The Empress of Zhen Huan Reborn

After Shen Meizhuang entered, she saw Zhen Huan's face covered in cold sweat, biting her lower lip in pain, her face in great pain. She quickly ran to Zhen Huan and held her hand, "Huan'er, don't be afraid, I'm here."

Upon seeing this, Zhen Huan held Shen Meiyu's hand in return. She was in so much pain that she couldn't speak, so she could only look at Nian Shilan and An Lingrong pleadingly.

Nian Shilan understood and said, "Don't worry, I am here to ensure that you can give birth to a dragon heir safely."

An Lingrong carefully watched the midwives delivering Zhen Huan's baby, not daring to be careless at all, for fear that someone with ulterior motives would take this opportunity to murder Zhen Huan.

"Ah...it hurts so much, I don't want to have a baby anymore! I don't want to have a baby anymore! I can't have a baby!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you cannot use force now, or you may tear it. You must feel a strong sense of not being able to hold it back any longer, then you can use force. Listen to Nanny Li, inhale... yes, inhale... exhale... inhale... exhale..." Liuzhu spoke to Zhen Huan while crying.

The emperor heard the conversation between Zhen Huan and Liu Zhu outside and stood up quickly, "Wan Wan, Wan Wan, you have to be brave. I'm waiting for you outside the door."

When Nian Shilan heard the emperor's words, she couldn't help but look at Zhen Huan with amusement, wondering why she had never realized that Zhen Huan had such a talent for acting before.

Zhen Huan continued to cry out in pain, "Ah... It hurts so much... I can't hold it in anymore, I really can't hold it in anymore... Can I give birth now? It hurts so much..."

In the delivery room, Zhen Huan's forehead was covered with cold sweat due to excessive pain. Huanbi took a handkerchief dipped in warm water and kept wiping Zhen Huan's hair. Nanny Li and three midwives surrounded the end of Zhen Huan's bed, teaching her how to give birth to the baby quickly.

Nanny Li counted the beats for Zhen Huan, "My Lady, you can push harder now. Use all your strength. After counting to twenty, push harder while breathing in and out."

Zhen Huan could still bear the pain when her water didn't break, but once it did, she felt such intense pain that it was worse than death. Zhen Huan cried out, "I can't do it anymore... I really can't do it anymore... I really can't give birth!"

"Your Majesty, please don't give up! Your Majesty..." Li Ma's loud cry came from inside.

This time the emperor could no longer sit still. He started to rush inside but was stopped by the queen.

The Queen shook her head and said, "No, Your Majesty. The women's delivery room is a dirty and bloody place. Men have not been allowed to enter since ancient times. Your Majesty must not break this rule passed down by our ancestors. Otherwise, if something happens in the Qing Dynasty in the future, everyone will blame Concubine Wan, and Your Majesty will bring disaster to Concubine Wan."

The Queen felt unhappy when she saw that the Emperor was so worried about Zhen Huan. Even her sister had never been treated like this, so she, Zhen Huan, must not be the exception.

"耀耀."

The emperor couldn't go in, so he stood at the door and shouted, "Wanwan, don't be afraid. I'll be with you at the door. I'm not going anywhere. If anything happens, I will protect you. Don't worry, Wanwan."

When Zhen Huan heard this in the palace, and the emperor kept calling her "Wanwan", she was so angry that she almost fainted. Seeing this, Nian Shilan hurried out of the palace and said, "Your Majesty, you'd better sit down for a while. The midwives are experienced and will make sure Concubine Wan is safe." After saying that, Nian Shilan went back into the palace.

The emperor paced back and forth anxiously. Seeing how worried the emperor was about Zhen Huan, Concubine Qi said to Noble Lady Fucha with some jealousy, "It's not like I haven't given birth to a child before. When did I scream so loudly in pain? In this palace, these two sisters are the most scheming and scheming to win favor."

The emperor happened to hear what Qipin said, and pointed at her with his eyes wide open, "Can you be compared with Wanpin? Su Peisheng, pass on my decree. Qipin Li, for her indecent words and deeds, and her jealous nature, will be demoted to a concubine from today, stripped of her title, confined to Changchun Palace for three months, and punished to copy the palace rules five times, and I will personally review them."

When Concubine Qi heard what the emperor said, she was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, I have no other intentions."

The emperor no longer had the patience to listen any further, and waved his hand to have Su Peisheng drag Li Changzai away.

There was chaos outside the palace, and the situation inside was not much better.

One of the midwives took out a pair of scissors, and An Lingrong quickly spoke up to stop her, "What are you going to do?"

The midwife looked at An Lingrong calmly and scolded her sternly, "What do you know? Concubine Wan is pregnant with twins. If she can't give birth, the babies will suffocate to death in her belly. I will use scissors to cut open Concubine Wan's birth canal, and then sew it up with needle and thread, and I can ensure the safety of mother and child."

There had indeed been precedents of this kind of delivery in the folks, but Nanny Li was very experienced and this little trick could not fool her at all.

"Our queen doesn't need it!" Nanny Li stood between Zhen Huan's legs. "It's only been an hour. It's not too long at all. The queen will give birth soon. There's no need to cut open."

"You are trying to kill Concubine Wan."

Seeing this, Nian Shilan had no idea what was going on. She quickly ordered the palace maids in the palace, "Catch this man for me, and take him out of the palace. The emperor and I will personally interrogate him later."

When Nian Shilan, An Lingrong and Shen Meizhuang entered the palace, they all brought their personal maids with them. When they heard Nian Shilan's instructions, they hurried forward and captured the midwife together.

The emperor heard the noise from outside the palace. Just as he was about to ask, he saw several palace maids escorting a midwife out of the inner palace. He asked hurriedly, "What's going on? How is Concubine Wan?"

The midwife was held by several palace maids and could not break free. She cried out in injustice, "Your Majesty, I was trying to save Concubine Wan, but Nanny Li tried to stop me from doing so. She is truly a traitor."

"The Queen doesn't need your rescue at all. You are taking advantage of the fact that the Queen can't move to destroy her." Songzhi pointed at the midwife kneeling on the ground angrily.

If a concubine in the harem was injured in that place, no matter how she recovered, she was doomed to never be favored in this life. She was on guard day and night, but she didn't expect that someone would still reach out to the Broken Jade Pavilion and bribe the midwife.

Doctor Wen reported to the emperor at this time, "Your Majesty, episiotomy is only used when the fetus is too large to be born normally. However, when I examined the pulse of Concubine Wan this morning, although the queen is pregnant with twins, the fetuses are small. The queen can give birth to them without episiotomy."

When the emperor heard what Doctor Wen said, he was furious. "Take this criminal woman away and lock her up. I will interrogate her myself later."

The emperor also took the opportunity to warn the other concubines present, saying that if anyone dared to bribe servants to frame Concubine Wan, the emperor would not let them off easily and would investigate the matter thoroughly.

"Wow...Wow...Wow..." A loud cry came from the inner hall, followed by sounds of surprise from inside the hall.

"My lady, it's a baby boy."

Nanny Li also continued to encourage Zhen Huan, "My Lady, push harder, it will be fine soon."

When Zhen Huan heard her son's crying, she seemed to be encouraged. She bit the towel in her mouth hard, and another cry rang out.

"It's a princess. Congratulations to Her Majesty on having twins, a boy and a girl." Huanbi and Liuzhu congratulated Zhen Huan happily. Zhen Huan just felt her body relax. The pain that made her feel worse than death was gone. She relaxed and fell asleep.