Yun Shang turned around and glanced at the midwife indifferently. Without saying anything, she took the ginseng slice out of Lin Youran's mouth and threw it aside. She said loudly, "Somebody, pull down these midwives and all the maids in the room and kill them with cane."
The midwives were stunned. The one in the lead shouted, "Your Highness, what do you mean? What did we do wrong? Even if you want to kill us, you have to give us a convincing reason, right?"
Yun Shang pressed her lips tightly and didn't respond. She just stretched out her hand to take Lin Youran's pulse, and then uncovered the quilt to check, frowning more tightly.
Seeing this, another midwife was a little unhappy and shouted, "This is the imperial Palace. Do your highness think you are in your own mansion? We are all working in the Palace. Even if we have to be punished, it's not your highness's turn to do it..."
While they were talking, several guards rushed in, grabbed the midwife and the maids who had been standing in the room, and pulled them out. For a moment, the screams in the room almost overturned the entire Xiangzhu Palace.
Yun Shang asked Qin Yi and Qian Zhuo to look after Lin Youran in the inner hall before she followed them out. When Yun Shang came out of the hall, she saw Lady Shu standing up with a pale face and Luo Qingyan standing aside with a cold expression. Yun Shang knew that Luo Qingyan and Lady Shu must have quarreled just now. After all, as the midwife said, she was indeed not qualified to order the guards in the Palace. But since Luo Qingyan was here, everything was fine.
Lady Shu snorted and looked at Yun Shang, "What do you mean, Lady Rui?"
Yun Shang smiled slowly and said coldly, "They murdered the royal child and intended to murder the imperial concubine. According to the rules of the Palace, they should be punished to death with a stick, shouldn't they?"
"It seems that your highness's action is inappropriate. Even if it is the truth, there is still someone to deal with it, let alone there is no evidence yet." Lady Shu's face darkened.
"Your highness, you are wrong. Just now, those evil servants said that Lady Hui was experiencing premature labor and also had some difficulties giving birth. I checked her just now. It was clear that her amniotic fluid was not broken, so how could have a premature birth? It was obvious that someone wanted to murder the royal child maliciously. These bad servants not only didn't report the situation, but also tried to push the baby out directly, which caused the baby suffocated to death. And Lady Hui had lost too much blood and nearly died. If I hadn't been here today, I'm afraid that she would have died." Yun Shang stared at Lady Shu and said slowly and clearly.
"Your highness, don't you think such vicious servants shouldn't be punished to death?"
Lady Shu opened her mouth and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Luo Qingyan. "Although it's a matter of the imperial household, it's also a matter of the Emperor's heir which related to the state. Since his majesty has asked me to temporarily take charge of government affairs, I won't ignore it. I will report this matter to his majesty in detail. If your highness think that there is anything wrong, you can report it to his majesty." Lady Shu's face turned paler. She snorted and left.
After a long silence, Yun Shang looked up and said to Luo Qingyan, "Call all the imperial physicians here. Find some midwives and doctors from outside the Palace. The baby is beyond help, but the dead baby is still stuck inside. If we don't deal with it in time, Lin Youran will die."
Luo Qingyan nodded slightly and ordered the servants to do it. Then he turned to Yun Shang and said, "I'll arrange for someone to deal with this matter. You're pregnant now, so you'd better not work too hard. Go back first."
Yun Shang shook her head and said in a hoarse voice, "Lin Youran works for me. Although I knew her ending when I sent her to the Palace, I still feel guilty... Let me wait until Lin Youran is out of danger."
Although Yun Shang's voice was very low, there was a bit of stubbornness in it. Luo Qingyan knew that Yun Shang wouldn't listen to him, so he only ordered someone to bring a chair for her to sit down.
The imperial physicians, midwifes and doctors came one after another. Yun Shang sat quietly outside the hall and didn't go in. It was not until 3 am that Yun Shang heard Lin Youran's heart-wrenching cries.
Yun Shang's hand paused for a moment. When she looked up, she saw stars all over the sky. It was good as long as she was still alive.
Yun Shang stood up, glanced at Luo Qingyan, and slowly walked out of the palace.
"It's not long before the morning court. You don't have to accompany me. I can go back by myself." Yun Shang smiled, looking calm.
Luo Qingyan thought for a while and said, "Let me walk you to the Palace gate."
Yun Shang nodded slightly and walked towards the Palace gate with Luo Qingyan. The moon in the sky was a little incomplete. Luo Qingyan held Yun Shang's hand and said gently, "Don't think too much."
Yun Shang smiled and nodded, "I know."
When they arrived at the long stairs in front of Taiji Palace, Yun Shang asked Luo Qingyan to stop and slowly walked towards the Palace gate with a smile. There was more than one hour left before the morning court. There were servants who got up early to transport things from outside to the Palace. Since it was too early, the guards didn't dare to let people in and out casually, so they asked Yun Shang to show her token.
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