"What's wrong? Say something!" Hesheli had a bad feeling as she looked at everyone's reaction.
"Your Highness, please don't rush, drink your medicine!" the head maid Linlang hurriedly said.
"Get out! What happened to the child? Is he gone?!" Empress Hesheri's eyes were filled with tears. She couldn't bear to see her child lifeless before her eyes, she just couldn't bear it...
“Your Majesty, the little prince is very healthy…” said the Empress’s wet nurse, Albu, stepping forward with heartache in her eyes.
Just then, Sumalagu entered, acting on the orders of the Empress Dowager.
Then Sumalagu saw the swaddled baby being held by the old woman and froze on the spot.
Empress Hesheri was initially reassured by the wet nurse's words of comfort, but seeing Aunt Suma's reaction, she knew she had put her mind at ease too soon.
Empress Hesheri struggled to her feet and looked at the swaddling clothes. She found that the child was indeed quite energetic, but his face, neck and hands were covered with birthmarks and spots!
Empress Hesheri was stunned. She stared blankly at the swaddling clothes for a long time before she seemed to come to her senses.
Then she suddenly cried out in grief and fainted.
Everyone hurriedly helped the Empress, summoning the imperial physician, preparing medicine, and bustling about in a chaotic yet orderly manner... Meanwhile, the midwife at the foot of the bed had fear in her eyes.
"Quickly, quickly, Imperial Physician! Her Majesty the Empress is hemorrhaging!"
Albu's eyes were filled with tears from his anxiety.
Aunt Su Ma took the child and went out.
The delivery room, which had been quiet for a while, became noisy again.
Upon hearing the words "hemoptysis" from inside, Emperor Kangxi, who was waiting outside, suddenly stood up.
The Empress Dowager supported the Grand Empress Dowager, who was rubbing her temples and nearly fainting.
The concubines outside the courtyard all looked at each other in twos and threes.
A sarcastic smile appeared on the lips of Concubine Nara.
Consort Ma Jia seemed to be thinking of her lost children; she didn't know how she had managed to get through it all!
The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and Emperor Kangxi, who were inside the room, stared in astonishment at the baby in swaddling clothes.
Kangxi touched his little face with a sorrowful expression, and the little guy grabbed his finger.
Kangxi's heart trembled, and he finally closed his eyes and said in a deep voice.
“Baocheng is a born Buddhist child, destined for Buddhism. After his full moon, he will be sent to Xiuyun Temple to worship Buddha!”
The Empress Dowager sighed and said nothing.
"Your Majesty, Her Majesty the Empress was already experiencing a difficult childbirth, but... due to emotional distress, she still had residual bleeding, possibly caused by an external infection combined with internal injury, resulting in blood stasis. Without clearing away the bad blood, new blood could not return to its proper channels, causing metrorrhagia!" An old imperial physician hurriedly came out to report.
Emperor Kangxi was a learned and talented man, so of course he understood what it meant.
"Can it be saved?!" Kangxi's voice was somewhat hoarse.
"This servant...is incompetent!" The old physician knelt on the ground.
The Empress Dowager also looked exhausted.
"Xuan Ye, go see her!"
"Yes, Grandmother, you should go back to the palace. I'll take care of things here!" Kangxi said, forcing himself to stay alert.
The Empress Dowager patted his back and helped Sumalagu leave.
The Empress Dowager also went out.
Meanwhile, Empress Hesheri was placed in her bedchamber, where she was weak and pale.
The room still reeked of blood.
"Zitong, you've worked so hard!" Kangxi felt a pang of sadness looking at the Empress, whose face was pale, her hair was soaked with sweat, and she looked haggard. After all, they were a young couple.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was my fault. I failed to raise my son properly. Please, Your Majesty, don't abandon him. Waaaaah X﹏X" Empress Hesheli still couldn't bear to part with the child she had given birth to with such high hopes and with such hardship, even though he looked repulsive.
"Don't worry, Bao Cheng is my child, he is a born Buddha!" Kangxi promised, holding her hand.
Heseri understood that this was already the best possible outcome.
If the Empress Dowager or the Emperor were any more ruthless, he would have gone with her.
How could she bear to do that?!
"Your Majesty, thank you, thank you..." Empress Hesheli's tears streamed down her face. She wanted to say something, but in the end, she swallowed it back.
She said she targeted Niohuru? Targeted several concubines and princes?
There's nothing more to say. Based on their relationship, just make sure Bao Cheng is alright.
She'll go and atone for their sins right now!
Empress Hesheli passed away smiling in Emperor Kangxi's arms.
Kangxi cried so hard that his eyes were red, but when he went out, he still had a solemn expression and a stern demeanor, as if he were invincible!
According to court etiquette, the coffin of the deceased empress should be placed in the Kunning Palace. However, Emperor Kangxi broke this rule and specially ordered that Empress Hesheli's coffin be placed in the Qianqing Palace where he resided.
Emperor Kangxi had deep feelings for Empress Hesheli.
This is how Sydney feels.
Even though he knew from the previous poisoning incident that Empress Hesheri had tampered with her, he still felt sorry for her because of her death.
Sherry didn't care; she was already more than two months pregnant.
Although Emperor Kangxi intended to observe mourning for Empress Hesheli, it did not prevent him from extending his favors to all his consorts.
Three months later, Consort Ma Jia became pregnant.
Sherry counted on her fingers, "Yes, Prince Changsheng is here."
Because Shirley was recuperating and pregnant, she did not take over the palace affairs.
Finally, Sumalagu assisted the Empress Dowager in handling palace affairs.
Sherry took the opportunity to slack off, and the harem became quite depressed due to the successive deaths of the women.
Emperor Kangxi only smiled when he learned of her pregnancy.
Sherry: It's fine if a man is affectionate, but it's even better if it has nothing to do with me! Damn it, don't show off your affection in front of me! ?(?`^′?)?
Sherry was sleeping even more during her pregnancy, which alarmed Emperor Kangxi. He asked the imperial physician in charge, who only said that the princess's pulse was a bit erratic after the last poisoning. Otherwise, it wouldn't have taken more than two months to detect a slippery pulse.
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