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The movement was extremely slow, and he had plenty of time to send someone here...
She lowered her head, unable to stop her teeth from chattering.
"Chu'er, cold?"
As a slightly tired voice came, a strong arm was powerfully wrapped around her waist.
When her skin touched, she shuddered. Shangguan Jinghong knew who she was and immediately saw that something was wrong with her. He said, "I know you want to see him, but you... I promise you, I will find him as soon as possible. Don't think too much. Your health is more important..."
She didn't answer him, but just looked up at him suddenly.
After this encounter, Shangguan Jinghong's expression changed again.
He was the best at judging people, not to mention the grief and indifference in her eyes that she couldn't hide at that moment.
He slowly let go, and each word came out from the depths of his throat as if after a fierce struggle, "Qiaochu, what on earth are you thinking about?"
"So what did you do?"
In front of the forest that had turned red with frost in late autumn, with all the scenery still the same but with the people still different, she asked him softly.
She didn't know what she looked like, but in the surprised eyes of Prince Ning, Lao Tie... and everyone else, she saw tears on her eyelashes and gnashing hatred in her eyes.
Shangguan Jinghong nodded again and again, and his handsome face began to crack bit by bit just like her. When the veins on his forehead turned blue, his eyes bulged red, and his golden sleeves were suddenly raised, birds in the forest chirped and thousands of people in the forest knelt down. It seemed that Prince Ning and a few others knew the inside story. No one understood why the emperor was so angry and beat the woman he loved so much.
"elder brother… "
"Your Majesty, you can't..."
That was the first time Qiaochu saw Shangguan Jinghong like this, and also the last time.
His eyes were violent, cruel, gray and desperate, just like the white fox that they had captured that day.
She was not afraid of him hitting her, but she was afraid of seeing him like this.
But she couldn't pretend that nothing had happened. She would never marry Shangguan Jingcong, but in her heart, no one, not even Feitian, could replace this man in her two lives.
"Why don't you fight?" She asked with a tearful smile as she watched him slowly put down his hand.
Shangguan Jinghong took off the blue ribbon tied around his hair and threw it to the ground. He stared at her, and a faint smile appeared on his lips, just like hers. "Qiaochu, the two worst things I have done in my life are: first, you said you wanted to give Shangguan Jingcong freedom, but I removed the people around him, gave him real freedom, and didn't ask about his whereabouts, so he got the upper hand over me; second, I actually accompanied you here, and when you began to question my motives for not killing Shangguan Jinghao, I just kept giving in. Shangguan Jingcong made a brilliant move, and everyone would suspect that I killed him."
As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes and glanced at Dong Ning, Pei Lan, the four great men, the beauty and others on the ground. Everyone was chilled by his cold gaze and trembled all over and immediately lowered their heads.
Shangguan Jinghong's words came true, and they all suspected him. Qiaochu's heart suddenly ached. He didn't know why or for whom.
The setting sun was long and quiet, and people were moving around. So many people were prostrating themselves at their feet. Today, he had supreme power, so how could they still have difficulties? There were endless people sleeping on the ground, but everyone was silent. At this time, even King Ning, Lao Tie, Jing Ping and others did not dare to persuade Shangguan Jinghong.
"You said that we all need to learn how to love, but in the end, what did I get? Perhaps, we were all wrong. Everything in the past life was originally a farce. You are a little devil who doesn't know the height of the world. I am crazy with you."
Those were the last words Shangguan Jinghong said to her before returning to the capital.
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After returning to the palace, Shangguan Jinghong ordered people to move all her things from her own palace back to Ruiyuan Palace.
Qiaochu always thought that her previous life-and-death ordeal was the biggest challenge they had ever faced.
Turns out not.
The reason to stay together forever is that you can always think from the other person's perspective.
Since she was also thinking about Shangguan Jingcong's injury in her dream, Shangguan Jinghong must understand how important that person is to her. Anyone who truly loves you will never easily hurt someone you care about.
On the third day after returning to the palace, on the third sleepless night, she finally got up, put on her clothes, and took the four beauties to his bedroom in the dark.
But he was not there.
Familiar faces like Fang Ming were not there either.
The eunuch guarding the gate said that he had gone to the cold palace and was staying with the queen these days.
"Master..."
