143 Chapter 143
◎She began to write letters to Xie Qi.◎
Even though she tried hard to restrain herself and not let herself have too much emotional fluctuation, Xu Qinghe still had a miscarriage that night.
The court doctor came in the middle of the night to check her pulse and then made her a prescription for pregnancy maintenance. By the time she finished taking the medicine, it was already past four in the morning, but she lay in bed, still unable to sleep.
It was not until dawn that she fell into a drowsy sleep.
At this time, the most taboo is to think too much. The court doctor repeatedly told him not to think too much and to be in a good mood. Xu Qinghe controlled himself very well during the day, and was still as usual, reading or painting, but with no smile on his face, making it impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.
But at night, she could no longer control what she was thinking.
She often dreamed of Xie Qi. Sometimes he crawled out from a sea of blood and corpses, and sometimes she searched among a crowd of corpses but could not find him. She felt helpless and desperate in her dreams, and began to vomit after being awakened. The various difficult symptoms of pregnancy became more and more serious, and sometimes it was even difficult for her to fall asleep.
By July 26th, the dog days of summer had ended, and a few autumn rains had made the weather gradually cooler. Xu Qinghe stood by the window, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, looking at the starry sky and moonlight outside.
More than half a month had passed since she wrote to Nanzhi.
From here to the southern border, an expedited letter can be delivered in three to five days, but now several three to five days have passed, and she still has not received a reply.
Just as she was hesitating whether to try another channel to write another letter, she heard a few screams from somewhere. The screams were so shrill that it made her scalp tingle.
"What's going on?"
Lin Xiao went out to inquire around and came back to report, "Madam, do you remember the pregnant daughter-in-law from next door, Mo Da's aunt's family? That's Sister Liu. I heard she had a quarrel with her husband and got pregnant. It went into labor tonight, and the situation doesn't look optimistic."
Perhaps it was a psychological effect, but Xu Qinghe felt the fetus in her belly jump. She suppressed the inexplicable panic in her heart and called all the doctors to come over.
There are four doctors in the mansion. Two of them specialize in treating the lady's illness, one can handle all kinds of difficult and complicated diseases, and the other is a wandering doctor she specially found from the world.
Although Aunt Mo lived in the same alley as them, her family was not wealthy. Her son was the only laborer, and they earned a meager income from fishing. Xu Qinghe thought about it and left one of the court doctors to check Ping An's pulse while he was there. He sent the other three to Aunt Mo's house to help out.
"Also, send some of the medicinal herbs and supplements in the mansion, especially ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum."
She seldom went out of the palace, and when a concubine gave birth to a child, she would only send someone to deliver a gift of congratulations. But when she was young in the southern border, she had seen the wife of a general of the southern border army give birth to a child, so she knew the importance of ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum at that time.
The general's wife had been caught off guard by a miscarriage, and after a day and night of pain, she couldn't give birth smoothly. She was practically on the verge of death. Later, my mother brought out some thousand-year-old ginseng from the palace and gave it to the general's wife to keep her alive. Finally, she gave birth smoothly, and both mother and daughter were safe.
After checking her pulse, the court doctor shook his head and prescribed another dose of pregnancy-maintaining medicine for her.
The birthing next door was still going on, but in order to ensure that everything was safe on his side, Xu Qinghe did not let the last palace doctor leave his side.
Aunt Mo's daughter-in-law started the attack at 12:00 p.m., and the screams from her house continued until 4:00 a.m., but they sounded a little weaker than a few hours ago.
Xu Qinghe also stayed awake all night. She stroked her belly and began to wonder whether her decision to keep the child was too hasty.
Having a child was not as simple as she thought. At first, she only thought about preserving the Xu family's bloodline, but she never thought that in the process, she would experience endless vomiting, she would have difficulty eating soup, her feet would be so swollen that she could no longer wear her original shoes, her legs would cramp and she would not be able to sleep all night, and she would even feel depressed and uncomfortable for no reason.
Especially after she learned that there was bad news about Xie Qi, these symptoms became more serious, causing her to lose even more weight.
At this moment, she suddenly began to miss her mother, or her aunt Xie, or the Empress Chen in the palace. In fact, at this moment, even if there was any other female elder by her side, she would feel more at ease.
But now, not only was there no one there, she couldn't even find out any news about Xie Qi.
Xu Qinghe tossed and turned in bed, worried about the woman who was giving birth, worried about her own future childbirth, and at the same time distracted by thinking about what happened to Xie Qi in the southern border that made her unable to even contact Nanzhi.
She couldn't sleep, so she got up and painted. However, the brush smudged a few blobs of ink on the paper, and she still couldn't think of what to paint, so she asked Lin Xiao to find some letter paper.
"Madam, do you want to write a letter to Sister Nanzhi?"
She has sent out several letters in the past few days, but in the end there has not been a single reply. Lin Xiao wants to persuade her not to waste her time.
But when he saw the words "Xie Qi" on the letter paper, Lin Xiao tactfully shut his mouth and just ground the ink obediently.
