When the time came, Cui Yun personally removed the silver needles from her body, tidied everything up, and went out temporarily to receive the fetus-preserving medicine that had just been prepared by Ji Xin.
Yingwu knelt in the courtyard with palpable trepidation.
Cui Yun did not look at her and turned around to say coldly, "Go and accept your punishment."
With that, he entered the room.
Ying Yi approached: "You are assigned to stay by the Princess Consort's side to protect her safety. In such critical moments, you should have remained even closer by her side, not a step away."
Yingwu was dispirited, indeed unable to absolve herself from the blame that was rightfully hers.
Inside the room, Shen Hua was cautiously touching her flat belly. It was hard to imagine that life was gestating there, nearly coming to harm.
