Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1237

Chapter 1237: Chapter 1232: No Room for Error

He reassured Bai Qingyan, promising to do everything in his power to find Bai Qingyu and the child Bai Jinse.

Their fate unknown...

At this moment, Bai Qingyan’s mind was filled with that dream, where A Yu was struck by several arrows, covered in blood, calling out to her... begging her to save him! And in her mind, she saw the smiling face of the child Bai Jinzhi looking up at her.

She should have been more cautious!

Her rebirth was already a blessing from heaven, and this time heaven gave her a warning dream, yet she dismissed it as merely a dream!

Those four words, ’fate unknown,’ tore at her insides like a twisting hook.

Bai Qingyan’s lips were tightly pressed, her entire body drenched in sweat from the pain, as she tightly clenched the military report, unwilling to let her mother see and worry.

Yan Kingdom...

Was it truly the Yan Kingdom?

Was it Xiao Rongyan?

If it were Xiao Rongyan...

Pain washed over Bai Qingyan, so intense that she nearly blacked out, yet she gritted her teeth and refused to let out a sound.

No, it wasn’t Xiao Rongyan!

Could it be... the Empress Dowager Yan?

Bai Qingyan recalled what Bai Jintong wrote in the letter, mentioning that the Empress Dowager Yan seemed to have secretly sent people to Xiliang, and that people from Xiliang had secretly entered the Yanhuang Palace.

Then, was it not Xiao Rongyan, but instead he informed the Empress Dowager Yan of the war tactics discussed between Zhou and the Yan Kingdom, hoping to ease his sister-in-law’s mind, leading to the Bai family army... and A Yu and the child falling into such a calamity?

Before Bai Qingyan could piece together her confused and chaotic thoughts, she was already sent into the prepared... delivery room in the side hall of the bedchamber.

Mrs. Dong sat by the bedside, using a cloth to wipe Bai Qingyan’s sweat; several of her aunts were present, all of whom had experience with childbirth and were able to help until the midwife arrived.

Mrs. Liu instructed Nanny Luo to take Brother Wang back home and arranged for someone to cook thick ginseng soup for Bai Qingyan, to use if necessary.

Mrs. Li whispered to Bai Qingyan, "Kid, this pain... comes in waves, when it doesn’t hurt, take a few sips of water, don’t scream... conserve your strength, wait for the midwife to tell you to push, then push with all your might! Don’t push early, pushing early could hurt you!"

After speaking, Mrs. Li felt she had said something redundant; Kid was the last person to be unable to endure pain, no matter how severely injured she had been before, she never complained.

Before the eighth girl Bai Wanqing could approach Bai Qingyan’s bedchamber, she was stopped by Nanny Zhai, who was by the side of the fifth Madam Qi.

Soon, Bai Qingyan received the military report from Xiliang, and news of her accidental fall from the carriage spread.

Commandant Lu, Minister Shen, and Minister Dong had already learned of the Xiliang war report and immediately went to the palace without delay.

He looked up at the sky, silently praying for Bai Qingyan’s safe delivery, because... for such a great nation, producing a wise and virtuous ruler like Bai Qingyan was too rare!

Since Bai Qingyan ascended the throne, he finally saw the upright court he once hoped for, and the prospect of a unified realm.

He didn’t want anything to happen to Bai Qingyan at this time!

Even if... it cost him ten years of his life, twenty years! Even if he had to offer up his own life now, he hoped heaven would bless Bai Qingyan with safety!

After being an official for a lifetime, Commandant Lu deeply understood that a good emperor’s impact on a nation was far more significant than ten, a hundred, or even thousands of commandants; a dynasty’s emperor was the root of a nation.

In Bai Qingyan’s bedchamber, the Imperial Physician prescribed an energizing potion, having Nanny Tong specially brew it thick for Bai Qingyan to drink.

Mrs. Dong’s sleeves were tied up, keeping watch over her daughter in bed; despite the visible pain on her daughter’s face, she gritted her teeth, refusing to make a sound, causing Mrs. Dong’s heart to ache.

"Wei Zhong!" Bai Qingyan called out loudly.

Wei Zhong hurried forward, responding through the screen, "Your Majesty!"

"Immediately dispatch Fu Ruoxi with the Commander’s Seal to Anping Camp, mobilize twenty thousand Anping troops to head straight for Xiliang, flatten Xiliang, set out at once!" Bai Qingyan trembled with pain, her mind blank in waves, her pallid cheeks beaded with large drops of sweat, she propped herself up with her elbow, her breathing labored, stray strands of hair sticking to her sharply contoured neckline, as she firmly ordered, "Command Lu Tawei to issue a decree immediately, deploy the Hancheng garrison to the Yan Kingdom border, Generals Shi Panshan and Zhen Zeping to station their forces at Guangling along the Zhou-Yan border, if the Yan Kingdom shows any signs of change, advance directly to Yandu without reporting! General Jiang Ruhai is to move to Pingyang City to prepare for the Yan Kingdom, let there be no mistakes!"

Bai Qingyan wished it wasn’t Xiao Rongyan who betrayed the Zhou, but that didn’t mean Bai Qingyan could trust the Empress Dowager Yan.