Chapter 177 Intentional Murder

Tang Shiliang had just finished speaking when he was kicked on the shoulder by Wang Dequan: "Can you speak? It's a good thing that Concubine Zhen is going to give birth, how can it be a bad thing?"

He did this because he was afraid that the emperor would blame Tang Shiliang and he would have a grudge in his heart, which would make it difficult for Tang Shiliang to move forward.

"No..."

Tang Shiliang's forehead was sweating with anxiety: "If Concubine Zhen had an attack naturally, then it would be a good thing, but... the bad thing is that Concubine Zhen was pushed down by Concubine Liang, and hit her head on the corner of the table, bleeding a lot. At this moment, Imperial Physician Yan and Miss Yan, Madam Li and Madam Xiang, with four midwives, are all in the delivery room of Hexi Palace. I heard that Concubine Zhen screamed very miserably, but I don't know..."

A bright yellow light flashed before his eyes, and the figure of Emperor Xuanwu rushed out of Chengqian Palace.

"Your Majesty...Umbrella...You need to fly an umbrella..."

Wang Dequan reacted very quickly, pulling out an oil-paper umbrella from the doorway and stuffing it into Tang Shiliang's pocket: "If Your Majesty catches a cold, I'll make sure your bottom is chopped off."

Tang Shiliang was only eighteen years old, and Wang Dequan thought he was still a half-grown boy, used to serving people since he was a child, and he ran very fast.

He rushed out like a gust of wind, caught up with the emperor, and stuffed the oil-paper umbrella into his pocket: "Your Majesty, the Empress and the ladies in the harem are all in the Hexi Palace. If you go there soaking wet, it would be disgraceful."

No matter what happened, the emperor could not lose his manners in front of others.

At Tang Shiliang's reminder, Emperor Xuanwu took the oil-paper umbrella and ran towards the Hexi Palace at an even faster pace.

Fortunately, Hexi Palace was not far from Chengqian Palace, so it didn't take much effort to get there. However, it was raining heavily, and Emperor Xuanwu's dragon robe was still mostly soaked, with traces of rain all over the hem of the robe.

"Your servant..."

"Where's Concubine Zhen?"

As soon as Empress Zhu squatted down, the emperor interrupted her and walked straight inside.

Helplessly, she could only stand up quickly, and the concubines behind her followed, walking inside in a long line.

"Princess Zhen is inside, Imperial Physician Yan is guarding outside, and Miss Yan is inside, reporting Concubine Zhen's condition to Imperial Physician Yan through the screen."

"Uh...ah...it hurts so much, I don't want to give birth! I don't want to give birth! I can't give birth!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you can't use force now, be careful of tearing. You must feel a very strong sense of not being able to hold it back before you can push. Listen to Nanny Xiang, breathe in...yes, inhale...exhale...inhale...exhale..."

As soon as I entered the small flower hall outside the temporary delivery room at the back of Hexi Palace, I heard Jiang Xinyue's screams of pain and the voices of Nanny Li and Nanny Xiang talking.

"Dr. Yan!"

Emperor Xuanwu grabbed Dr. Yan who was standing at the door and asked, "How is Concubine Zhen?"

Dr. Yan sighed with difficulty, "Concubine Zhen's stomach was hit hard. Before the birth, her amniotic fluid was broken. This... If we are not careful, I am afraid that there will be two deaths!"

He did not want to say it so seriously, but Concubine Zhen ordered him to say it.

She said, "You must make the situation more serious, so that my plan today will not be in vain. Otherwise, this big show will be in vain."

No one was hurt, so why did she waste her energy, banging the table and splashing pigeon blood?

The fourth prince had already woken up. Seeing Emperor Xuanwu coming, he rushed out of Qian Sheng's arms, threw himself over and hugged the emperor's thighs, crying and hiccuping: "Father, is it... is it that Xiaoman is not obedient? If Xiaoman is a little better and doesn't go out, mother will be fine. Wuwuwu..."

Tang Shiliang clearly said that it was Concubine Liang who pushed Concubine Zhen down, how could it be related to the fourth prince?

Emperor Xuanwu picked up the fourth prince: "Qian Sheng, tell me, what happened? Why did Concubine Liang push Concubine Zhen down?"

Since the fourth prince said it was related to him, it must involve him. If he asked the empress, the empress would definitely speak on Concubine Liang's side. It would be clearer to ask the person involved.

Qian Sheng's eyes were red as he recounted the incident of how the Fourth Prince was taken to a remote place by the eunuch who had bullied him in the past while he was playing in the Yu Garden. The eunuch said some words to sow discord between Concubine Zhen and the Fourth Prince, which made the Fourth Prince faint due to anger.

"Empress Zhen learned from the eunuchs that Empress Liang was the mastermind behind the incident. Thinking about what Empress Liang had done in recent days, she was really angry that she had attacked the young Fourth Prince, so she brought people to Shun'an Palace to seek justice. However, the servants of Shun'an Palace refused to let Empress Zhen in. In a rage, Empress Zhen smashed Empress Liang's Shun'an Palace, and then she saw the people."

"After that, the two ladies confronted each other for a few words. For some reason, Empress Liang suddenly pushed Empress Zhen. They didn't speak loudly at the time, and the servants present didn't hear clearly what they said."

Whatever they said, it shouldn't be necessary to push a pregnant woman against the corner of the table. That's called intentional homicide, that's called attempted homicide.

"Where is Concubine Liang?"

Emperor Xuanwu's voice was deep, brewing a big storm.

Empress Zhu chose her words carefully: "Concubine Liang knew she had done something wrong, and she accidentally pushed Concubine Zhen down, so she knelt in the backyard in the rain."

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"This vicious woman wanted to kill Concubine Zhen and my child, and thought that a little rain would write it off?"

The teacup on the table beside Empress Zhu was thrown on the table, rolled to the ground, and shattered.

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

Led by Empress Zhu, all the concubines knelt on the ground obediently.

"Let her kneel down for me, and I will settle the score with her later."

The most important thing now is that Concubine Zhen can give birth safely.

"I can't hold it anymore, I really can't hold it anymore, can I give birth now? It hurts so much..."

Jiang Xinyue's forehead was covered with sweat in the delivery room. Nanny Xiang and four midwives were all around the end of her bed, guiding her to give birth to the baby.

Nanny Xiang counted the beats for her: "My queen, push hard, you can push hard now, use all your strength, hold your breath and count to twenty, then take a breath after counting."

In other words, this push should last at least twenty seconds.

She still knew some tips for giving birth, and knew that what Nanny Xiang said was right. Following her instructions, she was numb from the pain. The only thing in her mind was that as long as the baby could be born from her belly quickly, it didn't matter how painful it was. No matter how painful it was, it couldn't

be as painful as the soreness and swelling in the birth canal during childbirth.

That feeling was really unbearable, and she didn't want to experience it again in the short term.

It's so high that I want to cry.

She couldn't cry, and told the nanny that she had to conserve her energy.

"I... I really can't do it anymore. I can't give birth!"

Jiang Xinyue took back her boast that she wanted to have more children. This one had already made her suffer from extreme pain.

The pain when the amniotic fluid didn't break was still bearable, but once the water broke, the intense pain was so severe that it made her feel worse than death.

At that moment, she could only think that she wanted this child to come out quickly, even if it tore.

She had already exerted so much force that stars appeared in her eyes. Her fingers were shaking, and she couldn't use any strength at all. She felt like she was about to faint.