Chapter 281 Premature Birth
Zi Su held an oil-paper umbrella and looked forward. Turning sideways, he looked at Shen Fu carefully: “My Lady, His Majesty is here to wait for you, right?”
This road is the only way from Changchun Palace to Huihuan Palace.
His Majesty was waiting here on purpose, with no other purpose except waiting for Chen Fu.
There was no need for Zi Su to say more, Chen Fu naturally saw it.
She retracted her half-extended body and used her fingertips to close the curtain.
"Go straight ahead."
"Ah?" Zi Su looked at her queen, then at the huge group of people in front of her.
His Majesty's dragon chariot is blocking the right path.
Who dares to go directly over at this time?
“Mother…Mother…”
"Empress, are we really going to go straight there?" Zi Su stammered, looking hesitant, obviously not daring.
Chen Fu sat in the sedan chair and didn't speak for a long time.
She naturally knew that these servants would not dare to do so.
His Majesty was blocking the way ahead. Without his nod, even if the servants had the courage to go over, they would probably be stopped where they were.
Shen Fu knew it clearly in her heart.
The reason why she did this was simply because she didn't want to be controlled by the Emperor.
In the past period of time, His Majesty has not even visited the Hehuan Palace. It is obvious that he is still angry about what happened last time.
Shen Fu didn't know whether he appeared at the door at this time because he was no longer angry or because he simply wanted to give him a way out.
If it were an ordinary person, seeing His Majesty coming, he would definitely use the opportunity to come down.
But Shen Fu didn't.
She was not like an ordinary woman, allowing the Emperor to summon her when he wanted and dismiss her when he wanted.
If His Majesty could be angry about what happened last time, then naturally Chen Fu could be too.
"Let's go!" Chen Fu closed her eyes and gave the order while sitting on the sedan chair.
The servants carrying the sedan chair did not dare to disobey Chen Fu's order. After hearing this, they could only grit their teeth and lift the sedan chair.
But the Emperor's carriage was blocking the way in front of them, and the servants wanted to lift the sedan chair and pass through, but they dared not.
In the heavy rain, the two teams were stuck in a tight spot.
Just when everyone was at a loss, Lin An took the lead and stepped forward.
Heavy rain was pouring down on the long street. Lin An was bending over with an oil-paper umbrella in hand, his shoulders soaked by the rain.
He walked to the sedan chair and respectfully said to Shen Fu inside: "Your Highness, His Majesty invites you to come over."
Chen Fu was sitting in the sedan chair, and when she saw Lin An coming, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She was just pretending to be pretentious. The Emperor could pay attention to her or leave in anger.
His Majesty's mind is really hard to guess. Even though Chen Fu is now in a high position and is pregnant.
But when facing the Emperor, they did not dare to provoke him easily.
But when she saw Lin An coming in person to invite people, Shen Fu's heart finally settled down.
"Eunuch Lin." Chen Fu sat in the sedan chair and gently opened a gap. "It's raining heavily outside. My shoes and socks are wet. I am ashamed to face the emperor. Please go and tell His Majesty."
"This..." Lin An stood in front of Shen Fu, holding an oil-paper umbrella, full of hesitation.
His throat rolled, Lin An closed his mouth again and tried hard to force out a smile.
"Then I will report this to His Majesty now."
Lin An walked back holding an oil-paper umbrella. Xiao Yu was sitting on the dragon chariot. When he saw Lin An coming back alone, he couldn't help but frowning.
"Where is he?" Why did Lin An come back alone?
Lin An felt a headache under the Emperor's murderous gaze.
He lowered his body slightly and said, "The queen said her shoes and socks were wet and she was too ashamed to face the emperor."
"Too embarrassed to face the emperor?" Xiao Yu put down the memorial in his hand.
He placed his bony fingertips against his brow and chuckled softly a few times.
Is there ever a time when Chen Fu is too embarrassed to face the emperor?
Thinking of Shen Fu's expression in the palace just now. His Majesty rubbed the jade ring with his hand for a while, and there was a smile in his low voice.
"She is being petty with me."
Lin An was standing outside the sedan chair. After hearing the voice of His Majesty, he felt dizzy.
As servants, they could not say a word about the affairs between His Majesty and the Imperial Concubine.
Lin An pretended not to hear and bent over to ask respectfully, "Would you like me to go and ask the queen again?"
"No need." A light laugh came from the dragon chariot. Xiao Yu put down the memorial in his hand, and said in a low voice full of smiles:
"I will go and invite you personally."
Lin An was startled and lowered his head in panic.
After a while, His Majesty walked out from the dragon chariot.
Seeing this, Lin An immediately followed with an oil-paper umbrella.
Xiao Yu walked straight towards the sedan chair. Zi Su saw him from a distance and felt panicked.
"My lady, the Emperor is here."
