And the most hateful thing is that the emperor's affection for Concubine Xiang is different from that of others and her. It was a genuine little liking, although only a little, which she once had but had long since lost, and what others would never get. When thinking about things, even if he takes into account the overall situation, the emperor will help Concubine Xiang a little bit.

Empress Xiao endured the pain in her heart, made a sad face and said to the emperor: "The emperor should wait for a while, Concubine Xiang had a seizure at dawn, and the child has not yet shown his head." I heard that the imperial doctor said that it was a difficult birth......"

"Difficult to deliver!" Tuoba Hong's anger surged: "What about the Lan clan next to her? Isn't it proper to serve on weekdays, but something happens when it comes? ”

"The emperor is angry." The queen hurriedly comforted: "It's just that there are signs of dystocia, the imperial doctors are still diagnosing and treating, and Concubine Xiang is not in danger yet." It is already difficult for a woman to give birth to a child, and there are many people who are born in a few days and nights, and the emperor waits with peace of mind, maybe there will be good news immediately. ”

With a cold face, Tuoba Hong sat down on the throne that the queen had given up. He glanced coldly at the crowd and ignored them, only sending the first imperial doctor out for questioning.

When the concubines saw that the emperor was angry, they were silent one by one, and they didn't dare to say anything. The life and death of the auspicious concubine in the inner hall are uncertain, dangerous and abnormal, and the atmosphere outside is also very depressing, and the entire Lintoe Palace can be described as gloomy.

Concubine Xiang gave birth to such a major event, except for those who went to Changle Palace to ask for pulse, the rest of the people came to Lintoe Palace. The imperial doctor who came out to reply was a disciple of Liang Shouchang, named Zhang Ren, who was a very young medical officer, but I heard that he had some skills.

Tuoba Hong was already very irritable at this time, and reprimanded Doctor Zhang: "The palace raised you to protect the health of the masters, but you are good, the corpse is vegetarian and does not do practical things." Over the years, I have had many children, most of whom were stillborn, and each time you have failed to do your duty! A Shen family is making waves and taking medicine to harm people, you ask the concubines for pulse every day, but your medical skills are mediocre, and you can't diagnose the condition. Now that Concubine Xiang's baby is born, will she repeat the mistakes of the past? ”

Tuoba Hong is not worried about Concubine Xiang's child, he is worried about Concubine Xiang's corpse and two lives. He had just executed the Shen family, and if Concubine Xiang died in childbirth, what could he do to stabilize the harem.

Medical Officer Zhang knew that the emperor was unhappy because of the Shen family's affairs, and now he just found an excuse to vent his anger. He has always been calm-hearted, and he was not very flustered at this time, he first kowtowed and asked for sin, and then said clearly: "Concubine Xiang is sober and her body is not weak, don't be too pessimistic." After thinking about it, he explained: "Concubine Xiang was poisoned during pregnancy, and this fetus is not well conceived, and now it is not an accident to have a difficult birth." Also, Concubine Xiang's belly is very large, according to previous experience, it should be an overdose of pregnancy that causes the fetus to grow bigger, and it is difficult to give birth. However, this is far from being dangerous, the mother is still working hard to give birth, and the midwives are giving the mother a good breath, and it is estimated that there will be a better situation after touching it. ”

Doctor Zhang's speech was neither humble nor arrogant, which made Tuoba Hong a little discouraged. He closed his eyes slightly, went through the matter in his mind, and asked again: "Then according to what you see, if it is really dangerous, how sure are you that you can keep the mother and child safe?" ”

Medical Officer Zhang has been in the palace on an errand for three or four years, and he has seen the situation of many concubines giving birth. When he heard the emperor ask such a question, he knew that this was a matter of protecting the big and the small.

This is the palace, not an ordinary family, the birth of concubines is naturally the heir of the emperor, and the tragic situation of cutting the mother's belly with scissors for the sake of the child happens from time to time.

Then he replied according to the rules: "If it really comes to the last resort...... The Imperial Physician Wang is a holy hand in gynecology, especially good at dealing with difficult births, and if he uses drugs to induce birth, he is eighty percent sure that the imperial heir will survive. If the situation is really difficult, there is one last way, Wu Zhaoyi was born by caesarean section when the first emperor, and now the six kings are only weaker, and the rest are no different from ordinary people. ”

Doctor Zhang's words made most of the concubines in the room gasp, and then they felt a sense of sadness that the rabbit died and the fox died. However, this kind of thing is the most common thing in the Heavenly Family, and if they are also pregnant and have difficult childbirth in the future, the end is most likely the same.

Tuoba Hong listened to it, but he couldn't laugh or cry. He didn't mean to protect the emperor's heir, if he left a child alone, and the Shangguan family had a prince in hand, he didn't know what he would do in the future.

It's just that in front of so many people right now, it's hard for him to ask. So he had no choice but to say: "Doctor Zhang go back and guard, I want to see Concubine Xiang's mother and son safe." ”

Doctor Zhang retreated. At this time, the palace maid Lan Rui flashed out of the inner hall, her face was covered with sweat, her sideburns were scattered, and she rushed forward to kowtow to the emperor. Tuoba Hong looked at her angrily: "I entrusted Concubine Xiang to you, and as a result, you served your master like this?" It is rumored that the Lan family's medical skills are unmatched, you come to tell me, Concubine Xiang, can she give birth safely? ”

Concubine Xiang couldn't be born for a long time, Lan Rui was already exhausted in the hall, and at this time, he cared about Concubine Xiang's life and didn't care if the emperor was angry with him, so he only knelt in front of the emperor and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... It's useless to be a slave, and Concubine Xiang's birth is indeed a little difficult......"

