Chapter 255 Imperial Physician
It was easy for Cen Xi to avoid people in the palace and call an imperial physician over. At first, Imperial Physician Xu thought that it was a noble lady in the harem who sent him there. When he was led to the imperial study, he was a little confused.
When he saw Cen Xi waiting outside the imperial study, he hurriedly asked in a low voice: "Eunuch Cen, is this the official sent by the emperor?"
Cen Xi nodded. Doctor Xu wanted to ask something else, but Cen Xi smiled and said, "We don't know either. Doctor Xu, just go in."
Doctor Xu went in, and when he came out he looked very dazed.
The emperor actually sent him a secret messenger.
He was good at gynecology and was always busy in the harem, but now he received a secret message asking him to go back to the Imperial Hospital as usual, and then make up an excuse to ask for leave tomorrow, and then go out with the emperor's people...
Doctor Xu felt that he might be involved in some serious palace secrets, and his legs began to tremble.
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An Qi waited for a day, and on the second day he brought some good medicines that might be useful to pregnant women, and took Doctor Xu, who was wearing casual clothes to meet him, on board the ship.
Doctor Xu has been secretly looking at An Qi ever since he got on the boat. He is apparently quite handsome, but for some reason, such a person with such a good face makes it easy to ignore him.
He had been an imperial physician since the previous dynasty and had been around in the palace for decades. He soon realized what kind of person this was.
Secret guard.
Only secret guards trained by emperors or aristocratic families have this trait.
The boat had been sailing for more than two quarters of an hour before Doctor Xu finally mustered up the courage to ask, "Sir, where are we going?"
An Qi only spoke a few words in front of his colleagues and the emperor, but he was very professional outside. No more, no less, just two words: "Shezhou."
Shezhou.
Doctor Xu began to think about this place carefully.
Then I remembered something. Shezhou! Shezhou! This is the place that His Majesty conquered with his own hands!
The plot in his head was so wild that his nerves were almost broken. Fortunately, when he calculated the time it would take for the emperor to capture Shezhou, he realized that something was wrong.
No, no, the time is too far off.
Doctor Xu's anxious heart suddenly relaxed.
After sailing for half a month, when Doctor Xu was brought into the governor's mansion and met Governor Zeng, he remembered Concubine Fan who was granted the third-rank imperial title.
I was thinking, could it be that the governor's wife is pregnant?
But would this alarm the emperor? Unless it was a difficult and complicated disease that civilian doctors could not handle, it would be possible if the governor asked for permission, but there was no need for a secret decree for him to find a good excuse to leave the capital secretly, right?
Doctor Xu was worried, and only after he entered Zeng Ziqian's study and had a cup of tea did he know who he came for.
A commoner, the lady Sang who presented the curved plow.
Following Concubine Fan's maid all the way out of the city, seeing the memorial archway outside Daxing Manor, and then following them into the manor, Doctor Xu was really shocked.
Along the way, no matter how he thought about it, he never imagined that the emperor asked him to leave the palace just for this lady Sang who presented the plow.
It has been more than eight months since the plow was presented in the first month of the year. Some people remembered Sang Luo when the plow was presented, or some people can remember the origin of the name Chang'an when talking about Chang'an City. But who would remember Sang Luo except the farmers?
No impression.
No one even knew that she was a young woman.
He knew that the emperor valued talents, but this valuing of talents gave Doctor Xu a new understanding of the current emperor.
Maybe there was something he didn't know about, but he didn't want to explore it. This was much better than getting involved in some palace secrets. At least he didn't have to be scared. He just had to not go back and talk nonsense.
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It took An Qi a month to go back and forth. Sang Luo is now more than eight months pregnant and almost nine months pregnant. Her belly is really big, much bigger than Zhou Ge's. The whole family is worried.
There has always been a saying among the people that if there are twins in the family, it is more likely to give birth to twins. Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Lu and Wei Lingzhen have all come to see, and they all asked if it might be twins?
