Chapter 1665 Speculation
Cui's condition stabilized, and Manbao washed his hands and went out. Yang Heshu, who was still standing outside, immediately went to meet him and asked, "What's going on?"
Manbao said: "Mother and child are at peace for now."
She smiled and said, "I lost a lot of blood, but fortunately it wasn't metrorrhagia. I'll stay here for one night and see what happens tomorrow at noon. If it's under control, I'll leave you a prescription. You can also go to Jishitang and ask Doctor Tao to take a look."
Yang Heshu breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Do you want to eat something?"
"No, I'm not hungry right now. Just ask the girl to clean up the ear room so I can rest."
Yang Heshu was not polite and turned around and asked the servants to clean up.
The maids had just taken out the bedding and Cui's clothes from the delivery room. Upon hearing this, they turned and went into the side room to clean up for Manbao. Seeing this, Manbao immediately said, "Don't bother them. Just ask a little girl to bring me the bed and quilt. Isn't there a couch in the side room?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Heshu looked at her strangely, nodded slightly, asked the maids to go down, and asked a little girl to bring a new quilt for Manbao.
Manbao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Yang Heshu still looked at the room with concern, "Child..."
"Oh, the child is in the room. Do you want to see him?"
Yang Heshu wanted to follow him up to take a look, but the Marquis's wife said abruptly, "That's not a good idea. The delivery room is filthy, and it would be unlucky for a man to go in."
Only then did Manbao notice the Marquis' wife standing beside them. She was stunned for a moment and then quickly bowed. She had been to the Yang Mansion several times and had met the Marquis and other young masters and young ladies of the Yang family, but she had never met the Marquis' wife, so she didn't react for a moment.
Manbao said to Yang Heshu, "If you want to see him, why don't you wait outside the door? I'll carry him over to the door and show him to you."
After all, he was his own son, so Yang Heshu really wanted to see it. So after weighing the pros and cons, he nodded.
Manbao went into the room and picked up the child who was sleeping soundly on the couch with his fists clenched. Obviously, he was tired after all the trouble.
Manbao carried him to the door and showed him to Yang Heshu.
This was not the first time Yang Heshu had seen a child. Not to mention Tang He's children, he had also seen his younger brothers when they were born.
But he didn't feel much when he saw them, it was completely different from looking at the red child in front of him.
Yang Heshu gently pressed the swaddling clothes with his fingers, not daring to touch his face. Seeing that he was sleeping soundly, Yang Heshu lowered his voice and asked, "Will the labor-inducing drug affect him?"
Man Bao said: "There will be some, but the recipe I left behind is mild, so it's not a big problem. The child is still young, so it might be a little difficult to take care of him."
"Difficult to lead?"
Manbao explained, "He cries because he's not feeling well. That little bit of medicine... isn't a strong one, so it shouldn't have a big effect on him. He'll probably be fine after a few days of crying."
Yang Heshu has never raised a child, so he doesn't have much understanding of this.
He looked at his son's face carefully and found a bruise on his head. He asked, "Why is it bruised here? Is it because his mother fell down..."
"No," Manbao had already guessed and was somewhat certain. She lowered her voice and said, "If it wasn't clamped, it must have been injured by the midwives' pressure just now..." She told him about Cui's cervix being difficult to open and the midwife's forceful pressure on her belly.
Yang Heshu was stunned for a moment, then looked at the child in her arms and asked in a low voice: "Is she okay?"
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "She's a little hurt. We'll see what happens tomorrow, but I think she's hurt too."
She said, "I heard from Doctor Tao that some pregnant women have such a hard time giving birth to their first child that they don't want to have more children afterwards. Brother Yang, please comfort my sister later."
Yang Heshu nodded slightly.
In fact, Manbao had something else to say. When she was editing medical books in Chongwenguan, she had discussed human lifespan with several imperial physicians including Xiao Yuanzheng. Every once in a while, the Ministry of Revenue would also do some statistics, counting the population and the average lifespan in various places.
When they were talking about these things, they couldn't help but mention that some young women were in good health when giving birth, but they died of depression during the birth.
Doctor Liu used to be a doctor among the people. He suspected that the deterioration of these women's health was related to the birth of their first child.
If the first birth was too difficult, no matter how much a woman loves children, she will resist getting pregnant again. Although Xiao Yuanzheng and the others found it unbelievable, they could not deny that this situation existed.
Manbao, Manbao was of course very sure. She also knew something about this branch, and it was somewhat related to Yin Huo's illness.
However, after she said that, Xiao Yuanzheng and others felt that the woman she was talking about was too pretentious and did not quite believe her judgment.
Manbao thought at the time: You used to think Yin Huo was pretentious, but isn’t he living a good life now?
It can be seen that it is not him who is being pretentious, nor are those women who are being pretentious, but you.
She naturally didn't want such a good-looking senior like Yang to become pretentious, so she deliberately exaggerated the matter. To make him understand, she also said, "It's difficult to manage people's hearts and emotions. I was frightened and hurt. Although I said I wasn't scared and I thought I was fine, I couldn't help but feel scared when I slept and dreamed at night. Sometimes I felt a little scared when I sat or walked."
Yang Heshu turned his gaze away from his son, looked up at her, and asked, "Are you still scared about last year's assassination attempt? Or are you still scared because of your fall from power this spring?"
Manbao: ...
She simply said, "Both."
Yang Heshu nodded and said thoughtfully, "I understand. I will comfort her."
Two people were leaning against the door, one outside and the other inside. From a distance, they seemed to have a good atmosphere and were quite intimate. The Marquis' wife arranged for the two midwives to go downstairs to eat and rest. When she turned around and saw the two people leaning against the door and talking intimately, she couldn't help but squint her eyes.
She held the eldest girl's hand and asked softly, "Why is our master so close to this Miss Zhou?"
The eldest girl whispered, "I heard that Master knew her when he was the magistrate of Luojiang County. When she first arrived in the capital, Master even asked the Marquis to take care of her."
The Marquis's wife said with a half-smile, "Our master is very good at recruiting people. Cui trusts this young doctor. It would be better if she didn't let a wolf into the house."
The eldest girl pursed her lips and said nothing.
The Marquis's wife glanced at her and said, "Am I right? With that face of the Master, there's probably no woman he wouldn't attract, right?"
The eldest girl blushed instantly and lowered her head, not daring to speak.
The Marquis's wife snorted coldly and said to her, "Go to the kitchen again and ask someone to make a bowl of bird's nest porridge for Doctor Zhou. Even though she said she's not hungry, we can't lose our manners."
Little did he know that at this moment, Manbao was quietly looking over Yang Heshu's arm, then lowered his voice and asked him mysteriously, "Brother Yang, why did my sister-in-law fall? Was it her fault?"
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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