Tuoba Hong's eyes narrowed slightly: "You make it clear, why did your master have a difficult birth?" As he spoke, he glanced at the concubines present with a fierce expression: "If Concubine Xiang is poisoned or something, you can just say it, and I will make the decision for you." ”

These words made the concubines terrified, Concubine Xiang's status in the emperor's heart was obviously not ordinary, and it was not something they could compare. If a lawsuit is really found today, if Concubine Xiang really has any accidents...... The emperor was furious, and he didn't know how many people would be implicated!

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the palace maid Lan Rui, staring at every word that came out of her mouth. For a time, everyone in the hall was in danger.

But Lan Rui, who was kneeling, had a flickering expression, and only after a long time did she say sneeringly: "Niangniang, she, she ...... It was because of the constitution that I had a difficult birth......"

As he spoke, he couldn't go on anymore. Lan Rui was already terrified to the extreme, and she didn't dare to say the real reason for the master's difficult birth.

This was even more unclear, and Tuoba Hong rebuked when he heard it: "What a foolish word! Concubine Xiang, she has always been healthy, and she was born very smoothly when she had her first child, why is her physique different today? Even if she had been poisoned by an inch of thought, you swore to report it to me at the time, saying that the toxin removal would only weaken her body and would not affect the fetus! Saying that, he snorted coldly: "If Concubine Xiang has something to do today, you and this group of quacks will be buried together!" ”

Lan Rui was silent in tears, and only kept kowtowing.

At this moment, a small palace maid holding hot handkerchiefs and other miscellaneous items came out of the corner door of the side hall, panicked under her feet, and accidentally fell in front of everyone's eyes, and the thing fell to the ground. The room was full of masters, and she was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty.

Tuoba Hong looked at it unhappily, and the imperial eunuch had already stepped forward to suppress the palace maid. Lin Yuan looked at it from a distance, but felt that this palace maid was a little familiar, and one of the concubines whispered: "Isn't this the medical girl Liu in Changxin Palace......

The queen didn't pay attention to it just now, and at this time, when she heard the three words of Changxin Palace, she also looked at it, and this look was really a person from her own palace. Changxin Palace has always been very strict, at this time, this little medicine girl collided with the holy car in front of so many people, but the emperor was still angry, and the queen was full of embarrassment and anger when she arrived, and pointed at her and said: "Don't drag it down quickly!" What does the Holy Driver look like in front of him, the face of Changxin Palace has made you lose it! ”

Because Concubine Xiang was in danger, this medical girl was sent to help from Changxin Palace, so she would appear in Lintoe Palace at this time. She didn't dare to argue, the attendants next to her stepped forward to hold her up and dragged her out, while Wang Dehai, the head of Changxin Palace, stepped forward to clean up the mess.

However, as soon as Wang Dehai picked up something on the ground, he made a "pout", pulled a piece of paper in his right hand and handed it to the queen: "Niangniang, this seems to be an important thing." Doctor Liu was originally going to go in to serve Concubine Xiang, and it would be okay if these handkerchiefs and basins fell, but this piece of paper is like a prescription......"

Liu Yinu also suddenly remembered at this time, and hurriedly stepped forward to take the paper and said, "Oh, the slave forgot it!" This is the medicine that Concubine Xiang wants to take, and the slave is about to take it to the imperial doctor. ”

"What a fool!" The queen was even more embarrassed: "I can't even remember the master's important errands, I look like I have no hands and feet!" Hurry up and step down, and don't come to serve in Changxin Palace in the future! ”

Doctor Liu's side was a trivial matter, Tuoba Hong was in a mess, where was he in the mood to control the palace maid's mistakes, so he didn't say a word and waited for the queen to deal with it.

"Yo, this recipe looks like a good recipe, and there are snow lotus medicinal materials on it." The queen hurriedly glanced at the prescription, then handed the thing into Wang Dehai's hands, and ordered in a deep voice: "Quick, take it in and present it to the imperial doctor inside, Concubine Xiang will rely on it to boil medicine later, and it is not easy to delay the big event." ”

Wang Dehai didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went in with his things. The queen behind her muttered to herself with slight doubts: "Although this recipe is good, it doesn't look like it was born......" said with a shocked face, and hurriedly said to the left and right: "Quick!" Call back Little Dezi! How does this palace think that the recipe is wrong, if it is used wrong, it will be even worse! ”

At this time, Tuoba Hong also paid attention when he heard this. In just a moment, Wang Dehai was pulled back by the inner supervisor next to him, and he still had the prescription in his hand. Tuoba Hong said impatiently: "Now these errand people are becoming more and more useless!" The little doctor girl is just hairy, Lan Rui is conceited with medical skills but she is unable to protect the master, and the people in the hospital will even make a mistake! No wonder you can't serve Concubine Xiang! As he spoke, he pointed at Doctor Zhang and said, "Since the queen feels that something is wrong, you can take a look at whether there is anything wrong with this thing!" ”