Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Old Cui had also told him in private that if it really acted up in advance, he would urge Yu Wan to give birth. The pregnancy month is full, so there was not much risk of urging her to give birth. He would try his best to ensure the safety of the mother and child.
Yan Jiuchao was unwilling. Even if there was a one in a million chance, he did not want his wife and child to take the risk.
After Yu Wan finished eating the candied hawthorn, she was a little sleepy and went to take a nap.
Yan Jiuchao circulated the Longevity Technique in the room, trying to suppress the poison in his body that was on the verge of erupting. However, he realized that it was useless. It was actually a miracle that the Longevity Technique could suppress it for so long. After all, it was not a cultivation technique to detoxify the poison, so if he wanted to eliminate it completely, he had to take the antidote.
âYoung Master!â Shadow Thirteen walked in. He was stunned when he saw the bean-sized sweat on Yan Jiuchaoâs forehead. âYoung Master, has your poison acted up?â Yan Jiuchaoâs face turned pale. Shadow Thirteen turned around and walked out. âIâll call Old Cui!â
Old Cui did not live in the Young Master Manor, but he was not too far away. After all, Yan Jiuchaoâs poison could act up at any time.
âIâm fine. Come back first,â Yan Jiuchao said weakly.
Shadow Thirteen looked at Yu Wan, who was sleeping soundly behind the curtain, and secretly clenched his fists. Young Madam, Young Masterâs poison has acted up. If you donât give birth soon, Young Master wonât be able to take it anymoreâ¦
Just as this thought flashed through his mind, Yu Wanâs stomach moved. Right on the heels of that, Yu Wan was woken up by the pain.
âYan Jiuchao!â Yu Wan opened her eyes.
Yan Jiuchao quickly walked over and lifted the curtain. He looked at Yu Wan, who was suddenly sweating profusely. âYouâ¦â Yu Wan grabbed his hand. âI⦠I think Iâm going to give birthâ¦â
The Young Master Manor instantly became busy.
Although they were busy, Prince Yan and Uncle Wan were waiting for this day every day, so they had long arranged everything in the manor.
Nanny Liu entered the delivery room. More than twenty famous doctors from Yan City were guarding the door. The hot water in the kitchen had been boiling since last night, one pot after another, and it had never stopped.
âWhereâs the ginseng soup?â Uncle Wan asked.
âItâs done!â Pingâer said. âIâll bring it over to Young Madam now!â
Giving birth required a lot of strength, so experienced midwives would ask rich families to prepare ginseng soup and brown sugar water. Sometimes, they would ask them to prepare something else, but pregnant women usually could not eat it.
Pingâer brought the ginseng soup in. After a while, she came out again.
âThatâ¦â Pingâer looked at Uncle Wan awkwardly.
âWhatâs wrong?â Uncle Wan asked.
Yu Wanâs scream came from inside the room. Nanny Liu comforted her in a low voice. âThis isnât the most painful time yet. Save your strength and shout later, okay?â
âOh.â After that, Yu Wan really stopped shouting.
Uncle Wan was puzzled. There was such a thing? âBy the way, what did you want to say just now?â Uncle Wan looked at Pingâer.
Pingâer said, âYoung Madam said she doesnât want to drink the ginseng soup.
She wants to eat.â
Uncle Wan hurriedly said, âWhat does she want to eat? Iâll get the kitchen to cook!â
âShe wants to eat roasted goose, crispy duck, braised pork knuckle, vinegar cabbage, cured meat stewed with noodlesâ¦â Pingâer said a total of seventeen to eighteen dishes in one go and saw the corners of Uncle Wanâs mouth twitch.
Was she really giving birth? Wasnât she scamming them?!
It was no wonder that Uncle Wan thought this way. It was really because after Yu Wan entered the last month of pregnancy, Old Cui had instructed them to control Yu Wanâs diet. He was afraid that the children would be too big and difficult to give birth to. At that time, Yu Wan would be dangerous if she could not give birth.
