"Don't cry, Dalang's wife. The child is gone, and it's gone. Once you get well, you can have children again in the future."
The eldest lady, Xiao Wei, persuaded Jia.
Jia Shi didn't know where she got the strength from. She tightly grasped Gu Rui's hand and begged him with a ferocious expression: "Save the child, please save the child. This is our only child, please don't give up on him."
Gu Rui kept a tight face, otherwise he was afraid that he would lose control.
He held Jia's hands with both of his own and said, "Don't worry too much. We will have children in the future."
"No. If you give up the baby, we will never be able to have children in the future."
Jia burst into tears.
Gu Rui's eyes were red. "Your life is more important. I can't disregard your life just for the sake of having a child."
"I'm not afraid of death. Please save the child."
"But I'm afraid you'll die. Please stop making trouble, okay? The child is gone, gone. The most important thing now is to save your life."
The light in Jia's eyes disappeared instantly, and her expression froze.
Gu Rui was scared to death, "Mingyue, Mingyue, please don't be in any trouble. Imperial Physician, please take a look, what's wrong with Mingyue?"
"It's bleeding again. We have to take the baby out quickly." Doctor Hu frowned. Jia's condition was very bad. If they were not careful, there would be two deaths.
Doctor Hu instructed Gu Rui, "Talk to her, stay awake, and don't fall asleep."
Gu Rui nodded heavily.
Madam Wei asked quietly, "Can Dalang's wife bear taking the child out now?"
Doctor Hu simply walked out of the bedroom.
The eldest lady, Xiao Wei, hurriedly followed.
When Gu Mei saw the two of them coming out, she also went over.
The eldest lady, Xiao Wei, did not drive her away.
Doctor Hu lowered his voice and said, "Madam Dissatisfied, if you abort the child now, the eldest young lady still has a chance to survive. If it's too late, I'm afraid the worst will happen."
The worst outcome is naturally one corpse and two lives.
Gu Mei covered her mouth and dared not say a word.
Madam Wei frowned and asked, "If we abort the child now, how confident are we that we can keep the adult alive?"
Doctor Hu said, "I only have a fifty percent chance of success at best. It all depends on the eldest young lady's will to survive. As long as she doesn't give up, the chance of success is very high."
Madam Wei nodded and said through gritted teeth, "We will do our best to save the master's life. As for the child, we can bear any outcome."
Doctor Hu nodded. "The process is rather long and cruel. I am worried that the young master would not be able to bear it. It would be best if he could come out. A few useful maids and servants would be enough to help."
The eldest lady, Xiao Wei, agreed, "I'll take care of this matter."
Doctor Hu wrote out a prescription, and the maids went in and out to boil the medicine, clean the bed, and carry out basins of blood and water.
The eldest lady, Xiao Wei, coaxed and persuaded the eldest young master, Gu Rui, to leave the bedroom.
Gu Rui's eyes were red and his brows were filled with worry.
He sat in the chair in a daze, staring at the bedroom, watching the bedroom door close.
Gu Rui clenched his fists tightly, clenched his teeth, and his face was tense.
If someone reached out and touched Gu Rui, they would find that not only his face, but his whole body was tense.
Gu Jiu opened his mouth, wanting to say something to persuade him, but after thinking it over, he gave up.
At this time, any language seems pale and powerless.
Moreover, Gu Rui does not need anyone's comfort, as he has a clear mind.
Gu Mei looked at Gu Rui and sighed.
She sat with Gu Jiu and whispered, "Sister Jiu, I'm scared."
"Don't be afraid, it'll be fine."
Gu Mei nodded: "Sister-in-law will definitely get through this crisis safely."
She looked at Gu Rui, and seeing Gu Rui's appearance, she felt uncomfortable.
Time passed by little by little, and wave after wave of people came.
Gu Mei and Gu Jiu missed the lunch completely and both of them had no appetite to eat.
Gu Rui, on the other hand, didn't feel hungry at all.
