The Apo Master dressed up as Concubine Ling and killed the Ruyi sisters

Ruyi and Hailan always felt that there was something else behind Yanwan's words, and they became suspicious, suspecting that Yanwan already knew that the fire was not an accident.

Ruyi was afraid that if Yanwan continued to say this, it would arouse Concubine Chun's suspicion, so she said a few words casually and let the concubines leave.

Yanwan sensed that Ruyi was a little flustered, so she stopped talking and left.

Ruyi is already eight months pregnant, and she is afraid that her affair will be exposed, so she is always worried. As the birth is imminent, Ruyi's mother, Lady Cheng'en, comes to the Old Summer Palace to accompany Ruyi during the birth.

Seeing that Ruyi was feeling melancholy, Lady Cheng'en thought that she was worried about having a difficult delivery, so she asked Ruyi to bury a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry in the ground for a good start.

A few days later, Ruyi suddenly had severe abdominal pain and was about to give birth. The imperial physician and the midwife, who had been on standby, immediately delivered Ruyi.

A few hours later, Ruyi gave birth to a princess safely.

When the emperor learned the news of Ruyi's childbirth, he rushed to visit her. He was very happy to see that Ruyi had given birth to a lovely little princess.

Ruyi said, "Your Majesty has always liked legitimate sons. I gave birth to a princess today. Is Your Majesty a little disappointed?"

The emperor did not have such an idea and consoled her, "Although I value legitimate sons, you have already given birth to Yongji for me. Although it is not the birth of a prince today, it is considered that we have both a son and a daughter. How can I not be happy?"

When Ruyi heard the emperor say this, she felt relieved.

The emperor had just given birth to the fifth princess for Ruyi, and named her Jingsi. Jiang Yubin, who had been taking care of the fifth princess, discovered something wrong and hurried to report it.

Jiang Yebin knelt down and said in fear: "Your Majesty, Queen, the little princess was born with a faint blue complexion and difficulty breathing. I, I feel..."

The emperor asked hurriedly, "What happened to the Fifth Princess? I forgive you for being innocent, just tell me!"

Jiang Yebin said: "The Fifth Princess was not born at full term. I suspect that the Fifth Princess suffers from heart disease!"

The Emperor and Ruyi were both shocked. The Emperor asked in surprise, "Heart disease? How could the Fifth Princess suffer from heart disease? Is there any way to cure it?"

Jiang Yubin guessed, "I have been taking care of the Queen since she became pregnant, and I didn't find anything wrong. I think it was because of the fire in the school that night that the Queen was frightened. After that, the Queen always felt unwell, which caused the princess to give birth before the full month was over."

"Your Majesty, rest assured. Although the Fifth Princess suffers from a heart disease, as long as we take good care of her when she is young and ensure that she does not get any shock or stimulation, she will be safe!"

Hearing Jiang Yubi's words, the emperor felt relieved and ordered Ruyi and the people in the palace to take good care of the princess.

After hearing this, Ruyi and Hailan, who was accompanying her during the birthing, felt filled with uneasiness, thinking that this was a punishment from God.

After the emperor left, Hailan said with guilt: "It's all Hailan's fault. I have implicated my sister's fifth princess!"

Ruyi hugged the sleeping Fifth Princess and said, "You are also doing things for me."

Hai Lan thought of what Yan Wan said when she came to pay respects that day, and said bitterly: "If Concubine Ling hadn't deliberately said those words to provoke sister, how could sister's fifth princess have a heart attack?"

Ruyi also felt that there was something fishy about Yanwan's words, but this matter was originally planned by them, and they could not use this matter to cause trouble for Concubine Ling.

Ruyi was distressed that her newly born fifth princess had a heart attack, and she needed to vent her anger. Thinking of the imperial physician and the midwife standing outside the courtyard waiting for rewards, Ruyi felt that they were incompetent and could not help her give birth to a safe and healthy child.

