boyutpedia Chapter 204 Mother and child are safe
Chapter 204 Mother and child are safe
But An Lingrong did not expect that Xia Dongchun would take action a few days earlier.
It was midnight when the commotion broke out in the Yanx Palace.
An Lingrong was awakened by the noise outside. She pulled back the bed curtains and called Baoying: "Baoying? What's going on outside?"
Baoying came over quickly and said, "My lady, Concubine Zhao is about to give birth."
"What? Didn't the imperial physician say it would take another ten days? How come she's going to give birth today?" An Lingrong sat up suddenly. In the past few days, she had finally found a way to add the spices she had developed to Xia Dongchun's osmanthus incense. She had calculated the date so that if nothing unexpected happened, it would be exactly when Xia Dongchun would give birth. The effect of the spices would be fully effective and would help her to have a difficult delivery. But something unexpected happened!
"I don't know what's going on. There was a lot of noise outside. I went to listen and it seemed that Concubine Zhao had a premature birth." Baoying lowered her eyebrows so that An Lingrong could not see her expression.
"Has the Emperor arrived?" An Lingrong asked.
"The Emperor hasn't come yet, but I heard from the eunuch on Concubine Zhao's side that someone has been sent to invite the Emperor. The Emperor was very worried when he heard that Concubine Zhao had a premature birth, and he is already on his way here." Baoying answered truthfully.
An Lingrong stood up immediately. Baoying helped her put on her shoes and asked in confusion, "What are you going to do, young lady? Are you going to check the situation?"
An Lingrong shook her head: "Let's wait until the emperor comes. I won't be able to sleep tonight anyway."
As she spoke, An Lingrong walked to the dressing table, opened her dressing box, took out the prepared incense powder, added some more things to it under the candlelight, and then handed the prepared things to Baoying: "Go, mix this stuff into Zhaopin's incense burner while the chaos is going on."
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the plan, she had to temporarily increase the dosage.
Baoying held the perfume powder in her hand and acted as if she was scared: "My lady, what is this? I am a little afraid."
"What are you afraid of?" An Lingrong glanced at her, "This is our only chance, go!"
Baoying gritted her teeth, as if she had made up her mind: "As long as it's for my lady, I can do anything. My lady, please wait, I'll go right away."
"Okay, if others notice you and ask about it, just say that I heard the noise and was worried about Concubine Zhao, so I sent you to check it out. They won't suspect anything and will just think I was waiting to see what was going on." An Lingrong gave more instructions and urged, "Go quickly, it will be too late when the Emperor arrives."
"Yes." Baoying agreed, turned around and walked out quickly.
But when it came to Xia Dongchun's side, Baoying did not put the things in, but grabbed Yinzhu who came out to direct the little palace maid to change the hot water. The two looked at each other, and Yinzhu called Chanyi to replace her, and then pulled Baoying to the corner behind the screen.
"What's wrong?" Yin Zhu lowered his voice and kept an eye on the movements outside.
Baoying stuffed the paper bag in her hand into Yinzhu's hand and said, "Sister Yinzhu, take it. This thing might cause Concubine Zhao to have a difficult delivery. An promised to let me put it in the incense burner during the chaos."
Yin Zhu was so smart that when he heard this, he immediately came up with a plan. He took the paper package and hid it, saying, "Okay, you should go back quickly. If you delay for too long, I'm afraid An will suspect you."
"Then I'll go back first." Baoying didn't dare to delay any longer, so she left after explaining the matter.
As soon as Baoying left, the Queen came with Yinzhen.
One of the midwives came out and replied, "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, Concubine Zhao is having a difficult delivery. I'm afraid it will take some time."
Yinzhen frowned, and said in a dignified manner: "I understand. You all tried your best. If Zhaopin gives birth smoothly, I will reward you handsomely."
"Yes, I will do my best." After the midwife replied, she turned and went back into the inner room.
While He was anxious and worried, she quickly bowed in a proper manner: "I pay my respects to the Emperor and the Empress."
"Please stand up." The Queen glanced at Yinzhen's expression, which was very virtuous, generous, kind and kind. "If Zhaopin gives birth safely, the Emperor and I can rest assured."
"Your Majesty and the Empress thank you. With your protection, Concubine Zhao will be safe." He was so anxious that sweat broke out on her head, but she dared not disregard the rules of the palace. She was just afraid that if she did something wrong, her daughter would be hated by others.
From time to time, Xia Dongchun's crying could be heard in the house, which made people feel palpitating.
He was probably the most worried person, as the baby was her own daughter, and the nanny had just said there were signs of a difficult birth. As a mother, how could she not be worried?
At 3:45 of midnight, the meeting was still not over, so the empress stood up and advised Yinzhen: "Your Majesty, I and Zhaopin's mother are here to guard you. Your Majesty has an early court tomorrow, so why don't you stay at An Ying's place first? If there is good news, I will send someone to report to Your Majesty as soon as possible."
Yinzhen nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, Queen."
"As long as His Majesty is at ease, I will not be tired." The Queen bowed and reminded An Lingrong who had just come out and was waiting on the side, "An Lingrong, please take a rest after serving His Majesty."
Seeing that things were going as she had planned, An Lingrong breathed a sigh of relief and followed Yinzhen back to her own palace.
Lying on the bed, An Lingrong closed her eyes, but she was not asleep at all. Instead, she was paying attention to the movements of Xia Dongchun. When she didn't hear the baby crying, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that her spices were still useful.
When the morning light was dim, the cry of a baby was finally heard from the Xia Dongchun Palace.
Then came the midwives’ voices announcing the good news: “Your Majesty, Concubine Zhao has safely given birth to a little prince. Both mother and child are safe!”
The queen smiled with a fake smile, stood up and said in great surprise: "Great, this is good news! How is Concubine Zhao now?"
The nanny smiled and replied, "Madam Zhaopin was too tired and fell asleep, but the imperial physician said that there is nothing serious and she just needs to rest well."
"Okay, okay, Huichun, go report this to the emperor." The queen gave the order and added, "The whole staff of Yanxi Palace has done a great job in serving Concubine Zhao. The emperor and I are very satisfied. We will reward them all with half a year's monthly allowance."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, the Queen."
Yinzhen was very happy when he heard the news early in the morning. After court, he went to Yanx Palace again. Xia Dongchun's eighth prince was named Hongyi. Xia Dongchun was leaning on the bed with Hongyi in her arms. When Yinzhen saw him, his face was full of smiles.
How could he not be happy? With two new princes added to the palace, Yinzhen didn't feel tired at all these days reviewing memorials.
But when some people are happy, naturally some people are unhappy.