Her heart was shaken, and the four beautiful ladies beside her had changed their expressions and looked straight at her feet. The palace lanterns were like mist, and she looked down and saw some liquid mixed with a thin red flowing from the trouser legs to the embroidered shoes.
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Seeing this, the four great men and the beauty ordered the eunuch to inform Shangguan Jinghong immediately, and the two immediately sent Qiaochu back to Ruiyuan Palace.
The beauty carried Qiaochu to the bed. Qiaochu's forehead was wet and began to hurt.
The four beauties were still girls, but the female officials had served the ladies in the palace and were very familiar with women's affairs. They knew that her water had broken. Although Shangguan Jinghong no longer cared about Qiaochu, she arranged for female doctors in her palace to look after her at any time. Late at night, the female officials knocked on the doors of several female doctors, who hurriedly gathered in Qiaochu's bedroom and checked and found that the little prince was about to be born.
The little prince was born at an inappropriate time; he was not even full-term.
But he is coming into this world, bringing with him the complicated emotions of his father and mother, and the upcoming pain or happiness.
Qiaochu felt her stomach sinking. She clutched the bed sheet tightly with both hands and called Shangguan Jinghong's name softly.
She wanted to apologize to him, she wanted to...
She was thinking about many things as the new life was about to be born.
These days, she thought about Shangguan Jinghong day and night, about Shangguan Jingcong's situation, about what she had figured out, and about the human nature she longed to believe in - about the things about love.
If you love deeply, there will be no hurt.
That should be the case.
At this moment, despair and happiness tightly wrapped around her, and she felt a little breathless.
"Mother, please listen to me, breathing must be orderly... Take a deep breath, and then forcefully..."
The voice in her ears was very anxious, and then slowly became blurred. She used all her strength. Her lower body felt as if it was being torn and pierced, and it was so painful, as if it was being stabbed by thousands of needles and cut by knives. However, she still heard the anxious and frightened voices of the female doctors.
"The birth canal cannot be opened, the little prince's head is stuck inside and can't come out..."
"This bleeding won't stop..."
"I'm afraid... I'm afraid it's a difficult birth..."
She was shocked and her mind suddenly became much clearer. The medical skills for childbirth in ancient times were not as good as those of modern times. She was afraid that if she fainted, the child would be in danger. The crying of the four children next to her could be clearly heard.
Shangguan Jinghong hasn't arrived yet.
According to the time and pace, he should have arrived long ago.
She bit her lip tightly, not letting herself think too much, and turned her head quickly despite the pain, "Beauty, go, go find him... Tell him... Even if he hates me... the child is innocent... Let him come... The female doctors can't... I..."
A few feet away, Meiren Ben and the four stood stiffly, staring at her in panic, but they didn't dare to go forward for fear of disturbing the female doctor. At this time, Meiren Zha woke up and nodded vigorously, her eyes were red, but her voice was as firm as it had been for many years, "Don't worry, I will bring him here, no matter what, I will."
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The beauty thought that she was just a maid who accompanied her to Chaoge and would never be the protagonist of the play.
But she watched her joys and sorrows, and she felt her joys and sorrows, as if that had become her own life.
Life seems to have meaning only in this way.
However, she, who had never experienced love, did not understand what love was and how human affairs could change.
In her world, whoever she loves, she will remain the same, no matter what that person is like.
For example, if she respects and loves her, she will treat her well, never hurt her, and even die for her.
So, when she saw the eunuchs kneeling outside the Queen's Palace and she was about to rush into the palace with a sword in hand, and when Shangguan Jinghong, buttoning his collar, walked out of the palace slowly accompanied by Lang Linling, she was really stunned.
She didn't need to tell him. The waiter outside the door and Jing Ping and others beside him frowned. He must have known what happened to her master. She looked hard, trying to find something in his eyes, even a trace of worry, but what she saw was his cold eyes, just like that day in the enclosure.
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"Your Majesty, why don't you go in? The master is waiting for you inside..."
"Your Majesty, women giving birth is dirty, you should not go in, the female doctors... why not go to Xuanyuan..."
"Yes, the Queen is right. The Imperial Hospital should be summoned. It would be disgraceful for the Emperor to go in."
"Master, you should go in and help Master Qiao deliver the baby. I am the true dragon emperor, so I am not afraid of these..."
"Uncle Fang, send someone to Announce Yuanzheng."
"Your Majesty, we slaves deserve to die. My mother is dying. This..."
