Chapter 111: Concubine Shu gave birth prematurely

"Your Majesty, let her be ranked above Concubine De?"

Concubine Liang felt awkward: "I entered the palace in the same year as Concubine De, and I worked hard for seven or eight years before I was crowned a concubine. Counting the days, she will give birth in February or March next year, which is only a year and nine months. In less than two years, she has become the second among the four concubines. I'm afraid that even Concubine Li Gui and Concubine Shu could not compare to this speed of promotion!"

Empress Zhu She sighed, "This is a different time. Concubine Li Gui's family background is too rich, which is an advantage but also her fatal flaw. If Concubine Shu was not a daughter of the Wu family, I would be more jealous of her, but she is the niece of the Empress Dowager and an ambitious daughter of the Wu family. Her

life as a Concubine Shu is over. Jiang Xinyue... Jiang Xinyue is different from them." She does not have a distinguished family background, and there is no human life or family ruin between her and the emperor.

She is beautiful, intelligent, and has all the good qualities that the emperor loves.

She knows how to show weakness, knows when to advance and retreat, is quirky and considerate, and never does anything to embarrass the emperor.

Even when the emperor released Jiang Yuan from the cold palace, she did not express any dissatisfaction.

You know, the person who forced Concubine Zhen to eat the cakes mixed with arsenic was "Jiang Yuan"!

Of course, I don't know whether Concubine Zhen complained to the emperor in private.

How could the emperor not treat such a wonderful person as the apple of his eye?

"Empress!"

Fenyun raised her hand to open the pearl curtain, and a wave of heat came, and the ice basin in front of the bed melted a little.

This made Empress Zhu have to blame Concubine Li Guifei.

This year, the Qintianjian predicted that the weather would not be too hot and there was no need to go to the temporary palace to escape the heat. The result was not the case at all. The Qintianjian official who predicted the weather was a disciple of the Song family. The reason why he said that was because Concubine Li Guifei didn't want to travel.

The emperor finally found that the weather was not right and was ready to take the concubines in the harem to Chenzhou, okay! Another corruption case involving a prefect has been exposed, and the emperor cannot get away from it at all.

Now all the officials in the court who have worked for the Song family are in danger, and they have to try to please the Jiang family and the Jiang family.

If it weren't for Concubine Li, they would have been in Zhenzhou with the emperor to escape the summer heat. Why should they stay in the capital to endure this hot weather?

"Your Majesty!"

While Empress Zhu was thinking, Fenyun had already walked in front of her and whispered a few words in her ear. Empress Zhu was slightly surprised: "Concubine Shu gave birth in Hexi Palace?"

Wasn't Concubine Shu only six months pregnant?

When Concubine Liang heard this, her eyes lit up immediately, and she was eager to try and go with Empress Zhu.

Concubine Shu and Concubine Zhen are facing off, and now there is something interesting to watch.

Hexi Palace——

"Ah-ah... I don't want to have children anymore! I don't want to have children anymore, ah ah ah..."

Hearing the screams coming from the side hall, Jiang Xinyue admitted that she was a little scared.

In later generations, when women give birth, they can choose cesarean section if the fetus is too large, and they can have painless or anesthetic injections.

Even if it is a natural birth, episiotomy can be performed to ensure the safety of the fetus and the mother.

But this is the ancient times of a fictional dynasty, and the level of medical technology is not up to standard. Even when a woman has a difficult delivery, the doctor cannot enter the delivery room, because at that time, only men know medicine.

If a woman's body is seen by a man other than her husband, her life will be ruined.

That's why so many women die from difficult delivery in the folk.

There are a few female doctors in the palace, but most of them only work as errand boys in the Imperial Hospital and are familiar with some pharmacology. Unless they are particularly talented, women who can be called geniuses will be noticed by very few imperial doctors and taught medical skills.

Hexi Palace has always been taken care of by Imperial Doctor Yan, and his only daughter, Yan Xinyi, happened to be the one who learned the true skills from him.

There were constant screams in the palace. Jiang Xinyue had asked Nanny Li and Nanny Xiang to go in, and the palace maids close to her, including herself, did not get close to Concubine Shu.

During this special period, she was afraid that someone would take advantage of the chaos to frame her.

Imperial Physician Yan's heart was pounding. He looked at Jiang Xinyue for instructions and asked anxiously, "Your Majesty, do you want me to take Xinyi..."

"No need!"

Jiang Xinyue raised her hand to stop him from saying, "This is a premature birth for Concubine Shu. The fetus is already formed, and she ate too much greasy food during pregnancy, which caused the fetus to be too large. The situation is very dangerous. With Xinyi's ability, she is simply not enough to deal with it. The Empress Dowager is not an easy person to deal with. It is best not to let Xinyi get involved."

In fact, Imperial Physician Yan also thought so, but he was afraid that when Concubine Zhen gave birth in the future, he would want his daughter to come in and watch, so as to avoid any special circumstances that would make it inconvenient for him to enter.

With his daughter describing the symptoms inside, he could also come up with a response method outside. With the tacit understanding between them, they would definitely ensure that Concubine Zhen would give birth smoothly.

If her daughter assisted Concubine Zhen in childbirth in the future, and someone with ulterior motives found out that she did not save Concubine Shu at this time, then the Yan family would be in big trouble.

With Concubine Zhen's words, he felt more relieved.

Concubine Zhen was a prudent person. She said it was not necessary. If others brought up the past, I am afraid that the emperor would have known the cause of the matter long ago.

Large basins of blood were brought out from the side hall. Jiang Xinyue's face turned pale, but she endured it.

Until the voice of Emperor Xuanwu got closer, she let Xi Que and Shuang Jiang support her, and sat down in a chair beside her with a weak face.

Before her buttocks touched the chair, the emperor had already arrived in front of her. He first looked at Jiang Xinyue for a long time, and when he was sure that she was just frightened and powerless, he turned around and asked Imperial Physician Yan: "How is the baby in Concubine Shu's belly?"

Imperial Physician Yan saw that he did not ask about Concubine Shu, but about the baby in Concubine Shu's belly, and thought that the emperor attached great importance to it. He replied under great pressure: "Your Majesty, the female doctor and the old woman are already delivering the baby for Concubine Shu, and Concubine Zhen has asked Nanny Li and Nanny Xiang to take care of Concubine Shu. I am afraid that the situation is not good. Concubine Shu's baby is too big, and it will be difficult to give birth!"

"Ah——"

Another high-pitched scream of pain, Concubine Zhen moaned, and Emperor Xuanwu immediately covered her ears: "Xi Que, Shuang Jiang, take your queen down to rest, I'll be fine here."

Xi Que and Shuang Jiang thanked them profusely, and quickly carried Jiang Xinyue, who was exhausted, to the main hall.

After leaving the door of the side hall and out of the sight of the emperor and Wang Dequan, Jiang Xinyue stood up from Xi Que and Shuang Jiang's arms, ran back to the bedroom quickly, and asked them to close the door of the bedroom.

Then he said, "Ask the imperial physician Yan to prescribe two prescriptions for calming the nerves and nourishing the fetus, and have Xiao Xuanzi go to the Imperial Hospital to get them. When the Empress and the others arrive, have Jiang Chuan hold them and tell them that I was frightened and my pregnancy is unstable, and that the Emperor asked me to have a good rest."

Xi Que quickly gave the order.

When Empress Zhu arrived with Consort De, Consort Liang, Jin Zhaoyi, Consort Ye, and Jiang Cainu, Jiang Chuanbian led them directly to the Emperor.