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The contractions come in waves, and the time intervals between them gradually shorten.

It was impossible for Xiyu to fall asleep, she just closed her eyes to conserve her energy.

I don’t know if it was because the baby in her belly was anxious to come out, or if her body dilated quickly, but it soon dilated to five fingers.

Under the guidance of the midwife, she took long breaths in and out and regulated her breathing.

Xia Ying brought basins of hot water into the house, which turned blood red when brought out.

Gao Wuyong stood outside the door, looking nervous.

He has already sent someone to inform the Fourth Master, but he doesn't know what the situation is in the palace.

Xia Ying carried too much water and her arms ached slightly. She felt a little weak but she didn't dare to rest for a moment.

It’s not that I don’t trust others, but I feel more at ease doing it myself.

She walked back panting, and Cuihe hurriedly followed her.

"Sister Xia Ying, let me help you."

She spoke at the right time.

Xia Ying thought about it and nodded.

There is a room in the corner of Yaoxingyuan, which is specially reserved for producing hot water for decocting medicine that day. The pot is steaming and boiling.

Qiu Xu sat on a small stool beside him, decocting the medicine carefully.

Cuihe took over the job of helping to scoop water, giving Xia Ying some time to rest.

This room is very close to the wall of the palace, and you can vaguely hear the sound of firecrackers from nearby houses.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

There were three consecutive sounds, followed by a pause, and then three more sounds.

Cuihe's hand that was scooping water suddenly stopped, and then continued calmly.

He glanced at Qiu Xu who was decocting medicine, and Xia Ying who was standing aside waiting for water, and swallowed nervously.

I'm sorry, Sister Xia Ying.

She said this in her heart, then picked up the basin and prepared to hand it to Xia Ying.

Cui He's hand slipped and she lost her grip on the edge of the basin.

Hot water poured out from it and poured onto Xia Ying's arm without warning.

Tingling, burning.

"what--"

The basin fell to the ground and broke into pieces, accompanied by Xia Ying's cries of pain.

Although it was mixed with cold water, the temperature of the water was not low in order to keep it warm when it was brought to the delivery room in such a cold weather.

"Sister Xia Ying, are you okay?"

Seeing Xia Ying's facial features twisted in pain, Cui He was at a loss.

When Qiu Xu heard the sound, he quickly got up and came to check the situation.

"Take a dip in cold water to cool down!"

There was a bucket of cold water right next to her, so she simply pressed the other person's arm and stuffed it in.

The moment she entered the water, Xia Ying could feel the separated skin on her arm quickly shrinking back.

The cool water flowed over my arms, relieving the burning sensation on my skin.

After a long time, she took out her arm.

Qiu Xu rolled up the sleeve of her left arm, being extremely careful not to scratch the tender skin.

There was a red mark on the forearm, with a few crystal clear blisters the size of fingertips, and some traces of intricate folds of the sleeves. That area was burned more severely and the color was darker.

Cui He said self-reproachfully, "I'm sorry, Sister Xia Ying, I didn't mean it."

Her arm was in so much pain as soon as it was taken out of the water. Xia Ying had no time to pay attention to her and wanted to put her hand back into the bucket.

Qiu Xu looked serious, "Your wound needs to be treated quickly. If it becomes seriously festered, your life may be in danger."

"I still have some ointment for the burn, it will feel much better after applying it."

Xia Ying hesitated, "But here..."

Mrs. Fu is still waiting for hot water.

Cui He took the opportunity to speak, "I'll go, I'll go. Sister Xia Ying, you take a rest. I'll do the job of delivering hot water."

Given the condition of her arm, this is all that can be done.

Qiu Xu said, "I'll go help her apply the medicine. It took quite a while. Please hurry up and send the hot water over."

"Hey."

Cuihe nodded repeatedly and changed to a new basin to scoop water.

Seeing the two people leave the hot water room, she quickly stopped scooping water, took out a paper bag from her lapel, poured the light brown medicine powder inside into the medicine jar, then returned to her original place and picked up the scoop again.

Almost at the moment when this action was completed, the door curtain was lifted.

She swallowed nervously and almost threw the scoop away guiltily.

"You went to apply medicine, why did Sister Qiu Xu come back so soon?"

"I just remembered that there was still medicine boiling on the stove, so I let someone else do the job of applying the medicine."

Qiu Xu returned to the small stool, opened the lid of the medicine jar, and leaned forward to sniff it.

It seemed like he was checking whether the medicine inside was burnt.

She frowned, put the lid back, and fanned it gently.

Cuihe breathed a sigh of relief. She had been very careful and should not be discovered.

Qiu Xu looked at her slow movements and suddenly said, "There are too few people delivering hot water. They may be too busy later. You can ask someone else to help."

"Hey."

Cuihe responded, then left the hot water room with the prepared hot water, brought the hot water into the delivery room and handed it to Chunshi.

As soon as I entered the delivery room, the strong smell of blood rushed into my nose, and I could faintly hear Fu Jin's suppressed cries of pain in the room.

"Please use some strength, my cervix is ​​almost dilated to seven or eight fingers."

The midwife whispered instructions at the side, and everyone in the room held their breath nervously and followed suit.

It was as if they were the ones lying on the bed.

'It hurts so much.'

Xiyu didn't have the energy to speak and could only quietly complain to the little snake spirit in her heart during the moment of rest.

Qi Xi racked his brains to comfort her, "You gave birth to two children this time. As long as they are not two girls, there is a high probability that you will be able to complete the mission and return with the next one."

Thinking about her retirement life after returning home, with food, drinks, fun, handsome male models... Xiyu suddenly regained her strength, gritted her teeth and pushed along with the force of the contraction.

When Cuihe returned to the hot water room, she was followed by a young eunuch who was doing rough work in the yard. He was very strong.

She glanced at Qiu Xu, still fanning the fire, with steam rising from the medicine jar.

Judging from the time, it should be ready by now, don't let it exceed the time.

She licked her chapped lips and reminded, "Sister Qiuxu, the medicine is not ready yet, don't let it get mushy."

"This medicine was prescribed by Imperial Doctor Zhao. He specifically instructed that it should be boiled twice with water, so it will naturally take longer."

Qiu Xu said calmly, shaking his wrist mechanically.

Cuihe didn’t understand these things, so she didn’t care about them anymore.

Half an hour later, Qiu Xu carefully carried the prepared medicine to the delivery room.

"Doctor Zhao, the medicine is ready."

"Send it in quickly, the time is just right, Fu Jin can start exerting force right away."

Zhao Kuangsheng was standing outside the door and spoke in a low voice.

Qiu Xu brought the bowl of medicine in. The boiling hot medicine had cooled down a little along the way.

Xiyu closed her eyes and gasped, her forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and her hair was sticking to her forehead wetly.

Chunshi helped her stand up and fed her the medicine.

Cui He stood by holding a basin of water, and only after making sure that she had drunk the medicine did her heart settle down.

After today, she will have the chance to marry Master Jiu.

Hiding the smile in her eyes, she left the room carrying the dirty basin...

The sound of horse hooves echoed in the empty streets.

Yinzhen was riding on horseback with the young eunuch when he suddenly remembered something.