From the outside, under the dim candlelight, the huge dragon boat hull was crawling with all kinds of insects, including centipedes, snakes and geckos that were one or two fingers wide. It was frightening just to look at it.
They clung to it tightly, climbing up a few inches from time to time, and a few of them were nimble enough to get into the cabin.
Gu Wanying was so scared that she jumped up and down, but her heavy body made it difficult for her to move very fast. After a while, she felt something strange under her feet. Her whole body was covered with hair, and when she lifted her foot, she saw a half-dead centipede.
"Ah! Help!" Gu Wanying screamed, tears rolling down her face. She had only moved one or two steps when she felt something strange in her stomach.
The Golden Wing Guards who were guarding outside rushed in upon hearing the noise. Even though they were battle-hardened, they were still frightened by the sight of being besieged by such poisonous insects.
How come so many poisonous insects appear all of a sudden?
Xiao Cheng couldn't figure it out, but he still kept killing the poisonous insects crawling on the ground. If the queen was bitten by these guys, he could just raise his head and apologize!
"Turn the boat around and dock!" Xiao Cheng gave the order calmly.
We can't stay in this cabin any longer, maybe it will be better outside.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty!" Xiao Cheng bowed to Gu Wanying and picked her up by the waist.
At this moment, Gu Wanying didn't care about the relationship between men and women. Her life was more important at the critical moment!
But when her feet suddenly lifted off the ground, she felt another sharp pain in her stomach.
"Tongzi! It hurts so much! Am I going to give birth?" Gu Wanying's face turned pale and her whole body became stiff in Xiao Cheng's arms.
"Yes, host. I was just frightened and have already started having contractions. Please be prepared," the fertility system said coldly. "You can redeem painless fertility pills in the mall. Do you want to redeem them?"
Gu Wanying was in excruciating pain, with thick layers of cold sweat oozing from her forehead. "Exchange, exchange!"
The next second, a round ball appeared in the palm of her hand, the color and roundness of which were comparable to those of Maltesers.
She quickly stuffed it into her mouth while Xiao Cheng was concentrating on dealing with the poisonous insect.
The painless fertility pill melted in her mouth and turned into a faint white stream of light that penetrated into her body, slightly alleviating the pain in her abdomen, but not much.
Several people came to the bow of the boat, and when the evening breeze blew, their minds suddenly became much clearer.
"How could there be so many poisonous insects? Where did they come from?" Although Yue Tao was scared, she still cheered up and kicked away several geckos while enduring the fear and nausea.
"I don't know. We checked the ship inside and out many times before we got on board." Xiao Cheng had a cold face, and it was obvious that he didn't know the origin of these poisonous insects.
Someone lit a few torches and shone them at the poisonous insects that were gathering around them. The insects retreated as if they had seen something terrible.
"It works!" Feicui was overjoyed. She took a torch and pressed a fast-crawling centipede onto the deck.
With a "sizzling" sound, the centipede was scalded to a crispy outside and tender inside. Countless legs kicked around in the air, as if making its last dying struggle.
"My stomach hurts so much!" Gu Wanying couldn't suppress the piercing pain, and cried out in pain with a pale face.
"Tongzi, you lied to me! This painless fertility pill is useless!" Gu Wanying wanted to roll on the ground in pain, and the contractions came towards her in waves like a tide.
"The effect of the painless fertility pills won't be felt that quickly. Moreover, this is the host's first time giving birth, and her physical condition hasn't reached its peak yet, so there will still be some pain. Once you're three fingers dilated, the pain will subside."
"Three fingers? What does three fingers mean?" Gu Wanying had never experienced childbirth in her previous life and had no idea what this meant.
"The host does not need to know this, please wait patiently." The reproductive system concealed this knowledge point.
Gu Wanying was stunned. It hurt so much and it wasn't even three fingers? She was almost vomiting from the pain!
And this was on a boat! There were so many poisonous insects, how could she give birth? She didn't even have a place to lie down!
"What! Your Majesty, you are going to give birth?" Yue Tao's heart, which had originally been relieved, was suddenly lifted up again!
"But it's only seven months. Is she going to give birth prematurely?" Feicui knew how great the risk of premature birth was for women in this era.
When saying this, Feicui was about to cry. When a woman gives birth, she has one foot in the gate of hell and the other foot on the coffin.
What’s more, this happened in the case of premature birth!
Xiao Cheng knew the situation was not good when he heard it. "Hurry up and get the boat to the shore as soon as possible! The Queen's condition is urgent and we can't delay any longer!"
"Reporting to the commander, there are also many poisonous insects at the helm, and I am trying my best to kill them!" A subordinate reported with cold sweat on his head.
This night was destined to be uneasy. Gu Qingqing, who was hiding in the dark, had not heard any singing coming from the boat for a long time. Moreover, the dragon boat not far away seemed to be turning around. She could not help but suspect that something had happened on it.
When she saw several black spots appear on the bow and then lit torches, she knew her plan was successful.
She raised a smile and left quickly.
The dragon boat finally got closer to the shore, but it was not the place where they originally boarded the boat.
Xiao Cheng didn't care about anything else and flew to the ground while holding Gu Wanying, whose face was pale with pain.
The Golden Feather Guards were already waiting on the shore.
Gu Wanying's condition was urgent, so he rushed over and put her on the bed in the bedroom.
"What happened?" asked a curious palace maid.
"No matter what, he, a foreigner, can't just barge in!" A palace maid grumbled dissatisfiedly.
"The Queen is about to give birth! You should quickly go and invite the midwife and the imperial physician!" After doing all this, Xiao Cheng's sweat flowed down his brows and wet his clothes.
As soon as these words were spoken, the palace maids and eunuchs present were thrown into chaos.
Everyone knew what Concubine Wan meant to the Emperor. Some went to ask for the imperial physician, some went to ask for the Emperor, and some went to ask for the midwife. The whole backyard was in chaos.
Yuetao and Feicui rushed over, and when the time came, the two palace maids calmed down again.
Before they came, they had learned from the nanny how to take care of a woman who had just given birth, and now they asked the palace maid to boil hot water.
"Why haven't the midwife and the imperial physician arrived yet?" Yue Tao was so anxious that her eyes turned red. Although she had learned all this knowledge, she didn't know how to deliver a baby!
"Reporting to Miss Yuetao, Imperial Physician Jiang was invited by Concubine Xian, and Imperial Physician Wang accidentally broke his leg! There are no other imperial physicians!" A guard from the Golden Wing Guard reported in great embarrassment.
What should we do? Gu Wanying's mournful voice pierced everyone's heart.
"How could it be such a coincidence! One is on a medical visit, and the other has a broken leg! Our queen is about to give birth!" Feicui cried anxiously. She wiped her face and rushed out, "I'm going to ask the virtuous queen for help!"
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