Xuan Ling paused only for a brief moment before saying solemnly, "Protect the Lord."
"Yes, I understand."
Zhao Wenpo from the palace came out at this time because Emperor Xuanwu was here in person. She didn't dare to cause two deaths directly, so she came out to test the situation and also to report to Concubine Shu.
Concubine Shu and Concubine Liang looked at each other and decided that if they couldn't have two lives, then having the fetus stillborn would also be a good thing.
Inside the palace, Li Wenpo, who had been brought into the palace by General Duan, whispered to Queen Duan, "Your Majesty, you must hold on. You can already see the baby's head."
Qingdai, a young woman who had never given birth, anxiously asked, "Midwife Li, is the queen's condition really that dire?"
"It's a bit unstable."
As an outsider of the palace, Li Wenpo was suppressed by the midwives in the palace in terms of momentum. She was also afraid of taking responsibility and dared not say much.
Mrs. Zhao came in quickly and stood in front of the bed. "Queen, please come on. The Emperor said he would protect you. You will be fine."
When Empress Duan heard this, she said hoarsely: "My prince, I must protect him..."
She tried her best to give birth to the child even if it meant death.
The heart-wrenching cries sounded particularly miserable in the dark night.
The scene of her giving birth night kept appearing in Sheng Xiyan's mind.
While she was unconscious, she heard the midwife ask, "Prince, Princess, the Second Madam is having a difficult delivery. Should we save you or the child?"
. . . . . .
Xuan Ling came back to his senses and saw Sheng Xiyan seemed to be trembling. He stepped forward and pulled her hand, and asked in surprise: "Yanyan, why are your palms full of cold sweat?"
Sheng Xiyan's face turned pale, her eyes turned black, and she fainted in his arms.
"Yan Yan!"
Xuan Ling carried Sheng Xiyan into the side hall, "Counselor Wu is here to see the patient."
Judge Wu hurriedly followed in and took the patient's pulse.
"Why did Sheng Xiuyuan suddenly faint?"
"Your Majesty, it could be Miss Sheng..."
He hesitated, as if afraid that his reason would displease the emperor.
Xuan Ling asked anxiously: "Hurry up and tell me!"
"There's nothing wrong with Miss Sheng's health. She fainted because of a surge of blood. I would venture to speculate that the scene of the Empress giving birth brought back memories for her."
Xuan Ling recalled her actions when she left Linde Hall just now, and it really seemed like she was having childbirth.
"Give me a tranquilizer."
"Yes, Your Majesty, if Your Majesty wants Miss Sheng to wake up soon, try pinching her philtrum."
Judge Wu withdrew, and Xuan Ling placed his hand on Sheng Xiyan's philtrum. He didn't have the heart to pinch her, so he let her sleep for a while. It would be good if Queen Duan woke up after giving birth.
He just sat cross-legged beside the couch, holding her in his arms.
After a long time, a baby's crying sound was heard from the main hall.
At the door, Concubine Shu and Concubine Liang's expressions changed drastically at the same time. How come the child was born?
Qingdai ran out and headed for the side hall, "Your Majesty, the Empress has given birth to a little princess."
Xuan Ling asked, "How is the Queen?"
"The queen is exhausted and not in good condition."
"Let several judges consult and provide postpartum care for the Queen."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
When Concubine Shu and Concubine Liang heard that it was a princess, they felt relieved and smiled to each other.
She went to the side hall and said respectfully, "I congratulate the emperor on the birth of the little princess."
Xuan Ling picked up Sheng Xiyan and walked out of Jingren Palace and onto the imperial carriage.
Eunuch Fu asked, "Your Majesty, are you going to the Yangxin Palace or the Guanju Palace?"
"Guanju Palace."
"Get up and go to Guanju Palace."
Back at Guanju Palace, Xuan Ling had just put Sheng Xiyan on the bed when she woke up in a daze.
"emperor,"
Seeing that she had returned to the palace, he asked, "Has the Queen given birth?"
"Give birth."
Xuan Ling took the water that Meixiang brought in and helped her up to drink.
Sheng Xiyan asked the question she had always had, "Is it the prince or the princess?"
"She's a princess."
Xuan Ling answered calmly.
Sheng Xiyan nodded, took a sip of water, and pulled him aside to whisper, "Your Majesty, can I ask you a question?"
Xuan Ling ordered: "All of you leave and close the door."
Hua Xia and Mei Xiang closed the palace door and waited outside.
"Yanyan, do you have any questions?"
"Your Majesty, one month after I entered the palace, I went to Jingren Palace to pay my respects to the Empress. At the time, she was more than four months pregnant. I felt her pulse and it seemed like she was expecting a daughter. But later, I heard from everyone in the palace that the Empress was expecting a son, so I didn't dare to tell anyone."
Xuan Ling said, "Wang Yuanpan has been checking the Queen's pulse. He said at the time that the Queen was pregnant with a prince, so everyone believed it was a prince."
Even he had always thought it was the prince, but it turned out not to be him. He immediately thought of someone in his mind, and this was the work of the empress dowager.
She deliberately spread the news that Queen Duan was pregnant with a prince in order to let the concubines assassinate the Queen and help her people ascend to the throne.
Sheng Xiyan saw Xuan Ling in deep thought, thinking that this was a perfect conspiracy and she couldn't find any fault with it, because taking the pulse to determine the gender of the baby was not 100% accurate.
"Your Majesty, fortunately the Empress and the little princess are both fine."
Xuan Ling drank the half cup of water she had just drunk and said something unexpected.
"Yanyan, you didn't reveal that the queen was pregnant with a princess. This is enough to show that you have political acumen, which is good."
Xuan Ling was very clear that after he regained power, only two dominant forces would remain. One was the empress dowager's faction, backed by Prime Minister Feng and several marquises, and the other was the faction of Marshal Duan. He had been using these two factions to check and balance each other.
Sheng Xiyan carefully pondered his words and vaguely understood their meaning.
She was still a powerless concubine and could not fight with the powerful factions. She could only protect herself and not be used by any side, otherwise she would become a victim of the fight between the two sides.
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