Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 150: Legend of Zhen Huan 22

The Emperor did not summon Wanpin for three days in a row, but he recruited her to accompany him every day. This made Concubine Hua want to kill Wanpin. She was just about to ask Concubine Cao to come up with an idea to teach Wanpin a profound lesson, when she received the news that Yi Xin was about to give birth.

August 19th, just a few days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor has been very worried about Junggar recently. If he was not worried that Concubine Hua would embarrass Concubine Wan, he would not want to see any woman at all.

It was almost time for lunch when Su Peisheng suddenly heard a young eunuch come over and say that Zhang Deshun, who was beside Concubine Jin, came to see him and said it was a happy event. Su Peisheng knew that Concubine Jin was probably about to give birth, so he hurried out to find Zhang Deshun to ask about the situation.

Although he also knew that the emperor had no feelings towards Concubine Jin and the baby in her belly, after all, the baby in her belly was a prince of Manchu descent with the support of the Fucha and Guwaljia clans. He, as the chief eunuch in the imperial court, was not someone he could neglect, even if the baby had not yet been born.

Zhang Deshun had to rush back to help calm the situation. When he saw Su Peisheng, he bowed and spoke quickly: "Your Majesty has just started labor pains. If she really wants to give birth, she will probably have to wait at least one or two hours. There are already two imperial doctors watching. They both said that both your Majesty and the baby are fine. As long as the delivery goes smoothly, she will definitely give His Majesty a healthy child."

Su Peisheng was also very happy to hear this. After all, the matter of Shen's fake pregnancy had not yet passed. If Concubine Jin's belly had not been so big, the emperor might have specially asked someone to check Concubine Jin. After congratulating each other, Zhang Deshun hurried back to Zaishuifang, while Su Peisheng went in to tell the emperor the good news.

When the emperor heard that Yi Xin was about to give birth, he quickly dropped a table full of memorials and went to Zai Shui Fang. When the emperor arrived, Concubine Hua and others were already waiting, and the midwives who were sent by Yi Xin to re-bathe had just entered the delivery room.

After Hua Fei and her men paid their respects to the emperor, they quickly reported the current situation to the emperor: "It has been a while since Concubine Jin entered the delivery room. There has been no movement so far. Madam Guaerjia is guarding inside. The imperial doctors took Concubine Jin's pulse before she entered. If there are no accidents, Concubine Jin will surely give birth to a prince for the emperor."

The emperor was also happy. He was indeed a little picky about women. He had a slight liking for Concubine Jin at first, but this slight liking was quickly wiped out by the Fucha and Guaerjia clans behind Concubine Jin.

After she became pregnant, he was happy at first, but some things in the previous dynasty were not going well, so he soon lost interest in Concubine Jin again. But he did not expect that because of an epidemic, Fu Cha would be able to achieve results, which made him happy but then he began to fear Fu Cha's power again.

But recently, because of Shen's fake pregnancy, he realized that he was nearly fifty years old, but there were only three princes. If there was no healthy and smart prince, he didn't know to whom he would pass the throne after a hundred years.

It had been a year since the new bride entered the palace, but only Concubine Jin was pregnant. The emperor was of course worried, but there was nothing wrong with his own health, and neither was there with Concubine Wan and other concubines in the harem whom he favored. But none of them got pregnant.

As soon as the emperor sat down, Hua Fei asked the palace servants by the water to serve him tea. Wanpin felt sore at the sight. However, Hua Fei did not even look at Wanpin. Instead, she turned around and complained to the emperor about Concubine Jin's mischief: "Your Majesty, when I came here just now, I happened to see the two senior palace maids beside Concubine Jin taking two midwives and forcing them to bathe at such an old age. They even cut their fingernails!"

When Xizhu came out to make some food for Yixin, she happened to hear what Concubine Hua said. She hurried forward to greet the emperor and the concubines, and explained to Yixin, "Giving birth is so dangerous. If the midwife has any dirt on her body, it will easily cause the woman to get sick. In serious cases, the woman may even have postpartum hemorrhage. That's why Her Majesty wants the midwives to clean themselves carefully beforehand. Although it may seem a bit disrespectful, Her Majesty will give them a large sum of money afterwards, which can be considered as a consolation."

The emperor knew that Yi Xin was on guard against someone bribing the midwife to play tricks on her during delivery, and Yi Xin's response really surprised the emperor. He even thought of when Queen Chun Yuan gave birth. If Queen Chun Yuan could respond like this, the chances of a safe delivery would be greater.

Therefore, the emperor rarely praised Yi Xin and Fu Cha's upbringing in front of everyone, and rewarded Xizhu with one hundred taels of silver, which made Concubine Hua very sad.

Xizhu was very happy to get the one hundred taels of silver, but the most important thing at the moment was the chicken soup silver noodles that Yixin ordered.

When the emperor heard that Yi Xin was still complaining about being hungry in the delivery room, he felt a little amused, but he also felt that Yi Xin was in good health and had plenty of energy, so there was a greater hope for a natural birth, so he quickly asked Xizhu to go and do her work and not to worry about them.

Xizhu remembered that the midwife had told Yixin not to shout loudly, so as not to waste her energy in advance and have a difficult delivery due to exhaustion. So she helped Yixin to say hello in advance: "The midwife in the delivery room told you to be patient and not to shout loudly, so as not to waste your energy in the delivery and have a difficult delivery. I am worried that your silence will worry the emperor, so I thought of telling you in advance."

The emperor suddenly realized: "So there is no need to talk about childbirth. Concubine Jin has worked so hard. You should prepare meals for her quickly. I don't need to worry about this."

As soon as Xizhu left, the emperor recalled the shrill cries of Queen Chunyuan on the day she gave birth. Although Queen Chunyuan was his only true love, with Yi Xin as a comparison, he couldn't help but think that it would have been better if his Rouze had been more considerate on the day she gave birth.

Of course, the emperor was reluctant to blame his beloved Rouze, but he remembered that Rouze had always been taken care of by the current queen. As a result, the emperor began to feel resentment towards the queen. After all, when the queen was taking care of Rouze, she had already given birth to the eldest prince. She understood the taboos during pregnancy and childbirth. If she could act more carefully, maybe...

Then the emperor remembered the report from the palace that the empress had fallen and broken her arm at the gate of Jingren Palace when she was out tending to the empress dowager.

Seeing the emperor's serious face, Wanpin felt a little jealous and could not help but say something to comfort him: "Empress Jin is being taken care of by Madam Guaerjia. Your Majesty does not need to worry so much. In addition, there are two imperial doctors who have been waiting since early morning. I believe that everything will be fine for Empress Jin."

Looking at the gentle and considerate Wanpin, the emperor missed Empress Chunyuan more and more, and he also became more and more aware that Wanpin was just Wanpin, who just happened to look like Empress Chunyuan. He could favor her a little, but he could never let Wanpin enjoy everything that Empress Chunyuan did not enjoy!