Qing Dynasty: The Imperial Concubine is Pregnant Again

Chapter 62: Thick fog

When Tong Nuanyan and her group arrived at Tingyu Pavilion, it was already in chaos and the Fourth Lady had not arrived yet.

As soon as Tong Nuanyan entered, the palace maids around Liang rushed over, knelt down and kowtowed, crying and saying:

"Concubine, please save Princess Liang."

The maids in the courtyard came in and out, carrying basins of blood. Tong Nuanyan glanced around and asked in a deep voice, "Have you asked for the concubine and the prince? Have you asked for the imperial physician?"

The maid cried so hard that her tears flowed down her cheeks. She wiped them with her hands and said, "I sent someone to invite the imperial physician, but he still hasn't come after half an hour. I also sent someone to inform the concubine and the prince half an hour ago. I don't know why the prince and the concubine didn't come."

By the time she said this, Liang had already started the campaign for half an hour, but Yinzhen and the Fourth Lady seemed not to have received the message and neither of them came.

When Tong Nuanyan heard this, she had some guesses in her mind. Who set a trap for Liang?

"Yun Xin, go tell the prince and his wife. Wang Chengyun, go find a doctor, and hurry!"

Tong Nuanyan weighed the pros and cons in her mind. It had been half an hour and Liang might be in danger. It would be of no use whether she invited a doctor or not. If she invited one, she could even put herself in a good light in front of Yinzhen.

When the palace maid heard this, she cried even harder with joy and knelt down in haste, "Thank you, Concubine! Thank you, Concubine!"

With Tong Nuanyan, the concubine, watching in the yard, other people who had ulterior motives did not dare to act too obviously, and everything went on in an orderly manner.

Not long after, the Fourth Lady hurried over, followed by a series of princesses and concubines.

"I wish you good health and good luck, my wife!"

"I wish you all the best, Madam, and may you be blessed with good fortune!"

Tong Nuanyan knelt down to pay her respects leisurely. The Fourth Lady's attention was not on her at this time. She waved her hand to let her get up, sit on the chair that was brought out, and asked:

"Concubine, how is Liang?"

Tong Nuanyan glanced at her and said in a deep voice: "I just asked the doctor to come in, and I don't know what the situation is yet."

Upon hearing this, the Fourth Lady felt even more upset. Liang had been launching the rebellion for such a long time, but she had not received any news at all. The person who came to report the news was Yun Xin, who was beside Tong Jia. No one from Liang was seen, so she was probably dead.

A midwife rushed out with her hands covered in blood. As soon as she came out, she rushed to the Fourth Lady and kowtowed in panic:

"Fujin, it's bad, Princess Liang's fetus is in an abnormal position and she is having a difficult birth!"

"What? How could this happen?"

Tong Nuanyan sat behind the Fourth Lady, listening to her asking the midwife sadly. She felt calm in her heart, yet she still had some doubts as to whether the Fourth Lady had done anything wrong.

The midwife knelt on the ground, her heart stern, and asked, "Fujin, it's hard to turn around Liang Gege's situation. I ask the Fourth Fujin to make a decision. If you have to, should you save the eldest or the youngest?"

The Fourth Lady was holding her chest at this moment, very hesitant. In her heart, she wished that Liang would be killed, but she had some concerns because the Fourth Master didn't trust her much anyway.

If she made the wrong decision here, there would really be no turning back.

"Your servant greets His Majesty, may His Majesty live long and happy!"

At this moment, Yinzhen came in with a group of people, and everyone hurriedly saluted.

He waved his hand, not paying much attention to other people. Seeing Tong Nuanyan there, he walked up to her and helped her up, blaming her:

"You are pregnant with twins now, why did you come to such a bloody place?"

Tong Nuanyan felt the icy cold gaze around her, smiled slightly, and reminded him: "Fourth Master, Liang is having a difficult delivery, I came to take a look, the midwife just came out to ask whether to save the eldest or the youngest, the wife is not sure, what do you think, Fourth Master?"

Yinzhen then realized that there was a nanny kneeling beside him. He thought it was the midwife. He hesitated for a while before speaking:

"I want to ask you, how confident are you that both of them can be saved?"

The midwife stretched out her hand and said firmly, "Fifty percent!"

Yinzhen narrowed his eyes and pursed his lips, making an intense decision in his heart. No one around him dared to make a sound, only Liang in the room whimpered from time to time.

He closed his eyes tightly and said, "Try to save both of them. If there is no other way, save the younger one."

Then he sat on the chair in the middle without saying a word.

……

After two hours, the sobbing sounds in the room became quieter and quieter, and Tong Nuanyan's butt started to hurt as she sat on the chair.

Fortunately, I left Xia Xi at Piaoxueyuan when I came here, so I don’t have to worry about Hong Zhao with her around, otherwise she wouldn’t have stayed so long.

A midwife came out holding a small swaddling cloth, her face full of joy: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Lady Liang has given birth to a little princess."

Yinzhen and the fourth wife looked at her and then asked, "How is Liang?"

Tong Nuanyan also leaned over to take a look. There was a thin and weak baby wrapped in the cradle, with a wrinkled face. The most important thing is that the crying sounded like a weak cat.

It was difficult to survive in ancient times.

The midwife's face changed immediately. Before she could say anything, a figure rushed out of the room. It was the palace maid beside Liang.

She was heard crying, "My Lord, my princess is bleeding. Please save her."

The midwife shook her head and said in a deep voice: "To answer your Majesty, Princess Liang is exhausted and cannot be saved."

Yinzhen closed his eyes, took a deep breath, looked at the Fourth Lady and said, "Let the little princess stay with you first, and bury Liang properly."

"Yes."

Yinzhen walked with heavy steps and turned around to leave, then he saw Tong Nuanyan. He suddenly seemed to think of something and pulled Tong Nuanyan away.

Leaving a crowd of people gritting their teeth behind her, the Fourth Lady looked at the baby girl in the cradle with some disgust. After making some arrangements, she left with a group of palace maids, taking the little princess with her.

At night, in the main courtyard of Tingyuxuan.

Wu Ya looked at the chaos in the side courtyard with a gloomy face, feeling extremely happy. She couldn't get pregnant, so why could Liang, who was of low status, succeed? She would not let her succeed.

"Princess, the remaining little princess of the Liang family is weak and may not grow up."

The servant girl beside her spoke carefully, and looking at Uya's devilish expression, she felt extremely scared.

Wu Ya wiped her hands with a handkerchief and then said, "It's better if the child doesn't grow up. It will be worth all the efforts I have made."

The servant rolled her eyes and said carefully, "Princess, why not keep the child born by Liang by your side? With a little princess by your side, the prince will also miss Tingyuxuan."

Wu Ya's eyes suddenly lit up. Wasn't it because Li had a child that she used the child as an excuse to take the Fourth Master away?

But when she thought of the sickly look of the little princess, she hesitated again. Seeing that she was somewhat moved, the servant quickly said:

"Princess, now that you have the little princess here, the prince is thinking about you. As long as you come to Tingyuxuan a few times, are you still worried that you won't be able to conceive a little prince?"

Wu Ya clenched her handkerchief tightly and made up her mind to think carefully about how to bring up this matter.