Secrets of Yuqing Palace

Not long after Chuntao left, Xiahe came in with a bowl of medicine.

Until she walked in front of Wanyu, Wanyu stared at her and nodded slightly to her master.

Wanyu took the medicine bowl from Xia He's hand and prepared to feed the medicine to her sister.

"Sister, the medicine is ready. Let's drink it and the baby will be born soon."

Xia He gently lifted Wanlin's head a little, and with the cooperation of master and servant, a bowl of medicine entered her stomach.

Soon Wanlin had another contraction.

The midwife who was delivering the baby at the foot of the bed said happily, "I'm pregnant."

"Concubine, please push. The cervix is ​​already eight fingers dilated. The baby will be born soon."

"Push harder, breathe in and out, the child has seen the head."

With the midwife's calm command and her sister sitting by her side, Wanlin listened to the midwife's instructions and pushed hard.

Even though her lower body was numb with pain at this moment, she seemed to see hope.

At this time, Wanyu just held her sister's hand tightly to give her strength. She didn't dare to make any unnecessary movements for fear of draining her strength.

After an unknown amount of time, Wanlin screamed with all her might.

With a faint cry, the child was born.

Wanlin was so exhausted that she fell asleep without even having the chance to look at the child.

Seeing her sister close her eyes, Wanyu felt a panic in her heart.

He quickly reached out and sniffed her breath at the tip of her nose.

Fortunately, I'm breathing.

She quickly ordered the midwife and palace maids to clean up her sister.

When everyone felt relieved, the midwife holding the baby suddenly knelt down in panic.

"Crown Princess, Young Prince..."

Wanyu was mentally prepared, and although she was sad, she had to pretend not to know.

"How is the little brother?"

The midwife knelt down and trembled as she said, "The little prince...is gone."

Wanyu said angrily, "What did you say?"

The others also looked at the midwife in disbelief.

Wanyu stood up and walked anxiously to the midwife.

With trembling hands, she opened the swaddling clothes that wrapped the baby.

Looking at the red and wrinkled baby, who was now no longer breathing.

Her heart felt as if it was torn apart, tears flowed like a spring, her heart was eroded by guilt and pain, she was in so much pain that she even had difficulty breathing.

'I'm sorry, little one.'

"Between you and your mother, your aunt chose your mother."

"If you want to blame someone, blame your aunt."

In the entire delivery room, the maids and servants who served Wanlin were kneeling on the ground with tears streaming down their faces.

They have always been serving their master, and they know best how much their master is looking forward to the little prince in her belly.

Even though the imperial physician said that the little prince might not be born, the master still focused all his energy on the little prince every day and tried his best to give birth to him.

She even encountered a difficult labor during childbirth.

Now that the child was born, I didn’t expect that the little prince passed away before the master even had a chance to take a look at him.

Even Xia He and Nanny Sun, who were beside Wanyu, had tears in their eyes.

Following their master's instructions, they came to watch the concubine give birth yesterday.

They also saw with their own eyes how much suffering and pain the concubine had endured in order to give birth to this little prince.

Unexpectedly, I still couldn't save the child in the end.

Even Xia He was filled with guilt and heartache at this moment, just like her own master.

She was a maiden born in the Guwaljia Mansion and had been serving her master since she was very young. Her master had a good relationship with his concubine, and the concubine was also very nice to the maids around her master.

But the bowl of medicine for the nanny who gave up her child was brought in by her own hands.

Several midwives have already noticed the deep sisterly love that the Crown Princess has for the concubine.

Worried that the Crown Princess would blame and vent her anger on them, before Wanyu spoke again, they looked at each other.

"Your Highness, I have something important to report."

Wanyu's gaze shifted from the baby to the kneeling midwives.

He said with dignity without getting angry: "Speak!"

The midwife holding the swaddling clothes did not speak a word, but just prepared to open the swaddling clothes with trembling hands.

Chuntao thought the midwife wanted to be disrespectful to the little prince who died young.

She shouted, "How dare you!"

Wanyu waved her hand and told Chuntao to be quiet.

After the midwife opened the swaddling clothes, everyone saw that the prince, who died at birth, had dark blue scars all over his body.

Wanyu's pupils suddenly shrank, "What...what's going on!"

Not only was Wanyu shocked, but several confidants who were guarding nearby were also frightened.

Several midwives expressed their loyalty and said, "We don't know either."

"After the little prince was born, he had these scars on his body."

"We originally thought it was a birthmark, perhaps left by the young prince from a difficult birth, and that it would gradually disappear as he grew older."

"But less than half an hour after the little prince was born, he stopped breathing. Only then did we realize the strange scar."

The reason they dared to speak out was that the scar was on the little prince's body and anyone who was attentive could see it.

Secondly, there is obviously something wrong with this scar, so the little prince's death at birth has little to do with these midwives.

Thirdly, they were all midwives sent by Concubine Mu through the Guwaljia Mansion. If they told the truth, the Crown Princess would not suspect that they were lying.

As long as they are not made to take the blame, they dare not hide the truth with the mentality of "less trouble is worse than more".

Wanyu was extremely angry!

However, Wanyu still had some rationality in her mind at this time, and this matter must be investigated thoroughly first.

She ordered, "You guys go out and wait first."

"Remember what you shouldn't say, don't say it!"

Several people knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "We obey your command."

After sending the three midwives away, she looked back to see that her second sister had been tidied up, and then gave instructions to Xia He.

"Go and invite the two imperial physicians in to check Concubine Jin's pulse."

Xia He quickly responded, "Yes."

Soon Xia He came in with Cui Guangbai and imperial physician Yang Ziren.

Without waiting for them to salute, Wanyu ordered, "First, take a look at the scars on the young prince's body. What's the reason for them?"

After checking, the two had an idea in their minds, but they were not sure yet.

They bowed and replied, "Your Highness, please allow us to take Concubine Concubine's pulse again."

Wanyu looked at them and nodded.

Chuntao quickly pulled the sleeping master's left hand out from behind the curtain.

The two imperial doctors took the concubine's pulse through a thin handkerchief.

What was originally a 50% or 60% guess has now become an 80% or 90% certainty.

Seeing that the two were hesitant, Wanyu realized that now was not a good time to explain the reason in public.

She touched the already cold baby with heartache and gave the order while suppressing the pain in her heart.

"Madame Sun, you and Madame Li Jia should go out first and explain the current situation in the delivery room to the Fourth Lady."

"As for the young prince, take good care of him. When the fourth prince returns, let him see him and then bury him properly!"

They both responded, "Yes."

Wanyu continued to instruct, "Xia He, today, thanks to the midwives and the palace maids from Jinglan Courtyard, I will reward each of them with two months' salary."

Xia He: "Yes, Master."

Although the delivery room is now full of Wanlin's confidants, Wanyu still continues to pressure everyone.

"Your master just gave birth not long ago, so she needs to take good care of herself."

"If you serve me well, you will definitely get some benefits."

"If anyone dares to neglect the master because of the young prince's untimely death, I will be the first to not forgive him!"

Everyone knelt down and replied, "Slave dare not."

Wanyu: "You guys step back."

"Xia He, go tell the Fourth Lady that she has been guarding Jinglan Courtyard for a long time and must be tired. Go back and have a good rest."

"I'll be watching over Concubine Fujin here."

"Chun Tao and Xitala Mama stay."

Everyone followed the order and went out.