Shui Xiu pouted, her face still looked dissatisfied. I smiled faintly and said, "But you should think about yourself.???

"What do you think?"

"You should know that I can't be favored anymore, and I will never have any future when I am by my side." I smiled and said, "If you have other plans, I can help you talk to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother spoke-"

Before he finished speaking, Shui Xiu had already said hurriedly: "Talent, why did you say that?"

“…”

"We follow you and don't seek wealth and glory. Isn't that good?"

Seeing her anxious and aggrieved look, I smiled and said, "But in the end-"

"We really don't ask for anything." Xiaoyu also said from the side: "A few days ago, Madam Wu also told us like this, saying that if we want to go elsewhere, she will come to ask for talented people, as long as she takes care of talented people alone. But Shui Xiu and I agreed that we will definitely follow talented people."

I was speechless for a moment, so shocked that I couldn't speak. Looking at them, Shui Xiu nodded: "Talented people, we are willing to follow you, for nothing else. You are a good person, follow you, eat and sleep well."

Are you a good person, eat and sleep well?

When I heard this sentence, I suddenly felt so sour that I wanted to cry. Shui Xiu might not have read any books and understood the ethical principles, but her words seemed to be the most basic principle of being a human being, but in the palace, I knew too little.

I patted her hand gently, looked at Xiaoyu again, and smiled.

.

I have to sleep for a while every afternoon, but today I don’t feel sleepy, let alone Shuixiu and the others. Listening to people running back and forth outside from time to time, it should be the palace maids and eunuchs from various palaces who went to Jingren Palace to find out the news, I also heard them vaguely.

Shui Xiu said angrily: "Isn't it just a baby? If you make such a fuss, what kind of knots will you give birth to?"

I couldn't laugh or cry. Although she was not so mean in her words, she still didn't forgive her. Even Madam Wu could only sigh and helped me lie down on the soft couch. Shui Xiu and Xiaoyu were idle, so she simply ran out to take a look.

Only Madam Wu and I were left in the room. I leaned against the couch and said softly: "Madam, thank you."

She was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what came over and said, "You don't blame me for your own decision?"

I shook my head.

She smiled, thought for a while, and explained: "I don't want to make any decisions for talented people. But at this time, there are fewer people around you, but it's better. Besides—" she said, and glanced outside again: "Those two girls are either playing or making trouble all day long, and sooner or later they will cause trouble for you."

I laughed.

Among these three people, only Shui Xiu has known me for the longest time, but it is rare that we are all very close to each other. When we are together, we don’t feel like our master and servant, but more like our family. We have a loving and wise aunt and two naughty and restless sisters. Today, I don’t ask for anything.

Madam Wu was sitting under the couch for needlework, and I leaned on the couch for a while to read the book, but when I had something in my heart, the words in my eyes were messy. I looked up from time to time and looked outside. Sure enough, I saw Shui Xiu and Xiaoyu running in panting, and said while panting: "Talented Man--"

"What happened?"

"I heard that Concubine Xu is having difficulty giving birth!"

"What?"

I was shocked and hurriedly sat up. Madam Wu quickly helped me and said, "Be careful, I look anxious and dizzy."

I didn't care much and asked hurriedly: "How could it be difficult to give birth?"

"We don't know either," said Shui Xiu: "The little eunuchs passing by outside are saying this. I heard that all the imperial doctors in the Imperial Hospital have gone to Jingren Palace, and the Empress is here to accompany her. It's not clear yet."

"Then—what is the emperor?"

"The emperor is also at the Tai Chi Hall, waiting for news."

I slowly leaned back to the couch, and suddenly felt weak and weak on my body, and the familiar and sour pain in my heart surged up again.

I know that women give birth is a step into the gates of hell with one foot. The pain is something that ordinary people cannot understand, but every mother will persist, no matter how painful it is or how difficult it is.

But - I may no longer have that opportunity.

My child...

Subconsciously, he reached out and stroked his slightly concave belly, and his eyes were also a little red. Madam Wu looked at me, grabbed my hand gently, and said, "Talented, don't think too much."

I looked up at her, nodded gently, and said to Shui Xiu and the others: "Go and inquire again."

They nodded, then turned around and ran out.

In the next time, they came back in one moment and told me some news, but Jingren Palace was closed tightly, and no imperial physician came out. No matter what he had, he could only hear the eunuchs and palace maids who were searching for the news. As I listened, my palms were covered with cold sweat.

It feels like it's not good.

This situation continued until the evening. The sky gradually became darker and lanterns were hung around. Shui Xiu and the others went there for a long time this time. They were about half an hour and had not come back yet. I kept looking outside and didn't eat a bite of dinner on the table.

Madam Wu advised: "Talented people, eat some first. If you are too hungry, you won't be able to play with it."

