Chapter 470 Childbirth (Third Update)
Gu Yan's eyes widened as he exclaimed, "So what if it's the Cabinet? My brother-in-law is the most amazing!"
Lord Gu chuckled and said, "If he's so capable, why didn't he get into the cabinet?"
Gu Yan said angrily, "My brother-in-law just... didn't want to go! Otherwise, let alone the cabinet, he would have gone to the Golden Palace without hesitation!"
Wow, this kid's got a big mouth.
Does he even know what the Cabinet is, or what the Golden Palace is?
In Zhao Kingdom, only officials who reached the fifth rank were qualified to meet the emperor, but even reaching that rank did not guarantee an audience. Take him for example, he was a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Works, but he had hardly ever attended court.
"He thinks he can just go whenever he wants? Who does he take him for?"
"He, he, he..." Gu Yan couldn't reveal her brother-in-law's true identity, and her face turned red with embarrassment. "His surname is Xiao!"
Lord Gu sneered: "So what if you're surnamed Xiao? There are so many people in the world with the surname Xiao. Do you think everyone is the young Marquis of Zhaodu?"
Gu Yan was so angry she looked like a little pufferfish: "What, what if he is him?"
Lord Gu didn't realize that this was a profound truth, taking it as just a child's angry outburst. He pointed at Xiao Heng and said to Gu Yan, "He is the young Marquis of Zhaodu, I'll call you father!"
Gu Yan looked at his father with a complicated expression, and silently sighed in his heart, "Sigh!"
"mother!"
The father and son were bickering when Xiao Heng suddenly spoke up.
The father and son stopped talking abruptly and looked at Yao Shi at the same time. They saw Yao Shi holding her stomach with a pale face, and her clothes were wet.
She said in disbelief, "I...I think I'm going into labor..."
Yao's labor started without warning; her water broke before she even felt any contractions. Fortunately, Gu Jiao had given her and her family some advice about childbirth beforehand, advising against forcing herself to move around in this situation.
Lord Gu carefully carried Madam Yao back into the house.
Xiao Heng said to Gu Yan, "I'll go boil some water. You have the guards go to Miaoshou Hall to find your sister. If she's not there, find Doctor Liu first."
Dr. Liu was originally a midwife in the neighborhood. Because she was very knowledgeable about all kinds of difficult and complicated diseases in women, Gu Jiao hired her to Miaoshoutang for a lot of money.
Most people still call her Liu the Midwife, but Xiao Heng respectfully addresses her as Doctor Liu, just like Gu Jiao.
Granny Fang and Yu Ya'er were tidying up the quilts next door when Yu Ya'er heard the noise and ran over. She exclaimed in surprise, "Granny Fang! Granny Fang! Madam is about to give birth!"
"It's not even the due date yet, is it premature again?"
Granny Fang's face changed drastically. She didn't care about putting away the quilts and hurriedly went through the small door between the two houses.
She stumbled as she walked too fast.
"Granny Fang!" Yu Ya'er, with her sharp eyes, steadied her. "Don't panic, the young master's guards have already gone to fetch Miss. Miss will be back soon, and Madam will be alright!"
Seeing that even a young maid like Yuya was more composed than herself, Granny Fang felt ashamed and sighed, "I was too hasty. I wasn't by Madam's side when she gave birth to Miss and Young Master, resulting in premature birth and the babies being switched at birth. I still have a knot in my heart about it..."
Yu Ya'er couldn't empathize with Fang Mama as much, but she still nodded in understanding: "I understand, Fang Mama. Don't worry, Madam is blessed with good fortune and will definitely have a safe delivery!"
Gu Jiao was not there; it was Liu Shi who came.
Liu was a very experienced midwife. Lord Gu had inquired about her when he sent Huang Zhong to find a midwife for Yao a while ago. Lord Gu was very fortunate to be able to invite her over.
However, Gu Yan and Xiao Heng preferred that Gu Jiao come instead.
However, if Yao's condition allowed, Liu's medical skills were sufficient.
Unfortunately, Yao's condition was not good.
"Are you mistaken? My wife's pregnancy went very smoothly. She ate and slept as usual, and even walked with a brisk pace! Her belly wasn't big! Everyone said this pregnancy would be easy for her!"
Liu had been a midwife for many years, and she had seen many cases like Yao's, where the pregnancy went smoothly but the mother was unable to give birth.
Women don't just face death on the day of childbirth; the entire pregnancy is filled with unpredictable risks. However, the risks during pregnancy are mostly borne by the fetus, and by the time of delivery, both mother and child are at great risk.
After all, if something happens to the mother, the baby in her womb will also be lost.
Liu Shi naturally wouldn't say anything discouraging in front of Yao Shi. She smiled and said, "Don't worry, this is just the beginning. Madam has fully started labor. I brought the labor-inducing medicine with me. Just take it with water."
