Yunrui is pregnant, and more than two months along. It's a pity they found out too late, otherwise Lu Cheng would have gone to the border with Xie Jingyan.

However, since he had already stayed for half a month, Lu Cheng decided to spend another half a month with Yun Rui before setting off for the border with Du Cheng'an.

Half a month passed quickly for Lu Cheng and Du Cheng'an, but for Shen Wan, it seemed to drag on forever.

Waiting for letters from home.

We waited from morning till night.

She has no idea how many times she curses Xie Jingyan as a liar every day.

It's a shame that this bastard even asked her why she didn't ask him to write to her every day. She only asked him to write to her once every two weeks. This bastard has been at the border for a month now, and he hasn't sent back a single letter.

She knew that fighting at the border was very busy, but even if he was busy, he shouldn't be so busy that he didn't have time to write her a few words. And no one asked him to write a long letter home.

He won't write letters himself, yet he expects her to write him a letter at least every three days. How can he be so domineering and unreasonable? If he doesn't have time to write letters, he certainly won't have time to read them either.

Shen Wan was so angry that she stopped writing letters home. But the very next day, the Xuanping Marquis's residence sent someone to deliver a message, saying that Lu Cheng was going to the border and asking if she had anything to bring to Xie Jingyan.

Shen Wan said angrily, "No!"

Dong'er was a little confused.

Yinshuang and Haitang exchanged a glance, knowing that their princess was angry with the prince. However, it was no wonder that the princess was angry. She had sent out nine letters home, but the prince had not sent back a single one. If the princess did not miss the prince so much, she would not be so angry.

No one dared to advise Shen Wan. Dong'er silently withdrew to return to the servant who had come to deliver the message from the Marquis of Xuanping's residence.

However, just as Dong'er turned around, Chen Wan's voice, clenched through gritted teeth, rang out, "Come back!"

Silver Frost and Begonia exchanged a smile.

Those with good judgment should quickly fetch the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Shen Wan couldn't bear to disappoint Xie Jingyan. When Lu Cheng and Du Cheng'an arrived at the border, both the Prince of Yanping and Tang Ze had letters from home, but that bastard hadn't. Who knows how angry he would be.

He was fighting on the frontier, so she didn't bother with him. She just made a mental note of it and would settle the score with him when she returned to the capital.

Shen Wan not only wrote a letter to Xie Jingyan, but also to her father and elder brother. She put the letters in envelopes and asked Dong'er to deliver them to the servants of the Marquis of Xuanping's residence.

The letter was sent, but Shen Wan still waited for Xie Jingyan's letters every day.

On this fine day, Shen Wan prepared to go to Huguo Temple to offer incense and pray for Xie Jingyan, who was far away at the border, as well as her father and brothers.

After instructing the wet nurse to take good care of the child, Shen Wan took Yin Shuang out.

However, just as she reached the second gate, a maidservant came running over, lifting her skirt, and said, "Your Highness, someone from the Pingyang Marquis's residence just came to tell you that Princess Huai'an is in labor!"

Shen Wan was both happy and worried.

Although her childbirth went relatively smoothly and she didn't suffer much, childbirth is a life-or-death situation for women, and it can't be taken lightly.

Shen Wan suddenly felt a little helpless, even more worried than when she was making candied hawthorns herself.

Shen Wan had no time to spare for Huguo Temple and hurriedly took a carriage to the Pingyang Marquis's residence.

We've come to the right place; this is the Marquis of Pingyang's residence.

A few days ago, Princess Huai'an moved back to the Pingyang Marquis's residence. Married daughters rarely return to their parents' home, let alone give birth there. Although Prince An and Princess An do not mind, there are too many inconveniences. Princess Huai'an is carrying the eldest grandson of the Pingyang Marquis's family. When the child is born, all the civil and military officials will send gifts to congratulate her.

Princess Huai'an and her child are at Prince An's residence. Where should we send these gifts?

They were sent to the Marquis of Pingyang's residence, but Princess Huai'an and her child were not there.

