The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Before Xie Yuzhen could figure out the intention of heaven, her due date was approaching.

With her deliberate letting go and fanning the flames, Meng Ronghua foolishly reached into Shouning Palace and secretly had several pregnant women from the Meng family raised outside the palace, just waiting for Xie Yuzhen to make a move. They would then be given drugs to induce labor. As soon as they gave birth to sons, they would be sent to the palace through a channel that someone had deliberately relaxed, in order to implement the plan of exchanging children.

Everything went so smoothly that Meng Ronghua became very confident, unaware that he and his entire family had stepped into a deadly trap.

On the night of February 14th.

Xie Yuzhen suddenly felt a cramp in her abdomen and a slight tide coming. Having given birth once before, she knew that she was about to give birth.

Speaking of which, this child is indeed the daughter of destiny. She is very stable and was born after a full ten months of pregnancy.

At night, lights were lit everywhere in Jinghua Tower of Shouning Palace, and the palace servants were busy.

Xie Yuzhen knew that there would still be some time from the appearance of signs of labor to the birth, so she asked Xie's mother to accompany Xie Yi and instructed Chunfen to make some food for her.

Xia Zhi knew what his wife had planned for today, but childbirth for a woman is like crossing the gates of hell. But Xie Yu was so bold that he dared to set up a trap to capture someone on such a day, risking himself and the baby in her belly.

Her hands and legs were shaking non-stop. Seeing this, Xie Yuzhen smiled and said, "If you are really nervous, why don't you take a rest first?"

Xia Zhi pinched her palm to stop trembling: "No, no matter what, I have to accompany my wife in person to feel at ease!"

The news that Xie Yuzhen was about to give birth spread quickly to all the palaces, and the news that reached Meng Ronghua was especially fast. After receiving the news, she immediately asked Xinxia to find the palace gate guards who had been bribed long ago, and go out of the palace to bring the child in.

The pregnant women who were secretly placed in a secret courtyard next to the imperial palace quickly drank the labor-inducing drugs. As the night deepened, when Xie Yuzhen was full and sated and paced back and forth in the room, enduring the increasingly intense pain in her abdomen, Xinxia had already returned to the palace with a bloody baby boy who was born as a result of the drugs.

In Changrui Palace, Meng Ronghua didn't even look at the child, but just asked Xinxia if it was a boy.

It has to be a boy. Who would go through the trouble of changing it for a daughter?

Xinxia was holding a huge box containing a baby. She nodded respectfully and replied, "There were five pregnant women. The first two gave birth to daughters, and the third gave birth to a son. I brought him in immediately. He hasn't been washed yet. I gave him medicine on the way here, so he won't cry."

Meng Ronghua frowned when he heard this: "Don't die, or you'll ruin my plan."

"Don't worry, my lady. This medicine will only make the child lose his voice for a period of time."

"That's good. You can send him to Zhou." Meng Ronghua sent Xinxia away and began to pray in her heart, praying that Xie Cairen would give birth to a daughter, so that her plan of exchanging children would seem more reasonable; similarly, if she could give birth to a stillbirth, that would be the best; if she gave birth to a boy, she would have to use some means after exchanging the boy to make him have physical defects... She couldn't do this, so she asked her subordinates to do it.

Meng Ronghua, who thought that everything had been arranged, had no idea that his and his every move had already been monitored by Xie Yuzhen.

Chunfen was also very nervous now. After she saw Dr. Zhou carrying a large box which was said to contain her unique medicines and tools into the delivery room, she almost ran in to tell Xie Yuzhen that the delivery room was already in place.

Xie Ruizhen held her belly and walked slowly into the delivery room. Her forehead was covered with sweat. Waves of pain continued to hit her body, but Xie Ruizhen's consciousness was not disturbed at all. Instead, she became more and more clear-headed.

Shortly after she entered the delivery room, the emperor and empress arrived together.

"How is Concubine Xie?" the Queen asked.

The emperor glanced at her, closed his slightly open mouth, and looked at Chunfen who was at the door.

Chunfen's face turned pale with nervousness: "Your Majesty, my wife just went in. She seems to be fine. The two medical officials and Sister Xiazhi have also gone in."

"Is Madam Xie not in there?" The Queen frowned. "Is she taking care of Tan Nu? How about I go in and keep her company..."

The emperor raised his hand to stop her: "Giving birth requires a lot of blood and energy, and you are weak. It would be bad if the blood and energy were to rush. I'm afraid Xie Qing doesn't want you to take this risk."

He pulled the queen to sit on the chair brought by the palace servants, but he stood up and stood at the door of the delivery room for a moment. He could not hear any sound from the woman in the room, and he could not help pacing anxiously.

When Xie Yuzhen in the delivery room heard the news that the emperor and empress had arrived, the pain in her abdomen became more intense. She was now half sitting and half lying on the bed, with her back on a cushion, her upper body lifted up, and her lower body covered with a tent to prevent her from being frightened and fainting at the sight of blood, which would put both mother and child in danger. There was no such rule in the palace originally, and the precedent was set by Concubine Li.

After a long time, Doctor Zhou and Midwife Sun checked the birth canal repeatedly and were finally able to report to the anxious people outside the delivery room that the baby was about to be born. The emperor looked at the sky and saw a full moon hanging silently in the sky. He knew that it was most of the night and it was already February 15th.

"Xianming, please say something." He had never been so anxious before. He looked around and found that the concubines who had come to visit and wait for Xie Yuzhen to give birth had been persuaded to go back one by one by the Queen. Now only the Queen and Xu Baolin were present. He didn't care about anything else and shouted directly through the door.

Even though she was as anxious as the emperor, the queen couldn't help but cover her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed: "It takes a lot of time for a woman to give birth. I think she is saving energy by not crying..."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a loud female voice in the delivery room: "Are you annoying? Stop bothering me!"

My stomach hurts more and more, but this bastard keeps nagging.

Now even Xu Baolin couldn't help but want to laugh.

The emperor looked embarrassed. He was convinced that his and Xie Ruzhen's daughter was the reincarnation of a god, but he couldn't help but think of the theory of the devil's calamity. Moreover, for some considerations, he allowed Xie Ruzhen to set up the plan on the day of delivery... The more he thought about it, the more regretful and fearful he became.

He had been confident before, but now he was filled with fear that was not something an emperor should have.

Seeing that Xie Yuzhen could still scold him so vigorously, the emperor felt relieved: "Okay, okay, I won't quarrel anymore, you can have your life in peace."

The delivery room fell silent again.

I don’t know how long it took before the first ray of morning glow appeared in the sky.

Someone in the delivery room exclaimed. It was the voice of Dr. Zhou: "It's born! Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Madam, it's a little prince!"