Shen Qingqiu hurriedly walked to her mother's boudoir. At this time, many doctors were gathered outside the door, including the imperial physician invited from the palace. Gu Yong was anxiously turning around at the door. Seeing this, Shen Qingqiu hurriedly asked: "What's going on? Didn't my mother give birth half a month later?"
Gu Yong didn't know much about medicine, so he couldn't answer her question. Someone nearby said, "It seems that Madam took some drugs that induced labor by mistake. It's useless to ask me to come now. Since she's going to give birth, we should call a midwife."
"Where's the midwife?" Shen Qingqiu asked sternly.
Gu Yong's expression was gloomy. "It just so happened that the midwife left today saying that something happened at home. I have already asked someone to invite the midwife."
Shen Qingqiu's eyes turned cold. Her mother suddenly gave birth prematurely, and the midwife that the Marquis's Mansion had prepared early on happened to be out of the house today because of something?
"My Lord, My Lord!" The concierge ran and knelt at the door. "Midwife, we can't find a midwife!"
The doorman shouted, "The Crown Princess of Prince Jing's mansion gave birth today, and she happened to have a difficult labor, so she called all the midwives in the city to her house." Although Prince Jing had no power, he was a prince after all, so it was impossible for the Marquis' Mansion to snatch the midwives directly from them.
Shen Qingqiu smiled coldly, "All the midwives in the city, aren't they afraid that their house will burst!"
The Prince Jing's Mansion dared to call in all the midwives in the city. Even if they did not collude with others to frame their Prince Hou's Mansion, they were definitely not innocent.
"Dad, it's not convenient for me to come forward. After all, I am the county lord. It shouldn't be difficult to ask for a midwife from them." Shen Qingqiu said so, but the cold light in his eyes was definitely not the word "ask". At this moment, Gu Yong just wanted to split himself into two, wanting to accompany Liu and go to Jingwang Mansion to grab a midwife.
"Take some soldiers with you." Gu Yong said.
The corners of his eyes were red. Now his wife and children were in danger of death in there, so he didn't care about anything that was against the rules.
Shen Qingqiu nodded and was about to go out, but she saw Old Lady You rushing over in a hurry, "Are you about to give birth? I saw many doctors came to your mansion--" Shen Qingqiu said: "Yes, grandma, I was just about to ask for a midwife--"
"I have a midwife here," Youshi said hurriedly, "Go quickly!"
As soon as she finished speaking, two old maids with shiny hair stood up from behind Youshi. "These two maids used to deliver babies for nobles in the palace and never made any mistakes. Quick, ask them to go in first."
After Shen Qingqiu checked the two maids, he quickly asked them to go in and deliver the baby.
Yu Shi asked worriedly, "What's going on? Isn't the baby due in half a month? Where is the midwife in the mansion?"
Shen Qingqiu smiled coldly, "I don't know now either." Then he turned to Youshi and said, "Thanks to my grandmother, why did you hire a midwife?"
When Youshi heard what she meant, she knew something might have happened, and said, "I'm worried that something might have happened to your mother. These two maids have experience in serving nobles. I originally wanted to ask them to serve your mother after she gave birth, but I didn't expect something like this--" At this point, Youshi's face turned cold.
She was nearly fifty years old when she found her biological daughter, but there were still people who wanted to do such things to their own daughter and grandson. Did they think that the Duke Xiao Mansion was dead?
The two maids were indeed capable, and Liu had taken very good care of herself during her pregnancy. Not long after they entered, they heard the baby crying loudly. Then a maid opened the door and said, "Congratulations, my Lord. Both mother and child are safe!" Gu Yong was about to go in, but the maid said, "It's cold today. Madam must not be exposed to the cold after giving birth. My Lord, please wait outside."
"Okay!" Gu Yong had just said the word "Okay" when the nanny slammed the door.
Gu Yong was not angry when someone slammed the door. Instead, he hurriedly asked, "Where is my wife? How is my wife?"
The old lady had just arrived, and naturally had heard most of the news. She only said, "The maids in the palace are naturally experienced. You can go in later." She then ordered the imperial physician and the doctor who came to the marquis's mansion to take the pulse to be given a red seal, and then asked Youshi to sit down in the main hall.
"Thanks to you. If it weren't for you, Yong'er's wife would have had a hard time today." The old lady sat on the chair and looked at Youshi with gratitude.
Youshi said, "What are you talking about? She is my daughter. She is pregnant with not only your child, but also my grandson." At this point, Youshi's voice was cold, "But Old Lady Xu, you can ignore the fat mansion, but how can there be only one midwife in such a large mansion like Guhou Mansion when the baby is about to be born, and what happened on the day of my daughter's birth?"
When Old Lady Xu heard this, her face turned grim. "Don't worry, I will get to the bottom of this matter. From the housekeeper to the midwife, no one will escape."
As they were talking, they saw the two maids come out, one of them holding a baby in her arms, "Congratulations, my Lord, on the birth of your baby boy!"
Gu Yong glanced at his son and asked, "Where's the wife?"
"Madam took good care of her during her pregnancy. Although she was born half a month early, it is not a big deal. She has woken up now. You can go and see her if you want."
