Chapter 79 Chapter 79 Is this not suffering?
Is there any necessary connection between the fact that Qingyao is pregnant with a baby and the fact that she is about to give birth to a baby?
How could Qingyao hide this from her?
Li Shuyao took a deep breath and was about to settle the score with Qingyao, but she didn't expect that she would suddenly feel a sharp pain in her abdomen. The pain was so severe that she couldn't even utter a complete sentence. She could only bite her lower lip hard, and hissed from time to time.
Dense beads of sweat flowed from her forehead, hanging on her thick eyelashes and dangling precariously. She blinked hard, and soon a soreness appeared in her eyes. Now she couldn't even stare at Qingyao.
She could only lie on the bed with her eyes closed, like a fish caught from the water. Her chest rose and fell violently and irregularly with her gasping, and the pain made her want to just die!
"What's going on? What happened to Concubine Ling?" Qingyao felt indescribably nervous when she saw how uncomfortable she looked.
He immediately stood up and shouted at the midwives who were prying Li Shuyao's legs in front of the bed.
The midwives were startled by her voice. After exchanging a glance, they kept their movements and explained to Qingyao, "To answer Concubine Yi, this is a normal reaction for Concubine Ling."
"Every woman giving birth goes through this, and this is just the beginning..."
"But Concubine Ling sent the message a little faster. Perhaps the little prince in her belly is also looking forward to coming out and meeting the Emperor and Concubine Ling soon."
"That's a good thing. Although it's a little painful, the birth will be quicker, maybe just one or two hours. It's not like other families where it takes a whole day or night to give birth, and the pain is excruciating... It's also easy to have heavy bleeding or other symptoms that affect future sexual intercourse..."
After Li Shuyao gradually got used to the intense pain, she came to her senses and heard several midwives saying these words to Qingyao.
She lay in bed, her limbs feeling heavy and as if her body wasn't her own. She thought weakly, this little cub might not be easy to deal with in the future... It's bad enough that he kicked her so hard before, but now that it's time to give birth to him, he's still so anxious...
It doesn't matter whether you come out a day earlier or later.
She muttered to the little boy in her heart: If you love me to death, I will be a little cabbage that no one wants in the loess in the future. I will have a stepmother and a stepfather, and then I will be scolded when I am one year old and beaten when I am two years old...
Oh no, that's not right. This is the royal family. There is no rule to beat the prince at will, no matter how unpopular he is.
Then the father doesn't love the stepmother and the stepmother doesn't like it...
When Li Shuyao muttered this, perhaps the baby in her belly sensed something, her belly suddenly bulged out into a small bulge.
But compared with the pain below, the little cub's "punch and kick" on her was like an ant scratching an elephant, which didn't hurt at all.
Qingyao was very worried and quickly rushed over to her, put her hand on her belly, and whispered something to comfort her. Only then did he obey.
Li Shuyao's ears were buzzing. Sometimes she could hear the sound of sweat dripping from her forehead, and sometimes she could hear the rapid heartbeat of another cub in her body.
“Bang, bang.”
“Bang, bang.”
“Bang, bang.”
He jumped quickly and vigorously.
Sometimes, she could hear the midwives whispering under her and the sound of their rough fingers touching her skin; Tian Jiarou and Yue Shu were in the room, holding back tears while directing the palace servants to do their work; Nanny Yan was outside the delivery room, dispatching the palace servants, working together inside and outside; Qingyao knelt at the head of her bed without caring about her image, as if saying something to her.
What did you say?
Oh, the little baby in her belly.
Two months old, should be smaller than a bean, right?
She didn't know how long these noisy sounds echoed in her ears, and finally faded away bit by bit in a vague and ethereal manner.
Just when Li Shuyao was about to faint from the pain, someone suddenly pried open her lips and teeth and placed something unknown under her tongue.
Li Shuyao could no longer feel the taste of that thing at this time, but she still smacked her lips subconsciously, then used the tip of her tongue to press against the round thin slice and hooked it up. When she was about to take a bite, her cheek was pinched again, and then two hands reached in and stuffed the thin slice back under her tongue.
Li Shuyao vaguely regained some consciousness.
I saw the face of Nanny Yan in front of me.
Not only Nanny Yan, but also Qingyao, her mother, Su Malagu, and several unfamiliar Nannies, all gathered around the bed and looked at her with concern.
