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Chapter 406 Giving birth
In Xiao Yichen's eyes, nothing is bigger than his wife and children.

Therefore, only royal family members were invited to the New Year’s Eve dinner, and even to stay up all night, everyone went back to their own homes.

The Emperor and Prince An were having a great time playing around, and they sent a pigeon message to Xiao Yichen saying that they would not be back for the New Year. Xiao Yichen only told him to take care of himself and didn't say anything else.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, all the civil and military officials paid New Year's greetings to Xiao Yichen, and the ladies of honor paid New Year's greetings to the empress dowager and Shen Jia. Everyone knew that Shen Jia was pregnant and sleepy, so she tactfully left the palace after paying New Year's greetings.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is June, and Shen Jia's belly is already more than eight months old.

During this period, Xiao Yichen stayed with Shen Jia all the time except when he attended court.

In order to reduce the burden, he assigned all matters to the cabinet. There were more than 200 memorials from all over the country every day, and the cabinet was extremely busy.

The memorials approved by the cabinet were then sent to Fengyi Palace for Xiao Yichen to sign. This greatly reduced his workload and allowed him to spend more time with Shen Jia.

As Shen Jia got older, her bulging belly made it impossible to see her toes when she stood up, and her calves became swollen, making her feel short of breath after walking a few steps.

Also, because her belly was too big, no matter what position she slept in, she would feel uncomfortable after a while. In addition to doing prenatal education and telling stories to the child every day, Xiao Yichen also personally bathed her feet and massaged her legs every night, doing his best to take care of Shen Jia and make her feel comfortable both physically and mentally.

Li Yue and Liu Xiaoying moved into the palace in mid-May. After learning that Shen Jia was pregnant, they secretly took contraceptive pills and decided to consider their own pregnancy after she gave birth.

The empress dowager was even more nervous than Shen Jia. She had invited two experienced midwives with clean backgrounds to live in the palace early on. She herself would visit Shen Jia in person every day to feel at ease.

She originally hired six midwives, but Shen Jia removed four of them on the grounds that too many people could cause trouble. The remaining two were both investigated by Xiao Yichen and Shen Jia and were found to have no problems with their ancestors for generations.

In fact, there used to be a midwife in the palace. After Xiao Yichen ascended the throne, he let many people go, including the midwife.

The midwives who managed to survive in the big dye vat of the palace without being involved in it are definitely not simple people. Shen Jia and Xiao Yichen will not and dare not use them.

As the due date got closer, Xiao Yichen became more and more anxious. He would finish the morning court as quickly as possible every day, and then use his lightness skills to return to Fengyi Palace, wishing he could stick to Shen Jia all the time.

On June 22, after breakfast, Shen Jia felt a dull pain in her stomach. After a while, the pain came back again. She felt that she was about to go into labor.

Shen Jia was not nervous at all, and directed everyone in an orderly manner, "Bai Kou, send someone to the Huguogong Mansion to invite my mother to the palace."

"Go boil some water."

"Go and ask the midwife to come over."

"Go and ask Madam Li and Madam Liu to come over."

"Go and ask the imperial physician to come over."

"Go and ask the Queen Mother to come over and tell her that the Queen is about to give birth."

Shen Jia gave a series of instructions without taking a breath. Seeing this, Bai Kou and the others gradually calmed down from their initial nervousness.

As soon as Xiao Yichen came out of court, he received the news that Shen Jia had started the attack. He was so scared that his face turned pale and he hurried back to Fengyi Palace at lightning speed.

Shen Jia walked slowly with the support of Li Yue. A contraction came over him. Even Shen Jia, who had experienced various injuries in two lifetimes, felt the pain unbearable.

"Jia Jia" Xiao Yichen's voice arrived before he even showed up.

Shen Jiaqiang endured the pain and smiled at him, comforting him: "Don't worry, it usually takes a certain amount of time for a woman to have a baby for the first time, from labor pains to the birth of the baby."

