Chapter 154: Concubine Zhao had a difficult birth, and the Emperor hated the Queen Mother
Shen Yuanwei had already anticipated Xie Junlin's reaction.
She had told Song Suihuan before that if she didn't bring today's incident to the attention of the ministers, the Queen Mother would torture her behind closed doors, and Xie Junlin would not stand up for her but would turn a blind eye and let the Queen Mother vent her anger.
She never had much hope for this emperor.
Facing Xie Junlin's fury, she acted as vulnerable and miserable as possible, tears streaming down her face as she watched Xie Junlin stagger backward.
"Your Majesty is also blaming me for hurting the Empress Dowager, right? But today, she was the one who hurt me first..."
The hand holding the dagger gently stroked her belly.
The tip of the dagger accidentally cut through the clothes, and it seemed that if it was a little harder it would cut through the stomach, which made everyone tremble with fear!
She choked.
"Yes, it is reasonable for the emperor to blame me. After all, the emperor is the biological son of the empress dowager. You naturally cannot bear to see your mother being hurt..."
"But the baby in my belly is my own son, who I have worked so hard to carry for so long. How can I allow others to hurt my child?"
She looked at Xie Junlin with tearful eyes.
"Your Majesty, someone has poisoned me and is trying to kill me and my child. You still want me to just accept it and not get angry at all. I can't do it. I can't do it!"
"Anyway, I have already stabbed the Queen Mother. What has happened cannot be changed. If the Emperor wants to punish me, I will atone for my sin with my life!"
She raised the dagger.
"I've already drunk that horrible abortion pill. I'm going to bleed to death soon. I'm going to die anyway, so what do I have to be afraid of?"
After saying that, she stabbed the dagger into her stomach!
Xie Junlin didn't expect this woman to be so impulsive!
His heart tightened, and the next moment he rushed over and snatched Shen Yuanwei's dagger!
He threw the dagger to Chen Hai, and with his other hand, he hugged the shaky Shen Yuanwei. He said sternly, "Who asked you to atone for your sins with your life? Did I ask you to commit suicide to atone for your sins?"
Shen Yuanwei raised her head and looked at Xie Junlin with tears in her eyes, "But Your Majesty, you blame me. Instead of letting Your Majesty kill me, I might as well do it myself!"
The veins on Xie Junlin's forehead were throbbing.
He turned around and asked Song Suihuan, "Is the Empress Dowager in trouble?"
Song Suihuan said, "It shouldn't matter. Concubine Zhao just wanted to vent her anger, not to kill the Queen Mother. Her dagger didn't smear the Queen Mother's neck, nor did it stab the Queen Mother's heart—"
Xie Junlin breathed a sigh of relief.
He said that the Queen Mother should be fine. If something really happened to her, the death knell of Shoukang Palace would have sounded long ago...
This is also the reason why he did not take Shen Yuanwei down immediately.
He looked down at Shen Yuanwei and soothed her, "Don't cry. As long as the Queen Mother is not seriously injured, I will not take your life."
He picked up Shen Yuanwei and held her sideways. "Come on, lie down first and let Dr. Song take a look at you. You've been bleeding. You and the child are in danger now. Why are you still insisting on saying all this?"
Shen Yuanwei didn't argue anymore.
She looked at Xie Junlin with tears in her eyes.
"Your Majesty, if you want me to feel at ease accepting the treatment of Divine Doctor Song, then can you ask the old prime minister and these adults not to leave, okay?"
"I'm not a fool. I know that this palace belongs to you and the Queen Mother. If all these adults leave, the Queen Mother will come and kill me, and there will be no one to help me persuade her..."
"Please let them all wait here, otherwise I won't be able to rest easy, okay?"
Xie Junlin paused.
He looked at Shen Yuanwei with a headache, "The Queen Mother will not take your life."
Shen Yuanwei groaned in pain, "I didn't provoke her, but she gave me an abortion pill. Now I stabbed her, so why wouldn't she want to kill me?"
Shen Yuanwei looked at the group of ministers with tears in her eyes, and her eyes fell on the Queen's father, Prime Minister Wei.
She choked up and begged, "Old Prime Minister Wei, please don't leave with anyone else. I beg you. If you leave, I will die..."
Prime Minister Wei and other ministers hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Zhao, your words are too polite. Your servant...your servant..."
They looked at Xie Junlin one by one.
Xie Junlin hugged Shen Yuanwei and felt the blood under his palms. How could he dare to delay any longer with Shen Yuanwei?
He agreed.
"Okay, I promise you, none of them can leave today!"
"You are healing in the room, and they are all guarding the door for you, to prevent the Queen Mother from coming in and killing you. Is that okay?"
Seeing that Shen Yuanwei was relieved, Xie Junlin carried her and strode into the room.
He put the person on the bed, and Song Suihuan, who was following closely, immediately stepped forward to take his pulse.
After pinching Shen Yuanwei's wrist to diagnose her, and then feeling her abdomen, waist and back, Song Suihuan raised his head with a serious expression.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Zhao was greatly shocked and drank the abortion pill. Now she has started to have uterine contractions and is bleeding heavily in the uterus, but her amniotic fluid has not broken. Her condition is very dangerous!"
"If we don't give birth to the baby quickly and stop her bleeding, she might..."
"They will bleed to death, and one body will result in three lives!"
After hearing this, Xie Junlin couldn't help but stagger back!
He was supported by Chen Hai and managed to stabilize his body. He clenched his fingers tightly and gritted his teeth, "Then let the midwife come and deliver the baby for Concubine Zhao!"
Song Suihuan shook her head, "But the queen's water hasn't broken yet, so she can't give birth now even if she wants to."
Xie Junlin looked at Shen Yuanwei in surprise.
Shen Yuanwei was sweating profusely, her face was pale, and she looked extremely miserable.
He lost his voice and said, "What should we do? What should we do now? Should we just watch Concubine Zhao bleed to death?"
Song Suihuan pursed her lips and said softly, "I have a way, but I'm afraid that the emperor and Concubine Zhao won't dare to try..."
Shen Yuanwei had already guessed it.
Caesarean section, huh?
Before she could even speak in pain, Xie Junlin immediately said, "What method? Tell me!"
Song Suihuan didn't dare to look at the two people's eyes. She only stared at Shen Yuanwei's belly and said slowly, "The amniotic fluid hasn't broken yet. If you expect the queen to give birth on her own, she won't be able to do so. I can cut open the queen Zhao's belly and take the baby out..."
Shen Yuanwei clutched the mattress tightly, feeling a little panicked.
In modern times, caesarean sections are very common and will not result in death, but in ancient times, caesarean sections could result in death.
She was afraid that the wound would not be able to be sutured properly, that the wound would become infected and the bleeding would not stop, and that she would unfortunately die right after the baby was taken out...
The most important thing is that there was no anesthetic in ancient times. Even if there was Ma Fei San, it would not be as effective as anesthetic. If her stomach was cut open like this, she would die of pain...
Xie Junlin didn't expect Song Suihuan to come up with such a terrible idea.
He had never seen anyone being cut open alive. What kind of torture was this?
His face turned pale. "Is there no other way?"
Song Suihuan shook his head, "There is no other way. When the Queen Mother gave Concubine Zhao the abortion drug, she should have thought that forcing an abortion to induce labor with such a big belly would definitely cause trouble—"
At this moment, Xie Junlin was extremely resentful towards his mother!
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