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Chapter 377 Someone is planning the birth of a child
However, human life is at stake, Shi Nanxi quickly gathered his thoughts and said calmly:
"Shi Rongyue doesn't need all the doctors in the Imperial Hospital to give birth. Xiao Ruzi, you are ordered by me to invite Zhao Zuoyuanpan and Xiao Taiyi back to Yuqing Palace. Please do it quickly."
Xiao Ruzi immediately took the order and ran out. Shi Nanxi looked at Hongying again.
"The Fourth Prince's residence is still some distance away from the Imperial Palace. I am worried that we may not have enough time. You should immediately take my token and ask Doctor Ye to go to Yuqing Palace to save Second Lady first. Although he is only a doctor, he is young and inexperienced, but his medical skills are very impressive."
Doctor Ye was the one who indirectly helped her during her re-election. She conducted a more in-depth investigation afterwards and found that there was indeed no one behind him and he could be trusted.
Hongying also hurriedly took the order and left.
After everyone left, Shi Nanxi put on her clothes again and sat in front of the dressing table. Madam Yang was combing the empress's hair behind her. Shi Nanxi pinched her eyebrows and suddenly thought of something, and ordered:
"Someone, call Zhou Rong over." Zhou Rong was one of the two chief eunuchs in Chuxiu Palace. After investigation, he had become her confidant.
Soon Zhou Rong arrived and bowed to pay his respects to the Empress.
"Your servant greets the queen, what instructions do you have?"
Shi Nanxi's expression was calm. She narrowed her eyes and said:
"I do have something I need you to do."
Then he lowered his voice and gave a few instructions.
Zhou Rong was a little surprised, but did not raise any objection. He immediately lowered his eyes and agreed. Shi Nanxi gave special instructions.
"Don't make any noise, come quietly."
After Zhou Rong left, Madam Yang asked:
"Your Highness, do you think today's events are too coincidental?"
"Yeah, what a coincidence."
Shi Nanxi's face was grim.
"Calm down and think about it. Even if Second Lady wanted to harm Shi Rongyue, she wouldn't be so open and aboveboard, and would be impeached by all officials and ruin her reputation. I don't believe that she really became stupid because of pregnancy. Even if she really was stupid, she still has her confidants around her."
"And the Crown Prince, he just got married not long ago, and apart from being in the study, he is studying and handling government affairs. It is the spring ploughing season recently, and the Crown Prince must be discussing government affairs with the ministers. How did he know about Shi Rongyue's difficult labor, and also knew that the Second Lady had summoned all the doctors from the Imperial Hospital."
Shi Nanxi snorted coldly:
"It's not such a coincidence. There must be someone behind this."
Nanny Yang also looked serious.
"Who do you think is behind this, Madam?"
"It doesn't matter who it is now." Shi Nanxi looked at her combed hair, stood up, and said coldly: "The important thing is that the prince was caught inside and out this time. The emperor must be very disappointed in him."
As Shi Nanxi expected, Kangxi received the news earlier than Shi Nanxi and was so angry that he threw the teacup on the spot.
The entire Qianqing Palace was as quiet as a cold pond. Everyone held their breath, not daring to make any noise. The palace was littered with debris.
Liang Jiugong walked in quickly with his head lowered and conveyed Concubine Xian's two instructions. Kangxi's expression eased a little, but still not looking good. He stroked the jade ring, his phoenix eyes as deep as an ancient well, deep and majestic.
"Just follow Concubine Xian's instructions, and tell the Crown Prince that if anything happens to the baby in Second Concubine's belly, I will hold him accountable."
"besides……"
Kangxi paused, thinking of the frivolous and vicious Shi Rongyue, he frowned in disgust, but the child in her belly was the eldest son of the fourth brother, the blood of his Aisin-Gioro family, and he would not allow anything to happen.
"Pass on my oral order. Make sure to save the baby in the fourth master's concubine's belly." He didn't say anything about the child's mother.
Liang Jiugong understood that if only one of the mother and the child could be saved, he would choose the child. He immediately agreed and walked out.
Kangxi in the hall turned his gaze towards the Yonghe Palace with a cold look. The fourth son was his son, he might not like him but he would not allow others to humiliate him.
Concubine Wu!
