The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 141: Protecting the elder and the younger
After everyone had greeted their parents, Nian Shilan and Qi Yuebin left first, followed by Feng, and Hu, Shu and Duan left at the end.

The soles of Hu's shoes were higher than usual, and Ulanara watched them go out quietly.

Duan was about to go back to her room when Hu lost her balance and leaped forward, hitting Duan.

Although Shu didn't understand what was going on, she quickly moved to help Hu.

However, the simultaneous exclamations of Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Duan alarmed Nian Shilan and Qi Yuebin who were in front of them. When they turned around, they saw chaos.

In the chaos, Shu used her shoulder to hit Hu, who was already half-helped up by Chunhong. Hu rushed forward again and hit Duan hard.

Duan fell face down with her stomach smashed on the ground.

Nian Shilan was the first to come to her senses.

"Send it to the doctor quickly!"

Duan's maid wanted to help her up, but she was in so much pain that she couldn't even make a sound, let alone get up.

The maidservant was unable to support Duan, and Ulanara had already come out after hearing the noise. She hurriedly called two eunuchs to come and carry Duan in.

Nian Shilan and Qi Yuebin hurried over. Hu was lifted up by Jiang Fuhai, and Shu was helped up by Qiang Wu, saying that her arms hurt.

Xingfuyuan was in chaos for a while.

Qi Yuebin's maid Jixiang went to see if the midwife had arrived as instructed. She accidentally saw a young eunuch running hurriedly in the yard. While running, he accidentally kicked a few small stones to the side, bent down to pick them up when no one was paying attention, and ran away.

An idea flashed through Jixiang's mind, but she had more important things to do at the moment, because Duan's lower body was already bleeding profusely, and the fetus was about to be born prematurely.

Duan's heart-wrenching cries of pain were heard from inside the room. Nian Shilan looked at Hu, who was sitting on the side and also grimacing from the fall. She sprained her ankle, but she was the culprit of Duan's misfortune today.

This scene is so familiar... Nian Shilan sneered. It seems that Ulanara knew this trick when she was young.

It was unknown whether Duan’s baby could be conceived, but Hu’s baby was already dead.

Before Yinzhen left the court, Imperial Physician Zhang had already been invited.

After taking the pulse, Doctor Zhang bowed and reported to Ulanara.

"Reporting to Madam, Miss Duan just fell and is bleeding. The fetus must be delivered quickly to save the lives of both the adults and the child. However, because of the fall, the baby is lying sideways in the belly. Miss Duan eats without restraint on weekdays, and the fetus is too big and difficult to deliver. I'm afraid it will be even more difficult!"

Ulanara said with an anxious look on her face.

"Please, Imperial Physician, save me! Just tell me what to do now, and I will do my best to help you!"

Zhang Taiyi Dao.

"When a woman gives birth, she is walking through the gates of hell. The situation is critical now. I know that the midwife Liu in the city is good at turning a sideways fetus over. Please ask Madam to ask her immediately. Also, move Miss Duan to the prepared delivery room immediately. I will prescribe a prescription for midwifery, boil it quickly and feed it to Miss Duan. Maybe it will help Miss Duan give birth safely!"

Ulanara said anxiously.

"Thank you, Imperial Physician! I just didn't think of this situation before, so I asked for a midwife from the palace. You are an expert in gynecology, and Mrs. Duan's life depends on you! I'll ask someone to ask for Midwife Liu right now!"

Ulanara sent Jiang Fuhai to invite her personally, and also ordered people to carry the screaming Duan into the delivery room.

The midwife from the palace came hurriedly and returned to Ulanara family immediately.

"Fujin, Miss Duan is in premature labor, and the fetus is lying horizontally in her belly. We need to use medicine to induce labor so that we can deliver the baby. Otherwise, the cervix has not opened yet, and the baby cannot be born!"

Ulanara hurriedly called for her servants to boil the medicine prescribed by Imperial Physician Zhang. A young eunuch had already been sent to wait at the palace gate for Yinzhen to leave the court.

