The imperial physician answered respectfully. They all had wives and children at home, and they thought it was natural for women to give birth to children.
Zhou Beichen stopped at the door of the bedroom, wondering whether to go in. After all, he had not been there for the previous few children, and since ancient times, it was an ancestral rule that men were not allowed to enter such a bloody place as the delivery room.
Just as Zhou Beichen was hesitating, an extremely miserable sound came from inside.
"ah......"
"Well......"
Zhou Beichen's body trembled, and he couldn't help it anymore. Without thinking about anything, he took a step and strode inside.
The imperial physician cried out inwardly, "Oh no!" and knelt down hastily, kowtowed. "Your Majesty, please don't do this! Your Majesty, please don't do this! The delivery room is a bloody place, and it will offend people. Please, for the sake of your country, please take care of yourself."
Deshun ran over at lightning speed, hugged Zhou Beichen's thighs regardless of anything, and begged desperately.
"Your Majesty, the emperor's health is paramount. Imperial Concubine Hui has a midwife, Princess Chang'an, and a host of palace maids waiting on her. At worst, there's the imperial physician outside. You can't go in."
Annoyed by being hugged, Zhou Beichen raised his foot and kicked Deshun away. Seeing the palace maid bringing out a basin of blood, his heart suddenly ached. At this moment, he didn't care about anything else.
He stepped inside and saw Deshun kneeling miserably on the ground outside. His obese face was covered with fat because of depression, and he was muttering to himself.
"Your Majesty, you can't do that. Your Majesty... you can't do that..."
The whole person looked extremely funny. The imperial physicians were dumbfounded by Zhou Beichen's abnormal operation. Several of them even rubbed their eyes in disbelief. They felt that today's scene was too dreamy. After all, when the concubines gave birth in the past, the emperor just watched from afar outside. Even when he heard the miserable screams from inside, he was unmoved and just frowned.
Now, an elderly imperial physician stroked his beard and looked towards the door, feeling more and more that the Concubine Hui inside was destined to be extremely noble in the future. Since there was no empress in the Central Palace, perhaps the position of empress would be hers in the future.
After entering the hall, Zhou Beichen naturally opened the curtain. He did not care about the rudeness of the palace maid and the midwife. He saw the woman lying on the bed, covered in sweat, with sweat constantly oozing from her face. She was lying under the quilt, following the midwife, trying her best to give birth to a child.
At this moment, her hair was extremely sticky, and her once rosy lips had lost all color. She clenched her teeth and exerted force again and again. Shen Nian'an was completely wet, as if she had been fished out of the water.
Several midwives would occasionally put their heads under the quilt, take a look, then raise their heads and talk non-stop.
"My lady, please try harder, push harder, I can already see the baby's head, it's almost there."
Having just drunk a bowl of ginseng soup, Shen Nian'an was not completely without strength at the moment. She clenched her teeth, took a deep breath, closed her eyes, exerted force, and counted silently, hoping that the child would come out quickly.
After a wave of strength was used up, the pain in his body was temporarily relieved, and Shen Nian'an finally breathed a sigh of relief. Zhou Zhaonuan had been squatting beside the bed, looking at his mother with red eyes, and kept cheering her up.
At this moment, Zhou Zhaonuan picked up a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off Shen Nian'an. Her heart was pounding violently, and she felt that every moment was torture for her.
"Mother..."
Shen Nian'an returned Zhou Zhaonuan's smile and was about to say something when the pain came again. She suddenly closed her eyes and exerted force.
The pain was all over her body, deep into her bones. At first it was just her stomach, then it gradually spread to her whole body. Now, she could no longer tell where the pain was.
At this moment, I only regret that this is not modern times and there are no pain-free injections. Otherwise, it would be able to relieve the pain a little.
The strong smell of blood in the hall did not make Zhou Beichen feel uncomfortable. Facing the woman on the bed, he only felt heartache.
He strode over and successfully pushed Zhou Zhaonuan away. He held Shen Nian'an's palm tightly with one hand and raised the other hand to Shen Nian'an's mouth. His face was full of heartache and his tone was firm.
"An An, this hurts, I'll accompany you, bite it."
Zhou Zhaonuan, who was pulled to the back, said: "......"
Several questions flashed through her mind, but when she saw Zhou Beichen squeezed to the front, she still felt happy for her mother. No matter what, her father finally knew how to feel sorry for her mother.
The beautiful eyes had long lost their color, and Shen Nian'an was unable to look at him. The next moment, severe pain came. Thinking of the suffering she had endured in the cold palace for five years, Shen Nian'an really opened her mouth and bit his tiger's mouth.
Zhou Beichen had never been injured since he was a child. At this moment, his brows slightly frowned, and he wanted to take his hand away immediately. However, when he saw Shen Nian'an sweating profusely, that thought immediately disappeared.
At this moment, his wife was risking her life to give birth to his child. How could he abandon her and let her face it alone?
Zhou Beichen gritted his teeth secretly and endured it silently...
A quarter of an hour passed and the baby was not born.
Two quarters of an hour later, the outside of the bedroom was already crowded with concubines. Because Zhou Beichen was not outside, their faces had different expressions at this moment. Some were secretly laughing, some were gloating and hoped that Shen Nian'an would die in pain and be unable to come out, and some were really worried...
Each face represents a variety of life situations.
Three quarters of an hour later, Zhou Zeyun heard the news and rushed over immediately, looking inside eagerly.
Zhou Beichen endured the pain, hoping that the child would be born soon and stop torturing Shen Nian'an.
Zhou Zhaonuan stood behind and prayed silently.
Four quarters of an hour passed, Shen Nian'an used all his strength and silently counted more than twenty numbers in one breath. Finally, a warm current passed through his lower body, and then, with a "Wow...", a loud cry broke the silence, and instantly made many people look happy.
The midwife was the first to smile happily, "It's born, it's born," and hurried to pick up the baby.
Shen Nian'an felt relieved, and Zhou Beichen was even more relieved. At this moment, he no longer cared about the pain of the bite wound, as the midwife was taking care of it below. He held Shen Nian'an's head in his arms with great sadness, and every word he said was touching.
"An An, I'm sorry for letting you bear so many children for me. Don't worry, no matter whether it's a boy or a girl, when the baby is one month old, I will hold a ceremony to confer the title on you. Then, you will stand shoulder to shoulder with me and become the most honored empress of the dynasty."
With a "click", a hot tear slid down the corner of the eye and fell into Shen Nian'an's hair.
The extremely exhausted person didn't feel it, his head was buried in Zhou Beichen's arms. Even though he heard these affectionate words, Shen Nian'an was unable to reply him. He closed his eyes and just wanted to feel this moment of tranquility.
As soon as the baby was born, one midwife took care of the aftermath while the other took care of the baby.
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