Chapter 161 The Birth of the God's Heir
"Ah! My stomach! My stomach hurts!"
Chen Jiao's shrill scream finally drowned out all the noise, exploding in everyone's ears like thunder.
She lay on the ground, clutching her bulging belly with both hands, her face as pale as paper, and cold sweat instantly soaked her luxurious palace dress.
"Quick! Call the imperial physician!"
The queen was the first to react. She suppressed the fear in her heart and her voice became sharp with anxiety.
"Hurry and carry the Third Prince's wife to the side hall of Changle Palace! Quick!"
"Midwife! Where's the midwife? Where did she go?"
Her voice was filled with unquestionable authority, instantly injecting a bit of order into the chaotic scene.
Several eunuchs and palace maids hurriedly lifted the soft couch, carried Chen Jiao, who was in excruciating pain, onto it, and rushed towards the side hall.
The imperial doctors carried medicine boxes, the midwives held delivery tools, and a group of people followed in a mighty procession as if they were fleeing.
"Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!"
On the dragon throne, the emperor's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
He slammed the dragon table with a loud bang, and the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony fell silent.
"A nice Mid-Autumn Festival banquet turned into so much trouble!"
"Come here! Investigate the broken beam thoroughly for me! Get to the bottom of it!"
"The party ends here!"
The emperor's voice was filled with rage.
"I will take my leave!"
"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"
All the ministers were as if they had been pardoned. They bowed and saluted one after another, and fled from this place of trouble.
In the blink of an eye, only a few people were left in the once bustling Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Shen Qingyuan's face was pale and his lips were trembling. It was obvious that he had not yet recovered from the series of misfortunes.
Shan Zhuyu looked anxious and pulled Shen Qingyuan's sleeve.
"Master, Jiaojiao...will she be okay? This is her first child!"
Shen He and Shen Yan stood aside, each with a different expression.
"Let's go to the side hall and take a look!"
After all, Shen Qingyuan was Shen Jiao's father, so he didn't care about anything else at this moment. He pulled Shan Zhuyu and hurried over.
The Queen and the Queen Mother looked at each other with serious expressions and moved to the side hall.
After all, what Chen Jiao was carrying in her belly was a blessing from heaven, the "heir of God" that everyone was looking forward to, and she couldn't afford to lose it!
Xiao Jingren's face was filled with anxiety as he paced back and forth outside the side hall.
Xue Minglan was left behind by the Queen to deal with the aftermath of the Taihe Hall. He took the order and left. Before leaving, he looked at Chen He deeply again.
That look was meaningful.
"Sister He, we...were we not leaving?"
Xiao Jingchi held Chen He's sleeve tightly, his big eyes full of confusion and a hint of uneasiness.
Everyone around them had left, leaving only them.
Shen He patted the back of his hand soothingly, his voice soft.
"No, let's wait."
She raised her head and looked towards the brightly lit side hall, a cold and strange arc appearing at the corner of her mouth.
wait.
Wait a minute, she personally prepared a grand "surprise" for Shen Jiao.
In the side hall, Chen Jiao's screams grew louder and louder, tearing her heart apart, as if she were experiencing the most extreme pain in the world.
The sound was so shrill that it frightened everyone waiting outside the hall.
Shan Zhuyu was so anxious that she kept wiping away tears.
"Oh my dear...what should I do?"
Xiao Jingren was even more upset and punched the corridor pillar.
Time passes by minute by minute.
The screams lasted for a long, long time... so long that it felt weird.
Finally, after a high-pitched scream that was almost inhuman, the hall suddenly became quiet.
Deathly silence.
Then——
A faint, yet extremely strange crying sound came from the hall.
That sound was not like the loud cry of an ordinary baby, but rather like... the hissing of some young animal when its throat was strangled?
"Squeak—Gah—"
The palace door was suddenly pushed open from the inside!
A midwife rushed out crawling and tumbling. She was shaking all over, her face was as pale as a ghost, and her eyes were wide open as if they were about to burst!