Xu Qinghe is very scared now.
She was afraid that something really happened to Xie Qi, that she would never see him again, and even more afraid that she would encounter different difficulties when giving birth in the future.
She used to think things were too simple and made decisions too hastily. Now she realizes this and starts to feel uneasy, panic, anxious, and even regretful.
She began to write letters to Xie Qi that would never be sent.
From the shock after learning that she was pregnant, to the anxiety she feels today, from the determination in her heart after they separated, to the hesitation and anxiety when she heard today that Aunt Mo's daughter-in-law had a difficult delivery.
She picked up her pen and wrote down sentence after sentence of her hidden worries, either confessing her inner fragility or accusing Xie Qi of all his actions. For example, when she was vomiting and unable to eat, why didn't he comfort her? Or when her feet were so swollen that she couldn't wear her embroidered shoes, why didn't he support her? And now, when she was filled with anxiety and panic, why didn't he comfort her, but instead made her worry from thousands of miles away...
All these things are simply beyond words.
It was not until the sun was high in the sky and it was already 9:00 PM that she finally stopped writing.
But he suddenly realized that the screaming female voice had gradually weakened, and not long after, the sounds of men and women crying and shouting were heard again.
She asked Lin Xiao to find out, and she returned to the dormitory to wait for news with Jing'an.
"lady……"
When Xu Qinghe saw Lin Xiao coming in with a bitter face, he felt something was wrong and his heart tightened.
Sure enough, I heard her say later: "Sister Liu can't hold on any longer... She asked the doctor to save the child..."
“…How could that be?”
She had met Aunt Mo's daughter-in-law once. She was a pretty girl, looking delicate and frail, probably only seventeen or eighteen years old, but at this moment she wanted to exchange her life for the child's.
"Madam, I want to go see Sister Liu..."
Mrs. Liu had spoken to Lin Xiao several times. She was still alive a few days ago, but now she only had a few breaths left. Lin Xiao felt sad and wanted to see her for the last time.
Xu Qinghe didn't respond for a moment, feeling that this situation seemed familiar.
The situation when the general's wife gave birth when she was young was similar to today.
"I remember there are two thousand-year-old ginsengs in the mansion. Find them immediately and send them to her."
As she was saying this, she couldn't help but feel a buzzing in her ears and her vision went dark, so she quickly sat down on the couch.
"No, I can't send it."
Unexpectedly, Princess Jing'an stopped Lin Xiao and said, "Those two old ginsengs are for you, Qinghe. You can encounter anything during childbirth, and your current condition is not good. Just in case, these must be kept for you."
She rarely showed such a strong attitude, but human life was at stake. Xu Qinghe had no time to hesitate and maintained a firm attitude: "Old Shen may find another chance, but human life is only worth this one. I am only eight months pregnant, and it is not time for me to give birth yet. Let Madam Liu survive first."
Princess Jing'an naturally knew that she wasn't due to give birth yet, but she was still afraid. She was afraid that some bad news would come from the Southern Territory. What if Qinghe also had a miscarriage...
She didn't dare to think further and just refused to give in.
Xu Qinghe then ordered Lin Xiao with a sullen face: "Go and deliver the ginseng."
Lin Xiao bit her lip. She wanted to save Sister Liu, but she also didn't want to leave any hidden dangers for the lady.
"Hurry up and go!"
Time waits for no one. Lin Xiao shrank back, tears still on her face, and ran out quickly.
Xu Qinghe waited anxiously beside the couch. Half an hour later, a clear baby cry was finally heard.
Lin Xiao ran back crying and announced the good news: "Mother and daughter are safe, Madam, Princess, Sister Liu and her daughter are safe!"
Xu Qinghe's tense body finally relaxed.
She twisted her fingers and belatedly noticed the sticky sweat on her palms.
She looked at Jing'an, who was in a worse condition than herself and even had tears on her face.
She wanted to talk to her, but Jing'an turned away and ignored her, turning her back to wipe her tears.
"Jing'an, Jing'an."
She called out several times, but Princess Jing'an ignored her until she heard her hiss softly and said that her stomach ached.
Jing'an was shocked. Xu Qinghe was not the kind of person who would pretend to be in pain and cause others to worry. She must be in real pain.
She quickly asked someone to call a doctor. At this time, the doctor and midwife who were called to deliver Madam Liu had also returned. She then asked someone to take Xu Qinghe's pulse one by one.
"Madam has been in poor condition these past few days. She was frightened today, and the fetus is unstable. You must not overthink or get frightened these past few days."
Xu Qinghe agreed to all of them, but he was still thinking about the letter that Nanzhi had not sent back.
Either the letter didn't reach her, or the situation was complicated and she hadn't figured it out yet, so she couldn't reply, or maybe the reply was intercepted by someone?
She suddenly remembered Yang Ye who had deliberately lured her out and let her know the news of the defeat of the Southern Border Army.
"Has Yang Ye been behaving well these days?"
【Author’s words】
The male protagonist will appear in the next chapter, and the child will also be born in the next chapter
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