Chapter 1334 The Returnee's Notes 408
Xie Ning turned to look into the room, where she could faintly hear sobbing from behind layers of gauze curtains.
Using pulse diagnosis to distinguish between male and female fetuses is merely a matter of experience, let alone the fact that this lady's pregnancy was only about three months along, making it even more difficult to tell.
That doctor was being far too arbitrary.
Xie Ning thought this way, but she didn't know that after the doctor left with Lord Song, he said something else, that is, that his judgment was not entirely accurate, but that the chances of this pregnancy being a girl were just higher.
It was this remark that changed Lord Song's mind. He had one wife but two concubines. He thought it best to let his wife keep the baby and deal with it later when the gender was determined.
He thought this to himself, but when he returned, he didn't say it to Madam Song. Instead, he made up an excuse, saying that he had thought about it for a long time and still didn't want Madam Song to suffer, nor could he bear to part with the child, so he wanted to keep the child.
Madam Song was overjoyed. She was extremely reluctant to part with the child in her womb, but hearing Lord Song's words made her feel sweet.
But a hint of worry lingered, "What about the clan?"
“I, your husband, will take care of it.”
He could stall for time, but he was extremely annoyed by dealing with certain members of the clan.
After all, although he didn't have much wealth, he was still an official and one of the most prominent figures in the clan. Why would he want to hand over his assets and connections to someone who wasn't related to him by blood?
Stepchildren are not so easy to raise.
The more Lord Song thought about it, the angrier he became. He felt that his three wives and concubines were not fertile enough to make him suffer ridicule and mockery.
Time seemed to fly by here. Xie Ning felt that she had only met Madam Song two or three times, yet her belly had grown as big as an inflated balloon, and she was about to give birth.
In this short time, she roughly figured out the situation here. It should be the same as the memory illusion she had encountered before. She was in a memory, or rather, a story.
She suddenly arrived here because of the reaction between that small mirror and that book.
This might be the world from the story in the book.
Based on previous experience, there is definitely a dominant ghost here, but she just can't find it.
When she handed the book to Sect Leader Fang, given his abilities, he would have been able to spot a ghost hidden within it. The ghost was likely hidden in the mirror, and she was unable to detect it because she didn't understand or could not break the runes and spells.
"Madam, please hang in there a little longer. It's only dilated to three fingers so far."
One midwife was watching from below, while the other taught Madam Song how to breathe. She was told that even if it hurt, she shouldn't shout loudly, as that would deplete her strength and make her less capable during childbirth.
Madam Song bit the cloth, tears mixed with sweat seeping into the pillow. Even in such unbearable pain, she was still slightly distracted.
She was both expectant and afraid.
I'm hoping this baby will be a boy, and I'm afraid it will be a girl.
The midwife, however, had no idea why Madam Song was so nervous, and could only try her best to comfort her.
Xie Ning wrung out the wet cloth and took the opportunity to wipe the sweat off Madam Song's body. Seeing how much pain she was in, he rubbed a few acupoints.
As Madam Song felt the pain lessen, she glanced at Xie Ning's profile and said, "Qing, Qingmiao, could you massage me again? I...I'm in pain..."
In her early twenties, she already had two children. Everyone says that only the first childbirth is difficult, but she experienced a lot of pain every time.
She doesn't want to have children anymore...
Upon hearing Madam Song's words, Xie Ning did not get up to leave. Instead, she handed the handkerchief to the maid beside her and then silently massaged Madam Song's back.
After an unknown amount of time, Madam Song, who had initially gritted her teeth and kept quiet, eventually screamed at the top of her lungs. Only when she heard a loud wail did she loosen her grip on Xie Ning's hand.
"Yes...yes..."
"It's a girl..."
Upon hearing this, Madam Song, who was already weak, fainted.
Xie Ning checked the other person's pulse and, seeing that the person had only fainted due to shock and fear, was relieved.
After smoothing out Madam Song's disheveled hair, Xie Ning felt a little strange. This illusion seemed so similar to reality; she didn't feel like an observer, but rather as if she was truly involved.
She is Qingmiao, and Qingmiao is her.
This is not a good idea. She shouldn't think like that. She is herself, and Qingmiao is Qingmiao. They are different individuals.
Xie Ning, with her keen senses, overheard most of the conversation between the midwife and Lord Song outdoors. They were actually thinking... "If he drowns, throw him into the pond behind the mountain."
These are Lord Song's original words: after confirming that it was a girl, he didn't even want to look at her.
Xie Ning looked at Madam Song inside the green gauze curtain and felt even more puzzled. If it were an ordinary poor family, it would be fine, and they could at least come up with an excuse that they couldn't afford to raise her.
But the Song family was not poor; they simply had another little girl to support them.
How could they just throw away their own flesh and blood?
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