FID – Chapter 872

Chapter 872: If It Doesn’t Come Out Soon, It’ll Turn Into Nezha

Suddenly, the harem appointed a new consort, and she was just a low-ranking medical lady. Instantly, the other consorts and concubines exploded in gossip.

Many sent trusted aides to investigate.

Xiao Banzi was still lying in bed, groaning and nursing his wounds, but visitors came wave after wave. Their conversations all circled around the newly appointed consort.

Xiao Banzi spilled everything like an open book, exaggerating the story of how the lady took advantage of the emperor’s drunkenness to seduce him.

Cunning, scheming, and ambitious—

That was the new image he painted of the medical lady.

No wonder—he had clearly said he was sleeping outside the chamber and that any loud call would wake him.

But for half the night, he didn’t hear a single cry for help, nor any noise at all.

Clearly, that medical lady, Shan Lai, feared that if she called out, it would spoil her plan by alerting him. So she kept silent.

Could such behavior be innocent? It must have another motive!

Looking good on the outside but really scheming inside—humph, people couldn’t be judged by appearances!

With Xiao Banzi’s exaggerations fueling the fire, the consorts became more ruthless and blatant in their schemes.

A medical lady who schemed against His Majesty was despised by him? Even if they killed her, the emperor wouldn’t spare her a second glance.

The emperor had no real feelings at all. Everyone knew this after the consorts had been in the harem for several years.

Because Liu Yusheng was about to give birth, Feng Mohan’s mind was completely fixed on the King’s Manor. He had no time to care about all the gossip and quarrels happening in the harem lately. Even if he heard something occasionally, he simply ignored it.

At the same time, he began to diligently attend to state affairs—not for any other reason, but so that when his uncle came for inspections, he would have more grounds to pay attention to what was going on at the King’s Manor.

Otherwise, his uncle would scold him for neglecting his duties.

All in all, the princess consort’s pregnancy had already reached ten months; the birth could happen any day now.

Feng Mohan was very nervous, but Feng Qingbai was even more so.

Half a month ago, orders had already been issued to the Imperial Medical Academy—everyone was to remain on constant standby, and upon receiving summons, they had to rush immediately to the King’s Manor. The senior imperial doctors in charge had been invited to stay at the manor early on, ready for the birth. Meanwhile, the manor also hired the most experienced midwives in the capital.

With the King’s consort about to give birth, the whole city seemed to become extremely tense and heavy with anxiety.

As the day drew nearer, the King’s usual calm demeanor disappeared, and he became visibly strained and tense.

“Feng Qingbai, you really don’t need to watch over me. You haven’t been to the palace for two days. How can you let state affairs pile up like this?” Liu Yusheng said helplessly, looking at the nervous man sitting beside her.

Her pregnancy had already passed ten months, but labor still hadn’t started. The baby inside was unusually quiet and well-behaved, simply refusing to come out.

The imperial doctor was held by Feng Qingbai for pulse checks two or three times a day, but there was absolutely nothing wrong.

“Feng Mohan handles the state affairs; it makes no difference whether I go or not,” Feng Qingbai refused to budge, no matter what the woman said.

Liu Yusheng had conceived in early June, and now nearly half of April had passed. According to the midwife, the due date had long since arrived.

But labor still hadn’t started, with no sign of it, which nearly snapped his already taut nerves.

“This is really strange. Lucky Nannan, is there a stone in your belly or what?” Xue Qinglian clicked his tongue. No sooner had he spoken than a palm wind hit his face, catching him so off guard he tumbled backward awkwardly.

“Damn, Feng Qingbai, I was just joking. Why such a big reaction? You’re so tense like this. The baby hasn’t even been born yet, and you’re the one knocking yourself down first!” 

It wasn’t him complaining, but Feng Qingbai’s temper had become extremely irritable these past two days. He really didn’t seem like the mild-mannered gentleman he usually was.

Even a casual remark could set him off.

If it weren’t for knowing him for so long, he wouldn’t have believed this neurotic man before him was the King of Nanling, Feng Qingbai.

The man gave him a sidelong glance, his voice low and calm, “How about I loosen your muscles and bones a bit? Just joking, alright?”

“…No need, thanks.” Was he trying to kill him?

“Stop messing around, both of you.” Liu Yusheng rubbed her forehead. “I’m really fine now. I’m a doctor myself. If labor started, I’d be the first to know. Probably the baby just isn’t ready yet, hasn’t reached the right time to come out.”

The two men, “…” Only she could talk about giving birth so lightly with such a big heart.

Liu Yusheng looked awkward too.

There was nothing she could do if the baby wasn’t moving.

She was carrying a drum on her belly. She even waddled when she walked. She was the one pushing forward; wasn’t she tired?

She was the one most eager for the baby to come out, okay?

She was not the one anxious, but these ‘eunuchs’ around her were all freaking out.

So, who was the one giving birth here, her or them?

Looking up, she gently patted her belly, “Baby, look at these two beside you. They’re so eager for you to come out right now. Stop causing trouble and show your face. If you don’t come soon, you’ll turn into Nezha.”

The two men, “…”

Xue Qinglian was truly disgruntled. Seeing that Lucky Nannan could still joke around like this as if nothing was wrong, he wondered, why was he so nervous?

After being teased and ambushed again, he snapped, “I’m out of here. I’ll come back after the baby’s born!”

It was not even his wife, so why should he stick around and be in the way?!

“Stop right there! Stay put!” The lunatic’s face darkened.

“Stay put? No way! I’m not a midwife!” He scoffed, thinking about how they kept forcing him to stay because of his medical skills. He wasn’t some obedient servant who could be summoned and dismissed at will like a young lady from a classic novel.

Seeing the two about to fight again, the little warm room was clearly too small for them to settle things. Liu Yusheng just felt a headache coming on.

Her belly hurt too.

“Ouch!” She suddenly cried out in pain, clutching her belly, scaring the two men who had just squared off so much that they froze stiff.

“Shengsheng!”

“Lucky Nannan!”

Gritting her teeth, she glared at them both, “It’s all because of you two making a fuss! …It hurts so much!”

Feng Qingbai’s face suddenly turned pale. “Imperial doctor, quickly summon the imperial doctor!”

“Midwife?! Where’s the midwife? She’s taken the silver but not doing her job. When we need her she’s nowhere to be seen. Get here this instant!” Xue Qinglian’s face turned ashen.

Liu Yusheng went into labor.

Completely without warning.

The King’s Manor was thus thrown into chaos.

The entire palace was in utter turmoil.

“Is she in labor?” Feng Mohan suddenly stood up with a jerk and rushed out of the imperial study. “Xiao Banzi, immediately go to the Imperial Medical Academy and bring everything useful!”

At the Yangxin Hall, the Empress Dowager was still counting her prayer beads when she saw her old attendant rush in, pale and anxious. Her heart tightened. “What’s the matter?”

“She’s in labor! Someone just notified the Emperor. The Princess Consort is about to give birth!”

The Empress Dowager’s prayer beads dropped to the floor with a snap, and she suddenly stood up, about to rush out.

But as soon as she stepped forward, she stopped.

That was the King’s Manor, Feng Qingbai’s territory, the place of her enemy. How could she go there herself?!

“Your Majesty, I heard the labor is severe, her belly is so big, I don’t even know if it’ll go smoothly…”

“Enough!”