"Your Majesty, I, Xie, pay my respects. Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Empress Dowager! Long live the Empress Dowager! Long live the Empress Dowager! Long live the Empress Dowager!"
"Greetings to all Your Highnesses and Consorts. May Your Highnesses and Consorts be blessed."
Etiquette must not be disregarded. Although Xie was worried about her daughter who was giving birth in the delivery room, she suppressed her anxiety and respectfully greeted Emperor Kangxi, the Grand Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager nodded, quite satisfied with Xie's manners and etiquette.
Emperor Kangxi personally helped Lady Xie up and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, there's no need for such formalities. Consort Yu is giving birth in the delivery room. Your Highness, please go in and take a look!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
With Kangxi's help, Xie got up and bowed to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, Consort Zhao, and others. With the help of her personal maid, she hurriedly walked towards the delivery room. When she was close to the delivery room, she stumbled because of her anxiety, but fortunately her personal maid supported her so that she did not fall.
Emperor Kangxi watched Xie's retreating figure as she entered the delivery room, his gaze grave.
After Xie entered the delivery room, half an hour later, a loud cry of a newborn baby came from inside. Emperor Kangxi, the Grand Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager all breathed a sigh of relief, and Consort Xuan's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was temporarily relieved.
Consort Zhao and the others had a dark look in their eyes, as if they were deep in thought.
A short while later, amidst everyone's eager anticipation, Lady Xie personally carried out a swaddled baby and respectfully said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Consort Yu has given birth to a little princess for Your Majesty. I have given birth many times, but I have never seen a newborn baby so fair and tender."
As she spoke, Madam Xie lifted the swaddling clothes and presented the baby inside to Emperor Kangxi, the Grand Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager.
“Empress Mother, look, she has a bright red cinnabar birthmark between her eyebrows.”
The Empress Dowager gasped, then spoke softly to the Grand Empress Dowager, whose gaze was fixed on the little princess. Her heart was overflowing with barely suppressed excitement. This child, this child…
She was born a rare beauty, and the cinnabar mark between her eyebrows was exactly the same as that of her aunt, Consort Jing.
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