The time was too long and everyone was worried.
Someone else is coming.
Those who came back this time were all familiar people.
The old lady Wei, the second lady Wang, the third lady Duan, as well as the first wives Zhang and Xie, and the girls from both families.
Second Madam Wang supported Old Madam Wei and walked into the main house.
Gu Jiu and Gu Mei stood up quickly.
Gu Rui realized it later and only realized that someone had arrived after being reminded. He also quickly stood up.
Old Madam Wei asked, "What's the situation now?"
Gu Mei said, "Madam, the doctor is still inside. The child is gone."
Everyone showed regretful and sad expressions.
Second Madam Wang said, "Dalang's wife went through so much hardship carrying this baby, but I didn't expect that she would not be able to keep the baby."
"Da Lang, don't think too much. Once your wife recovers, you will have children in the future." The third wife, Duan, advised.
Gu Rui seemed like a walking corpse, his soul in the bedroom.
After hearing what Third Madam Duan said, she took a while to react, "Thank you for your concern, Third Aunt."
Old Madam Wei sighed, "Da Lang, take it easy. The matter of children is all destined."
Gu Rui nodded heavily, "I know, I'm just worried about Mingyue."
"Your wife is a lucky person, nothing will happen to her."
Gu Rui turned his head away and secretly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.
Second Madam Wang helped Old Madam Wei to sit down.
Old Madam Wei said, "Let's all find a place to sit. There's no need to be so particular about this. Just be casual."
Everyone nodded.
Old Madam Wei looked at Gu Jiu and Gu Mei again, "You haven't eaten yet, you must be starving. I have asked the servants to prepare food and have it in the side room. Go and have your meal first and take a rest. I'll be here to guard it, so nothing will happen."
Gu Jiu and Gu Mei nodded in agreement, "It's the granddaughter's fault that she made the old lady worry so much."
"Why are you saying this? Let's go eat."
Gu Jiu and Gu Mei went to the side room to have dinner.
Neither of them had much appetite, so they ate just half a bowl of food and asked the maid to take the food away and clear the table.
After the two of them finished their meal, the other girls followed them to the side room.
Gu Mei asked, "Have all the relatives left?"
Gu Qi nodded. "With such a big incident at home, the originally scheduled opera troupe was cancelled. No one wanted to watch the opera anymore. The guests also left after lunch."
Gu Mei sighed to herself.
For today's banquet, we specially invited a famous opera troupe from the capital to perform. According to the plan, after lunch, everyone would go to the opera to have a lively time.
But once something happened to the eldest young lady, everyone lost interest.
So today's banquet had to be disbanded early, and the opera troupe also retreated.
"Is sister-in-law okay?"
Gu Qi asked worriedly.
Gu Mei frowned and said, "It's not clear yet."
"Is the child really gone?" Gu Ying asked.
Gu Mei nodded, "Sister-in-law is bleeding heavily, and the baby can't be saved. Now we can only give up the child and save the adults."
As soon as the words fell, everyone's face turned pale.
"I hope my sister-in-law is okay. Doctor Hu is an expert in gynecology and will definitely save her life."
Everyone nodded in unison again.
Everyone involuntarily looked towards the bedroom, hoping that everything would go smoothly.
The bedroom door opened and Doctor Hu walked out with a tired look on his face.
Everyone looked at him nervously.
Doctor Hu said directly, "The child has been taken away, and the adult is saved. However, the next few days are critical, and there is a high possibility of heavy bleeding. In short, the people who serve her in the next few days must be attentive, and there must be someone by the eldest young lady's side for twelve hours a day."
Madam Wei asked, "Doctor Hu, can you please stay at the mansion? Considering my wife's condition, if something happens to her, I'm afraid it would be too late to send for you. Human life is at stake, so please be understanding, Doctor Hu."
When Gu Jiu followed Gu Mei and the others into the main house, she found that Doctor Hu was looking at her.
