Similarly, Li Qingyu also stepped forward, but stood almost side by side with Xie Lingqin, looking at the situation inside and secretly observing Xie Lingqin's expression.
The Holy Maiden's expression was grave at this moment, because just now, before her hand had even touched Consort Shu's wrist, Consort Shu had already cried out in pain.
Could it be that just now, she...
"Oh, my child, my stomach hurts so much, it hurts so much..."
"Summon the imperial physician! Quickly, summon the imperial physician..."
Palace maids and eunuchs hurriedly left the palace to find the imperial physician.
"Your Highness Consort Shu, let me help you look after the child," the Holy Maiden said anxiously as she stepped forward.
At this point, Liu Yunzhou could not only not go forward, but could only wait outside the hall.
Ultimately, men and women are different.
Inside the hall, cries of pain echoed, and everyone's face tightened.
While taking Consort Shu's pulse, the Holy Maiden also helped her regulate her internal energy.
On his face, one could see the solemnity and unease in his heart.
"Ahhh..." Consort Shu's beautiful face was soaked with sweat as she gripped everything beside her tightly. "My child, how could this happen, my child..."
"Your Majesty, please be patient, please be patient."
The Holy Maiden was also sweating with anxiety. She instructed Li Qingyu outside the curtain, "Quickly, go and invite the Emperor."
"I have arrived."
As soon as the Holy Maiden finished speaking, the Emperor's furious voice rang out from outside the hall.
"Your Majesty, the child in the Empress's womb is of low life force; I'm afraid it may not survive."
The Holy Maiden's voice came from behind the curtain, accompanied by the Consort Shu's cries of pain and screams, and her desperate wails after hearing the Holy Maiden's words.
The Emperor looked at the Holy Maiden through the curtain, his eyes filled with suppressed anger. Finally, he spoke in a deep voice, "Protect the Empress no matter what."
"yes."
"Ah, my child..."
"Shu'er, don't worry, we will have children together in the future."
The Emperor gently comforted her, seemingly very protective, but Xie Lingqin saw a trace of guilt in his eyes.
Apart from Elder Dong, no one knew the condition of the child in Consort Shu's womb better than Xie Lingqin.
They would absolutely not survive to be born.
However, even someone as astute as the Holy Maiden failed to see that...
The commotion and the sobbing quickly subsided.
The child, of course, could not be saved.
Consort Shu had already fainted and fallen asleep.
After writing the prescription, the imperial physician left.
“Your Majesty, since the Empress said that this jade pendant, which my mother gave her before, accompanied her here and avoided many disasters, then I should leave this jade pendant with the Empress.”
Looking at the sensible Xie Lingqin, the Emperor nodded without any other intention, and suddenly said, "Let me see that jade pendant."
"yes."
Xie Lingqin quickly took the jade pendant out of the cloth bag and handed it to the Emperor.
The emperor stared at the jade pendant for a moment before taking it.
Xie Lingqin sensed that when the Emperor received the jade pendant, his eyes were deep and his lean fingers trembled slightly.
Could it be...?
The Emperor's feelings for her mother...
No, that's impossible.
Could it be that this jade pendant didn't belong to her mother at all, but to that mysterious woman, Yun Yishang, whose origins and whereabouts were unknown, the woman the emperor deeply loved back then?
The Emperor took the jade pendant, seemingly sensing something. After a long while, he glanced at the Holy Maiden, then returned the jade pendant to Xie Lingqin before turning around and saying, "Let Consort Shu rest well."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Saintess and Li Qingyu naturally went with the Emperor.
In a garden, the Emperor gestured for Li Qingyu to leave, then looked at the Holy Maiden, and after a moment, sighed softly, "You are too impatient."
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. We couldn't find it back then, and I thought..."
"Then what did you sense from the jade pendant?"
"...No, no."
"No, yet you killed one of my children by recklessly using forbidden techniques," the Emperor rebuked in a low voice, suppressing his anger.
"Your Majesty is furious and has punished me."
The high and mighty Holy Maiden immediately knelt down, looking somewhat apprehensive.
The Emperor's brows were dark and purplish. After a long while, he turned around and his sharp gaze fell on the Holy Maiden. "This matter must not be mentioned again."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The emperor said nothing more and left with his hands behind his back.
The Holy Maiden didn't stay in the same spot for long before leaving immediately.
And in the shadows.
Li Qingyu slowly walked out, a thoughtful look on her face.
What secrets exist between the Emperor and the Holy Maiden that the Emperor could tolerate and forgive even the Holy Maiden for killing the prince?
...
Not long after the Emperor left, Consort Shu slowly woke up, gestured for the palace maids and eunuchs in the inner palace to leave, and then looked at Xie Lingqin and accepted the jade pendant that she handed over.
"Thank you, Miss Xie, for your help."
Consort Shu's face was deathly pale, her lips were completely bloodless, yet there was a hint of unease between her brows.
Xie Lingqin stepped forward, her face aloof. "No need to thank me. Anyway, it won't do me any harm." As she finished speaking, she looked at the jade pendant and said with certainty, "This wasn't left by my mother."
“Miss Xie is indeed intelligent.” Consort Shu stroked her pale lips. “This was given to me by a woman who was once imprisoned by the Emperor. However, she really said that she could protect me.” Consort Shu sighed deeply. “But she was very close to your mother, and after her death, I know that the Emperor will not let go of any of her or your mother’s belongings. It’s as if he wants to find something from these belongings. So, I know that as soon as the Holy Maiden heard that it was your mother’s stuff, she would secretly inform the Emperor.”
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