The Queen sealed her heart and locked up her love, and the Emperor was trapped in the crematorium

Xie Yaoqing's body gradually became heavier. By early winter, she was more than nine months pregnant and her belly was bulging. However, she was very thin and did not become plump and fair because of eating a lot during pregnancy. Looking at her, people could not help but worry about her and felt that she must have had a very hard time carrying this child.

In fact, it was hard work. There is no pregnant woman who doesn't have hard times. Xie Yaoqing was lucky. At least no one dared to look at her badly, boss her around, or yell at her. She didn't have to do the laundry or cooking by herself, which did reduce some of the fatigue. But she was still listless sometimes, and her mood was always changing. She was very moody. She would often smile with a curved eyebrow one moment, and frown for some unknown reason the next moment, with a cold look on her face.

As her body became heavier and the weather became colder, Xie Yaoqing no longer liked to go out. She only walked on the corridor outside the house every day. This was what an experienced old nanny in the palace said, that pregnant women should not be too lazy, doing nothing all day except eating and drinking. If they are in good health, they should walk more so that they will have the strength for giving birth in the future.

Xiao Chengxu began to have trouble sleeping all night, for fear that Xie Yaoqing would have trouble giving birth. Except for the necessary court sessions and summoning ministers, Xiao Chengxu basically never left Xie Yaoqing at other times. When he reviewed memorials, he asked the palace servants to move the memorials over to him, and he stayed by Xie Yaoqing's side to handle government affairs.

Xie Yaoqing verbally disliked Xiao Chengxu for making a fuss, but in fact she felt quite happy about it and was in a mood to care about Xiao Chengxu's sleep problem.

"Did you go and steal yesterday? Your eyes are dark and blue, and you look like you didn't sleep well." Xie Yaoqing asked curiously.

As an emperor, there is no need for him to be a thief in the palace, but Xiao Chengxu did not make any excuses.

Even if he didn't say it, Xie Yaoqing could probably guess the reason. When it was time to go to bed at night, the palace maids and eunuchs had all left, and there was no one around, so it was convenient for them to talk in private. Xie Yaoqing suddenly said to Xiao Chengxu: "There's nothing to worry about. Don't worry about it. Bolu will be worried about your sleep."

Xiao Chengxu was slightly startled when he heard this, then he held Xie Yaoqing's delicate and fair hand, with a deep smile on his lips, "Once a word is spoken, it cannot be taken back, my dear, you must not break your promise."

Xie Yaoqing rolled her eyes at him, but didn't pull her hand away. She said unhappily, "You think I am you."

She is not Xiao Chengxu. She will not and cannot do anything that would break her promise or go back on her word.

A few days later, the first snow of winter fell.

Fine snow was floating in the air. After a night and a morning, a thin layer of snow had accumulated on the flowers, plants and trees, while the ground was mostly still clean.

Although it was not very cold at this time of year, Xie Yaoqing was not allowed to go out to see the snow. She could only watch through the window. Moreover, she was impatient to wrap herself up tightly in three layers of clothes before going out. Her body was already heavy, and wearing too many clothes made her look even heavier. Xie Yaoqing sometimes felt like a bear.

Xie Yaoqing hasn't been so fond of eating dried sour plums recently, but has fallen in love with sweet snacks. The imperial kitchen has just made fresh and delicious pine nut and date paste pastries, which are very soft, sweet but not greasy, and Xie Yaoqing likes them very much.

After taking a short nap in the afternoon, Xie Yaoqing felt a little hungry when she woke up, so she asked someone to bring two plates of pine nut and date paste pastry. Not long after she finished eating, Xie Yaoqing suddenly held her stomach and cried out in pain.

In the imperial study, Xiao Chengxu was discussing matters with several ministers. Feng An hurried over with an anxious look on his face.

After Xiao Chengxu said, "You all should discuss it among yourselves first, and then discuss it again after we have agreed upon a set of rules," he left with Feng An, his backs looking very hurried.

The ministers who were left in the imperial study looked at each other in confusion.

One of the ministers seemed to have thought of something and guessed: "Could it be that the Queen is about to give birth, so the Emperor left?"

Another minister stroked his goatee and agreed: "It should be. Calculating the time, it's about the same."

Several ministers were excited at the thought that there would soon be a little prince and princess in the palace. After all, a few years ago when they knew that the emperor was in poor health, they almost thought that the emperor was destined to be childless in his life. But unexpectedly, the situation took a turn for the better and the empress was pregnant.

No one would question whether the fetus in Xie Yaoqing's belly was Xiao Chengxu's blood, because in the eyes of the world, the emperor and empress had always been in harmony and love, and could be called a fairy couple. Besides, the matter of the royal heir was so important that there was no room for error.

As soon as they noticed that Xie Yaoqing was showing signs of giving birth, Nanny Fang and others had already been busy in an orderly manner. The delivery room was prepared early in the morning and the midwife was also brought into the palace.

Hearing the cries of pain coming from the delivery room from time to time, Xiao Chengxu wanted to go in, but was stopped outside the delivery room.

The reason for stopping him was not that the delivery room was dirty and if a man went in rashly, he would be bumped into and suffer a bloody disaster, but to respectfully ask Xiao Chengxu to change his clothes.

"The Empress is in labor and her body is at its most vulnerable. If Your Majesty wants to take care of her, please move aside and change your clothes."

Without saying a word, Xiao Chengxu turned around, changed into clean clothes, and then entered the delivery room smoothly.

He first warned the midwife not to have any evil thoughts. Of course, no one dared to have any evil thoughts under his nose. Everyone in and out of the palace knew how much the emperor loved the queen. If the queen could not give birth safely today and met with an accident, they would definitely be buried with the queen. In order to protect their own lives and property, they had to use all their abilities.

In the inner room, a midwife was delivering Xie Yaoqing's baby, while in the outer room, the imperial physician was waiting.

Xiao Chengxu was extremely anxious, but he could only put on a forced smile in front of Xie Yaoqing. He suppressed his sorrow and anxiety in his heart and told the story in the book in a soft voice.

Xie Yaoqing laughed at Xiao Chengxu with a pale face, "It's not nice at all. Why haven't you learned how to tell a story yet? Yueyue can tell a better story than you."

"I will learn it later and I promise to tell it exactly the same as the storyteller."

From the start at You hour to the end of Xu hour in the evening, after going through untold hardships and enduring repeated labor pains, Xie Yaoqing finally gave birth safely.

The midwife said happily: "It's born, congratulations to the emperor and the queen, the princess is born."

Other people in the delivery room also joined in the congratulations.

No one was disappointed that the baby born was not a prince, but a princess was also great. This was the first child of the emperor and the queen, and no matter whether it was a boy or a girl, she would definitely be loved by everyone.

Upon hearing that she had given birth to a daughter, Xie Yaoqing was very happy. She forced herself to take a look at her daughter, who was wrapped in swaddling clothes and was wrinkled and red, before allowing herself to sink into darkness.