The Beloved Imperial Consort

Chapter 55

Mu Xi Yao quickly shut her eyes to dodge. She cried out delicately, saying repeatedly that it hurt. She knew that just now she was outspoken and has violated the man's taboo.

Zhong Zheng Lin has touched her only a little, yet the little woman immediately began to beg for mercy in anguish. He was both amused and vexed. Once again, he bit the tip of her nose.

Mu Xi Yao didn't dare to speak out her objections. The child who made a mistake was indeed pitiful.

After the teasing, a murderous light flashed past Zhong Zheng Lin's eyes. His tone made people terrified, "It's poison."

"Poison?" Mu Xi Yao let this information slowly process in her mind, "The pearl of Xizi?"

Zhong Zheng Lin was slightly surprised, "Jiao Jiao knows?"

Mu Xi Yao cast him a sidelong glance that carried a disdain. Seriously? She wouldn't know a poison that even Mo Lan and Hui Lan knew about?

That pearl of Xizi was effective only on pregnant women. It forcefully drained the pregnant woman's life force, making the mother incapable of bearing the burden of producing the offspring during the pregnancy. The host would eventually waste to death, two lives being lost in the process.

However, this poison has a very peculiar side effect. If a woman wasn't expecting and took it, her period would be thrown off, showing signs of false pregnancy.

This poison user was indeed merciless, choosing the pearl of Xizi. This person clearly didn't want to leave lady Zhang with a way out. The only negligence was probably that no one anticipated that his sixth Highness Zhong Zheng Lin would lose the plot and feign the gracing. Moreover, ordering lady Zhang to stay silent.

Mu Xi Yao thought that all of that poison user's schemes were altogether wiped out by his sixth Highness's divine stroke. That person's future outcome was more than self-evident. She inwardly sighed. Playing tricks with Zhong Zheng Lin was too difficult.

Just as she was about to continue to ask about the manipulator behind the scenes, a gripping pain unexpectedly hit her stomach, interrupting the inquiry that was about to come out of her mouth.

Zhong Zheng Lin abruptly saw Mu Xi Yao furrowing tightly her brows, her expression becoming a mask of pain. The fingers of her little hand that were holding his turned white. When he looked down, he discovered that the little woman's water broke. Immediately, he carefully lifted the person up and strode with large steps toward the delivery room. Along the way, he kept ordering people while not forgetting to softly appease Mu Xi Yao.

"So painful." When has Mu Xi Yao experienced such pain? The rim of her eyes moistened, her voice so pitifully soft.

"Good girl. Listen to momo when you get to the delivery room. Remember to save energy." Zhong Zheng Lin leaned over and kissed her forehead as he used a gentle voice to pacify her. Afterward, he watched her enter the delivery room with the support of a momo.

Inside, Mu Xi Yao moved slowly with the help of Zhao momo and Gui momo who were supporting her hand. She gritted her teeth, enduring the more and more frequent labor contractions. Finally, the childbirth momo said it would do. Mu Xi Yao lied down on the bed and drew in a breath, drop by drop of tears fell down her face.

Mo Lan and Hui Lan attended her at the side, wiping the sweat off her. Listening to Mu Xi Yao's painful cries, they were also nervous, daring not to be careless. Their hands that held the silk handkerchief were shaking.

Outside, hearing Mu Xi Yao's miserable cries, Zhong Zheng Lin's face was tense and the big hand which he had behind his back was clenched into a fist. His whole body emitted a fierce aura that intimidated the chief steward and the imperial physician into keeping a far distance from him.

Zhong Zheng Lin was thrown into a state of fretfulness at the moment. When he turned his head and saw the group of the inner yard women walking over slowly in an enchanting manner he snapped angrily "Get lost!" before they could bend their knees and pay him respect.

Lady Kong who walked at the forefront was slow to react. As a result, she fell on the ground and has scraped her palm. As she raised her head, she saw a menace billowing in his Highness's eyes. Lady Kong was so scared she kept begging for forgiveness. She didn't even tidy up her clothes. Letting her maidservants helping her up, she awkwardly staggered and went back. The rest of the women, seeing that it wasn't the right opportunity, run so fast that none of their shadows could be seen soon after.

The abrupt fury of the sixth Highness scared the imperial physician so much his legs went soft. As he raised the hand to stroke his chest, he found those menacing eyes turn around to watch him.

"Y-your Highness. All the women giving birth have to go through this. A little enduring and it'll pass. Cefei is too young and it's also her first child. A bit of suffering is inevitable."

Good that he didn't mention it before. As soon as he mentioned her age, Zhong Zheng Lin recalled Mu Xi Yao was only turning fifteen. One could well imagine the hardship of the childbirth. His complexion became bad. He shot an ill-natured glance at the imperial physician and then turned his head to look at the hanging curtain that blocked his view. His body was as straight as a ramrod, standing there still in an imposing manner.

The chief steward Tian Fu Shan, watching his Highness standing with his hand folded behind his back, sighed inwardly. He wished for cefei's labor to be smooth. Otherwise, he was afraid, a disaster would fall upon them today.

Mu Xi Yao was laying on the back. Initially, she cooperated with momo. She was adjusting her breathing, exerting force while bearing the pain. However, after going through this for two hours, hurting so much she felt like collapsing, what waited for her was still the heartwretching pain and time and time again of "Exert your strength. Use force".

After a moment, Mu Xi Yao used up her patience. As she recalled getting to this world out of blue and having to suffer such a pain, her temper instantly flared out. Suddenly, her upper body rose up. She grabbed the soft pillow beside her and beat it around.

People inside the room were so frightened by her action they cried in fear. More so, Zhao momo and Gui momo both had to go push her down and use all their strength to comfort her.

No matter where Mu Xi Yao was, this woman was always pampered and spoilt rotten. She has never gone through such a hardship. As a result, she had a bad temper. Since there was no one she was afraid of to put her under control present, as soon as her temper flared up, she started to make a fuss, caring not that she was giving birth.

Even if you were to mention the survival issues she usually regarded as the most important, at the moment, she could completely ignore them and get worked up, cursing around.

The furious Mu Xi Yao has simply made a hell of a fuss in the delivery room. The momo from the palace panicked. When has she ever encountered such a shrewish soon-to-be-mother who was making an unreasonable scene during the childbirth? She was so frightened she kept wiping away her sweat.

Those several people were pacifying Mu Xi Yao over and over again. Since they were at their wit's end, they could only send a person outside to request help from his Highness.

Translation notes:

[1] Covered in the dust is a Chinese idiom meaning travel-worn

[2] Divine stroke is a Chinese phrase used to describe a person who is gifted in a scientific or artistic endeavor whose action can make people gasp in surprise