The Empress Dowager Mo also hurried over upon hearing the commotion. Seeing Nangong Yi so panicked, utterly flustered and at a complete loss, she felt both distressed and annoyed. Distressed because his eyes were red with worry, spinning in circles; annoyed because he appeared so lacking in composure, so deeply attached to a mere woman.
She then thought back to her own experience of giving birth years ago and sighed gently. Stepping forward, she said, "Cai Wei is having her first child; she won't deliver so quickly…"
As she spoke, she slowly steered the conversation toward the circumstances of her own labor when giving birth to Nangong Yi and Nangong Yu, attempting to divert Nangong Yi's attention. Although the effort wasn't particularly effective, it did calm him down somewhat.
