An Lingrong after rebirth

Chapter 278: Dragon Dies and Phoenix Rises

"Yi Xiu's eyes fell on the door. The lights in the courtyard were still on today. Even if he was sitting in the hall, he could see the outside clearly."

"Yes, the wind is blowing. You and I have been planning this for so long, there must be a day when this will come to an end."

"That's right. Your Majesty has put a lot of effort into this matter. When the rumor first started, it was because of your Majesty's efforts that you specially arranged for Zeng Mo to go to the Yangxin Palace. This not only relieved the emperor's suspicion, but also made Concubine Wan believe that she was unparalleled in her calculations."

"If not for this, how could Concubine Wan have lived safely till today?"

Yixiu raised her lips and said, "I remember that Concubine Shu once said, how can you make people feel relieved when you think that all your plans are successful and then have them all exposed in one day?"

An Lingrong also curled her lips and smiled, "So, Madam, this matter will still take some time."

"I have waited for so long, so I naturally don't mind waiting any longer. This injury will happen when Concubine Wan is most proud, and naturally it will also happen when the Emperor is happiest."

Yixiu murmured, and the two looked at each other, with only coldness in their eyes.

……

The news of Concubine Wan's fetal movement in the Yanxi Palace spread soon after.

As the queen, Yixiu had to attend this occasion, so An Lingrong accompanied her to the Yanx Palace.

When the two of them entered the door, Yinzhen was already walking back and forth in the hall anxiously.

"An Lingrong found it funny. There are many people who gave birth to children in the palace, but only Zhen Huan could be valued by the other party."

I wonder if the Emperor will feel even more angry when he thinks back to today in the future?

"My concubine pays your respects to the Emperor."

As these thoughts were running through his mind, Yixiu in front of him had already knelt down.

An Lingrong also bowed, and when she stood up, she heard Yixiu say, "Your Majesty, I just received news. I wonder how Concubine Wan is doing?"

The emperor frowned and said, "The imperial physician arrived before you and is already checking your pulse. But this is really strange. It was supposed to be August, but why did the baby suddenly move today?"

An Lingrong lowered her head. With Yixiu around, there was no need for her to respond.

"Your Majesty, although the date of a woman's birth can be roughly estimated, it will never be exactly the same. And since Concubine Wan is pregnant with twins, it is normal for her to give birth a few days earlier. Your Majesty does not need to worry."

As she spoke, Yixiu walked to the side and sat down. "Your Majesty, didn't you forget that when Concubine Shu gave birth to Hong Sheng and Jin Yu, they were also born prematurely?"

Having said this, the emperor's anxiety was slightly relieved.

Then he nodded, "Yes, I was too anxious at the time."

An Lingrong helped Qiufang sit down without saying a word.

"But she was thinking silently in her heart that there shouldn't be any omissions in today's plan. The medicine that would cause Zhen Huan to have a premature birth would naturally be taken into her mouth along with the bowl of milk tea that Cui Jinxi brought."

As for why it had to happen today, there were naturally calculations behind it between the two of them.

The concubine had an affair with the prince. The emperor knew about it, the empress knew about it, and even I, the concubine who was assisting in managing the six palaces, knew about it.

But the censors and imperial inspectors cannot know it, and the people of the world cannot know it even more.

"If this were to get out, the royal family would lose face. Not to mention Zhen Huan, even someone like me who knows about this would be blamed."

"So after An Lingrong discussed with Yi Xiu, they decided to make another plan to make Zhen Huan favored, but not too favored."

"Without the title of Imperial Concubine, and the twin birth issue already having precedents, there is naturally no need to announce the blessing to the world."

"Without announcing it to the world, this person's death in the future will be even quieter. As for how to prevent her from being favored by the imperial concubine, the natural way is to have her child born on the Ghost Festival."

"It's hard to say whether a child born on this day will receive the emperor's favor. Outside, An Lingrong's mind is filled with thoughts, and inside the bedroom, Zhen Huan is also very anxious."

At this moment, she had not yet started giving birth, so her mind was naturally clear.

She stared coldly at Zeng Mo, who was kneeling in front of the bed, suppressing her anger. "Doctor Zeng, didn't you say that my child would be born in August? Why did it suddenly start today?"

Zeng Mo was sweating profusely, but no matter how he took Zhen Huan's pulse, he could not find anything wrong with her body.

Given this, no matter how Zhen Huan questioned, Zeng Mo could only look miserable and bow his head in response, "Empress Wan, the date of delivery can only be estimated. Your Majesty is pregnant with twins, so premature birth is common..."

"Even so, I will never let the child be born today. You must think of a way immediately. It must be after midnight!"

This one sentence made Zeng Mo feel bitter.

If the time of this woman's delivery could be changed with just a word from anyone, then what role would I, as a doctor, play?

It is only the end of the You hour now, and there are still nearly three hours before the Zi hour.

Concubine Wan had given birth before. Now Zeng Mo was examining her pulse, but he always felt that the baby in her belly would definitely come out before midnight.

"But since Concubine Wan had spoken, he could only stammer and pretend to agree, but he had no idea what was going on. But before he could say anything more, Zhen Huan felt a sharp pain in her stomach."

Not only that, the pain seemed to never end, the waves could no longer be stopped.

Zhen Huan had given birth to a child, so she naturally knew that if things had come to this point, there would be no way out, let alone Zeng Mo, even if Wen Shichu came back in an instant.

I wanted to say something more, but I no longer had the energy.

This is where the cries of pain in the hall began.

In the hall, An Lingrong and the other two sat there for a long time. As the midnight hour passed, Zhen Huan let out a very loud scream, and then there was no sound.

