It was Ruan, the housekeeper who was given by the palace as a dowry to Shangguan Ru.
"Your servant greets Princess Rong. Our lady has had her period and the master is not at home, so the lady sent me here to ask the princess to keep her company." Ruan respectfully explained her purpose.
"Sister Ru has responded? It's still half a month away, right? But half a month earlier is normal. You go back first, I'll tell mother and come right away."
"yes."
Yu Yuanzheng went to the main courtyard immediately.
"I'll go with you. I've prepared a lot of clothes for the child, so take them with you." The old princess treated Shangguan Ruzhen as well as her own daughter.
Every three days someone would be sent to check on her and come back to report.
I just went to see them yesterday, and they didn't say there was any problem, and the servants served them very well.
There's movement this morning?
The two of them quickly came to the small three-story house that Zhong Weiliang later bought in the capital.
Hurried into the inner courtyard.
"Ru'er, how do you feel?" the old princess asked worriedly.
"Mother, it's okay. I just had some spotting when I got up this morning, but only a little bit. It's gone now. I was worried that I would go into labor, so I thought of asking you, sister-in-law, to come and keep me company." Shangguan Ru didn't dare to move with her bulging belly, so she just lay on the recliner.
Seeing that Shangguan Ru was indeed calm, they wondered if she was really going to give birth.
"Sister Ru, let me check you first." Yu Yuanzheng stepped forward and gently helped her up.
After entering the inner room and lying down, Yu Yuanzheng felt the fetal position and found it was a little bit posterior, but it was not a big deal.
After further investigation, I found that it had actually been opened by a finger.
"Sister Ru, don't you feel the contractions?"
"I just felt my stomach getting hard from time to time, but I didn't feel any obvious pain."
"Sister Ru, let's go to the hospital now. The baby is really coming. This is your third child, so you may not feel it that obviously, but it will come soon."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law quickly made arrangements.
After arriving at the hospital, she was taken to the obstetrics department. Just as Yu Yuanzheng had expected, she quickly showed signs of uterine contractions.
At this time, at the city gate, a rider on a fast horse came galloping, covered in dust, and it was obvious that he had been traveling for a long time.
The two servants behind could hardly keep up with the speed of their master in front.
This person is Zhong Weiliang.
More than three months ago, he received an imperial decree to leave the capital to bring the villagers from Haiyue Island to be resettled in Wei.
But he was worried about his pregnant wife after leaving her there.
So in order to finish the task as soon as possible, he hurried all the way.
Fortunately, the four girls of the Chun family were very helpful. As soon as they returned to the island, they explained to the villagers what the outside world was like.
The women were all excited after hearing this, and they made up their minds in a short time and decided to follow him out.
It was spring at the time, and there were no strong winds or waves on the sea, so the journey was smooth.
As soon as they got ashore, they took the people to the place that County Magistrate Qin had prepared long ago.
The following matters were no longer his responsibility and would be fully handled by County Magistrate Qin.
Then he just wrote a memorial and gave it to the postman to deliver it to the capital, and then he quickly rode back to the capital.
He didn't know when his wife would give birth, but he heard from the princess that women who had given birth would usually give birth earlier than usual. He couldn't estimate the time, so he could only come back as early as possible.
As a result, when he got home, he found that only the nanny was at home with his son, and his wife had already gone to the hospital.
He became even more anxious and rushed to the hospital without even changing his clothes.
䀴At this time in the obstetrics department of the hospital.
Shangguan Ru was sent to the delivery room.
Yu Yuanzheng planned to deliver the baby herself.
But when Yu Yuanzheng examined her again, she discovered a more serious problem.
Sister Ru actually had placenta previa, although not all of it, but she estimated that one-sixth of her left pelvis was blocked.
Now that my cervix is open, what should I do?
But now that it has started, she can't tell Sister Ru directly.
"Sister Ru, have you ever had bleeding before?" Yu Yuanzheng wanted to know more details.