Seeing that she was in unbearable pain but still tried to comfort him, Xiao Yichen regained his senses. He glanced around and saw that the midwife, the imperial physician, Liu Xiaoying and the others were all there. He finally felt relieved.

Seeing Xiao Yichen supporting Shen Jia, Li Yue tactfully let go of her hand and stepped aside.

"Jia Jia, walk a little longer and I'll take you to the delivery room!" Xiao Yichen coaxed softly.

"it is good!"

Only then did Xiao Yichen secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

In his opinion, it was extremely dangerous to walk outside when the baby was about to be born, but at this critical moment he did not dare to refute Shen Jia. If his different opinions made Shen Jia feel bad and something happened, he would regret it for the rest of his life. The two walked for about two quarters of an hour, and Xiao Yichen sent Shen Jia to the delivery room in the side hall.

Half an hour later, the Queen Mother came over with a food box, "Xiao Jia, your mother personally prepared a nourishing soup for you. Drink the soup so that you will have the strength to give birth to a child."

"Thank you, mother, for your concern." Shen Jia smiled with his eyes curved.

The Queen Mother patted Shen Jia's hand and said, "Don't be polite to me, my mother. This is what I should do."

Xiao Yichen took the food box from the Queen Mother and said, "Thank you, Mother."

The Queen Mother said angrily, "Hurry up and feed Xiao Jia some soup. Don't waste time. I'm going out first."

Xiao Yichen did not dare to delay because he found that Shen Jia's frown was becoming more and more frequent.

As the intervals between contractions became shorter and shorter, Shen Jia knew that she was about to give birth. Seeing that everything in the delivery room was ready, she quickly drank the soup that Xiao Yi had fed her.

As soon as she finished drinking the soup, Gu and Shen Zhuoyun arrived outside the delivery room, and even the wife who was out having fun came back.

Xiao Yichen put Shen Jia on the delivery bed and shouted to the imperial physician waiting outside, "Imperial physician, come in."

The imperial physician came in hurriedly to check Shen Jia's pulse, "Your Majesty, please rest assured. The Empress and the baby in her belly are both very healthy, and will surely give birth to the eldest prince smoothly."

Xiao Yichen's expression eased: "You step back first!"

The imperial physician was bowing and leaving.

"Midwife, Li Yue, please check Jia Jia."

"Yes," the two of them bowed and replied.

The midwife touched Shen Jia's belly and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. The fetal position is normal, but..." Then she hesitated, looking embarrassed.

Xiao Yichen's heart suddenly sank, and he released his aura and overwhelming pressure towards the midwife, and asked in a cold voice: "Just what?"

The midwife was so frightened that her legs softened and she knelt on the ground, stammering, "I am about to deliver the baby for the queen. The delivery room is filthy. The emperor is a man and the emperor. Since ancient times, no man has stayed in the delivery room..."

Xiao Yichen slowly exhaled a breath of foul air and interrupted her: "This is the place to welcome my child. It is a blessed land, not a filthy place."

Li Yue blinked and quickly examined Shen Jia.

Seeing this, the midwife didn't say anything more and continued to examine Shen Jia with Li Yue.

Xiao Yichen walked to the bedside and stood there, kissing Shen Jia's forehead: "Don't be afraid, I will always be with you."

Shen Jia smiled weakly, and another contraction came, accompanied by the breaking of her amniotic fluid.

"Empress, the cervix is ​​dilated to six fingers." Li Yue shouted loudly.

"Okay, that'll be quick."

Half an hour later, a loud cry of "wa wa wa" was heard from the delivery room.

The midwife carefully held the child and smiled: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the Queen has given birth to a dragon boy."

Li Yue picked up the sterilized scissors and cut the baby's umbilical cord.

The midwife handed the child to another midwife, and Liu Xiaoying immediately helped her wipe the child's body.

Li Yue and Liu Xiaoying connected seamlessly and never took their eyes off the child.

When Xiao Yichen saw this, the corners of his lips raised slightly.

(End of this chapter)