Zi Su was shocked when she saw His Majesty. In the sedan chair, Chen Fu was also worried after hearing this.
I don’t know what His Majesty is here to do.
Shen Fu wanted to lift the curtain to take a look outside, but after thinking it over, she held back.
Xiao Yu stood outside the curtain and saw the tightly closed curtain.
Thinking of Shen Fu's expression inside, he couldn't help but soften his voice: "Lin An said your shoes and socks are wet, shall I take you back?"
Shen Fu sat in the sedan chair with a calm expression on her face, but in her mind she was trying to figure out the tone of His Majesty's words.
She had served His Majesty for a long time, so she naturally heard the smile in his tone.
The palms that were tightly clenched in the sleeves relaxed a little.
Shen Fu lowered her head: "Thank you, Your Majesty, but..."
"Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, and I dare not disturb you."
Even through the curtain, you can hear the meaning of this sentence.
Xiao Yu stood in front of Shen Fu's sedan chair, unusually silent.
Shen Fu is blaming herself!
Realizing this, Xiao Yu, who was standing outside the sedan chair, felt a little annoyed.
He didn't like Shen Fu's displeasure with him, and her avoidance and resistance.
But he knew in his heart that it was inevitable that Shen Fu would blame him.
I haven't been to the Hehuan Palace since the last time. This happened to coincide with her pregnancy, so Shen Fu would naturally feel uncomfortable.
This is unavoidable.
"I..." Xiao Yu's throat rolled and he remained silent for a long time before continuing to speak.
"My dragon sedan is broken. Take your sedan to carry it back."
The dragon chariot is broken.
If Shen Fu hadn't known that she must not laugh at this time, she would have laughed out loud.
The reason chosen by His Majesty is a bit far-fetched.
Shen Fu covered her lips and secretly suppressed the smile on her lips.
She coughed lightly and said nothing.
Xiao Yu stood at the door and waited for a long time without hearing Shen Fu's voice, and his brows just frowned.
But then a hand stretched out from the sky-blue curtain, and with a light flick of its fingers, the curtain opened a crack.
Xiao Yu looked at the half-open curtain, and his tightly furrowed brows instantly relaxed.
The concubines' sedan chairs were certainly not as spacious and luxurious as the Emperor's dragon sedan chair.
In addition, the Emperor was already tall and strong, and the sedan chair immediately became crowded as soon as he entered.
Chen Fu was sitting in the sedan chair. She felt that as soon as His Majesty came in, the whole surroundings were filled with the scent of His Majesty's ambergris.
This smell is too familiar, yet too overbearing.
So much so that Shen Fu held her breath, and only came back to her senses when His Majesty sat down beside her.
"What are you thinking about?"
At his side, Xiao Yu lowered his eyes and glanced at Chen Fu, then reached out and held Chen Fu's palm.
"My palms are cold."
His Majesty's palm was broad, and with one slap he completely wrapped Shen Fu's hand in it. His palm was extremely hot, and he held Shen Fu's hand tightly.
Shen Fu's palms quickly became warm.
"I just got caught in the wind at the gate of Changchun Palace." Chen Fu looked at her palm that was tightly held by the Emperor, and she pretended to struggle for a moment.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I am not cold."
"It's not cold yet." Xiao Yu lowered his head slightly and saw Chen Fu's slightly pale face.
"His face changed."
"Does His Majesty care?" Upon hearing this, Chen Fu deliberately raised her head and looked towards His Majesty.
Water mist overflowed from Shui Lingling's eyes, and her eye circles were red: "Your Majesty doesn't care about me, so what's the use of my health?"
"Nonsense!" Xiao Yu already felt guilty towards Shen Fu. Seeing Shen Fu looking at him with red eyes, he felt a pain in his heart.
It felt like being pricked by a needle.
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm worried about you." Xiao Yu stretched out his hand and gently held Chen Fu in his arms.
The tip of his finger fell on the corner of Shen Fu's eyes and wiped away her tears.
"Don't let your mind wander. You're still pregnant. Worrying too much is not good for your health."
"Your Majesty, you must be worried about the fetus in my belly." Chen Fu rested her head on His Majesty's chest, listening to the beating of a drum inside.
She said in a delicate voice, "When the baby in my belly is born, I don't know how Your Majesty will treat me then."
“Fuer…” Xiao Yu held Shen Fu in his arms and sighed softly.
"You clearly know that this is not what I meant, but why did you deliberately say it to anger me?"
His Majesty held Shen Fu's body, his palm falling on her belly: "Whether you are pregnant or not, I feel differently about you."
Chen Fu listened to His Majesty's love words, her heart as calm as water, without a single ripple.
But she pretended to be extremely touched and stretched out her arms to hook them around His Majesty's neck.
Shen Fu forced a sweet smile on her face and was about to speak.