"Sometimes there is a little bit, but not much, and then it's gone. This has only happened in the last few days. It never happened ten days ago. I thought it might be because I was about to give birth, so I didn't pay much attention to it." Shangguan Ru said truthfully.
Yu Yuanzheng already knew what was going on.
The feeling she had just had when she probed the cervix must be correct.
Just as she guessed.
Yu Yuanzheng asked Mrs. Xie to take care of her first. She left the delivery room and prepared some medicine in advance to prevent heavy bleeding. She also wanted to give her some acupuncture.
As a result, as soon as she came out of the delivery room, she saw Zhong Weiliang, dressed in dust, running towards her.
"Hey, my brother-in-law is back so soon?" Yu Yuanzheng looked at the person running towards them in confusion.
"Hello, mother-in-law and sister-in-law. Is Ru'er okay?" Zhong Weiliang asked while panting.
Seeing Zhong Weiliang's anxious look, Yu Yuanzheng comforted him, "Don't worry, brother-in-law. Sister Ru is fine, but there are some special situations that need to be dealt with."
She led Zhong Weiliang aside and whispered, "Sister Ru's pregnancy is a bit problematic. Now that her cervix is dilated, there may be a risk of heavy bleeding. I was just about to ask someone to prepare hemostatic drugs and acupuncture tools, but you should be mentally prepared."
Zhong Weiliang's face instantly turned pale, and his hands began to tremble unconsciously: "Sister-in-law, how could this happen? Ru'er followed your advice and went to the hospital regularly for fetal checkups."
"Brother-in-law, the hospital only checks whether the fetus is in the correct position. It usually can't detect a condition like Sister Ru's.
If I hadn’t touched it, a normal midwife wouldn’t have been able to find it out.”
"What? Sister-in-law, can you tell me more details?" Zhong Weiliang was frightened. The fetal position was obviously correct, so how could there be a problem?
Seeing that he must know the details, Yu Yuanzheng had to explain it to him in a simple way.
Zhong Weiliang understood, but became even more worried.
"Sister-in-law, please, you must save Ru'er." Zhong Weiliang bowed deeply.
"Don't worry, I'll do my best." Yu Yuanzheng patted his shoulder, "Go change into clean clothes now. Sister Ru will definitely dislike you when she sees you like this. Mother and I are here."
"Zheng'er?" The old princess had been watching from the side, and did not come forward when she saw them talking in a low voice.
"It's alright, mother. Just sit there and wait. I'll take care of everything."
After Zhong Weiliang left in a hurry, Yu Yuanzheng immediately summoned the female doctors to make preparations.
She asked the pharmacy to bring her some precious 100-year-old ginseng slices and prepared a decoction.
Let the medicine boy prepare it first.
Then he took out the silver needle that he had inserted into his penis.
Back in the delivery room, Shangguan Ru's contractions intensified and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
Yu Yuanzheng held her hand and said softly, "Sister Ru, your brother-in-law is back and is waiting outside. Just focus on giving birth. I will be by your side."
"Really?" No matter how strong Shangguan Ru was, she was extremely happy to hear that her husband had returned at this time.
Shangguan Ru smiled with relief, but was immediately interrupted by the pain of labor.
Yu Yuanzheng took advantage of the intervals between her contractions to quickly give her acupuncture at the Hegu, Sanyinjiao and other acupoints to promote uterine contractions and prevent excessive bleeding.
As time went by, Yu Yuanzheng found that the amount of bleeding was indeed more than that of a normal delivery. She made a prompt decision and asked Mrs. Xie to give Shangguan Ru the prepared ginseng soup, and at the same time deepened the acupuncture strength on several key points in the lower abdomen.
"Sister Ru, try harder! I can already see the baby's head!" Yu Yuanzheng encouraged.
"Ru'er, I'm outside, don't be afraid." At this time, a loud shout came from outside the delivery room.
It was Zhong Weiliang who changed his clothes as quickly as possible and ran back.
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