Chapter 402 Production 1
There were no signs on the day Su Wanyan was due to give birth. Even the imperial physician could not see any signs when he checked her pulse in the morning. Everyone treated this day as any other day. However, women pregnant with twins are more likely to give birth prematurely than those pregnant with only one. Therefore, the Pepper Palace had already prepared a delivery room and all the necessary delivery supplies.
The midwife and the female doctor even checked into the delivery room in advance, and there were dedicated people to look after all kinds of tonics needed for delivery. It could be said that everything was ready, just waiting for the Queen to give birth.
As usual, Ji Xiaohan came back from court and had breakfast with the little queen. The two were eating happily when suddenly, the spoon for porridge slipped from Su Wanyan's hand and her body trembled slightly. When Ji Xiaohan looked over, Su Wanyan's face turned pale.
"Wanyan? Baby? What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" Seeing the little queen looking so uncomfortable, Ji Xiaohan forgot to think about the birth for a moment and just thought that the little queen was feeling unwell.
Su Wanyan's fingers gripped Ji Xiaohan's arm so hard that they turned white. Xiaowu and Shaoyao noticed it immediately. She looked at Ji Xiaohan with difficulty and said, "I... I think I'm going to give birth..."
Ji Xiaohan's pupils widened slightly, and he shouted, "Go and bring the imperial physician over here quickly. Where's the female doctor?"
As he spoke, Ji Xiaohan picked up the little queen and walked towards the delivery room in the side hall. He didn't dare to walk too fast for fear of hurting the little queen.
Upon hearing the news, the female doctor hurried over to them. Just as she was about to salute, Ji Xiaohan stopped her, "Hurry up and check on the Queen first!"
"Yes, Your Majesty." The female doctor did not dare to delay. She bent over and followed the emperor's steps while taking the empress's pulse. The pulse showed that it was indeed a sign of labor. "Your Majesty, the empress's pulse has shown signs of labor. Please send the empress to the delivery room and prepare for delivery."
Su Wanyan's forehead was already covered in sweat from the pain. How could this be different from what the imperial physician and the female doctors had said about the onset of pain? Wasn't it said that the pain would gradually develop? Why was it so painful right away?
"Hiss! Ji Xiaohan, it hurts so much!" On the way to the delivery room being carried by Ji Xiaohan, Su Wanyan couldn't bear it anymore, and her hands that were grabbing Ji Xiaohan's clothes were so painful that they became weak.
Ji Xiaohan's face and eyes were filled with heartache. "I know, baby, I know. Just bear with it for a while, okay? It won't hurt soon."
Su Wanyan gasped for air. In order to prevent herself from fainting from the pain, she tried to hold her breath and spoke to Ji Xiaohan, "I feel so much pain, it must be that your son is about to come out."
"Yes, yes, yes! I'll spank that brat when he gets out. How could he let you, my dear, feel so much pain?" Ji Xiaohan followed the little queen's words without hesitation and coaxed her, "She's definitely not our daughter. Our daughter must be as well-behaved and cute as you, my dear."
Su Wanyan's teeth were chattering in pain. They had already entered the delivery room. As soon as Ji Xiaohan put her on the bed, another older female doctor came over and wanted to ask Ji Xiaohan to leave. But before she could say half of her words, she was scared back by a sharp look from Ji Xiaohan.
But since ancient times, no man has been present when a woman gave birth, as this was considered unlucky. That is to say, there was no empress dowager in the palace to arrange this, otherwise, the empress would have to enter the delivery room and give birth before someone would inform the emperor.
However, their emperor was a hard-hearted man who disregarded the rules and etiquette of his ancestors. Compared with the empress, any rules were not rules at all. Everything was based on the empress.
It is the same now. The Empress' face is pale with pain. How can the Emperor be willing to leave the Empress alone and wait for news outside?
So, when Xiao Yi carried the imperial physician over, before he could even catch his breath, the anxious Ji Xiaohan pulled him over and said, "Quick, check on the Empress. Is the birth going to go smoothly? Why is it so painful? This is different from the symptoms you promised me!"
The imperial physician's eyes went dark. Firstly, he was shocked by the speed at which Xiao Yi carried the baby over, and secondly, he was frightened by the emperor's words. In the past, they, the imperial physicians, were called by the emperor every day to inquire about the empress's condition. After so many times, they didn't know how the emperor understood it. He actually thought that childbirth was only painful at the end, and it was not painful at the beginning.
It would have been fine if the emperor had just thought so himself, but he actually told the empress about it. Both of them had no experience in childbirth, but one dared to say it and the other dared to listen. Then, both of them really thought that childbirth would not hurt at the beginning but would only hurt when the baby was about to be born.
"Your Majesty, please allow me to feel the Empress's pulse first and see what the situation is." The imperial physician felt that if he spoke too much at this time, he would surely make many mistakes, so he decided to take care of the Empress first.
Ji Xiaohan quickly stepped back and asked the imperial physician to take his pulse.
After the imperial physician carefully took the Queen's pulse, he came to the same conclusion as the female doctor: the Queen was indeed in labor, but it would be a long time before she could give birth safely. At this time, they had to ensure that the Queen had enough physical strength. She had to eat more food to replenish her energy while she was still conscious.
Eat whatever can replenish your strength and energy.
Someone has already started to boil the precious medicinal materials. When Rong Mama got the news, she hurried over with a bowl of easily digestible medicinal porridge in her hand. This was the medicinal porridge she had been boiling every day since the Queen was seven months pregnant, just to prevent such emergencies.
Well, those tonics take time to make, and the medicinal porridge can not only help the Empress replenish her physical strength quickly, but also replenish her energy in time. "Don't be afraid, Empress. Come, drink a few mouthfuls of the medicinal porridge first. With good physical strength, you can give birth faster."
Su Wanyan also knew this and didn't act pretentiously. She was held in Ji Xiaohan's arms and drank obediently every sip of porridge Rong Mama fed her. Sweat was still pouring out of her forehead, but she gritted her teeth and stopped crying out in pain. She used all her strength to drink the porridge to replenish her energy.
If you save more energy, you can give birth to the baby faster.
She still had some painkillers for childbirth in her space, but now it was not the time for her to actually give birth, so it would be useless to take them. She could only replenish her body with more energy.
Ji Xiaohan held the little queen's trembling body in his arms, watching her stomach twitch and twitch, and felt a pang of heartache again.
From now on, the little queen will not be allowed to have children no matter what. She is still a baby!
The emperor's word is as good as gold, and Ji Xiaohan did as he promised. In the next few decades, their relationship remained the same as before, and they had only these two children to enjoy the company of.
Later, the little prince became the future crown prince of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and the little princess happily found a man she loved...
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
