"Wipe your tears."
Holding Yu Hui'er's hand in her palm, Lin Chunhuan took out a silk handkerchief and wiped away the tears on her face bit by bit. "Hui'er, it was the day you came to me and said you wanted to marry into a foreign alliance that I started thinking about this."
"So you don't need to thank anyone. If you have to thank someone, you should thank yourself. It's you who showed me that not every woman in the world is obsessed with the secret affairs of the harem."
Yu Huier was slightly stunned.
She never thought that the source of all this was because of her.
But Lin Chunhuan's eyes were too sincere, so sincere that she couldn't have the slightest doubt in her heart.
"And then." Lin Chunhuan took a deep breath and sat back on his high seat. "You must always remember who you are and who you are working for. Tears are useless in official circles."
"Let it go today, but from now on, you must hold back your tears. I want to choose officials who can work for the welfare of the people, not whimpering little girls."
Yu Huier's heart was shaken, and she wiped away the tears on her face in a few seconds. "Yes, I will remember your Majesty's teachings!"
Lin Chunhuan nodded slightly and invited Yu Huier to stay for dinner.
She called Yu Huier over not just to give her some advice. This assessment of female officials was an attempt, but also a top priority. If something went wrong accidentally.
It will be difficult to get such an opportunity again in the future!
However, before they had taken a few bites of dinner, Yu Huier had just begun to talk about the system for evaluating female officials when Lin Chunhuan's face changed and he quickly grabbed Caihuan's arm as she was serving the dishes.
"Caihuan, it hurts, my stomach hurts..."
Upon hearing this, the color drained from Caihuan's face. She was not a smart person to begin with. She only cared about staying with her master and protecting her safety. She didn't think about anything else.
In the past, Ke'er was the one who arranged all these things.
But now Ke'er is married, and although Lin Chunhuan chose Cuiyun to stay by his side, Cuiyun is smart but too young. Faced with this situation, the two girls were actually panicked for a moment.
"I'm afraid the queen is about to give birth!"
Fortunately, Yu Huier was there. Although she was also a virgin, she had seen pigs run even if she had never eaten pork. Except for a moment of panic at the beginning, she quickly calmed down.
"Miss Caihuan, you're fast, go get the imperial physician as quickly as possible!"
At this moment, Lin Chunhuan was almost fainted from the pain and could not speak at all. She could only signal Caihuan with her eyes to listen to Yu Huier. The pain came on violently, which was completely different from what the Queen Mother had told her before, that the pain for a woman during childbirth would come gradually!
Caihuan felt like she had found her backbone when she received the order. She nodded quickly and ran out.
Yu Huier pulled Cuiyun over again and said, "Miss Cuiyun, you go too and inform the Queen Mother that the Empress has given birth prematurely."
"Thank God the Queen Mother has foresight and allowed Your Majesty to move to Xingqing Palace. Your Majesty, don't worry, just wait for the Queen Mother to come!" Yu Huier gasped heavily.
She wasn't tired, she was scared. "Two people, come quickly and lift the queen to the bed. Be very careful."
With Yu Huier's arrangement, people inside and outside finally started to move. When the empress dowager heard the news, she almost rolled her eyes and fainted, but she managed to get through it by biting her tongue.
Although the due date had not yet arrived, a midwife had already been prepared in Xingqing Palace to prevent any accidents. Seeing the empress dowager coming with the midwife, Lin Chunhuan breathed a sigh of relief.
Outside, Yu Hui'er met the Queen Mother and knelt on the ground without saying a word. "Your Highness, the Queen's due date is at least half a month away. She suddenly had a seizure today. There must be something fishy going on!"
"Who are you……"
The Queen Mother had seen Yu Hui'er before, but she had never seen her in official uniform. It took her a long while to recognize her. "Is she the daughter of the Yu family?"
"It is you, my humble servant."
Yu Huier bit her lip and said, "Queen Dowager, please give orders immediately to guard all the food and daily necessities in the palace. The Queen gave birth prematurely, someone must have tampered with it!"
The Queen Mother was initially a bit panic-stricken, but after hearing what Yu Hui'er said, she gradually calmed down. "My dear girl, when the Queen gives birth safely, I will definitely reward you handsomely."
"Come here, take everyone in the West Palace under my control. No matter what they eat, drink, wear, or use, they must all be thoroughly investigated!"
Lin Chunhuan was inside, so she naturally heard the voices outside, but she was in so much pain that she couldn't utter a complete sentence except for meaningless shouting.
But even so, she still hurriedly took out the props from the sachet and used them.
But... it's no use.
It's totally useless!
Lin Chunhuan bit her lip. She had verified the things in the sachet again and again, and they were definitely not useless. But now, after using the coupon for painless childbirth, her pain did not decrease at all.
This only proves that this pain is not just due to premature birth!
The emperor was originally discussing matters with his ministers in the imperial study. It was not only the Ji family's affairs, but also the natural disasters that had occurred in various parts of the country in the past two months.
There was a drought in the north, but a flood in the south.
Everything was urgent. Countless amounts of grain and silver were allocated for disaster relief, but with little effect. There were even some sinister people who blamed the queen for these natural disasters.
No matter what, it was because the queen insisted on letting women serve as officials, which disrupted social order and brought about divine punishment, leading to the people's miserable lives.
The emperor knew that this was all slander, but he had to pay no attention to it. He was so anxious that blisters appeared on his mouth.
At this time, the empress dowager sent someone to announce that the queen was about to give birth. The moment the emperor stood up, his legs went weak. He left the room full of ministers and hurried to Xingqing Palace.
"Mother!"
Seeing that everything was in order, the emperor felt a little relieved. But before he could say another word, the heart-wrenching screams from the inner room almost took away his soul.
A face with sharp edges, even the blood color has disappeared.
"Huan'er..."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. There are countless imperial doctors and midwives inside. Giving birth is like stepping into the gates of hell. You are the backbone of the Empress. If even you can't hold on, then the Empress will be in real danger!"
The Queen Mother's steady voice stopped the emperor, who was already over forty years old, from rushing in, but his hands and feet could not help but tremble.
"How could this happen? The imperial physician yesterday told me I'd have to wait for half a month, so how could it have started so suddenly?"
The Queen Mother nodded gently, "This is what I want to tell you."
"Yu family girl, come and talk to the emperor."
Yu Huier was now very calm. She knew that she could not help much with the delivery, so she told him everything she had seen and heard in detail.
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