Chapter 1114: Chapter 269: Qingming! (Part 2)
The prince’s residence;
The midwife and doctor have already gone inside, and the maidservants keep going back and forth carrying items and heating hot water, with everyone in their busy state carrying a sense of panic.
Because the cries from the delivery room where He Sisi is present are already getting weaker.
No one could have imagined that the princess would go into early labor, nor could they have predicted the situation would suddenly become so urgent.
The news of the princess’s difficult labor was not hidden from anyone, nor was there any need to hide it.
Ji Chengjue ordered Master Zhang to fetch the father and son of the He family.
The woman inside the delivery room is fighting with all her might for her child, and now it seems very likely she will risk her own life for it.
At this moment, as a man, Ji Chengjue’s mindset is undergoing some changes.
Or perhaps,
He ultimately could not be as truly indifferent as his own father,
He felt that,
At this moment, her father and brother should appear here.
Ji Chengjue wasn’t thinking of using this as a method to encourage; even he, her husband, could not encourage in this situation, let alone anyone else.
He just thought that if the worst scenario were to truly happen, he wouldn’t want her to be left with any regrets.
You can’t blame Ji Chengjue for thinking in a negative manner here, nor can you reproach him for making these plans,
Because he can’t replace her in giving birth,
He can only stand here,
Listening to the screams from inside,
Could he possibly at this time optimistically and eagerly ponder what to name the child?
Ji Chengjue isn’t insane!
Yet, he hopes he could go insane;
The education received from childhood to adulthood, the experiences endured, have already formed an instinct that makes him more calm when facing major events.
Just like an injured person who, in pain, cannot faint but must endure it awake.
However, at this moment, he feels powerless.
He can only stand there, hands behind his back, eyes looking straight ahead.
When the servants passed by him, they subconsciously lowered their heads, not daring to look at him.
The father and son of the He family have arrived; this is their first time entering the prince’s residence. Previously, they would come here to deliver some vegetables and meat, calling the guards at the gate to transfer them inside.
Ji Chengjue and He Sisi had invited them in several times, but the father and son refused each time, and always very conclusively.
It can be said that they are the most low-key royal family relatives.
But this time, they were brought in.
Upon entering, hearing the chaos inside and watching the palace maids continually coming and going with hot water and ginseng soup, the father and son could understand what was happening no matter how confused they were.
Old He clenched his fists fiercely,
"How did it come to this?! How did it come to this?!"
He Chu also looked around in confusion, his lips trembling.
Ji Chengjue still stood there with his hands behind his back; at this time, he did not have the mind to entertain his father-in-law and brother-in-law.
Every scream from He Sisi inside the delivery room felt like a heavy hammer pounding on his chest, but the more it did, the more he couldn’t bend over; he hoped his wife could pull through, and she must pull through.
Old He instinctively wanted to go to his son-in-law to ask about the situation, but watching his son-in-law’s demeanor, he hesitated for a moment and didn’t dare go over.
Not simply out of fear, but he understood in his own heart that going over to ask wouldn’t be of any help, it would be pointless.
But this is also precisely his most frustrated place;
Other fathers-in-law, encountering such a situation, can unabashedly go up to question their sons-in-law or even directly physically vent their anger. Even knowing it’s futile, at least they can vent the nameless fire in their chest.
But he can’t do it here.
He Chu wanted to help, like heating water or passing things, but with the palace maids and eunuchs working meticulously and no shortage of hands, there was no room for him to intervene.
At this time, having nothing to do is the most painful.
The commotion also alarmed the fourth and fifth princes who lived in the prince’s residence.
The fourth prince came over, frowned, and looked at the scene before him.
The fifth prince had been busy with woodworking; when he heard the servant’s report and came out, he still had wood shavings on his head.
The two glanced at each other and walked together towards Ji Chengjue.
The fourth prince asked, "Cheng Jue, what’s going on?"
Ji Chengjue didn’t turn his head, didn’t even glance at his two brothers, and just calmly spat out one word:
"Leave."
Both the fourth and fifth princes looked at each other awkwardly, silently stepped back, and stood aside without saying a word.
First, this year, Cheng Jue, who had been oppressed by his father for a long time, suddenly rose up, and a grand wedding explicitly declared he would participate in the power struggle, while the crown prince has been facing setbacks this year.
The empress passed away, and the marriage with the prefecture princess ended in vain.
The battle for the throne is actually a battle for power until the emperor’s demise and the edict is announced.
Currently, it is clear that the East Palace is weakened, the Sixth Prince controls the Ministry of Revenue, manages Yan’s finances and grain, there is Lord Pingye outside Snow Sea to correspond, the Eldest Prince to support, and a number of newly appointed scholars have already gained influence, clearly he is in the ascendancy!
Princes also have a hierarchy; after all, there is only one dragon throne, only one person can sit on it. If you don’t intend to sit on it or think you are unlikely to sit on it, you must consider the future or risk losing even a carefree royal family status.
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