Chapter 116 Exhaustion of Qi and Blood
When Su Luoxue saw that familiar figure rush in, a faint light flashed in her eyes, and she used her last strength to reach out to him.
Yuwen Che rushed to the bedside, knelt on one knee, and tightly grasped her cold hand. His voice choked with emotion, and he could no longer care about addressing himself as Xue'er... Xue'er, look at me... For me, please try a little harder, okay? Your husband... Your husband will stay with you... Just hold on a little longer, just a little longer... I beg you... Xue'er, I beg you..."
Su Luoxue looked at him with reluctance, at the man who loved her so deeply, her voice barely a whisper: "A-Che...you must...save our son...let him...stay with you in my place...please..."
Yuwen Che suddenly looked up and glanced at his son, who was surrounded by imperial physicians and whose life hung in the balance. Tears instantly streamed down his face as he frantically shook his head: "No... I don't want the child anymore! Xue'er, I don't want it! I just want you... I just want you to live, I just want you to be happy... Please hold on! Look at me!"
Su Luoxue gazed at his rolling tears, her eyes filled with longing and remorse, her voice barely audible: "A-Che... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..."
Her breath grew weaker and weaker, and her eyes gradually became unfocused.
"Xue'er! Xue'er!" Yuwen Che panicked, gently patting her cheek, his voice trembling uncontrollably, "Wake up, look at me, Xue'er... don't scare me..."
He suddenly looked up and roared angrily at the imperial physician and midwife:
"Hear my decree! Forget about the other child in the Empress's womb! Protect the Empress! Protect the Empress at all costs! If anything happens to the Empress... I will have you all executed!"
The imperial physicians were awakened by Yuwen Che's roar and quickly gathered around the bedside. Some took his pulse, some administered acupuncture, and they discussed countermeasures in hushed tones.
"Ginseng slices! Quickly suck them in!"
"Golden needles! Stimulate Baihui acupoint!"
"This bleeding... must be stopped immediately!"
Li Dehai half-supported, half-pulled Yuwen Che to the side, his gaze involuntarily falling to the other side—towards the small, swaddled baby surrounded by the imperial physicians, all silent and still. That was his and Xue'er's son, the child Xue'er had risked her life to give birth to.
On one side was his beloved wife, barely clinging to life, hovering on the brink of death; on the other was his son, whom she had given her life for, whose fate was also uncertain. The immense pain and helplessness were threatening to crush the young emperor.
He grabbed Li Dehai's arm, his voice hoarse, with a last glimmer of hope: "Where's Hanying? Hasn't she come back yet? And Bai Xiao! Where are they?!"
Li Dehai was gripped painfully, but dared not break free. He quickly replied, "Your Majesty, not yet... Shadow Pavilion is quite a distance from the capital. Lord Bai Xiao and Lord Han Ying... will probably need some more time..."
“Time…time…” Yuwen Che let go of her hand, staggering as she repeated the two words, her eyes blankly staring at the busy imperial physician and the silent Su Luoxue on the bed.
Every minute, every second, feels so long and cruel right now.
Just then, the imperial physician in charge of treating the prince suddenly raised his head, a look of relief and excitement on his face, his voice trembling: "Your Majesty! The little prince... the little prince has recovered! He cried! He cried out loud!"
A faint yet clear cry of a newborn baby, like the first light of dawn, suddenly rang out in the oppressive delivery room.
Yuwen Che looked up in that direction.
Almost at the same time, the imperial physician standing guard beside Su Luoxue cried out in alarm, "Something's wrong! Her Majesty the Empress's pulse is even weaker!"
Hope and despair arrived simultaneously at this moment.
Yuwen Che rushed to the bedside, squatted down, and his fingers trembled as he reached for Su Luoxue's neck. He felt the faint pulse, which was almost imperceptible, and his heart sank to the bottom.
He leaned down and whispered in her ear, his voice filled with desperate pleading: "Xue'er... Xue'er, wake up, look at me... please don't sleep, okay? Su Luoxue... you promised to stay with me forever..."
He raised his head, his bloodshot eyes fixed on the helpless imperial physicians, his voice roaring like a wounded beast: "What are you looking at me for! Think of a way! Think of a way to save her!"
The Imperial Physician fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowing to the ground, his voice trembling with sobs and despair: "Your Majesty! We are utterly incompetent! The Empress was already carrying twins, and the delivery was difficult. Today, she was suddenly frightened, which caused her to suffer a postpartum hemorrhage... Now that her life force is exhausted, it is already... already a miracle that she was able to give birth to the second prince... We... are powerless to save her, Your Majesty!"
"It's beyond saving..." Yuwen Che repeated these four words, his eyes suddenly becoming empty and terrifying. He grabbed the Imperial Physician's collar violently. "I don't believe it! I order you! You must save her! Otherwise..."
Just at this moment of despair, a series of hurried footsteps and a clear, melodious shout suddenly came from outside the hall:
"Make way! The medicine is here!"
Bai Xiao rushed in like a white lightning bolt, holding aloft an ancient jade box. His usual playful expression was gone, replaced by solemnity: "Yuwen Che! The Life-Extending Pill!"
Almost simultaneously, Han Ying appeared at the door, her voice urgent: "My lord, Physician Sun has arrived at the palace gate!"
A terrifying light suddenly flashed in Yuwen Che's eyes. He snatched the jade box from Bai Xiao's hand, his voice hoarse with excitement: "Quick! Quickly summon the divine physician! Give this elixir to the Empress!"
Bai Xiao quickly added, "Dissolve it with warm wine! Quickly!"
Granny Zhang reacted swiftly, immediately fetching some warmed wine. Yuwen Che personally dissolved the pill, which emitted a strange medicinal fragrance, in the wine, then carefully helped Su Luoxue sit up and fed it to her little by little. "Xue'er...swallow it, swallow it..."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
