Inside the delivery room.
The Empress was chewing on a ginseng slice, her forehead beaded with fine sweat. Stripped of her jewels, her face was deathly pale. At the moment of childbirth, the most honored woman in the world was no different from a farmer's wife in the countryside, save for the extra people surrounding her.
Jiang Xian recalled a female colleague from her past life. She had been a victim of domestic violence during her pregnancy and was rushed to the hospital. With no one to pay the exorbitant medical fees, her female boss had given her a salary advance, and another female supervisor had started a crowdfunding campaign on social media. The caption for the post had quoted a line from an author: 'All women share the same fate.'
That was why seeing another woman suffer made her so restless.
"Lady Zhaoyi."
The midwife and the female doctor saw her arrive and looked at her as if she were their savior.