"Your Majesty should go there in person, after all..."
"Your Highness, what you said is inappropriate. If the Emperor goes in, it will be detrimental to them..."
Qiaochu could hardly open her eyes. She only knew that Sada was wiping the sweat off her face while sobbing. Her only consciousness was clutching the quilt tightly to prevent herself from fainting. However, she could still hear the voices outside clearly in her mind and could tell who was who.
Lang Linling and Shen Qingling both came over.
Shen Qingling didn't want Shangguan Jinghong to come in.
A female doctor went out to report the situation. The queen did not agree at first, but finally relented. Meiren, Laotie, Jingping and Jingqing were begging him... He asked Fang Mingxuan to be the director of the hospital.
In the paddock, had she really hurt him so much
Her mind was blank and tears were streaming down her face. Her legs and feet had been lifted up by the doctor and spread apart on both sides. She was so numb and painful that she couldn't move. She suddenly grabbed the quilt, raised half of her body, and called out his name with all her might amid the doctor's screams.
After a cry, she could no longer hold on and fell back onto the bed.
As the four were crying, someone pushed the door open.
The footsteps were steady and went around the screen. She knew it might be the director, but she refused to close her eyes and fall asleep. She slowly turned her eyes to look over. The wind came from nowhere and blew the candlelight dim. In the light and shadow, a pair of bright yellow shoes rustled.
"Your Majesty."
The female doctors were surprised and delighted, and they all knelt down to greet him.
"Everyone get out." the man ordered.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will take my leave."
The female doctors forcefully pulled the four apart and all of them retreated. Inside, there was a moment of noise and then a moment of silence. Even outside was quiet, as if everyone was holding their breath to listen to something.
But there was no sound. She tried to keep her eyes open in peace and despair, watching him wash his hands in the jade basin on the table.
There was a calmness in his eyes. At this moment, he was a doctor. That was all.
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Finally, he walked towards her, still using the tools left by the female doctor. She saw the golden needles in his hands flickering with light, just like the first time she saw him healing her wounds in Prince Rui's mansion that year.
When he raised the needle and stabbed it into the acupuncture point under her body to expand and open her birth canal, she grabbed his other free hand fiercely.
He glanced at her calmly, his eyes still calm, "Don't move anymore, any movement will cause bleeding."
He tried to pull his hand back after he said that, but she just wouldn't let go.
"Feitian... don't let go... never let go..."
She stared at him and whispered.
A hint of indifferent smile flashed across his eyes quickly. He pulled hard and she let go of his hand in pain, but then she held his hand again - unless he stayed away from her and didn't deliver her baby, he would never be able to avoid her.
He looked coldly at the red-stained bedding beneath her, and finally let her hold his hand.
"Qiao Ruolan, take a deep breath, and slowly push forward from below. Just do it slowly. When I press your hand, push with all your strength..."
I don’t know if it’s because he knows he’s around that he can feel at ease, Qiaochu finally couldn’t stand the pain and fatigue in his body, his consciousness started to blur, but his body still followed his instructions...
The tightness suddenly loosened, and she was overjoyed. She had clearly used up all her strength, and her whole body felt like it was falling apart. She suddenly opened her half-closed eyes, only to see that Shangguan Jinghong had left her. In the dim light, she couldn't see his face clearly, she only saw him staring at something in his hand.
The little thing was soaked in blood, and its lotus-like limbs stretched out and kicked gently.
He held it upside down and suddenly reached out and slapped it. Qiaochu was startled and uttered "What are you doing" in a choked voice. A loud cry broke out from the little guy.
Qiaochu suddenly calmed down and had some understanding. She covered her mouth and nose with her hands, and more excited tears flowed from her eyes. But she saw Shangguan Jinghong put it into another jade basin that was still steaming like a chicken, and rolled up the sleeves of the dragon-patterned vines and clouds, splashing water...
She struggled to get up and looked at the scene greedily. She wanted to go to the two most important people in her life - but her weak body prevented her from doing so. She could only call him again, "Let me see the child... Let me see..."
The bright yellow figure paused slightly, but he did not walk to her. He lifted the cloth hanging on the screen next to him, wrapped the child, and walked out quickly.
Qiaochu's whole body was shaken, and a darkness came over him. He could no longer hold on and fell onto the bed.
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Qiaochu learned the child's gender from the palace maid.