Chapter 286 Shen Fu's Difficult Childbirth
Today's matter concerns the Dragonborn, so we must not be careless in the slightest.
Lin An knew the importance of this matter, so after leaving Hehuan Palace, he hurried to inquire about the situation of the third prince.
Xiang Guipin is a person who usually uses the safety of the Third Prince to curry favor. It happened so many times that even he couldn't tell whether it was true or not.
Lin An sent people to inquire about the condition of the third prince, but he never expected that the third prince was so dangerous.
In the Changqiu Palace, Concubine Xiang held the Third Prince's body and cried heart-wrenchingly.
The sound was so intense that the entire Changqiu Palace could hear the grief mixed in with the crying.
Lin An was shocked by the crying and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
When he came to his senses, his whole body trembled and he shook uncontrollably.
Lin An didn't know where the Emperor was, so he went to the Qianqing Palace and then to the Yangxin Palace.
Lin An has searched almost every place he could.
The entire palace was turned upside down, and finally it was discovered that the Emperor had gone to the Lingyin Temple early in the morning.
According to the palace rules, when a concubine gives birth, the Emperor cannot be present. It is said that men have yang bodies and they are afraid of hurting the newborn baby.
Lin An knew that the Emperor was not doing this because of these rules.
How could His Majesty take such small rules seriously?
The reason why His Majesty did this was simply because he was afraid.
Previously, Concubine Dunhe died of complications during childbirth after giving birth to the third prince. Afterwards, the fourth prince was born, and he was also extremely weak.
A fortune teller once told him that the emperor would be cruel and would have difficulty having children. This matter has been kept secret and no one knows about it except the Queen Mother.
Over the years, His Majesty has always said that he does not believe in gods and Buddhas, but today, His Majesty went to the Buddhist temple.
When Lin An learned that His Majesty was in Lingyin Temple, he was stunned for a long time.
Then I understood His Majesty's intention.
His Majesty can bet on anything, but the only thing he cannot bet on is Concubine Shen.
Finally, he ran towards the Lingyin Temple.
In Changqiu Palace, Concubine Xiang was almost going crazy.
In her arms, the third prince could no longer even tremble. The little person's eyes were tightly closed, and even his breathing seemed to have stopped.
The imperial physician who was kneeling in the corner stepped forward and stretched out his hand to test the Third Prince's breath.
Then his hands trembled and he quickly knelt down.
"Your Majesty, please accept my condolences." The third prince didn't even have the breath left.
The imperial physician knocked his forehead against the ground and kept kowtowed downwards.
However, Concubine Xiang seemed to have gone crazy. When she heard the words "peace of mind", she was like a mad dog and suddenly snatched the third prince away.
"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Xiang Guipin's eyes were red from crying, and when she looked at the imperial physician, her red eyes widened like a Rakshasa!
The imperial physician was shocked when he met that look. His heart was beating violently as he pointed at the Third Prince in Concubine Xiang's arms.
"My queen, the Third Prince is beyond saving. If you continue like this, it would be better for him to die peacefully."
When they arrived, the third prince was already on the verge of death.
It was obvious that he could not be saved.
Rather than continuing like this, it would be better to let the third prince rest in peace.
"What do you mean there's no hope?" Xiang Guipin became more and more agitated. She held the person in her arms, her eyes gloomy as if she wanted to chop the person in front of her into pieces:
"You are cursing my child!"
"My daughter Rui'er can still be saved and live!" Xiang Guipin had been holding the Third Prince's hand, but she couldn't help but tremble slightly.
She clearly felt that the breath of the person in her arms was gradually weakening.
It seemed as if the person in his arms would become stiff in the next moment.
When this thought came to her mind, Concubine Xiang tightened her grip on the Third Prince. She hugged the Third Prince madly and tightly:
"My Rui'er is not dead yet. My Rui'er is still fine."
She hugged the Third Prince Xiao Rui tightly, begging him to open his eyes again, to look at her, and to survive.
Or maybe he could just cough.
Concubine Xiang held the Third Prince tightly in her arms, and probed him gently with her fingertips.
The Third Prince's breath seemed to be there and not there, and it was obvious that he was running out of energy. But after sensing a breath, Concubine Xiang suddenly raised her head.
"Look, come and see, the third prince is still breathing!" She pulled the imperial physician's hand and was about to place it under the third prince's nose.
"Take a closer look. Is there still a chance that the Third Prince can be saved?"
Upon hearing this, the imperial physician quickly reached out his hand.
