Chapter 24 Giving birth
"You know?" Shen Wei looked up.
Xiaoman nodded and rolled up Shen Wei's sleeves and trouser legs.
Then, while applying the ointment to the bruise, he replied, "I heard from Aunt Zhao's maid that she found a medicine for giving birth to a child a few months ago. As long as you take the medicine, you will definitely give birth to a son."
"I've been taking it for several months. Could there be something wrong with the fertility medicine?"
"My aunt is greedy. Madam is generous and allows her to keep a child and raise it by herself... But my aunt still wants a boy. She dreams about having a son at night..."
"But you, girl, don't want it even though you have it."
"He insisted on learning martial arts, and came back home with injuries every day."
"Manager Wu was very strict with you today. He said that your arms were weak and asked you to practice climbing. You fell from such a high place many times. Every time you fell, there was a loud bang. It hurt me to see it."
Speaking of which.
Seeing Shen Wei suddenly froze, his eyes looked straight out the window.
Xiaoman said with distress in her eyes: "Although I know you won't listen, but...but I still want to say, why don't you listen to the Marquis, stop struggling and suffering, and live a rich and prosperous life."
"Girl, you're covered in wounds today. It hurts me to see you."
"Look, Aunt Zhao has been trying so hard to give birth to a son, so why are you making it difficult for yourself? I have seen it with my own eyes several times. The Marquis clearly wanted to get close to you, but you pushed him away."
"Xiao Man is really afraid that if you continue to ignore the Marquis, he will get angry and favor someone else..."
Shen Wei blinked his eyes and looked away with a sour look: "No."
"Of course I can! You don't know how many maids in this mansion dream of being favored by the Marquis..."
"I mean, Aunt Zhao wouldn't be so desperate." Shen Wei didn't listen to Xiaoman's advice at all.
Her mind was full of the data she had compiled on premature births, difficult births, hemorrhages, and deaths.
"Ah? Aunt Zhao?"
"What do you want her to do?"
"She accused you of pushing her before. I remember that she is not a good person!" Xiaoman said angrily.
Shen Wei lowered his eyes, feeling a little depressed.
Xiaoman, I'm not thinking about her, I just feel a little sad.
Where exactly does it hurt?
It’s a bit hard to put into words.
We are used to seeing that the lives of women here are as worthless as grass. Any rumor can destroy their hope of survival, and any childbirth can cost them their lives.
She was really fed up with this depressing thought!
"Xiao Man, please help me go to Aunt Zhao's courtyard and see what's going on."
"I don't want to. I get angry when I think about her harming you..."
"Go ahead, Xiaoman. I know you are the one who is hard on the outside but soft on the inside."
"Girl! I won't go. She is such a bad person......"
"........"
Recently, Xiaoman was still holding a grudge and looked at Shen Wei with a look of disappointment.
Then he pushed the door and left.
When she left, she didn't hear what Shen Wei said behind her back, a sentence that was one part self-mockery and nine parts enlightenment: "How can she be a bad person?"
"It is this world that has oppressed them so much that they have no living space. Apart from competing for Xie Yuchuan's favor, they can't see anything else, and they don't have the opportunity to see anything else."
"If they were given another choice, they wouldn't want it."
"She already regretted it..."
Shen Wei met Aunt Zhao on the road several times.
Every time, Aunt Zhao would stand not far away with her maid, watching Shen Wei walk over, opening her mouth, but in the end she still didn't call Shen Wei.
then,
There was clearly a hint of guilt in Aunt Zhao's eyes, and she clearly wanted to say sorry to Shen Wei.
But several times, I failed to say it out loud.
Perhaps deep down, Aunt Zhao felt that there was no need to apologize. These were all common tactics used by the harem to win favor. It was just that the few remaining thoughts were going against her, and she should apologize to Shen Wei.
Partial hospital.
"Ahhh!!!"
There were bursts of screams of pain coming from the delivery room.
Just listening to it makes one's scalp tingle.
As the mistress of the house, Qin Shuyu is kind and tolerant. She is not the kind of person who would make things difficult for a concubine. She is even kind enough to allow the concubine to live a good life.
That was why she came in person to see Aunt Zhao's delivery.
Qin Shuyu held a string of jade beads in her hand and frowned slightly.
Listening to the cries of pain in the room, I felt uncomfortable: "Suzhu, what did the doctor say?"
"Madam," Su Zhu replied nervously, "The doctor took Aunt Zhao's pulse through the curtain with a rope and said that Aunt Zhao drank something she shouldn't have drunk, which damaged her body and accumulated toxins."
"I'm afraid...it's more dangerous than good."
Qin Shuyu's heart skipped a beat.
Her fingers holding the beads paused slightly, and a melancholy and bitter taste spread from her mouth.
She moved her lips and wanted to ask the doctor to come in and give Aunt Zhao a few injections... But, she swallowed back these ridiculous words when they came to her lips.
because,
Qin Shuyu, who was brought up in an aristocratic family, understands the rules of the mansion best.
She was very clear about the differences between men and women. Not to mention a difficult delivery, even if Aunt Zhao was going to die in the delivery room in the next second, men were not allowed to enter the room!
Even if he was a marquis, he would only wait in the yard for the birth and would not even step into the delivery room.
Not to mention...he is a male doctor.
I was afraid that I was influenced by Shen Wei's words, otherwise how could I have such a ridiculous idea? I actually thought that if the doctor could save Aunt Zhao from childbirth, it would be good to go to the delivery room.
"How about it!"
"How is Auntie doing? Shuyu."
Looking at Xie Yuchuan rushing over with an anxious look.
Qin Shuyu said worriedly, "The doctor said it's a bad sign. The midwife has already gone in and said Aunt Zhao's pregnancy conditions are not very good. She has narrow breasts and it will be difficult for the baby to be born. The situation is not optimistic."
When Xie Yuchuan heard this, his heart sank to the bottom.
Just last month, he killed his and Weiwei's child with his own hands.
now,
Is it difficult for Zhao Jie Niang to keep the child?
Xie Yuchuan clenched his fists tightly, listening to the increasingly weak screams from inside. Each scream made his heart tremble and his scalp numb. He simply couldn't imagine how much suffering the people inside must be going through.
As time goes by......
There was still no movement in the delivery room.
until!
The midwife suddenly ran out in panic, and saw Xie Yuchuan at a glance, and immediately said hurriedly: "My Lord, Madam, my aunt is having a difficult delivery, and the bleeding is not stopping. Now..."
"Now I am exhausted and can only choose to save the adult or the child."