"It's born, the queen gave birth to a little prince!"
The midwives and palace maids were all exhausted. Gu Qilan looked at his hand slipping out of his hand, his mind went blank for a moment, until he heard the imperial physician's voice with a hint of relief, he came back to his senses.
"Fortunately, it didn't cause heavy bleeding. The Queen fainted from exhaustion." The delivery of Concubine Yi was extremely dangerous. It was a premature birth with a difficult labor, and the fetal position was not correct. If the little prince had been born a quarter of an hour later, both the mother and the child would have died.
After calming the emperor's mind, the imperial physician continued, "It's just that your Majesty has injured her body this time. I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to have children in the future."
The emperor was not at all moved when he heard this. He just felt sorry for Concubine Yi. Even if her body was not injured, he did not want her to bear children for him again.
He already knew that Concubine Yi's pregnancy was not healthy due to his poisoning, and now Concubine Yi almost lost her life because of it. It was all his fault, the fault of the person who poisoned him!
There was murderous intent in Gu Qilan's eyes.
The midwife had just packed up the little prince and brought him to the emperor. The little prince, perhaps sensing an uneasy atmosphere, began to cry again.
The crying sound brought Gu Qilan back to his senses. He looked at this child who was much smaller than an ordinary baby and whose crying was even weaker, and felt a surge of pity in his heart.
Gu Qilan raised his hand to take the child. The midwife was shocked. She didn't expect that the emperor, as the supreme ruler, would hold a child. She heard that the royal family has always had the saying of holding grandchildren but not sons.
She had also seen many men who were taboo about newborn babies and were unwilling to hold them, but she didn't expect that the emperor had no such concerns at all.
She sneered at those behaviors. You think they are dirty and don't want to embrace them, but don't you think about the fact that you also crawled out like this!
Tell her to say that she is a slut! Didn't you see that the emperor, as the ruler of the world, has no such scruples? How can those stinky men be more noble than the emperor?
Gu Qilan didn't know what the midwife was thinking. He looked at the child carefully for a moment and found that the child's pointed chin was very similar to Concubine Yi's. He remembered that he had occasionally heard Concubine Yi complain that none of her three children looked like her, and now there was finally one who looked like her.
Gu Qilan couldn't help but smile slightly. He looked up at Ning Yuxi, who was already tidy and sleeping on the bed, and a softness appeared in his eyes.
Ning Yuxi slept for two days and two nights, and missed the little prince's third day bath. If the imperial physician hadn't said that it was because he was too weak, everyone would have been worried sick.
It was evening when Ning Yuxi woke up. Ruyi was wiping the sweat off her body. Seeing her wake up, she smiled instantly, but her eyes turned red in the next instant.
"Master, you finally woke up! Master, you don't know, I was scared to death during the few days you were unconscious."
Just at this moment Luoying came in holding a bowl of ginseng soup, and she burst into tears of joy when she saw this scene.
Just as Ning Yuxi was about to speak, Luoying fed the ginseng soup to her mouth: "The imperial physician said that you are weak and need to take ginseng soup for half a month. You should drink the soup first."
Ning Yuxi couldn't resist and started drinking the soup she brought to her. She wanted to take it and drink it herself, but she felt weak and powerless.
After drinking a bowl of ginseng soup, she regained consciousness and immediately asked, "Where is the child?" She vaguely heard the baby crying before she fell into coma. In addition, Ruyi and Luoying looked normal, so she thought the child should be safe.
Ruyi hurriedly said, "Master, the Seventh Prince is fine. He's just a little weak because he was born prematurely and stayed in your belly for too long. But the imperial physician said that he will recover slowly with careful care."
Ning Yuxi was worried and asked someone to bring the child over.
At this moment, the Seventh Prince had just finished feeding and was still awake. He looked at Ning Yuxi with his big round eyes. Ning Yuxi's eyes slowly turned red. Looking at the child's small body, he was estimated to be only a little over five kilograms.
Perhaps the little baby could see his mother's sadness, and he gradually pursed his lips and looked like he was about to cry.
Luoying immediately tried to comfort him, "Master, you must not cry during the confinement period. It will leave a root of illness. Look, if you cry, the Seventh Prince will cry too."
Ning Yuxi knew the seriousness of the matter, calmed herself down and wiped away her tears. Unexpectedly, the Seventh Prince, who was about to cry, also stopped crying.
Everyone was very surprised.
The wet nurse beside her smiled and said, "Your Highness, the Seventh Prince is worried about you. He has been feeding well these past few days. He is usually quiet and never makes a fuss. He is very well behaved. You are so blessed, Your Highness."
Ning Yuxi felt so relieved when she heard this that she couldn't help but hug the child and kiss him. Just as she finished, she suddenly realized, "My Lady Imperial Concubine?"
Ruyi and Luoying smiled at each other, then shouted to the outside of the door: "The Queen is awake, come in!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of palace maids filed in and lined up neatly on both sides. Ruyi and Luoying also joined them, standing at the front of the two rows respectively. They all knelt down and bowed deeply to Ning Yuxi: "Your servants (slaves) pay their respects to the Imperial Concubine. May the Imperial Concubine live a thousand years!"
After the ceremony, Ruyi said excitedly, "My Lord, the day you gave birth to the Seventh Prince, the Emperor issued an edict to confer you the title of Imperial Concubine."
Seeing everyone's happy faces, Ning Yuxi also smiled: "You are loyal to me, I can't treat you unfairly. Everyone in Shuqing Palace will be rewarded with three months' salary."
Everyone was overjoyed. "This servant thanks the Imperial Concubine for the reward. May the Imperial Concubine live a thousand years."
After everyone left, Luoying took out the imperial edict and presented it to Ning Yuxi with both hands: "The emperor has appointed you as the imperial concubine and has also chosen a name for the seventh prince."
Ning Yuxi was slightly surprised. Royal children were usually named after they were one year old, except for those that the emperor valued and loved the most, such as the queen's eldest son Chengxuan, who was also named as soon as he was born.
Ning Yuxi suddenly remembered that her children were all named right after they were born. She would not be so narcissistic as to think that the emperor did so because he liked her.
Since Cheng Zhao is the first son after the emperor ascended the throne, and Cheng Yao and Shu Yin are the first pair of twins in the royal family, it is not surprising that they have such an honor. But... Cheng Xi, Ning Yuxi looked at the name of the seventh prince on the imperial edict and lowered her eyes in thought.
It was probably because Chengxi was born weak that the emperor was poisoned. The emperor felt that he owed him something. He owed her a lot, and he made her pregnancy so difficult. She almost...
After a while, the Seventh Prince fell asleep, and Ning Yuxi asked the wet nurse to take him away to rest.
At this moment, Luoying suddenly looked at her with a hesitant look. Ning Yuxi noticed it and looked up at Luoying: "What's wrong?"
Ruyi reacted quickly this time. She immediately thought of what Luoying wanted to say and signaled her with her eyes not to say it. The master had just woken up, and she would be so sad if she let the master know.
Luoying, however, felt that it would be better not to hide this matter from the master. The master always had his own ideas and was open-minded, and he might not be obsessed with this matter.
Ning Yuxi saw the quarrel between the two and said with a smile, "Just tell me what's going on. Now that you know about it, but you're not telling me, you're deliberately trying to keep me awake."
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