"Get away from me, all of you, get out!"
Chu Yanxi was furious, he kicked the wet nurse blocking his path to the ground and was about to storm into the room.
Liu Meng Han had initially intended to stay out of it, but after receiving a signal from the wet nurse, she immediately understood and rushed forward to kneel before Chu Yanxi.
"Your Highness, the birthing room is a bloody scene, you truly cannot go. Even if you are thinking of yourself, I beg you, for the sake of the child in my womb, think of him. He is your child too! If Your Highness is truly worried, let me go in on your behalf."
"Princess Consort, you are with child, you cannot go in, it would be detrimental to you."
"Wet nurse, please stop speaking. Your Highness is my husband. I am willing to die for Your Highness, so why would I fear the bloody scene of the birthing room? As long as Your Highness is safe, I will be content."
Having spoken, Liu Meng Han quickly stood up and walked towards the room. The moment her hand touched the doorknob, a furious roar came from behind her.
"Stop right there, no one is allowed in!"
As the voice landed, a figure in imperial yellow strode in.
"Your humble servant greets Mother Empress."
"We greet Her Majesty the Empress, may you live ten thousand years."
The Empress ignored Chu Yanxi and stepped forward to help up Liu Meng Han, who was kneeling on the ground.
"You foolish child, you're not even afraid of death. If I hadn't arrived in time, you would have really gone in!"
"Mother Empress, your humble servant only wanted to protect Your Highness and didn't consider anything else."
The Empress sighed softly, taking Liu Meng Han's hand and walking towards Chu Yanxi to reprimand him, "For another woman, you have lost your mind. Don't forget, Meng Han is your wife, and the child in her womb is your flesh and blood!"
After being lectured, Chu Yanxi finally realized his mistake. A hint of guilt flashed in his eyes as he looked at Liu Meng Han. He had indeed neglected her for too long.
To be precise, it had been almost half a year since he had seen Liu Meng Han. Marrying him had been a hardship for her, but this was the path she had chosen for herself, and she could not blame others.
"Mother Empress, your humble servant is also worried about Yan'er. Yan'er is in grave danger. Your humble servant is her husband, how can he stand idly by? I beg Mother Empress to let me in."
Even if Father Emperor himself stood here to stop him today, he would still go in.
"You scoundrel! What kind of enchantment has Feng Ruoyan cast on you to make you like this? You are my son, my legitimate son, and you are acting so recklessly for another woman!"
The Empress regretted her decision bitterly at this moment. If she had known Chu Yanxi would become like this, she would never have agreed to his marriage to Feng Ruoyan.
She should have been ruthless then and not considered her child in the womb, dealt with Feng Ruoyan, that祸害, and there would not have been such a situation today.
Seeing Chu Yanxi's persistence, the Empress did not continue to force him. She knew her son very well; if she pushed further, it would only be counterproductive.
The Empress bent down and helped Chu Yanxi up, her eyes filled with tears, "Xi'er, Mother has only you, my child. Mother has lived her entire life for you. If something were to happen to you, Mother would only follow you to the afterlife and meet you on the road to the underworld."
"Mother Empress!"
Chu Yanxi knelt before the Empress with a 'plop', "Mother Empress, must you force your son like this?"
"Xi'er, it is you who are forcing Mother. You are forcing Mother to lose you, her son. Without you, how can Mother live?"
Under the Empress's combination of soft and hard tactics, Chu Yanxi gradually calmed down and was no longer as insistent on going in.
Her objective achieved, the Empress curved her lips into a triumphant smile and turned her gaze to the imperial physician hiding to the side, lowering her voice, "Imperial physician, are there truly no other methods to save the side consort?"
Although she disliked Feng Ruoyan, the Empress understood that if Feng Ruoyan truly died, her son would be the one most affected. Despite her annoyance, she still wanted to save Feng Ruoyan.
"Your Majesty, this humble servant has done his best. The side consort's body has suffered too much damage, and it is truly difficult to save her." The imperial physician knelt on the ground, his heart filled with great tension, fearing that any slight mistake would lead to trouble.
"Mother Empress, Your Highness, your humble servant has a method, I do not know if it is appropriate to speak."
As soon as Liu Meng Han finished speaking, Chu Yanxi's eyes lifted and fixed on Liu Meng Han, as if seeing a lifeline, he tightly grasped Liu Meng Han's sleeve, "Quickly tell me what method it is. As long as Yan'er can be saved, this Highness will agree to anything you say."
"Speak, what is the method?"
With the Empress's approval, Liu Meng Han dared to say, "Last time, older sister had a miscarriage, and the imperial physicians were also helpless. It was Young Madam Ling who saved older sister. Perhaps this time, if we let Young Madam Ling try, there might be a glimmer of hope to save older sister."
"That's right, how could we have forgotten about this."
Reminded by Liu Meng Han, Chu Yanxi instantly recalled the matter. The last time it was so critical, it was Feng Jin who saved Yan'er. This time, she would surely be saved as well.
"Go to the Ling residence and invite Young Madam Ling here."
Chu Yanxi quickly ordered a servant to fetch someone, but was stopped by Liu Meng Han.
"Your Highness, absolutely not!"
"What do you mean? It was you who suggested Feng Jin come to save Yan'er, and now you deliberately obstruct? What are your intentions..."
"Your Highness, please calm your anger. Please listen to your humble servant's words before making a decision."
Liu Meng Han knelt on the ground and reported in detail, "Your Highness, Young Madam Ling and older sister have had a long-standing feud. If you send servants to invite her, she may not come. Your humble servant is not talented, but I do know Young Madam Ling somewhat. I am willing to personally go and invite Young Madam Ling to treat older sister. I beg Your Highness's permission."
"You want to personally invite Feng Jin..."
He had misunderstood her just now... A trace of guilt flashed through Chu Yanxi's mind. After a pause, he personally helped Liu Meng Han up.
"I misunderstood you just now. Please do not take it to heart."
"Your humble servant would not dare. Older sister is in grave danger. Your humble servant will go and invite Young Madam Ling."
Liu Meng Han did not continue to converse with Chu Yanxi. She curtsied slightly to the Empress and then hurried away, supporting her belly.
Chu Yanxi watched Liu Meng Han's thin figure, lost in thought. It was only after her figure had long disappeared from sight that he withdrew his wandering thoughts and turned to sit in a chair.
"She's over seven months pregnant, and you're still letting her run around for the woman you love. Even if you don't have her in your heart, don't torment her any further. Look at her, a healthy person, and after marrying you for such a short time, she's become so thin. It's heartbreaking to see... Alas... If I had known it would be like this, I would never have agreed to her request and let her marry you."