Rong Pei walked out and looked at the people waiting for rewards below the stage. Thinking of the Queen's instructions, she felt a little guilty.

"The Empress has issued an order that the grandmothers and the imperial physicians have performed meritorious services in delivering babies, but it happened that the south of the Yangtze River was hit by a flood and the three princes were frightened. In order to accumulate merit and pray for the Fifth Princess, this time the rewards will be halved!"

Several midwives waited outside for a long time, but no reward was given. Finally, Aunt Rong Pei, the most prestigious lady around the Queen, came out to pass on the message.

After hearing all the preparations made by Aunt Rong Pei, I thought that the Empress would double the reward. I was joyfully about to kneel down to express my gratitude, but when I heard that the reward would be halved, I thought there was something wrong with my ears and that I had misheard what Aunt Rong Pei said.

When they wanted to ask again, they didn't know whether Rong Pei was anxious to serve the Queen or didn't want to see them. Before she finished speaking, she turned around and went into the room, leaving them in a daze.

Granny Li turned to look at Granny Tian beside her and whispered, "Granny Tian, ​​did I hear you right? We have done a great job in delivering babies, so why is the reward halved?"

This was the first time that Grandma Tian had encountered such a thing. She was puzzled and said dejectedly, "I have never heard of this either. Who knows what the Queen is thinking?"

Granny Li was unwilling to see her reward reduced by half. Thinking of Granny Tian's situation, she said, "It's fine for us, but don't you still need to treat your daughter's illness? Why don't you go talk to the Empress?"

Grandma Tian said in embarrassment: "I am just a slave, how can I have the face to speak to the Queen. The Queen has said that she will pray for the fifth princess, who dares to say anything? Forget it, just consider it bad luck!"

Grandma Tian had a daughter who was suffering from a strange disease and had to rely on medicine to stay alive. For many years, Grandma Tian had to earn money to keep her daughter alive by delivering babies for the dignitaries in the capital.

Previously, Granny Tian helped Concubine Shu to deliver her baby. Not only did the Emperor reward her according to the rules, but the Empress Dowager also rewarded her with an additional 100 taels. Later, on the day of the Tenth Prince's full moon, Concubine Ling even asked the Emperor for grace. In the name of praying for the Tenth Prince, she gave everyone in the palace an extra month's salary, including Granny Tian and the others.

This time, Grandma Tian was chosen by the Queen to deliver her baby, and she thought Ruyi was the Queen. If she could help the Queen deliver the baby smoothly, the reward she would get would definitely be more than when Concubine Shu gave birth to the Tenth Prince.

Grandma Tian was short of money and had no extra money to buy medical treatment and medicine for her daughter, so she hoped to get more money from this birth.

No one expected that Ruyi, as the Queen, was not as generous as Shu Fei and Ling Fei, and she even exempted half of their rewards in the name of praying for the five princesses!

Grandma Tian walked out of the palace crying and happened to meet Chunchan. Chunchan had seen Grandma Tian in Chuxiu Palace before and came over to ask.

"Grandma Tian? Why are you crying? What happened?"

Grandma Tian wiped her tears and felt very aggrieved. "It turned out to be Miss Chunchan. I thought my daughter had no money to buy medicine and felt that I was useless."

Chunchan smiled and said, "I heard that Grandma Tian helped the Queen deliver her baby. Wouldn't it be great if she had this reward? Why is Grandma Tian still crying?"

At this point, Grandma Tian felt even more aggrieved, "I was also counting on this reward, but, but the Queen said she wanted to pray for the fifth princess, so she cut my reward in half!"

Chunchan was surprised, and obviously did not understand Ruyi's train of thought. She gave advice to Grandma Tian, ​​"The Queen must be unaware of your difficulties. If you report the situation to the Queen, she should give you the other half as compensation."

Grandma Tian thought this made sense and felt that she should fight for it once. She thanked Chunchan and returned to Ruyi's palace.