Soon, Imperial Physician Wang arrived. He took Princess Anxing's pulse and his expression changed drastically.
"The princess hasn't reached her due date yet. If the bleeding doesn't stop soon, both the child and the mother will be in danger."
Before her due date, the bleeding wouldn't stop, and the Imperial Physician Wang sensed something was wrong. He quickly prescribed a remedy, instructing his servants to use the finest ginseng to replenish the princess's strength.
The midwife in the manor examined the princess and said, "The princess's cervix is not dilated yet; she cannot give birth."
The time had not come, and the birth canal had not opened. The princess was not giving birth at all; she was having a miscarriage.
Miscarriage at such an advanced age is a life-threatening situation for both the mother and the fetus.
After the acupuncturist finished administering the acupuncture, the princess's bleeding was no longer as turbulent as before, but it did not completely stop.
If this continues, neither the princess nor the baby in her womb will survive.
Imperial Physician Wang was at his wit's end. He was covered in sweat from the shock and distress. Given Empress Sun's affection for the princess, if anything were to happen to her, he would suffer the consequences.
The imperial physician understood this as well and was frantic, pacing back and forth. "Your Excellency, please think of something! If anything happens to the princess, none of us will survive!"
When Wang Yuanshi was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, a sudden thought struck him: Princess Chang Le, yes, Princess Chang Le.
As the head of the Imperial Medical Academy, Wang Yuanshi had always been very interested in medicine, so he naturally heard about the story of Princess Changle cutting open her abdomen to save a woman at the Jingzhao Prefecture.
Princess Chang Le used the gifts from the female husband to open the Cigu Hall, and the Imperial Physician Wang was impressed by Princess Chang Le's skill and kindness.
Thinking of this, the Imperial Physician Wang hurriedly ran to Yan Gang and said, "Prince Consort, the only hope for the princess in her current condition is to invite Princess Chang Le to come."
It's impossible for the princess to have a full-term delivery this time. If he were to treat her, he could only save one of the babies. If Princess Chang Le were to perform the cesarean section, it might save the lives of the princess and her child, as well as him and the physician.
Yan Gang glanced at the Imperial Physician Wang and said calmly, "Does the Imperial Physician mean for me to go and invite the Princess?"
The Imperial Censor was taken aback, not understanding what the Prince Consort meant.
The child in the princess's womb is the prince consort's, so of course it was the prince consort who went to invite him. Could it have been him who went to invite him?
He went to ask, but who will take care of the princess?
"Or, Your Highness, could you send someone to invite him?" Wang Yuanshi dared not directly contradict Yan Gang, so he could only suggest it tactfully.
Yan Gang looked at Granny Gu and said, "Then Granny Gu, go and invite the princess. I'll stay here to look after her."
Granny Gu paused for a moment, sensing that something was off about the prince consort today.
In the past, if something like this happened to the princess, he would be more anxious than anyone else, but today the prince consort was completely calm.
Could it be because of the mother and daughter in the water dungeon?
Granny Gu knew the inside story. The princess had long known that the two women were the princess's wife and daughter in Tangzhou. She had only used the princess to vent her anger on the princess in the water dungeon.
Granny Gu was in a dilemma. The princess had instructed her that Granny Gu must be by her side when she gave birth.
“Your Highness, childbirth is a bloody and filthy place, and it is not appropriate for a man to be there. Perhaps it would be more convenient for this old servant to take care of the princess,” Granny Gu said, forcing herself to speak.
Yan Gang glanced at Granny Gu and curled his lips into a smile, though the smile didn't reach his eyes. "I never knew that even a servant in the manor would dare to order me around."
Granny Gu hurriedly knelt down with a thud, "Your Highness, this old servant dares not, this old servant is doing this for your own good."
"So, are you going or not?"
Looking at Princess Anxing, who was already half-conscious on the bed, Granny Gu wanted to stay, but dared not disobey the prince consort's words, so she could only reply, "This old servant will go now."
She had no choice but to speed up and get back as soon as possible.
Watching Granny Gu leave, Yan Gang glanced indifferently at the servant beside him. The servant nodded slightly and followed her out of the room when no one was looking.
Granny Gu, accompanied by her maid, hurried to the Zhao family in a carriage, urging the driver on and on, "Faster, faster!"
It was nearly 9 p.m. when the carriage sped away. Yunqi had a curfew, and there was no one on the road.
Whoosh!
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