The third prince was lying in the arms of Concubine Xiang, and he indeed still had a trace of breath. However, that breath was so weak that it could be completely ignored.
"Your Majesty." The imperial physician groaned and replied cautiously: "The Third Prince is in this condition. If you want to save him, I'm afraid you'll need a miraculous medicine."
"Then go find me a panacea!"
Xiang Guipin roared: "If the Third Prince cannot be saved, none of you will survive either."
After hearing this, the servants were so frightened that they all knelt on the ground, trembling and not daring to raise their heads.
I don't know how long it took, but I heard footsteps at the door. Ling Chun ran back in the heavy rain: "My Queen!"
"My queen!"
Ling Chun knelt on the ground and crawled towards Concubine Xiang.
"Why are you back?" Xiang Guipin held the Third Prince and looked behind Ling Chun: "Where is the imperial physician? Why didn't the imperial physician come?"
Ling Chun crawled to Xiang Guipin's side on her knees. She was soaked all over and her face was pale and blue from the cold. Her face was covered with tears: "My queen, I deserve to die. I am useless, my queen."
"No matter how much I beg, the imperial physician will not come."
"You..." Concubine Xiang held the Third Prince in her arms as if he weighed a thousand pounds. Her eyes were full of disbelief.
"You didn't say the Third Prince was ill? The Third Prince was ill and needed a doctor?"
"I said it!" Ling Chun thought of what Concubine Rong had ordered, raised her head, and revealed her red forehead.
It was blue, purple, and even bloody.
Ling Chun just looked at Concubine Xiang and said, "The people in Hehuan Palace said Concubine Shen gave birth, and they wouldn't let me bring any imperial doctors back."
"You don't even want to see me, saying... saying..."
"What did you say?" After hearing those words before, the expression on Concubine Xiang's face had already changed.
She held the third prince in her arms and looked at Ling Chun with serious eyes.
"What else did she say?"
Ling Chun could clearly see the anger in those eyes.
She lowered her eyes and a smile appeared at the corner of her lips.
Soon, it was covered under the eyes again and disappeared: "The people in Concubine Shen's palace also said."
"So what if the Third Prince is sick? No matter what happens, we have to wait until their mother gives birth to the baby!"
"How can this be possible? How can this be possible!"
Concubine Xiang held the Third Prince in her arms, and her anger rose in an instant, almost to the point of exploding with rage.
Fortunately, she had the third prince in her arms, so she couldn't get angry.
But even so, those eyes still looked at Ling Chun, as if they wanted to eat him alive.
"I don't believe it. I don't believe Chen Fu is so bold!"
Xiang Guipin gritted her teeth tightly, and these words seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth: "Her child of Chen Fu is a child, so my child is not a child?"
"Your Majesty, we can't compete with you. Who made Concubine Shen favored?" Ling Chun was still adding fuel to the fire:
"Noble Concubine Shen is giving birth today. Whether it is a prince or a princess, given Your Majesty's current love for Noble Concubine Shen, this child will be the most favored in the future."
"Our third prince is pitiful. He is so young and he can't even call a doctor when he gets sick."
"It's the opposite, it's the opposite. It's absolutely the opposite."
Concubine Xiang was lying on the ground holding the Third Prince, muttering only a few words to herself, looking like a trapped beast.
There is no other way except to roar.
Ling Chun had long seen through her master's incompetence. She sneered silently and stepped forward with her body lowered: "My queen, the safety of the Third Prince is the most important thing now."
"As long as we have the green mountains, we will never be short of firewood. The most important thing now is to save the third prince. It won't be too late to talk about other things later."
Although Xiang Guipin is stupid, fortunately she has not forgotten what is the most important thing.
The safety of the third prince is what she cares most about.
She hugged the Third Prince tightly in her arms: "What do you have in mind?"
"If the imperial physician cannot be summoned, then the queen will have to bring the third prince to invite him personally." Ling Chun clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves, and spoke in a gentle and seductive voice:
"Your Majesty, carry the Third Prince to the entrance of the Hehuan Palace. By then, even if Concubine Shen doesn't want anyone to rescue the Third Prince, she will have to do so."
"You mean, you want me to hold the Third Prince and go to beg Chen Fu?" Xiang Guipin thought highly of herself.
She always felt that her status was higher than Shen Fu's.
Even though Shen Fu was favored again and again and was pregnant with a child, in her heart, her status and position had always been higher than Shen Fu's.
Now she is asked to hold the third prince and beg Chen Fu?
This is something that Xiang Guipin cannot do.
