On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Little Zhou felt a little nervous as she touched her belly which was moving violently: "Mother, can you ask someone to invite Mr. Jiang to come for me?"

Although there were imperial doctors outside, she trusted more in Mr. Jiang who took care of her body and helped her get pregnant smoothly.

But she forgot that she could no longer hide the fact that the Queen was pregnant last month. So when she went to the Imperial Garden, she was startled by a crazy night cat that suddenly jumped out. She slipped and fell.

Fortunately, the maid who was originally brought into the palace, now a palace maid, was loyal and threw herself on the bed to serve as a blanket, preventing the Queen from falling hard.

But even if he fell on someone, he was still frightened and the pregnancy was unstable. Coincidentally, the Emperor and the Empress trusted Old Man Jiang more and summoned him into the palace immediately.

In fact, Mr. Jiang himself was also confused. He was recuperating the health of the Zhou sisters, but the prescription was just mediocre. It was not his miraculous healing skills, but just a coincidence.

But no one would believe him if he said this, because everyone thought he was a good doctor.

No, those doctors and imperial physicians all believed that he was lucky.

Anyway, the Queen's fetus was saved, and Old Master Jiang was left on duty in the Imperial Hospital.

Of course, the emperor also promised Mr. Jiang that if he was not used to staying in the Imperial Hospital, he could leave after the empress gave birth smoothly.

You can also bring people to the Imperial Medical Bureau to learn medical skills.

The various medicinal materials and prescriptions in the Imperial Medical Bureau were very coveted by the doctors.

Now Mr. Jiang stays in the Imperial Hospital with his biological father. He is like a mouse fallen into a rice jar and doesn't want to leave.

Therefore, it is not easy for Xiao Zhou to find Mr. Jiang now.

Of course, Madam Li was also afraid that something might happen to Xiao Zhou, so she agreed, "Okay, don't panic, I'll ask someone to ask your father to ask Mr. Jiang."

After all, there were too few people needed in his own house. Besides, it was difficult for ordinary people to go to the palace to ask for help from the Imperial Medical Bureau. So he had to ask Minister Li to go in person.

After Mrs. Li gave the order, she looked at Xiao Xiao again: "It's a mess here, why don't you go back and rest?"

There are many midwives in the room now, and many maids and old women coming and going. Madam Li is afraid that Xiao Xiao might get hurt, which will cause her more trouble.

During this period, Xiao Xiao's pregnancy was getting worse and worse. Her big belly was definitely a sweet burden, and her legs and feet were indeed not as light as before.

She also wanted to leave, but was just too embarrassed to say it.

Hearing what Madam Li said, he felt like a sleepy boy finding a pillow. He immediately said respectfully, "Yes, then my daughter-in-law will go back first."

"Sister-in-law, please don't leave." Xiao Zhou, who was in pain again, looked at her with tears in her eyes: "Can you talk to me? Otherwise, I will be even more scared."

Xiao Xiao also wanted to cry: Have you forgotten that I am also a pregnant woman?

If you scream and howl in pain later, won’t I be even more scared?
This was the first time in her two lifetimes that she was going to have a child, and she was very nervous.

But she couldn't refuse, so she could only comfort her: "Don't panic, your mother is here, and your second brother will come back to accompany you later, just listen to them now."

The midwife also said that Xiao Zhou was pregnant with a good lover, but the time had not come yet. Several people supported her and she began to walk slowly in the room.

When the pain was no longer there, Xiao Zhou was helped by her midwife to walk a few steps.

When she was in pain, Xiao Zhou would fall on the couch, holding her stomach, and screaming in pain in cold sweat.

This frightened Madam Li, and she immediately asked the imperial physician to come in and take her pulse.

After checking the pulse, the imperial physician said that childbirth was painful, and the Second Mistress was particularly afraid of pain, so he could only ask her to bear it. About half an hour later, Minister Li, his second son, and Old Master Jiang all returned to the mansion.

Of course, as the father-in-law, Minister Li could only wait for news in the study at this time.

Li Yuan was unable to enter the delivery room which had been cleaned up long ago, and could only walk around anxiously outside.

Old Master Jiang went in to see Xiao Zhou, and then comforted her: "Don't worry, Second Madam, you are pregnant with a good partner. When the pregnancy is ripe, both mother and child will be safe."

Anyway, all he said were nice things, which calmed down Xiao Zhou, who was always worried about whether she would have a difficult delivery.

After Mr. Jiang came out of the inner room, he saw Xiao Xiao was still in the outer room, so he took her pulse and said nervously, "Xiao Xiao, you are about to give birth, why don't you go back and rest."

He then asked the maid next to Xiao Xiao: "Have your grandmother prepared everything she needs for childbirth?"

Xiao Xiao touched her belly belatedly and could indeed feel the discomfort through the thin skin. Her waist was sore and she felt uncomfortable whether standing or sitting.

But when she heard that she was about to give birth, she was stunned for a moment, and even felt it for a while, and muttered in a low voice: "But my water hasn't broken yet?"

Old Master Jiang didn't know how to explain it to her. Fortunately, the maids were more worried than Xiao Xiao, and they supported her as they walked out.

As she moved, Xiao Xiao felt something was wrong, as if her water had broken.

Madam Li also asked two midwives to go with Xiao Xiao, and asked the imperial physician to go with her to take her pulse, but she left Mr. Jiang behind.

Mrs. Li really wishes she could split herself in half now.

Of course, she cared more about Xiao Zhou, but she was also worried about Xiao Xiao. She suddenly had an idea and asked the maid to run a trip: "Ask the outer courtyard to prepare a carriage and go to the Xiao family to invite Madam Xiao. Tell her that the eldest grandmother is about to give birth and keeps talking about her mother."

If I only care about Xiao Zhou and ignore Xiao Xiao, I will be criticized.

Moreover, during the birthing process, there had to be someone to keep the situation under control, to prevent the maids and old women from panicking and doing things without order.

So she simply asked Xiao Xiao's biological mother to accompany her.

The delivery room had already been prepared in Sangyu Hospital.

Xiao Xiao returned to the yard and felt pain for a while, then she felt it was gone, so she told the maid, "Yiqing, it's almost time for dinner, ask the kitchen to bring me all the food."

Even if she had never experienced it, she knew that giving birth was strenuous work, and it would be even more exhausting if she was not well fed.

Fortunately, after they became pregnant, Mrs. Li had a small kitchen added to each of their courtyards. Now they can cook their three meals a day in the small kitchen.

Soon, delicious dishes were served from the kitchen, including fragrant mutton soup, old duck soup, spicy fried chicken, stir-fried cabbage, tofu soup, and green stem rice.

When Liu came over in a hurry, she saw her little daughter eating. She greeted her warmly, "Mom, you're here. Come sit down and eat with us."

Liu looked at the maid who had come to invite her: "..." At this moment she was very doubtful, did the maid invite the wrong person?
But thinking of her little daughter's temper, she asked cautiously, "Are you making any movement?"

"I guess it's still early?" Xiao Xiao was very calm: "The midwife said it won't be that soon, so I'll eat first, otherwise I won't have enough energy later."

Seeing her daughter's room so deserted, Liu felt a pang in her heart and said quickly, "I had already made an appointment with Mrs. Hao, but I came in such a hurry that I forgot to invite her."

"Don't panic, I'll get someone to invite Mrs. Hao over right away." (End of this chapter)