Beijing.
"Mother, mother!" In the middle of the night, Shen Ruoyi woke up feeling uncomfortable, "Mother, my stomach hurts."
In the past few days, the imperial doctor has said that the concubine will give birth in these days. Emperor Yuande also received news, saying that he would be back in the next two days. I thought I could make it in time, but it seems...
Mrs. Zhang was sleeping beside her and quickly got up, "But she's about to give birth?"
Guizhi, who had been outside these days, heard the noise and hurriedly lit a candle and came in. She opened the curtain and asked, "My dear lady, what's the matter with you?"
All the candles in the hall were lit, and the lights were bright. Shen Ruoyi frowned in pain, and there was a puddle of water on the bed.
"The amniotic water has broken and I'm really going to give birth," Mrs. Zhang hurriedly ordered: "Go and call the midwife!"
She comforted Shen Ruoyi again, "It's okay. Mom gave birth to you two. Good luck, give birth to a healthy little prince!"
Shen Ruoyi nodded, but did not forget to tell Guizhi, "The Queen is not here in the palace, go and ask for the Concubine Chun, there must be someone to take charge!"
"Yes! I will invite you personally!" Guizhi said hurriedly.
Madam Zhang helped Shen Ruoyi enter the delivery room. The midwife had already prepared it. Not only the palace but also the Shen family had checked it. They were all clean. Madam Zhang said, "Please take good care of her." After the concubine is pregnant, our Shen family will not suffer any loss from you!"
"Thank you Madam, we will do our best!"
Following the rhythm of the midwife, Shen Ruoyi obeyed the instructions and pressed hard when she was told, and panted when she needed to, but it had been an hour, and there was no change at all.
Mrs. Zhang said anxiously: "What's going on? All the amniotic fluid has drained out in a while, how can the concubine still give birth!"
"My wife, this baby is a little bit sideways. Madam and my wife, don't worry. I'll wait for the slave to rub it and then it will turn over." The midwife said, "It may hurt a little. Please bear with it, my mother."
Sure enough, soon after taking advantage of it, the concubine let out a shrill scream. She was covered in sweat and her voice was hoarse, "Mother! Mother!"
"Don't be afraid of the child. Women have to go through this when giving birth. It's okay. Mom is with you!" Mrs. Zhang comforted her.
"ah!"
"ah!"
Shen Ruochen was woken up, "What's going on? But my sister is about to give birth?"
Little Walnut nodded hurriedly, and Shen Ruochen said: "Get dressed quickly, I'll go take a look!"
"No," Little Walnut stopped, "Someone over there has given me news, saying that I don't need to go over there and can just sleep peacefully."
"How can this be possible? My sister is giving birth..." Shen Ruochen immediately reacted, "That's right. If I go, it will only cause trouble. I can't help. Where is my wife? Don't worry."
"Yes, I just heard that the Imperial Physician and the Imperial Concubine are also here. I guess they won't need us." Little Walnut said.
"Okay, then let's go to sleep. Maybe when we wake up tomorrow morning, we will have an extra baby!" Shen Ruochen smiled heartlessly and lay down, and soon fell asleep again.
It was dawning soon, but Jia Concubine had not yet given birth to her baby.
Mrs. Zhang was a little anxious, "My wife is almost exhausted, what's going on?"
"Ma'am, don't worry. This is your first baby, so you have to go slower. The position of the fetus is now in the right position. I'm working hard, and the baby is born." The midwife said with all her strength: "Push hard! Come on, my mother, push hard!"
"ah!"
"I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore," the concubine said weakly, "I'm exhausted, mother, I can't give birth anymore, I can't do it anymore!"
"What nonsense are you talking about! How can you not give birth at this time!" Mrs. Zhang directly stuffed a piece of ginseng slice into the concubine's mouth, "Good boy, keep working hard, good days are waiting for you! Think about the little prince. , think about mother! Work harder!"
"Mom, use your strength!"
"Ah!" The concubine continued to exert force, "Ah! Ah!"
Concubine Chun was so anxious outside, "The emperor and the queen haven't come back either. What should I do with this one? Why did she give birth early?"
"Your Majesty, the palace is relying on you now, you have to hold on tight!" Fuling, the palace maid next to her, said, "This is the time for you to establish your authority in the palace!"
"What authority are you establishing? You don't know me yet?" Concubine Chun said, "As long as I can grow up with Huining, I will be satisfied. I don't care about anything else."
"Your Majesty, the princess is getting older. You are always like this. No one in this palace will remember you. Look at this spring, you are the only one who didn't go."
"I don't want to go either. It's too tiring. Huining is not in good health. It's best not to bother." Concubine Chun said. "Okay, don't talk about this. Go in and ask how the concubine is doing?"
Fu Ling had no choice but to go in, and after a while she came out and shook her head, "The concubine hasn't given birth yet, so the midwife came out and asked the empress if she could let the imperial doctor go in for acupuncture."
"Okay! Why not! Go quickly!" Concubine Chun said hurriedly.
By the time Shen Ruochen had finished his breakfast, he finally heard "Ah!" and the child's cry came from the delivery room.
"Amitabha! This is a birth!" Concubine Chun breathed a long sigh of relief. He hurriedly asked: "Are you a prince or a princess?"
"It's for the little prince! Seven pounds and eight ounces!"
"Okay! This big fat boy!" Concubine Chun said with a smile: "The emperor must be very happy when he heard about this! By the way, come quickly and report to the emperor. The emperor should be on his way back too. , if you know it earlier, you won’t have to worry!”
"yes!"
Shen Ruochen also breathed a sigh of relief. It was too difficult to give birth to a baby. His sister gave birth all night long! It's terrible, it's terrible!
Shen Ruochen shook his head subconsciously. If he had to give birth to a baby in such pain and screaming, he would be fine! After a while, my sister settled down and went to ask how she could not have children.
Shen Ruochen made up his mind. On the other side, Concubine Chun smiled and said to everyone, "You have served me well. When the emperor comes back, I will reward you well!"
All the maids and eunuchs said in unison: "Thank you, Concubine Chun! Thank you, Concubine Jiazhen!"
"Hahaha!" Concubine Chun said to herself and looked at the delivery room with great relief, "This palace has lived up to the trust of the emperor and queen. Although this baby was difficult, it was finally born. Good! Fu Ling, help me. I go in and see my beautiful concubine!"
"yes!"
"Mother Chun Fei, can I also go and have a look..."
"It's not good, doctor! Doctor!" Before Shen Ruochen could finish his words, a woman suddenly rushed out and shouted, "Quick! Doctor, come in quickly, the concubine is not good!"
"What's wrong? What's going on?" Concubine Chun took the old woman's arm and asked hurriedly. It was only then that Shen Ruochen noticed that the old woman's hands were full of blood and red, and she just thought...just thought ...It turns out that the boys in the kitchen at home are doing the same thing when killing pigs.
