In the palace, Miao Qinghua and Jing Yuchen stood together, looking at the emperor who was still unconscious on the dragon couch. Miao Qinghua ordered the palace servants around them, "Everyone, leave."
The imperial physician and palace attendants all withdrew. Miao Qinghua looked at Jing Yuchen with a smile, "The Emperor has been in a coma for such a long time. Even with the careful care of the palace attendants, it will still be difficult for him to survive for so long. Crown Prince, the country cannot be without a ruler for a day. You have heard this many times in the court, right?"
"Is it time to ascend the throne?" Miao Qinghua stared at Jing Yuchen's evil and charming face, with some anticipation in her eyes.
Although becoming an empress dowager did not provide the same glory as being a queen, she could enjoy her old age without having to deal with intrigue and deception, and could finally live a stable life.
But Jing Yuchen's brows were tightly furrowed. He looked at Miao Qinghua and said, "My mother is right. My father won't wake up either. Why don't we wait a little longer? Those ministers will get impatient!"
Afterwards, Jing Yuchen left the palace. Miao Qinghua raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and then looked at the emperor with regret.
"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't love you, but letting the Crown Prince become the Emperor should be what you wish for, right?"
As he said this, he covered his mouth and laughed secretly, then turned and left.
After nightfall, there were muffled thunders in the sky, one after another. Even those who were about to go to sleep were startled awake by the thunders.
Jing Yuchen and Ni Yueshan sat on the edge of the bed, soaking their feet together, surprised that thunder would suddenly appear that day...
Ni Yueshan looked at Jing Yuchen and said, "I'm afraid of thunder. Please help me pour water for washing my feet later!"
Jing Yuchen's mouth twitched: "What else?"
Ni Yueshan: “…”
Then, Jing Yuchen obediently retracted his feet and helped Ni Yueshan wipe the water off her feet. Then he combined his foot washing water with Ni Yueshan's and took it out to pour it out.
Ni Yueshan snuggled back into the bed comfortably. Jing Xueer was taken care of in the side room by the maid, and she and Jing Yuchen began their own world again.
Ni Yueshan was in a good mood and warming the bed. When Jing Yuchen came back, he saw Ni Yueshan staring at him and then laughing.
A trace of surprise flashed across Jing Yuchen's evil face: "What good news is there that makes you laugh like this?"
That bright face was smiling, charming but not coquettish, gorgeous but not vulgar. Because she was not wearing any makeup, she looked a bit pure. Jing Yuchen felt that she was seducing him...
"I've been taking care of the children all this time, and I'm bored."
Jing Yuchen then got into bed and asked curiously, "Then what do you want to do?"
"Spring is here again, let's go on a spring outing..."
Jing Yuchen chuckled: "Right now, the situation in the court is unstable and quite chaotic. You'd better stay at home obediently, right?"
Jing Yuchen lay down on his side beside Ni Yueshan, propping his forehead with one hand and looking at Ni Yueshan. Ni Yueshan also lay down on her side and looked at him: "If I had known that marrying you would mean losing my freedom, I should have just dated you and got married later."
"Then how can there be Xue'er?" Jing Yuchen held Ni Yueshan's other hand. Ni Yueshan looked at him in surprise, then laughed: "If the baby is born later, it will also be Xue'er..."
Jing Yuchen thought about it seriously: "Then I will hide Xue'er and bring her back in a few years. You can pretend that we are still in the relationship, not husband and wife..."
Ni Yueshan rolled her eyes at Jing Yuchen and said, "Then why are you still sleeping in my bed?"
Jing Yuchen glanced around. The large, carved pearwood bed had a canopy above and draped curtains outside. Although candles were lit outside, the lotus-yellow curtains obscured their view, obscuring their vision. In Jing Yuchen's eyes, Ni Yueshan was naturally charming at this moment, and even her simple gestures were alluring...
"Where is your name written here?"
Ni Yueshan looked at Jing Yuchen in astonishment, then responded with a twisted logic: "I got on the bed first, so it's mine, right? First come, first served."
Jing Yuchen pinched Ni Yueshan's nose helplessly: "Then let's just be husband and wife, Xue'er won't hide it anymore."
As he spoke, Jing Yuchen covered the two of them with the quilt and moved closer. Ni Yueshan was suffocated in the quilt and glared at Jing Yuchen: "What are you doing?"
"Xue'er is born, but Xing'er hasn't come yet?"
Ni Yueshan feigned anger and said, "Go away! Who wants a second child?"
But the protests gradually turned into mumbling sounds, and the moon outside the house shyly hid in the clouds, but the muffled thunder turned into lightning. In the second half of the night, it rained heavily. Although the rain was pouring, it made the weather unreasonably hot and humid.
In the imperial palace, inside a palace, cries of pain were heard one after another, "Ah, I can't take it anymore! It hurts so much!"
"Your Highness, you better hold on a little longer. If you give birth to a prince, your status will be completely different!"
In Kunning Palace, Miao Qinghua had already fallen asleep. At this moment, she was awakened by a palace maid: "Empress, Concubine De seems to be giving birth!"
Miao Qinghua was still bleary-eyed at first, but at this moment, she suddenly woke up: "Hurry up and undress me!"
Afterwards, she rushed to the palace where Mei'e was and heard her screams of pain from afar. The palace maids were holding an umbrella for her. If she hadn't been wearing a thick fur cloak, her clothes would have been soaked.
Without even having time to fix her makeup or her hair, she strode into the palace. A palace attendant blocked Miao Qinghua's path, saying, "Empress, the delivery room is bloody. You are of noble status. Going in would be defiled..."
“Get out of the way!”
A scolding made the palace maid tremble and move away obediently.
There was still thunder and lightning outside the temple, and the rain seemed to be endless.
She quickly walked to the bedside. Mei'e was still screaming, but she seemed to have no strength left and her voice was getting smaller and smaller.
Seeing Miao Qinghua coming, Mei'e turned around weakly, her beautiful face turning pale, "Empress, I...can't hold on any longer!"
Miao Qinghua, however, looked serious and spoke in a commanding tone, "No? What was the status of your ancestors? It all depends on you to turn things around! So many people are counting on you, and you actually say you can't do it? Give birth! You must give birth!"
Miao Qinghua said this sharply, then looked at the midwife: "If the child can't be born safely, you don't need to live!"
The midwife was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and said, "Empress, this child has not come out yet. This old servant is also helpless!"
Miao Qinghua frowned, glanced at Mei'e, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "Then cut a hole and dig the baby out!"
The midwife's eyes widened in fear, and she looked at Miao Qinghua in disbelief. The person in front of her was the current Consort De...
"Hurry up!" The queen was obviously impatient and wanted to do it herself.
Finally, the midwife tremblingly picked up the scissors. Mei'e was so weak that she was about to faint, but her belly was still swollen and the baby couldn't come out at all...
The palace maids waiting outside the hall heard a scream from inside the hall. The shrill sound almost broke the eardrums of everyone present, making them shudder.
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