The points on the jade bracelet dropped by 100, bringing the total to 900.

Li Feng and Qi Yu stayed by his side. Li Feng kept crying, "Your Highness, does it hurt a lot? Waaah, Your Highness is so mean. After we give birth, we won't let Your Highness sleep with us anymore."

The five midwives nearly suffered internal injuries from suppressing their laughter upon hearing this.

Qi Yu glanced at her silently, thinking, "If you're so capable, why don't you say that in front of the prince?"

Zhu Yu gripped Qi Yu's hand tightly: "When you gave birth to Xiao Douding, was it... was it this painful too?"

Qi Yu took ten hours to give birth. Because she was afraid he would be scared, Lu Xiaoyun took him to stay at the government office for one night. When they returned to the Prince An's mansion the next evening, Qi Yu had already given birth.

Qi Yu gripped Zhu Yu's hand tightly: "Your Highness, please don't speak, save your energy. Come, while it doesn't hurt now, eat something."

Zhu Yu had just swallowed a mouthful of noodles when another sharp pain struck him, causing him to bite his lip until it bled.

Two more midwives went to check on her: "She's only dilated to three centimeters, that's a bit slow. This baby probably won't be born anytime soon. We need to divide the work among ourselves, we can't all stay in this position."

The five midwives discussed the matter. They had seen women give birth after two days and two nights, and the labor had dragged on until even they were exhausted.

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiaoyun hurriedly asked, "Ayan, what does 'three fingers' mean? What does it mean that it won't come out for a while?" Her mind was blank, and she had completely forgotten the lesson Ayan had given them half a month ago.

Lu Yuyan replied, "It takes until the dilation reaches ten centimeters to give birth, so the princess's delivery will probably be a bit slow this time."

Another hundred points gone.

When he was in pain, Zhu Yu ignored the points on the screen. When the pain subsided, he checked them and saw that the points were dropping by one hundred at a time.

It's highly likely that he and Lu Xiaoyun will switch back soon.

But he wanted to give birth to the child and then have an exchange, because it would be so painful, and Lu Xiaoyun was most afraid of pain; she wouldn't be able to bear it.

One basin after another of bloody water was brought out of the house. Lu Xiaoyun looked at the bloody water and felt horrified. Her legs went weak and she could not stand up.

She's killed people before, and she doesn't faint at the sight of blood, but why is this blood so red and why is there so much of it?

She grabbed Lu Yucheng's hand: "Brother, brother, how... how come there's so much blood? Can a person have this much blood on their body?"

Lu Yucheng knew she was nervous, so he comforted her, "It's not all blood; a lot of it is water. If it were all blood, that would be terrible."

Time was passing incredibly slowly. Zhu Yu had been in labor for a full day and a night, but was only six centimeters dilated.

The jade bracelet now has 500 points.

Lu Xiaoyun was pacing anxiously. Jiang Chuan ordered someone to bring her food, but she couldn't eat a single bite. She felt that time was passing so slowly, as if an entire century had gone by.

However, when Zhu Yu was not in pain, Qi Yu and Li Feng would stuff food into his mouth, and he would force himself to eat it.

He knew he needed to eat to have the strength to give birth to both children.

But the pain came in waves, becoming more and more frequent and intense, as if the very bones were being torn apart.

By the morning of the third day, Zhu Yu was in so much pain that he didn't have the strength to cry out. The midwife had lied to him, saying that some people could give birth in half an hour. Why had it been three days? Were these two fighting inside his belly or something? Why were they being so considerate of each other? Why weren't they coming out?

Your mother is in so much pain!

I only have 300 points left.

"Your Highness, push! Push harder! The baby is almost out! We can see the baby's head!" the midwife shouted.

Zhu Yu was about to curse again. "You've said that so many times! So many times!"

Li Feng cried until her voice was hoarse. "Waaah, the prince is such a bad person, so bad. He knows how to enjoy himself. The princess suffered so much giving birth, and in the end, the child she gave birth to has to take his surname. Why should she?"

No, he has to tell Jiang Chuan that her children will take her surname from now on!

Another wave of excruciating pain struck, and Zhu Yu let out a heart-wrenching scream.

I thought the baby was out, but then I smelled a stench!

He actually defecated on the delivery bed! The dignified Prince An defecated halfway through giving birth!

Ah, kill him! Why did he poop out instead of giving birth?!

The midwife was clearly very experienced. While cleaning the mess beneath him, she reassured him, "Your Highness, it's alright, it's alright. This is normal. Every woman who gives birth will poop. Just push a little harder, you can already see the baby's head."

Qi Yu held Zhu Yu's hand tightly: "Your Highness, when I gave birth to Xiao Dou Ding, I had diarrhea twice."

"Really?"

"Really, you can ask them if you don't believe me."

Zhu Yu no longer felt ashamed.

She was already fully dilated, and the baby's head was visible, but the baby still wouldn't come out. Lu Yuyan knew that too much time had passed, and if the baby wasn't born soon, it would suffocate.

He immediately said, "Laparotomy! Perform an lateral debridement on the Princess! And be quick!"

"What!" The midwife was stunned; she had never heard of such a thing before.

Lu Yuyan opened the door and said to Lu Xiaoyun, "We need to perform an episiotomy; the baby will suffocate if it doesn't come out soon."

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiaoyun's legs went even weaker.

Lu Yuyan grabbed her hand: "I'll go in and perform an episiotomy on the princess. The midwife doesn't know how, and I'm worried something might go wrong."

Lu Xiaoyun immediately said, "Okay, I'll go in with you."

She couldn't let Zhu Yu see that she was afraid, so Lu Xiaoyun took several deep breaths, patted her stiff face, and went in one after the other with Lu Yuyan.

Although the Duke of Zhenguo and Lu Yucheng knew it was unreasonable, they trusted Ayan more. Ayan was a doctor, and doctors don't distinguish between men and women. Besides, they were siblings, and as long as Xiaoyun was safe and sound, that was enough.

It's been three days, and they're actually on the verge of collapse.

Having gained his elder sister's approval, Lu Yuyan immediately washed his hands and rushed in. When the midwife saw a man rush in, her face turned pale, and she tried to push him out.

"Mr. Lu, please go out. You can direct from outside. What kind of grown man goes into the delivery room? Get out, get out."

Lu Yuyan didn't bother with him: "Leave two people behind, everyone else get out!"

"Listen to him, leave the two of them behind and get out!" Lu Xiaoyun coldly ordered.

His orders were firm, and the midwives dared not utter another word. They quickly left behind two of the most experienced ones, while the rest silently went out.

Although the princess's babies were in the correct position, the two babies were quite large and the birth was delayed, which could lead to a difficult delivery if it continued.

Difficult childbirth can easily lead to postpartum hemorrhage, in which case the mother is unlikely to survive, and there is a high possibility of the death of both mother and unborn child.

Those were three lives, lives of utmost importance, which they could not afford to lose.

Zhu Yu's consciousness was gradually becoming hazy. He seemed to see Lu Xiaoyun, and he also seemed to see Ayan.

Lu Xiaoyun walked to Zhu Yu's side and asked Qi Yu and Li Feng to go out as well. She held his hand tightly and said, "You promised me that you would be safe and sound with the children."

Hot tears fell on Zhu Yu's face, and Zhu Yu was jolted back to reality by a wave of excruciating pain.

Lu Xiaoyun hurriedly took a handkerchief to wipe the sweat and tears from his face.