Midwife Liu's legs softened under Ye Shiheng's fierce gaze, and she confessed the truth, "I delivered... I delivered one before, but it's not my fault. That woman had a premature birth due to a miscarriage, and the baby couldn't be born for a long time, so she suffocated to death."
Ye Shiheng said lightly, "You shouldn't hide it."
"I……"
Midwife Liu didn't know what to say. She couldn't say it. Which midwife would tell others about the fact that she delivered a stillborn baby? Wouldn't that ruin her business and her reputation as a midwife?
"Ayu, send the midwife out." Ye Shiheng ordered Ayu.
Midwife Liu: "This..."
Madam Ouyang wanted to find a midwife who had never delivered a stillbirth to help Gudu Lanxi give birth. The midwife, Liu, had delivered a stillbirth before. When Ayu came to her, she kept asking whether she had ever delivered a stillbirth or not. No matter what the reason was for Liu not to say it, she didn't want to use Liu.
"Ayu, send Liu Wenpo out of the house and give her a few taels of silver as a fee for running errands."
After receiving the order from the general and his wife, Ah Yu said to Liu Wengpo, "Liu Wengpo, let's go. I'll take you out."
Midwife Liu looked at Ye Shiheng and his wife, then at A Yu, and tried to explain, "General, General's wife, this has nothing to do with me. It's not me, and that child is not... a life-or-death keeper."
Ah Yu said again, "Liu Wengpo, I'll take you out."
Only then did Liu Wenpo calm down and dared not speak anymore.
Liu Wengpo followed A Yu out. The General's Mansion was such a wealthy family, and the head of the family chose a midwife for her daughter-in-law herself, which showed how much she valued her daughter-in-law. If she delivered a baby for the General's Mansion, she might get more red envelopes.
I sighed that the business that was on my lips was gone.
Ah Yu escorted Liu Wenpo to the gate of the mansion. She took out five taels of silver and gave it to Liu Wenpo, "Sister Liu, these five taels of silver are for your errand. Thank you for making this trip."
Midwife Liu took the purse from A Yu and accepted the errand fee. "Sister, I'm telling you, in all my years of midwifery, I've never encountered anything this demanding. There are many cases of babies dying at birth due to frail babies and difficult labor. Why do your general and his wife insist on doing this?"
Ah Yu said, "Sister Liu, my wife has been married for many years and finally had a child. This is the first child in the General's Mansion. You don't know how much my General and his wife have loved and cherished the unborn little boy. There are some rules and etiquette that you should pay attention to. Sorry for the trouble you made this trip. I'll send someone to take you back."
Liu Wenpo reluctantly accepted A Yu's statement. Some families do pay attention to this statement.
A Yu asked Liu Wenpo to wait for a moment while she went to find someone to send Liu Wenpo off.
Liu Wenpo walked down the steps, looked back at the plaque on the door of the General's Mansion, and lamented that she had missed an opportunity to receive a reward.
"Alas, you can't blame me. The child was born with something not meant for him, so he couldn't cry when he was born. He finally managed to cry, but it only whimpered a few times before he died."
"General, what a fool! His child didn't die because of me delivering him."
Midwife Liu suddenly remembered that she had come to the General's Mansion many years ago to deliver a baby for the ladies there. Both ladies gave birth on the same day, and the baby of one of them died shortly after birth.
No wonder the general didn't let her stay to deliver the baby. It turned out that she was the one who delivered the young master who died in the mansion, so naturally he wouldn't let her deliver the unborn grandson.
In fact, Ye Shiheng never remembered that Liu Wenpo was the midwife who delivered the baby in the General's Mansion that year.
At this time, the old general came back from the Duke of Rong's Mansion and was about to get off the car when he heard Liu Wenpo's chattering.
He didn't pay attention to what Liu the midwife said. He lifted the curtain and took a look. It should be Ouyang Rongyue preparing a midwife for Dugu Lanxi.
The baby is coming soon, and he will be able to hold his great-grandson next month.
The servant driving the carriage came over and asked Liu Wenpo to get in. Liu Wenpo got in and the carriage soon started moving slowly.
The old general got off the car and returned to Feiyuan, and ordered the servant beside him to go to Fengquexuan to invite the eldest son Ye Yunlu, as he had something to say to his eldest grandson.
The servant agreed, sent the old general to the Feiyuan, and then went to Fengquexuan to ask for help.
Not long after, Ye Yunlu arrived.
Ye Yunlu was wearing a long gown of sandalwood-colored brocade, and he had a slender and tall figure. His face was not like his father Ye Shiheng, nor like his mother Madam Ouyang, but he was somewhat similar to the old general when he was young.
"Grandfather." Ye Yunlu bowed in greeting.
The old general nodded and placed the brush in his hand on the hill-shaped pen pillow. "Yunlu, come and take a look."
Ye Yunlu took a step forward and saw two large characters written in thick ink on the paper on the table: Ting Wei.
"Grandfather, is this a name?"
The old general nodded. "How about this name?"
Ye Yunlu knew in his heart that this was the name his grandfather gave to his unborn child, right?
He said, "Mighty and brave, very good."
The old general said, "None of your brothers' names follow the family tree. Your child with Lan Xi is the first child of the next generation of our Ye family, so he should be named according to the family tree."
Ye Yunlu and Dugu Lanxi discussed the child's name, but did not decide on one. They knew that their grandfather and father would also name the child.
You should get the opinions of your grandfather and father on what name to give your child.
"Dad also gave the child a name, Tingman, which means complete and perfect."
The old general's face darkened slightly, and he looked a little unhappy. He actually let that old guy Ye Shiheng get there first.
The great-grandson’s name must be the one he gave, and the one given by Ye Shiheng cannot be used.
The old general made the final decision, "The child in Lan Xi's belly will be named Ye Tingwei!"
Ye Yunlu didn't expect that his grandfather would decide on the child's name so quickly.
The name Tingwei is obviously a boy's name. We don't know whether the baby in Lanxi's belly is a boy or a girl yet, so how can the grandfather be so sure that it is a boy?
He looked at the old general and said slowly, "Grandfather, what if Lan Xi didn't give birth to a boy?"
"Lan Xi is pregnant with a boy." The old general said firmly.
The Ye family has had many generations with the first child being a boy. The old general firmly believed that his eldest grandson's wife was pregnant with a boy. Her belly was big and round, and if you looked closely, it was a little pointed. It was obvious that she was pregnant with a boy.
"Grandson also thinks that Lan Xi is pregnant with a boy." Ye Yunlu would not argue with the old general. He would do whatever his grandfather said. He also hoped that Lan Xi was pregnant with a son. Even if it was not a son, he was ready to be a father.
The old general said, "Tell Lan Xi that the child's name should be Ye Tingwei."
"As you said, the child's name will be Ye Tingwei."
In fact, Ye Yunlu prefers the name Ye Tingman, but his grandfather is the oldest elder in the family, and his father sometimes has to listen to his grandfather. It is also good to use the name given by his grandfather to name the child.
When Ye Yunlu returned to Fengquexuan, he told Dugu Lanxi about the old general's naming. Dugu Lanxi agreed without much thought.
She really hoped that the baby in her belly was Ye Tingwei.
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