Ye Xiu's body had no strength left, her mind was dull and dizzy, fortunately the loud-mouthed midwife was still shouting "One, two, breathe in, use force..."

  The maid pressed a piece of ginseng under her tongue and, holding her hand, encouraged her: "Young mistress, you must hold on, outside the quiet imperial concubine, imperial noble consort and several others are keeping vigil with you..."

  But Ye Xiu heard this and was terrified. She grasped the silk fabric on her head with both hands, struggling to get up: "They're still there? Is the Emperor there, is Hui Bin there?"

  "The Emperor left two hours ago." The palace maid replied without any surprise. Compared to Hui Bin, her own master was not so favored by the Emperor, how could he possibly stay up all night? "However, Concubine Hui... she followed the Emperor and left together. Concubine Hui's body is weak and can't withstand fatigue, leaving early is also reasonable. Don't worry, Young Master, Jing Fei, Zhao Shu Yu, and Tian Bin, the three of them have the title of being in charge of the palace, they are diligent and will always be here."

  The terror on Ye Xiu's face grew more and more severe. She shouted: "Quick, bring me the Snow Lotus soup, I want to drink the Snow Lotus! Midwife, think of a way, why hasn't the child come out yet..."

  A palace maid standing beside her was startled and knelt down, advising repeatedly: "Young Master! It's not a difficult birth, no need to use the Snow Lotus! Although the Emperor has ordered that the Snow Lotus can be used, there are only two plants in the entire palace. If you use it for your child... outsiders will say that Young Master is being arrogant and relying on his imperial favor!"

  "I don't care!" The usually gentle and weak Ye Xiu's heart was unusually persistent at this moment: "Bring it over to me, I am the dragon heir of Great Qin, so what if I'm arrogant because of my privileged status! Those people outside want my life, once I give birth and lose all my energy, they will take advantage of the opportunity to kill me... I don't want to die, quickly bring Snow Lotus over, if you're slow, I'll be dead..."

  The female doctor and the nurse beside her were frightened, but when they looked at Ye Xiaozhu's appearance again, they had no choice but to follow her orders and fetch the snow lotus.

  Ye Xiu clenched her teeth and gritted them, using all her might. She ordered a palace maid: "Go to the Huayang Palace and invite Concubine Hui over. Tell her I'm begging her... as long as she comes, from now on I'll do whatever she wants."

  Huī jiàn left halfway, probably because her own price wasn't high enough... Yè xiù was annoyed and resentful that Lín yuàn took advantage of the situation to raise the price, but there's no other way out now; at present, Lín yuàn is the only one who can save her life.

  The palace maid was frightened by her for the second time, but in the end she didn't say anything and quickly ran out to do her errand.

  Tuoba Hong returned to Jianzhang Palace to rest, while Lin Xuan was still awake in the Jiyan Building.

  She had long expected Ye Xiu Xin to send someone to invite her. When the palace maid came running over, sweating profusely, she didn't hesitate and stood up, putting on her outer garment with a smile: "Has your master not yet received good news?"

  "No, no..." For some reason, the palace maid named Zhi Cao looked at Hui Bin with a smile as beautiful as a flower, but had an extra strange feeling.

  "Then let's go." Lin Yuan quickly got on the rickshaw.

  "Is your master using Xue Lian?"

  "Yes, originally it was not necessary to use, the slave also doesn't know what happened to Ye Xiaozhu... " Zhi Cao replied. Although Hui Bin is not her master, just now Ye Xiaozhu's attitude towards Hui Bin was like grasping at a straw. Looking at Hui Bin's calm and composed appearance again, Zhi Cao felt that her own master had already been controlled by Hui Bin.

  Everyone in the palace knows that Huisheng and her master have old grievances and have been at odds for a long time... What's going on here?

  "Then let's not delay, let's hurry up." Lin Yan instructed calmly. She didn't want Ye Xiu to get into trouble either, without Ye Xiu, she would lose one of her most important chess pieces.

  When Lin Wan arrived at the place, inside, Jing Fei and several others were still there. Jing Fei was already sleepy, with one hand propping herself up on a small table to doze off. Zhao Shuwan sat with her eyes closed, looking very tired. But Heng Bin was fine, she held a Buddhist scripture to copy, perhaps because of her youth, she didn't feel sleepy at all.

  Lin Yan swept her eyes over them and couldn't help but say that Jing Fei slept quite soundly, someone came in and didn't even notice. And Tian Pin...

  Lin Wan's eyes narrowed slightly as she looked at Tian Pin.

  Tian Pin raised her head to look at her, a hint of surprise flashing across her face. The next moment, she came forward with a smile all over her face: "Hui Pin sister, how did you come? You're not feeling well, why don't you go rest..."

  How did you come again! Tianpin said in her heart.

  Lin Wan smoothed out her slightly disheveled hair bun and smiled, "Didn't I say so? I just wanted to come over and gain some experience, so that when the time comes for me to produce, I'll be prepared. Just now, I went back to take a nap, and now I'm here again." As she spoke, she reached out and took the new copy of the Buddhist scriptures that Chu Huashang had just finished copying, and praised, "Sister, you've copied the 'Lotus Sutra'! I remember this is one of the empress dowager's favorite scriptures."

