In the afternoon, the eldest lady Du Shi and Xian Yu Niangzi came, and several people chatted together for more than an hour, and asked Gao Qiuniang about the situation in the past two days.

The eldest lady repeatedly told Zhen to be careful, the day of childbirth is on this day or two, and you must not be negligent.

The night is long in early spring, after dinner, the sky is already dark, the moon is like a hook, the stars are dotted, Gao Qiuniang walked around the verandah a few times with the support of Yuhan and the fragrance of books, and then went back to the room to sleep.

Just after the second watch, Gao Qiuniang felt a pain in her abdomen, which often happened some time ago, so she didn't pay much attention to it, but it hurt every once in a while, knowing that this time it was really going to be labor.

She calmly called the maidservant on duty at night, Shuxiang: "Shuxiang, come over for a while, you may be about to give birth." ”

Shuxiang panicked, and ran to Gao Qiuniang's bed without even wearing shoes, and hurriedly asked, "Do you want to call Wen Po?" ”

Gao Qiuniang said: "Don't worry, it's still early to live, it is estimated that it will be dawn." You call Yuhan up first, let her call Da Lang Niangzi, and everything will be arranged by her. ”

Shuxiang ran back and put on her shoes, and said, "Master, be careful yourself, I'm going to call Yuhan." ”

After a while, Shuxiang came over with Yuhan and Mozhu, Yuhan let Shuxiang and Mozhu serve, and went out of the room to call Dalang Niang.

After Zhen came over, he first asked, "Do you see red?" ”

Gao Qiuniang said: "There shouldn't be, it's just a burst of pain." ”

Zhen said to Yuhan: "You go and clean up the east ear room first, lay out the futon, and build a brazier." ”

Yuhan shouted Mozhu and went.

Zhen said to Shuxiang again: "You go and call all the people in the yard, according to what I told you a few days ago, what should you do." Go and tell San Langjun again and ask him to send someone to the second uncle's mansion to deliver the letter. ”

In less than a moment, the entire courtyard was busy.

Zhen sat next to Gao Qiuniang and talked to her, reassuring her to relax, there were so many people guarding and there was nothing to worry about. And told Gao Qiuniang: "It's much easier to give birth to a second child, and I gave birth to three of them, and I have more experience than you." ”

Hearing Zhen say "flutter" and gave birth, although Gao Qiuniang endured the stomachache, she was also amused by her, and her mood relaxed a lot.

At this time, Yuhan came over and said that the east ear room had been cleaned up, and she and Mo Zhu slowly helped Gao Qiuniang up and got dressed.

Zhen asked Gao Qiuniang if she could go, and Gao Qiuniang nodded.

So several people helped them together, walked to the east ear room step by step, and waited for Gao Qiuniang to lie down on the delivery bed.

After the third watch at night, the eldest lady Du also arrived, in addition to the personal maidservant, there were also two old women behind.

After asking about Gao Qiuniang's situation, the eldest lady said to an old woman behind her: "Wang Fei, you go and take a look." ”

Wang Yu walked over, lifted the quilt from Gao Qiuniang's feet, lifted her skirt and observed it carefully for a while, then listened with her ears against her abdomen, put down the quilt and walked to the eldest lady and replied: "I have seen red, but the amniotic fluid has not broken yet, and the fetal position is also positive, and the production is estimated to wait until dawn tomorrow morning." ”

After a period of pain passed, Gao Qiuniang calmed down a lot, and it was a little strange to see that the eldest lady had brought two more stable mothers, so she asked: "The eldest lady has already arranged for a stable woman, why did the eldest sister-in-law bring two more people over?" ”

How did she know that the eldest lady told the eldest lady about Sun Yu and Tian Yu going to the eldest grandson Wuxian's courtyard, and the eldest lady couldn't rest assured, so she picked two stable women in her own mansion.

When the eldest lady Du Shi saw Gao Qiuniang asking, she didn't want to say it clearly, so she covered it up and said: "There are many things that have been experienced by many people, and it is good to have a discussion if there is something." ”

When Concubine Sun and Concubine Tian heard this, their faces were a little uncomfortable, thinking that maybe the eldest lady knew something.

Gao Qiuniang didn't ask much, and said: "Sister-in-law, it's still early to listen to Wen Po, and everyone doesn't have to spend time here, just leave two people waiting here, you go back to the room to rest first, I can also recuperate my spirit." ”

Zhen arranged for Yuhan and the eldest lady to stay, and led the eldest lady to the upper room. She took a welcome pillow and let the eldest lady rest on the Luohan bed, and after a while, the eldest lady leaned on the Luohan bed and fell asleep.

