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Chapter 1268 - 1179: Leave the Mother but Keep the Son, or Leave the Son but Keep the Mother?

Chapter 1268: Chapter 1179: Leave the Mother but Keep the Son, or Leave the Son but Keep the Mother?

Qin Yi sighed deeply and fell into silence again...

Su Huarong naturally understood what he was worried about.

"But just now, Eunuch An and that..."

"Previously, a Palace Maid had come to report that Imperial Concubine Feng of the Water Moon Courtyard, in praying for blessings for the Empress, knelt for six hours and stirred her fetal qi. She is now about to give birth!"

Qin Yi, with his hands clasped behind his back, raised his head to look at the sky as if to say that the weather was quite nice today.

Su Huarong immediately understood and his face changed color at once.

"She’s only been pregnant for eight months, hasn’t she? Haha! She sure dares to gamble..."

Imperial Concubine Feng had been pregnant for only eight months and it wasn’t yet the time for "When the fruit is ripe, the stem will fall". Unexpectedly, she claimed that the fetal qi had moved and she was about to give birth, displaying a boldness that was indeed impossible to overlook!

And it was precisely because such people dared to gamble and venture that they were even more frightening!

Right now, Pan’er was in labor. If she gave birth to two princesses, it would be fine, but if Pan’er also gave birth to a prince, and by chance, the child from the Water Moon Courtyard was born first, that child would become Imperial Concubine Feng Xiyue’s!

There had always been the principles in the Imperial Family of "He who is born first reigns" in establishing succession, and when the time came, whether to stand by the legitimate or the eldest, it could rise to numerous disputes again!

That Feng Xiyue, from the very first glance he took of her, he felt she was not a simple character.

Years passed, and it gradually confirmed his initial impression.

But now that things had reached this point, he really had no opportunity to take action against her.

Wait!

Take action, take action, take action...

A thought flashed through his mind, and he immediately looked up at His Majesty.

Qin Yi turned his head slightly and chuckled toward him, then continued to look up at the sky, "Indeed! She truly dares to gamble. However, since she is so eager for the child to be born, how would I not grant her wish? But as for when this child will be born, it still needs to be said by me to count!"

She may give birth all she wants, but with the Imperial Physician he had sent, even if she wanted to give birth before Pan’er, she couldn’t.

If Pan’er gave birth to the heir apparent, naturally it would be a great joy. If Pan’er gave birth to another princess, while the woman from Water Moon Courtyard had a boy, he wouldn’t mind bringing the child over as a triplet to be raised under Pan’er’s name. After all, it wasn’t like there were no helpers in the Imperial Palace—there were plenty of Palace Maids and Managing Maids. The child could simply be left in their care.

He had considered and planned everything, and now he was just waiting for Pan’er to deliver the child.

Inside the delivery room, Su Pan’er was already screaming herself hoarse, but the child still stubbornly refused to come.

Her physical strength was rapidly depleting, and her head was gradually feeling heavier and dizzier, making her desperately wish to just sleep and never wake up again...

Outside the delivery room, the Imperial Physicians wore solemn looks, as they frequently wiped away sweat and, after much discussion, still couldn’t come up with a useful plan.

"Hurry up, everyone, do not delay any longer. If you have any good methods, speak up quickly, do not keep them to yourselves."

Imperial Physician Wang looked at all the Imperial Physicians gathered there—they were the ones whom Great Zhou could find with the best medical skills, and after discussing for half a day, still had not been able to come up with a useful plan. If this delay continued, not to mention the Empress’s child in her womb, even the Empress herself could have one foot in the Gates of Hell.

If it really came to one dead body and two lives, all of them would have to be buried with the Empress!

Because Imperial Physician Wang was aware of this, he was strikingly urging everyone on.

Everyone was still silent.

Only one old Imperial Physician glanced at the others before finally speaking up.

"Imperial Physician Wang, you are aware of the Empress’s condition. It is not that we are unwilling to do our utmost, but such matters, really, are beyond our help."

He stroked his beard, pondering the possibilities, "The child’s one hand and one foot are stuck in the birth canal and simply cannot come out. Moreover, the Empress exhausted too much strength when she gave birth to the first child. Now, her uterine contractions are too weak, and even after drinking so much inducing decoction, it’s of no use. How could she possibly deliver the child normally?"

"Why not use another piece of Wild Mountain Ginseng?"

An Imperial Physician suggested softly.

But no one echoed the proposal.

"The Empress has already taken a piece of Wild Mountain Ginseng, and even if she takes another now, it’s estimated to be of little help to her current condition."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Then, the senior Imperial Physician spoke again, "If there really is a solution, given the current situation, there’s only one way!"

"What way?"

"The way is... someone must reach into the birth canal, first straighten the child’s limbs, and then carry the child out. This way, she could give birth smoothly."

To the left, impossible, and to the right, just as unlikely—what then, in the end, is a viable method?

People looked at each other, and no one spoke.

Since ancient times, there have been Differences Between Men and Women. Not to mention that the woman in labor now is the Empress, the mother of the nation. Even if she were a woman from an ordinary household, for this group of rough men to proceed in such a manner, the woman would still not survive.

What’s more, the woman in labor was the Empress herself!

This proposal had not gone unthought of before, but precisely because the patient did not meet the conditions, no one brought it up.

"This method... I’m afraid it’s not feasible."

Imperial Physician Wang also shook his head in denial.

"Have you all forgotten the Empress’s pulse phase from before? Her birth canal has clearly been torn, and if we really put our hands into it, it’s feared that it will tear the canal further and cause hemorrhaging. By that time, death will be just as difficult to escape!"

The Empress’s body was not suited for becoming pregnant again in the first place, and now she has forcefully conceived again, moreover with twins. The risks involved, even up to now, have all become evident. How should they rescue her, how can they rescue her?

"Then, I too have no solution."

The senior Imperial Physician spread his hands flat: "Otherwise, looking at it now, choosing to save the child and lose the mother, or save the mother and lose the child, we can only take one of the two options. Moreover, this decision must be made quickly, or else..."

Everyone was silent.

Such a decision, they naturally did not have the authority to make and must report to His Majesty. Only His Majesty’s judgment would suffice!

But who would go and inform His Majesty of this matter?

They all looked around at each other. Nobody was willing to be the first one to stick their neck out.

Amidst a drowsy stupor, Su Pan’er heard all of these arguments from the Imperial Physicians. She finally understood why she still couldn’t give birth after all this time. It turned out that the child was stuck at the mouth of the womb, which explained why she couldn’t deliver smoothly.

If someone else were pregnant with the child, she certainly could help them deliver.

But now, it was she herself who was giving birth, how could she possibly deliver her own child?

Su Pan’er closed her eyes, and her mood unexpectedly relaxed.

At this point, the worst-case scenario would be both she and the baby dying. She had already given birth to one child, there was already a continuation of life. She wasn’t even afraid of death, what else could stump her?

Having realized this, she opened her eyes once more.

"Inform His Majesty, I want to see him!"