She was startled and quickly called the midwife to come and see.
The midwife was also surprised, "She was born so quickly?"
She picked up the baby and gently patted its bottom. The baby let out a loud cry. Overjoyed, she didn't even think about how the princess had given birth while unconscious. She quickly took the baby to be cleaned.
Yueyue shuddered at the baby's cries, then mechanically walked back into the inner room, her mind filled with only one thought: It's over, her mother probably won't survive...
The horrific scene from just now is still playing in my mind...
Xiao Youran called out, "Yueyue! Hurry! Come quickly and help stop the bleeding!"
She looked up and saw Xiao Youran kneeling on the bed, taking another lump of something out of her mother's belly with both hands, which made her even more horrified.
Seeing this, Xiao Youran had no choice but to explain to her, "This is the placenta. If we don't remove it, the mother will be in more danger. The princess will be fine. Come quickly and stop the bleeding!"
Yueyue suppressed her panic and stepped forward, trembling as she pressed cotton wool onto the incision in her abdomen.
She was desperate.
How could a mother survive being disemboweled?
If Xiaoyou Ran hadn't repeatedly warned her to stay calm and not to shout or yell, she would have already broken down in tears.
Then she saw Xiao Youran skillfully begin to stitch up her mother's wounds layer by layer with strange needle and thread, so that she could free her hand to feel her mother's pulse. Miraculously, she discovered that her mother could still breathe, and she covered her mouth, or rather, her mask, in even greater shock.
She couldn't help but ask, trembling, "Mother...can Mother still live?"
Xiao Youran glanced at her, knowing she was terrified. "Yes, trust me."
About half an hour later, Xiao Youran slumped onto the bed, exhausted, and said, "It's done!"
Yueyue quickly checked on her mother's condition and found that her breathing was even, which truly relieved her.
"Yueyue, take off all your clothes. If you trust Aunt Jinxiu, you can let her come in and change the princess's clothes. Also, change the bedding on the bed."
Yueyue nodded, took off her smock and mask, and went outside.
Xiao Youran jumped off the bed, quickly took off her apron and mask, and packed up all the surgical instruments and medical waste, stuffing them into her space.
When Aunt Jinxiu came in, she saw that the young county princess looked exhausted, but her clothes were still the same as before, and strangely enough, there wasn't a single drop of blood on them. Her hands and face were completely clean.
Upon seeing the stitched wound on his master's stomach, he was so horrified that he almost collapsed to the ground.
But seeing that her mistress's breathing was stable, she dared not ask any more questions. She dressed her mistress properly and then had someone come in to carry her to the low couch next to her. She then directed the maids and servants to change the things on the bed.
Xiao Youran and Yueyue helped each other outside, where the midwife was already carrying their clean baby brother. "Congratulations, Princess, you have a baby brother!"
Yueyue nodded, "Let the wet nurse take good care of her."
This younger brother almost killed his mother, so she didn't like him very much.
When Doctor Gu saw Xiao Youran, he hesitated, his eyes wide with surprise. "You...you...you've saved her?"
Xiao Youran nodded, "She's alive. I'll come and give her acupuncture to detoxify her in four hours."
The princess was just given anesthesia and will not wake up for two or three hours.
She instructed the old woman, "Stew some blood-nourishing medicinal food and prepare it for the Princess to eat when she wakes up."
The old woman agreed and left.
Doctor Gu was itching to ask her how she managed to revive a woman in a coma with a severely breech presentation and ensure the safety of both mother and child. However, he couldn't ask too many questions in front of others.
Seeing that Xiao Youran was very tired, Yueyue pulled her into her room and let her lie down to rest, while she returned to her mother's courtyard to stay with her mother.
Doctor Gu pulled her aside and whispered, "How did Xiao Youran save your mother?"
Yueyue raised her hand to make a gesture before realizing something was wrong. "Dr. Gu, didn't you teach You Ran her medical skills?"
Doctor Gu: ...
He touched his nose. "Little girl, didn't you notice that Xiao Youran is a little different?"
Yueyue thought of the scene she had just witnessed, and then of how the blood-stained clothes she had changed out of and those strange tools had disappeared after she went out and came back. She knew that there must be something strange about Xiaoyouran, so she nodded, "Sister Youran is a little different."
Doctor Gu's curiosity was piqued even more. "Tell me, what did you see? What did Xiao Youran do?"
Yueyue shook her head decisively, "Master, I can't say. Sister Youran said that no matter what I see, I can't tell anyone else."
He puffed out his beard and glared, "Am I just some nobody? I am your master! And also Xiao Youran's master!"
"Since you are Xiaoyou Ran's master, isn't everything she knows taught by you?"
Doctor Gu: ...
He's been unfairly blamed!
...
As night fell, the eldest princess awoke and saw her daughter dozing beside her. She weakly called out, "Yueyue."
Yueyue quickly opened her eyes, bursting into tears of joy, "Mother! You're finally awake!"
The eldest princess asked, "Where is the child...?"
"Mother, don't worry, my little brother is fine!" Seeing the disbelief in her mother's eyes, Yueyue quickly called for someone, "Auntie, Mother is awake! Have the wet nurse bring my little brother! Bring the ginseng soup and medicinal food!"
After a flurry of activity, the wet nurse placed the sleeping baby next to the princess, who finally felt completely at ease.
Yueyue gestured to Aunt Jinxiu to help her mother up to drink the soup. "Mother, Youran said that you should first have some medicinal food and ginseng soup, and after an incense stick's time, take the antidote. In another half hour, she can come to give you acupuncture to detoxify you."
The princess sat up, feeling a sharp pain in her abdomen. She instinctively cried out "Ah!" and frowned, looking at Yueyue in confusion.
Yueyue asked the wet nurse to take the baby out, and also asked Aunt Jinxiu to go out.
The eldest princess stopped her, saying, "Aunt is not an outsider. You can speak freely."
Yueyue thought about it and agreed. In any case, Aunt Jinxiu had seen the wounds on her mother's body, so she waved for the other servants to leave.
Seeing that only the three of them—mother and servant—remained in the room, Yueyue whispered, "Mother, you were in great danger today. If it weren't for Sister Youran's intervention, I'm afraid you and my brother would both be..."
The eldest princess smiled weakly, "We must remember her kindness."
Yueyue nodded, "Mother, you can't hide the wound on your abdomen anymore. This was because Youran... just brought the little brother out. Then... it was stitched up."
She spoke with great difficulty, unable to utter the horrific word "dissection."
Aunt Jinxiu was so shocked that she covered her mouth.
The eldest princess also stared wide-eyed in horror.
Yueyue quickly reassured her, "You Ran said that as long as you pay attention to hygiene and prevent the wound from getting infected, there is generally no danger to your life. She will come to remove the stitches for Mother in a few days. Right now, you just need to get through the detoxification process in half an hour. You Ran said it will be a very painful process."
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