The Command to Pamper the Husband - Chapter 221

The night was deep and silent.

In the Imperial Study, the lights were bright.

The Emperor, full of anger, paced back and forth on the smooth marble floor.

“I’m so mad! Truly, she dares to lay hands on me! This is outrageous. If I don’t teach her a lesson, she’ll never know I still recognize red, yellow, orange, green, and blue!”

The Chief Eunuch stood silently on one side, rolling his eyes discreetly.

The Emperor suddenly turned his head and ordered the Chief Eunuch, “Pass my decree. Distribute the newly tributed Cloud Brocade Silk to Consort Hui, Consort Li, Consort De, and Consort Xian!”

The Chief Eunuch looked at the Emperor like he was a fool.

“Your Majesty, are you delusional? You don’t have Consort Hui, Consort Li, Consort De, or Consort Xian. These are all figments of your imagination. The entire harem only has the Empress!”

The Emperor glared furiously at the Chief Eunuch.

He waved his hand and roared, “Do you think I don’t know that? Do I need you to tell me?”

The Chief Eunuch thought, ‘Isn’t it just that you regretted a chess move multiple times, and the Empress couldn’t stand it anymore and slapped the table at you? Do you need to be so angry about it? You also got angry and flipped the chessboard!’

Of course, the main reason for flipping the chessboard was that you played terribly and couldn’t continue.

But no matter how you put it, you also fought back.

The Empress, with her big belly, didn’t even make a fuss, but you keep getting mad! Such a small mind!

The Emperor glared at the Chief Eunuch. “You with the strange expression, are you secretly slandering me again?”

The Chief Eunuch responded sincerely, “This servant dares not!”

The Emperor gave him a dirty look, “Don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking! Anyway, from today on, I will never see her again!”

Just then, a little eunuch outside reported, “Your Majesty, bad news, the Empress is in labor, and the Imperial Physicians and midwives have already gone over.”

Before the little eunuch finished speaking, the Emperor turned and ran outside.

He stepped out of the Imperial Study, where a palanquin was already prepared, but without a glance, he took a step and flew directly.

From the Imperial Study, he headed straight to the Empress’s bedchamber.

The Chief Eunuch hurried to follow.

Watching the Emperor fly away, he rolled his eyes helplessly.

Your Majesty, why do you always contradict yourself? Clearly, you care deeply about the Empress, so why say things that contradict your actions every day?

A little eunuch asked the Chief Eunuch, “Master, what about the palanquin?”

The Chief Eunuch swept his whisk, “Take it to the Empress’s bedchamber. It might be needed later.”

He then stepped up and flew to catch up with the Emperor.

At the Empress’s bedchamber, the Emperor, with red eyes, paced outside, listening to the Empress’s painful cries. His brows were tightly knit, and he was extremely worried.

“Why hasn’t the baby been born yet? Are those midwives competent? How long does it take to give birth to a child?”

The Chief Eunuch thought, It’s been less than half an incense stick!

“Your Majesty, the Empress has just gone into labor. Please be patient. The Imperial Physicians and midwives are all attending to her, so there’s nothing to worry about.”

The Emperor retorted, “It’s not your wife giving birth, so of course, you’re not worried!”

The Chief Eunuch thought, I suspect you’re insulting me!

Over there, the Emperor was anxious, while inside the bedchamber, the Empress, with a pale face and sweat streaming down her forehead and cheeks, was enduring the labor pains.

“Your Majesty, you must push. The baby is almost out. Push!”

“Ah~”

The pain of childbirth made the Empress scream heart-wrenchingly.

Just then, there was a bang as the doors to the bedchamber burst open. Everyone turned to see the Emperor rushing in frantically.

“Your Majesty, why did you come in? The Empress—”

A midwife hurriedly tried to stop him.

The Emperor pushed her aside, “The Empress is giving birth to my child. Why can’t I come in? This is my child being born!”

Saying this, he rushed to the Empress’s bedside.

Grasping the Empress’s hand, the Emperor wiped the sweat from her forehead, “It’s okay, I’m here!”

Seeing the Emperor, the Empress remembered his bad behavior of regretting chess moves and sweeping the chessboard earlier. The thought made her so angry that she pushed harder.

The midwives below encouraged, “Your Majesty, one more push. The baby is almost out. Just a bit more!”

“The baby is out, Your Majesty!”

The midwife immediately reached out to catch the baby.

“Oh my God!”

As the midwife held the baby, she suddenly screamed in terror.

The baby was born, and the Emperor breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as he was about to have the baby taken away so the Empress could rest, he heard the scream and turned to look, annoyed.

“What is it?”

The midwife, terrified, looked at the Emperor and knelt down.

The Emperor frowned, stood up, and walked over.

In the midwife’s arms, the baby was a dark blue color.

“What happened to the baby?” The Empress, lying on the bed, looked over anxiously.

The Emperor immediately turned around, “It’s fine. The baby is fine. It’s just a little big. She’s inexperienced.”

Of course, the Empress didn’t believe the Emperor’s nonsense.

“Why isn’t the baby crying? Is it…”

The Emperor turned around, took the baby in his arms, and lightly patted its bottom.

“Wah~~~”

A loud cry immediately burst forth.

The Emperor handed the baby back to the midwife, “Clean it up and let the wet nurse feed it.”

As he spoke, his eyes were stern and intimidating. The midwife, trembling, took the baby.

“What is it really? What’s wrong with the baby?”

The Empress, despite just having given birth, struggled to sit up, “Bring the baby here, let me see.”

“The baby is really fine!” The Emperor walked over and gently took her hand, “Don’t worry.”

Then he turned to the midwife, “Hurry up. If my child goes hungry, I won’t spare you!”

The midwife, hearing this, quickly left with the baby.

“Stop, bring the baby here!” The Empress commanded coldly.

The midwife looked at the Emperor in distress.

The Empress added, “Why are you looking at him? Bring the baby here!”

Everyone knew the Emperor was a wife’s servant.

The midwife hesitated for a moment, then brought the baby over.

The Empress saw the dark blue color immediately.

“Heavens!”

The Empress gasped.

The Emperor patted the Empress’s back, “I told you, the baby is fine. You just worry too much. It’s just a bit dark-skinned. I was also dark-skinned as a child.”

The Empress, however, was not comforted. She raised her voice, “Imperial Physician!”

The physicians outside had already heard the commotion inside and came in immediately.

Seeing the dark blue baby, the physicians were terrified.

The Emperor could no longer pretend, looking worried, he said, “Quickly, examine the baby.”

The physicians approached and began to diagnose the situation.

In no time, the Chief Physician reported with a pale face, “Your Majesty, Your Grace, it’s the Thousand Mechanism Poison.”

Hearing these words, the Emperor and the Empress were shocked and looked at each other.

The Thousand Mechanism Poison?

“How could it be the Thousand Mechanism Poison?” The Emperor couldn’t believe it, “Are you sure?”

The physician nodded, “Yes, we are sure.”

The Empress clutched the quilt tightly.

A year ago, she was poisoned on the battlefield.

It was this very Thousand Mechanism Poison.

But later, the Emperor’s younger brother, the Thirteenth Prince, went through great difficulties to find the antidote.

She took the antidote, and the poison was cured.

How…

How could it have relapsed?

“Your Grace, since the Princess has the Thousand Mechanism Poison in her, you probably still have it too. We need to examine you to confirm.”

The Empress raised her hand.

As soon as she lifted her wrist, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, and a rush of heat flowed out.

Blood dripped from the bed.

“Not good, Your Grace is hemorrhaging postpartum!”

A midwife shouted in panic.