Chapter 378 Giving Birth

Su Qingwan is about to give birth, and no matter what happens, we have to wait until she gives birth. Qingyun comforts Su Qingwan and says that she will go out to take a look, so the girl can give birth without worry.

Su Qingwan nodded, enduring the intense pain of labor. The midwife fed her a few more glutinous rice balls. She wondered what urgent matter Nianqing had that would have caused the princess to send for her. She was already in the third trimester, and although she had given birth prematurely, she rarely left the house during this month. It had to be something extremely urgent, otherwise the princess wouldn't have asked her to come to her house.

In the letter Lu Jing sent back home, he did not mention anything about Nian Qing. He said that everything was fine, Nian Qing was trusted by the generals, and the entire Huainan area was very stable.

An incense stick later, Qingyun returned. "Miss, it's nothing. Several generals in Huainan don't want the prince to come to the capital, fearing that he will be harassed there. But the prince insists on returning. His Highness also feels that the capital is not peaceful and hopes that he will stay in Huainan. They want you to write a letter to the prince, asking him to return."

King Huainan is safest in Huainan!

Su Qingwan breathed a sigh of relief. She also felt Nianqing didn't need to go to the capital, but the boy was older and had his own ideas, and she didn't want to interfere. While the capital wasn't peaceful, the royalist faction remained powerful, and the aristocratic families couldn't be completely eradicated. But with His Highness and Lu Jing escorting them, everything would be fine. She was worried someone in the capital might see Nianqing and know he was the eldest princess's son, causing unnecessary trouble.

Lu Jing and Nian Qing should have considered this as well, and they will have a solution.

Su Qingwan didn't have time to think about it. The midwife shouted that the baby was about to be born. The delivery room became busy and several imperial doctors were also concentrating their attention, fearing that there would be an accident.

Su Qingwan took a long time to give birth to this baby. She didn't scream like other women in labor. She made almost no sound, just groaned in pain. The whole city was very quiet. The imperial doctors looked at each other and felt that it was rare to see a woman giving birth so quietly. The princess was truly a heroine and could endure so much!

Zhang, anxiously waiting until midnight, finally heard the baby cry. Su Qingwan finally gave birth to Lu Jing's eldest son. As soon as the child was born, she lost her energy and fainted. Qingyun was terrified. The imperial physician took Su Qingwan's pulse and reassured them that she was simply exhausted and had passed out, and that nothing serious was wrong.

Qingyun breathed a sigh of relief. The first child was difficult to deliver. It took a long time and she didn't get enough rest. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the child was born safely. Zhang loved the child so much that she was in a very happy mood. She gave very generous rewards to the imperial physicians, midwives, and maids who served them. The imperial physicians felt that they didn't contribute much and it was all the credit of the midwives. The rewards were very valuable. The royal palace was really generous. It was also thanks to Su Qingwan's wealth that they didn't care about this little money at all. Zhang gave one round, and Qingyun gave another round, and everyone was very happy.

At night, Qingyun couldn't sleep and paced outside the door. Su Qingwan needed to rest well after giving birth and couldn't be disturbed. But Qingyun looked anxious. Li Yue could see that something was wrong. "Qingyun, what happened?"

"Actually, I lied to you, young lady!" Qingyun told the truth. "The princess sent someone to report that the prince was seriously injured in Xilin and has not recovered yet. He contracted the plague on the way to the capital and is in critical condition."

"What!" Li Yue frowned. To the princess, the safety of the Prince of Huainan must have come before Lu Jing. If Su Qingwan knew such bad news, she would definitely be anxious. How could she give birth peacefully? No wonder Qingyun lied. "Wait, the Prince of Huainan is on his way to the capital, and no one knows where he is. Has Your Highness received the news so quickly?"