kingnovel Chapter 195 Delivery
Chapter 195 Delivery
As soon as I entered Huaqing Palace, I saw eunuchs and palace maids busying around, carrying out basins of blood.
At this time, the Queen Mother and a group of concubines had arrived. When they saw the Emperor, everyone quickly stood up and saluted.
The emperor was a little anxious. He waved his hand and began to ask the queen, "What's the situation now?"
Jiang Yutong and Xiao Yifeng bowed to the ladies, then quietly stood aside.
The Queen glanced at the two of them casually, then said to the Emperor, "The midwife has gone in, and the situation isn't very good. She said the fetus is in an abnormal position, and there are signs of a difficult birth."
The emperor walked around the hall, "Quickly call in the imperial physician."
Then he looked at Jiang Yutong again and said, "You go in too."
Jiang Yutong saluted quickly. At this time, the medicine box that someone had been assigned to pick up had been delivered. Jiang Yutong followed the imperial physician inside, carrying the medicine box on his back.
As soon as I entered, I heard wailing and a wave of heat hit me in the face. There was a place inside that was surrounded by curtains and there were a lot of people gathered around.
The imperial physician took the patient's pulse through the curtain and then asked about the midwife's condition.
Jiang Yutong went straight into the curtain.
As soon as I entered, I saw a woman who was less than 30 years old, lying there covered in sweat, with her legs raised high, and a smell of blood hit me.
There were several midwives around, all shouting at her to push harder.
A palace maid was wiping the sweat off Concubine Wan with a handkerchief, while Concubine Wan was holding a piece of ginseng in her mouth.
The midwife's voice trembled, "The situation is very bad. We saw the child's feet. I'm afraid."
The imperial physician also frowned. The most feared thing about childbirth is that the feet come out first. This fetal position is basically a life-or-death situation, and the baby born will mostly be unhealthy.
But this was the prince, so the imperial physician and the midwife didn't dare to respond in that way.
Several imperial doctors went to the side to discuss a solution, leaving only the midwife behind.
Jiang Yutong walked forward and looked at her carefully. He first looked at Concubine Wan's belly, touched it, then lifted the blanket and frowned.
The midwife was immediately displeased when she saw Jiang Yutong, a young girl, looking at and touching her. "Girl, this is not a place for a little girl like you to be. Concubine Wan is already like this, so don't make things worse here."
As he said that, he pushed Jiang Yutong's hand away.
The maidservant guarding Concubine Wan was Yu Rou, who was brought from her mother's home. She was the most loyal and was unfamiliar with Jiang Yutong.
Her primary task was to protect the safety of the Empress and the Prince, and to prevent other palaces from taking advantage of the situation and causing trouble.
Yu Rou wiped the sweat off Concubine Wan's face while shouting, "Where are you from?"
Jiang Yutong bowed and said, "I am Jiang Yutong from Yinbai County. I just heard that the queen had given birth to a child when I entered the palace today. I know a little bit about medicine, so I can give it a try."
Concubine Wan was still relatively conscious at the moment. She had heard Jiang Yutong's name a few times in the past few days. She bit her lip and gasped, "You...you can deliver a baby?"
"I know a little bit."
"Come and listen."
At this time, the midwife was anxious, "Madam, this man is so young, how can he do this kind of work for women? I'm afraid it's not appropriate."
Yu Rou, who was beside Concubine Wan, also said, "Yes, Your Majesty, let the midwife continue. If that doesn't work, there's still the imperial physician."
Concubine Wan groaned in pain, her voice weak, "The midwife and the imperial physician have been unable to come up with a solution for so long."
The midwife felt a little guilty and wanted to continue speaking, but Concubine Wan pointed at Jiang Yutong and asked, "Who let you in?"
Jiang Yutong reported the emperor's name, and then said, "The King of Hell and I were about to leave the palace when we ran into the emperor."
Hearing Pluto, Concubine Wan seemed to have made up her mind, "Tell me your method in detail."
Jiang Yutong had just roughly understood Concubine Wan's condition. She had a premature birth among difficult labors. The fetus had not turned around yet, and its hands and feet came out first, which was very dangerous.
"The fetus hasn't turned around yet, and its hands and feet are out first. I have two options now. One is to perform a caesarean section to deliver the baby."
Jiang Yutong then explained in detail the method of cesarean section, "It will leave a scar on your body."
Jiang Yutong emphasized this because she knew that as a noble lady, she probably could not accept having a scar on her stomach.
Sure enough, when Concubine Wan heard this, she shook her head. With an ugly scar on her stomach, she was afraid that the emperor would never enter her palace again. She would not be able to protect the child if she gave birth to it. At this time, she felt a pain in her stomach and Concubine Wan screamed again.
After the pain subsided, Concubine Wan continued to ask, "What's the other method?"
Jiang Yutong had read about similar cases in books before. The fetus could be pushed back into the abdomen, and then the abdomen could be massaged to make the fetus turn over, but the best way was a caesarean section.
"Manually massaging the fetus to turn it over may not be 100% successful."
Then Jiang Yutong continued, "This method is extremely painful, and Your Majesty may not be able to endure it."
At this time, the imperial physician also spoke through the curtain, "Your Majesty, this bowl of fertility soup can help you increase your physical strength. Your Majesty, please drink it first."
Yu Rou asked in a deep voice, "Besides the fertility soup, does the imperial physician have any other methods?"
The doctors looked at each other and said, "This..."
Another imperial physician with gray hair said, "I have heard that there is a technique that can reverse the fetal position, but the technique has been lost."
Just not.
Jiang Yutong looked at the increasingly critical situation and became a little anxious. "My queen, please make a decision quickly. The baby might suffocate if he stays in your belly for too long."
Concubine Wan gritted her teeth and said, "Let's see if we can reverse it first."
Jiang Yutong rolled up his sleeves, disinfected his hands with wine, and stood under Concubine Wan.
"Give the queen a chopstick to chew on."
Yu Rou quickly took a chopstick from the side and put it into Concubine Wan's mouth, holding Concubine Wan's hand tightly.
Jiang Yutong squatted down and put his hand in, and Concubine Wan immediately screamed loudly.
The sound reached the hall outside.
At this moment, everyone waiting outside couldn't help but feel their hearts tighten.
The emperor grabbed a palace maid and asked, "What's going on inside?"
The maid quickly said, "Jiang Xiangjun is pressing the Empress's belly."
Xiao Yifeng's face looked a little ugly at this time. He should have taken Jiang Yutong out of the palace directly. Although Concubine Wan took good care of him, Xiao Yifeng was still reluctant to let Jiang Yutong take risks. If something happened, it would be the Empress and the Prince, not something Jiang Yutong could bear alone. It was not Jiang Yutong's business.
The emperor was still worried, "Find an imperial physician to report the situation."
Soon the chief judge of the Imperial Hospital came out and said, "The situation is not good now. The Empress's fetus is in an abnormal position. I'm afraid the prince's hands and feet will come out first."
The imperial physician didn't dare to say more after that, and sweat started to flow down his face.
Seeing that the emperor looked unhappy, the imperial physician continued, "Miss Jiang is massaging her stomach right now."
"Is there any precedent for this belly massage?"
"There are records in ancient books, but the techniques have been lost, and we don't know them either."
This is putting the blame on Jiang Yutong.
The emperor's face was gloomy. "Save them well! If anything happens to the Empress and the Prince, I will bury you all with them."
The imperial physician knelt down repeatedly.
"Get in."
At this moment, Xiao Yifeng also clenched his fists.