In the past, labor-inducing drugs were prepared by dispensing the medicine and boiling it on the spot. Gu Jiao thought this method was time-consuming and inconvenient, so she simply made it into wax pills. After removing the wax coating, the pills inside can be swallowed directly or taken with water.
However, to everyone's surprise, Yao vomited as soon as she ate.
Ms. Yao had hardly experienced morning sickness during her pregnancy, but unexpectedly, she had such a strong reaction when she was about to give birth.
Liu then fed him a little brown sugar water, which he vomited up completely.
This is bad. She can't take her medicine or eat anything. Her strength will soon run out.
"Go and summon Imperial Physician Luo!" Lord Gu instructed Huang Zhong from outside.
"Yes!" Huang Zhong replied and left without stopping.
About half an hour later, Imperial Physician Luo was brought over.
Imperial Physician Luo took Yao's pulse, his expression as solemn as that of Liu, who stood beside him.
Without him having to say anything, Yao herself realized that this pregnancy would not be easy for her.
To be honest, she had a lot of morning sickness when she was pregnant with Jiaojiao and Yan'er, and even vomited at six months. That pregnancy was exceptionally difficult, but the delivery went relatively smoothly. Gu Yan's poor health was due to premature birth.
It wasn't that she had trouble giving birth at the time.
When Imperial Physician Luo asked Liu what treatment she had given Yao, Liu replied, "I was going to give her some labor-inducing medicine, but she vomited everything she ate and couldn't even drink water."
"Imperial Physician! How is my wife's condition?!"
Lord Gu was extremely anxious outside.
"Go and make some ginseng soup for Madam. If that doesn't work, she can eat whatever she wants. Also, tell Madam not to push or cry. She needs to conserve her energy." After instructing Madam Fang, Imperial Physician Luo left the delivery room and truthfully told Lord Gu, "Madam's condition is not optimistic. There is a high possibility of a difficult delivery."
Generally speaking, the first stage of labor for first-time mothers lasts five to six hours, while for mothers who have given birth before, it lasts three to four hours.
Less than two hours have passed since Yao's water broke, which is not yet time to determine if she is in a difficult labor.
However, based on the years of experience of Imperial Physician Luo and Madam Liu as doctors, as well as Madam Yao's pulse, the two tacitly predicted Madam Yao's condition.
However, Lady Liu dared not speak, but Imperial Physician Luo did.
Lord Gu felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his entire body instantly chilled by the cold air!
Gu Yan's face turned deathly pale. Xiao Heng stood beside him, and he unconsciously clenched Xiao Heng's sleeve.
Xiao Heng pursed his lips and remained silent.
Gu Jiao is out on a house call, and he can't help with this. He just hopes that Guard A can bring Gu Jiao back as soon as possible.
At that time, both bodyguards went to the clinic. When they heard that Gu Jiao was not there, one went to the place where Gu Jiao was making house calls to inform her, while the other brought Liu Shi over first.
Gu Jiao had actually received news of Yao's attack long ago, but she was at the scene of the incident, a casino, where a vicious attack had occurred, leaving three people seriously injured and their fates unknown.
She and Dr. Song were busy rescuing the injured.
"Hemostats!" She knelt on the ground and stretched out her hand.
Dr. Song skillfully handed her the hemostat.
She clamped the patient's blood vessel with hemostatic forceps.
“Suck,” she said.
The portable negative pressure suction device at the research institute only appeared today. She wondered if, as her strength recovered, the number of instruments that could appear in her medicine kit was gradually increasing. If that were the case, then there was hope for Gu Yan's heart surgery.
Having followed Gu Jiao for so long, Doctor Song was already used to the strange things in her medicine box and understood them very quickly.
He drained the blood and fluid from the patient's abdominal cavity.
Gu Jiao found the dart remnants remaining in the patient's abdominal cavity and removed them with tweezers.
He was so close to having his spleen rupture; I don't know whether to say he was incredibly lucky.
Gu Jiao was busy until midnight before she and Dr. Song finished treating all the patients.
"I'll take them back to the clinic. You should go back quickly," Doctor Song said to Gu Jiao. The guards had been waiting outside the room for a long time, and he knew something must have happened at home.
Gu Jiao nodded and returned to Biyue Hutong with the guard.
Yao's contractions were intensifying, but there was still no sign of the baby being born.
Midway through, Gu Yan's heart condition almost flared up, but Xiao Heng promptly gave him medicine and coaxed him back to his room to rest, leaving Gu Xiaoshun to watch over him.
Little Jingkong was unaware that Yao had encountered a difficult childbirth. Xiao Heng told him to sleep well and that he would have a little sister or brother when he woke up tomorrow morning. He was very happy and hugged his little pillow to go back to his room to sleep!
(End of this chapter)
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