Seeing the blood, Mu Yunjin’s body trembled more violently, and her vision gradually blurred. Before losing consciousness, she used all her strength to activate the spirit signal of Huang Yu Pavilion.

Qiqi and Hua Ying quickly rushed to Mu Yunjin’s room. Seeing the scene inside, Qiqi couldn’t help but scream, rushing forward quickly.

Hua Ying stepped forward to examine Mu Yunjin’s condition and was horrified.

“This is bad, her water has broken. I’m afraid she’s going into premature labor,” Hua Ying said after checking Mu Yunjin’s pulse. Mu Yunjin was now weak, her eyes barely open.

Beside them, Qiqi’s mouth fell open in shock. “But she’s only a little over seven months along. Being born this prematurely, will the baby…?”

Qiqi dared not continue.

“Qiqi, go prepare some hot water, and then call Elder Wind Xuan here,” Hua Ying instructed.

Qiqi understood and ran out.

After Qiqi left, Hua Ying took out a ginseng slice she carried with her and placed it in Mu Yunjin’s mouth. She whispered to Mu Yunjin, “My lady, you must endure and summon your strength to deliver this child, otherwise the baby will surely not survive.”

…

…

Mu Yunjin hadn’t expected to suddenly go into labor. She instinctively bit her lip and nodded.

“Good, now follow my instructions. Breathe in slowly, then exhale…” Hua Ying’s hands trembled with nervousness. She had no experience delivering babies and knew little about obstetric medicine, but in the current situation, she had to guide Mu Yunjin to deliver this child.

Otherwise, both mother and child might die…

“My lady, now slowly start to push harder…” Hua Ying frowned deeply.

Just then, footsteps approached from outside, followed by Elder Wind Xuan’s voice, “Silly girl, how are you doing?”

As he spoke, Qiqi pushed open the door carrying hot water, followed by Qingmeng and Qu Xinyao.

“Oh my, why is she suddenly in labor? Let me see.” Qingmeng stepped forward, moving to examine Mu Yunjin’s condition.

“Qiqi, give me the hot water first!” Hua Ying shouted.

Qiqi understood immediately and handed the hot water to Hua Ying.

The moment Hua Ying received the hot water, she sent a secret message to Qiqi.

In an instant, Qiqi’s body trembled, and her face turned pale.

Mu Yunjin had never felt so desperate and helpless in her life. At seven months pregnant, the child was premature, and there was no guarantee of its condition if delivered now.

And her body not only lacked strength, but there seemed to be a dark current slowly draining her energy.

“My lady, push harder!” Hua Ying shouted anxiously, seeing Mu Yunjin not moving.

Qu Xinyao watched with furrowed brows. “What’s happening? Where is His Highness?”

Why, at this crucial moment, were His Highness, Huang Yan, Ding Xian, and others nowhere to be seen?

Gradually, Qu Xinyao also detected the scent of conspiracy.

Simultaneously, countless sounds of fighting suddenly erupted outside the door. Amidst the fighting, Elder Wind Xuan’s surprised voice came from outside—

“Qiuye, you old dog, you’re still alive!”

“Wind Xuan, do you know how long we’ve been waiting for this exciting moment?”

The speaker was Qiuye. After his words, Qiuye shouted, “Tonight is the perfect opportunity! Break in and take Mu Yunjin’s life!”

Following this, the fighting outside intensified.

From the sounds alone, it was clear that dozens of people had arrived outside, with only Elder Wind Xuan holding them back.

Though his martial arts were exceptional, just dealing with Qiuye was exhausting enough, let alone dozens of others.

The situation suddenly became dire.

Inside the room, Mu Yunjin was weak and struggling with difficult labor, while outside, chaos reigned.

Qiqi instinctively reached out to activate the spirit signal of Huang Yu Pavilion to summon help, when a powerful palm strike suddenly came from beside her.

Fortunately, Qiqi had heeded Hua Ying’s words and was prepared. She skillfully dodged when the palm strike came.

“So it was you.” From the bed, the weakened Mu Yunjin laughed softly, turning to look at someone in the room.

“Yes, it’s me.” The speaker was Qingmeng.

Qu Xinyao was confused, looking at Mu Yunjin, then at Qingmeng.

“What’s going on?” Qu Xinyao asked.

After asking, Qu Xinyao recalled the palm strike Qingmeng had just launched at Qiqi, and suddenly understood everything.

“Qingmeng, it was you?” Qu Xinyao could hardly believe it.

Qingmeng had been under Chu Li’s command even earlier than they had. For all these years, she had never made any mistakes. Even the last time when Xu Heyu needed detoxification, Qingmeng had helped wholeheartedly, staying up for several nights.

How had she suddenly changed now?

Seeing that she had exposed herself too impulsively, Qingmeng sighed at her misfortune while laughing softly, “It doesn’t matter if you know now, because none of you will survive tonight…”

“Mu Yunjin, over these two months, I’ve been adding small amounts of Nux vomica to your pregnancy medicine. But fearing that this detoxification expert beside you would notice, I also used another herb to dilute the taste of the nux vomica.”

“Have you often felt your belly hot and swollen?”

“If you’ve had these feelings, that’s right, because I’ve been waiting to see the moment your belly ruptures in a hemorrhage…”

After saying this, Qingmeng laughed maniacally.

