Perhaps it was because it was too late at night, Chen Wenhuan felt the wind was a bit chilly, but he still answered:

"Understood, Father-in-law. I will take our men now and head there quietly. Even if the Crown Princess dies, she must be utterly disgraced. She and His Highness the Crown Prince will be cursed by the people for all eternity!"

Ning Hongxi nodded in satisfaction. The fact that Chen Wenhuan could say those words meant that he truly understood what he meant.

After Chen Wenhuan quietly left, Ning Hongxi led the remaining men into the territory of Dafeng Village.

Zhan Shuang had already led his men and hid on the rooftops of Dafeng Village. Upon seeing their arrival, he began to fire arrows.

However, their arrows were limited, while Ning Hongxi had many men, even using human shields, and charged in recklessly.

Having run out of arrows, Zhan Shuang had no choice but to lead his guards, wielding longswords, and charge forward to fight them.

The sounds of hacking, screaming, and falling to the ground rose and fell in waves. Blood flowed everywhere, even forming small streams that drenched the nearby flowers and plants.

A series of defeats!

Ye Qingxue endured a wave of excruciating pain and asked again, "How many centimeters dilated are you?"

The contractions were painful, and similarly, the checkup to see if I was dilated was also very painful!

The midwife, drenched in sweat, bent over and went back under the covers. When she came out, she didn't know whether to cry or laugh. In any case, her expression was about to break down. She said, "You're three centimeters dilated... Your Highness, you're three centimeters dilated."

The fighting in the village had already begun, and the sounds of battle and screams came from all directions, reaching Ye Qingxue's ears.

Everyone in the room was sweating profusely, and no one spoke for a long while.

Ye Qingxue suddenly grabbed Dong Bai's hand, her face covered in sweat, and gritted her teeth, saying, "Find a sword, cut open my stomach, and just take the child out!"

This finger dilation is really too difficult. After all this time, it's only three fingers dilated. How far am I from ten fingers?

There was no time left. Ning Hongxi wasn't giving her and the child any more time. She had to bring Xiao Bao into this world; she had made a vow!

Dong Bai froze, Granny Xing turned pale, Chun Qian and Xia Lü stared at her, and Granny Liu seemed to have been struck by lightning, her lips trembling wildly.

After a long while, Grandma Liu finally grasped Ye Qingxue's hand and said, "Silly child, what nonsense are you talking about? It will be easier once you open three fingers. The first three fingers are not easy to open, but it will get faster and faster as you go on."

"Really?" Ye Qingxue's long eyelashes were covered with sweat. She looked through the mist at Grandma Liu, the midwife, and Granny Xing.

That's certainly not true.

Many people find it easy to open up to the first three fingers, but after that, they stay there for a long time, sometimes for a whole day and night. However, once they reach the fourth finger, it becomes much faster, which is a fact.

But now, all Granny Xing could say was, "It's true! Granny Liu is old and has seen countless women give birth; she wouldn't lie to you!"

The midwife hurriedly added, "Yes, yes, it'll be quick once you're three centimeters dilated. Your Highness, please eat something first, as childbirth will require a lot of effort."

Dongbai wiped away her tears, grasped Ye Qingxue's hand in return, and couldn't say anything. Ye Qingxue's request just now had really frightened her.

Ye Qingxue was still in pain, so much so that she was covered in sweat and couldn't eat anything. She had been injured or poisoned before, leaving her body weak and unable to recover properly. The past two days had been filled with such travel, and she had just increased the dosage of labor-inducing drugs, leaving her very weak.

Granny Xing had no choice but to give her ginseng to chew on, her heart pounding with anxiety, terrified that Ye Qingxue would be too hasty and end up having a hemorrhage...

"Chunqian, you and Xialu keep a close watch on the Crown Princess. Dongbai, come with me to fetch a bucket of hot water; you're strong." Granny Xing said, pulling Dongbai away.

Once outside, she lowered her voice and whispered in Dong Bai's ear, "Your martial arts are superb. Go out and find Qiu Shen and Zhan Shuang. Tell them to hold on and not to disturb the Crown Princess unless absolutely necessary. She... she can't take even the slightest disturbance anymore."

As Granny Xing spoke, tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

Dongbai had never experienced childbirth before, and she had no interest in such matters when she was on the estate, so she didn't know anything about it. She thought that what the midwife and Granny Liu had said was true, and that the baby would be born soon after dilating to three centimeters.

Hearing Granny Xing say this, she realized that the problem was serious and not as easy as she had thought!

"Alright, I'll go find Zhan Shuang and Qiu Shen now! I'll hold them off outside until the Crown Princess successfully gives birth!"