At this moment, the midwives arrived.
The midwife examined Nian Yunrong:
“Gege, Consort Nian has only dilated to three fingers. If she keeps shouting like this, she will soon run out of strength.”
"The imperial physician and the prince are already on their way back. I'm going down to brew ginseng soup. You must ensure the safety of both the adults and the children!"
These nannies are all old nannies; they were the ones who delivered Geng Youran when she gave birth.
At the same time, Xiao Anzi also invited Li Jingshu over.
"Sister Geng!"
Geng Youran was about to go to the side courtyard to brew ginseng soup when Li Jingshu happened to enter and saw her, so she called out to her.
"Sister Geng, how is Sister Nian?"
“The midwife is watching over there, but Consort Nian is already weak and anemic, so I’m going to make some ginseng soup.”
"Then you should go quickly, I'll stay here."
Women who have been through this ordeal know the dangers involved.
Li Jingshu entered the main room and paced back and forth, wondering why the prince hadn't returned yet.
About an hour later, Nian Yunrong finally calmed down. At this time, she was still in labor pains. Geng Youran told her to eat something while the pain subsided.
"Consort, this is what I just cooked. Eat some so you'll have the strength later."
Nian Yunrong trusted her and ate a bowl.
Then the contractions started again, and at that moment Yinzhen returned.
"Imperial Physician, how is it?"
"Your Highness, please rest assured. Since this is her first child, the delivery may take a little longer. During this time, Consort Geng has been taking good care of Consort Nian's health, and she should give birth in another hour or two."
Two hours later, a loud cry from inside the room dispelled everyone's fatigue.
She's given birth!
"Congratulations, Your Highness, Consort Nian has given birth to a beautiful princess."
"Haha, good! Here's a reward!"
The old women thought that since the concubine had given birth to a princess that year, the prince would at most say a few polite words, but they didn't expect that there would be a reward. They sighed in their hearts that the concubine was really lucky that year.
Others joined in the congratulations.
For Yinzhen, although he would be happier if it were a younger prince, he did not have a particularly strong preference for sons over daughters. On the contrary, he liked daughters very much.
Before this child arrived, the only surviving daughter was Li's eldest daughter, who had married young. Now that Yunrong had given birth to another princess for him this year, he was naturally overjoyed.
At this moment, Geng Youran and the imperial physician also came out of the inner room.
"Imperial Physician, how is the concubine?"
"Your Highness, the Consort is exhausted and has fallen asleep. I will go and prescribe some medicine for her to take good care of herself. However, the Consort's health is not quite the same as that of ordinary women, so I suggest that her confinement period be extended to two months."
"Then I'll have to trouble the imperial physician."
"Your subject takes his leave."
Li Jingshu, standing to the side, noticed that Geng Youran looked tired.
"Sister Geng, you should go back and rest too. You've worked hard these past few days."
Geng Youran didn't stand on ceremony. After quickly bowing to Yinzhen and Li Jingshu, she went back to her own courtyard to catch up on her sleep.
Geng Youran slept for a full two hours.
"Qianxue, fetch a basin of water."
Qianxue was sitting not far away embroidering. When she heard her master call her, she smiled, put down her needlework, and went out to fetch water.
"Princess, you're finally awake. You've been sleeping for so long."
Geng Youran got up, washed her face, and changed her clothes. Only then did she realize that it was already half dark outside.
"Oh, it's so late. How is Consort Nian doing?"
"Xiao Anzi said that Consort Nian has woken up and is fine."
Geng Youran breathed a sigh of relief; she could finally be free.
Qianxue noticed her mistress's subtle actions and naturally guessed what she was thinking.
"Princess, let me go and make you something to eat. You haven't eaten anything since this morning."
Geng Youran rubbed her stomach, feeling quite hungry.
"Then hurry up and go. Don't make anything too complicated, just something that will fill your stomach."
"yes."
While waiting for the meal, Niohuru Wanru arrived with Huangli.
Greetings to my elder sister, may you be blessed with good fortune.
Geng Youran stepped forward and took Wanru's hand:
"Why are you being so polite when you come here?"
Niohuru Wanru stuck out her tongue and quickly sat down.
"Sister, let me tell you, Consort Nian hasn't even seen the child since she woke up."
Geng Youran handed over a cup of tea and casually replied:
How did you know?
“I just came back from her place. After hearing that she had a daughter, she didn’t even mention it. If we hadn’t been there, she probably would have been cursing us out.”
"Nonsense, Consort Nian is a lady from a respectable family, she would never do something like swearing. However, I never expected her to dislike her child so much."
Wanru pursed her lips.
"Isn't it just because she's a girl that she feels she can't please the prince?"
“But that’s her own daughter. Besides, I was there at the time, and the prince really liked this daughter.”
Then Geng Youran sighed.
"That year, the concubine seemed to be a smart person, so how could she do such foolish things?"
Wanru nodded silently to the side.
After a quick meal and seeing Wanru off, Geng Youran sat on the couch in a daze.
"Princess, what are you thinking about? You seem so lost in thought."
"Qianxue, how do your family treat you?"
Qianxue stopped her needlework and looked at her mistress with a puzzled expression:
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