  Tan Bin looked at the scripture and smiled humbly: "The Ye family inside must have had a hard time giving birth, I was waiting outside and couldn't help with anything, so I could only copy scriptures and pray for blessings for her."

  "Wow, Lady Tan is really kind and virtuous, taking such good care of Ye Mei. When Ye Mei finds out later, she'll definitely be extremely grateful to you." Lin Wan said, constantly glancing towards the inner chamber: "I heard that Ye Shi is about to give birth soon. How is she doing now?"

  Consort Tian's heart skipped a beat, and she also turned her head towards the tightly closed inner chamber.

  Her eyes sparkled with a hint of sharpness as she walked lightly past, tossing a sentence at Lin Yu: "I think it's almost done... I'll go take a look."

  However, her wrist was suddenly pulled back. She turned around and looked at Lin Yuan with a suppressed annoyance in her heart: "How... does Princess Hui also want to go in? It's better for Princess Hui to sit outside, it's bloody and noisy inside, and it will hurt your stomach if you get shocked."

  "I didn't want to go in, I just wanted to remind Sister Tian. Lin Yan smiled softly: "Sister, this dress is the one that the Emperor rewarded you with a few days ago, isn't it?"

  "Wow, this embroidery is made of heavenly silkworm silk! In the past, only Chang and Guifei in the palace could enjoy heavenly silkworm silk. Now, Sister Tian has also been favored to this extent..."

  Conservatism smiled reluctantly: "What did Hui Bin say, sister? You are the one who is dear to the emperor's heart. I also heard that you don't like Tian Can silk, it's hard and the color isn't pretty... otherwise, the emperor would have rewarded you a long time ago..."

  Lin Wan still smiled elegantly, grasping Chu Huashang's wrist without loosening her grip: "Princess Tian is joking, the Emperor's intentions towards you are in no way inferior to those towards me. This dress of yours is too valuable, it's best not to wear it like this, inside is a bloody place, if it gets stained, what can be done? Why don't you go change into another dress?"

  Tianpin pursed her lips and stopped talking.

  Her right hand was grasped by Lin Wan and couldn't be pulled out, while her left hand was hidden in her sleeve, tightly clenched around a package inside the cuff.

  "What are you waiting for, go and help Lady Tan change her clothes." Lin Yu ordered the palace maid beside Lady Tan: "The things bestowed by His Majesty, if they are damaged or stained, not to mention that you cannot be forgiven, even your masters will be blamed."

  "Ru Huan, you..." Tuan Huan gritted her teeth, wanting to say something, but at this moment, a sudden cry of a baby came from the inner chamber.

  Lin Wan and Chu Huasheng were both shocked. The quiet queen behind them also woke up suddenly, supported by the palace maid, and hurriedly walked forward, her face already filled with joy: "Has she given birth? Is it a prince or a princess?" She then hastily ordered those around her: "Quickly, quickly go invite the emperor! Ye Shi has given birth!"

  Everyone in the palace was stirred up, and everyone was busy taking care of the newborn child. Concubine Hui took advantage of Lin's distraction for a moment, suddenly withdrew her hand, lifted her foot and walked towards the inner room. Unlike men who are not allowed to enter the blood chamber, women do not have this rule, but the blood chamber is a dirty place, and people with high status also avoid it very much. Someone naturally stopped Concubine Hui on the side and said: "It's very dirty inside, I'm afraid you'll bump into the princess."

  The Empress Dowager was not moved, she ordered the palace maid behind her to hold the Buddhist scriptures she had just copied, and hurriedly rushed inside while saying: "Yexi gave birth to the imperial heir, I, the empress, followed the emperor's order to assist the Pure Consort in managing the palace, so naturally I should go in to take care of her."

  Lin Yan looked at her anxious appearance, and in her heart, she could only sneer - it's really pitiful for a woman who can't give birth, she can only exhaust herself to snatch other people's children! Other people's children all have their own mothers, and she is also afraid that she won't be able to raise them well, and still wants to take the risk of killing the biological mother.

  Chu Hua Shang, you're really pitiful!

  Lin Yan sneered and stretched out her foot to step on the hem of Chu Hua's expensive Tiancan silk palace dress.

  At the sound of a cry, Chu Huashang's foot slipped and her body fell backwards. She instinctively used both hands to support herself on the ground, and when she turned around, she saw Lin Yuan behind her, which made her even more terrified. Her eyes were fixed on Lin Yuan's belly, and with all her might, she grabbed the palace maid beside her and twisted her body to fall sideways.

  Lin Yan is now six months pregnant, and even if she accidentally pushes her down, or just touches her, Chu Huashang believes that she will not be able to get away with it. Fortunately, she reacted quickly, and her young body was agile, so she dodged to the left and avoided it. However, she is not a martial artist, and in mid-air, she twisted and hit her chin hard on the marble floor.

  It's already May, which is early summer, so there's no carpet on the ground. Everyone just heard a "bang" and Chu Huashang fell heavily to the ground. She was lying on the ground with blood flowing from the corner of her mouth, her clothes and hair were disheveled, and from a distance, she looked like a dog that had been rolling in mud.

  You can visit this site by typing "Purple Cavern" in any search engine!