Chapter 344 Hua Wanli Bravely Approaches the Gates of Hell
There are different opinions about whether Hua Wanli will have a boy or a girl this time.
Dongmai believed she would give birth to a boy because Hua Wanli's belly was the same as when Shangguan Jin was pregnant with Shen Qingjun and his three brothers.
They all have pointed bellies.
However, Shangguan Jin believed that it was still possible to have a girl.
After all, Hua Wanli had made many preparations, taking the secret medicine passed down through generations of Wanhualou, and was certain that she could give birth to a girl.
Alright, tonight is the night to witness the results...
When Shangguan Jin arrived at Chunbuwan, it was already closed for business.
She then realized what was happening and walked towards the courtyard behind Chun Buwan.
Hua Wanli and Lian Qianli usually live in the back courtyard.
From afar, Shangguan Jin could see a large number of people moving around in the courtyard, but everyone kept their mouths shut and did not make a sound.
“Miss! It’s our eldest young lady’s carriage,” Dongmai reminded her.
Shangguan Jin nodded.
Shen Qingyue and Hua Wanli are on good terms, so it's only right that she come over to keep an eye on things.
However, when Qiu Niang, the innkeeper of Chun Bu Wan, led Shangguan Jin inside, she was still taken aback by the scene before her.
Lian Qianli paced back and forth in front of Hua Wanli's house.
Inside the room, Hua Wanli was lying on her side on the bed, with a small kang table on the bed.
There was food all over the kang table.
Various pastries, and various braised dishes.
Hua Wanli was eating the food with a fork.
Shen Qingyue was also whispering something to Hua Wanli.
And just like that, the production situation was nothing like the horrific scene I had imagined...
"Madam Shen has arrived..." Hua Wanli was the first to see Shangguan Jin.
She hurriedly tried to get up, but her body was a bit heavy, and the kang table on the table restricted her movements.
Shangguan Jin quickly stepped forward and held her down.
"You should lie down! What's wrong? Didn't you say it would take a few more days before it started?" Shangguan Jin asked.
Hua Wanli looked at her belly with some worry.
"In the afternoon, she said she was in pain for a while, and the midwife came to check on her and said there were still some hours left!"
Mother, what brings you here!
"I'll stay here and keep watch!" Shen Qingyue helped Shangguan Jin sit down by the bed.
Seeing that Hua Wanli looked well, Shangguan Jin breathed a sigh of relief.
"I definitely have to come and see."
It's good to eat more now, so you'll have more energy when you give birth.
"Have you already hired the midwives?" Shangguan Jin asked.
Hua Wanli nodded.
"Yes, I've invited them all. I invited one, and my mother sent another one over from Jiangnan."
My brother brought one back from outside.
"Also... Madam Huangfu sent one over as well," Hua Wanli said apologetically.
Shangguan Jin breathed a sigh of relief.
There are four midwives here! That's great! Midwives who can be sent all the way from Jiangnan by Huayue Niang must be of high quality.
"Where's that bastard? Did you notify him?" Shangguan Jin asked in a low voice.
"Who?" Hua Wanli didn't react at first.
Which bastard should we notify?
Didn't she just slap all the jerks in her eyes...?
“Who else could it be? The child’s father!” Shangguan Jin quickly said.
"Oh! Him? No! I gave birth to the baby, not him, so what would he be doing here?"
"Besides, as soon as the child was born, I immediately had someone send him to my mother at the Wanhua Brothel in Jiangnan," Hua Wanli said.
Shangguan Jin didn't speak, but glanced at Hua Wanli's belly.
Are you so sure it's a girl?
What if it's a boy?
"Okay, okay, you're the new mother, you're the boss, whatever you say goes!"
While you can still eat, eat as much as you can.
"Also, have you prepared chicken soup, fish soup, and pork bone soup in the kitchen?" Shangguan Jin asked.
Qiu Niang, who was standing nearby, quickly replied, "Everything is ready. The stoves in the kitchen have been running the whole time!"
"Whatever the young lady would like to eat, it will be served shortly."
Shangguan Jin was relieved. She took Hua Wanli's hand and was about to tell her to relax, that mindset was the most important thing right now...
"Ouch!" Hua Wanli frowned.
Shangguan Jin was startled, and Shen Qingyue was also startled.
The midwives waiting in the other room rushed out all at once.
A midwife in her sixties, with gray hair, took Hua Wanli's pulse by pinching her wrist and then touched her belly.
"She's about to give birth! Quick! Move everything off the bed!" the midwife said rapidly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the other three midwives immediately moved everything off the bed.
Then several maids came and surrounded the bed area.
Shangguan Jin and Shen Qingyue were also helped by the maids to the outer hall.
"Ah..." Shangguan Jin had just left Hua Wanli's bedroom when she heard Hua Wanli scream.
Shangguan Jin's heart trembled, and Shen Qingyue's hand also trembled.
In their eyes, when had Hua Wanli ever been treated with such affection...?
If even a chivalrous woman like her couldn't bear the pain, then how much pain must it have been...?
Suddenly, Shen Qingyue hugged Shangguan Jin's arm and whispered, "Mother, you must have been in just as much pain when you gave birth to me!"
Shangguan Jin was about to say, "It's alright," when she was about to forget about it.
After all, the one who gave birth was the original Shangguan Jin, not this fake her now.
But Dongmai immediately chimed in.
"Of course! Miss, think about it, when my young lady gave birth to you, it was her first child."
The baby was slightly breech when labor started.
It took two whole days of labor to give birth to you.
I still remember that after Miss gave birth to you, her clothes and the mattress on the bed were soaked with sweat.
For a woman, childbirth is like passing through the gates of hell.
"I just don't understand it at all. Given how dangerous childbirth is, why would the young lady have to go through five brushes with death?" Dongmai began to mutter.
She really couldn't understand it.
How many women in Beijing lose their lives every year because of childbirth?
At this point, it doesn't matter how wealthy or powerful your family is; giving birth is like going through hell.
Every time the young lady gave birth, Dongmai was more nervous than anyone else...
She prayed to every god and Buddha in the heavens more than ten times...
Shangguan Jin didn't understand either.
Having already faced death once, why go through it so many more times?
Is the Gates of Hell a must-visit tourist attraction? A trendy spot that you have to visit every two years?
Shen Qingyue's face turned pale as she listened to Hua Wanli's increasingly loud shouts.
Is childbirth really that painful?
She... won't have any more children!
......
Hua Wanli regrets it now; why did she have to borrow sperm to have a child?
Why does the Wan Hua Lou (a brothel name) have to have its own heir if it lacks one?
There are so many orphans out there, you can just pick one at random!
"Ah... I'm not having children anymore!" Hua Wanli shouted angrily.
Huangfu Ruolang had just entered the courtyard when he heard this roar, and he almost collapsed to his knees...
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