Chapter 244: Major Cases During Pregnancy
If Twelve Niang was the first to give birth in the Maternity and Infant Hospital, then Jin Sui was the first to create a pregnancy record. In order to let everyone have a deeper understanding of the Maternity and Infant Hospital, she would not even invite doctors to the palace to do pregnancy checkups for her.
She went to the hospital in person for monthly pregnancy checkups, and of course, Gu Changxiao accompanied her every time. She wanted to show everyone that having a child is not a woman's business alone, but a matter for both husband and wife.
Don't say you don't have time to accompany your wife for prenatal checkups. No matter how busy you are, can you be busier than the emperor? The emperor has to accompany the queen to the hospital! At the same time, during the confinement period, the maternal and child medical staff visited Twelve Niang every seven days to do physical examinations for her and the child. The child had mild jaundice, and Han Xing held him in the sun every morning and evening.
Because the hospital registration information is very detailed, from the height development of the newborn to eating, drinking, defecation, head circumference, heartbeat, etc., there are records. And Twelve Niang's confinement meals, confinement medication, and postpartum rehabilitation training, etc.
The story was spread by the maids and nannies below, making the pregnant women in the capital excited. They hired a midwife to deliver the baby at home, but they didn't get such thorough care afterwards! At this time, the wife of an official accidentally fell when she was seven months pregnant. She asked a midwife to come to her house temporarily, but the midwife didn't dare to deliver the baby, saying that the fetus was in an unpregnant position and too young, and it was feared that it would not survive.
The official looked at his wife who was wailing in pain. He knew that his family had only one son for three generations and that she got pregnant several years after marriage. He gritted his teeth and said that he would let others ridicule him afterwards. The lives of his wife and children were not as important as his own.
He personally sent his wife to the maternity and child hospital. It was indeed a difficult delivery. A little later in the night, the fetus would suffocate to death due to the loss of amniotic fluid.
After a night of rescue work, several doctors tried to use none of the strange folk remedies for treating dystocia, such as the "rolling pin method" or "knocking basin method" suggested by the midwife.
The so-called rolling pin method is to use a rolling pin to roll the belly to roll out the fetus.
The knocking basin method is to use a copper basin, cover the belly of the woman in labor, knock the basin to make a sound, and shake the fetus out.
Other practices include worshipping the Goddess of Childbirth and drinking talismanic water, or reaching into the birth canal to feel for the fetus' head and then pulling it out...
The medical staff were so shocked when they heard the midwife's methods for treating difficult labor that they broke out in a cold sweat. No wonder nine out of ten difficult labors in the country die. With these methods, it's a blessing to be able to survive.
Doctors in the hospital will also use methods such as pressing the belly to correct the fetal position, acupuncture to stimulate uterine contractions, episiotomy to expand the birth canal, etc. to assist in delivery. There is also a last step, cesarean section.
At present, several doctors have practiced on animals, but they have not used it on humans. Although they have learned from the Queen for a long time and have practiced on dozens of animals, the doctors still tremble with nervousness when they think about using it on humans, cutting a big hole in the belly and taking the fetus out.
We will use conventional midwifery methods as much as possible, and will not perform caesarean sections unless absolutely necessary.
After a day of hard work, the baby was born safely at dusk. Although he was blue and not breathing when he was born, he cried weakly after first aid. Some amniotic fluid was choked in his lungs and he needed to be hospitalized.
However, mother and child are safe and not in danger of life. This alone is better than the best midwife in the world.
The official's family members knelt outside the delivery room and kowtowed. The official also wiped his tears with his sleeves. He heard his wife's painful voice outside and the doctor inside saying that the baby was not breathing. He felt like his soul had left his body.
They were all prepared to take their wives' bodies home, but unexpectedly, their wives and children were safe. It was indeed a hospital run by the Queen! The news quickly spread among the upper class. Some pregnant women came to the hospital to take a look, but they were attracted by the environment inside and began to be tempted. Giving birth here is much safer than hiring a midwife at home!
What goes up must come down, reality is the best advertisement. First, the daughter of Yan family came to the hospital to give birth, and then the wife of an official came to the hospital for emergency treatment due to a difficult delivery. In the end, both mother and child were safe.
In addition, the Queen has a record in the hospital, has monthly prenatal checkups, and has said that she wants to give birth in the hospital.
At that time, all pregnant women in the powerful circles, including wives of nobles, officials, wealthy businessmen, and gentry, would come to create a file for prenatal checkups. Although they still could not accept giving birth in a hospital, it was just a file for prenatal checkups, and they could still give birth at home!
Even if these ladies are pregnant, they still have to take care of housework at home, but on the day of prenatal check-up, they can enjoy a day in a hospital with a beautiful environment and delicious food. How wonderful it is.
In short, the obstetrics department of the Women and Children's Hospital has become lively this winter.
At the full-month banquet for Twelve Niang's son, Jin Sui thanked her again for supporting him so much and becoming the first woman to give birth in the hospital.