Nian Shilan and Qi Yuebin were asked to leave by Ulanara, as there was a strong smell of blood in the house. They were asked to wait in the main hall along with Hu, Shu and Nian Zhilan.

Feng was sent back to Cheng'en Garden by Nian Shilan, who instructed Xiao Linzi to take good care of the yard.

Duan's screams were heard from the delivery room in a corner of Xingfu Courtyard. The medicine had already been fed to her, the midwife said in Duan's ear.

"Don't shout, girl. Save your strength for later!"

Duan grabbed the handkerchief in Qiang Wu's hand and bit it into her mouth, trying her best to block the pain inside her mouth and only let out sobs of painful moans.

Jiang Fuhai came back and said that Liu Wenpo had moved her family away half a month ago. No one knew where she had moved to, but she had left the capital.

Ulanara begged the palace midwife to try and see if she could deliver the baby. Nanny Jin and Nanny Bai looked at each other. As a midwife in the palace, she naturally knew more than the ordinary midwives.

However, they had already been told by the nobles in the palace that Duan's pregnancy should be left to nature's own devices.

Nanny Jin bowed and said.

"I will try my best, but there is no precedent for this in the palace. I don't know if the techniques I learned in my early years will work."

Ulanara looked like she had calmed down now and said.

"But please do your best, Madam! Prince Yong's Mansion will be grateful forever!"

Nanny Jin said.

"You are too kind, Madam. The delivery room is bloody. Please go out and wait first."

When Ulanara went out, Yinzhen got the news and rushed back at full speed.

"Master, please forgive me. I didn't take good care of Sister Duan. I was knocked down by Mrs. Hu and fell. It was an emergency. Doctor Zhang said that Sister Duan had to give birth prematurely and the fetus was lying horizontally in her belly. The midwife is already delivering the baby."

Yinzhen frowned and asked.

"How did Hu knock down Duan?"

Ulanara said.

"I have already asked. It is because Mrs. Hu loves beauty and wore shoes with a higher size today. They may not be very stable. After greeting, she walked behind Mrs. Duan and sprained her ankle, and she fell to the ground."

Yinzhen was really annoyed. This Hu wanted to be better than others, but she didn't even consider whether she had the ability to do so.

Hu Gege had already seen Yinzhen in the hall. Supported by Chunhong, she limped to the delivery room and paid her respects to Yinzhen.

"Master, I didn't mean to do that. I sprained my ankle somehow. I'm very scared now!"

Yinzhen looked at Hu and thought about what she had done in the past, and he became extremely annoyed.

"Why would you increase the size of your shoes for no reason? Now you've caused such a huge disaster!"

Hu Gege cried anxiously.

"Master, please understand! I slipped and stepped on something, and that's why I slipped! Master, please check the path I just walked on!"

Su Peisheng went to check the main hall entrance early and came back to report to Yinzhen.

"My Lord, I have carefully checked the road in front of the main hall. It is no different from usual. I have not seen any strange objects as Hu Gege said."

Ulanara also started to scold.

"Hu! Don't you know what you are wearing? You pushed the shoes onto the road! Did you bear a grudge against Duan because she was pregnant? Otherwise, why would you rush straight towards her?"

Hu cried.

"No! No, Madam! I remember now. Someone pushed me hard! Really! Master, please understand!"

Yinzhen was extremely disappointed. Mrs. Hu first blamed the uneven road, but that road was used by people every day in Xingfuyuan, so it was naturally very smooth. Then she accused someone of pushing her, and she refused to admit it.

"Su Peisheng, send Hu back home. Don't leave the house without my order! Find someone to look after her!"

Su Peisheng hurriedly called for someone to send the crying Hu back to her room in Yaoyue Garden.

Qi Yuebin's heart skipped a beat. Since Mrs. Hu was living with her, she was afraid that she would be held responsible for failing to supervise her properly.

Duan started screaming again, and Nanny Jin was trying hard to turn her fetus over.

After a long time, Yinzhen sat in the hall waiting for Nanny Bai to come and report.

"Your Majesty, the baby in Miss Duan's belly has grown too big and is now in labor. I would like to ask for your advice, should we save the adult or the child?"

(End of this chapter)