1054 Delivery, Concubine Xie had a miscarriage
The emperor was very uncomfortable with Feng Qingchen. The more he looked at Feng Qingchen, the more he disliked her. He even said without caring about his dignity as an emperor, "Feng Qingfadi, you are still self-aware. How can a dull and stupid person like you be worthy of the phoenix hairpin known as the mother of Dongling? Someone, take the phoenix hairpin in Miss Feng's hand to the Imperial Temple. I want to enshrine it in front of the tablets of the late emperor and the late queen."
"Your Majesty..." The phoenix hairpin was a talisman to Feng Qingchen. When Imperial Noble Concubine Xie heard this, she couldn't stand still, and her heart was filled with self-blame.
If she hadn't called Feng Qingchen in, this wouldn't have happened. It's all her fault...
The Emperor ignored Imperial Noble Consort Xie and Feng Qingchen's opinion, and directly had the phoenix hairpin taken away.
The emperor completely disregarded his status and face and demanded the phoenix hairpin from Feng Qingchen, but the emperor found a good reason, and Feng Qingchen couldn't say no...
Feng Qingchen had a calm expression on her face, and she didn't feel sad at all about having her phoenix hairpin taken away, which made the emperor look at her with a higher regard. However, despite his high regard, the emperor still disliked Feng Qingchen.
"Feng Qingchen, you are disrespectful to me because you are holding the phoenix hairpin bestowed by the late emperor. I will spare your life because you are young and ignorant. However, you can escape the death penalty, but you cannot avoid the punishment of living..."
The emperor's words clearly meant that he wanted to punish Feng Qingchen. The queen was secretly happy, knowing that her half-courtesy today was not in vain. However, the queen was not happy for long, and an accident happened...
Just when the emperor was about to announce the punishment for Feng Qingchen, Noble Consort Xie suddenly fell to the ground with a thud.
"Ah... my child, my child." Imperial Noble Concubine Xie screamed in pain. Blood flowed down Imperial Noble Concubine Xie's thighs and soon soaked Imperial Noble Concubine Xie's clothes.
This sound not only frightened the Emperor and the Empress, but also Feng Qingchen, because she saw that Imperial Noble Concubine Xie fell down on purpose, or rather, Imperial Noble Concubine Xie fell down on purpose for her so that the Emperor would not have a chance to speak out his punishment.
The emperor never jokes. If the emperor had told the truth, Feng Qingchen would not have escaped punishment today. But if he hadn't told the truth, no one could do anything to Feng Qingchen.
Noble Consort Xie has good intentions.
"My beloved concubine..." The emperor didn't care about Feng Qingchen and immediately rushed to Noble Concubine Xie.
After all, Imperial Noble Consort Xie is pregnant with the prince's heir. How could the Emperor not be worried? He has high hopes for this child.
The Queen also had a nervous look on her face. She surrounded Imperial Concubine Xie, but secretly hated Imperial Concubine Xie in her heart for not falling earlier or later, but just when the Emperor was about to punish Feng Qingchen. It was really a good opportunity for Feng Qingchen.
"Your Majesty, I am in so much pain, my child... Your Majesty, please save our child." Noble Concubine Xie was sweating all over, but in a moment, she looked like she was fished out of the water. She held the emperor's arms tightly with both hands, looking dependent.
"Don't worry, my beloved. I'm here. You and the child will be fine. Imperial physician, imperial physician, please call the imperial physician quickly..." The emperor shouted loudly, and it seemed that he attached great importance to his offspring.
"Your Majesty...I am in so much pain." Imperial Noble Concubine Xie held the Emperor's hand tightly and refused to let him leave. Even though she was in so much pain, Imperial Noble Concubine Xie did not forget to wink at Feng Qingchen, asking her to leave the palace during the chaos.
Once she leaves the palace, she will be protected by the Ninth Prince, and the Emperor will not do anything to Feng Qingchen.
Feng Qingchen felt a lump in his throat and nodded silently, but he did not leave. Instead, he stood outside the crowd.
Imperial Noble Concubine Xie really fell down. Even though she was about to give birth, it would still be dangerous. The imperial doctors in the palace were good, but they were all men. If something really happened to Imperial Noble Concubine Xie, they would not be able to treat her. She had to stay here.