Qingmeng’s sudden betrayal was something no one had anticipated. Even though Hua Ying had detected Qingmeng’s suspicious behavior just two days after arriving, it was already too late.

Now, that heart-piercing pain returned to Mu Yunjin’s belly…

She was going into labor…

“Qiqi, hold off this mad woman!” Hua Ying commanded Qiqi.

Then, she activated the spirit signal of Huang Yu Pavilion.

After activating the signal, Qiqi launched attacks at Qingmeng, each strike lethal.

Qingmeng’s martial arts weren’t very advanced. Facing Qiqi’s attacks, she could only dodge. Several times she tried to escape through the door to let the people outside in, but was consistently blocked by Qiqi.

On the other side, Qu Xinyao, being pregnant, couldn’t fight, but she had drawn her sword and stood in front of Mu Yunjin’s bed.

Hua Ying had no time to attend to anything else and urgently spoke to Mu Yunjin, “My lady, push harder!”

Mu Yunjin was in too much pain to muster any strength. No matter how hard she tried, her body showed no response.

During this process, she felt a sudden pain in her foot.

Fearing Mu Yunjin couldn’t hold on, Hua Ying used silver needles to stimulate several acupoints in her foot.

Mu Yunjin barely regained some consciousness.

Outside, the door was being pounded violently, as if it might explode open at any moment.

Mu Yunjin wanted to summon Qingluan, but with her scattered consciousness, she couldn’t concentrate her thoughts.

“Ah!” Mu Yunjin screamed, sweat dripping from her forehead. At this moment, she truly felt a sense of complete despair.

For the first time, she felt she was truly about to die.

…

Outside the door.

Elder Wind Xuan was fighting with great difficulty. His outer robe had been slashed several times, with crimson blood staining his garments.

Qiuye was fighting Wind Xuan with bloodshot eyes, and despite having only one hand, he was not at a disadvantage.

Plus, he had brought dozens of first-class martial artists with him. Elder Wind Xuan felt he could barely hold on.

Especially upon hearing fighting sounds from inside the room, Elder Wind Xuan became increasingly anxious. In a moment of distraction, his chest was violently kicked by Qiuye.

Just as those people were about to charge into the room, a flash of light appeared all around, revealing the forms of more than a dozen beast spirits.

Qiuye frowned, silently lamenting that he had overlooked these beast spirits.

As he thought this, the leader, Lei Yan, had already pounced toward Qiuye to engage in battle. Nearby beast spirits followed Lei Yan’s lead and all attacked.

In an instant, Li Quan Pavilion descended into chaos.

…

Inside the room.

No matter how hard Mu Yunjin pushed or screamed, the child in her belly wouldn’t come out.

In her delirium, she vaguely saw Si Qing’s face…

Si Qing smiled gently, whispering in her ear, “Huan’er, Huan’er…”

These calls of “Huan’er” seemed so real that Mu Yunjin closed her eyes, her mind filled with Si Qing’s smile.

After a while, Si Qing in front of her turned into Chu Li…

Chu Li gently caressed her belly, his tone soft, “Boy or girl, either is fine, this prince will love them…”

“Yunjin, as long as you’re the one giving birth, it’s good.”

After Chu Li’s words, the vision of him suddenly disappeared, replaced by a blood-covered infant crying…

“Mother, save me!”

“Mother…”

This scene made Mu Yunjin’s heart tremble uncontrollably. In an instant, she regained her senses, the pain in her belly reminding her of the infant she had just seen.

No!

Baby, mother will deliver you safely!

Mu Yunjin gritted her teeth, the veins on her forehead bulging as she exerted herself, using the last bit of her strength.

“The head is out! Quick, quick, continue!” Hua Ying saw this and was overjoyed.

Nearby, Qingmeng, who was fighting with Qiqi, heard this and glanced over. She scattered a handful of powder at Qiqi.

Qiqi was caught off guard, and the powder got into her eyes.

“Ah—”

Qiqi’s scream rang out, her once bright and lively eyes now streaming with bloody tears.

Qingmeng smiled contemptuously, “Know your limits!”

As she spoke, she struck toward Mu Yunjin.

Seeing Qingmeng approaching, Qu Xinyao immediately wielded her sword, thrusting it at Qingmeng, “Qingmeng, you’re insane!”

“Qu Xinyao, do you also want to die along with your child?” Qingmeng sneered, taking out another handful of powder and scattering it toward Qu Xinyao.

Qu Xinyao instinctively turned her head to avoid it.

During this process, Qingmeng kicked Qu Xinyao away, pulled out a dagger from her sleeve, and stabbed toward Mu Yunjin’s forehead…

Just as the dagger was about to pierce Mu Yunjin’s brow, a golden light flashed, deflecting Qingmeng’s dagger.

Qingmeng was also pushed back two steps. Looking up, she saw that the Divine Mandate had somehow appeared from a corner and was now emitting golden light, shielding Mu Yunjin.

Qingmeng was so furious her teeth nearly shattered. She stepped forward, about to strike again, when an agonized scream rang out.

Along with the scream came the sound of a baby crying.

“Bang…”

At that moment, the door was kicked open.