it was the Empress giving birth, the Emperor immediately abandoned state affairs and rushed over. On the way, he had already heard about the Empress being bumped, so when he came in, the Emperor's face was dark.
The emperor calmed down a bit when he saw the Empress Dowager and Yan Xi, but when he heard the screams coming from the delivery room, he couldn't help pacing back and forth, making the Empress Dowager's eyes hurt.
After the Empress Dowager complained, the Emperor's anger flared even more. "Mother, the Empress is about to give birth, why did you invite her to look at flowers? Why couldn't she look at flowers at any other time? Now she's causing the Empress..."
The emperor stopped talking and refrained from saying anything more unpleasant.
That was his first legitimate son!
Although the baby hasn't been born yet, the imperial physicians can tell the sex from the pulse when the baby is further along in the pregnancy. There isn't a prince in the palace yet, so the eldest son is the legitimate heir!
Both the imperial court and the harem are eagerly awaiting this; nothing can go wrong.
Yan Xi grasped the Empress Dowager's trembling hand and comforted her, "Father, Grandmother didn't mean it. She just wanted to pray for my brother's well-being. Nobody knew that a cat would jump out of the flower garden. Grandmother was quite startled."
After saying that, she looked at the palace maid who was carrying a bowl of calming soup, took the soup from her, and handed it to the Empress Dowager, saying, "Grandmother, please have some calming soup."
Upon hearing this, the Emperor felt somewhat guilty for his slip of the tongue. He did not believe that the Empress Dowager would harm the Empress. If today's events were not an accident, then someone else must be trying to use the Empress Dowager to harm the Empress.
After a moment of silence, the Emperor softened his voice and asked, "Is Your Majesty feeling unwell? Shall I have Jiang You take a look at you?"
"No need."
The Empress Dowager lost her temper, glaring angrily at the Emperor before sipping the calming soup.
"Our Yanxi is the one who knows how to care for people."
Yan Xi just smiled, then looked at the emperor with a serious expression, "Father, I have already ordered people to guard the entrances and exits of the Empress's palace. Once Mother gives birth to the imperial heir, we can conduct a thorough investigation."
"Good, Yanxi is the most sensible."
Everyone's attention was focused on the delivery room, so it was rare that Yanxi thought of this.
A light rain was still falling from the sky until a loud cry came from the delivery room. The rain gradually stopped, and a rainbow bridge appeared in mid-air, which greatly pleased the emperor.
"Excellent! My son is indeed a blessed man!"
The Emperor and Empress Dowager, holding the baby prince brought over by the midwife, finally felt half relieved. The rest was now up to them to see if the child could grow up safely and without any mishaps.
However, "this child looks healthier than the average child."
The Empress Dowager glanced at the young prince and then moved away. Xie Ning said that children are delicate and easily affected by external evils, and if adults do not burn incense and bathe, they will have many external evils, which are invisible insects, that will make children prone to illness.
Previously, the Empress Dowager did not trust Xie Ning much. After all, Xie Ning was too young. Although he knew a little about medicine, where would he get so much experience in childbirth?
However, with the matter of Consort Gong and the fact that the Empress gave birth to such a healthy little prince under Xie Ning's care, the Empress Dowager believed it.
After seeing the young prince, the emperor asked Xie Ning, "How is the empress?"
"The Empress is safe and sound."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Xie Ning saw that Jiang Yuanzheng was watching over her, so she bowed and withdrew. Her clothes were stained with blood and she needed to wash up.
When I came out, I saw Yan Xi standing under the corridor, staring blankly at the gradually dissipating rainbow colors in the sky.
"The little prince is very healthy."
Yan Xi turned her head to meet Xie Ning's gaze, her eyes firm, "He will be safe and sound."
Although she has ambitions, she would not harm her own siblings. Yan Xi does not know if she will change when she grows up, but at this moment, her original intention remains the same.
Yes, it will.
But for any one position, people will fight tooth and nail for it.
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