She pointed inside the hall, her lips trembling, unable to utter a complete sentence.
"Monster...monster!"
"I gave birth to...a...a monster—Your Majesty!"
This scream was like thunder out of the blue!
The emperor's face suddenly changed and he stood up suddenly!
"What did you say!"
The Queen Mother and the Empress were also horrified!
Without waiting for everyone to react, the emperor strode into the side hall!
The Empress Dowager, the Queen, Xiao Jingren, Shen Qingyuan and others followed closely behind!
When they rushed into the hall and saw the scene clearly—
Everyone seemed to be under a spell of immobilization, frozen in place, and gasped for a breath of cold air!
A chill rushed from the soles of my feet to the top of my head!
My entire scalp is numb!
On the delivery bed, Chen Jiao's face was as pale as gold paper, and she had already fainted.
Pools of dark red blood soaked the quilt beneath him, a shocking sight.
And on the cold ground at her feet, a swaddling cloth that should have been carefully wrapped was thrown away like a piece of garbage.
The swaddling clothes were loose and open.
Inside, there is a "thing".
Its skin was a strange purple-black color, as if it had been soaked in venom.
The head was deformed and huge, forming a terrifying contrast with the thin and curled limbs.
His facial features were like a lump of clay that had been randomly kneaded and discarded, squeezed together and distorted.
It's even alive!
The strange body was still wriggling slightly.
From his throat came a faint whimper that didn't sound like a human voice at all.
“Woo…hiss…”
This scene is extremely terrifying and weird!
It seemed like it was not a product of the human world, but an evil ghost crawling out from the abyss of hell!
Deathly silence enveloped the entire side hall.
You can hear a pin drop.
Everyone was so shocked by the horrifying scene before them that they were scared out of their wits and forgot to even breathe.
“Bang—!”
The emperor suddenly came to his senses and kicked over the gilded incense burner beside him!
Incense ash and sparks flew everywhere!
His eyes were bloodshot, veins bulged on his forehead, and he looked like a completely enraged lion!
"evil creature!!!"
This roar almost blew off the entire roof of Changle Palace!
Auspicious sign from heaven?
The much-anticipated heir of God?
Is this the "auspicious sign" that the royal family has been eagerly awaiting, even going to great lengths to secure?!
A horrible monster!
This was simply the most vicious curse in the world! It was the loudest, most humiliating slap in the face of the entire royal family!
"Someone come!"
The emperor's voice was squeezed out from between his teeth, with a bloodthirsty and cold voice.
"Seal off the side hall!!"
"Everyone present today, every single one of them, is under my watch!"
His sharp gaze swept across every trembling palace maid, imperial physician, and midwife in the hall.
"Who dares to reveal a single word about what happened today..."
The emperor paused, his voice filled with murderous intent.
"Kill—nine—clan!"
“Hey!”
The guards outside the hall responded with a roar and surrounded the side hall in an instant. The sound of swords being unsheathed was particularly harsh in the dead silent night.
"Your Majesty...this...this..."
The queen's face was pale. She pointed at the still wriggling monster on the ground. Her lips trembled and she couldn't even speak a complete sentence.
"What the hell is going on?"
The Queen Mother could not bear the shock, her body swayed and she almost fell down. Fortunately, she was supported by the nanny beside her in time.
"Oh my God...what a sin!"
"Jiaojiao! My Jiaojiao!"
Shan Zhuyu finally recovered from her shock and rushed to the bed crying, but the moment she saw the monster on the ground, she screamed in fear and stepped back repeatedly.
"What is that! That's not my grandson! No!"
Shen Qingyuan's face was pale, his legs were weak, and he could barely stand.
He looked at the purple-black monster, then at his unconscious daughter, and felt dizzy.
As for Xiao Jingren, he just stood there blankly, staring at the "evil creature" with empty eyes.
His children...
His "divine heir"...
His position as crown prince...
"No... Impossible..."
He muttered to himself as if he were crazy.
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