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Rumble...
call……
Yang Hua was shocked. She put down the small bowl and hurriedly walked to the door to look outside. A strong wind was blowing, and goose feather snow was dancing in the wind, creating a white expanse.
Boom! There was even thunder?
As the saying goes, "Thunder in winter, thunder in winter, nine out of ten cattle pens will be empty." Thunder in winter is considered an ominous sign.
Suddenly, Yanghua clutched her stomach and cried out, "Ah! My stomach hurts so much, I think I'm going into labor, quickly go and call the midwife..."
Hongyu was not in a hurry. She slowly walked towards Yanghua and pretended to be surprised: "How could that be? Sister still has two more months before her due date."
"She's probably going to give birth prematurely! Quick, find a midwife! Lingrong, hurry!"
Upon hearing Yang Hua's instructions, Gu Lingrong was about to leave when Hongyu stopped her, saying, "The general is not here. You must take good care of Princess Yang Hua. I will send someone to find a midwife."
Hongyu hurriedly went out, pointed to the four maids outside the door and instructed, "Quickly help the princess back to her bedroom and prepare hot water."
After saying this, Hongyu quickly left with Feicui.
The snow fell heavier and heavier, and the strong winds whipped at us, blurring our vision.
Emerald helped Red Jade along, their eyes squinting as they walked. The two groped their way out of the Mu family compound, where attendants were still waiting beside the sedan chair.
Hongyu shouted, "Princess Yanghua is about to give birth! Quickly go find a midwife, and you two go fetch the imperial physician! Go now!"
Half an hour later.
Hongyu was still sitting in the sedan chair, holding a hand warmer, resting with her eyes closed, and the slight upturn of her lips was enough to prove her smugness.
Jade inquired: "Your Majesty, the weather is terrible. So much time has passed, and we still haven't seen a midwife or the imperial physician. If we wait any longer, someone could die. If all else fails, perhaps Miss Chenyu should step in."
Hongyu's face instantly darkened. She opened her eyes wide and glared at Feicui, demanding, "Where is Chenyu now? I just ordered Mu Chenyu and Princess Yanghua to come see me, but Mu Chenyu didn't appear. She must not be at the Mu family. Gu Lingrong must have lied to us."
Emerald kept her mouth tightly shut and nodded repeatedly.
Little did they know, Hongyu's words implied that she would not help Yanghua in his time of need. The reason for this was simply the fire that had occurred the previous night:
This morning, upon hearing that Wen Dong Cotton Shop had caught fire and that the shopkeeper was Chen Yu, she decided to take revenge on Yang Hua.
First, she ordered Jade to buy a bracelet that could conceal poison, hiding the labor-inducing drug inside; then she hinted to Gu Lingrong to drug Yang Hua; the final step was to cause Yang Hua to bleed to death.
Fortunately, Heaven had eyes; given such terrible weather, Yang Hua would have surely died.
Yang Hua was exhausted and collapsed on the couch.
She groped and grabbed Gu Lingrong's hand, pleading weakly, "Save me, go to the ancestral hall... call the midwife, and call Chen Yu too, she's the eldest grandson of the Mu family..."
Gu Lingrong was furious, but she pretended to be anxious and looked at the four maids. "The princess has spoken. It seems she wants some water."
The maidservant hurriedly brought over a bowl of water, and Gu Lingrong took the opportunity to get up and sit at the round table, flirting with Yang Hua.
Yang Hua was usually arrogant and domineering, using her status as a princess to suppress Mu Nanfeng. Mu Nanfeng had originally agreed to let Gu Lingrong be his secondary wife, but due to the admonition of the Prince of Xiang, he had no choice but to let Gu Lingrong become his concubine.
Now that Mu Nanfeng is away on business, Yang Hua has been cutting back on food and clothing for Gu Lingrong and her son. In this freezing weather, the two of them only have one cotton quilt!
Therefore, even though Gu Lingrong knew that the two midwives were in the ancestral hall, she wouldn't ask them for help. Once Yang Hua was dead, she could officially become a full-fledged midwife.
Yang Hua was filled with remorse. She took Chen Yu to the ancestral hall to torture her, fearing that people would find out, so she ordered the guards at the gate to keep quiet.
When she was in abdominal pain, she was afraid that Hongyu would rescue Chenyu, so she didn't tell her that the two midwives were waiting in the ancestral hall.
Tears streamed down her face, and her ears were ringing; she was probably going to die.
Bang! The door opened, and someone came in. She squinted and saw it was Hongyu.
Hongyu walked into the bedside and saw that Yanghua's breath was weak. She looked at Gu Lingrong and said, "General Mu is not here. Princess Yanghua is in trouble. Go and pull the child out. Princess Yanghua will be saved. If Princess Yanghua and her child are safe, I will do my best to make General Mu your wife."
Gu Lingrong pressed on, "If the princess is unfortunate... and the child is lost, can Lingrong save her own life?"
Hongyu hesitated for a moment, then said, "Just do as I say. If anything goes wrong, I'll take responsibility."
Half an hour later.
The sound of a baby crying came from the bedroom, and the physicians and imperial doctors rushed to the scene.
The Emperor, cloaked, rushed to the bedroom and inquired at the door, "Are mother and child safe?"
Gu Lingrong carried the child out of the bedroom and knelt down in front of the Emperor.
[Your Majesty, the Princess went into premature labor and had a difficult delivery. She gave birth to a daughter but passed away shortly after.]
The Emperor was furious. He shoved aside Eunuch Cai, who had stepped forward to remove his cloak, and shouted, "Where is Mu Chenyu? Didn't Princess Yanghua take Mu Chenyu back to the Mu family? Mu Chenyu stood by and watched him die; I will punish her with death!"
Gu Lingrong shuddered in fright, thinking to herself that she had already told Hongyu that "Chenyu is at the Mu family." This inadvertently revealed that she knew where Chenyu was.
It's over. If Hongyu betrays her, she's doomed.
Covering her face with a red jade handkerchief, she approached the Emperor, choking back tears, and said, "Your Majesty, I have been at the Mu family for a long time, but I have never seen Chenyu. Before Princess Yanghua gave birth, she instructed me to fetch a midwife, but she did not mention Chenyu. I'm afraid Chenyu is not even at the Mu family."
【Eunuch Cai, go and interrogate the guards at the main gate. You must find Mu Chenyu.】
One of the guards instructed, "Princess Yanghua has locked up Miss Chenyu in the ancestral hall; you must not let the news leak out."
The emperor led his entourage to the ancestral hall, and before the guards could approach, he kicked open the door.
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