Chapter 192 Delivery
After dinner, Qu Nan and Ye Zelan pulled Lin Qian aside to talk. "Why are you here? Are you in a bad mood?" Ye Zelan looked at Lin Qian's expression and asked with some concern.
Before Lin Qian could speak, Qu Nan spoke first. He asked, "Are you still thinking about what happened at the city gate?"
The matter had already spread, so Wei Xiaoran and Lin Qian didn't go out for a month, and Ye Zelan and Qu Nan naturally heard about it too.
In fact, the two of them had gone to see Lin Qian privately, but unfortunately they were stopped by the doorman.
Lin Qian nodded, then shook her head, looked at the two seniors, and asked a question: "Uncle Qu, Master's Wife, do you know the Poison King Jiang Xu?"
"What? Is it true that the Poison King Jiang Xu is famous everywhere? I thought it was just a rumor." Qu Nan was still careless and spoke loudly, and asked with wide eyes.
Ye Zelan thought about it seriously, then shook his head: "I'm not interested in things like poison. Although I know the name of the Poison King Jiang Xu, I don't know much about him."
Lin Qian thought about it for a while, but decided not to tell the two of them about the matter. They were both old, so it would be better not to trouble them with such matters.
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. I just feel uncomfortable and want to find an antidote. Let me figure it out on my own for a while. Don't worry." Lin Qian said to the two.
Ye Zelan reached out and touched Lin Qian's head. In her heart, she already regarded Meng Ziling and Lin Qian as her and Meng Yi's children. Seeing that Lin Qian was in a bad mood, she was worried. Now that she saw that Lin Qian could think it through, she also smiled.
Lin Qian felt very at ease staying with these two elders, just like staying with Meng Yi, so she was reluctant to leave and kept talking to them.
The three were chatting happily when the door suddenly opened. They turned around and saw Wei Xiaoran striding in.
"Why are you here?" Lin Qian stood up and asked Wei Xiaoran.
Wei Xiaoran saluted Ye Zelan and Qu Nan first, then said: "It's getting dark, and I saw that you haven't come back yet, so I came to take you home."
Lin Qian then noticed that it was already dark outside. Ye Zelan and Qu Nan looked at the young couple with a smile. Ye Zelan said, "Well, it's late, you should hurry back."
After getting on the carriage, Lin Qian said to Wei Xiaoran embarrassedly, "It's my fault. I was so excited chatting with Master's wife and the others that I forgot the time."
Wei Xiaoran just smiled and said, "The Queen has been moved out."
"Really? Then where is she now?" Lin Qian asked. No place was safe now.
"In our home, in the dark room, no matter what, we must protect the Queen and her unborn baby." Wei Xiaoran said.
The emperor's current actions are tantamount to entrusting his orphan to someone else. No matter what the emperor's final fate is, Wei Xiaoran will definitely protect Shen Junqi and the emperor's child.
Lin Qian didn't say anything. Her current situation made her feel like there was a knife on her neck. She really didn't like this feeling.
Lin Qian and Wei Xiaoran returned home quickly in silence, then went to Wei Xiaoran's study and went down to the secret room.
In addition to Shen Junqi, there was also Cai Xing, her personal maid since childhood, in the secret room.
Seeing Lin Qian and Wei Xiaoran, Shen Junqi immediately stood up, his face full of worry and anxiety: "You are here? What's going on outside now? Where's the emperor? Is he okay?"
Lin Qian watched as Shen Junqi stood up with her big belly. She was frightened and hurried to support her, but found that her hands were ice-cold. There was no warmth in Shen Junqi's hands at all.
"Don't worry, the emperor is fine, and everything is fine outside. Don't worry about other things now. The most important thing is the child." Lin Qian comforted, and then went to take Shen Junqi's pulse.
Shen Junqi smiled bitterly and said, "I know, but I'm worried about him."
Lin Qian withdrew her hand and said, "You are a little worried. Don't think too much. The baby will probably be born in the next few days. I will come to accompany you every day."
Shen Junqi touched her belly and hummed.
The two did not stay here for long. After making sure that Shen Junqi was okay, Lin Qian and Wei Xiaoran went out.
On the way back to the room, Lin Qian was frowning and thinking, when suddenly Wei Xiaoran called her, "Qianqian."
Lin Qian suddenly came back to her senses, looked at Wei Xiaoran, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Wei Xiaoran looked at Lin Qian, as if he wanted to ask something, but then shook his head. He came over and held Lin Qian's hand, saying, "Don't think about it. Have a good rest. We'll discuss it tomorrow."
Lin Qian glanced at Wei Xiaoran, nodded and said okay.
After washing up and lying on the bed, Lin Qian turned her head to look at Wei Xiaoran who had his eyes closed beside her. She always felt that something was wrong with Wei Xiaoran.
With such doubts, Lin Qian gradually fell asleep. When she woke up the next day, Wei Xiaoran was gone.
She first went to the dark room to see Chen Junqi. After coming out, Lin Qian went back to the Lin Mansion to check on Yao Yu. Time passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye, seven days had passed.
During these seven days, cartloads of medicinal jade were sent to the Lin residence, and finally all were received by Lin Qian in the space. Unfortunately, even with so many medicinal jades fed in, there was still no movement in the space.
As for Wei Xiaoran, every time he saw Lin Qian leave him and go back to the Lin Mansion alone, although he did not ask any questions, he saw that she was becoming more and more silent, and often stared at Lin Qian in a daze.
When Lin Qian asked him, he just shook his head and said nothing.
Today Lin Qian was going to have a good chat with Wei Xiaoran about what had happened to him during this period. However, Wei Xiaoran didn't come back, but instead received the news that Shen Junqi was about to give birth.
"Ah! It hurts!" As soon as the door of the secret room opened, Lin Qian heard Shen Junqi's cry of pain.
"Junqi, stop screaming. Once you run out of energy, you won't have the strength to give birth to the baby." Lin Qian hurriedly took Shen Junqi's pulse. She had just opened her birth canal and was still a long way from giving birth. Lin Qian quickly told her to stop screaming.
Cai Xing, who was standing next to her, was about to cry and kept wiping the cold sweat from Chen Junqi's forehead.
"Why does it hurt so much? Qianqian, am I going to die?" Shen Junqi couldn't bear the torture of the contractions and cried.
Lin Qian smiled and comforted her: "What are you talking about? I am the youngest female doctor in history. I will not let anything happen to you with me here."
Chen Junqi wanted to speak more, but Lin Qian didn't let her. She fed her some painkillers and labor-inducing drugs mixed with cold spring water. After she finished drinking them, she let her rest with the ginseng slices in her mouth.
After taking the medicine, Shen Junqi felt that her stomach pain was not so severe, and she actually fell asleep in a daze.
Lin Qian finally had time to ask Cai Xing: "When did the Empress start to feel pain?"
Cai Xing said, "The pain started in the second half of the night and gradually became more and more severe. Madam, is the queen okay?"
"It's okay, the birth canal is just opening a little slowly. I just gave her some medicine. Go boil some hot water. The queen should wake up soon." Lin Qian said.
Shen Junqi was nervous and fell asleep because she was extremely tired after taking the medicine. She would wake up soon as the contraction came.
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