"I feel my stomach has gotten much better in the past two days, so I'll put this pregnancy-maintaining medicine on hold."
"Yes, my lady."
"I need to go to the toilet, please help me over."
The little palace maid was fine. She bent over and slowly helped Xu Jinyi walk towards the screen.
Xu Jinyi seemed to have stepped on something, slipped, and fell forward heavily.
"ah--"
The palace maids standing in the room were so frightened that they had no time to react. Only the palace maid who was supporting Xu Jinyi was the first to react.
They blocked Xu Jinyi's way, but both of them still fell heavily to the ground.
"Your Majesty—"
Su Mian was just coming in with the osmanthus cake she had made, and this was what she saw.
Soon the whole room was in chaos, and blood kept oozing out from under Xu Jinyi.
The little palace maid who was supporting Xu Jinyi was frightened and stared at her hand blankly, not knowing why she suddenly fell.
No one cared about her at this time. Something happened suddenly and there was no backbone here.
The midwife, who had been prepared for a long time, hurried over and said, "Go get some hot water, scissors, and clean gauze."
"We don't need so many people in the room. All of them should leave, and only one will be left."
Of course Su Mian stayed behind, while the others prepared things.
Xu Jinyi gasped in pain, and while the midwife was explaining things to Su Mian, she quickly swallowed the pills that would allow her to give birth safely, as well as the pain-relieving pills.
The medicine melted in his mouth, the heart-wrenching pain disappeared, his limbs became warm again, and Xu Jinyi finally had some strength.
The midwife glanced at Xu Jinyi's body, then spoke in a hoarse voice: "My Lady, don't worry, it will be fine."
"This is your first pregnancy, so time won't come quickly. You're bleeding heavily now, so you need a hundred-year-old ginseng to keep you alive. Princess, go and have someone send it over."
Su Mian didn't suspect anything and ran out quickly.
The midwife and Xu Jinyi were the only ones left in the room.
The midwife, with her back to Xu Jinyi, smiled triumphantly, took out a handkerchief soaked in a powerful knockout drug from her arms and turned around.
"My lady, let me wipe your sweat off your face."
Xu Jinyi looked at the midwife in front of him expressionlessly, his hand tightly gripping the dagger that could cut through iron like mud under his pillow.
Watching the handkerchief approach, Xu Jinyi spoke in a cold voice: "Qin Xiyue!"
There was a flash of surprise in the midwife's eyes, but she remained calm and continued to walk forward, with the handkerchief getting closer and closer to Xu Jinyi.
Xu Jinyi tightly grasped the dagger under the quilt, and watching the person in front of her approach, she no longer hesitated and swung the dagger directly at her face.
"ah--"
The dagger was taken from the lotus space. It could cut through iron like mud. The moment the blade touched Qin Xiyue, Qin Xiyue let out a scream.
Blood spurted out, and Qin Xiyue touched her face in panic. A large piece of flesh was cut off from her cheek to her chin.
Blood was dripping, and Qin Xiyue went crazy; "Xu Jinyi, I'm going to kill you——"
At this moment, Qin Xiyue didn't care about anything else. She knew she was exposed.
He was sure to die here today, so intense hatred burst out from his eyes.
He rushed towards Xu Jinyi regardless of everything.
Fortunately, he took the pill. Xu Jinyi took the sharp dagger, panting, and swung it towards Qin Xiyue's arm holding the handkerchief.
The severed palm flew into the air and Qin Xiyue fell to the ground.
Even so, Qin Xiyue did not give up and struggled to stand up.
With a face covered in blood and scarlet eyes, he looked like a ghost crawling out of hell.
With a crazy look in his eyes and a determination to die, Qin Xiyue rushed towards Xu Jinyi again.
Xu Jinyi was really frightened by Qin Xiyue's appearance and shrank back into the bed.
Fortunately, the people outside rushed in quickly and captured Qin Xiyue.
When Su Mian came back and saw this scene, she was shocked.
No one expected that this midwife was actually Qin Xiyue in disguise.
This midwife has been living here since Xu Jinyi became pregnant. She is extremely loyal.
No one doubted her at all.
When Xu Jinyi saw that she was finally safe, she lay down exhausted, holding her stomach with both hands, very worried.
"Quick, drag this woman away and arrange for another midwife to come. Where is the imperial physician? Come and check on the Empress." Su Mian shouted.
Today, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager went to the Prayer Hall to fulfill a vow, so they were not in the palace.
Upon receiving the bad news, the emperor felt a chill run through his body and rushed back with a small team of secret guards.
The Queen Mother followed closely behind, and all the way, she was praying in the sedan chair.
When the Queen Mother learned that it was Qin Xiyue who did it, she couldn't believe it, and then a strong sense of guilt swept over her body.
"It was me. It was me who harmed the empress and the emperor's grandson." The empress dowager burst into tears.
"I knew clearly that Xiyue and the Queen were not on good terms, yet I still agreed to let her stay in the palace for a while."
"I am a sinner—"
The Queen Mother could hardly breathe and rolled her eyes. Aunt Gui was terrified.
He quickly comforted the Queen Mother: "Your Majesty, please take care of yourself. You have to go back and see that the Queen gives birth to the little prince safely."
"You still have to go back to seek justice for the Queen and watch the little prince grow up."
It took the empress dowager a long time to recover. Her face was pale and there was a cruel light in her eyes.
"I must go back, I must go back to protect the little grandson, and I must personally investigate this matter thoroughly."
The Queen Mother is not stupid. With the Queen's incidents happening one after another, does that mean the Princess's Mansion is clean?
Before he even got close to the Pepper Room, he heard Xu Jinyi's screams inside, and the emperor's heart trembled.
His eyes were bloodshot with horror, and he jumped off the horse and rushed into the delivery room.
"Your Majesty, no, Your Majesty, how can you enter the place where the baby is born?"
The concubines in the harem have also arrived and are waiting outside.
Seeing the emperor rushing in, he stopped him.
The emperor had no patience at all, his mind was preoccupied with the people inside.
She kicked away the concubines who were blocking her way and walked inside: "Let them all get out!"
"Yier, I'm back"
Xu Jinyi's entire body looked as if it had been fished out of the water. Her usually bright red lips had turned pale, and she looked broken and weak.
"Your Majesty, how did you come in?" Xu Jinyi was surprised. In fact, she was not in pain. The pills were very effective.
But the first baby was not born so quickly, it was just for show.
"I'll accompany you." The emperor was very scared. He held Xu Jinyi's hand and put it on his face, feeling very panicked.
A tear rolled down the emperor's eye.
Xu Jinyi was shocked!
"Your Majesty, I'm fine, don't worry." Xu Jinyi panted, and when the contraction came, she pushed down.
Looking at Xu Jinyi who was in so much pain but still trying to comfort himself, the emperor couldn't hold back his tears after all.
One by one, they fell: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I failed to protect you and let you get into trouble again."
"I promised to protect you, but I broke my promise. I was not here every time you got into trouble." The emperor's voice was choked with sobs, his nasal tone was heavy, and his voice was full of regret.
The contractions became more and more frequent, and Xu Jinyi could no longer speak. She could only hold the emperor's hand tightly.
"My lady, try harder, I can see the baby's head."
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