No one expected Xiao Rui to punish Song Qingwan in public.

Song Qingwan was stunned for a moment, her lips slightly opened, "Your Majesty! I...I didn't mean it..."

Xiao Rui's face was solemn. "Mrs. Song, please leave. I don't want to see you now."

Upon seeing this, Concubine Yu quickly stood up and pleaded for Song Qingwanwan, "Your Majesty, I believe that Concubine Yu did not mean it. Please forgive Concubine Yu this time."

Xiao Rui didn't say anything.

Concubine Shen responded, "Noble Lady Yu, didn't you hear what the emperor said just now? Where is the Concubine Yu now? Noble Lady Song cursed the heir to the throne, she deserves to be punished!"

He turned to Song Qingwan and said, "Lady Song? Why don't you step down? Are you waiting for someone to drag you down?"

Song Qingwan looked at Xiao Rui pitifully, but Xiao Rui didn't even look at her. She took a deep breath helplessly, stood up and said, "Your concubine..."

"I'll take my leave!"

When Concubine Yu saw that Song Qingwan was really leaving, she couldn't help but call her "Empress Yu!"

Song Qingwan frowned slightly, shook her head at her, turned and left.

After Song Qingwan left, Prince Anling and Concubine Shen smiled again. Even Concubine Shen herself did not expect that Song Qingwan would be so bold this time to curse the heir to Daqing in public. She deserved to be demoted and punished.

It might be because during this period of time, she was only concerned with taking care of her pregnancy, allowing Song Qingwan to have a smooth life in the harem for too long, so she almost forgot who she was!

Xiao Rui said, "Noble Lady Song has disregarded palace rules and has been punished by me. Everyone can continue drinking."

Everyone: “Yes.”

Xiao Yi looked at Song Qingwan's embarrassed appearance as she left, feeling a little uncomfortable, so he picked up the wine glass and drank one glass after another without saying a word.

His identity could not protect her in the end.

After Song Qingwan left, Concubine Yu had no intention of staying here any longer. Seeing them all happily toasting each other, she found an excuse to leave.

"Your Majesty, I feel a little unwell, so I will leave first."

Xiao Rui was too lazy to argue with her and replied, "Go ahead."

Second day

Concubine Shen took the drug to induce labor, and after half a day, she began to feel regular pain in her stomach. It seemed that the drug was working and her child was finally about to be born.

"Pearl! Go get the imperial physician! And call all the midwives over, my baby should be in labor soon!"

Seeing how Concubine Shen was, Zhenzhu thought it was almost certain, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Yes, yes, I'll go right away, I'll go right away!"

Due to Ling Xiangxiang's last delivery, in addition to the midwife in Shenpin's palace, the emperor also specially arranged for a midwife to live in Qixiang Palace.

Too Hospital

As soon as Zhenzhu arrived, she went straight to Doctor Tan who had been taking care of Concubine Shen's fetus and said, "Doctor Tan, my queen is about to give birth. Please come over quickly!"

When Doctor Tan heard this, he immediately stood up, started packing his things, and followed Zhenzhu with his medicine box on his back.

The other imperial doctors in the palace looked at each other in bewilderment. Now that Concubine Yu had fallen from power, Concubine Shen was likely to make a comeback, and Imperial Doctor Tan would also be in line to rise to prominence.

He hurried to Qixiang Palace, and as soon as Imperial Physician Tan arrived, he wrote a prescription and prescribed medicine, making sure that Concubine Shen and her child were safe.

Since it was the first child, after struggling for most of the day, the baby still hadn’t been born. The midwives all consoled her, “Don’t worry, Madam. This is how it is with the first child!”

Upon hearing the news, the empress dowager also rushed over in a sedan chair. When she heard that Concubine Shen's child had not been born yet, she sat in the outer hall waiting.

She was an experienced person and knew that it was difficult to give birth to a first child, and some children would take a whole day and night. She also asked someone to go in and tell Concubine Shen that she should not worry about anything and just give birth with peace of mind. If there was any problem outside, the Empress Dowager would take care of it! The Emperor would come over after he was done with his work.

After hearing this, Concubine Shen felt much more at ease.

But there are also disadvantages to having the Queen Mother here. If a daughter is really born, then the attempt to switch the boy with a girl will have to be done secretly under her nose, which may cause many obstacles.

Not long after, the emperor came over after finishing his official duties.

The Queen Mother and the Emperor sat here together, waiting for the birth of Concubine Shen's child.

When it was time for dinner, the maid placed the meal on the table.

"Mother, it's getting late. You should go back to Shoukang Palace first. I'm here with you."

The Queen Mother shook her head and said, "This Concubine Shen has a special status. Her father is a great general in the court. I think it won't be too late to leave after Concubine Shen gives birth. It's better for you, the Emperor, to go back first."

Xiao Rui said, "Mother, it's time to eat. Please listen to me and go back to the palace. I'm afraid you won't be used to the food here. Your health is more important."

After the emperor's repeated persuasion, the empress dowager agreed to leave.

Xiao Rui used it briefly, then leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest. Before he knew it, it was already late at night.

Suddenly, a midwife came out in a hurry, fell to her knees with a plop, raised her head tremblingly and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen she...she..."

Seeing her like this, Xiao Rui asked sternly, "What happened to Concubine Shen? Tell me clearly!"

The midwife swallowed her saliva and said, "The queen...she is not pregnant at all..."

"How dare you!" Xiao Rui shouted loudly!

"Shenpin has been pregnant for more than ten months, how could she not be pregnant? This is simply nonsense!"

The midwife trembled and replied, "Your Majesty, what I said is absolutely true... Your Majesty, she is indeed not pregnant."

"We old slaves were still wondering why the heir could never be born and why the uterus never opened, until the imperial doctors wrote a prescription to open the uterus and asked the queen to take it..."

"Only when the ten fingers are opened can a child be born. At this time, the old servant stretched out his hand to touch a few fingers, only to find that the queen's belly was empty, there was no child at all!"

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