During the time when Bai Yuzhi was not paying attention, no one knew what happened between Concubine Rong and the deposed Queen Su, at least no one knows now.
However, the people in charge of guarding the cold palace knew that since that day, even if Concubine Rong did not come herself, she would send people to embarrass the deposed empress every day. The deposed empress Su was also immersed in this torture day after day, and never asked to see the emperor or the empress dowager again.
During these two months when the storm was about to break out, Bai Yuzhi would lose his temper every few days. Although this was to make some noise to stimulate Concubine Rong and the Duke of Jin's Mansion to take quick action, it did not prevent Emperor Qin Huan from sending a long list of treasures to the Zichen Palace every day to make Bai Yuzhi happy.
It happened to be noon that day, and Bai Yuzhi was having a meal. He had originally planned to find a reason to call Emperor Qin Huan and provoke Concubine Rong to make her take action quickly, but he didn't expect that he would suddenly feel wet while eating.
Because Bai Yuzhi had taken the fertility pill, she naturally felt no pain during childbirth, which prevented her from reacting immediately. It was Jin Tai who was always paying attention to her physical condition and shouted for help the moment he found that her amniotic fluid had broken.
Midwives, imperial physicians, and female doctors were all ready and on standby around the Zichen Palace. When they heard that Bai Yuzhi was about to give birth, they took action almost instantly.
Bai Yuzhi was carried to the bed. At this moment, someone finally remembered that the Zichen Palace was the bedroom of emperors of all dynasties and concubines were not allowed to give birth here. No one knew whether to deliver the baby or send Bai Yuzhi back to the Yikun Palace as soon as possible.
It was Jin Tai who made a prompt decision and went to the imperial study to risk his life to ask for an audience. After Emperor Qin Huan heard that Bai Yuzhi had made some movement, he did not use the imperial sedan chair, but ran towards the Zichen Palace with the gait of a dragon and a tiger.
"You bastard! Why aren't you ready to deliver the baby yet?!"
When he arrived at the Zichen Palace, Emperor Qin Huan saw the midwives standing outside the palace with troubled expressions on their faces. He thought something had happened to Bai Yuzhi, and his face immediately became gloomy.
The midwives knelt on the ground: "This, this Zichen Hall is His Majesty's bedroom. Is it...is it..." against the rules for Your Majesty to give birth here?
If he hadn't been counting on these golden midwives to deliver the baby, given Emperor Qin Huan's temper, he would have dragged this mob out and beheaded them long ago. He was furious: "You will deliver Concubine Heng's baby right here. If anyone dares to say anything, I will execute his entire clan."
With Emperor Qin Huan's words, the midwives felt relieved and immediately returned to the palace to deliver Bai Yuzhi.
Because of the effect of the fertility pills, Bai Yuzhi felt that the baby was about to come out before she even experienced the pain of labor. She bit the gold cork gag given by the midwife and pretended to be in unbearable pain.
One of the midwives looked very calm. She held the white jade hand and said with surprise that Concubine Heng was blessed and the child would be born smoothly.
Bai Yuzhi certainly knew that the child would be born safely, otherwise her 200 points would have been wasted.
At this time, the empress dowager had also heard the news and rushed over to the palace. The old lady with the Buddhist beads in her hands kept chanting "Amitabha". Even Emperor Qin Huan could not sit still and paced back and forth outside the palace. As soon as Rong Fei and others arrived, they were asked to kneel down and pray for Concubine Heng. This was an order given by Emperor Qin Huan himself.
Concubine Rong's expression of pretending to be anxious was frozen on her face. She looked at the Queen Mother and wanted her to stop Emperor Qin Huan's completely inappropriate order. However, now the mother and son were only concerned about the white jade quality to be produced in the palace. They actually thought it was natural to let a high-ranking concubine kneel in public to pray for another concubine.
Even though everyone knows that Bai Yuzhi will become the queen after giving birth to a child, she is not one yet after all!
Concubine Rong lowered her head with a gloomy face and took the lead in kneeling. She had been trying to find out any clues about Bai Yuzhi's pregnancy these days, but because of the protection of Emperor Qin Huan, she did not get any useful information. She roughly guessed that Bai Yuzhi must be pregnant when the queen was deposed two months ago.
After all, no one knows better than Concubine Rong what the jade pendant represents. Even the deposed Queen Su couldn't save her life with the jade pendant, so the only possibility is that Bai Yuzhi really has Emperor Qin Huan's biological child.
Intellectually, Concubine Rong came to this conclusion, but emotionally she was unwilling to believe it.
If Bai Yuzhi really gave birth to Emperor Qin Huan's son, then all the planning of her and the Duke of Jin's Mansion over the years would be in vain, and her act of entering the palace would be more like a joke!
But no matter how much Concubine Rong was unwilling to believe that this was the truth, Bai Yuzhi still gave birth to Emperor Qin Huan's biological son safely.
This ridiculous prayer lasted until midnight. It wasn't that Bai Yuzhi didn't want to give birth, but mainly because although she could give birth immediately, she had to let Emperor Qin Huan know how hard it was to have this child.
The harder it is to get, the more worth cherishing.
So Bai Yuzhi deliberately delayed, and of course he also wanted Concubine Rong to kneel for a while longer.
At dawn in the middle of the night, the first rays of morning light spread across the red walls and green tiles of the imperial palace. Emperor Qin Huan was about to ask Wang Chonghai to go to the front court to announce the dismissal of today's morning court.
Amidst Bai Yuzhi's feigned screams of pain, an extremely loud baby cry erupted, and the midwife in the hall shouted in surprise, "It's born! It's born! Imperial Concubine Heng has given birth!"
The Queen Mother cried with joy, and Emperor Qin Huan stood there frozen.
In the dim morning light, the first royal heir since the founding of the Qin Dynasty was born at such a time of extreme sunshine.
The midwife was standing at the door of Zichen Hall holding the newborn baby. The weather was cold and the newborn baby was afraid of the wind, so she could only stand at the door.
Fortunately, Emperor Qin Huan didn't know how much he treasured this hard-earned child, and he left with the empress dowager and her child. Concubine Rong and others stood up, rubbing their numb knees, and everyone was waiting for a result.
That question was asked by Emperor Qin Huan.
"Are Concubine Heng and the child both healthy?"
The midwife has been delivering babies for so many years that her ability to read people's expressions is no worse than that of a midwife. Seeing the stiff hands and feet of Emperor Qin Huan, she thought of the fact that he had been childless for many years.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! Imperial Concubine Heng and the Emperor's eldest son are safe and sound!"
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