Liu Rushuang knew that labor pains were normal, but this was much more violent than the faint aching she felt in the afternoon. She could not help wanting to scream right then, but clenched her teeth regardless of the agony as if someone was chopping her with an axe.
When she vaguely heard Han Moze's voice, she tearfully turned and said weakly, "Get out, Ze! Don't worry! I can do this!"
Han Moze looked at her eyes which were welling with tears, and understood that Liu Rushuang didn't want him there. Furrowing his sharp brows, he took a deep breath and kissed her bright red lips until she was panting, and whispered into her ear, "Shuang'er, remember that I love you forever."
With those words, the red mist in his eyes was gone. Standing up, he clenched his knuckles and teeth before turning to strode off.
At the door, he ran into a handful of handmaidens and the midwife.
"Your Majesty—"