The emperor stood up suddenly and asked, "What's wrong? The child has been born?"

The reason for asking this question is naturally because I didn't hear the child crying at all.

"Isn't it? I remember that when Hong Zhao cried, he cried very loudly. This Wan Fei cried so hard, I guess the child must have been born, but why is there no crying?"

Yixiu's voice followed, seeming very puzzled.

The emperor became even more anxious after hearing this, "Su Peisheng, why don't you go and take a look!"

"twitter!"

Su Peisheng responded and hurried out to the delivery room.

But halfway through the journey, he saw Caiping rushing towards him with a frightened look on her face. She thrust her whisk behind her waist. Su Peisheng hurriedly called out, "Is that Caiping in front?"

Caiping paused and knelt down towards Su Peisheng, "Greetings, sir. It is this servant of yours."

"Miss Caipin, I wonder if Concubine Wan has given birth. How is she?" Caipin didn't say anything for a while, but her expression looked wrong.

Su Peisheng's heart skipped a beat. "Oh, what happened to Concubine Wan? Miss Caiping, why do you look like that?"

Caiping's eyes flashed with sadness for a moment, "Eunuch Su, Concubine Wan gave birth..."

Su Peisheng breathed a sigh of relief. "It's all right after the baby is born, it's all right after the baby is born..."

But after a moment, he seemed to think of something, "It's born? If it is, then why do you look like this?"

As soon as he said this, his face changed again, "Could it be that something has happened to Concubine Wan?"

Caiping shook her head with some difficulty. "Eunuch Su is worrying too much. The queen is in good health and there is nothing wrong..."

"Why is that?"

As soon as he said this, Su Peisheng was stunned, and a look of fear appeared on his face.

"Could it be... Could it be the young master..."

Cai Ping didn't seem to want to say anything more. "Eunuch Su, didn't you say that the emperor is still waiting for news? Instead of talking too much, why don't we go to the palace and report back to the emperor first?"

Caiping's behavior made Su Peisheng feel that her thoughts were true.

"But what the other party said made sense. It was not good to let the emperor wait any longer. I could only turn around and lead Caiping to the palace quickly. When they reached the door, Su Peisheng fell behind and raised his hand, "Miss Caiping, go first."

Cai Ping was about to reply, so there was no reason to refuse. She stepped over the threshold and entered the door. The eyes of the three masters immediately fell on her.

Caiping came closer and knelt down, "I pay my respects to the Emperor, the Empress, and the Consort Shu."

The emperor was the most anxious, and immediately asked, "How is Concubine Wan?"

A tear fell down Cai Ping's face. "In reply to the emperor's words, my queen had a difficult delivery and survived many life-threatening situations, but things did not go as planned. The queen gave birth to a princess and a prince, but the little prince seemed to have been in the womb for too long and died at birth..."

Caiping's voice was trembling, but An Lingrong felt a little happy.

"Things didn't go as Zhen Huan expected, but it made her and the Queen happy. She didn't expect that things would turn out to be so coincidental that a dragon would die and a phoenix would be reborn!"

I glanced at the emperor and saw that his face was already livid.

The child was born on the Ghost Festival, and one of them died. This so-called auspicious blessing of having twins is indeed extraordinary.

"The silence in the hall lasted for a long time. The emperor seemed very angry. He raised his hand and threw the jade beads in his hand to the ground."

With a loud crash, the jade beads scattered all over the ground, and Caiping trembled violently in fear.

"presumptuous!"

"Your Majesty, rest your anger."

Yixiu spoke at the right time, causing the emperor to pause.

Seeing that the other party had no intention of speaking, Yixiu said again, "Your Majesty, this woman's childbirth is beyond human control. Concubine Wan is not feeling well and cannot give birth to a prince safely. It is not anyone else's fault. Please take the emperor's health into consideration and do not be too sad."

As the emperor listened to Yixiu's words, he couldn't stop thinking that just now when the two of them were sitting opposite each other, they were still talking about the two healthy children in Concubine Wan's belly.

How long?

Two hours.

Times have changed, it's that simple.

Yinzhen thought that when Rouze was dying, she lay on his lap and died of dystocia.

My heart tightened, "How is Concubine Wan's health?"

Caiping raised her head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, my queen fainted due to exhaustion and has not yet woken up. But the imperial physician has examined her and said that she is just a little weak, but nothing else is wrong."

The emperor let out a long sigh, "Just now at dinner, Concubine Wan was fine. Did the imperial physician tell me why she suddenly became like this?"

"Your Majesty, the imperial physician said that the twins were too large, and after the fetus was disturbed, it was too tight to be delivered safely, which caused the little prince to be suffocated in your belly..."

And what, and death.

There is really no need to say this anymore.

Otherwise it will only cause sadness.

The emperor was stunned for a long time before he finally waved his hand in disappointment, "Forget it, after all, Concubine Wan doesn't have such a good fate. You go down and serve Concubine Wan well."

Cai Ping bowed and left. Yi Xiuxiu spoke again, "Your Majesty, I know that something happened to Concubine Wan. Your Majesty must be very sad. But it's getting late now. We can't miss the morning court tomorrow. Concubine Wan has her own imperial physician and servants to take care of her. Why don't you go back to the Yangxin Palace first? If there is anything, I will send someone to tell her."

The emperor seemed to be so shocked by the news that he didn't want to say a word. After hearing this, he stood up and walked out.

He didn't even bother to take a look at the newborn princess. After a moment, An Lingrong and the other two also followed him out the door.

As for what happened to the Yanx Palace, Concubine Wan had her own people who took care of it. When they left the Yanx Palace, the two of them did not ride in a sedan chair.

An Lingrong supported Yixiu and walked slowly.