Chapter 77: Difficult labor! Eldest sister-in-law suffers from hemorrhage

That night, someone knocked on the palace gate in a hurry. It was the third prince. He braved the heavy rain without even wearing a straw raincoat. He looked disheveled but extremely anxious.

"Hurry up and ask for Doctor Sun! He Shan's wife's water broke suddenly. When I left on horseback, she was already showing signs of difficult labor!" The eunuch was also running frantically in the palace. For a moment, the entire medical officer's office was in chaos.

Wen Ziduan rode his horse straight to Yongle Palace and woke up Bai Lao, who was on night duty at the gate. At this time, He Zhaojun had already heard the unusual movement and felt something in her heart. She pushed the door open and saw Wen Ziduan turning his horse and reaching out to her.

"Hurry, come with me back to the He family! Your eldest sister-in-law keeps saying that she must see you!" Wen Ziduan's voice was almost buried in the thunder, but He Zhaojun heard it clearly.

She jumped onto the horse without hesitation, grabbed the reins, and rode together, galloping back to the Cavalry General's Mansion. As soon as she entered her eldest sister-in-law's courtyard, she could smell the stench of blood. Several maids hurried away, carrying bloody water.

When He Zhaojun heard her eldest sister-in-law screaming in pain, she was about to rush into the house, but was stopped by the other sisters-in-law: "Zhaojun, you are not married yet, it is better for you not to watch a woman giving birth."

Doctor Sun was still dizzy after being brought up on horseback from his sleep. When he heard He Zhaojun coming outside, he quickly said in a loud voice, "The woman has lost too much blood. Fetch some ginseng!"

A young doctor beside him hurried by, holding a prescription. "Doctor Sun said that the woman was very agitated before giving birth, and she hadn't eaten or drunk anything all day. She also had a difficult birth, so she's now completely exhausted."

"You need ginseng to replenish your energy and keep yourself alive. Quickly bring all the ginseng you have at home so I can identify which one is most suitable."

The third brother grabbed the healer and practically carried him to the next room. The healer wiped the sweat from his forehead and saw the brocade box next to him: "This is the best thing!"

He Zhaojun then remembered that Lou Yao had sent her this day. Holding the blood ginseng slices under her tongue, her eldest sister-in-law seemed to have regained some strength, but she still couldn't give birth.

"I am not good at childbirth. This child is hanging headfirst and feetfirst. If I force the birth and use inappropriate force, my arms may get stuck in the mother's body, resulting in two deaths. It's too dangerous." Doctor Sun's face was solemn. He didn't dare to take the risk.

At this moment, Lou Yao came running into the courtyard with an old woman, treading through the water. "This old woman said she's delivered two babies with the same condition before. Can she give it a try?!"

Lou Yao was soaked and looked miserable, but the old woman's shoes and socks were only wet. It was obvious that Lou Yao had been carrying her on his back all the way here.

Everyone could only wait outside. Finally, someone in the house shouted, "It's born! It's a girl!" Before everyone could be happy, He Zhaojun discovered something was wrong.

"Why don't I hear the baby crying?" If the child doesn't cry, won't he be suffocated to death?

Inside the house, the eldest sister-in-law was already exhausted, looking at her daughter with tears on her face. Her face had turned purple, but she kept her lips tightly closed, unable to cry out. "Zhaojun, save my daughter... Zhaojun..."

He Zhaojun no longer cared about anyone trying to stop her. She pushed the door open, took the baby in her arms, and immediately realized she had choked on the amniotic fluid after a difficult labor. She lowered her head and sucked the mucus out of the baby's mouth, pressing her heart and lungs with her hands.

To others, He Zhaojun had only been in the house for a few dozen breaths, but she felt as if she had been rescuing him for a century. At this moment, the wind stopped and the rain subsided. A faint but powerful baby cry echoed in the house along with the first rays of morning light.

He Zhaojun turned her back to her elder sister-in-law and burst into tears.