This gift isn't intended for the Prince An's residence; it's not given in this way.

It's not appropriate to send it anywhere.

In addition, childbirth inevitably involves various issues. Although Prince An and Princess An are the biological parents of Princess Huai'an, Princess Huai'an is already married and belongs to the Pingyang Marquis's household. Therefore, there are some things they can no longer make decisions about.

Princess Huai'an did not want to cause trouble for Prince An's mansion, so she insisted on returning to the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion to give birth. Prince An and Princess An could not persuade her otherwise, so they agreed.

Yinshuang helped Shenwan into the carriage. Shenwan was very worried. When the servant was about to drive the carriage away, Shenwan was still uneasy. She lifted the curtain and instructed Steward Zhou, "Have Doctor Tao go to the Marquis of Pingyang's residence."

Although delivery is the midwife's job, in case of any complications, it is still necessary to call a doctor. With Dr. Tao around, Shen Wan will feel much more at ease.

Shen Wan brought Doctor Tao along just in case, but she never expected that it would actually save Princess Huai'an's life.

The carriage stopped in front of the Lingwang Mansion. After Yinshuang got off the carriage, she helped Chenwan down.

Shen Wan stepped into the mansion and went directly to the courtyard where Princess Huai'an lived.

Before even entering the courtyard, they heard Princess Huai'an's screams. The Fourth Madam and Princess An were guarding the courtyard, both extremely anxious.

As Shen Wan walked over, she heard Princess An ask, "Why haven't you given birth yet?"

Shen Wan immediately sensed something was wrong. Childbirth couldn't happen so quickly, so she asked Fourth Madam, "When did your sister-in-law go into labor?"

The fourth wife said, "It started in the middle of the night last night."

It started in the middle of the night, and it's been more than four hours now.

Shen Wan then said, "Why are you only telling me now?"

If we had gone any later, she would have already gone to Huguo Temple to pray for blessings.

Fourth Madam said, "I only found out at dawn. Princess Huai'an was afraid you would wait too long, so she didn't want to inform you earlier."

Originally, only Princess An and the Fourth Madam were anxious, but now Shen Wan has also joined the fray.

Although some women give birth for three days and three nights, Princess Huai'an, like her, had her water break first, so she should have given birth quickly, otherwise the baby in her womb would have been in danger.

After another half hour, Princess Huai'an's cries of pain gradually weakened, until they were almost inaudible.

The midwife's voice came through, "Quickly wake the princess!"

A little while later, the delivery room door opened, and the maid ran out. She was running so fast that she fell down the steps. Yinshuang quickly went to help the maid up.

The maidservant cried out urgently, "Your Highness, the midwife says the Princess is having a difficult childbirth and asked the Marquis's residence whether to save the mother or the child..."

Princess An's face, already pale with anxiety, drained of all color upon hearing this.

She stumbled backward, and if the fourth wife hadn't caught her in time, she would have fallen to the ground.

The worst thing about childbirth is experiencing a difficult delivery.

Princess An burst into tears.

Shen Wan said, "Tell the midwife that the Pingyang Marquis's mansion wants the mother and child to be safe!"

The maidservant hurried back to the room to relay the message.

Dr. Tao also went into the delivery room to see if he could help.

Less than fifteen minutes later, the maid came out again, crying, "The midwife said we can only choose one..."

Princess An wept uncontrollably.

She didn't speak, only looked at Shen Wan with tears in her eyes.

She wanted to choose her own daughter, but her daughter was carrying the child of the Marquis of Pingyang, so she couldn't make the decision.

If the Prince of An's mansion could make such a big decision, there would be no need to send Princess Huai'an back to the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion to give birth.

Even Princess An couldn't make decisions, let alone the Fourth Madam.

This idea can only be considered by Shen Wan.

Shen Wan hadn't expected such a terrible situation. She said, "Have the midwives try their best to save all of them. If we really can only choose one—"

"Save the baby!"