"I can't eat it."

"Talented!"

Madam Wu shouted me with a heavier tone. I looked up at her. Seeing the slowly caring and reproaching in her eyes, I felt a little sorry, so I said, "Okay, I'll have some soup first."

She let me go and hurriedly served me a bowl of medicinal soup. I was so worried that I had just brought it to my mouth when I heard the rushing footsteps outside. When I looked up, I saw Shui Xiu and the others running back, but under the night, the faces of both of them were pale, as if they were frightened.

"How is it?" I asked hurriedly.

Shui Xiu's lips were a little white. She looked at me and said slowly: "Talented people..."

"Speak quickly."

"Concubine Xu seems to be dead."

"What did you say?!"

My hands shook, and the soup bowl in my hand fell to the ground all of a sudden, and it was crushed with a clang. The soup splashed on my feet and burned, but I couldn't feel it at all. I stood up in shock: "She died?"

"It seems to be." Shui Xiu nodded, and looked frightened, saying, "No one of the imperial physicians came out. Jing Rengong put away all the red lanterns. Now the emperor has passed by. I heard that his face is not good-looking."

“…”

My mind was so shocked that I felt blank, and I suddenly fell back.

She died?

Is Xu Jieyu dead?

Then—I asked again hurriedly: "Where is the child? Has the child been born?"

"I heard Xiao Fuzi say that the cry of the child came from inside. I don't know if I'm alive or not, and the Queen is not allowed to visit anyone."

I sat there, my heart was confused for a moment, and a sentence rang back and forth in my mind - she was dead!

Xu Youling, the soft and weak woman who can't even protect herself; the woman who says she would rather have a daughter than delay her children's future; the woman who says she treats me as a good sister but ends up against me...

She is really dead?!

I sat outside the door in the dark night, but my eyes appeared in the colorful palace. The woman's most inconspicuous, tender and gentle look, and an indescribable sorrow surged into my heart.

At this time, Madam Wu came forward and said softly: "Talented."

"..." I looked up at her.

"Don't think too much."

“…”

"It has nothing to do with you whether she is alive or dead. You are sad for others and hurt yourself."

I am sad for others, but I always hurt myself. The words are good, but after all, it is a life. I am not a wood and cannot develop a hard heart. How can I not be sad?

However, they all persuaded me so worriedly, and I couldn't say anything anymore. I just nodded. Madam Wu asked Shui Xiu and the others to clean up the ground and then brought me a bowl of soup. I had no appetite, so I barely drank half a bowl of soup and ate a few bites of rice. Then I beat them early and went to bed by myself.

Tonight it was Shui Xiu who kept watching me. If she were to be a regular chatter, she would have been chattering, but tonight she didn't say anything. She cleaned up the bed alone and slept outside.

I also know that she is a little mean in her mouth and has no scruples on her words, but it is a life. Cursing people and watching people die are completely different. I am afraid that she may not feel good about her heart now.

In the middle of the night, you could still hear her turning over outside.

I lie on the bed with my eyes wide open. I recalled the days when I was with Xu Youling in Chonghua Palace and Fangcaotang. She was really a good person, but she was not suitable for surviving in this palace. She was not scheming, had no scheming, and was indifferent. Perhaps it was because of these that Pei Yuanhao had some different feelings for her. She was also the first lucky pregnant woman in this harem.

But this kind of luck just allowed her to complete her life faster.

Where is her child? Will she still be alive after she was born? If she were alive, what would happen in the future?

Thinking of this, I can no longer sleep. After midnight, everything outside was silent, but I was still awake.

At this moment, a sudden burst of footsteps came from outside. I frowned slightly and heard someone slapping the door hard, shouting something loudly. Shuixiu was more alert than me, and she sat up all of a sudden, and I also looked at her-

What's wrong?

Before we could speak, Madam Wu and the others had already opened the door. I heard them saying something, and the footsteps came hurriedly again.

Shui Xiu felt something, so she hurried over and took the clothes from the shelf and put them on me. I slowly sat up. There was a knock on the door outside. Shui Xiu hurried over and opened the door. When she saw the people outside, she seemed to be shocked: "Eunuch Yu?"

Eunuch Yu?

I frowned slightly. He hadn't been serving the emperor all the time. Since Pei Yuanhao and I had a quarrel, he hadn't come here for a long time. Now, what are you going to do when you come in the middle of the night?

Eunuch Yu walked in from outside the door. I saw a few strong eunuchs behind him. Under the dim light, his old face was a little heavy, and he slowly walked over to bow to me: "Go to Yue Cairen."

"Eunuch Yu, what's the matter?"

"The emperor was in Jingren Palace and summoned Cairen to ask questions."
Chapter completed!