SBCEJM -Chapter 239 Minister Wang Gets the VIP Seat in the Delivery Room! He Cried Louder Than the Newborn!

“Hiss—”

Inside the Golden Hall, waves of sharp inhalations rose one after another.

The officials felt chills crawl up the backs of their necks, their scalps tingling numb.

This Miss Kong’s methods of teaching people lessons were truly… unconventional!

Honestly, she was even scarier than the Northern Defense King!

At most, the Northern Defense King would publicly humiliate someone and make them lose all face—a form of spiritual execution in public.

But Madam Wang treated people like private property, crushing and remodeling them from both mind and body.

【From that day onward, Wang Jufang developed “sister-in-law phobia.”】

The system concluded gleefully.

【The moment he saw Madam Cui carrying something toward him, he’d turn and run. Faster than a rabbit being chased by wolves! The man practically developed PTSD!】

Crown Prince Xiao Mingxuan quietly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Compared to Minister Wang’s experiences, his imperial father’s usual scoldings suddenly felt as gentle as spring rain.

The court officials’ gazes toward Wang Jufang completely changed.

Their eyes were now filled with awe… and even a trace of admiration.

This colleague of theirs was a true warrior!

A man brave enough to face the bleakness of life head-on!

【Sadly, one night kneeling on a washboard only awakened the man—it failed to extinguish the woman’s ambitions.】

The system sighed faintly.

【This Madam Cui definitely had more tricks up her sleeve. A femme fatale never gives up easily.】

“Of course not,” Feng Zexuan agreed firmly.

【Seeing that gentle methods wouldn’t work, Cui Shi came up with something even more vicious.】

【She planned to strike during Kong Mengqi’s childbirth—she bribed the midwife, intending to make the labor difficult. Ideally, both mother and child would die.】

The hall instantly fell silent.

The chill in the air was no longer awe, but bone-deep coldness.

Several young officials who had recently become fathers turned pale immediately, their hands and feet icy cold.

The hidden warfare of the inner household was far more terrifying than battlefields drenched in blood.

At least on a battlefield, you could see the blades coming.

【Unfortunately for her, while her calculations were clever, she underestimated Kong Mengqi’s insane tactics.】

【On the day labor pains began, the very first thing Kong Mengqi did was not call for the midwife…】

【She summoned the two broad-shouldered dowry maids whose murderous stares alone could scare people to death.】

【Pale from pain, she pointed at Wang Jufang—who was panicking like an ant on a hot pan—and gave an order that stunned everyone.】

【“Drag him into the delivery room. This lady wants him to accompany the birth!”】

Accompany the birth?!

Those two words exploded through the Golden Hall like thunder.

Every official present froze.

Their minds went blank, as though struck by a hammer.

The delivery room was considered a place of blood and impurity, where yang energy weakened. Forget respectable men—even ordinary female relatives avoided entering lest they attract bad luck.

Since ancient times, no one had ever heard of a man entering the delivery room to accompany his wife giving birth!

This… this was utterly unheard of!

The Minister of Rites trembled with rage, his beard quivering violently as his face flushed red.

“Absurd! Utterly absurd! Improper and indecent! This is the height of ridiculousness!”

【Minister Wang nearly fainted on the spot too. He scrambled backward on both hands and feet while shouting:

“No, no, no, Qi’er! This breaks all propriety! Men can’t enter delivery rooms! It’ll bring misfortune! It’s bad for both you and the baby!”】

【Kong Mengqi was drenched in sweat from the pain, loose strands of hair plastered to her forehead. Yet she still forced out an icy smile.】

【“Propriety?”】

【She spoke slowly, each word carrying unquestionable authority.】

【“In my house, I am propriety.”】

【“Tie him up and drag him in! If he doesn’t witness with his own eyes how I give birth today, then this child won’t carry the Wang surname!”】

The two martial-trained maids ignored all talk of propriety. Upon receiving their mistress’s order, they hoisted the tall Minister Wang up once again and forcibly dragged him into the delivery room.

【To top it off, they “kindly” pinned him onto a stool beside the birthing bed, granting him an exclusive VIP seat for the entire delivery process.】

Just imagining the scene made the officials present feel suffocated in shared terror.

Especially the self-proclaimed patriarchs among them—they felt their legs go weak, as if they themselves were the ones being dragged inside!

【And the real show was only beginning!】

The system sounded delighted at the chaos.

【The midwife entered trembling. The first thing she saw was a huge grown man sitting by the bed, pale as death and shaking nonstop. She was so startled she nearly dropped her medicine box.】

【What frightened her even more was the sight of two expressionless maids standing in the corner of the room.】

【Those two stared at her every move with knife-like eyes, making the midwife feel less like she’d come to deliver a baby and more like she’d arrived at an execution ground.】

【Thus, Miss Kong’s childbirth became a truly earth-shaking, ghost-weeping spectacle.】

【Though the one shocked wasn’t her… and the one crying certainly wasn’t her either.】

Feng Zexuan understood instantly.

【Don’t tell me… it was Wang Jufang?】

【Exactly! Our very own Minister Wang!】

【Whenever Miss Kong’s pain became unbearable, she remained incredibly tough—gritting her teeth without making a sound. But she would grab Wang Jufang’s arm and sink her teeth into it viciously!】

【As a result, the skies above the Wang residence echoed with the pig-slaughtering screams of Assistant Minister Wang from the Ministry of Personnel!】

【“AAAH—! Qi’er! My arm’s gonna break!”】

【“OWWW—! It hurts!”】

【“Midwife! Hurry up and do something! Make her give birth already! I’m being bitten to death here! Somebody save me!”】

Inside the Golden Hall, the officials could practically see the scene in their minds.

Their mouths twitched violently, shoulders shaking like they had Parkinson’s disease as they desperately held back laughter.

Too tragic.

Minister Wang was simply too tragic.

But also way too hilarious—HAHAHAHA!

【As for the poor midwife bribed by Madam Cui—she was already guilty and nervous to begin with. After being bombarded nonstop by Minister Wang’s wailing, her mind became even more chaotic.】

【Throughout the entire process, she worked under Minister Wang’s ghostly shrieks and the death stares of the two maids. Forget tampering with anything—even successfully delivering the baby safely was probably thanks to smoke rising from her ancestors’ graves!】

Listening to the system’s retelling, Wang Jufang’s handsome face turned red enough to drip blood.

Yet at the same time, an overwhelming wave of fear gripped his heart.

Had Qi’er not acted so strangely that day, he might already have lost both wife and child.

So everything she did… had been right all along.

He looked at the faded bite scars on his arm, and all resentment vanished completely.

【An hour later, a loud infant cry finally drowned out Minister Wang’s howling.】

【Mother and child were safe.】

【Wang Jufang, sporting a bloodied arm covered in overlapping bite marks and eyes swollen red from crying, stared at the wrinkly little bundle in swaddling clothes—and burst into tears again with a loud “WAAAH!” His voice was even louder than the baby’s!】

【Half from the joy of surviving disaster… and half because it genuinely hurt.】

After hearing the story, the officials sighed endlessly.

Minister Wang’s daily life was simply too exciting!

【So after safely giving birth, did Kong Mengqi discover that her sister-in-law had plotted against her?】 Feng Zexuan asked curiously.

This was also what everyone most wanted to know.

Given Kong Mengqi’s personality, if she found out, she’d probably turn the woman into a washboard covered in spikes.

The entire court held its breath, waiting eagerly for the next piece of gossip.

How would this extraordinary woman—who dared to tie her own husband into the delivery room—deal with the vicious sister-in-law who had tried to kill both her and her child?