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"What is the conclusion of the imperial physician?"

The man looked at the bright candlelight in the house opposite, his face as gloomy as water.

Two figures behind him half-knelt, and one of them said:

"Your Highness is fine. The Imperial Physician said that you will be able to give birth safely before dawn. Please rest assured."

"Tianming?"

so long?

Xiao Tong stared at the high wall separating the two mansions with a frown on his face.

Yes, the person living next door was Xiao Tong who came from the capital.

He ordered the Qilin Guards to monitor Jiang Yuanzhou day and night, and finally found clues from the regular correspondence between Jiang Yuanzhou and Yuncheng, and traced them to this place.

In order to ensure that Jiang Wumei could give birth peacefully, he did not dare to approach her as rashly as he did last time.

He only secretly ordered people to infiltrate her life, quietly protect her, and report all her daily details back to the capital, in order to quench his thirst with poison.

But the closer it got to Jiang Wumei's due date, the more restless Xiao Tong became. He stepped up his efforts to handle government affairs, entrusted state affairs to important cabinet ministers, and rushed here without stopping.

Nearly twenty days had passed since he arrived in Yuncheng, and memorials from the court arrived one after another, urging him to return to the capital as quickly as possible.

But Xiao Tong was concerned about Jiang Wumei, and would rather travel thousands of miles across mountains and rivers to handle urgent government affairs in an expedited manner than set out to go back.

He wanted to stay with Jiang Wumei for a while longer, and wait until she gave birth to the baby safely, so that he could take a look at her before leaving.

Yes, now Xiao Tong no longer dares to force Jiang Wumei to return to Beijing, but he will never let her go.

He will protect her and the child in his own way and wait for her to change her mind. No matter how long it takes, he is willing to wait.

"Go investigate the situation again. If there's anything unusual happening with the Imperial Concubine, report it immediately."

After giving the order, Xiao Tong stared at the direction of Jiang Wumei's courtyard in a daze. It seemed as if he could clearly feel her labor pain through a high wall.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The black shadow took the order and left, leaving Xiao Tong alone standing in the courtyard. Another Qilin Guard could not bear to watch and brought over a wide cushioned chair and whispered:

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine will be giving birth for a while. Will you please sit and wait for the news?"

Before leaving Beijing, the master repeatedly instructed them to serve the emperor well and not to let the emperor stand in the courtyard all night because of the concubine's childbirth.

Xiao Tong glanced at the wide chair, turned his head and said coldly:

"Withdraw."

"Yes……"

The Qilin Guard was frightened by the glance Xiao Tong gave him and hurriedly moved the wide chair back into the room.

In the backyard of Xu's house.

Jiang Wumei's contractions became more frequent. Later, when the midwife asked her to push harder, she was in so much pain that her whole body felt like it was being washed with water, and she was covered in sweat.

The entire bed was wet with her cold sweat. Madam Liu and Qingzhi were as anxious as ants on a hot pan. They couldn't find where to put their strength and could only nervously stare at the midwife's movements.

"Madam, please gather your strength and listen to my commands. When I tell you to push harder, you push harder."

The midwife touched Jiang Wumei's belly and gave her urgent instructions.

Jiang Wumei's consciousness became blurred, the pain subsided, and she gasped for breath like a fish stranded on the shore.

Qingzhi was almost frightened to tears. Seeing her in such pain, she took advantage of the opportunity to feed the ginseng soup to Jiang Wumei's lips and said with red eyes:

"Madam, please drink some ginseng soup before continuing to exert your strength."

Jiang Wumei closed her eyes, the hair on her forehead was all wet with sweat, and it looked as fragile as a piece of jade that was about to break.

Just as she took a sip of the ginseng soup, she felt the pain as if her cramps and bones were being pulled out came back. Jiang Wumei swallowed the ginseng soup with all her strength, but she couldn't stop the painful groan in her throat even though she clenched her teeth.

The contractions lasted longer and longer, and Jiang Wumei felt only pain all over her body and could no longer feel anything else.

After enduring another round of pain, Jiang Wumei half-closed her eyes and spoke weakly:

"Qing, Qingzhi, I'm a little tired...

I want to sleep for a while..."

When Jiang Wumei said this, everyone in the room was shocked, and Qingzhi's tears, which she had been holding back for a long time, finally burst out.

She half supported Jiang Wumei's body, tears streaming down her face:

"Madam, madam, you can't sleep now, please don't sleep, I beg you."

Several midwives rushed forward to check the situation and shouted anxiously:

"No, Madam is exhausted.

Come on, come and lend a hand."

The room was in a state of commotion. Mrs. Liu saw that the situation was not good and hurried out to give orders:

"Hurry, hurry and get the doctor over!

Run, run, run!"

After calling for help, Mrs. Liu ran back to the bedside and looked at the midwife who was frantically pressing Jiang Wumei's belly. She said anxiously:

"How is it? How long will it take for the baby to come out?!"

Jiang Wumei's consciousness was already hazy. The midwife's anxious voice fell into her ears as if it was a hundred meters away, vague and unable to reach her ears.

“Madam’s health is not like that of an ordinary woman. It seems she has been suffering from a deficiency. She has taken good care of herself in the past few months, so there are no problems.

But when it came to giving birth, her body began to falter. It was obvious that she was too frail to bear the pain of childbirth.”

The midwives were so anxious that they were sweating. Before they came, they knew that the young lady in front of them was of noble status.

It took a long time to select this opportunity to deliver a baby. I thought it was a lucrative job, but I didn't expect that this young lady's health was so weak that she couldn't hold on.

This is bad.

If the job goes wrong, and anything happens to the young lady and the young master, these old midwives will have no chance of living.

Thinking of this, the midwives sweated even more profusely. Some pressed acupoints, some touched the belly, and used all their lifelong skills just to get the lump in the belly out sooner.

"Oh, oh, what should I do!

Why hasn’t the doctor arrived yet? "

Mrs. Liu felt dizzy when she heard this and hurried to the door to urge him.

Fortunately, the doctor was on standby. When he heard that the master was not feeling well, he hurried over with his medicine box on his back.

It was a cold day and the doctor was sweating when he ran to the door.

As soon as he entered the room, he was hit by a pungent smell of blood. The doctor's face changed drastically. Not daring to delay, he ran forward, put down the medicine box, and quickly took the patient's pulse.

After taking Jiang Wumei's pulse, without waiting for Mrs. Liu and others to ask, the doctor opened the medicine box, took out the silver needle, and seriously inserted the needle slowly into several major acupuncture points of Jiang Wumei.

After a while, Jiang Wumei, who was on the verge of losing consciousness just now, slowly opened her eyes.

Everyone present was almost crying with joy. Qingzhi fed Jiang Wumei a few more mouthfuls of ginseng soup and choked up, saying:

"Ma'am, please hold on for a while, it will be fine soon."

"Ok.

Don't cry, I'm fine."

After regaining consciousness, Jiang Wumei frowned and comforted Qingzhi, then followed the midwife's instructions and began to push again.

The danger was over, and the doctor breathed a sigh of relief. He picked up his medicine box and left the room. As soon as he came out, he was frightened by the cold-faced man in the yard.