Zhu Wuhuan looked at the tall figure at the door in a daze. Ring the bell?
He was anxious. He wanted someone to pray for her and the child. That was fine, but ringing the bell...
Was he sure he wasn't cursing her, the queen, to die in childbirth?
Does he want to change the mother of his child?
Feng Changye heard his wife's thoughts and tried hard to hold back his laughter.
His queen is really no ordinary person.
I'm obviously terrified of having a baby, but I can't stop listening to these lively and funny psychological activities for a moment.
After watching the young eunuch hurriedly find someone to go to Jingyang Tower to ring the bell, he returned to the house.
He walked to the bedside and bent down. "Come, I'll carry you to the delivery room next door. It's already been cleaned up and prepared. It's more comfortable than giving birth here."
Zhu Wuhuan shook her head, "Your Majesty, I am very heavy right now. I will walk on my own."
He easily held her waist, back, and knees and picked her up, then kissed her on the forehead. "What's heavy? It's not heavy at all when you hold your own wife and child."
Then he held her steadily and walked to the delivery room next door.
The palace maids and eunuchs were already waiting at the door of the delivery room.
The midwife was also dressed neatly and busy in the delivery room.
Feng Changye put Zhu Wuhuan on the bed, then sat beside her, holding her hand and talking to her to ease her tension and fear.
At the side, the midwife, after paying her respects, stepped forward and used the pile of quilts to prop up Zhu Wuhuan's body. She explained, "Madam, this is to prevent the amniotic fluid from leaking out too much and suffocating the baby in your belly."
Zhu Wuhuan nodded.
So even though this posture was a little uncomfortable, she had to endure it.
The midwife gently pressed her belly and asked, "Empress, are you having labor pains?"
Zhu Wuhuan shook his head, "Not yet."
The contractions haven't come yet, and she doesn't feel any pain at all, but she's a little nervous, feeling uneasy and uneasy.
The midwife nodded in understanding and soothed her, "Don't be nervous, Madam. Every mother's situation is different. Some women experience labor pains as soon as their water breaks, while others don't experience labor pains until half an hour after their water breaks. It's okay if you don't feel any pain now, so don't be nervous."
Zhu Wuhuan nodded again and breathed a sigh of relief.
Having an experienced old lady by your side makes you feel at ease.
The midwife then said, "Empress, would you like to have a bowl of chicken noodle soup first?"
She looked at Zhu Wuhuan's bulging belly and said, "Giving birth can be fast. Some people give birth in less than half an hour after the onset of labor pains. But it can also be slow. Some people struggle for three or four hours without giving birth. So I would like to invite you to have a bowl of noodles first, so that you will have enough strength to give birth to the little prince later--"
Zhu Wuhuan nodded, "Okay."
Although she couldn't eat anything now, she had to try to eat something in order to avoid being exhausted later.
She glanced at Feng Changye and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, can you eat something too? If I have to toss and turn for a long time, you have to keep going with me. You can't go hungry."
Feng Changye squeezed her palm and said, "Okay, I will eat with the Queen."
He looked at the eunuch beside him, who kowtowed and quickly ran to the imperial kitchen to serve noodles.
The emperor and the empress talked and ate noodles, and two quarters of an hour passed.
Of the officials who had rushed to the palace upon hearing the bell, 70% had already arrived, and only 30% who lived farther away were still on the way.
These officials' legs went weak when they entered the palace!
When the Jingyang Bell rings, it means something big has happened!
They all thought the Emperor had passed away, or the Empress Dowager had passed away, or the Empress had died of complications during childbirth. They were so scared that they hid handkerchiefs stained with ginger juice in their sleeves so they could use them to wipe their eyes when they cried...
As a result, they hurried to the steps outside the Taiji Hall and saw Xie Hong waiting there. Xie Hong told them that the emperor asked people to ring the bell because the empress had started the movement, and asked them to pray for the empress and the little prince and princess!
“…”All the ministers were stunned!
After they realized what was happening, they looked in the direction of the side hall of Taiji Hall in disbelief!
What are you doing?
I’m afraid the emperor is seriously ill?
Does having a baby require ringing the clock in the middle of the night?
The bell on the Jingyang Tower was almost equivalent to a death knell in the minds of these ministers. Once it rang, it meant that something had happened in the palace. Do you know how scared they were when they heard the bell?
However, no matter how speechless or depressed they were, they dared not show it.
After all, the emperor has not passed away, the empress dowager has not passed away, and the queen has not passed away. This is a great thing. How dare they be unhappy?
If you dare to be unhappy, others will think that they are hoping something bad will happen to these three noble people!
So everyone was very angry and depressed, but they had to pretend to be crying with joy.
"It's okay, it's okay!"
"The Empress is about to give birth to the Emperor's eldest son. It is our duty to pray for the Empress and the little prince and princess!"
"We kneel down and pray, asking God to protect the safety of the queen, mother and child!"
After saying that, everyone immediately knelt down at the bottom of the stairs.
Kneel down yourself!
We can’t let the emperor come out and force them to kneel!
If the emperor came to urge them, it meant they were ignorant and would be scolded. Tsk tsk, their emperor was very sharp-tongued and mean, and they couldn't afford to offend him.
When Zhu Huaining and Zhu Xuanyuan hurried over, they saw a row of ministers kneeling outside the Taiji Hall!
Zhu Huaining almost fell off the horse!
"father!"
Zhu Xuanyuan quickly jumped off the horse and supported the old man.
Zhu Huaining stared at the people kneeling down, then glanced at the palace maids and eunuchs coming in and out of the Taiji Hall. His face turned pale and his legs went weak.
"Why are all the ministers kneeling down... Why are the palace maids coming in and out in such a chaotic manner... Is it the Empress... Is it..."
Zhu Xuanyuan's eyes turned red with anxiety. "Don't worry, Dad. I'll go ask right away!"
He gestured to the old man to stay by the horse and not move, and walked over quickly to inquire about the situation.
After asking Xie Hong and confirming that the Queen was safe, he ran back to his father, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Third sister is fine! She hasn't even started giving birth yet! The Emperor wanted all the civil and military officials to pray for Third sister and the child, so he had the Jingyang Bell rung -"
Zhu Huaining was stunned for a moment, then wiped his tears and said unhappily, "Your Majesty, why is he ringing the bell when it's perfectly fine? It really sounds like he's playing tricks on the princes by lighting beacons!"
Zhu Xuanyuan was also very funny.
Although it was a bit excessive for the Emperor to do such a thing in the middle of the night, it was all for their third sister, so they just smiled and endured it.
He supported his father, whose legs were still weak, to the bottom of the stairs. Just as he was about to kneel down, he saw Suqiu running towards him.
"Duke, Young Master, the Queen wants you two to go into the main hall and wait. She wants her family to wait for her nearby and accompany her so that she feels safe."
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