She thanked him too many times, which made Twelve Niang embarrassed: "Sui Sui... Madam, please don't thank me anymore. The children and I should thank you for keeping watch over us all night.
Have you forgotten our agreement?"
Jin Sui's heart trembled. Why did Twelve Lady sound as if she was a scumbag who forgot the promise? She laughed and said:
"Of course I didn't forget!"
Facing Twelve Lady's big, twinkling eyes, she felt guilty again: "Well, I didn't forget, I just didn't think of it for a moment. What agreement did we have?"
Twelve Niang burst out laughing. Sui Sui was still the same as before. That was great. She hadn’t changed even after becoming the queen.
She held Jinsui's arm affectionately and rubbed against him like a kitten: "When we were in Northern Xinjiang, I promised you that no matter what you want to do, I will always support you.
It will never change in my life!"
"So Sui Sui, don't say thank you anymore. There is a limit to what I can do for you, but I will do my best to help you. This is what we agreed on."
Jinsui felt touched. The friendship between girls is sometimes more touching than the chivalry between men.
She stroked Twelve Lady's hair gently, but the guy actually covered his head and said, "Don't touch it. It's not washed, and it's greasy and dirty."
The two looked at each other and laughed.
Twelve Lady asked Jin Sui to help name her son. Jin Sui smiled and said, "Your Majesty should choose the full name! We have feelings for each other. I will give him a nickname. I hope the little guy will live a peaceful life. How about calling him An An?"
Twelve Lady clapped her hands: "An An is fine, thank you Sui Sui! That's great, he doesn't have to be called Er Mao anymore."
"Two, two cents?"
"Sui Sui, don't you know that in Yan land, the baby nicknames passed down are that children born on the tenth day of the tenth month are all called Ermao. It sounds so ugly! My second brother has already started calling him that."
Jinsui really didn't know. He imagined some noble young men with nice names and surnames, but their nicknames were Ermao, Goudan, Choutou... Haha, it's really funny!
She wanted to find out what the nicknames of Yan Shiyi and Yan Jiu were, but suddenly she remembered that she hadn't seen Yan Jiu for a long time. He went to the base and didn't even come back to attend his nephew's full moon ceremony.
Asking for someone's nickname seems too intimate, so forget it.
After having a child, time has become more regular and no longer seems to be the same every month like before.
Now Jinsui can clearly feel the changes in her belly. Although it did not grow larger in the first three months, her eating habits changed and she is very prone to hypoglycemia.
After she fainted once in the palace, Gu Changxiao was so scared that he didn't allow her to leave the palace for inspection again, let alone go to the battleship base.
He also once again held an imperial examination to recruit female officials, and recruited more than a hundred female officials to help Jinsui. Every day the female officials went in and out of the palace to report.
Gu Changxiao even knew that she would do some mysterious things when she was alone, and she would be very tired every time. In order to prevent Jin Sui from doing this, Gu Changxiao finished reviewing the memorials early and came back to accompany her.
Fearing that she would find a chance to go in during the day and the palace servants did not dare to guard her so strictly, Gu Changxiao specially brought in two "small officials" to guard Jin Sui.
It was Jin'an and Yingniang.
Yingniang came from Chang'an with Shi Erniang and lived in Han Mansion afterwards, but she went to study in the youth camp of the army and had a particularly good relationship with Jin'an.
Gu Changxiao formally appointed Ying Niang as a female official, and our Ying Niang, who was only ten years old, became the youngest female official.
There is only one mission, and that is to guard the queen every step of the way.
Jin'an also stayed in the palace. Grandpa Ling went to the Central Plains to provide disaster relief and has been participating in post-disaster reconstruction. He has not returned yet and is expected to return when Jin'an celebrates his birthday next year.
Jin Sui was worried about Jin An staying alone at home, so he wanted him to live in the palace. However, he didn't want to and moved directly into the military camp.
This time the emperor had a special decree, so he had to come even if he didn't want to. With two more half-grown children in the harem, it suddenly became lively.
From then on, Jin'an was the errand boy and message deliveryman, and Yingniang was the Queen's special ghostwriter, so Jinsui's life was indeed much easier.
Looking at Yingniang Jinsui, one thinks of Wei Zhubo. In the past, Wei Zhubo was the exclusive ghostwriter for her, the fake King Li. Unexpectedly, it is now his daughter's turn.
You and your daughter have a hard time too. You can't escape working for me.
There was one thing that Jinsui did not expect, that was that the seemingly quiet Xiaoyingniang was actually a gossip lover. According to her, she was brought up by Shi Er Niang.
When in Chang'an, Twelve Niang was not allowed to go out to play. She had to listen to the maids and nannies gossiping about the powerful people in Chang'an every day. She pulled Ying Niang to listen with her, and Ying Niang knew all about the complicated relationships among the powerful people in Chang'an.
