Outside, Shangguan Wenyang took great pains to persuade his mother and sister to return to his own yard. Chen Huaixu calculated the time and pulled out the silver needles from Shu Yun's body one by one. Not long after, Shu Yun slowly woke up.
"He's awake, he's awake, he's finally awake!" Madam Hou was excited but still spoke softly.
"How does it feel?" Shen Huaixu asked in a low voice.
Shu Yun didn't react for a moment. The pain in her body became more and more obvious. She also remembered what happened before she fainted. She gave Chen Huaixu a pale smile and struggled to stand up. "Thank you for saving my life today, County Master. I will repay you when I have the chance in the future."
Shen Huaixu helped her up and signaled her not to get up. "No need to be so polite, Madam. I am just Doctor Shen when it comes to treating patients and saving lives."
After that, she wrote a prescription for Shu Yun and said, "I'll come back in a few days to see if I should change the prescription."
Afterwards, she gave some further instructions on what to pay attention to during the confinement period, and finally said: "Forgive me for being so nosy, but after the difficult birth, your body has been severely damaged. For your own health, it is best not to have children for the next five years."
Shu Yun said nothing. She stretched out her slender white hand to the youngest son who was sleeping obediently beside her and touched his face. "I am content with having this one child."
Her voice was soft, but it contained a certain determination.
Shen Huaixu suddenly thought that the second wife didn't seem to ask whether the child was a boy or a girl. He didn't know whether she had forgotten or didn't care.
She suddenly felt fortunate that she gave birth to a boy. If it was a girl, with such an in-law family, her future life would not be easy.
Shu Yun stared at the child in a daze for a while, and when she looked at Shen Huaixu again, she saw that the legendary Mingyi County Lady's still slightly childish face had a pair of eyes that revealed a compassion that was not in line with her age.
She smiled and said, "Don't worry, County Lady. My mother's family is the Shu family of Zhaoxi. If nothing unexpected happens, my father will be demoted to become an official in the capital by the end of this year."
Chen Huaixu had never known the Zhaoxi Shu family, but just by looking at Shu Yun's appearance, he knew that her family had the confidence to face the Zhenyuan Marquis's Mansion. However, in the past, the emperor was far away, and even if they had the confidence, they could not reach the capital, which is why the Marquis's wife had the vicious idea of performing a caesarean section to abort the child.
"I'm overthinking it. Madam, please have a good rest. I'll take my leave now."
Shu Yun was unable to stand up to see him off, so she could only instruct Madam Hou to personally escort Shen Huaixu away.
Doctor Yue had already left. Nanny Hou sent Shen Huaixu to the carriage. As the carriage rumbled forward, Shen Huaixu looked at the heavy medical fee he had just received and planned to go back and split it equally with Doctor Yue.
Before they had gone far, the carriage suddenly stopped.
"What happened?" Shen Huaixu asked the driver.
“Doctor Shen, for some reason, there’s a young lady blocking the road ahead.”
"County Lady Mingyi, I am Shangguan Ruoyan from the Zhenyuan Marquis's Mansion. I just heard that you helped my sister-in-law deliver her baby. I didn't have the chance to meet you, so I came here to thank you in person. I've also prepared a generous gift as a thank you. Please accept it, County Lady."
Shangguan Ruoyan's voice was clear and loud, and the thing held in the hands of the maid beside her was covered with a red silk.
Although there were not many people on the street, everyone who heard the name of the county lady would stop and listen, so quite a crowd gathered in a short time.
Hearing the girl from the Zhenyuan Marquis's Mansion repeatedly expressing her gratitude, but with a tone of sarcasm and disdain on her face, I couldn't help but become more interested.
Chen Huaixu didn't expect that Shangguan Ruoyan would disregard her status and chase her to the street to mock her, and she couldn't help but laugh out of anger.
She lifted the curtain and smiled gently at Shangguan Ruoyan, who was stunned. Before she could think about what Shen Huaixu meant, she heard Shen Huaixu say, "Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. This county lady is accumulating her own virtue, which has nothing to do with others. Miss Shangguan is thoughtful, please go back."
Shangguan Ruoyan still stood still, looking at Chen Huaixu provocatively, "My mother has long hoped that my second sister-in-law can give birth to a child for our Shangguan family. Now her wish has come true, all because of the county lady who took the trouble to deliver my second sister-in-law. It is only right that I thank the county lady."
Chen Huaixu stared at Shangguan Ruoyan for a moment, noticing the growing pride in her eyes. He suddenly said, "A woman in labor didn't hire a doctor or a midwife. I can see your mother really wants this grandson. After this incident, I realized that the virtues I have accumulated are what others lack. Miss Shangguan, do you think this is rare?"
She gave a meaningful smile, lowered the curtain, and said to the driver, "Let's go."
What did this mean? Before Shangguan Ruoyan could think about it, the carriage in front of her came straight towards her. She was so scared that she quickly dodged to the side. When she stood still and looked again, Shen Huaixu's carriage had already gone far away.
She looked at the back of the carriage angrily, feeling more and more depressed.
"Miss, Miss?"
"What are you shouting about? Go back home!"
Shangguan Ruoyan withdrew her gaze and suddenly realized that the passers-by around her seemed to be pointing at her, and kept saying words like "kill the mother and keep the son", "vicious", "heartless", etc., then she understood the meaning of Shen Huaixu's last sentence, which was to say that her mother was immoral!
She was about to explode when she remembered that she was on the street. She wanted to explain, but she saw that everyone was gradually dispersing with satisfied and secret smiles on their faces.
Shangguan Ruoyan returned to her boudoir and was so angry that she smashed everything in the room. After venting her anger, she went to her mother to complain.
The wife of the Marquis of Zhenyuan had never expected that the person who saved her second daughter-in-law was Princess Mingyi, a popular figure around the emperor and the empress recently. She had never expected that she would so carelessly tell others what had happened in the mansion.
Shocked and furious, the Bodhisattva's face couldn't help but turn sinister. "A lowly peasant from the countryside has ascended to heaven and has become so ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth! She has tarnished the reputation of the Zhenyuan Marquisate. I, your mother, will have your father report her!"
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