Therefore, although Yu Wan was always eating, they had secretly reduced the portion of dishes and rice by half. They even lied that they could not buy ingredients for some of it which were too greasy and used other dishes to replace them.
It was also because Yu Wan had a good temper and did not make things difficult for servants like them. If it were someone else with a hard temper, they would have long chased this group of âincompetentâ servants out of the manor.
âAhem.â Uncle Wan walked to the door. âIsnât this too muchâ¦
âIâm about to give birth. Arenât you going to let me eat my fill⦠Boohooâ¦â Yu Wanâs aggrieved wail came from inside. Uncle Wan, who instantly felt guilty:
âDo it!â Yan Jiuchao instructed.
Uncle Wan slipped away. Roast goose, crispy duck, braised pork knuckle, vinegar cabbage, cured meat stewed with noodles⦠They were all carried into the room.
Yu Wan ate very well. She had a duck leg in her left hand and a drumstick in her right. Nanny Liu couldnât bear to look at her anymore. Was she delivering a fake child?
âNot good!â Nanny Liu touched Yu Wanâs stomach and her expression suddenly
changed.
âWhatâs wrong?â Yu Wan stopped chewing on the drumstick.
âThe fetal position of the child is not right! Itâsâ¦â Nanny Liu touched it carefully.â Itâs the most dangerous horizontal position!â
How could this be? It was clearly fine yesterday. What was this child doing in her stomach? In just one night, it had turned itself into an endangered state?
Nanny Liu was a very experienced midwife. Most of the children she delivered were in the normal fetal position, and only a small number were in the butt position, which was to sit upside down in the womb. This kind of difficult birth was not completely impossible, but the horizontal position was different.
It was horizontal in its motherâs womb. How could she give birth?!
Nanny Liu was about to despair. This was the Regentâs child. The Regent was someone who could cut off Assistant Minister Maâs waist if he was unhappy. If she lost his child, would she be dragged out and cut off by him?
Of course, this was not Nanny Liuâs fault, but would the nobles care about this? They would only blame the midwife.
Yu Wan: âOh.â
Compared to Nanny Liuâs shock, Yu Wan was very calm. Nanny Liu looked at her as if she had seen a ghost. Oh? What did that mean? Do you know that youâre in labor? Even an immortal canât deliver this childâs fetal position for you! At that time, just cry! No, you might not even have a chance to cry! This would be two lives!
Yu Wan calmly took a bite of the drumstick and looked down at her stomach. âHey, turn back.â
The corners of Nanny Liuâs mouth twitched. Haha, Princess Consort, are you kidding me? Do you think it will turn back just like that?
The next scene was unbelievable. The little fellow in her stomach obediently turned around and returned to its position.
Nanny Liu :
At this moment, Nanny Liu really felt like she had seen a ghost. She had delivered babies for so many years, but this was the first time she had met such an indecent pregnant woman and such an unruly child.
âWhat were you shouting about in there just now? Did something happen?â Yan Jiuchao entered the room.
âItâs fine. It hurts just now. It doesnât hurt anymore,â Yu Wan said.
Nanny Liu was dumbfounded. The delivery room was a bloody and dirty place. Men shouldnât come in! It was inauspicious!
Yan Jiuchao ignored her and went straight to the bed with a newly cooked braised chicken in his hand. âDo you want some?â
Yu Wanâs eyes lit up. âSlurpYes!
After Yan Jiuchao handed the braised chicken to Yu Wan, he left because Yu Wan suddenly wanted to eat stinky tofu again.
Yan Jiuchao had come and gone countless times, and every time, he would bring back new food. Nanny Liu almost knelt down. Is this how you give birth? Have you forgotten to give birth?
After Yan Jiuchao went out to buy food for Yu Wan again, Nanny Liu said solemnly, âPrincess Consort, you canât eat like this anymore. If you eat too much, your stomach will feel uncomfortable and you wonât be able to give birthâ¦â
âAchoo!â
As soon as Nanny Liu finished speaking, Yu Wan sneezed heavily.
Nanny Liu felt her hand sink.
Oh my god! The child was out!!!