Fulfilling the empress's wish.

The women who were waiting outside were surprised the emperor holding a very distressed Zhan Yanhui when the shouts from the inner room had stopped. The Empress Dowager couldn't take the suspense anymore so she stepped forward. "Your Majesty, what happened? Are the babies okay? What about Consort Xi?"

Consort Xi's maid came out crying as she told them. "My mistress is dead. She died along with the baby boy. Someone killed her! Someone-"

"Enough!" Zhan Yanhui yelled at the maid as she slapped her. "Stop making false accusations. There was no one inside that room who could harm her under the emperor's eyes. Be careful of what you say!"