Jinsui was so busy in the past that he had no time to gossip with others. At most, he would listen to Yan Shiyi talk about which powerful official was marrying into a noble family.
Ever since Yingniang entered the palace, she has been telling Jinsui all those gossips and old stories every day, and she is very happy.
But there were also unhappy moments. Yingniang was small and could tolerate silence, so she was often ignored by the palace servants. She often heard many secret conversations by herself.
One day, the little girl heard something about the queen. She was very angry, but she didn't dare to tell the queen. So she asked Jin'an, "Do you think we should tell the queen?"
Jin An held his chin in his hand and thought: "Since your majesty has solved it, don't let my sister know and worry about it."
Unfortunately, they were both children who could not hide their thoughts. During dinner, Jinsui could tell at a glance that they were hiding something from her, and Yingniang told him without any further questioning.
"Ever since the queen became pregnant, there have been officials submitting memorials to persuade His Majesty to choose a concubine."
Jin Sui raised his eyebrows: "Really? They can't hold it back anymore!"
Jin An hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Sister. His Majesty not only did not agree, but also exiled several dignitaries who offered beauties."
Jin Sui suddenly thought of something: "This time when His Majesty is recruiting female officials for me, it seems that many rich and powerful people and daughters of noble families have participated in the selection."
Ying Niang said softly, "Yes, the last time the Queen recruited female officials, most of them were daughters of common people."
Jin Sui smiled and said, "It seems that the harem will be busy soon. Tell the leader of the imperial guards to send more guards to guard His Majesty's study."
Jin'an and Yingniang looked at each other and asked, "Why? Is there an assassin among them?"
Jin Sui smiled and said, "Don't ask, kid. Just wait and see!"
Well, the drama is indeed quite enough. Jin Sui went for a prenatal checkup in the fourth month of her pregnancy, and Gu Changxiao still accompanied her. The emperor and empress left the palace at the same time, and the guards in the harem were a little lax, so a female official took advantage of the opportunity and was bold enough to hide in the emperor's study.
Every afternoon, after discussing state affairs with important ministers, Gu Changxiao would take a half-hour nap in the small hall behind the study.
Then the female official was so bold that she lit incense and went into the tent in light clothes.
This kind of situation often happened in Chang'an. After all, the harem in Chang'an had long been like a sieve, and all kinds of beauties could be stuffed into the palace.
But it is different in the border town. From the time Your Majesty moved in until today, no news has been leaked.
And this time, many people will die.
Jin Sui started to say that she watched the show with a joking attitude. In her understanding, at most, there were female officials deliberately showing off in front of the emperor, or playing small games like dancing, playing the flute, singing in the imperial garden, or falling down in front of Gu Changxiao.
I didn't expect these noble ladies to play so big! They dared to climb into bed with seductive fragrance! What were they thinking? Did they regard Gu Changxiao as a male animal? Did they think he couldn't control his instincts? Did they think he could really become a noble concubine with this? Gu Changxiao really couldn't control himself, but he hurried back to Jinsui Palace. For the first time during pregnancy, the couple asked for water during the day. Fortunately, it was already past the first three months.
Even though Gu Changxiao was poisoned by Meixiang, he still had his sanity, and Jinsui was not a dull and boring person. In short, the couple cooperated and took into account the medicinal properties of Meixiang.
But it was different for the noble lady who climbed over the wall. She was happy to get the whole family's Candy Crush game, which directly aroused the murderous nature in Gu Changxiao's bones. He originally just wanted to keep this murderous intent in Chang'an.
Border Town is the brand new capital, the city of hope, and he doesn't want to cause any big cases in Border Town.
But these powerful people didn't think so. They forgot the tyranny of His Majesty in Chang'an and took the risk. Not only was the whole family of this noble lady punished, but also the palace maids and guards she bribed were all implicated.
No one dared to persuade him, because the emperor did not punish him for flattering the emperor, but for assassination. You said you wanted to flatter the emperor, so you flatter the emperor? I think you wanted to assassinate him. You poisoned the emperor and intended to assassinate him during his lunch break. You also intended to kill the pregnant queen.
Jin Sui did not advise her either. She was not a saint. If something like this happened and she still advised Gu Changxiao not to use killing to intimidate others, then more women would use this trick in the future. If Gu Changxiao was really set up by accident and there were more women in the harem, it would be her own fault.
This incident became the biggest case since the capital was moved, and thousands of people were punished, including beheadings and exiles. The case was not completely closed until Jin Sui was five months pregnant.
Although the leader of the Imperial Guards was not involved in this incident, he was also demoted. Gu Changxiao transferred Liuyun back and sent the Black Feather Camp commander to Central Plains to protect Grandpa Ling.
Another aftermath was that during the investigation of the case, several female officials resigned. Jinsui approved their resignations immediately, and there was no doubt that these female officials had the same purpose.
People entered the palace to be court ladies not because they wanted to serve the Queen or earn honor in their career as court ladies, but because they wanted to be close to the Emperor.
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