"What's going on? Why is it so noisy?"
Wanyi was sleeping with her sweet-smelling son when she was woken up by the noise outside. Fortunately, her son was sound asleep and didn't seem to care. After all, Yongshou Palace and Changchun Palace were not far apart, and Yikun Palace was also woken up at the same time.
"This servant doesn't know either. I've already sent people to check, and it looks like it's heading towards Changchun Palace!"
Furong explained roughly, since only Changchun Palace was lit up at the moment, and it could be described as brightly lit.
"Changchun Palace? Quickly help me change my clothes, make them more plain! Call Granny Kong over and keep an eye on the Fourth Prince."
Wanyi immediately remembered that there was a pregnant woman in Changchun Palace. She had been wondering during the day why a pregnant woman would use so many flowers, and now this had happened.
"Yes!" Furong immediately set off to make the arrangements.
When Wanyi arrived at Changchun Palace, most of the concubines from the Western Six Palaces had already arrived. However, not long after Wanyi arrived, Kangxi and the others also arrived one after another.
"How could she have given birth prematurely when she was perfectly healthy? Consort Duan, how did you take care of Consort Tong!"
As soon as the Imperial Noble Consort sat down, she first questioned Consort Duan, who was in the main seat of the palace, since in her own palace, when something happened to a concubine, she would go to the main seat.
"Your Highness, the imperial physician is already investigating. We will know soon whether it was intentional or an accident!"
Consort Duan was initially a little scared, but at this moment she realized that she wasn't as scared as she had imagined.
"Man-made? Could it be that Consort Duan knows something?" The Imperial Noble Consort pressed Consort Duan as if she harbored a grudge.
"This concubine does not know; the imperial physician will find out when he comes out!" She wasn't an imperial physician, so why ask her? Who wouldn't be annoyed if they were woken up!
"Alright, be quiet!" Emperor Kangxi had just fallen asleep with Consort Li when he was woken up, so he was naturally in a bad mood.
"Yes, Your Majesty, please calm your anger!" the Imperial Noble Consort said reluctantly.
Everyone was afraid of offending Emperor Kangxi, so they all remained silent. However, Wanyi sat in her seat with her eyes vacant, her mind wandering elsewhere. She didn't even notice the glares that Consort Wen gave her.
"Your Majesty, Consort Tong went into premature labor because she had previously experienced miscarriage and headaches during her pregnancy, which weakened her fetal strength!" Physician Lu stepped forward and knelt before Emperor Kangxi.
"Why didn't the imperial physicians find out before?" Kangxi said unhappily. This concubine was useless; she couldn't even conceive properly.
"Your Majesty, this noblewoman has too many symptoms, making it difficult to detect when she is pregnant," Physician Lu reassured Physician He. After all, they both served their master and naturally protected each other.
Leaving aside how much Emperor Kangxi disliked her, Consort Tong was in labor in the delivery room, and as time passed, white mist began to rise on the horizon.
"Ah!" Consort Tong screamed in agony as a warm flow gushed from her lower body, followed by a fetus. However, the fetus was entirely purple. The midwife reached out tremblingly and discovered that it was a stillborn fetus, which startled her greatly.
"What's wrong? Is the child alright? Is it a princess or a prince?" Consort Tong was already very tired and sleepy, but she still fought off her drowsiness.
“My lady, it’s a prince, but, but…” Hongye said, her voice trembling with tears.
"Is that so? Let me see!" Consort Tong noticed that Hongye's expression was off, so she struggled to get up and go see the young prince.
"My lady, the little prince stopped breathing as soon as he was born!" Hongye quickly pressed Consort Tong down, since the placenta hadn't come out yet and she couldn't be allowed to sit up.
"What?" Consort Tong was stunned, fell straight back to her original position, fainted, and began to bleed from her lower body as if she didn't care about her life.
"Oh no, massive bleeding! Quickly, fetch the imperial physician!" The midwife felt that today was the most unlucky day of her life. Not only was she dragged out of bed in the middle of the night, but the baby she finally gave birth to was stillborn, and the mother was also bleeding heavily. Who the hell had she offended?
"My lady, I'm going right now!" Hongye was so anxious that she didn't even bother to address herself as a servant and hurriedly ran out.
"Your Majesty, why don't you go and rest for a while? You'll be going to court soon. It's fine with the Imperial Noble Consort and us here watching over things!" Wanyi said suddenly, snapping out of her reverie and glancing at the funnel.
"Very well!" Kangxi was about to get angry, but when he met Wanyi's eyes, he could only utter these two words. Wanyi was concerned about him! His heart warmed.
"Imperial Physician...Quickly go and see the young lady! She's bleeding heavily!" Hongye's sudden shout stopped Kangxi in his tracks.
"Quickly, Imperial Physician Lu, go and see Hongye. How is Consort Tong?" Consort Duan said faster than anyone else. After all, Consort Tong was also someone from her palace, so it was normal for her to be a little nervous.
“My lady, she just gave birth to a little prince, but the little prince died as soon as he was born,” Hongye said sadly.
"This, too..." Everyone sighed. It had been seven months! And it was gone just like that. However, there were also many who were gloating, but they were all drama queens and didn't show it on their faces.
"Your Majesty, please accept my condolences!" Wanyi knew that the child could not be saved, so she was not so concerned or surprised, but her behavior was not much different from theirs.
"Your Majesty, please accept our condolences!" Wanyi led the way, and everyone bowed to Kangxi.
Emperor Kangxi looked incredulous, but he wasn't too heartbroken. When Consort Tong went through a miscarriage, he rarely visited her. He simply sent her some gifts as a gesture of favor, because he had no feelings for the child and was afraid that losing it would only cause him more grief. He was just a little sad.
"My lord..." A voice suddenly came from behind.
"Hey! Guo Daying, what's wrong with you!" Standing next to Guo Daying, Li Daying was afraid that she would try to extort money from him, but she still reached out to help her.
"What's going on? Why is it so noisy?" The Imperial Noble Consort quickly stepped forward to ask, seeing that Emperor Kangxi was frowning and seemed displeased.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness the Imperial Noble Consort, Consort Guo has suddenly fainted for some unknown reason!"
No sooner had the Imperial Noble Consort finished speaking than Consort Li quickly interjected, saying that she had finally gained favor and did not want to lose it now because of her.
"It's possible that Consort Guo fainted because she was weak. Your Highness, why don't you arrange for a royal physician to examine her?" Although Consort Yi disliked Consort Guo, she still acted like a good friend to her in public.
"Looking at Consort Guo's pale face, could she be sick?" Consort An covered her nose with a handkerchief, as if afraid that she might catch something from her.
"Help her sit down to the side! Go and call a royal physician to examine her!" After all, she was a woman he had favored, so Kangxi would still treat her well, at least by having a royal physician examine her.
"Yes, sir!" Liang Jiugong quickly went to the pavilion and summoned a royal physician to examine Guo Yingying. It was none other than Physician He who was summoned.
"Your Majesty, Imperial Noble Consort, Consort Guo is pregnant, almost three months along!" Imperial Physician He was overjoyed. He had thought he would be in trouble because of Consort Tong's affair, but unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better, and Consort Guo was diagnosed with pregnancy.
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