Just as Duan Tingxuan said, the Emperor seemed to want to make up for the half year he spent as a "miner" in Jiangnan and Liaodong, and had arranged many things for him to do recently. The young marquis hadn't had a day off for nearly two months, and he had been working like a slave these days. Even the Empress couldn't stand it anymore, and she persuaded him with some pillow talk, which made the Emperor show mercy and give him two days off, so that he could spend some time with his pregnant wife.
When the young marquis heard Su Nuannuan's words, he couldn't help laughing and shook his head, saying, "You too, if you're so tired, why do you still want to come and appreciate the chrysanthemums? If you really like to see them, can't I ask the servants to move the chrysanthemums to Chunfeng Garden?"
"What do you know? After the fetus is stable, you have to exercise more. Especially with my body, I can't gain weight no matter how much I eat. This is of course very good for my figure, but it also shows that it is not absorbed well. If I don't exercise more, how will I have the strength to give birth? You, as a father, can't enter the delivery room. Do you have to listen to me howling outside for a whole day and night..."
Before she could finish, Duan Tingxuan covered her mouth. She could only hear him mutter, "Don't say anything more. I am already trembling just by hearing this. What do you mean by one day and one night? You have to have confidence in yourself. When Lan'er and Yun'er gave birth to the girls, everything went smoothly."
"It's not the first time for these girls, so it's naturally smooth." Su Nuannuan sighed and whispered softly, "In fact, I also hope to have more babies. After all, our family can afford to raise them, and children are the fruit of love and the continuation of life, right? It's a pity that in your era, giving birth is a hurdle for women. How many people have failed at this hurdle..."
"No, no, you are so lucky that you were able to possess Meng Nuan's body when you died. How could it be so easy... No. God has destined us to be together and to be a happy couple for the rest of our lives."
The young marquis's palms were sweating from the shock of his wife. Thinking of the noble ladies he had heard of dying from difficult childbirths over the years, he became even more terrified. Holding Su Nuannuan's hand, he murmured, "Otherwise... Nuannuan, should we not want this child? It's not too late now. I have enough children anyway. In name, they are all your children."
"Stop talking nonsense, okay?" Su Nuannuan's eyes widened. "You also know that it's just in name only. I won't be hypocritical with you. Although I like them, I really can't treat them like my own children. Oh, don't be afraid. I just complained a few words because of prenatal depression. You don't have to take it seriously. Look at me. How strong and tough am I? How could such a small thing as giving birth be difficult for me? It's just a matter of making a Buddha jump over the wall. It will definitely be born, relax, relax."
"The more you say that, the more worried I become. You and being strong and tough have nothing in common, okay?"
The young marquis was not just talking, he was really scared and his face turned pale. But Su Nuannuan said faintly: "Don't be like this, okay? You should comfort me. Otherwise, I will be nervous, and it will be more difficult to give birth to the child. Really, the prospective fathers in novels are either silly or gentle to their pregnant wives. How can you be like this, scaring your wife all the time?"
"I was gentle and kind at first. You said I looked silly and cute when I was leaning against your belly and listening to the little guy raising his legs and punching. But today, when you mentioned difficult labor, I remembered that there are many noble ladies in the capital. So... How can I not be scared? Who is scaring who?"
Duan Tingxuan spread his hands helplessly, but heard Su Nuannuan say: "There's no use in being afraid, forget it, life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor are determined by God, this is all destined..."
Before he could finish, Duan Tingxuan said, "You just said that giving birth in our era is a death trap for women. Is it easy to give birth in your place?"
"It's not that there is no danger at all. At least I know that amniotic fluid embolism is very difficult to treat, but this is a very rare case. The vast majority of mothers in our area can give birth to their babies safely."
Su Nuannuan explained for the young marquis. Although the term amniotic fluid embolism confused her husband for a moment, his eyes soon lit up because of the following words, and he said excitedly: "Really? Most of them can give birth safely? This is amazing. Here, even the imperial concubines in the palace have a hard time giving birth. Nuannuan, please tell me, do you have any good medicine or good methods? If there are any, let's try them. This will not only benefit you, but all women in the world will benefit from it."
"My dear husband, I am very pleased that you have the heart to consider the vast number of women in the world. It's a pity that the method we use there can't be used here." Seeing that the young marquis looked unconvinced, Su Nuannuan smiled and said, "Because most of the women in our place have caesarean sections, the success rate is very high. Can it be used here?"
"Section... delivery?" Duan Tingxuan stuttered twice, then his face suddenly turned pale, and he shook his head like a rattle, repeatedly saying: "It really doesn't work. This woman who was cut open in labor can still survive? Oh my God, this is unbelievable."
"What are you thinking?" Su Nuannuan looked at her husband in awe. "It's a cesarean section, not a gynecological section. The "abdomen" in "abdomen" means the belly, not the pregnant woman. Even if we cut the pregnant woman in half, we can't save her, okay? Giving birth is enough to just cut the belly, why do you have to chop someone up? I really don't know what's going on in your head?"
"Oh, cut open the belly and take out the fetus?" Duan Tingxuan suddenly realized, but then his face turned ugly again, and he said in a deep voice: "You actually yearn for such a bastard and beastly practice? Nowadays, the Japanese pirates have disappeared from the coast of our Great India for many years, but in the past few hundred years, they would be active from time to time, burning, killing, looting and doing all kinds of evil. Once the people encountered the Japanese pirates, it was horrible. They even cut open the belly of the pregnant woman..."
"Stop..." Su Nuannuan raised her hand to stop her husband from continuing to be indignant. "My dear husband, I am in the early stage of prenatal depression. Instead of finding some fun for me, you started to accuse the Japanese pirates of their atrocities. Yes, I also know that those bastards are not human beings. If they are caught, they should be torn into pieces and executed by slow slicing, but...but can you please not give me... patriotic education at this time? It really makes me feel uncomfortable and it will leave a shadow, okay?"
"Weren't you the one who brought up the topic first? You said that cutting open the abdomen and taking out the fetus would be easy and successful..." The young marquis had a puzzled expression on his face, and saw his wife beside him lowering her head deeply and muttering, "Oh my God, the generation gap is too big and we can't communicate at all."
After she finished speaking, she raised her head and looked around. Suddenly, she heard her husband say caringly, "Don't worry. There's no one within a two-mile radius. We can talk freely."
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