"Your Majesty, you still have to consider the Third Prince." Ling Chun knew the Majesty's temper and said bluntly:
"My queen, is there anything more important than the Third Prince at this time?"
These words really woke Concubine Xiang up.
Concubine Xiang looked at the third prince in her arms and her expression changed.
She gritted her teeth, her expression shifting back and forth for a few times, but she finally gritted her teeth and hugged the Third Prince into her arms: "I will go to the Hehuan Palace and beg her in person!"
"I will repay you double for today's shame in the future!"
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It was raining heavily, and Concubine Xiang was kneeling at the entrance of Hehuan Palace, holding the unconscious Third Prince.
"Noble Concubine Shen, please save my son's life."
Inside the house, Shen Fu trembled when she heard this.
The midwife failed to hold on firmly and Shen Fu almost fell down.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Zi Su hurried forward and held Shen Fu steady.
"My queen, my queen, please be careful, my queen."
"What's going on?" Shen Fu pinched Zi Su's wrist with her fingertips, so hard that marks left on the flesh.
Zi Su's face was distorted with pain, but she still tried her best to support Shen Fu: "My Lady, don't worry."
"Noble Concubine Chen!!" Outside the courtyard, Noble Concubine Xiang's heart-wrenching voice could still be heard.
Chen Fu listened to the noises and pointed outside: "It's become like this, and you still say it's okay."
Seeing that she couldn't hide it anymore, Zi Su told the whole story: "My lady, it's not that I don't want to invite anyone."
"But all the imperial physicians around you are here." Shen Fu had a difficult birth, so she needed an imperial physician to sit by her side and watch over her.
If all the imperial doctors were sent out to be with Concubine Xiang.
If something happens, what should we do?
"I'm fine here." Shen Fu took a deep breath, her face turned pale: "Send two imperial doctors to the door to check on the third prince."
The safety of the third prince is equally important.
Today is the day she is due to give birth. If something happens to the Third Prince at her doorstep, it will probably implicate herself and the fetus in her belly.
"My queen." Zi Su heard the obvious reluctance. Shen Fu didn't want to explain to her any more, so she raised her hand and said, "Go!"
Zi Zi then gritted his teeth and went over, but just as he walked out, Shen Fu behind him trembled.
The midwife immediately caught her: "My Queen." The midwife hugged Chen Fu's waist and was about to help her to the bed, but when she looked down, her face suddenly changed with fear.
"Someone come! The queen's water broke."
Shen Fu was lying on the bed, feeling so painful that she was sweating all over.
She felt weak all over, and the pain seemed to tear her apart bit by bit.
Chen Fu cried out in pain, and at the door, Zi Su just brought the imperial physician over, only to see that the Emperor had arrived without them knowing.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please save Rui'er, save my Rui'er." Concubine Xiang knelt down at the foot of Your Majesty, holding the third prince in her arms.
She lay on the emperor's knees and begged, the raindrops as big as beans hit their faces, and their bodies were already soaked.
Xiao Yu stood there quietly, and when his eyes fell on the people below, he forgot what to do for a moment.
The third prince closed his eyes and fell into the arms of Concubine Xiang with a pale face.
His face was ashen and he didn't look like a living person at all.
Xiao Yu was dressed in Buddhist robes, with incense stains on his robe. But when his eyes met the Third Prince's expression, he still had a bad feeling.
He stared intently in the direction of the Third Prince. He stretched out his finger, trying to feel the Third Prince's breath.
But I just couldn't put it up several times.
Lin An followed behind with an oil-paper umbrella. When he saw this scene, he stretched out his hand.
When her fingertips touched the Third Prince's breath, her palm shrank in fear: "Your Highness..."
Lin An immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, the Third Prince..."
Xiao Yu closed his eyes for a moment.
There was no need for Lin And to say more. The Third Prince's face was ashen, and it was likely that he had already stopped breathing.
"Take the third prince from Concubine Xiang's arms." After hearing this, Lin An bravely stepped forward.
Before the palm fell, Xiang Guipin suddenly dodged back: "Don't touch my child!"
She hugged the Third Prince tightly and knelt in front of Xiao Yu: "Your Highness, please save Rui'er, save Rui'er."
"Take Concubine Xiang away." Xiao Yu looked at the Third Prince with difficulty, a word stuck in his throat but he couldn't say it.
Lin An was just about to step forward to pull Concubine Xiang.
At this moment, the midwife in the room ran out in a panic: "Oh no, oh no."
The midwife shouted in panic, "Concubine Shen is having a difficult delivery!"
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