Zheng Xiu was worried about Zheng Xian's marriage, but Xue Zhi began to worry about her.
According to the estimates of the imperial physician and doctors, Zheng Xiu's due date was approaching.
Princess Guihe found two experienced midwives from the palace to be on standby at Haoye Hall.
But as the due date got closer and closer, until it was almost over, Zheng Xiu still didn't get pregnant.
Xue Zhi was worried to death and wished he could be at home all the time. He asked for leave frequently around the official due date, fearing that Zheng Xiu would be in danger when he was away.
Princess Guihe was also worried about him, and she invited doctors to see him several times. After the examination, they all said that the fetus was stable, and the delay in movement might be related to the physical constitution, and they could not determine the cause.
In June, the prince's birthday came, and half a month had passed since Zheng Xiu's due date. Princess Guihe and Xue Zhi, Xue Qin, Wang Hanyu and others had to go to the palace to congratulate the prince. Zheng Xiu
was left alone at home.
Of course, in the strict sense, she was not alone. Not to mention the people serving in Hao Yetang, Princess Guihe also called the old nanny beside her to go to Hao Yetang to take charge.
Xue Zhi was still worried, so he sent someone to bring Old Lady Zheng and Zheng Xian over to talk with Zheng Xiu.
Zheng Xiu felt amused. The child in her belly had been delayed for so long and still hadn't been born yet. Could it be possible that the child would be born on the day they went out?
Not long after Princess Guihe and the others left, Old Lady Zheng and Zheng Xian were brought into Haoye Hall.
Zheng Xiu sat with them and talked. The three grandparents and grandchildren were talking and laughing, and they didn't feel that the time was unbearable.
Old Mrs. Zheng talked about their daily trivialities in Shangkan Hutong in the past few days. She also mentioned the funny thing about Zheng Yu being naughty at home and being scolded by Zheng Ren. Zheng Xiu listened and laughed, and suddenly felt her throat itchy, so she started coughing... As she coughed, she suddenly felt wetness under her body...
She couldn't laugh anymore, and said seriously, "Grandma, I think I'm about to give birth."
Old Mrs. Zheng immediately stood up from her chair, stepped forward and asked with concern, "Ah Xiu, do you have a stomachache?"
Zheng Xiu nervously grabbed Old Mrs. Zheng's hand, "I think my water broke..."
These words startled everyone in the room and made them nervous.
Fortunately, the maternity room in the mansion had been prepared long ago. Minghui calmly asked someone to bring Zheng Xiu into the maternity room, and then summoned all the maternity women to go in.
Old Mrs. Zheng also went into the maternity room to accompany Zheng Xiu. Su Qingru and the female doctor also received the notice and went in.
Zheng Xian, a girl, was not allowed to go in, so she had to stand guard at the door helplessly.
Minghui asked people to prepare scissors, hot water, and tight bandages, and also asked people to inform Princess Guihe and Xue Zhi in the palace. While she was busy, she saw Zheng Xian pacing back and forth at the door of the delivery room, so she advised: "Aunt, go back to the room to rest first. The midwife said that it will take a while for Madam to give birth."
"Don't worry about me, just do your own things. I just want to stay here to take care of my elder sister." Zheng Xian said and made way to the corridor.
Minghui saw that she was really worried about Zheng Xiu, so she stopped persuading her, told a little maid to look after Zheng Xian, and went back to her own business.
Baizhu cooked a bowl of blood swallow's nest in the morning, and also cooked a bowl of sticky sugar porridge and sent it in.
Old Lady Zheng sat on the edge of the bed and took the bowl, preparing to feed Zheng Xiu.
Zheng Xiu thought that she was about to give birth, so naturally she had no appetite, but she also understood that these things were to replenish her energy, so she forced herself to eat some. Fortunately, she had not started to have contractions yet, so she was still able to eat.
After eating half a bowl of bird's nest and swallowing the sugar porridge, Zheng Xiu lay on the bed waiting for delivery.
The midwife and the female doctor came to see her one after another, and both said that it would take a while.
Zheng Xiu was a little excited but couldn't help being nervous, for fear that something would go wrong with the current simple medical conditions...
In the palace, when the news that Zheng Xiu had entered the delivery room came, Xue Zhi couldn't sit still, and said something to the prince, then hurried home. Princess Guihe was too lazy to deal with the empress and the queen mother, and soon after hearing the news, she hurried out of the palace.
Zheng Xiu lay on the delivery bed for a long time, and her stomach slowly began to hurt, but she didn't feel that it was so unbearable. She smiled and comforted the old lady Zheng who was sweating profusely
, saying: "Grandma, I'm fine, you go and rest first." How could the old lady Zheng rest assured, she said: "It's okay, grandma will watch over you here. You close your eyes and rest your spirit, it will take a lot of effort in a while."
Zheng Xiu nodded and closed her eyes.
Not long after, her stomach began to hurt like waves.
