Consort Yi, supported by Tao Hong, gracefully entered the temporary delivery room prepared for Consort Wuya. Consort Wuya lay on the bed, her face pale, while a young palace maid carefully wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"Oh, Consort Wuya is giving birth!" Consort Yi asked the midwife beside her, "Is she about to give birth?"
"Your Highness, we may have to wait a while longer!" the midwife said.
"Since you didn't give birth, why don't you go back to Yonghe Palace?"
"Your Highness, it was Physician Wang who said that Consort Wuya might not make it back to Yonghe Palace!" The midwife dared not conceal the truth.
Consort Hui and Consort Rong also came in.
"You should go out first, so as not to offend anyone!" Consort Rong advised Consort Yi.
"I'm not afraid of being bumped into!" Consort Yi said proudly.
"You should think about the baby in your belly too!"
"Don't worry, sister, I know what I'm doing!" Consort Yi patted Consort Rong's hand.
"Consort Wuya, your baby is not due yet, so why are you suddenly about to give birth?" Consort Yi asked Consort Wuya.
Consort Wuya smiled and said, "Your Highness, who can say for sure about childbirth?"
"You're not planning to use this child to scheme something, are you?" Consort Yi asked suspiciously.
"Your Highness is too kind! How could I possibly scheme against my own child?" said Consort Wuya.
"How many times have you schemed using children? I really don't know if it's a blessing or a curse that this child was born into your womb!" Consort Yi actually felt a little sorry for the child in Consort Wuya's womb.
Consort Rong pondered Consort Yi's words from earlier, wondering what Consort Wuya's purpose was in giving birth in Chengqian Palace. She also didn't believe that Consort Wuya's birth was entirely premature, and the fact that Consort Wuya only needed the Imperial Physician Wang's help indicated that there was a problem.
"Consort Wuya, do you think the child in your belly is a prince or a princess?" Consort Yi asked.
“Whether it’s a boy or a girl, they are all His Majesty’s children!” said Consort Wuya.
"I suspect it's a little princess!"
Consort Wuya smiled and said, "No one knows until the very end!"
"Hehe! It seems you're hoping for a boy, but I'm afraid you'll be disappointed!"
"I'm carrying the Eleventh Prince, while you're probably carrying the Ninth Prince!" Consort Yi said, covering her mouth with a handkerchief.
At this moment, Consort Wuya wished she could tear Consort Yi's mouth apart. Ever since she came in, she had been chattering nonstop, almost like a storyteller in a teahouse. Was that mouth borrowed and she was in a hurry to return it?
What's most infuriating is that they said she was carrying a girl. How could that be? She always believed it was a boy; only if it was a boy could she turn her life around.
"How did you know that you were carrying the Eleventh child?" Consort Hui asked curiously.
"That girl Xue said it, that the baby in my belly is Little Eleven!"
Consort Hui nodded after hearing this, "That girl is quite accurate. When you were pregnant with the Ninth Prince, didn't she say it was a younger brother? And you really did give birth to a prince!"
"That's right, so, Consort Wuya, the baby in your belly can only be the Ninth Princess!" Although Consort Yi couldn't do anything to Consort Wuya now, she could still annoy her.
If her rank weren't so low, Consort Wuya would definitely have cursed at Consort Yi, instead of swallowing her anger like she is now.
“The Ninth Princess is quite good too. Maybe she can be as beautiful as the Ninth Prince! All those born in the ninth year are beautiful!” Consort Hui said.
"Yes, just looking at her face, Xiao Jiu does look like a girl."
"I now regret not listening to He Xue and dressing Xiao Jiu in women's clothes to see what she would look like!" Consort Yi was filled with remorse!
“He Xue always has so many strange and wonderful ideas!” Consort Rong said with a smile.
“Yes, I really like Xue. If it weren’t for… I would have wanted her to be my daughter-in-law!” Consort Yi stopped mid-sentence.
Consort Hui immediately objected after hearing only half of what was said, "If it's not something, then tell us quickly! Why can you only tell us half? You're really keeping us in suspense!"
Consort Yi was now very glad that she hadn't blurted out, "Oh dear, it's all because His Majesty doesn't want to be related to Su Hetai by marriage!"
"Why is that?" Consort Hui asked.
Consort Rong also looked at Consort Yi, waiting for her to continue.
Consort Yi then recounted what Consort Tongjia had told her earlier.
Consort Wuya watched Consort Hui, Consort Rong, and Consort Yi chatting and laughing, her belly full of anger. The three of them were deliberately trying to provoke her. She was giving birth right now; were they here to chat? Couldn't they consider her feelings?
Whether it was anger or genuine labor pains, Consort Wuya felt waves of pain in her abdomen. "Hurry up, I'm going into labor!"
Upon hearing this, the midwife immediately got to work.
Consort Hui and the other two didn't even move from their seats; they should still talk and laugh as usual!
If they could keep things from going too far, they would have liked to each have a cup of tea and a handful of melon seeds, since just talking is a bit boring.
"I thought Consort Wuya could keep quiet! But look at her shouting now!" Consort Yi wanted to cover her ears when she heard Consort Wuya's shouting.
"Wuya, I advise you to save your energy. No matter how loudly you shout, the Emperor is not going to come!" Consort Hui directly exposed Consort Wuya's thoughts.
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