……
Outside the palace, in the Fourth Prince's backyard, in a courtyard, the Fourth Lady was sitting in the main room with a group of the Fourth Prince's concubines. In the side room next door, Shi Nanxi was giving birth. The basins of blood made people terrified, but no sound from the woman in labor could be heard.
The Fourth Lady clutched a handkerchief, her face pale. Concubine Shi went into labor early in the morning, but the delivery was difficult due to the abnormal position of the fetus.
She sent someone to ride at full speed to inform the Fourth Prince in the palace and to invite the imperial physician. However, she found out that all the imperial physicians had been invited by the Second Concubine, who said that the Second Concubine had vomited after dinner this morning. The palace maids around her were so scared that they called all the imperial physicians away.
When she heard the news, she wanted to set off firecrackers. If Concubine Shi died of childbirth, it would be best if the child also died. That would be perfect. She wouldn't have to do anything herself, and the big threat of Concubine Shi would be eliminated.
Unfortunately, just when I was happy for a while, I learned that the prince knew the news and sent all the imperial doctors over.
Now I don’t know what happened to Shi Rongyue?
She couldn't help but glance at Nanny Chang beside her.
Nanny Chang immediately got up to check the situation in the delivery room.
"Why is there no sound? How is the concubine?" Nanny Chang called out to a little maid who was carrying hot water.
Seeing that it was Nanny Chang who was beside the concubine, the little maid stopped and reported immediately:
"Replying to Madam Chang, Concubine Liu has just given her acupuncture and is now giving birth again. However, the imperial physician said that it is best not to scream during birth to avoid wasting energy, so a handkerchief was stuffed in her mouth so that no sound could be heard."
Nanny Chang's heart sank and she secretly cursed the prince for meddling in other people's affairs. It seemed that Shi Rongyue was lucky enough to survive.
I just don't know if the little prince will give birth safely? He nodded, glanced at the people coming in and out of the delivery room, and quickly turned back to the main room to report to the wife.
In the delivery room, Shi Rongyue was biting a handkerchief, her head full of sweat, her legs opened and covered with a piece of cloth. There were two midwives, one was rubbing her belly, and the other was telling Shi Rongyue to push harder. There was a person beside each of them who seemed to be assisting but was actually staring at the midwives' movements closely.
Shi Rongyue just felt so much pain, as if her whole body was about to be torn apart. Her brain felt groggy and her soul seemed to be leaving her body. Her eyes gradually became lifeless and her hands that were clutching the quilt gradually became weaker.
Even though she was saved by an injection, she had been delayed for too long and her strength was almost exhausted.
Nanny Gu, who had been accompanying him the whole time, saw this scene and her pupils shrank suddenly. She didn't care about anything else and quickly went to Concubine Concubine's ear and shouted:
"Concubine, please wake up quickly. The little prince is about to be born. Hang in there. Have you forgotten what you said before? You will definitely give birth to the little prince safely..."
However, Shi Rongyue's face was pale and bloodless, and she still had no reaction. Instead, she became more and more weak, as if she would close her eyes at any time. The palace maids in the delivery room were so frightened by this scene that they were distracted.
At this time, the midwife who was pressing the belly had a slight flash in her eyes, and quietly changed her technique, blocking the little prince, whose head was about to come out, in her belly. Everyone was distracted and did not notice this scene.
At this time, the sweaty Gu Ma suddenly gritted her teeth, took the handkerchief from Concubine Concubine's mouth, stuffed a piece of ginseng into it, and then tried her best to get close to Concubine Concubine's ear again, and this time she said cruelly:
"Concubine, if you don't wake up, you will die, and the little prince will not survive. The Fourth Concubine will definitely be very happy, and she might even set off firecrackers. And the Second Concubine has called all the doctors away. Do you want to please her? And the Imperial Concubine Xian in the palace, didn't you always say that you would not lose to her?"
Shi Rongyue, who was about to lose consciousness, suddenly opened her eyes when she heard what Madam Gu said. Madam Gu was overjoyed. At this time, the person staring at the midwife suddenly shouted:
"How dare you murder the concubine!"
Nanny Gu was horrified when she heard this. She didn't expect that what the concubine said was right. She would rather kill the two midwives by mistake and suppress them.
At this moment, Shi Rongyue suddenly let out a shrill yell, not knowing where she got the strength from. The next moment, a faint baby cry was heard in the house.