At this moment, Granny Qian also fell silent. In any case, Granny Lin couldn't openly send her away, so it would be good for her to stay in the East Courtyard and annoy people. Besides, she could only find out how Consort Li's childbirth was going if she stayed.
Granny Qian won't be leaving anytime soon.
Li Chenjiao had already gone into labor. Several midwives, Shen Shi, and A Shan were in front of her. Xu Taiyi, whom Xiao Luzi had invited, was also waiting in the side room. If anything went wrong, he could prescribe medicine immediately.
Li Chenjiao went into labor relatively early this time, and it's true that twin births are difficult.
In February, Li Chenjiao broke out in a sweat as soon as she started moving. Shen Shi, who was standing beside her, looked at her daughter with heartache as her face turned pale and painful, and made her daughter hold her hand tightly.
The pillowcase that Li Chenjiao was holding in her other hand was now crumpled into a ball and looked completely out of shape.
Li Chenjiao could barely hear the midwife's cries anymore. Afraid of losing her strength, she endured the pain and stopped calling out...
The east courtyard was bustling with maids coming and going. After noon, seeing that there was still no movement in the east courtyard, Bai Jia was a little worried. After thinking for a while, she went to the east courtyard anyway.
They ran into Song Gege on the way, so they decided to go together.
Song Shi didn't seem to care much about Consort Li's childbirth. Instead, she was curious about why the consort hadn't shown up today. On the way, she kept asking Bai Jia Shi all sorts of questions. However, Bai Jia Shi had been in the mansion for a long time, so when asked, she naturally shook her head and said she didn't know anything.
Besides, she really didn't know what was wrong with the main wife. Even Song herself didn't know, so how could she possibly know?
When the two women arrived at the East Courtyard, it seemed that Lady Niohuru had already been there for some time. However, at this time, everyone in the East Courtyard was naturally focused on Consort Li giving birth, so everyone else was settled in the side rooms.
Besides Niohuru, the side room also contained Princess Liu and concubine Lu.
Surprisingly, Madam Xu wasn't seen. Madam Song noticed and couldn't help but exclaim, "Why haven't Princess Wu and Miss Xu arrived yet?"
Lady Lu yawned without any manners: "Has Consort Song forgotten? Miss Xu caught a cold a few days ago. Didn't you say you were going to send the Third Prince to the front courtyard because you were afraid he would catch it?"
Song Shi had no interest in Xu Shi at all. She twitched the corner of her mouth and sat down leisurely: "Oh, I forgot... How is it? How long has it been in progress?"
Niohuru didn't look at Song, but nodded slightly to Baijia: "It's been almost a quarter of an hour, I don't know."
Her tone was as calm as ever, but her hands, which were hanging on her knees, had somehow become clenched together.
Bai Jia looked at Niu Hulu with a look of utter disbelief, and finally reluctantly sat down next to Niu Hulu. One shouldn't hit a smiling face, so she gave Niu Hulu this face.
Lady Lu was unusually talkative: "I've never seen a childbirth before, but just watching it is horrifying... I wonder what Consort Li's pregnancy is like..."
Niohuru glanced at her calmly and said firmly, "Consort Li will give birth safely."
No sooner had she finished speaking than a shrill scream, seemingly from Consort Li, came from the other end.
Lady Lu wasn't annoyed by the glare she received from Lady Niohuru. She had endured all sorts of treatment outside, and this was considered a good thing.
It was Consort Li's cry that caught her attention more. She patted her chest, thinking to herself that she hoped she would never have to give birth; just hearing it made her feel pain.
The midwife's shouts of "I can see the head! I can see the head!" quickly reached the east and west wing rooms. Niohuru immediately stood up upon hearing the sound, not to mention the Fourth Prince, who was sitting in a round chair outside the delivery room waiting.
The quiet place began to get noisy, with the maid and midwife shouting things like "Push harder!" Li Chenjiao's voice was barely heard anymore, as she was naturally saving her strength.
The commotion didn't last long. Soon, the faint cry of a baby could be heard, and one of the midwives quickly wrapped the infant in swaddling clothes and brought him to the Fourth Master.
Fearing the baby might be exposed to the wind, Fourth Master took two steps inside, and the midwife picked up the swaddling clothes, her face beaming with joy as she congratulated Fourth Master.
"Congratulations, Fourth Prince! Your concubine has given birth to a baby prince. The baby weighs six pounds and seven ounces."
Upon hearing the good news, Fourth Master immediately relaxed, uttered several "good"s, and reached out to take the swaddled baby in his arms.
With the Second Princess and the Fourth Prince already there, the Fourth Prince can now hold the child very easily.
Seeing the tiny baby in the swaddling clothes, who was about to laugh, he felt a pang of heartache and said, "Go in and take care of the concubine. Everything is more important for her health. Go."
The midwife also knew that the concubine was having twins, and upon receiving the message, she didn't dare to delay and went immediately.
Upon seeing this, Su Peisheng decided to go and deliver the message: the concubine had indeed given birth, but who knew about the twins? He certainly didn't know, and nobody knew either.
Lin and Qian, the two nannies in the corridor, knew about it even earlier than the others in the side room. Qian put on a good act: "Congratulations to Consort Li on giving birth to the Fifth Prince of the manor. What a blessing!"
Although Granny Qian concealed it well, Granny Lin could still detect a hint of sourness in Granny Qian's tone. She thought to herself that if Granny Qian knew that their mistress hadn't finished giving birth yet, she probably wouldn't be able to keep up the act.
So she smiled and glanced at Granny Qian meaningfully, but agreed without ceremony: "That's right, our concubine is a blessed person."
Granny Qian was a very shrewd person. She was originally about to leave, but when she saw Granny Lin's expression, she immediately felt that something was amiss. She looked around and found that everyone in the East Courtyard did not seem to have stopped what they were doing.
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