Zheng Xiu's forehead was covered with beads of sweat. Not long ago, she was still thinking that the pain was not unbearable, but now she realized that it was just the beginning... As the pain became more and more obvious, Zheng Xiu gradually began to moan...
After Xue Zhi and Princess Guihe hurried back to the Duke of Qing's Mansion, they went to Haoye Hall without stopping. When they arrived at the door of the delivery room, they heard Zheng Xiu's painful shouts and the persuasion of Old Lady Zheng.
Old Mrs. Zheng was also very anxious, and she kept admonishing her: "Ah Xiu, don't shout now, you have to gather some strength, otherwise you will have no strength when you give birth later."
Zheng Xiu's words were incoherent: "I know... but it hurts so much..."
Xue Zhi heard Zheng Xiu shouting like this, how could he stay there, and he was about to go to the delivery room. As
soon as he stretched out one foot, the old nanny and the maid guarding the door advised: "Second Master, this delivery room is a bloody place, you can't go in."
Xue Zhi was anxious and frowned unhappily: "My wife is giving birth in there, why can't I go in?!" He was worried about Zheng Xiu, and his face had darkened when he spoke.
The maidservant was frightened and fell silent. The old nanny still said, "You can stay outside. There are so many people inside guarding the second wife. Nothing will go wrong. Wouldn't it be a nuisance for you to go in now?"
Princess Guihe also advised, "Azhi, it's really not easy for you to go into a place like the delivery room."
Xue Zhi was anxiously turning around at the door. It was not right to go in, and it was even worse not to go in.
Zheng Xiu heard that Xue Zhi had returned in the room, and she shouted at the top of her lungs, "Let him in!" Since
she, a woman in labor, had spoken, the maidservants had no choice but to come out and pass on the message.
Xue Zhi had nothing to stop him now, so he went into the room immediately, and the anxious old nanny called him from behind.
Princess Guihe looked at the old nanny and said, "Forget it, let him go."
Xue Zhi entered the delivery room and saw Zheng Xiu lying on the bed with a pale face and sweat on her forehead. Old Master Zheng was beside her, wiping the sweat off her.
"Ah Xiu, does it hurt a lot?" He walked up quickly and grabbed her hand that was tightly holding the bed sheet.
Zheng Xiu had just shouted for a while, but now she had no strength left. She held him with her backhand and said weakly, "I'm fine, I just feel a little pain..." She tried to raise the corners of her lips and smiled at him.
Xue Zhi looked at her like this, and it was not "a little painful" at all. It was clearly really painful. He turned to ask the two midwives, "Is there any way to relieve the pain?"
The two midwives looked at each other in bewilderment. Although they were experienced in the concubines' childbirth in the palace, they had never heard that childbirth could be painless.
Zheng Xiu pulled Xue Zhi's hand and said, "Okay, don't make things difficult for others. Giving birth is painful."
Xue Zhi couldn't help but sigh, "If I had known you would be in so much pain..."
Old Lady Zheng immediately said, "Ah Zhi, Ah Xiu is about to give birth, so don't say those things. Let someone bring some ginseng slices for her to hold in her mouth.
Xue Zhi was a strong man, and it was really difficult for the maids to move around with him blocking the bed. He then stepped aside and watched the maid helping Zheng Xiu hold the ginseng slices under her tongue.
Zheng Xiu endured for a while, waved to Xue Zhi and said, "You'd better go out. It's really unnerving to have you looking at me here. "
Xue Zhi himself could not see how nervous he was as if facing a powerful enemy, but Zheng Xiu could see it as soon as she raised her head. She was obviously enduring the pain, but Xue Zhi looked even worse than her.
Xue Zhi said, "I'll stay here with you and talk to you."
Zheng Xiu looked at Old Lady Zheng helplessly and said softly, "Grandma, just let him go out."
Old Lady Zheng said, "Azhi, listen to what grandma says and go out first. Axiu can't be distracted now. "
Xue Zhi had no choice but to stand up and go to the door.
Over there, Xiang Gui and the princess had already returned to Changfeng Garden to change out of their overcoats for entering the palace, and came to Hao Yetang again. After all, she was a woman who had given birth twice, so she naturally knew how many hours it would take from starting to giving birth. So when she saw Zheng Xian and Xue Zhi standing guard at the door, she couldn't help but laugh and said, "What are you doing standing here? It will take a long time. It won't be too late for you to take a rest first!" "
Xue Zhi and Zheng Xian were both unwilling to listen to what was said at the moment, and they were only thinking about Zheng Xiu. Especially Xue Zhi, his face was frighteningly solemn, and the maids would deliberately avoid him when passing by him, for fear of touching his head.
Princess Guihe shook her head helplessly and went in to see Zheng Xiu.
Zheng Xiu's uterus was already open, and the two midwives made her legs bend and fixed them on both sides of her body, and began to urge Zheng Xiu to exert force. Princess
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