It was about to dawn, and the eldest lady was awakened by Gao Qiuniang's painful shouts. The princess she brought came over and said, "The amniotic water has broken, the second lady is in severe pain, fortunately it is the second child, and it will be born in an hour or two." ”

The eldest lady asked Zhen, "Has Doctor Wu been here?" ”

Zhen said: "I have already come, and I am accompanied by San Langjun in the front hall." ”

The eldest lady said with peace of mind: "It's good to come, and it's easy to deal with it if it doesn't go well." ”

Then he said to Zhen, "Zhen Niangzi, you go and guard, come and tell me if you have something." When it comes to having a child, no one else can do it, so I'm just waiting here. ”

Time passed little by little, the screams of the east ear room were intermittent, sometimes hoarse, sometimes painful moans, two hours were almost over, and suddenly there was no sound over there, at this time the princess ran over in a hurry, and the eldest lady said happily: "Is it born?" ”

Concubine Wen Po was a little flustered, and replied: "Mastermother, it doesn't look too good, the third lady has tried her best, and the child is still not born." ”

The eldest lady said hurriedly: "Have you ever encountered such a situation before?" How is it all handled? ”

Wenpo Wang said: "This kind of thing has also happened to the old slave, and it is necessary to use the fetal inducing drugs of the Imperial Doctor's Department." ”

The eldest lady said: "Hurry up and invite Zhen Niangzi over." ”

After a while, Zhen and Wen Po came to see the eldest lady together, and the eldest lady said, "You go to the front hall and invite Doctor Wu to the upper room, and we will sum it up together." ”

Zhen answered, and after a while, Dr. Wu came to the upper room, and Zhen moved a Hu bed for him to sit down.

Doctor Wu said to Wen Po Wang Concubine: "You will tell me in detail, what is the complexion of the lady?" What color is amniotic fluid? Is there a lot of bleeding? ”

Wen Po said: "The second lady's face is yellow, her lips are purple, the bursts are uneven, the duration is short, she has fainted twice, the bleeding is less, the amniotic fluid is white at first, and now it is a little yellow." ”

Doctor Wu listened carefully, pondered for a while, and said, "According to what you said, it should be qi and blood stasis. ”

"During this time, my wife was in an anxious mood, had little activity, and my qi and blood were not smooth, and I had found this situation in the first two visits, and I made preparations in advance, and brought a dose of 'Urging Life Drink', which was immediately fried for Mrs. Also, take advantage of this time to let Madame eat something and drink some water. ”

Zhen took the medicine bag from Doctor Wu's hand, arranged for Yuhan to decoct the medicine, and brought a plate of dim sum into the east ear room.

Gao Qiuniang was lying on the delivery bed with a sallow face, her hair was wet with sweat, and she moaned in a low voice, as if she had exhausted her strength. Seeing Zhen come in, he said weakly: "I don't seem to be able to do it." ”

Zhen encouraged her and said, "It's okay, Doctor Wu said, you will have the strength to eat something, and you will be born after drinking another dose of medicine." ”

Under Zhen's persuasion, with a full desire to survive, Gao Qiuniang endured the pain and ate a few pieces of dim sum and drank some water.

At this time, Yuhan brought up the fried medicine, Zhen took the medicine bowl, used a spoon to try the cold and heat, and found that it was still a little hot, so he picked up the bowl where he drank water just now, poured it back and forth a few times with two bowls, and tried to drink it, and then fed Gao Qiuniang with a hot spoon one by one.

After half an hour, another sharp pain struck, Gao Qiuniang screamed in pain, grabbed the mattress with both hands, and the green tendons on her neck rose high.

Zhen encouraged her and said, "Work hard, just like when you are complimentary." ”

I only heard Gao Qiuniang screaming, her body straightened, and then she was silent. The room full of people shouted in surprise: "Birth, birth!" ”

While the women were busy cutting the umbilical cord and bandaging, they said that they were girls.

A steady woman carried the child's feet and hit the center of the foot, and heard the child cry out loud.

Gao Qiuniang's eyes were closed, and her chest was still rising and falling violently.

Zhen wiped the sweat on Gao Qiuniang's head with a sweat towel, and said with a smile: "It's a girl, now the mother and children are complete, and this suffering is not in vain." ”

After the child was washed and wrapped in a small quilt, Zhen took her and put her next to Gao Qiuniang's pillow, and said with a smile: "Mother, take a look at our little sister." ”

Gao Qiuniang turned her face sideways, opened her eyes slightly, only looked at it for a moment, and closed her eyes again.

Zhen knew that Gao Qiuniang was too tired, and now she probably wouldn't listen to what she said, so it was time for her to take a good rest.

She raised her head and said to Yuhan: "You go to the upper room first to report the good news to the eldest lady, and then let her come over to see her precious niece when the house is cleaned up." ”

After speaking, he instructed the stable woman and the maidservants to clean up the room.

After packing up, Zhen returned to the upper room to report the good news to the eldest lady again, thanked Doctor Wu, sealed a thank you gift of ten taels of gold, and asked Mozhu to lead him to the front hall, where the eldest grandson Wuxian sent someone back.

Zhen also rewarded the four stable women respectively, and the matter of Sun Concubine and Tian Yu was not mentioned again for the time being, and after the arrangement, he and the eldest lady went to the east ear room to visit Gao Qiuniang.

Seeing that Gao Qiuniang and the child were sleeping soundly, the eldest lady and the Zhen family breathed a long sigh of relief, and the eldest grandson Sheng entrusted Gao Qiuniang to the two of them when he left.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the eldest lady said with relief: "Our task is complete, it's time to go back and rest." When he got up, he was about to leave, but it was inconvenient for Zhen to stay, so he arranged for Yuhan to take good care of Gao Qiuniang's mother and daughter, and personally sent the eldest lady outside the gate.