She quickly lowered her head to avoid Doctor Hu's gaze.
Doctor Hu immediately understood. He nodded and said, "Old Madam is right. It is indeed inconvenient for me to leave at this time. How about this? There is nothing going on in the palace these two days, so I will stay at your house for now."
Madam Wei breathed a sigh of relief. "That's great! Someone, go arrange a guest room for Doctor Hu in the outer courtyard and send someone to serve him."
Doctor Hu said, "You are too polite, old lady. I will leave Jinju here, and she will take care of the eldest young lady today."
Madam Wei hurriedly said, "With Jinju taking care of Dalang's wife, I'm relieved. Doctor Hu, you've worked hard today. Please go to the guest room and settle down. The old marquis will see you for tea later."
Doctor Hu laughed heartily, "It's been a long time since I've had tea with the old marquis. It's a coincidence today."
Doctor Hu said goodbye and left, and Madam Wei led everyone into the bedroom.
All the girls were blocked outside the door and couldn't go in.
The eldest lady, Xiao Wei, was standing by the bed, looking tired.
The eldest young master Gu Rui rushed into the bedroom and stayed by Jia's side as soon as the door opened.
Jia was in a coma and would probably not wake up until night.
Old Madam Wei asked the eldest madam, "How is Dalang's wife doing now?"
Madam Xiao Wei said, "Give him the medicine. Doctor Hu asked Jin Ju to stay with him. If he bleeds again..."
The eldest lady, Xiao Wei, did not say the rest of the words.
But everyone understood what she had left unsaid.
If heavy bleeding occurs again, Jia may not be able to be saved.
Old Madam Wei saw a bundle on the table and asked softly, "What is this?"
The eldest lady, Xiao Wei, nodded, sighed, and opened the bundle, which contained the stillborn child.
It was a boy, already fully formed, about the size of an adult man's palm, small in stature, with blood streaks on his body.
When the Third Madam Duan saw this, she almost cried out. She quickly covered her lips, her heart pounding with panic.
Old Madam Wei sighed and said, "Let's find someone to bury him."
He didn't even have time to be born, didn't have a name, and couldn't be buried in the ancestral tomb. He could only be buried somewhere outside the ancestral tomb.
Madam Wei nodded and said softly, "After this incident, Dalang's wife's health has deteriorated significantly. I'm afraid she won't be able to have children in the next two to three years."
When everyone heard this, they all fell silent.
Madam Wei said, "They will have children sooner or later. As a mother-in-law, don't put too much pressure on Dalang's wife."
Madam Wei nodded, "I understand. I don't dare put pressure on her."
Jia's health was so poor that the eldest wife, Xiao Wei, was afraid that she would be scared to death by just a glance.
Therefore, in front of Jia, the eldest lady, Xiao Wei, always spoke softly.
Unfortunately, Jia was destined to be childless, and the child she conceived with great difficulty still died.
Gu Rui held Jia's hand and remained silent.
Old Madam Wei comforted him: "You will have children in the future, so think positively."
Gu Rui raised his head, his eyes blank and empty. Then he looked at the bundle on the table.
Madam Wei was a little nervous and said hurriedly, "Don't worry, we will arrange for someone to bury the child."
Gu Rui nodded and said in a hoarse voice, "Prepare a good coffin for the child."
The eldest lady, Xiao Wei, gritted her teeth and agreed.
Gu Rui added: "I want to see him. I haven't met him yet."
Madam Wei frowned and said, "Don't look at it. At least leave it for yourself to remember."
Then she asked the maid to take the bundle out quickly.
Gu Rui looked at the old woman blankly as she hurriedly ran out with the bundle, seemingly not yet reacting.
Seeing this, Old Madam Wei was very worried.
"Da Lang, your wife is in this situation now, you can't follow her down here."
Gu Rui nodded, "Don't worry, old lady, your grandson can handle it."
Old Madam Wei sighed, "I didn't ask you to force yourself. You have to think it through first before you can comfort your wife. Otherwise, if you two cry together, will your wife be able to bear it?"
