Six months later it was winter, and the fetus in Shen Liyue's belly was already full-term.
Seeing that the day was approaching, Lu Xingzhou even moved his study into Shen Liyue's bedroom. He usually handled official business, except for meeting with ministers, and helped Emperor Jingkang deal with memorials, all in Shen Liyue's bedroom.
Chen Liyue was leaning against the headboard, embroidering a bellyband for her unborn baby. Lu Xingzhou was sitting at the desk, reviewing memorials, and from time to time he would look up at Chen Liyue, as if everything was going peacefully.
Suddenly, Shen Liyue dropped the needle and thread in her hand, covered her stomach and groaned softly.
"What's wrong?" Lu Xingzhou quickly put down the memorial in his hand and walked quickly to Shen Liyue.
Before Shen Liyue could answer, she felt a surge of heat surging from below.
"I...I might be giving birth." The pain came in waves at this time, and Shen Liyue's little face turned red with pain.
"Hurry, call the imperial physician and the midwife!" Lu Xingzhou turned around and ordered Shuying and Anxiang.
Lian Dong and Yu Zhou stayed in the room to help Chen Liyue lie down. Lu Xingzhou asked someone to come in and carry his desk back to the study, waiting for the imperial physician and midwife to come.
The imperial physician and the midwife were both sent by the palace. They had been waiting in Prince Yi's mansion for a long time, just waiting for today.
After a while, the imperial physician and the midwife came hurriedly carrying medicine boxes.
The imperial physician took Shen Liyue's pulse and said, "Don't be afraid, Princess. Your water has broken and labor will begin soon."
The midwife also echoed, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I will do my best to assist the princess in giving birth."
Men were not allowed to enter the delivery room. The midwife politely asked Lu Xingzhou to leave and stood guard at the door with several imperial doctors.
Lu Xingzhou sent someone to deliver a message to the Shen family. When Shen Wangqiu and Jiang heard that Shen Liyue had launched the attack, they packed up their things and hurried over, guarding outside the door with Lu Xingzhou.
There was a tense atmosphere in the room, and everyone was doing their job.
Shen Liyue endured the severe pain and followed the midwife's instructions.
After all, it was her first birth, so it was impossible for Shen Liyue to say that she wasn't afraid. The midwife encouraged her, "The fetus is in the right position, Crown Princess, just hold on and push."
Shen Liyue nodded, but it was really painful. Shen Liyue endured the pain and exerted force, breaking two nails on both hands.
As time went on, Shen Liyue's screams became louder and louder, and her clothes were soaked with sweat.
The people sitting outside felt very distressed when they heard Shen Liyue's screams, and they were also very nervous when they saw basins of blood and water being brought out.
Jiang couldn't sit still any longer. As a woman, she had to go in and accompany her daughter.
Chen Wangqiu and Lu Xingzhou could only sit outside and continue waiting.
Jiang came in and saw Shen Liyue's little face flushed red. She felt distressed and quickly walked to the bedside and held Shen Liyue's hand.
"Don't be afraid, Yue'er, mother is here."
Shen Liyue opened her eyes with difficulty and looked at her mother, "Mom, I'm in so much pain."
Jiang wiped away tears with heartache, but giving birth is like going through a long journey behind closed doors. Which woman can avoid this? Seeing Chen Liyue in pain, she felt pain too, but Jiang could only cheer herself up and encourage Chen Liyue, "Be good, Yue'er. Your father and the prince are guarding outside the door. Don't be afraid, Yue'er, just push hard."
Shen Liyue nodded, knowing that her parents were there, she felt much calmer.
The midwife pressed a piece of ginseng under Shen Liyue's tongue. The ginseng was very bitter, but it soon took effect. Shen Liyue felt that some of her strength had returned. She took a deep breath and continued to cooperate with the midwife.
Finally, a baby's cry was heard.
"It's born! The Crown Princess has given birth! It's a little grandson!" The midwife held the child, wiped the child, and walked out with a happy smile to report to Lu Xingzhou.
Another midwife was inside wiping Shen Liyue's body and covering her with a blanket. A woman who had just given birth was the weakest and could not withstand the slightest breeze.
When Lu Xingzhou heard that Shen Liyue had given birth, he lifted his robe and strode into the room.
The midwife wanted to hold the child for Lu Xingzhou to see, but unexpectedly, Lu Xingzhou didn't even look at it and walked directly to Shen Liyue's bed.
"Yue'er, how are you?" Lu Xingzhou looked at Shen Liyue lying on the bed with heartache. Shen Liyue's hair was wet with sweat and stuck to her face. Her face, which was usually rosy, was now pale, and even her lips were bloodless.
Shen Liyue opened her eyes weakly and saw Lu Xingzhou. She smiled gently and said, "I'm fine... I want to see the baby."
Lu Xingzhou finally came back to his senses, carefully took the child from the midwife's hands, looked at him carefully, and then held the child in front of Shen Liyue and said with a smile: "It's a boy. The eyes look a lot like yours, but he's a little ugly."
"Ah?" Shen Liyue was startled and almost sat up from the bed.
Lu Xingzhou didn't know how he said the last sentence. The child in his arms had red and wrinkled skin, and his eyes were wide open. It seemed that he heard the disgust in his father's mouth and burst into tears.
Jiang quickly took the child from Lu Xingzhou's hands and held him in her arms. She no longer cared about overstepping her bounds and coaxed him, "Don't listen to your father's nonsense. We are not ugly. We are just not fully grown yet. Stop crying."
The midwife also laughed and said, "Yes, all babies look like this when they are born. They will be fine as they grow up. And I see that the little prince has a full forehead, which is a sign of good fortune. His future is limitless."
The two midwives said sweet things to Jiang in various ways, making her smile happily.
Lu Xingzhou touched his nose awkwardly. God had pity on him that he really had no idea of disgust just now. He just... couldn't wrap his mind around it for a moment.
After Shen Liyue looked at the child and confirmed that the child's limbs were healthy, she felt a little tired. She had used up all her strength when giving birth just now, and now she almost didn't have the strength to open her eyes.
Lu Xingzhou wanted to stay and accompany Chen Liyue, but the midwife smiled and said, "The delivery room is bloody and we still have to clean it up for the Crown Princess. Please come in after we have cleaned it up, His Royal Highness."
Lu Xingzhou glanced at the sleeping Shen Liyue. He didn't care about the blood stains in the delivery room, but he still had to go to the palace in person to announce the good news to his father and mother.
It just so happened that his father-in-law and mother-in-law were both here at this moment, so Lu Xingzhou felt relieved even if he went out for a while. Otherwise, he would not be willing to leave Shen Liyue alone in the mansion at such a time. Even if Shen Liyue fell asleep and didn't know, he would still be worried.
Lu Xingzhou rode into the palace at full speed. When Emperor Jingkang and the Empress heard that Shen Liyue had given birth to a little grandson, they were so happy that their eyes couldn't stop smiling. They immediately rewarded him with many things, but Lu Xingzhou couldn't take them this time because he came on horseback. So they asked Emperor Jingkang and the Empress to pay them first and come back to take them when he brought the little grandson with him.
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