Imperial Noble Concubine Xie was willing to make such a sacrifice for her, so how could she abandon Imperial Noble Concubine Xie?
Noble Concubine Xie was in so much pain that she couldn't stay calm. Seeing that Feng Qingchen had received her hint, she ignored her. What she was worried about now was her child. Although she had deliberately protected her belly after the fall, there was no guarantee that there would be no accidents.
The sedan chair arrived, and the palace maids and eunuchs helped Imperial Noble Consort Xie onto it. Imperial Noble Consort Xie finally let go of the Emperor's hand, but she did not forget to act pitiful again: "Your Majesty, I am so scared."
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." At this time, the emperor had no time to care about Feng Qingchen, and he took the queen to Zhaoyan Palace. The queen remembered Feng Qingchen, but in the blink of an eye she found that Feng Qingchen was gone.
You can escape the first day, but you can’t escape the fifteenth. The queen whispered a few words to the maid beside her, and the maid nodded and left...
After Feng Qingchen sneaked out quietly, she planned to find a concubine she was familiar with and take her to Zhaoyan Palace. After she had taken only two steps, she met Concubine Yi who was out for a walk.
Concubine Yi was very happy to do Feng Qingchen a favor. When Feng Qingchen asked Concubine Yi to take her to Zhaoyan Palace secretly, Concubine Yi agreed without thinking.
Anyway, she would take Feng Qingchen there secretly. If anything really happened, she would just say she didn't know. Besides, she also wanted to go and see Noble Concubine Xie give birth.
"Just blend in with the palace maids. You are not wearing revealing clothes today. There is a lot of chaos in Zhaoyan Palace. As long as you don't move forward, no one will notice you."
Concubine Yi was also a smart person. She asked the palace maids to change into clothes of similar color as Feng Qingchen's. This way, Feng Qingchen would be less noticeable among the palace maids.
Feng Qingchen arrived at Prince Zhaoyan Palace. Everyone in Prince Zhaoyan Palace was busy and solemn. The palace maids and imperial doctors did not dare to speak because the cries of Imperial Noble Consort Xie were getting weaker and weaker.
Imperial physicians were men and were not allowed to enter the delivery room, so they could only wait outside. There were only midwives and female doctors busy in the delivery room. Imperial Noble Concubine Xie screamed heartbreakingly, basins of blood were brought out, but there was no sound of the child. The imperial physician was taking Concubine Xie's pulse through the thick curtain, and his face became more and more ugly.
"Your Majesty, the queen is very weak and I'm afraid she can't hold on any longer."
As soon as the imperial physician finished speaking, the midwife ran out and knelt on the ground with a thud: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent and your Majesty is having a difficult birth. Do you want to save the lady or the little prince?"
During childbirth, this is the issue that family members fear the most.
Save the adults or the children?
Every expectant father would feel painful and conflicted when hearing the doctor ask this question, but as an emperor, he would never be troubled by such a thing.
It would be fine if the emperor favored Imperial Concubine Xie, but the emperor only cared about the child in Imperial Concubine Xie's belly. Without thinking, the emperor said, "Save the little prince."
"I obey your command." After receiving the order, the midwife would not care about Concubine Xie's life or death when she went in again.
Noble Concubine Xie was in so much pain that she was almost losing her mind, but somehow she clearly heard the Emperor's words, "Save the little prince."
“Hahahaha…” Noble Consort Xie, who was almost out of breath, suddenly laughed softly. She laughed so hard that tears came out, but the laughter did not reach her eyes…
Although she knew that she was dispensable to the emperor, when she heard the emperor's answer without hesitation, Noble Concubine Xie's heart still ached.
The man she Xie Yankai was, her husband Xie Yankai, was just such a person...
“Hahahaha… wuwuwu.” Noble Concubine Xie started crying while laughing. The atmosphere in the delivery room was frighteningly depressing.
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please don’t be like this. We feel bad seeing you like this.” Inside the delivery room, Imperial Noble Concubine Xie’s maid and the female doctor couldn’t help but feel sorry for Imperial Noble Concubine Xie.
However, all the women in the palace were like this. For the emperor, one less woman would not affect anything. Even if Imperial Concubine Xie died of dystocia, the Xie family would not say anything...