Unfortunately, the doctor lacks experience or inheritance to determine whether the child is twins from the pulse. Chen Lie has invited three doctors in the city, but they all said they don't have the ability to do so. Nanny Zhong has heard her master mention it before, but she doesn't know if it's because she doesn't have enough practice. Although she has often taken Sang Luo's pulse recently, she can't see any signs of twins.
Sang Luo could only control her diet as much as possible. She dared not starve herself, nor did she dare eat too much. There was no caesarean section here.
She was so nervous that she couldn't sleep at night, and Chen Lie was even more nervous. The baby grew bigger like a balloon in Sang Luo's belly. He couldn't sleep all night and didn't dare to tease the child like before. Now when he occasionally talked to the child, he would ask him not to grow too fast and to wait until he came out of his mother's belly.
But he didn't dare to put pressure on Sang Luo, and didn't dare to show it at all.
Many times at night he dreamed about his childhood on the road of fleeing famine. His mother died shortly after giving birth to Shen An and Shen Ning.
It was the first time that Chen Lie was so frightened. He offered the imperial edict and the tablets of his ancestors in the new house. He couldn't sleep at night, so he went to burn incense for his ancestors, asking them to protect Sang Luo and the child and keep them safe, even at the cost of his own life.
Sang Luo woke up in the middle of the night and found that Chen Lie had just come back from outside. She had a keen nose and could still smell the fragrance on Chen Lie's body. She knew what was going on after a rough guess.
"Did it wake you up?"
Sang Luo shook her head, pulled Chen Lie's hand and said, "Don't be too nervous, your belly is a little big, but hasn't Nanny Zhong moved in with us? It'll be fine."
Chen Lie nodded, showing a rare vulnerability in front of Sang Luo, hugging her carefully, "It will be fine."
His A Luoduo is kind-hearted. Even if her merits are calculated by saving lives, she should be the one that God will protect and live a long life.
But the experiences in his youth still made it difficult for him to relax. His throat rolled over and he said, "A Luo, let's just have this one child and never have any more in the future."
Chen Lie couldn't even imagine Sang Luo being in any danger.
Sang Luo's eyes softened, but she said to him half-reproachfully, "Aren't you afraid that there are two babies in your belly? The child will be angry if you say that."
Everyone was saying that it might be twins. In addition, Shen An and Shen Ning were indeed twins, and their belly was growing fast at the back. Even though Nanny Zhong checked their pulses more than a dozen times and couldn't tell that they were twins, Sang Luo couldn't help but think in that direction. She didn't dare to hold on to that hope, but she was also afraid that Shen Lie's words would not be good.
Chen Lie slapped his own mouth: "I said the wrong thing."
He also patted Sang Luo's belly soothingly.
Sang Luo smiled and said, "Take off your coat and go to sleep. You haven't slept well in a few days, have you? Your eyes are turning blue. I'll be fine. God should be kind to me and will protect me and my child."
As for the time-traveling girl, there’s no need to talk about her fate as a heroine. She has survived in such a chaotic world. She must have the destiny to die peacefully at an old age, right?
At times like this, Sang Luo would be happy to build confidence in this area, and she would feel more at ease.
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When Doctor Xu arrived, Nanny Zhong had already moved into the Shen family for five days. Sang Luo's belly was so big that it was possible that she would give birth in nine months.
In order to ensure a safe and smooth delivery, Sang Luo often walked around the yard holding her waist. Chen Ning and Nanny Zhong accompanied her. When they heard some noise outside, the three of them looked towards the second entrance and saw the maid named Xiaoxing beside Concubine Fan leading a man in his fifties with a short beard into the yard.
"My wife." Xiao Xing and Sang Luo greeted each other and said, "This is Doctor Xu. My wife asked me to come and check your pulse."
Hearing that it was the doctor invited by Concubine Fan, Sang Luo thanked him and nodded to Doctor Xu: "Thank you for your hard work."
As he spoke, he led people to the main hall.
When Doctor Xu saw Sang Luo's belly, he knew why the emperor had asked him to make this trip. Her belly was much bigger than that of an ordinary pregnant woman.