At this moment, there was a sharp pain in her abdomen. The smile on Shen Fu's face disappeared almost instantly, and her brows frowned instantly.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Yu also noticed that something was wrong with the person in his arms.
He lowered his head and saw Shen Fu's face was bloodshot with fear.
Shen Fu, who had been smiling just now, now had no color on her face. The pale lips were trembling slightly, the thin eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and there was a paleness of dying.
"Shen Fu?"
"Chen Fu?" Xiao Yu's hand fell on Shen Fu's face, and under his palm, he saw cold sweat on Shen Fu's forehead.
His black hair stuck to his forehead, and after a while even his palms were covered with sweat.
"Your Majesty?" Lin An heard the noise inside and felt something was wrong.
Lin An hurried forward, only to see the curtain being pulled open.
"Go back quickly."
Lin An raised his head, only to see that the Emperor, who had remained calm in front of Mount Tai, was now filled with panic.
He was startled, but before he could say anything, he heard His Majesty shout, "Go to the Imperial Hospital and invite the imperial physician."
Lin An didn't dare to delay at all. He ran towards the Imperial Hospital as fast as he could.
The sedan chair hurriedly went to the Hehuan Palace.
The servants in the Hehuan Palace were also in a mess at this time. Seeing the empress's sedan chair being carried back, the servants were about to greet it happily.
However, the person who came out of the sedan chair was not the young lady, but the Emperor.
His Majesty came out of the sedan chair holding the young lady in his arms, his eyes closed and bloodless. The servants in Hehuan Palace were immediately frightened out of their wits.
Fortunately, the imperial physician arrived in time.
When Xiao Yu carried Chen Fu down from the sedan chair, Chen Fu had already fainted with her eyes closed. The imperial physician examined him carefully and his complexion obviously changed.
Several imperial physicians examined him and he drank a bowl of medicine before he felt relieved.
"Imperial Physician." Xiao Yu stood in front of the bed, looking at Shen Fu, who was pale and dying on the bed.
"What's going on with the imperial concubine?" The imperial physician stepped aside and looked at the Emperor beside him.
From beginning to end, the Lord held tightly
Concubine Shen never let go of her hand.
The imperial physician knew about Concubine Shen's favor, but seeing that His Majesty was really worried, he still raised the importance of the rumored Concubine Shen in his heart.
"Noble Concubine Shen is...not feeling well..." The imperial physician lowered his head and spoke cautiously.
"Not so good?" However, Xiao Yu's expression immediately changed when he heard it.
"How is it not good?"
Shen Fu was fine in front of him just now, but in the blink of an eye she changed.
His Majesty clenched his palms and asked, "What on earth is going on?"
"Your Majesty, the imperial concubine is about to give birth prematurely!" The imperial physician knelt on the ground and explained everything.
"According to the schedule, there is still at least half a month before the Royal Concubine gives birth, but the Royal Concubine just had unbearable abdominal pain, which is obviously a sign of premature birth."
"Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and I and others treated and suppressed it. But it has already shown signs of premature birth, and I'm afraid your baby won't be able to wait much longer."
"The birth will happen in the next few days. You must not leave your family alone during these days."
After the imperial physician finished speaking, Xiao Yu felt relieved.
But then they got together again.
"The Imperial Hospital will take turns guarding the Hehuan Palace these days. We must ensure the safety of Concubine Shen and her child!"
The room was filled with people kneeling on the floor. Xiao Yu stood in front of Shen Fu's bed and watched the drug take effect. Shen Fu's complexion gradually improved, and then he left with peace of mind.
After walking out of the Hehuan Palace, Xiao Yu looked up at the night sky above his head and sighed deeply.
"The Queen Mother is here, so it's inconvenient for me to be here all the time. You don't have to serve me these few days. Just stay here for me."
Lin An followed beside the Emperor and was very surprised when he heard this. He has been following the Emperor since he was a child and is almost inseparable from him.
I have never left His Majesty's side.
But looking at the expression of His Majesty, Lin An knew that His Majesty was worried about Concubine Shen.
Without saying a word, he immediately kowtowed to the ground and said, "I obey your order."
"I'm very worried." Xiao Yu spread out his palms. He still remembered how cold Shen Fu's whole body was just now.
"Your Majesty, is he worried about the same thing as the Third Prince?" Lin An knew what His Majesty was worried about.
He said boldly: "Your Majesty, rest assured. I will defend the Hehuan Palace to the death and ensure that the little prince is safe!"
"No!"
Xiao Yu shook his head. He looked at the moonlight above his head with a calm expression: "You must ensure the safety of mother and child."
He emphasized the mother character deliberately.
Xiao Yu turned his head and looked at Lin An, his eyes as dark as ink and as thick as a pool of stagnant water.
He opened his thin lips and said, "You should know which is more important."
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