"Shut up, why are you bringing this up again?"
Imperial Study
"Your Majesty, I wish to see Your Majesty."
"Who's making a racket outside? Eunuch Li."
Eunuch Li quickly came out to check, "Which palace are you from? How dare you make such a racket here? The Emperor is currently reviewing memorials. You should not disturb him."
"Eunuch Li, Eunuch Li. I'm from Chengde Palace. Please go and inform the Emperor that our Empress is about to give birth." Zi Ling immediately knelt before Eunuch Li.
"Isn't Chengde Palace a beauty? Why would the emperor be alarmed by a beauty's childbirth?" Eunuch Li was certain that this beauty must be out of favor to have been abandoned by the emperor.
Having been in the palace for so long and following the Emperor, I've never heard him mention it.
"Eunuch Li, please, please spread the word! Our Lady is dying!"
“Miss Ziling, as you can see, His Majesty is very busy with state affairs and cannot get away. You should go find a midwife. Who can help with childbirth? A woman's life hangs by a thread during childbirth; it all depends on her own fate.”
Hearing Eunuch Li's words, Zi Ling's hand, which was holding onto his clothes, slowly slipped down. Suddenly, she sat down on the ground, feeling utterly listless. Thinking that Ruan Yu Mu was still waiting for her, she quickly ran back to Chengde Palace.
"What's going on outside?" Qi Jingxuan asked, noticing that Eunuch Li had been inside for quite some time without informing him.
"Your Majesty, it's just a concubine vying for favor sending a maid to invite you. Your Majesty need not trouble yourself." Eunuch Li did not report the truth. Instead, he wanted the Emperor to choose Qiao Siyu that evening, especially since Di Xiang had just given him a fine piece of Hetian jade.
"Is that so?" Qi Jingxuan was now looking at the memorial with a restless mind, feeling that something had happened to entangle him after that palace maid left.
"Your Majesty, that is indeed the case. Your Majesty, it is time to choose a concubine." With that, Eunuch Li ordered someone to bring the concubine over. In truth, no matter which concubine the Emperor chose today, it would be Qiao Siyu.
Qi Jingxuan waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to flip through it.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong? You've just ascended the throne; you should bestow your favors equally upon all.
"No, I'm feeling very upset today. I'd like to go for a walk."
Qi Jingxuan got up and walked towards the inner palace. He walked back and forth, thinking that Ruan Yumu should be giving birth by now. His feet involuntarily walked towards Chengde Palace.
At this moment, Eunuch Li panicked, "Your Majesty, there is a beauty over there."
"What's wrong, Eunuch Li? Why are you sweating? Are you feeling unwell?"
"No, no," Eunuch Li hurriedly wiped the sweat from his brow with his sleeve, then immediately knelt down. "Your Majesty just saw Zi Ling from Chengde Palace. I thought you didn't care about that side, so I didn't report it in time. I heard that Consort Ruan was having a difficult childbirth."
Qi Jingxuan kicked Eunuch Li to the ground. "What? You dog of a servant, you actually dare to act as my master. I'll settle accounts with you later."
As Qi Jingxuan spoke, he quickly rushed towards Chengen Palace.
“Miss, it is my fault for being useless; I failed to summon the Emperor.”
As soon as Zi Ling entered the room, she knelt down in front of Ruan Yu Mu. Seeing her listless state, she kept crying.
Ruan Yumu felt the pain again, a pain he had never experienced even when his arm was cut off by the enemy during a military campaign.
Unable to control her emotions any longer, she screamed at the top of her lungs, "Aa ...
"Midwife, please check quickly, is the time up yet?" Zi Ling became increasingly anxious upon hearing such a scream. Three or four hours had already passed, and she feared that if the girl continued like this, she would run out of strength and the baby would die in the womb.
Qi Jingxuan heard screams as soon as he entered the courtyard, and everyone in the yard was busy at work. So this was the reason for his troubled state of mind.
"Imperial physicians, quickly summon all the imperial physicians and midwives in the palace! Make sure Consort Ruan's delivery goes smoothly! Otherwise, I will have you all executed!"
Suddenly, the imperial harem was in complete chaos.
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!"
The Empress was washing her face, preparing to go to bed.
"Natsume, what's wrong? Why are you in such a panic? You don't even care about manners anymore!"
"Your Majesty, the lady in Chengde Palace gave birth today, and it seems to be a difficult labor."
"So what?" Cai Shuqi calmly instructed the palace maid to wipe her hands with a towel.
"It was nothing originally, but a maid from her palace just came by and asked Your Majesty to make a decision!" Xia Mu looked very anxious, afraid that the Empress would blame him.
"So what did you do?"
“I sent a midwife over, but she was not a very experienced one.”
"Alright, that's enough. Childbirth is a matter of fate for women. There's no need to make a fuss about it."
"Your Majesty, I heard that all the eunuchs and maids in Chengde Palace are searching for help, but not a single one has offered any assistance." Xia Mu helped the Empress change her clothes and go to bed.
"A fallen beauty who has fallen out of favor from a mansion, what a rare thing! Don't worry about it! Whom did the Emperor choose today?"
"Your Majesty, Xiao Liu said that His Majesty did not choose a concubine tonight and was taking a walk in the palace alone."
"oh"
As she spoke, Tsai Shu-chi actually lay down and fell asleep.
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