Old Lady Xu looked at her grandson and shook her head, "Go, go see your wife."
She then said to the two maids below, "Quick, bring the little boy here for me to see." The maids then brought the child up. Yu Shi also wanted to go see her daughter, but seeing that Shen Qingqiu and Gu Yong had already left, she felt sorry for her daughter and thought that it was not appropriate for her to see too many people after giving birth, so she stayed here with Old Madam Xu to look after her grandson.
Inside the room, Liu's black hair looked as if it had been washed and spread out on the quilt.
Gu Yong's heart softened when he saw this, and he immediately walked over and gently held the person in his arms. Shen Qingqiu walked over and sat on the small chair next to him, also looking at Liu with concern.
"Don't worry, I'm fine." Perhaps because she had just given birth, Liu looked even gentler than usual. "My Lord, have you seen our child?"
Gu Yong said: "I have seen him, he is very good."
Liu smiled, and Shen Qingqiu saw that the couple looked affectionate and seemed to have a lot to say. Seeing that her mother had nothing to do, he said, "I'll go tell my grandmother first." Liu nodded, and Shen Qingqiu went out first.
"My father has to accompany my mother now, so he can't investigate what happened inside. Let our people investigate." Shen Qingqiu said: "The person who delivered the material, the midwife, and the person who hired the midwife, check everything for me!"
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"What a waste! He actually managed to give birth to her safely!"
Princess Changping threw the cup in her hand angrily, and the maid below poured her tea again, "Princess, the marquis's mansion is like an iron barrel. It is already not easy for us to do anything with the midwife and the cloth--" Everything that Liu saw and touched had to be carefully checked, so they naturally did not dare to poison directly.
There was nothing poisonous about the fabrics. Instead, they had something added to calm the nerves of pregnant women. But medicine is poisonous, and if the smell of this thing was a little stronger, it would have the effect of inducing labor. Besides, Liu's due date was approaching.
"I'm afraid this matter cannot be concealed from the Marquis' Mansion, Princess. What if Marquis Gu causes trouble for us?" The maid couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Changping smiled coldly, "This matter was not masterminded by this princess, how dare he cause trouble for me?"
The maid was stunned where she stood, only to hear Changping continue, "Even if I have the ability to bribe the owner of the fabric shop and the midwife, I don't have the ability to ask all the midwives in the Imperial Hospital to go to Prince Jing's Mansion, and I don't have the ability to order Prince Jing around." What's more, he was plotting to murder Liu and cause the Crown Prince's Consort to give birth prematurely.
When the maid heard this, she was so frightened that she didn't dare to ask any more questions and lowered her head in panic.
Princess Changping stared at the direction of Gu Hou's mansion, and then looked at the direction of the palace, with tears in her eyes, "I have done so much, all for him. I hope that he will remember me when he succeeds in the future."
Since there was something unusual about Liu's delivery, Shen Qingqiu naturally conducted a thorough investigation.
But the investigation ultimately led them to the palace, so of course they couldn't investigate any further. Could they really kill the man sitting on the throne?
"How despicable!" Gu Yong said coldly.
Shen Qingqiu also said: "As the king of a country, he is afraid of his subjects and even doesn't let go of the women in the backyard. Dad, do you think it's still interesting for him to be the king of this country?"
Gu Yong's face was cold, and he pounded his hands hard on the table. "If I don't take revenge, how can I be a husband and a father?"
"Everything is still to be considered in the long run."
Shen Qingqiu nodded and smiled coldly, "I was wondering why the emperor would trust Changping, such a vicious woman, so much. It turns out that they are all the same at the root."
Gu Yong frowned, "She is just the daughter of a vassal king with no real power, yet she is stirring up trouble like this. I want to see what she can do after losing her family."
Shen Qingqiu curled his lips and looked out the window with satisfaction.
The days passed one by one, and soon it was the time when the little prince was one month old.
Now he has decided on a name, Gu Xiaoran. On the third day after he was born, Gu Yong went to the palace to ask for the title of the prince. Now the Gu family has held a banquet to celebrate the prince's full moon. The Hou Mansion is already a powerful family in the capital, and with the title of Duke Xiao's Mansion, there is naturally an endless stream of people coming.
Liu's three-month confinement period had been completed, and she wore a festive red smock today. She had just given birth, and she looked a lot fuller than before. "Go quickly, give Madam Chen a seat..." She then saw Madam Li coming over and exchanged a few more words with her.
There is no trace of the awkwardness that Liu had when she first arrived in the capital. Her whole body exudes an indescribable elegance and wealth.
Not to mention that after giving birth, she was not as bloated as other women, but rather more beautiful and gentle, which made many women envious. Among the women from big families like theirs, which one could look like Liu after giving birth?
During her pregnancy, Marquis Gu favored her alone, not worrying about having concubines or maids. Even after giving birth, he couldn't have sex with her, and he still took care of her. Ordinary men couldn't be so devoted, let alone Marquis Gu, who was second only to the emperor!
Their husbands, however, don't have the ability of Marquis Gu, and they have a lot of concubines! Even when they are pregnant, they still have to be on guard against their husbands and concubines. How can they be as beautiful as she is?
Gu Yanran also embroidered a gift and prepared to send it to Liu.
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