"Reporting to Consort Nian, because the baby's skull is large and her pelvis is not the type that makes childbirth easy, Princess Nian is currently stuck and unable to give birth." The midwife also looked anxious. She was an experienced veteran who had served many noblewomen during childbirth, and when she said that was the case, that was basically it.
"Then what can we do? We have to find a way to solve this. Otherwise, if Princess Nian continues to bleed like this, what will become of us?" Lanqin said.
"If the baby really can't be born, I'll have to reach in and pull it a little," the midwife said.
The maids standing to the side were all terrified upon hearing this. Lanqin understood what she meant and felt disgusted, but she couldn't panic. She forced herself to remain calm and said, "Well, I've heard that when a woman is giving birth, if the baby's head can't fit through the uterus, you can cut a little with scissors, and then sew it up with thread after the baby comes out."
Lanqin only learned this in later years: all women who have a natural birth need to have an incision made in the perineum, so she had no choice but to put this knowledge to use as she learned it.
The midwife looked at Lanqin noncommittally; she had never seen anyone use scissors on a pregnant woman. Looking at Lanqin, she assumed this concubine was trying to take advantage of Lady Nian.
Lanqin looked at her eyes and knew that she had misunderstood her, so she quickly said, "That was a last resort. If Princess Nian can give birth to the child smoothly, there will naturally be no need to cut it."
The midwife quickly made a few "oh" sounds and hurriedly went into the room to attend to Princess Nian during her delivery.
"Consort, why don't I accompany you to sit over there for a while? Princess Nian won't be giving birth anytime soon. You can't stay here and wait." Aunt Gu saw that the moon was rising above the willow branches and the night air was already starting to feel a little chilly.
“Alright, let’s go sit over there and wait. Standing here won’t do any good.” Lanqin was helped by Cui Niang to Nian’s main room to rest.
Lanqin sat upright on the main couch of the Nian family. As a concubine and the head of the household, she felt a little uneasy when she heard the screams of the woman beside her.
"Cui Niang, immediately send someone to the palace to fetch the Fourth Prince back. Tell him that Princess Nian's childbirth is in danger, her life hanging by a thread. The person Princess Nian needs most right now is probably the Fourth Prince. Even if I go in to watch over her, it won't help," Lan Qin said. As a woman, she naturally understood that sometimes a woman would exert all her strength for a man. Princess Nian must be feeling uneasy not seeing the Fourth Prince. She didn't know he hadn't returned today and assumed she was holding him back, which is why she couldn't concentrate on childbirth.
Seeing that Lanqin was very serious and not joking, Cui Niang quickly agreed and turned to go find the head nanny.
"Aunt Gu, let's stay here. I just finished half of my meal and came over, and I'm a little hungry now. Let's have someone bring some food over. I really can't stand being hungry." After making the arrangements, Lanqin began to take care of herself. She had run from the dining table to stay here, and her stomach was really growling with hunger.
"It was all my negligence. Consort, please go and have your meal. I'll stay here and watch over you," said Aunt Gu.
"No need, Nianxue, just go and get some snacks. Aunt Gu must be hungry too. She'll have the energy to keep watch if she's full," Lanqin said. If she left now and something happened to Lady Yi, her responsibility would be immense.
After Lanqin and Aunt Gu had their midnight snack, almost an hour passed, but Nian Shi still hadn't given birth. Lanqin and Aunt Gu had no choice but to go to the door of Nian Shi's delivery room again and say to the person on the other side of the door, "Princess Nian, Fourth Master will be back soon. Please try harder. If you don't push, the baby might get suffocated inside."
After saying this, the noise inside the house did indeed increase. But unfortunately, the baby was too big and too fat, and Mrs. Nian's pelvis wasn't the type that allowed for easy childbirth, so the baby got stuck inside and couldn't come out.
Lanqin glanced at the sky and knew that even if Fourth Master returned immediately, it would take him time to come back. If this continued, she was afraid that the baby in Nian's belly would suffocate.
"Princess Nian, the Emperor will be returning to the capital soon. It is said that your brother has rendered great service this time, and the Emperor may even bestow additional titles upon your Nian family. For example, you might even be made a secondary consort because you gave birth to the Fourth Prince's child. If you don't exert yourself now, the child might suffocate inside, and you yourself will not be able to save your life. Don't regret it then!" Lanqin said through the door.
Aunt Gu listened with her heart pounding. How could someone give advice like that, flattering while simultaneously putting down their own?
Sure enough, Nian Shi inside the room seemed very unwilling to die like this, and she put another ginseng slice in her mouth and began to exert herself.
Lanqin saw that Aunt Gu was looking at her with surprise and knew what she was thinking, so she could only give her a helpless expression. Actually, Lanqin was also feeling aggrieved. She was in charge of the inner quarters for the Fourth Master and was responsible for all the big and small matters of the princesses.
To encourage Lady Nian inside the house to have a baby, Lanqin started to provoke her with words, such as if she couldn't give birth and died, then the Fourth Prince would have to give up his position as a concubine to someone else, and so on.
Just as Fourth Master had already kicked the door open and rushed towards Lady Nian, Lady Nian finally gave birth to a big, healthy boy, stimulated by our Comrade Lanqin.
When the Fourth Master entered Madam Nian's bedroom, he saw that Nian Shi had already been placed on the bed, dressed, and asleep. Aunt Gu was holding a red swaddled baby and talking to the midwife.
"Congratulations, Fourth Prince! Princess Nian has given birth to a prince for you!" The midwife, with her sharp eyes, saw the Fourth Prince enter and quickly nudged Aunt Gu to greet him.
Aunt Gu also bowed and quickly carried the child to Fourth Master. Fourth Master took the child in his arms and looked at him. The child was fair-skinned and chubby, very beautiful, and looked a lot like Nian Shi.
The Fourth Prince looked up at Lady Nian, who was sleeping on the bed, and asked, "How is Lady Nian?"
The midwife quickly said, "Princess Nian suffered a lot to give birth to this child for the master. It took her seven or eight hours to be born."
Seeing that she hadn't mentioned Lanqin, Aunt Gu quickly added, "Yes, the child was raised to be too strong and couldn't be born immediately. Fortunately, the concubine cleverly provoked the princess, and she was able to give birth to this little prince smoothly."
When Gu Gu said this, the maids of the Nian family immediately became dismissive, thinking that Lanqin was deliberately trying to provoke their mistress at that time.
“I think it’s inappropriate for Aunt Gu to say such things. My princess is already dangerous, and the concubine’s words are quite a shock to her!” Cui Ling was usually the favorite of Madam Nian, and now that Madam Nian had given birth to a son for the Fourth Prince, she naturally became bolder.
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