A moment later, the old nanny came out with a strange expression and knelt in front of Yun Gan. "Your Highness, the woman has indeed just given birth recently. There is a newly healed wound in the middle of her navel. In my opinion, the wound is close to the time of delivery."

The old woman already knew what she was being asked to do. She had taken care of many pregnant noble ladies in the palace and had delivered babies for many masters, but she had never heard of a cesarean section being possible.

When noblewomen in the palace experience difficult childbirth, the priority is usually to save the child, leaving the mother with only one option: death.

The woman's abdominal wound was indeed strange.

However, the fact that the wound is close to the time of delivery is not enough to completely prove that the wound was left by a cesarean section.

Yun Gan waved his hand, "Step down."

"Yes." The nanny took her leave.

Zhou Lei, his face grim, spoke up, "Your Highness, this doesn't necessarily mean..."

Yun Gan turned his head and gave Zhou Lei a cold glance. Just one glance was enough to frighten Zhou Lei into kneeling down and saying, "Please forgive me, Your Highness."

In his haste, he forgot that the other party was a prince. According to the rules, he could not speak like that unless the prince asked a question.

Yun Gan withdrew his gaze and did not let Zhou Lei get up.

Zhou Lei could only kneel there, looking at Lord Zhang, hoping that Lord Zhang would plead for him out of consideration for the fact that he had once treated his illness.

Lord Zhang is the Crown Prince's man; how could he not know his master's temper?

The eldest prince was clearly in a bad mood. If he dared to speak up and plead for Doctor Zhou, he would be one more person to kneel down.

No matter what, Doctor Zhou is just a doctor. Lord Zhang wouldn't risk offending the future emperor of Yunqi for the sake of a doctor.

He had no choice but to turn his head away and pretend he didn't see it.

Seeing Zhang's behavior, Zhou Lei knew he wouldn't speak, so he had no choice but to continue kneeling.

Yun Gan waited a while longer, but he really didn't know when Su Ruojin would come out. He also had other things to do, so he told Lord Zhang to notify him as soon as Su Ruojin came out.

Before leaving, he glanced at Zhou Lei and said, "He will get up when the princess comes out."

"Yes, Your Highness," Lord Zhang hurriedly replied.

Incense sticks burned one after another; half an hour passed, an hour passed, an hour and a half passed...

Zhou Lei's knees were numb from kneeling, and his forehead was covered in sweat. Even though it was winter, the sweat in his undershirt soaked his back, sticking damply to his skin. When a cold wind blew by, he felt even colder.

With red eyes, Master Li stared intently at the room door, his hands clasped together, muttering softly, "May the Bodhisattva protect us. If Liniang and her child are safe, I will surely commission a golden statue of the Bodhisattva. May the Bodhisattva protect us..."

Just as Zhou Lei was kneeling so hard he was about to collapse and could no longer hold on, the room door opened.

Su Ruojin came out, wiping the sweat from her brow. Two and a half hours had passed.

Master Li hurried forward, "Miss, oh no, Doctor, my wife..."

Master Li's voice trembled. He knew his wife's condition very well, but he was unwilling to believe it and hoped for a miracle until the very last moment.

Su Ruojin's tone was unfriendly, "Master Li, you should know that your wife's health is not suitable for pregnancy and childbirth, so why do you still let her take such a risk?"

In such an era, the most important function of a woman's marriage was to continue the family line. As long as she could give birth, a woman's life or death sometimes seemed less important.

This is also why Su Ruojin is angry.

Li Yuanwai looked ashamed. "It's all my fault, all my fault. To tell you the truth, my wife and I have been married for over twenty years, but we have never been able to conceive. My wife wanted to let me take a concubine, but I promised her that I would only have her as my wife in this life, how could I break my promise? So my wife sought medical treatment everywhere, prayed to gods and Buddhas, and perhaps her piety moved the Bodhisattva, because this year she finally became pregnant with a son."

When she was first pregnant, the doctor said that my wife was weak and that if she forced herself to have the child, her life would be in danger. I wanted her to give up the child, but she threatened to kill herself, saying that she would rather die than leave an heir for my Li family.