Chapter 521: Chapter 336

Grandmaster Mansion, two well-known midwives were pale with anxiety.

“Madam, we’ve tried our best, but it’s no use, the fetal position is abnormal.”

Initially, it was a footling breech, with one foot out of the womb and the other still inside, making delivery impossible.

The midwives slowly pushed the baby’s leg back, but it resulted in a sitting breech… it was a precarious situation, and even the midwives were at a loss.

“Aren’t you able to correct the fetal position? Go ahead and do it.”

Mrs. Gao from the Grandmaster Mansion was anxious: “If the Commandery Princess has any complications with this birth…”

Indeed, although the Third Young Madam was a daughter-in-law, she was also a Commandery Princess, the cherished daughter of Prince Chu and Princess Consort Chu. If anything went wrong during her delivery after marrying into the Grandmaster Mansion, a feud between the Prince Chu Mansion and Grandmaster Mansion would ensue.

Nothing can go wrong.

“Madam, remember we also invited Doctor Zhong from the Chunshan Women’s Medical College. Why not ask Doctor Zhong to take a look?”

“Alas.” Mrs. Gao sighed: “I originally intended to invite Mr. Xiao, but his own sister-in-law, the Champion Scholar’s Wife, is also in labor. What timing, but this Doctor Zhong…”

She was invited into the mansion, but not allowed to assist with the delivery, as they hesitated to trust her abilities, leaving the two midwives in charge.

Now that the midwives couldn’t handle it, could a student manage?

“Madam, I’ve heard that Miss Zhong and Miss Lei from the Lei Mansion are the most outstanding at Chunshan Women’s Medical College. Why not give it a try?”

“That’s our only choice now, let’s treat a dead horse like a living one.” Mrs. Gao said: “Quickly, send someone to inform Princess Consort Chu.”

Her daughter was giving birth, and although they had sent someone to inform, no one came, making it seem like the supposed favor was just talk and not real affection.

Otherwise, she should have been here already.

“Madam, the people who went to Prince Chu Mansion have returned, saying they have an urgent report.”

“Bring them in.”

“Madam, this old servant has seen Prince Chu. Princess Consort Chu has fallen ill and cannot leave her bed.” The servant said: “Prince Chu asked if Mr. Xiao was invited, and when I told the truth, he was very angry and said he would personally go to Champion Scholar Mansion to invite him.”

“Let him go then.”

Mrs. Gao was curious: Would Mr. Xiao really disregard his family’s life and death to save an unrelated person? Or does he think being a prince means he can command everyone?

“Madam, what about the Third Young Madam?”

“Invite Doctor Zhong to take a look.”

Zhong Xiuxiu was invited to sit in the Grandmaster Mansion for a cup of tea, yet had not seen the laboring woman. She was also worried about her aunt, wanting to leave many times, but was hesitant to offend the influential mansion.

As she pondered, she saw a servant coming over.

“Has the Third Young Madam delivered safely?”

Could she leave now?

She prayed to be allowed to leave; she was truly anxious.

“Doctor Zhong, my lady requests you to see the Third Young Madam.”

Zhong Xiuxiu… this was indeed trouble!

If it had been a smooth birth, they wouldn’t need her.

She seemed to be brought in to clean up the mess.

Upon entering the delivery room, she saw two midwives helpless with anxiety. She frowned and took the pulse, realizing the situation had turned dire.

“When did it start?”

“Yesterday at 3:00 PM.”

Since yesterday at 3:00 PM until now, over twelve hours had passed without the child being born, a situation fraught with danger.

She quickly administered the life-saving pill her teacher had given her for her aunt.

This pill was bitter, and the muddle-headed Third Young Madam was reluctant to swallow it.

“Third Young Madam, listen to me; this is a pill from my teacher and will greatly benefit you.” Zhong Xiuxiu said, “I’ll also need to perform acupuncture on you, do not be afraid, follow my instructions, and I’ll help you deliver safely.”

“You…”

“My name is Zhong Xiuxiu, from Chunshan Women’s Medical College.” Zhong Xiuxiu said, “Our teacher is Doctor Xiao’s granddaughter, Chun Nuan.”

“Why didn’t Chun Nuan come?”

Her mother had promised to invite Chun Nuan to assist during her delivery.

If it were someone else it would be different, but Prince Chu Mansion was the uncle of the Emperor, always close to him; Chun Nuan should have made the time.

So, she had never worried.

She hadn’t paid much attention to the midwives either.

“The teacher was unable to come due to other commitments.”

“What commitments? What could be more important than the life of this Commandery Princess? If the safety of my child or I is compromised, I will not forgive her.”

Zhong Xiuxiu furrowed her brows at these words: What a shame for that pill!

If she had known this was her disposition, she wouldn’t have saved her… but then, the teacher always said, treating the ill and saving the dying is a natural duty, whether the person is an enemy or a foe, a doctor sees only patients who need saving.

“Third Young Madam, you should conserve your energy, as correcting the fetal position will be painful, you’ll need to endure it.”

Originally, Zhong Xiuxiu could have used acupuncture to lessen her pain, but she was too unpleasant, and Zhong Xiuxiu didn’t want to make things easier for her.

She had to bear the necessary pain.

The outcome was that this willful prince loudly shouted, “What is your name? I will kill you.”

Zhong Xiuxiu chuckled with frustration and stopped her hands immediately.

“Since the Commandery Princess thinks I am harming you and wants to kill me, you might as well do it now.”

“No, no, Commandery Princess, Doctor Zhong’s skills are excellent, she even managed to correct the position of the breech baby, she is helping you, saving you, Commandery Princess…”

The two midwives were also terrified; she was truly insane: lying there with half her life gone, yet threatening the doctor’s life.

If she went on a crazy rampage, would she take their lives too?

They regretted coming to the Grandmaster Mansion to assist with her delivery.

“Stop shouting, hurry up and get the child out, the pain is killing me, if you can’t do it, find someone else, someone, switch doctors, switch midwives…”

The attending mammy hurriedly went to report to Mrs. Gao.

Mrs. Gao was already fuming: With the situation like this, she was still so unreasonable and willful!

“Inform her, there are no other midwives or doctors, if she doesn’t listen to them, she’ll bear the consequences herself.”

“Madam…”

The mammy was truly anxious: “The midwife said Doctor Zhong is very skilled; she has even managed to correct the fetal position somewhat, but the Commandery Princess won’t allow it, saying it hurt too much, and threatens to kill Doctor Zhong.”

“This…”

Wanting to curse, Mrs. Gao was at a loss for words: How did her perfectly fine son marry such a ancestor?

She couldn’t strike or scold her, had she ignored even her own life?

“What did Prince Chu say?”

Didn’t he say he was going to invite Mr. Xiao?

Where is he?

Meanwhile, Chun Nuan was at the Champion Scholar Mansion, holding Qiu Yan’s hand.

“Push, yes, just like that, the position is very correct, the baby wants to meet you, keep going, you can do it.”

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