The midwife's voice was not loud, and even trembled noticeably, but everyone heard it.
Even Ning Hongxi and Dong Bai, who were outside the courtyard, heard it. The two of them were stunned at the same time. However, Ning Hongxi was stunned because a newborn could still be born amidst such a bloody battle.
Dong Bai was moved to tears because Ye Qingxue was finally about to give birth. After enduring so long, she was finally going to give birth. How could one not be moved to tears?
But the current situation clearly did not allow her to shed tears. She was only willing to risk her life to stand in front of Ning Hongxi until Ye Qingxue successfully gave birth to the child.
At that time, whether she lived or died was not so important... Even when she thought that way, she still had some wishful thinking, wishing that she could live to the end and see what her newborn baby looked like.
"...Is the baby about to be born? It doesn't matter." Ning Hongxi actually smiled: "Since the child has been born, then kill the child and the Crown Princess together."
He paused for a moment, then added, "Oh no, after the child is born, kill the child first, let Ye Qingxue experience the pain of a parent outliving their child, and then send Ye Qingxue to the underworld to reunite with her child!"
I heard that Ye Qingxue cares a lot about this child. Even before the child was born, she went to the temple to light an everlasting lamp for the child.
Even in such a desperate situation of fleeing, she still insisted on giving birth to the child... If the child were killed in front of her, wouldn't she break down and go insane?
Ning Hongxi felt increasingly pleased with himself!
Upon hearing his low voice, Dong Bai gritted his teeth, gripped his long sword, and charged towards Ning Hongxi, his body covered in blood!
"If you want to harm my Crown Princess, you'll have to step over my dead body first!" Dongbai said.
Ning Hongxi looked at her indifferently, without any emotional fluctuation. In his eyes, although Dongbai was a girl with high martial arts skills, capable of taking on ten men at once, she had brought more than ten soldiers with her!
He simply raised his hand, and dozens or even hundreds of soldiers went to deal with Dong Bai, without him having to lift a finger.
It's only a matter of time before we step over Dongbai's corpse.
Ye Qingxue lay on the bed, feeling the contractions in her abdomen, as if something was about to come out of her stomach. It turned out that it wasn't the urge to urinate...
After the extreme pain subsided, I can now feel the baby expelling. Although it still hurts, she can now breathe in and out very quietly...
Her gaze fell on the window, where the torches outside constantly illuminated the courtyard. The light flickered, the shadows swayed, and the whole world seemed to be shaking. Her gaze had no "fixed place."
Grandma Liu was cursing by the window, saying that there was a woman giving birth inside the house, and people outside were still making a scene. She said it was immoral and that after she died she would be fried in oil and go to the eighteenth level of hell.
The sounds slipped past Ye Qingxue's ears like flowing water; it was as if she heard them, yet it was also as if she heard nothing at all.
Whoosh!
Fresh blood gushed from the body, dripping onto the windowsill and making a sound like raindrops hitting the roof.
"Child, don't sleep, keep trying." Granny Xing held Ye Qingxue's hand and called to her in her ear.
Ye Qingxue seemed to awaken from a world shrouded in thick fog, seeing busy figures and feeling as if a hand was reaching under her body.
Chunqian and Xialu, their faces streaked with tears, looked at her, pleading with her to hold on a little longer. Meanwhile, Granny Xing's tears fell onto her face, burning hot, scalding her heart.
"It'll be done soon, almost done," said Granny Xing.
Ye Qingxue slowly turned her head to look at Granny Xing and said, "...Granny, Xiao Bao's full name is Yun Zhaolin, that's it. After this is over, you, you go to Qinglan Gorge and tell Yun Zhuo that this is the child's name, I chose it."
It sounded like a dying wish.
Granny Xing shook her head vehemently: "No, I won't agree! Go tell him yourself!"
"His Highness the Crown Prince is not in Qinglan Gorge at all!" Dongbai's voice came from outside the window, with a last-ditch insistence: "Yuxiao just said that His Highness the Crown Prince is still alive! He has entered the palace, and reinforcements will be here soon!"
The room fell silent again.
Spring, summer, and autumn shed even more tears.
Granny Xing gripped Ye Qingxue's hand even tighter: "Child, did you hear that? His Highness the Crown Prince isn't dead. He went to the palace himself and even called Yu Xiao to rescue us! More reinforcements will be here soon. Your previous insistence was right, you were right to persist!"
"Is that so?" Ye Qingxue's lips moved slightly, but she could only make a very weak sound. Her tears, however, flowed out like a flood bursting its banks.
Granny Xing couldn't get it clean no matter how hard she tried, even with a handkerchief.
The midwife was alarmed and hurriedly advised, "Princess Consort, please don't cry! The baby's head is already out. Don't cry, it's bad for your health!"
Women who experience extreme joy or sorrow during childbirth are most prone to postpartum hemorrhage, and if postpartum hemorrhage occurs, even a miracle cannot save them!
Especially for someone like Ye Qingxue whose body is severely weakened, extreme joy or sorrow is most taboo. Ye Qingxue's crying just now gave the midwife a cold sweat.
Granny Xing quickly regained her composure, still shaken, and gently advised, "Child, listen to the midwife, don't cry. The baby will be born safely, His Highness the Crown Prince will come in person, and you will be alright too. Please don't cry, for your own sake, for the sake of reuniting with the Crown Prince, and for the sake of watching your child grow up. You must endure it! If you really can't hold it in, then... then cry a little..."
She wiped away the large tears on Ye Qingxue's face.
Ye Qingxue bit her lip, as if she had regained her strength.
Outside the window, Ning Hongxi roared, "Nonsense! Even on the verge of death, you're still trying to confuse the public and sow discord among our people. You can't be allowed to live!"
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