Chapter 256 is a premature birth

Su Rui was stunned when she heard this.

Did she invite Abbot Kongming to give birth?

The abbot is a monk, so it would be taboo for her to see blood during childbirth.

Or her situation...

Seeing Su Rui's confusion, Yun Ji held her and sat down, explaining softly, "The chief physician of the Imperial Hospital cannot be invited out. Abbot Kongming is highly skilled in medicine, so it would be safer to ask him to come and take charge. Huiming and the others can also chant sutras and pray for you and the child."

He also wants to invite the director of the Imperial Hospital?

That's really a bold idea.

The director of the Imperial Medical Bureau could only treat the Emperor and the Empress Dowager. Even for the Empress, she had to obtain the Emperor's special permission before she could ask the director for a consultation. Not to mention that Su Rui was only a prince's concubine, so asking two imperial physicians was already overstepping her authority.

Since he couldn't invite the dean, he lured Abbot Kongming over and asked him to chant scriptures and pray for blessings. Those who didn't know would have thought that she was not going to give birth, but to put her head on her belt to go to the battlefield.

But feeling his tense muscles, Su Rui understood that he was nervous and afraid that something might happen to him.

She raised her hand to smooth his frown and said comfortingly, "We've made sufficient preparations. Don't be nervous. The child and I will be fine."

"Don't be nervous, everything will be fine." Yun Ji tried hard to smile, but the worry in his eyes still lingered.

Su Rui knew that no matter how much she persuaded Yun Ji, it would not be possible to make him completely relax. Even though she already knew the general process of childbirth, it was her first time after all, so she could not help but feel a little flustered.

Leaning in Yun Ji's arms, she adjusted her breathing according to the midwife's instructions and tried to calm herself down.

The contractions came quickly and were more painful than she had expected. It felt like countless hands were constantly tearing and ravaging her abdomen, and then repeatedly crushing it with wheels.

He was worried that showing his pain would make Yun Ji even more nervous. After all, he couldn't help at the moment and would only add to his troubles.

She gritted her teeth and endured it, but the contractions were not like the midwife said, which came in segments. They started with an interval of about a minute and then gradually decreased in duration until they became more and more urgent. She would not give birth until her cervix was fully dilated, and this process would last for several hours.

But her contractions never stopped for a moment, coming in waves like a tide, each time more painful than the last.

Even though she was able to endure pain so well, she couldn't help but groan in pain. She was sweating all over and for a moment she looked like she had just been pulled out of the water.

The severe pain made her unconsciously exert force on her hand, and her nails left five bloody marks on Yun Ji's hand, and continued to dig deeper.

Yun Ji didn't feel the pain in his arm at all. He hugged Su Rui tightly, and his usually calm face was full of panic.

Even though Abbot Kongming had already told Su Rui what would happen on the day of delivery, and Yun Ji had been preparing for nearly two months, when he saw Su Rui, who used to be able to endure pain, now curled up in pain with her eyes closed, beads of sweat the size of beans constantly emerging and dripping from her forehead, her breathing becoming more and more rapid and painful, he could do nothing, and powerlessness and fear continued to spread in his heart.

"It's okay, Su Rui, it's okay."

These words were spoken to Su Rui, but even more so to myself.

At this moment, Su Rui didn't have time to analyze the unusual tone in his voice. She just gritted her teeth and nodded silently in response.

Fortunately, the carriage held the token and rushed through the south gate, returning to Prince Yong's mansion in less than two quarters of an hour.

Without waiting for the carriage to stop, Yun Ji rushed out of the carriage carrying Su Rui into the mansion and ran into the delivery room where everything had already been prepared.

There were also doctors and midwives ready in the house. As soon as I entered the door, the midwife and doctor arrived.

As soon as she saw the amniotic fluid break, the midwife immediately called out, "Quick, put the concubine on the couch."

Yun Ji quickly and gently placed Su Rui on the bed, squatted beside her head, wiped the sweat off her face, and kept a close eye on the actions of the midwife and doctor.

The midwife was an experienced hand and immediately began to cover Su Rui with a blanket, then she went in and cut open Su Rui's trouser skirt to check the condition of her cervix.

The doctor took the patient's pulse immediately, and both of their faces froze in an instant.

"It's premature labor!"

The two said in unison.

After exchanging a glance, the doctor stood up and didn't even have time to explain the situation to Yun Ji. He turned around and rushed out to prepare medicine.

The midwife hurriedly told the maid to bring the things over to her while briefly explaining and comforting Su Rui, "Don't be afraid, Concubine. Your baby is in the right position and you've been pregnant for a long time. It's normal for the two young masters to be anxious to come out. Although premature labor is scary, it also has its benefits. Now that your cervix is ​​fully dilated, the birth will be quick and you won't have to suffer too much."

After hearing what the midwife said, Su Rui felt a little relieved after being worried all the way.

Just normal is fine.

"The delivery room is stained with blood. Your Highness, please move outside and wait." The midwife got busy while ordering Yun Ji to leave.

But after working for a while, she didn't hear any movement outside. The midwife looked up and saw Yun Ji still squatting beside the bed beside Su Rui's head, motionless.

Thinking she hadn't heard, the midwife repeated, "Prince..."

Yun Ji interrupted, "I'm right here."

The midwife was in a dilemma. Since ancient times, delivery rooms have been dirty places. Men who stayed here would be infected with bad luck. What's more, the other party was her biological father. Now she felt sorry for the concubine, but when she saw what happened during the woman's childbirth, she would regret it and could not afford to blame her.

After hesitating, he could only look at Su Rui.

Su Rui wanted to persuade Yun Ji to leave, but when she met his determined eyes, she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

So what if there's blood.

What's unlucky or not? Why is it unlucky for a woman to give birth?

If Yun Ji is like those irresponsible men who find excuses to keep themselves out of trouble, then she doesn't need that.

"Do what you should do." Su Rui ordered the midwife while enduring the pain.

The two masters no longer cared about whether it was unlucky or not. Even if they were blamed, it would not fall on them. The midwife stopped talking and concentrated on doing what she should do.

Luo E and the others who rushed back later, as well as the other two midwives, all rushed to the delivery room. They had rehearsed countless times and quickly took up their duties.

After feeding Su Rui some nourishing soup to replenish qi, the other two midwives immediately washed their hands and climbed onto the couch. One of them gently pressed the belly to correct the fetal position, one wiped the baby, and one delivered the baby. After several days of practice, they had already cooperated very well.

After taking the medicine, Su Rui felt her body begin to warm up and her strength improved a lot, but the pain also became more severe and frequent.

She remembered what the midwife had said before, gritting her teeth and not crying out. Every time the pain came, she pushed hard on her abdomen, over and over again, sweating profusely.

"Yes, yes, yes, concubine, you are using the right amount of force. I can already see the young master's head." The midwife shouted in surprise.

When she heard that she had seen the end and the dawn was just around the corner, Su Rui took a deep breath and, while another wave of pain was coming, pushed down with all her might.

I felt something being pulled out of my body, and in an instant, I felt relieved.