CHAPTER 27: CHAPTER 27: BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN

Giving birth, a son is born for life, a daughter born for death, life and death separated by a mere paper-thin veil, if destined to live, drink chicken soup; if not, meet the King Yan.

Xiao Chunyu went into labor early from anger, coupled with the midwife arriving late.

When the midwife arrived, one of the child’s feet had already emerged.

"God, this is a difficult labor."

The midwife, terrified, turned her head to leave: "You better find someone more skilled quickly, I am not capable of handling this."

"Nanny Zhang, you are compassionate, you must save my lady."

Seeing the situation turn dire, Molan fell to her knees before the midwife with a thud, holding onto her leg, refusing to let go: "Nanny Zhang, I beg you, save my lady."

"Yes, my lady is the eldest daughter of the Xiao Mansion, if the old master were still alive, how wonderful it would be. Even if the second young lady were here, she would surely be able to save her, but the old master has passed, the second young lady has returned to Shu City, Nanny Zhang, I beg you, please save my lady, we will surely repay your great kindness in the future."

"Xiao Mansion, the direct granddaughter of Doctor Xiao?"

"Yes, Nanny Zhang..."

"Alright." Nanny Zhang decided not to leave: "Years ago, when I faced trouble delivering a baby for a noblewoman, if it weren’t for Doctor Zhaang’s timely arrival, my old life would have ended that day. Since this is Doctor Xiao’s granddaughter, today I will risk my life and challenge King Yan."

"Thank you, Nanny Zhang, thank you."

Molan was so grateful that she kept kowtowing.

"Stop the kowtowing, stop hugging my leg, you’re hindering my work!"

Nanny Zhang returned, rolled up her sleeves, and slowly pushed the baby’s leg back in.

However, Xiao Chunyu’s condition was not good.

"If a situation arises, do we save the mother or the child?"

Nanny Zhang couldn’t help but ask this cruel question in the end.

"Save the mother," Nanny Zhou and Molan, Jianlan replied in unison.

"Save the child," Xiao Chunyu’s weak voice spoke: "Nanny, please, you must save my child."

"Miss," Nanny Zhou wept uncontrollably: "Miss, a child without a mother is like grass. Miss, don’t you remember the old lady’s words: ’If the green hills remain, there will be no shortage of firewood to burn, Miss.’

"Nanny Zhou, if only one person could live, I’d hope for my child to live."

This morning’s scene had already left her heart deadened, her grandfather was gone, her father, uncle, and older brother were exiled to the Northern Desert, her grandmother took her mother and others back to Shu City, leaving her alone in the Capital, days passing like years. If anything happened to the child, how would the Wu family spare her?

She was tired and didn’t want to fight anymore.

"Miss..."

"Nanny, when the time comes, help me take care of the child. If one day my grandmother and mother return, kowtow on my behalf and tell them Yu’er was unfilial!"

"Miss..."

Nanny Zhou and Molan Jianlan cried uncontrollably.

"Alright, alright, it’s not that time yet, why start crying now?" Nanny Zhang was quite angry: "I’ll first correct the fetal position for you, you all, if you have nothing to do, go out and wait, don’t affect her mood here."

Nanny Zhang used all her skills, correcting the baby’s position again and again.

"Speaking of which, this technique of correcting the fetal position was taught to me by your second young lady." Nanny Zhang recalled: "I never thought one day I’d use it on you, truly a blessing."

"Thank you, Nanny."

Xiao Chunyu’s tears flowed again: "My second sister, such a clever person, was rejected from the marriage, once grandfather’s three-year mourning period is over, she’ll be eighteen, and still so far away..."

"Why worry? A blessed woman won’t enter a door lacking blessing. The second young lady is a wise person, the one who marries her would need generations of accumulated virtues." Nanny Zhang comforted: "Eldest young lady, you too, you must be well, this child, the position is correct now, but you’ll have to endure more pain, just wait for the old lady and others to return to the Capital for a reunion."

"Thank you, Nanny." Hearing this gave her strength again!

Yes, all her hopes were for the Xiao family to return to the Capital.

She also thought if she could safely give birth to the child, the heavens would be treating her kindly.

After another hour of painful torment, Xiao Chunlan finally gave birth.

"Born, born."

Nanny Zhang, exhausting herself with sweat: "It’s a girl."

"Congratulations, second young mistress, congratulations, second young mistress."

Knowing it’s a girl, Nanny Zhou felt her heart sink halfway down.

The Wu family’s nature, life’s not easy for the miss.

"Rewards, Nanny Zhou, give a month’s wage as a reward to everyone serving in my courtyard." Xiao Chunyu used her authority to give silver rewards to the servants: "Additionally, gift a reward of ten taels of silver to Nanny Zhang."

"In that case, this old woman thanks the eldest young lady."

She addressed her as the eldest young lady, a show of respect to the Xiao Mansion.

"Nanny, you’ve worked hard, you deserve it." Suddenly, Xiao Chunyu felt something wrong: "Nanny, why do I feel something flowing from me?"

"Ah?"

Nanny Zhang was stunned, hastily went to check, it was bad, she was bleeding!

Yes, the placenta had already come out, taking such a long rest, yet she was bleeding.

"Quick, get a doctor." This matter, Nanny Zhang couldn’t handle it at all.

"What’s going on?"

"Quick, fetch a doctor, the second young mistress is bleeding."

The courtyard was in chaos again.

Nanny Zhou could only pray to Buddha for protection.

"Praying to Buddha doesn’t work as well as praying to your old master, your ancestors were Imperial Physicians, maybe there’s a way to stop the bleeding." Nanny Zhang sighed: "If only I had learned more from the second young lady at the time."

"Wait." Xiao Chunyu felt utterly weak, but Nanny Zhang’s words instantly woke her: "Nanny Zhou, quickly, fetch the pills in the red porcelain bottle for me."

Nanny Zhang watched as Xiao Chunyu took two pills, surprised by her action.

"These pills were prepared for me by my second sister." Xiao Chunyu stated: "Nanny Zhang, don’t worry, nothing will happen to me!"

When the doctor arrived, Nanny Zhang saw that Xiao Chunyu’s bleeding had truly stopped.

"The second young mistress has lost significant blood, she must be properly nourished, otherwise it could harm her body."

"What happened here?" Wu Fang entered with her nose covered: "Doctor Zhaang, are you saying she can’t have children anymore?"

"What I mean is the second young mistress must be well-nourished." Without a healthy body, how could she bear children.

"Understood, someone, escort Doctor Zhaang." Wu Fang looked at Xiao Chunyu with a mocking smile: "You truly are born with misfortune."

Xiao Chunyu, enraged, turned pale!

"This young lady of the Wu family certainly has a sharp tongue." Nanny Zhang had seen bad people, but none so bad, she felt anger on behalf of Xiao Chunyu: "Which family would possibly marry such a girl?"

In her heart, she had long decided, she must help the eldest young lady vent this anger.

Yet, she didn’t realize, to harm others by a thousand means is to suffer eight hundred.

Within a day, all the noble families in the Capital heard: The second young mistress of the Wu family gave birth to a daughter and harmed her body, unable to give birth again, and that the Wu family has a young lady who spitefully said the second young mistress was born with misfortune.