Gu Rui held back his tears and nodded heavily, "I understand. I'll go wash my face and come back."
After saying that, Gu Rui hurried out.
Old Madam Wei shook her head and said, "This child is very thoughtful."
Madam Wei said expressionlessly, "As a mother, I have no idea what to do about this."
Gu Rui and Jia were childhood sweethearts and had a very good relationship.
However, Jia had been in poor health since childhood, and when the marriage proposal came, the eldest wife, Xiao Wei, did not agree to the marriage.
They were worried that Jia would have difficulty giving birth and would not be able to bear the burden of being the eldest daughter-in-law and the clan wife.
But she couldn't persuade her son, and since the old marquis had agreed, she had no choice but to accept the marriage.
When Jia entered the house, as expected, she had difficulty giving birth, just as she had worried.
I finally got pregnant, but this happened again.
Old Madam Wei knew exactly what the first Madam, Little Madam Wei, was thinking.
She said, "If you have anything to say, just say it."
Everyone filed out of the bedroom.
The bedroom is guarded by the maid and Jinju, so there is no need to worry about anything happening.
When Mrs. Zhang saw everyone coming out, she hurriedly asked, "Is the eldest young lady okay?"
Madam Wei said, "I originally wanted to invite you to my house, but ended up making you worry along with me. The child was not saved, but fortunately your life is not in danger. Take care of yourself, and you will be able to give birth in two years."
Zhang said hurriedly, "That's good, that's good."
Mrs. Xie said, "After the eldest young lady recovers, we still have to go to the temple to pray. Before I got pregnant, I went to the temple to pray to the Bodhisattva, which enabled me to give birth to four children smoothly."
"It's time to go to the temple to worship." Third Madam Duan echoed.
It’s Chinese New Year and the child is gone, it’s very unlucky.
Madam Wei remained noncommittal. "Let's talk about the Buddha worship later. Everything is fine here now. You're all tired after a day's work, so go back and get some rest. Especially Xiaojiu, who has been guarding here with Mei for a whole day and even missed the banquet."
Gu Jiu stepped forward and said, "Thank you for your concern, old lady. I'm fine, not too tired."
Old Madam Wei said with a stern face, "You are a girl, so you should take good care of yourself. Don't take advantage of your youth to show off. Go back and rest."
Gu Jiu nodded, "I'll listen to the old lady."
Zhang said, "Old Madam, we'll take our leave now. We'll come visit the eldest young lady tomorrow."
"Go back! I apologize for the poor hospitality today. I'll prepare another banquet tomorrow to make amends."
Everyone left the inner courtyard, passed through the second gate, and came to the outer courtyard to take a carriage.
When Gu Jiu got on the carriage, he saw Doctor Hu.
Doctor Hu is examining her.
Gu Jiu shook his head slightly at Doctor Hu, and his meaning was very clear: don't make her affairs public.
There were so many people here today that she couldn't find a chance to talk to Doctor Hu in private, so she could only express her attitude in this way.
Doctor Hu nodded to Gu Jiu, telling him not to worry.
Gu Jiu felt relieved, got on the carriage and set off back to Gu Mansion.
After leaving the Marquis' Mansion, it was only a few steps away from the Gu Mansion.
After getting off the carriage at the second gate of the Gu Mansion, Xie Shi said, "The eldest young lady is so unlucky. She couldn't even keep the child alive even though he was already that big."
The eldest wife, Zhang, said, "The eldest young lady has had a weak constitution since she was young, so this result is not surprising."
Mrs. Xie sighed, "Fortunately, all the girls in our family are in good health, except for the second girl. She has been surrounded by medicine since she was a child. But fortunately, the marriage has been arranged, and it was arranged by His Majesty, so there is no need to worry about any accidents."
Gu Jiu turned around and looked at Xie. She must be bored, so she wanted to drag this matter into her hands?
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
