Outside the door, the imperial doctor also disregarded the rules and covered Sun Jin’s hand to death. He knew that Song Wan Yue was stirring up the Sixth Princess’s desire to live, and that only if the Sixth Princess held up this breath would the child be born …… Maybe, maybe even the Sixth Princess would survive.
Sun Jin’s face was full of tears, he wanted to tell the Sixth Princess loudly that he would not marry again, he only wanted her, he could have another child if he didn’t have one, as long as she could live, as long as she could live ……
Inside the house, Song Wan Yue’s cold words stimulated the Sixth Princess’s nerves, she bit her lip and forced herself to stay awake – Song Wan Yue was right, a child without a mother to protect her was too pitiful, she could not let her child be without a mother, she could not let the child she had worked so hard to give birth to be abused by another woman.
The two healer girls looked at the blood flowing from the corners of her mouth and covered their mouths in unison to stop themselves from crying out in shock.
“Very well, stay calm and follow what I do and either you or the baby will be fine.”
Listening to Song Wangyue’s calming voice, the Sixth Princess’ festering consciousness gathered a little, she showed a smile towards Song Wangyue, her voice faint but clear, “Thanks …… thanks.”
“Thank you when your mother and child are safe, now follow what I say, breathe in …… and breathe out ……”
The Sixth Princess took a deep breath in and let it out again in a long breath, breathed in again, breathed out again, breathed in again, and then exerted herself, a hot stream flowed out of her body, she felt a steep hollowing out of her body, followed by the voice of the healer’s daughter crying with joy, “It’s born! It’s born!”
The Sixth Princess could no longer hold on and fell into darkness.
The baby had been held in her belly for so long that it turned purple all over and cries were not even heard.
The two healer’s maids panicked and patted the baby.
Sun Jin pushed the imperial doctor aside and pushed the door in. Seeing the blood under the Sixth Princess and the purple-coloured child, his body went limp and he collapsed on the floor.
Song Wangyue had long since taken silver needles and stuck them in the Sixth Princess’s body, instructing as she did so, “Clean it up.”
A faint baby cry rang out, “Wow ……”
Surprise erupted in the eyes of the limp Sun Jin – the baby was alive, their baby was alive!
The personal sisters led the palace maids to rip the bloody cloth from under the Sixth Princess and replace it with a new one. She wiped her body clean and dressed her before opening the door to let the imperial doctor in.
The imperial doctor had been anxious for a long time, and when he came in, he ran straight to the bedside and squeezed the Sixth Princess’s wrist, which was about to be broken. He let go of his hand and let out a long sigh, and was about to say something when Song Wangyue had the baby brought over and placed it by the Sixth Princess’s left breast.
Her voice was as calm as it had been earlier, “This is your child, it’s a boy, he’s fine, open your eyes and see.”
The imperial doctor sighed again.
He had been in the palace for most of his life and had seen many cases like the Sixth Princess’s, which could not be saved at all.
The two healers also knew that the Sixth Princess would not make it through.
Sun Jin even flung himself onto the bed, trembling as he touched her face.
Miraculously, the Sixth Princess’s chest, which was not rising and falling, suddenly moved, and Sun Jin was in the way, so the imperial doctor could not see it clearly, but the Sixth Princess’s personal maid could see it clearly, “Imperial doctor, look! The princess is moving!”
The imperial doctor followed her point and froze for a moment when he saw the Sixth Princess’s heaving chest, then he squeezed the Sixth Princess’s wrist again, although it was still weak, her pulse had already been connected.
……
Song Wan Yue came out of the sidekick’s residence, the streets were covered with plain onyx, the Red House and Chu Pavilion were also closed, the whole capital was in mourning, as if in response to the scenery, the sky was sprinkled with snowflakes.
There were fewer pedestrians on the road, occasionally walking by in twos and threes, without the high spirits of the past.
Song Yin waited in the carriage, saw her come out and jumped off the carriage, walked quickly to her, shoved the heater in her hand and swept her up into the carriage.
As the carriage slowly started, Song Wan Yue snuggled into Song Yin’s arms. Song Yin wrapped his heart around her and neither of them spoke.
“Miss Song ……”
Not knowing how far they had gone, a voice rang out from outside the carriage.
This voice was familiar to Song Wan Yue, it was the secret guard that the Second Prince had once sent to her and had been responsible for giving her a message.
Song Wan Yue sat up straight and opened the carriage curtain.
The concealed guard bowed, “The master asks you to go to the mansion.”
Song Wan Yue nodded and let down the curtain.
The carriage turned in one direction and came to a stop in front of the mansion.
Song Yin led Song Wan Yue out of the carriage.
Consort Shu was only an imperial concubine, and the First and Second Emperors did not need to hold a wake.
“Greetings, Your Highness.”
The Second Prince gave the two a false hand and said after they sat down, “I just came out of the palace, Mother Consort said that Father is very sad and is not in the mood to care about outside matters right now, Miss Song can write a letter right away, I will send someone to fetch Zhang Zhuan and dispose of the Wu family while we are at it.”
Old Third was entrusted with an important task by Father back then, and Shu Fei would not be unaware of this, the Wu family must also know. If the Wu family had this card, the father would protect them. He wanted to remove the Wu family before the father reacted, not only for Song Wan Yue’s sake, but also for his own. With the Wu family gone, there would naturally be no more mention of Old Third.
“Listen to Your Highness’s arrangement.”
Song Wan Yue quickly wrote the letter and handed it to the Second Prince, who did not read it and put it on the table.
“Miss Song, there are still two months to go before the New Year, is the old man coming back to the capital? If he comes back, the people I sent can escort his old man all the way to the capital.”
Although he had roped in quite a few officials, there were still some who held a neutral attitude, most of these people were under the old man’s tutelage, as long as the old man came back and said a few words for him, these people would fall to him, and then his crown prince position would be ten percent secure.
“Good, I will write a letter to my maternal great-grandfather and have your people bring it to him.”
Not expecting her to agree so readily, the second prince was overjoyed and could not wait to grind it for her personally.
Song Wan Yue wrote and handed it to him again, the Second Prince called someone in and handed it to him along with the letter he had just written, “You take ten people to Qingping County and give the letter to the Zhang family and the old gentleman, remember that the old gentleman is old, there is no need to rush when you return, the old gentleman’s health is most important.”
“Yes.”
“Go now, rush through the night and bring Zhang Zhuan into the capital as quickly as possible.”
“Yes.”
When the people went out, Song Wan Yue got up, “Your Highness if there’s nothing else we’ll go back, the Sixth Princess heard that Consort Shu had gone into early labour, I’ve just returned from the sidekick’s residence and I’m exhausted.”
“Then you should hurry back and rest, don’t worry, I will take care of the Wu family’s affairs.”
When the two of them had left the mansion, the Second Prince spoke in a deep voice, “Bring the letter here.”
The man who had been sent to Qingping County entered the house and handed the letter to the Second Prince.
The Second Prince took out the letter that Song Wangyue had given to the old man and opened it, seeing that the contents of the letter were exactly as he had said, he then relaxed and resealed it and handed it to the man, “Protect the old man, don’t let anything happen to him.”