Seeing Shen Qing's dying words, Qi Zhenheng's eyes also reddened, and he gripped her hand tightly: "This is my child, always has been, and has nothing to do with Cheng Zhiwen."
Shen Qing finally felt relieved and closed her eyes to rest for a while.
The contractions soon returned, each one stronger than the last, causing Shen Qing excruciating pain and gradually fading from consciousness.
In her hazy state of consciousness, she felt as if her body had truly been split in two, with many people dressed in white surrounding her and twisting her body.
Her legs were spread apart, and a voice in her ear told her to hold her breath and strain.
She felt weak all over and couldn't muster any strength.
Time seemed to pass for a long time, and she became increasingly weak.
"An hour has passed, the child is in danger!"
"Let's arrange surgery and get the baby out!"
"It's too late! The baby is already at the cervix. To perform an incision now would mean pushing the baby up! It's too dangerous!"
At that moment, the doctor who was pressing on her stomach suddenly shouted, "It's twins! I can feel two baby heads!"
"What?"
Immediately someone else came and pressed on her stomach.
"It's definitely twins! We can't delay any longer! Use forceps!"
"Nurse, quickly get the forceps!"
In the chaos, Shen Qing felt a sharp pain in her lower body, as if someone had used scissors to cut open her flesh.
Then, it felt like something was being forced in, and it hurt a lot.
She broke down in tears, crying, "It hurts so much..."
Someone comforted her, saying, "Madam, we've put forceps in you. The baby will be out soon, so don't worry."
Shen Qing didn't know what they meant by forceps, and cried, "If all else fails, please do a C-section... I beg you..."
"No, madam, it's too dangerous for you to have a C-section now. The doctor has used forceps; the baby will be out soon..."
Just then, she heard someone shout, "One, two, three!"
Someone pressed hard down on her stomach and pushed forward, shouting, "One, two, three!"
"Wa ...
The baby's loud cries echoed all around.
"One more child! One! Two! Three!"
"one two three!"
"Wa ...
...
On the day of Frost's Descent, the twins, a boy and a girl, reached their one-month milestone, and Shen Qing finally finished her postpartum confinement.
Having been bedridden for over a month, she was afraid of developing blood clots, so she quickly got out of bed while Chunju and the child's wet nurse were out doing chores.
The moment my foot touched the floor, before I could even steady myself, a piercing pain shot through my lower body.
She was in so much pain that she was sweating profusely, her hands gripping the bedpost tightly, and she had no choice but to retreat and sit down again.
However, sitting was still painful, so she had no choice but to lie down again.
It's been a month, and my birth canal, which was torn by forceps, is still hurting. I can't sit or stand properly.
This upset Shen Qing, but when she saw her child's sleeping face, she felt it was all worth it.
“Madam,” the wet nurse said, pushing open the door, “it’s time for your chicken soup.”
Shen Qing snapped out of her reverie and looked towards the door: "Where's Chunju?"
Chunju always handled these matters; the wet nurse was only responsible for taking care of the twins.
The wet nurse placed the tray on the round table, walked to the bedside, and helped Shen Qing sit up a little: "Miss Chunju has gone to prepare the baby's full moon celebration cakes, saying that she will personally deliver them to the Gao family."
"I see."
Shen Qing took the chicken soup that the wet nurse brought and drank it in small sips.
"Waaaaah..." The child suddenly started crying.
The wet nurse quickly went over and squatted down next to the cradle to comfort the child.
He smiled and said to Shen Qing, "I heard from the gatekeeper that Lord Qi will be back around noon."
Shen Qing nodded without saying anything.
The governor's residence was in Hanzhou, and Qi Zhenheng only returned to Jiangzhou every few days. However, he would always come back if anything happened to her and the child.
At first, Qi Zhenheng wanted her to live with him in Hengzhou, and only occasionally return to Jiangzhou to visit.
However, she still hoped to maintain control of the business in Jiangzhou, so she did not agree to go to Hengzhou. This meant that Qi Zhenheng had to work harder, frequently traveling between Hengzhou and Jiangzhou.
Fortunately, the distance between Hengzhou and Jiangzhou is only about 100 kilometers. Qi Zhenheng could get home in an hour or two by riding at full speed.
It will be a bit tough.
"Madam, you are so lucky." The wet nurse looked at her with envy. "Other wives have to go wherever their husbands are officials, but you don't have to. Moreover, Lord Qi goes to great lengths to travel back and forth between the two places to see you."
And she was a widow before. What good deeds did she do in her past life to be able to marry the governor?
Of course, the wet nurse didn't say the last sentence out loud; she just thought it to herself.
Shen Qing didn't say anything, but asked, "How many tables are being prepared for the banquet tonight?"
"The kitchen staff said there were about ten tables."
They must have invited the same people from the wedding banquet.
As Shen Qing was thinking, the wet nurse went to open the wardrobe, selecting clothes while asking, "Would you like to wear an orange-red jacket and skirt tonight? It's festive!"
Shen Qing snapped out of her daze and said, "I won't be going over tonight, so there's no need to prepare any clothes."
The wet nurse was shocked: "This is the baby's full moon celebration. If you don't go, the adults will blame you."
"He won't."
The wet nurse had no choice but to close the wardrobe door and go play with the child again.
Shen Qing drank the chicken soup and felt sleepy again, so she took a short nap.
She didn't know how much time had passed when she felt someone kissing her cheek. When she opened her eyes, she saw Qi Zhenheng.
He was still wearing his dark blue official robes, which he hadn't had time to change out of, and a winter hat on his head. His face was dry and black from the wind, and even the lips he kissed were icy cold.
Only those large, round eyes, with their clear black and white pupils, continued to gaze at her with intense longing.
Shen Qing blushed for a moment, then sat up. He quickly propped up the pillow behind her and asked softly, "Does Madam feel any better today?"
Shen Qing glanced at the wet nurse who was comforting the child and whispered, "It still hurts down there. What exactly did they use back then?"
Qi Zhenheng didn't dare tell her that she was too weak to give birth, and the baby almost suffered from oxygen deprivation. Western medicine used a large forceps-like instrument to insert into her uterus and pull the baby out.
He hugged her and comforted her, "Others give birth to one at a time, but you gave birth to two, so naturally there will be more damage to your lower body. It's okay, it will all recover, so don't worry."
Shen Qing thought it made sense, so he didn't say anything more.
Qi Zhenheng got up to go see the child.
He took the twins, a boy and a girl, from the wet nurse, held them in his arms, and asked with a smile, "Qi Cheng'an, Qi Chengxi, were you two good children while your father was away? Did you make your mother angry?"
The two twins stared at him with their round eyes.
The wet nurse smiled and said, "Sir, look at these two siblings, their eyes are just like yours! So dark and bright!"
Qi Zhenheng laughed heartily, looking at the child in his arms with satisfaction: "He's my child, how could he not look like me?"
Chunju knocked on the door and entered, bowing slightly to Qi Zhenheng: "My lord, you're back."
Qi Zhenheng smiled and nodded, then continued to play with the child.
Chunju walked towards Shen Qing and handed her a newspaper: "Madam, this is a newspaper that was just delivered from Shanghai."
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