The midwives nearby breathed a sigh of relief and patted their chests, "It's great that Concubine Ling is awake. You must not faint. If you faint, you won't be able to use your strength. How will you give birth to this child?"
If you can't give birth, you can only hold it in...
Ahem, the following words cannot be said. It will be unlucky if you say them.
The midwife swallowed her words, then called a few old sisters to return to Li Shuyao's body.
Li Shuyao looked at Nanny Yan with a confused look in her eyes, "Nanny, I, I am..."
She had a piece of ginseng in her mouth and her speech was unclear.
Nanny Yan had no intention of explaining anything to her at this moment. She simply wiped the sweat from her forehead with a solemn expression and then said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor is waiting for you outside. Also, the Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, Consort Tong, Consort Hui, and Consort An have all come in person."
"They all hope that you and your child are safe, and that you can hug the little prince."
"So you have to hold on, my lady."
Li Shuyao: "..."
She took a deep breath and understood.
From the day she chose Nanny Yan to be by her side, she knew how pragmatic Nanny Yan was.
Just now, she was actually thinking that Nanny Yan would comfort her softly and say something like, "If it hurts too much, we won't have a baby, and we will never have one again."
…
How is that possible?
This is Nanny Yan.
She still has to rely on herself.
Li Shuyao nodded weakly, a few strands of hair soaked with sweat tangled and stuck to her cheeks, her almond-shaped eyes were dark and shimmering with moisture, but her lips were dry and pale, making her look like a weak little white flower that had been badly bullied.
Li Shuyao lowered her head and asked the midwife: "How long will it take?"
The midwife reached into the quilt, feeling for something, then raised her head and said to Li Shuyao, "Your Majesty's cervix is dilating smoothly. We can start in about an hour."
In other words, the little cub is still crawling inside her body.
Li Shuyao nodded twice again, then looked at Nanny Yan pitifully, "Nanny, I, I want to eat something."
This is what is shown in TV dramas and novels: you have to eat something before giving birth so that you can exert more force afterwards.
As for how to exert force...
She didn't quite understand yet, but it didn't matter. After she finished eating, someone would tell her. She just had to be obedient. Now, all she had to do was to accumulate strength and stay awake.
Nanny Yan quickly brought a bowl of steaming hot chicken noodle soup. When she was about to take the ginseng slice out of Li Shuyao's mouth, she saw her mother roll up the ginseng slice with her tongue very flexibly, then chew it a few times with her cheeks puffed up, and quickly swallowed the ginseng slice.
Li Shuyao finished eating the tasteless ginseng slices, and looked at the bowl of delicious chicken noodle soup in Nanny Yan's hand with her watery eyes.
Because she had no strength and her stomach ached from time to time, Li Shuyao had no choice but to lie down and let Nanny Yan feed her a spoonful of noodles and a spoonful of soup.
This was truly the most leisurely meal Li Shuyao had ever had since traveling through time.
After she finished her bowl of noodles, she turned around and saw that Qingyao and her mother had been persuaded to leave by Su Malagu at some point.
Now the only people left in the room were her, Nanny Yan, a few midwives, and a team of old maids from the Cining Palace headed by Su Malagu.
Li Shuyao also saw a familiar figure among them. Her eyes suddenly widened, "Madam Liang?"
Nanny Yan glanced back and asked Li Shuyao with a rather strange expression, "Does the Queen know Sister Liang?"
Li Shuyao nodded stiffly, then licked her lips nervously, "Yes, I know him."
Nanny Liang is a bad person. She used to collude with Uya.
Why was she here? Could it be that she had heard about the fate of the Uya clan and had followed them here specifically to secretly harm her?
She is now in the critical period of giving birth to a baby, and it is easy for two lives to be lost. Is this what Nanny Liang is planning?
Li Shuyao didn't know how she figured all this out amidst the waves of severe pain. She quickly pinched the edge of the quilt on her body and pulled it up with her fingers. Then the next moment, she was pulled back by several midwives.
The midwife also told her righteously: Rest as much as you can now, otherwise it will be too late when her stomach starts to move...
The movement from Li Shuyao's end quickly disturbed several maids who were still making preparations not far away. They all looked towards Li Shuyao, with the same expression on their faces: worry and nervousness. Only Nanny Liang blinked with an unclear expression.
