Cheng Zhao recovered from his illness within two days, but the Queen was severely punished by the Emperor and lost face. She even lost the power to manage the harem.
The more Ning Yuxi thought about it, the more confused she became. What was the Queen trying to achieve by doing this?
Even if she didn't find out that Cheng Zhao's illness was transmitted by the Second Prince, the cold would have healed quickly. Could it be that the Queen just wanted Cheng Zhao to be sick?
She also personally took Cheng Zhao's pulse and found that he had fully recovered as the imperial physician had said.
Moreover, she had another question: was the second prince's cold a natural infection, or... man-made?
Just as the emperor said, the second prince is in good health. He is nine years old now and has passed the time when he was a child with weak immunity and was easily sick. How could he easily catch a cold in the middle of summer?
But if it was man-made... Ning Yuxi would be even more confused. Would the Queen let the Second Prince catch a cold just to make her Cheng Zhao sick?
The more I think about it, the more impossible it seems.
Before Ning Yuxi could figure out the reason, she no longer had the energy to think about it.
She had a difficult pregnancy. Not only was she born weak, but she also lost nearly ten pounds due to morning sickness in the first three months. Now she has finally made it to eight months safely, but things have started to go wrong again in the past few days.
She has often felt abdominal pain in the past few days, and there are signs of premature birth. People say that a baby born seven months early will not survive, and although she doesn't believe it, giving birth eight months prematurely is really not a good thing.
The imperial physician was also unable to find out the cause and only said that it might be due to her impending pregnancy and anxiety, so he asked her to relax.
Ning Yuxi also checked everything she ate and used, but found no problems. In the end, she could only blame it on a congenital problem with her pregnancy.
After all, the emperor might have been poisoned when she was pregnant, which indirectly affected the child.
To be on the safe side, Ning Yuxi asked her mother to find a skilled and experienced midwife outside the palace. Giving birth is a journey through the gates of hell, so even though she had given birth twice, she didn't dare to be careless.
Shen was progressing very quickly. She was now the mother of the favorite concubine, the lady of an earl's family, and her daughter-in-law was a princess. Her network of contacts had gradually expanded over the years.
When he heard his daughter's message for a midwife, he immediately ordered people to find many experienced and clean midwives in private. Finally, he personally selected the two best ones and sent them to the palace.
This time, Shen did not go to the palace to accompany the delivery, because Princess Yinxuan was also expecting a baby and would be giving birth in the next few days. Ning Yuxi asked Shen to stay at home to accompany Princess Yinxuan.
The main purpose of the mother's family entering the palace to accompany her daughter during childbirth is to reassure her daughter, but she is not the real original owner, so this is not very necessary. Instead, the relationship between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law must be handled more carefully, especially when the daughter-in-law is a princess.
Her mother always felt that she owed her for this, and when she heard that she wanted to find a midwife, she put in every effort.
Ning Yuxi had prepared everything, but before she could even breathe a sigh of relief, her pregnancy started.
On the afternoon of the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Ning Yuxi was half asleep and half awake when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. The pain woke her up in an instant, and then she felt a wetness in her lower body.
Her water broke.
The pain was so severe that Ning Yuxi didn't have the strength to call out for help and could only whimper.
Luoying, who was on duty outside, was doing embroidery, but she was always paying attention to her master's movements, and even the slightest moan was heard immediately.
She immediately put down her embroidery and trotted into the inner hall. Seeing her master lying on the bed with a pale face in pain, she hurried forward to check on her: "Master, how are you? Are you about to give birth? I'll call someone."
As she spoke, Luoying called out to the outside of the house.
The palace maids in Shuqing Palace all knew that their mistress was about to give birth, and they were on high alert at all times. When they heard Luoying's cry, they immediately became busy, some calling for the imperial physician, and some calling for the midwife.
Ruyi also rushed into the house to check the situation as soon as she heard the noise. As she ran into the house, she called out to a little palace maid, "Go and inform the emperor quickly."
Upon hearing this, the palace maid nodded immediately and ran quickly towards the Shengchen Palace.
Everything outside was going on in an orderly manner, but the situation inside the house was not so good. Ruyi, Luoying and others wanted to take Ning Yuxi's labor pains to the prepared delivery room after they passed, but Ning Yuxi's abdominal pain continued and showed no sign of stopping.
In just a quarter of an hour, Ning Yuxi was in so much pain that she broke out in cold sweat.
Just at this moment, the imperial physician arrived. After learning the situation, he immediately took Ning Yuxi's pulse with a serious face.
As the time of taking the pulse increased, the imperial physician's frown deepened.
The situation is not good. Concubine Yi's pulse is very disordered and the pain is continuous. If this continues, Concubine Yi will probably faint from exhaustion before she even starts giving birth.
Doctor Li did not dare to delay and immediately took out the silver needle to give Ning Yuxi acupuncture to relieve the pain. This method was effective and the pain was relieved, but it still continued.
But at least Ning Yuxi had time to catch her breath. She slowly calmed her breathing and pushed according to the midwife's instructions. It was obviously impossible to move to the delivery room in this situation, so Luoying ordered people to move all the things prepared in the delivery room here.
The imperial physician had already left, and the emperor had also arrived and was asking the imperial physician about the situation inside.
The imperial physician was just reporting when the midwife's cry came from inside the palace: "Oh no! Concubine Yi is having a difficult labor!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a midwife hurried out and anxiously said to the Emperor and the imperial physician at the door, "The fetus of Concubine Yi is in an abnormal position and has been delayed in delivery. We have tried many methods but to no avail. The Concubine is in so much pain that she is almost fainting."
The imperial physician went in immediately without saying a word.
Gu Qilan looked at the closed door expressionlessly, and the fingers of his hands behind his back rubbed unconsciously, showing the owner's inner restlessness.
Until night fell, there was still no sound of a baby crying in the house.
Ning Yuxi's whole body was soaked with sweat, her face was pale without a trace of blood. She was numb from the pain, and after drinking bowl after bowl of ginseng soup, she no longer had any strength left.
While she was in a daze, she felt someone holding her wrist tightly. The force was so strong that she opened her eyes slightly. She saw a familiar face, but that familiar face had an expression that she was not familiar with.
Is the Emperor worried about her? Is she going to die?
No, she couldn't die. If she died, what would happen to Cheng Zhao's brothers and sisters? The Queen would definitely not treat them well!
Did God send her to ancient times just to let her experience the oppression of feudal society, share a husband with others, and then when she was about to get her wish, she died giving birth to a child for this man?
God, don't be so ridiculous!
A strong sense of unwillingness filled her brain, and her dry body didn't know where the strength came from. She tensed her whole body and squeezed out the last bit of strength from her body.
Finally, a faint baby cry was heard and Ning Yuxi completely lost consciousness.
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