Empress Fucha gave birth to the child from the beginning of the 11th hour to the middle of the 12th hour.

The midwife came out holding the Seventh Prince who had just stopped crying and congratulated him: "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations, Your Majesty. The Empress has given birth to a prince."

Concubine Hui and Concubine Zimu Chun led all the concubines in the harem to congratulate: "Your servants/concubines congratulate the emperor and the empress on the birth of their legitimate son."

"All right, all the midwives will be given an additional fifty taels of silver on top of their original rewards, and the palace maids in Changchun Palace who serve the queen wholeheartedly will be given an additional three months' salary each."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

……

Seeing that it was almost time for the morning court session, Hongli asked Jinzhong to send Zimu back to Yongshou Palace, while he himself rested for a while in a side hall of Changchun Palace.

"My brother and sister will return to the Cining Palace first. If the Empress knew that my sister-in-law gave birth to a legitimate son, she would be very happy."

"Thank you, sister Hengchu, for waiting here with me for most of the night."

"It should."

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"Your Majesty, how could you bear to see your daughter waiting in Changchun Palace with a big belly?"

Zimu raised the corner of his mouth, looked up from the chaise longue and looked directly into Jinzhong's eyes, and said with a thin mouth: "I'm afraid you, a slave, have lived enough. You dare to talk about the emperor's faults."

"I am distressed about you, my master."

"You are the emperor's servant. You only need to be loyal to the emperor. Jinzhong must not make a mistake and lose his life. Also... live well."

Jinzhong put away his usual half-smile and half-smile expression and said seriously: "Your master is also the master, and I will cherish my life and live well."

"I'm afraid Empress Fucha's health is not good. You who serve in her presence should be careful."

Jinzhong helped Zimu up from the chaise longue and walked towards the dressing table.

While removing the few hairpins and rings that Zimu had, he whispered in Zimu's ear, "I must stay alive to protect my master from the evil forces as much as possible."

"Stop flattering me. It's getting late. You should go back and rest."

"Master, can't you keep me here?"

Zimu sighed helplessly and slapped Jinzhong's restless claws off his head.

"Oh, Master Jinzhong is still a servant himself? This is rare."

"I will always remember that this is my duty, isn't it?" Jinzhong smiled happily as he took off Zimu's bun.

After finishing, he rubbed Zimu's temples, and after watching her drink the calming soup, he said, "My dear, go to bed early. You have been up all night and I am afraid that your body can't take it anymore."

After a simple wash, Zimu went to bed to rest.

Jinzhong watched her fall asleep before leaving Yongshou Palace with peace of mind.

After Jinzhong left, Zimu suddenly opened his eyes, revealing a hint of fatigue and worry.

"Master? Why haven't you slept yet?" After hearing the noise,惢心 hurried over and found Zimu sitting on the bed.

"惢心, there's no need to keep watching over you. Go to sleep now."

"Master, are you worried about something?"

Zi Mu forced a smile and shook his head. Empress Fucha and Concubine Hui had been very good to him in the past few years.

But today she clearly felt that Empress Fucha's vitality was gradually declining after giving birth to the Seventh Prince. Zi Mu had spiritual power but was unable to save Empress Fucha.

These noble ladies who were carefully trained by these families were so smart that they could detect the slightest thing wrong.

"The master must have been frightened by the Queen's childbirth."

Seeing Zimu stroking her belly as if he had found the reason, Suoxin smiled at Zimu and helped her lie down.

"Don't be afraid, Master. We servants will accompany you when the time comes."

"it is good."

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"Lan Cui, is your master still not awake?"

After the morning court session, Hongli went to Changchun Palace to talk with Empress Fucha for a while, but was driven out by the empress who noticed that he was absent-minded.

"Your Majesty, not yet. After the master came back last night, she sat on the bed for a long time, rubbing her belly. Maybe..."

"It's my fault. I should have sent her back to rest."

Lan Cui, Chun Chan and Suo Xin all lowered their heads and dared not speak, mainly because they did not dare to respond.

"Your Majesty, the Empress and Consort Hui almost raised Lingzhuer as their own daughter. Even if you had forcibly sent Lingzhuer back to Yongshou Palace yesterday, I'm afraid Lingzhuer would not have been willing."

"Not only am I unwilling, I may even despise you."

Li Yu's words were like a knife stabbing Hongli's knee. Even Jinzhong felt that Li Yu might have taken the wrong medicine today.

"Hiss..." Hongli looked up and met Li Yu's dark circles and lifeless eyes. He suddenly remembered that Li Yu had not rested for two days and one night.

"You are the only servant who can speak. All right, Li Yu, go back and have a rest. I have been so busy that I have forgotten about Jinzhong and Jinbao."

"Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for your consideration. I will take my leave now."

After saying this, Li Yu adjusted his whisk and walked out, leaving Hongli sitting there awkwardly.

“Puchi, hahahaha…”

"Who is this..." Hongli turned around and saw Zimu sitting on the bed with a smile on her face, holding her belly and smiling at him.

"You are not considerate of the servants, so you are despised. You deserve it."

"Hey, you heartless girl, stop laughing, or you'll hurt the baby in your belly."

Hongli looked at Zimu and felt extremely helpless.

He simply couldn't put on airs in front of her and could only endure her merciless ridicule.

"I think Li Yu was led astray by you." Hongli said helplessly.

"Your Majesty is wrong. Li Yu is your servant. If he really became a bad person, he learned bad things from you. What does it have to do with me?"

Zimu smiled and still refused to give in.

"As the old saying goes, it takes three days to learn good things and three days to learn bad things. Li Yu has been doing his job conscientiously for so many years, but recently he has become extremely irritable and angry, as if he had eaten gunpowder."

This is true. Originally, Jinzhong was the only one in front of the emperor who was moody, unpredictable and cruel.

Recently, even the gentle Li Yu has begun to move in the direction of Jinzhong.

"Your Majesty, this is a far-fetched argument. It is obvious that you do not treat your servants as human beings. Look at the people around you. Their eye sockets are so black that they are almost as dark as those of iron-eating beasts."

Zimu pointed at Jinzhong and Jinbao with an expression that said, "I have evidence, don't try to explain yourself."

Hongli took a closer look and found that it was indeed just as Zimu said.

"The servants are already tired, especially those who work in front of the emperor. If you don't let them rest, even the best temper will be worn out."

After listening to Zimu's words, Hongli nodded thoughtfully: "My beloved concubine is right. I was negligent."

He turned to look at Jinzhong and Jinbao and said, "Okay, you two should go down and have some rest, and then go back on duty tonight."

Jinzhong and Jinbao expressed their gratitude with tears in their eyes and then left Yongshou Palace.

Hongli helped Zimu lie down again and said softly: "You stayed up too late last night, you should sleep for a while, I will come to accompany you after I finish dealing with government affairs."

Zimu nodded obediently, took Hongli's hand and whispered: "Your Majesty should also take care of your health and not work too hard. The Queen has just given birth, so Your Majesty should spend more time with her."

"You two are quite interesting. One of you is worried about your pregnancy getting worse, and the other is worried about the queen who just gave birth. I seem redundant."

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