Chapter 170 Zhou Baili Died of Hemorrhage
Zhou Baili had no idea that she would not have a second half of her life, but that is a story for later.
"Don't be afraid, Auntie. Lu Yin is with you. The midwife and the doctor will be here soon, and you will give birth to the little prince safely!" Lu Yin held Zhou Baili's hand tightly. She didn't want this to happen as she was about to give birth safely.
After hearing Lu Yin say that she would give birth to the prince safely, Zhou Baili's expression eased a little, but her face was still tightly wrinkled. In the cold winter night, she was sweating from the pain.
Zhou Baili wanted to save her energy, but the pain in her abdomen was like someone cutting her open. She screamed in pain, "It hurts! It hurts so much!"
No matter how calm Lu Yin was, she had never seen a woman giving birth, especially a premature birth, so she was inevitably at a loss.
Fortunately, the midwife and the doctor arrived quickly. The nanny called for a strong maid to carry a stretcher and sent the two of them back to Wu. Only then did the delivery officially begin.
The baby in Zhou Baili's belly was not full-term, and she was frightened and delivered prematurely. The baby was not born for a long time, which was a sign of dystocia. A premature baby could not stand this, so the doctor immediately prescribed a labor-inducing drug and ordered someone to boil it and send it to her.
The painful gasps of the woman in childbirth reached the warm room. The marquis's wife felt very uneasy and paced back and forth in the room anxiously.
What she was worried about was not Zhou Baili, but the baby in Zhou Baili's belly. This was her son's first child.
Upon learning that Zhou Baili had given birth prematurely after being hit by a wild cat, the Marquis' wife rushed over and had been waiting in the warm room for four hours. A gray light appeared on the dark sky, and it was almost dawn. Zhou Baili's baby had not yet been born.
As a woman who had given birth before, Mrs. Hou knew very well what this meant. When she was anxious, the midwife ran from the delivery room to the warm room with blood on her hands.
"To answer Madam, my aunt gave birth prematurely due to shock. Now the mother is in labor due to the shock. Only one of the child and the adult can be saved."
When the midwife said this, her head was lowered to the ground and her hands were shaking a little. If the marquis's wife had been more careful, she would have noticed that there was something wrong with the midwife.
However, Mrs. Hou didn't care about Zhou Baili at all. She only cared about whether her precious grandson was safe.
When she heard that only one could be saved, the Marquis' wife said without a second thought, "Of course we have to save the younger one. This child must live!"
The Marquis' wife said it without hesitation. She didn't care whether Zhou Baili lived or died. There were many women who lost their lives during childbirth. It was her honor that Zhou Baili could give birth to a child for the Marquis's family! She thought so.
After hearing Madam Hou's wishes, the midwife immediately returned to the delivery room. Half an hour later, everyone in the delivery room breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's born! The baby is born!" Lu Yin stayed with Zhou Baili the whole time. When she saw the baby was born, she excitedly held her hand and asked, "Why didn't the baby cry?"
Lu Yin stood up to look at the baby who had been cleaned and wrapped in swaddling clothes by the midwife. The baby's skin was blue and purple because he suffocated due to the long labor. Because he was born prematurely, the baby in the swaddling clothes was very small.
"He can cry, but his voice is so small. I'm afraid it might be..." The midwife held the child in her arms, her eyes flickering.
Lu Yin looked at the thin baby in the swaddling clothes, and her eyes went dark. She had anticipated something. She did not dare to delay, took the baby from the midwife's arms, and held it to show the marquis' wife.
As soon as the child was brought to Madam Hou, she didn't even bother to show concern for Zhou Baili, but asked, "Is it a boy or a girl?"
"Congratulations, Madam. It's a boy." Lu Yin felt sad and knelt down in front of Madam Hou. "The child was born prematurely and is weak. Madam, please ask the best doctor in the capital to treat the child."
This child was born at the cost of her aunt's life, and Lu Yin didn't want her master to suffer in the end and still not be able to keep the child.
"This is my eldest grandson. I will naturally protect him." The Marquis's wife took the swaddling clothes from Lu Yin's arms and frowned as she looked at the child's appearance.
The Marquis's wife was somewhat dissatisfied with this premature and weak child, but when she saw her grandson lying in the cradle, her heart softened. When the child was born, he looked very much like his father.
Most of the people in the delivery room had left, and no one cared about Zhou Baili, who had gone through a life-threatening experience to give birth to a child.
The woman lay exhausted on the bed, wondering when Lu Yin would bring the child back. She wanted to take a look at the child.
The heater in the room was burning brightly, but soon Zhou Baili felt herself getting colder and colder.
Something was constantly flowing out from under her body. As a woman, she was very familiar with this feeling. This was the symptom during her menstruation. But where did the menstruation come from? The meaning of the blood flowing out was self-evident.
"Lu Yin? Mammy..." Zhou Baili wanted to open her mouth to call for help, but when she opened her mouth, her voice sounded very weak.
Her voice was so soft that even Zhou Baili herself could hardly hear it. The servants in the house were busy cleaning up and no one paid attention to her.
She noticed something was happening to her body and looked in panic at the doctor who was packing his medicine box nearby.
"Doctor! My bleeding hasn't stopped yet. Isn't this a sign of hemorrhage? Doctor, please help me stop the bleeding quickly!"
Zhou Baili's eyes widened in panic and she raised her hands with difficulty, trying to grab the doctor as if she was grabbing a life-saving straw.
She was extremely terrified. She gave birth to this child for the sake of future glory and never thought that she would die because of it.
"Aunt, there's nothing I can do." The doctor couldn't bear to watch Zhou Baili die helplessly and painfully, so he packed up his medicine box and left quickly.
When people are extremely nervous, they can immediately understand what the doctor means.
So Lu Yin took the child away just now because the child was born prematurely and the situation was not very good, right?
Blood was still flowing out from her body, but Zhou Baili could no longer feel the temperature of the blood. Because of the pain of childbirth and the excessive blood loss, her whole body was numb from the pain.
The pale woman on the bed opened her mouth and stared at the outside room across the screen, trying to call for help, but in the end no sound came out. She lay on the bed with her eyes wide open and died from excessive blood loss, with her eyes open before she died.
She gave her life for this child, but in the end, she never got to see her child before she died.
"How is it?" That night, not only was there a commotion in Zhou Baili's yard, but Aunt Hui also stayed awake all night.
"That child is lucky. He was born an hour ago." The maid who ran back to reply said breathlessly.
Upon learning that the child was not dead, Aunt Hui's heart sank, and she secretly cursed the midwife for not doing a good job.
Aunt Hui grabbed the maid's shoulder and asked sternly, "Is it a boy or a girl?"
"It's... it's a boy." The maid was startled by Aunt Hui's expression. She answered that it was a boy and hurriedly explained, "But Aunt Zhou died of dystocia while giving birth to this child. This child seems to be very weak. I'm afraid he won't live long."
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