Nanny Gui didn't bother to blame the palace maid who was kneeling on the ground and trembling. She anxiously asked the servants to quickly invite the imperial physician over.
Given the relationship between Shen Qingwan and Xiao Shushen, it was naturally inconvenient for her to go in and do more, but she couldn't just leave like that either, so she could only stand outside the circle with the other female relatives.
It was just the middle of the first month of the lunar year and the weather was freezing cold, but Nanny Gui did not dare to move Xiao Shushen who was lying on the ground. She could only cover Xiao Shushen with a fur coat brought by the servants, and squatted beside her, stroking her hand and comforting her anxiously.
Xiao Shushen's face was pale, and it was unclear whether it was because of the pain or the cold. She carefully covered her abdomen with her other hand and asked in a trembling voice: "Madam Gui, my stomach hurts so much. Did I hurt the baby? Did I hurt the baby..."
Nanny Gui clenched her hands and could only comfort her feebly, "Your Majesty, it's okay. I have sent someone to the Imperial Hospital. The doctors are highly skilled and will definitely not let anything happen to your Majesty and the baby in your belly."
Xiao Shushen shook her head and murmured to herself, "It hurts, my stomach hurts so much."
Just when everyone was in a state of confusion, the imperial doctors finally rushed over. Hearing that something had happened to the pregnant empress, half of the most experienced doctors in the Imperial Hospital rushed over. One of them stepped forward to pull Nanny Gui away, and after getting ready, he went up to check her pulse.
"Doctor Rong, how is it?" Nanny Gui looked at the man in charge of the Imperial Hospital who was taking her pulse and saw that his complexion was getting worse and worse, with sweat slowly appearing on his face. She knew that something was wrong, but she could only bite the bullet and ask about the situation.
Doctor Rong raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead. He did not answer Nanny Gui's words. He just turned around to look at the doctors who followed him and called one of them to come forward, "Old Yu, come over and take a look."
Doctor Yu followed Doctor Rong's steps and took Xiao Shushen's pulse. After a moment, he also looked at Doctor Rong with a cold sweat on his face and nodded tremblingly.
Doctor Rong understood and looked at Xiao Shushen with a look of panic. Just as he was about to begin speaking, he was interrupted by a sharp voice behind him.
"The Emperor has arrived!"
Everyone shuddered and turned around to salute: "Long live our emperor..."
"Stand up." Fu Yuheng walked to Xiao Shushen with a sullen face and said in a cold voice, "What's going on?"
The servant standing nearby trembled as he recounted the incident. Fu Yuheng's expression became increasingly worse. After the servant stopped talking, he coldly ordered the accompanying guards, "Throw this impetuous palace maid into the death row! Pick a day to try her!"
The maid, who had been shaking even more violently since he came, now broke down and cried out, "Your Majesty, please spare me! I didn't mean to do that, Your Majesty, please spare me!"
Fu Yuheng didn't even give her a glance and let the guards drag her away rudely.
Doctor Rong seemed to have found his backbone now. He did not attack Xiao Shushen who was on the verge of collapse. Instead, he whispered in Fu Yuheng's ear: "Your Majesty, the Queen's child... is gone."
Fu Yuheng clenched his fists, sighed inaudibly, and said, "In this kind of weather, are you still waiting to keep the queen here?"
Everyone was shocked, and then they remembered to use the stretcher brought by the Imperial Hospital to carefully carry her back to the palace.
Fu Yuheng did not follow immediately, but just glanced around at the concubines with a warning in his eyes.
The people who were still whispering immediately fell silent, standing there with their hands and feet tied. For a moment, there was complete silence. Fu Yuheng didn't say much. He rubbed his temple and left with his guards.
Shen Qingwan looked at his tired face and wanted to do something for him. However, thinking about the nature of the matter and the complicated relationship between her and Xiao Shushen, she could only stop and stay where she was like the other concubines.
She looked at the place where Xiao Shushen had fallen. She was gone, leaving only a pool of shocking red. She turned away and stopped looking, but her heart was still unsettled. No matter how she argued with Xiao Shushen, the child was innocent. Judging from the attitudes of the imperial physician and the emperor, the child was probably gone. Such a living life passed away like this, and she felt an indescribable pain in her heart.
She stayed there for a while, then called Lianyun and prepared to go back to her own courtyard. However, she heard the concubines who were frightened by Fu Yuheng before, after making sure he was far away, began to chatter in groups of three or five.
"Looking at the unhappy faces of the imperial physician and the emperor, the queen must have had a miscarriage, right?"
"Yes, yes, look at the dazed look on the Queen's face. She used to be so high and mighty, as if she looked down on everyone, but now she's just like a piece of shit." Disdainful voices rang out one after another.
"Shh... This is the palace, don't talk nonsense."
The chirping sound gradually faded away, but Shen Qingwan's heart was not at peace. She thought that as concubines living in the harem, seeing the pitiful appearance of the queen, everyone would be more or less worried, but she didn't expect that most people were gloating over her misfortune.
So this is what a harem is like? Lively and cold.
Shen Qingwan smiled bitterly, without thinking any more, and took Lianyun back to the yard.
On the other side, Xiao Shushen was carefully placed on the bed. The imperial physician carefully felt her pulse, prescribed medicine, and told Aunt Gui a few things to pay attention to after the miscarriage. Aunt Gui listened attentively and cried sadly.
The imperial physician had been working in the palace for quite some time, and he could only sigh at his ill-fated fate and say nothing more than to fulfill his duty.
Fu Yuheng entered the room when Nanny Gui was feeding Xiao Shushen medicine. In order not to disturb Xiao Shushen who needed to recuperate, he did not let anyone know.
“Your Majesty…” Nanny Gui hurriedly saluted but was interrupted by Fu Yuheng’s wave of his hand.
"Go out, I want to talk to the Queen." Fu Yuheng waved his hand.
"Yes." Nanny Gui glanced at the person lying on the bed and finally went downstairs.
Fu Yuheng took the medicine that Nanny Gui put down and walked forward to feed her.
Xiao Shushen's originally dazed eyes quickly focused after she saw Fu Yuheng. She asked softly, "Your Majesty, is my child gone?"
No one had ever told her exactly what was going on, but she wasn't stupid. Looking at the attitude of the crowd, she had already understood it, she just didn't want to accept it.
Fu Yuheng remained silent and did not answer her. He just continued to feed her the medicine, "Don't think too much. Just drink the medicine."
Hsiao Shu-shen bowed her head and shed tears, for herself and for the child who had not yet had the chance to see the world.
Fu Yuheng sighed, put down the medicine, whispered a few words of comfort, and when he saw that Xiao Shushen didn't react much, he called Aunt Gui in, asked her to help her rest, and then left.