Li Shuyao quickly looked away.
Then she reached out and tugged at Nanny Yan's sleeve, "Nanny, can you please call Jiarou and Yueshu back?"
Nanny Yan said, "They are still too young and have no experience assisting with childbirth. They are also easily startled..." She paused for a moment and said, "If Her Majesty insists on having them come in, that's fine. Just don't disturb the maids and don't make any noise. Just stay by Her Majesty's side and keep her company."
Li Shuyao nodded hurriedly, not knowing what she was thinking of, and asked again, "And Nanny Lin, Nanny Lin from the Qianqing Palace, and Nanny Yan, please help me call her in too. I, I miss her."
Nanny Yan narrowed her eyes suspiciously, feeling a little puzzled. Why didn't she call Madam Li, but instead called Nanny Lin from the Qianqing Palace?
But she quickly agreed.
When Tian Jiarou and Yue Shu came in, they almost crawled.
Seeing this, Su Malagu and several old maids couldn't help but frown.
Nanny Lin was walking behind the two of them. The first thing she did after coming in was to look at Li Shuyao with great concern. Seeing her lying on the bed, although her face looked a little disheveled, it didn't look like anything had happened. She finally relaxed her heart.
Nanny Lin first walked to Li Shuyao's bed to pay her respects.
Li Shuyao immediately followed suit and grabbed her sleeve, causing Nanny Yan behind Nanny Lin to frown instantly.
Li Shuyao, however, was too busy caring about this. She used her eyes to signal Nanny Lin to lower her head, and then whispered in her ear, "Nanny, Nanny Liang is here. I'm a little scared. Can you, can you move her out?"
"Otherwise I would be too scared to concentrate on having a baby."
Nanny Lin was startled when she heard this and subconsciously wanted to turn her head away. Fortunately, her years of experience and accumulation in the palace had cultivated her excellent patience and remained calm in the face of both praise and criticism. So she just slowly straightened up and said to Li Shuyao in a gentle voice, "Don't worry, your majesty. Your mother and Concubine Yi are waiting for you outside."
"Also, when I came in just now, the Emperor said he had something for me to convey. He said he already had the answer to the question you asked him last time."
"Bao Da."
Nanny Lin bent down again and whispered the last two words into Li Shuyao's ear.
Only Li Shuyao and Nanny Lin heard it clearly.
Li Shuyao was rarely stunned, but after that she felt an indescribable emotion in her heart.
She felt that the emperor had a very difficult life.
This was the Qing Dynasty under the feudal system, and he could actually say such words.
Just as she was thinking about it, Li Shuyao felt another sharp pain in her body.
It was as if the little guy had heard her thoughts and couldn't wait to come out and follow her...
What to do with her?
Li Shuyao was a little confused. She could only feel that the little cub seemed really anxious to come out of her belly, but she couldn't tell whether he was happy or unhappy.
Li Shuyao put aside her speculation and watched Nanny Lin turn around and work with the old maids in the Cining Palace.
No one knew how she did it, but Nanny Liang suddenly fell down, and was then driven out by Su Malagu, who frowned and looked a little disgusted.
Li Shuyao had just breathed a sigh of relief when the pain in her stomach suddenly reached its peak.
She could only hear the midwives' high-pitched voices, "It's started, it's started, my lady, push harder!"
"Harder, my lady!"
“…”
"Hurry, hurry, I see the end!"
"My lady, try harder, try harder!"
“…”
"It's coming out. It's coming out."
Li Shuyao felt so much pain that her vision went dark and she was almost panicking to death.
Why are all these people just shouting? Why doesn't anyone come to teach her how to use more force?
Li Shuyao could only clench her fists, bite her lips to hold her breath, then suck in her stomach and exert some force.
She didn't know how much time had passed, but the sound of "harder" and "harder" in her ears began to turn into "see the end"...
Li Shuyao knew that she was probably using the right method, so she held her breath and continued to work hard.
at last.
"Wow--"
A loud cry resounded through the sky.
Li Shuyao felt that the fingers that were pinching the corners of the quilt were about to be broken.
She didn't even have the chance to see the baby's face before her consciousness sank into darkness at an extremely fast speed.
In a daze, I only heard a midwife say, "The little prince is so sensible. He came out on his own in less than two quarters of an hour. Concubine Ling didn't suffer at all..."
Is this not suffering?
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