Nanny Zhong knew Sang Luo's condition best. After the two of them communicated with each other, Doctor Xu took out the pulse pillow and took Sang Luo's pulse. Chen Ning and the others held their breath and concentrated, not daring to breathe heavily.
Doctor Xu had some skills to be the imperial physician in the palace, as he specialized in gynecology and his ancestors even had the ability to diagnose pulses by hanging a thread, so he also inherited some of the skills.
The doctor in Shezhou City and Nanny Zhong couldn't feel Sang Luo's pulse. He placed three fingers on Sang Luo's wrist, sometimes lightly and sometimes heavily, then switched hands. He closed his eyes and listened carefully for nearly a cup of tea, with a hint of a smile on his lips.
"Good news, my lady, you are pregnant with twins, so your belly is bigger."
Sang Luo and Shen Ning were both very happy, and there was also joy in Nanny Zhong's eyes, but she was curious and wanted to ask a question, but before she could say anything, she realized that she was asking about other people's unique skills, so she smiled and changed the subject.
Doctor Xu also breathed a sigh of relief. If it was just twins, he would be here to watch over them, and with the help of the medical nanny next to Mrs. Fan, they should be safe. He said to Sang Luo, "Madam Zeng asked me to come here. I wonder if your family can arrange for me to stay. If it is convenient, I will stay at your place for a while. When you give birth to a baby boy, I will go back to report to Madam Zeng."
This is something you can't ask for, so how could Sang Luo say it's inconvenient? As soon as she agreed, Chen Ning went to make arrangements with a smile.
When Chen Lie came back from school, Chen Ning was preparing food in the kitchen at the entrance. Hearing the noise, he poked his head out and ran out with a smile: "Brother, my sister-in-law is pregnant with twins!"
Before Shen Lie could ask, Pa Pa told him about the old doctor that Concubine Fan had invited to the house. Shen Ning was so happy that he turned around and said, "There are two, brother. Don't worry now. Nanny Zhong said that if there are two, the belly is not considered big and it is safe. Moreover, Doctor Xu will stay in our house for a while and leave after my sister-in-law gives birth safely."
Chen Lie was happy and went back to the main house to see Sang Luo. Sang Luo was no longer wandering around in the yard. She had to make a few more clothes for the children, and Nanny Zhong was helping her to cut them.
Chen Lie came back, and the couple was very happy. Seeing this, Nanny Zhong smiled and moved away. Chen Lie looked at Sang Luo's belly curiously: "So there are really two."
Sang Luo smiled: "Are you relieved now?"
In ancient times when there were no caesarean sections, the biggest fear of natural childbirth was that the fetus was too large. Compared with previous worries, now she knows it is twins, and the fetuses are small. In addition, she had been practicing martial arts in the mountains and has an excellent physical foundation. The safety is much higher. However, the children must be carefully raised after they are born.
Chen Lie laughed straight, "Two is good, whether it's two boys, two girls or one boy and one girl, there will always be a companion."
He was no longer planning on letting Sang Luo give birth again. This kind of worry could only be understood after experiencing it, and he was unwilling to experience the risks even once again.
Seeing that Sang Luo had cut a lot of clothes, she said, "Don't do all the sewing by yourself. Ask someone to help you. Doing too much will hurt your eyes."
Sang Luo smiled and said, "We have Nanny Zhong to help us, and Aning will also help us, so you don't have to worry about this."
Chen Lie was indeed thinking about another matter, and said, "You take a rest, I'll go thank Doctor Xu first."
Then he went to the east wing to see Doctor Xu.
Sang Luo believed that it was the doctor invited by Concubine Fan, but Chen Lie now subconsciously thought more about it, especially since the doctor stayed directly at home and would not leave until Sang Luo gave birth smoothly.
He went to thank the old doctor specially. Hearing the old doctor's faint accent in his official language, the tension he had been feeling for the past few days finally relaxed. Shen Lie bowed and saluted the old doctor: "My wife needs your help."
I should thank the doctor, but I should thank the person behind the doctor even more.
Even though there was utilitarianism behind this concern, Shen Lie was sincerely grateful at this moment.
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