Dr. Yao woke up from his sleep and got dressed, and called out to Song Wangyue to come over with him.
Before they reached Gu Wen’s courtyard, they heard a scream of misery.
Dr. Yao’s heart tightened and he quickly walked into the flower hall.
Kong Qing was sitting on the floor as if he had lost his soul, not a trace of blood on his face.
“What’s going on?”
Hearing his voice, Kong Qing struggled to his feet and clutched his hand, “Doctor Yao, you must save Wen’er, you must save her.”
Doctor Yao rushed into the inner room and placed his hand on Gu Wen’s pulse, but his face changed in an instant.
He quickly put the medicine box on the floor, took out the needle set and opened it on the floor, pulled out a silver needle, and with one hand went to lift the quilt covering Gu Wen’s body.
“No!”
Old Lady Kong stopped, Gu Wen wasn’t wearing anything, even a doctor couldn’t just lift the covers like that.
“Mother.”
Kong Qing’s eyes were scarlet, “Wen’er and the child’s life is important.”
“But your daughter-in-law’s reputation is more important.”
The Kong family was a large one, and there were many subordinates in the house, if word got out later that Gu Wen had been seen naked by Dr. Yao, would Gu Wen still be alive?
“I’ll do it!”
Song Wangyue took the silver needle from Doctor Yao’s hand, “Master, you can just go outside and direct.”
Dr. Yao turned around and walked outside, telling Song Wan Yue which acupuncture point to pierce as he went, and Song Wan Yue pierced it precisely.
After sticking several needles in a row, Gu Wen’s screams gradually stopped and she was sweating profusely, gasping for breath.
Doctor Yao didn’t dare to let up and said to the two midwives, “You two, help the second young lady push and hold the fetal position, and use the shortest time to straighten it out.”
The two midwives were also experienced people who had long been fetched by the Kong family to the residence. When they heard that Gu Wen was about to give birth, they hurried over, but when they saw that Gu Wen was not in normal labour, they were immediately dumbfounded, and it was only when Doctor Yao came in with the medicine box that they were able to slow down. Only when Dr. Yao came in with the medicine box did the two of them recover. At this moment, they rushed forward to help push and hold the baby.
Soon, the fetal position was corrected and Song Wangyue got up the silver needles, packed up the medicine box and stood to the side.
Gu Wen’s screams rose again.
Kong Qing fell to the floor again, his hands clutching his hair. As the baby was getting older, not only was Gu Wen not sleeping well every day, but he was not sleeping well either. Today, perhaps because he was tired of talking to the people, he fell asleep after lying down and did not even hear Gu Wen rise.
“Madam, push!”
The two matrons shouted.
Gu Wen’s screams were followed by one after another, and after a little more than half an hour had passed and the baby had not yet revealed its head, Gu Wen saw that she had no strength left and could not even utter her screams.
“Wen’er.”
Mrs. Gu shook her voice, “Listen to mother, use more strength, the baby will be born soon, use more strength.”
Gu Wen shook her head breathlessly, tears rolling down her face, “Mother, I can’t.”
“Think about your baby, after he is born, he will soon grow up, he will call out for his mother and will pester you to play with him, if you don’t push, he won’t be able to keep it.”
Gu Wen’s tears fell even faster and she held onto Madam Gu’s hand for dear life.
“Madam, push harder.”
The matron urged anxiously, the baby would be in danger if it didn’t show its head.
“Second sister ……”
Song Wangyue stepped forward, “You follow me and do it, take a deep breath in, exhale slowly, take another deep breath in and exhale again …… Push!”
Gu Wen followed her movements and exerted herself.
“The head is exposed, the baby is exposed, madam push harder, push harder, ah,”
Gu Wen used all her strength, “Ah ……”
“It’s born! It’s a big fat boy.”
The matron carefully lifted the baby up and placed it in a small quilt prepared on one side, wrapped it skillfully and carried it out for the crowd to see.
Mrs. Kong was so happy that she couldn’t keep her mouth shut, “Reward, reward all of you!”
Before her hand could touch the baby’s face, another matron’s panicked voice rang out from inside the room, “It’s no good, Madam is bleeding profusely!”
The crowd was startled.
Kong Qing turned around and ran inside, “Wen’er!”
“Stop him!”
Old Lady Kong said.
The underlings in the house stopped him at the door.
“Doctor Yao!
Madam Gu’s shivering voice came out from inside, and Song Wangyue had already reopened the medicine chest and taken out the silver needles.
Doctor Yao walked to the door, peeled Kong Qing aside and calmly told Song Wangyue what position to stick.
Inside the house, silence reigned outside the house.
“No, the bleeding won’t stop at all!”
The matron shouted in horror.
“Wen’er! Wen’er!”
Kong Qing rapped on the door.
“Let him in!”
Song Wangyue said.
The subordinate guarding the door hesitated.
Mrs. Gu was already at a loss for words, and hearing Song Wangyue say this, she shouted towards her subordinates, “Open the door!”
The servant did not dare to hesitate any longer and opened the door at once.
Kong Qing rushed to the bed and grabbed Gu Wen’s hand, “Wen’er! Wen’er!”
“Qing, Brother Qing ……”
Gu Wen’s consciousness had begun to blur, tears running down her cheeks, “In the future, you, you have to be good, good to, treat me, our child, child.”
“He won’t.”
Song Wangyue had already finished sticking the last silver needle, “Second brother-in-law is still young, if you can’t pull through, he won’t hold out for you, he will soon take a wife and forget all about you. He will neglect your child, even to the point of ignoring his treatment by his stepmother, and the child may not grow up before he is killed, or he may grow up cautiously without the shelter of his own mother, looking at his stepmother and his siblings behind him, and not having a single penny of the family’s property. Second sister, if you don’t want your child to end up in such a miserable state, you should try to survive!”
“No, it won’t happen, Qing, Qing won’t.”
“I will, I will!”
Kong Qing burst into tears, sobbing, “Miss Song is right, if you don’t make it today, I won’t hold out for you, I will soon renew my marriage and marry a young and beautiful one, I will spoil her, spoil her and love the children she and I will have. Wen’er, Wen’er, will you live, live to watch me, watch me pull my ears when I look at a pretty girl one more time, live to see our children grow up happily under the pampering of their parents, Wen’er, I beg you, I beg you.”
“Do you hear me? Second sister, the only way you can protect your child is to live to watch your brother-in-law, to keep him from dabbling in flowers, to rule him into submission, with only you and the child in your eyes.”
“I hear you, I hear you.”
Gu Wen’s eyelids slowly drooped and then suddenly lifted again, murmuring almost inaudibly, “I, I have to live, live, I, I have to protect my, my child, I can’t let him be bullied by his stepmother.”
“Yes, Wen’er, you have to live, as long as you live, I give you my word that I will have only one wife in this life, I will never look at another woman, and I will never take a concubine.”
“Good, good.”
Gu Wen’s consciousness returned a little and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
“It’s stopped, the bleeding’s stopped!”
