Chapter 1: Birth
Time: 1:00 p.m. on the afternoon of July 16, the 16th year of the Zhaochen era (1612) Place: The Imperial Palace in the capital of the Everlasting Sun Empire on the continent of Hua, where the sun never sets A tall man was rubbing his hands together as he paced back and forth. He was Alexander Long Qiutianxing, the current emperor of the Everlasting Sun Empire.
With a creak, an imperial doctor pushed open the door to the inner room and walked out.
“How is it? Has the baby been born yet?“ Autumn Xing asked anxiously.
”Your Majesty…“ The imperial doctor hesitated a little, not knowing what to say.
”What is it?“ Autumn Xing’s face changed slightly.
”If Your Majesty gives birth to the child, there is a 50% chance of a haemorrhage, and the possibility of death from a haemorrhage is about 80%. However, if the child is not born this time, the possibility of giving birth in the future is extremely low, roughly 0.” The imperial doctor said carefully, explaining the consequences as clearly as possible.
Qiu Tianxing hesitated. The empress in the inner chambers, Ye Xinyan, was one of his four most beloved confidantes. It was impossible for him to give her up, but the other three had all given birth to princes (and princesses) for him. Xinyan had been depressed for a long time about this, and when she became pregnant this time, she told herself that no matter what happened, she must give birth to the child.
“What did Her Majesty say?” Qiu Tianxing asked.
“Her Majesty said that the child must be born,”
“Then let’s have it!“ After pondering for a long time, Qiuxing finally made up his mind.
”Yes!” The imperial doctor obeyed orders and entered the inner room again.
After watching the imperial doctor disappear, Qiuxing used the Ice Heart Technique to force himself to calm down and enter the state of pure and undisturbed mind, then slowly sat down and took a sip of tea in his hand.
After a long wait (as Autumn Xing felt it), the baby’s cry suddenly came from the inner room. Autumn Xing suddenly stood up, and the state of ice-clear concentration was lost at the same time. After a while, the door was opened by a beautiful woman carrying a baby in her arms, and the baby was still crying.
“Your Majesty, congratulations, mother and child are safe! But my sister-in-law will need to recuperate for a while,” the beauty said, smiling at Autumn Xing. This beauty was the Empress of the Eastern Palace, Xue Wanfang.
Autumn Xing immediately beamed with joy, took the baby from Xue Wanfang’s arms, looked at it carefully, then raised the baby in his hands and announced to the world, ‘People will always remember him.’ The aftertone continued to spread around and gradually faded away.