Then Xiaoyou asked, "Who was it that hit someone just now?"
The four little boys looked at each other in bewilderment. The oldest boy, who was about seven or eight years old, stepped forward and said, "Me!"
Two smaller ones followed, shouting, "And us too!"
The boy shielded them behind him, saying, "It was mainly me; I hit him first!"
Xiao Youran smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm not here to hold you accountable. I just want to ask if you know martial arts?"
The boy shook his head. "No."
"Then how did you manage to beat him so badly that he suffered internal injuries, vomited blood, and had broken bones?"
“We brothers are naturally strong!” the boy replied.
Xiao Youran blinked. "Prove it to me?"
The boy walked to a large rock and picked it up without saying a word.
Jiang Mingwei exclaimed in amazement, "Truly possessing immense strength!"
The boy threw down the stone and said with a touch of arrogance, "This is before I've eaten my fill. When I'm full, I'll be even stronger!"
Xiao Youran asked, "If you have such strength, why don't you go to the city and work on construction sites?"
The boy smiled wryly, "I went to register, but the official rejected me as soon as he saw how short I was."
Xiao Youran understood. "In that case, do you want to go into the city?"
"Of course we want to! We all want to work and have enough to eat!" The boy's face showed anticipation.
Xiao Youran nodded and looked at Wang Wu, "Brother Wang, could you please arrange for them to enter the city?"
Wang Wu agreed, "It's a small matter, no problem at all!"
Just then, a voice rang out urgently, "Princess! Princess!"
Yueyue looked over upon hearing the sound, "Granny Wu!"
Granny Wu came running over, panting, "Your Highness, something terrible has happened! The Eldest Princess is going into labor! The baby is breech... We've already sent someone to fetch Physician Gu. Aunt Jinxiu sent me to find you, and she also wants to ask Princess Fengle to come over."
Yueyue looked at Xiaoyouran with great anxiety.
Xiao Youran nodded, "Let's go!"
She said to Jiang Mingwei, "Aunt, Uncle Feng will escort you back to your residence. Yueyue and I will be leaving now!"
After saying this, the two ran towards the carriage of the Princess's residence.
They soon arrived at the Princess's residence. Yueyue led Xiaoyouran into the Princess's courtyard. Doctor Gu stood outside the courtyard, and the midwife's calls could be heard from inside.
Xiao Youran bowed to Doctor Gu, "Master, what's wrong with the Princess?"
Doctor Gu shook his head. "The midwife said it was a breech presentation, which is extremely dangerous. I had ginseng soup made and the baby is on an IV drip, but I'm afraid it might be..."
Yueyue finally couldn't hold back her tears and ran straight into the house.
The maidservant guarding outside quickly pulled her back, "Princess, you can't come in!"
Xiao Youran took a breath. "I'll go take a look."
Yueyue grabbed Xiaoyouran's hand and knelt down immediately. "Youran, please, please save my mother! I don't have a father anymore, but I can't live without a mother... Please!"
Xiao Youran gritted her teeth, "Don't worry, the Princess will be alright!"
She went inside, her mind immediately recalling her notebook, "Quickly, I urgently need emergency obstetric and gynecological care methods!"
She had seen the kind of hospitals of later generations where women gave birth in the obstetrics and gynecology ward.
Without further ado, the little notebook read, "200 Luck Points!"
"Change!"
The next moment, a series of complex methods for obstetric and gynecological emergency care were inputted into her mind.
"Still breech?" she asked the midwife.
"Yes." The midwife lowered her voice. "The princess has already fainted from exhaustion and is only kept alive by a bowl of ginseng soup. I rubbed her belly, but I was worried about hurting the baby, so I didn't dare to use too much force, and I still couldn't turn the baby into the correct position."
Xiao Youran nodded, "You all go out and call Yueyue in."
Hearing this from the side, Aunt Jinxiu became anxious, "Princess! No! How can a princess enter this room?"
Xiao Youran looked at her coldly, "Do you want to save your master?"
Aunt Jinxiu became even more anxious, "Of course I want to!"
With the eldest princess in trouble, she naturally didn't fare well either.
"Then do as I say! Let Yueyue in, everyone else out. Prepare hot water, clean towels, and have the swaddle blankets waiting outside! Have my master write out the prescriptions and prepare the detoxifying and blood-tonifying decoctions, hurry up!" Xiao Youran raised her voice.
Yueyue, who had already heard everything outside the door, pushed aside the old woman blocking her way and shouted, "Auntie, do as she says! I'll take full responsibility for whatever happens!"
Aunt Jinxiu was initially stunned by Xiao Youran's imposing manner, but upon hearing the princess's order, knowing that her mistress's life was hanging by a thread, she dared not delay any longer and quickly led her people out to prepare according to Xiao Youran's request.
Yueyue ran in, her face covered in tears, "Youran, you can save Mother, right?"
Xiao Youran took out a handkerchief and wiped away her tears. "Yuyue, calm down. Today, right now, only you can help me save your mother. You must stay calm, don't be afraid, don't be surprised, don't shout, don't scream, and definitely don't cry! Don't tell anyone what you see, can you do that?"
Yueyue took a deep breath and nodded vigorously, "I'll do anything to save my mother!"
Xiao Youran nodded, "Have someone bring in several basins of warm water, and lots and lots of clean towels!"
"Okay!" Yueyue nodded and told someone to prepare.
Xiao Youran went behind the curtain at the back of the green gauze cabinet.
A short while later, Aunt Jinxiu brought in warm water and a handkerchief with some people, and then went out again.
Xiao Youran called Yueyue behind the tent, helped her put on a surgical gown and cap, then led her to a basin to wash her hands, put on gloves, and finally handed her a large plate containing various surgical instruments and cotton.
Xiao Youran simply taught her to identify them, "This is hemostat number 1, and this is... Do you remember?"
Yueyue was about to cry again; there were so many things she couldn't remember them all!
Xiao Youran didn't have time to say anything more to her. She lifted the blanket and cut open the pregnant woman's clothes.
After an incense stick had burned, under Yueyue's horrified gaze, Xiao Youran slit open the princess's abdomen...
A moment later, prompted by Xiao Youran, Yueyue mechanically picked up a clean little blanket from the side and caught the bloodied little person.
The eldest princess's bed was in the inner room, separated by a gauze-draped wardrobe. Aunt Jinxiu and the others, along with the prepared items, waited in the outer room.
Aunt Jinxiu was flustered. She heard the young county princess whispering something about pliers and scissors to the princess. She didn't understand what they were saying, but she could immediately think of the functions of these things when she heard words like pliers, knives, and scissors.
A terrible suspicion was creeping into my mind, but when the young princess came in just now, she didn't bring anything with her. Logically, it was impossible for pliers, scissors, knives, or anything like that to appear in the princess's room.
Just then, she saw a princess dressed in a strange blue outfit and wearing gloves come out with a blank expression, holding a bundle of things. She quickly went to meet her and took it. It was a newborn baby with its eyes closed.
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