After feeding each other in a double sense, and after keeping warm and thinking about it, Zhou Huaian, who was particularly refreshed, walked out of the hot spring pool holding the already soft and muddy red medicine; intending to continue to soak in the warm soup to become more energetic and think like a spring He brought more official documents to deal with, but unexpectedly received an urgent message from Jiangling.
"What, the Zhang family has signs of giving birth, when did it happen?"
Zhou Huaian could not help being surprised:
"Just before dawn last night after the fourth watch, I suddenly started to have abdominal pain after another; after noon, I stopped for a while and got some porridge, but the severe pain that followed was already very obvious. Now, a number of experienced female doctors present unanimously confirmed that they are going to be born..."
The female guard responsible for delivering the message bowed her head and said:
Because of the construction of the river-crossing telex line along the Hanshui Bridge, there are also some winds in Jiangling. Zhou Huai'an can get news in a flash when he is in Xiangzhou, a hundred miles away; it's just that I did not expect that the first expedited telecommunications was actually used in this aspect.
However, since it is related to his first descendant in this world and his career successor, Zhou Huaian still feels that he has to rush back in the first time and see with his own eyes that he has come to the world’s first fortune. A bloodline was born. Immediately he instructed left and right:
"Prepare the carriage, it's time to get on the road later..."
At this time, Cao Hongyao, who looked tired and looked a little sleepy, also seemed to come out after hearing the news and said with a strong spirit:
"Go back, the king, the follow-up here will be handed over to the child, discipline..."
"No, Yao'er wants to go back with me... At any rate, she is also the eldest mother of the child. Let me be a testimony with me, so I will be mentally prepared in the future?"
Zhou Huaian shook his head slightly and said broadly to her:
"Concubine... Now go to freshen up and prepare..."
Cao Hongyao was a little speechless when he heard the words, but he couldn't help but feel another burst of unspeakable joy and sweetness in his heart; he was tempted to break through the lower limit step by step in the soup pool before, playing with such a little bit of resentment. , All disappeared. After all, this man continued to emphasize and value her position and attitude as the only lady:
Of course, just like the news about the upcoming birth of Zhang in Jiangling City, the next return journey is still relatively confidential; therefore, naturally there will be a stand-in who is similar in shape, who will continue to stay there to complete the follow-up of the experience day activities until After everything has settled, it's okay to make public statements and release matters.
And in this short trip of hundreds of miles, even Zhou Huaian, who has always been knowledgeable and accustomed to the world, will inevitably have some troubles and losses for this imminent child. Probably this is any upcoming child. A certain instinct and normality of being a parent. At least in the matter of the birth of a child, as a person with the highest power and resources, what he can do is quite limited.
As a traverser, it is only the introduction of some more scientific and systematic knowledge and experience of later generations to ensure adequate nutrition and physical and mental health of pregnant women, adequate hygienic and clean delivery environment; and assistance such as midwifery forceps and caesarean surgery. It's just a measure. Then, you can only leave the rest to probability at your fate.
So this is one of the reasons why Zhou Huaian insisted on going back soon. Regardless of the final result, he can be with his own women and children at a critical moment, facing and accepting the unpredictable final consequences together. However, it is the young lady Cao Hongyao who is obviously more nervous than him.
During this journey, she was almost like a mother in the real sense of reserve. She began to wonder what kind of clothes and shoes and socks should be prepared for the child, and what kind of swaddling and bedding should be good. It seems that only through such trivial details outside can dilute and resolve some of the complex anxieties in her heart.
Therefore, in this journey that seems to be living like a year and can’t wait to hurry up, it was Zhou Huaian who provided constant comfort to her and did a good job of popularizing science all the way; within the hundred miles distance between Jiangling and Xiangyang, it is also the Taiping Metropolitan Government House. After the initial mass production of the original coal ash powder cement and slag cement, the first experimental road was built.
Therefore, compared with Taiping Metropolitan Government House, it is a unique existence among the hardened roads that are dominated by cementation of soil and stone in all directions. Therefore, compared to the Hanshui main channel, which is traditionally downstream, this road is already very close to the standard avenue of later generations. The straight line distance is shorter and the speed of traffic is faster.
So no matter how worried or uneasy, you need to constantly find topics to resolve, this trip is still a few hours after the stagecoach delivery, and I saw the outside of Jiangling City under the western slope of the sun. According to a representative Jianshan, a symbol of sexual existence and a landmark, and the prominent siding signal tower on the top of the mountain are also the lighthouses that provide night navigation lighting for the confluence of the two rivers below the mountain.
Therefore, when Zhou Huai'an was in the carriage with special structure and logo, all the way through the city and came to the garden next to the original mansion; the last piece of light was still hanging on the horizon. It's just that from the faces of the maids and maids who came to greet them or rushed away along the way, people can't help but feel the heavy and tense division again.
And Zhou Huaian did not have time to freshen up, so he brought Cao Hongyao, who was also a servant of the wind and dust; came to the depths of the garden and was surrounded by groups of maids and servants holding various utensils. In front of the small building next to the water, there was a brief but low voice of courtesy, and a highway was vacated like a wave of water.
At this moment, Zhou Huaian could already hear the vaguely heart-piercing shouts inside, as well as the soothing, encouraging, and inspiring words: "Lady, work harder..." "Lady can definitely do it." Yes...", stopped involuntarily, and squeezed the hand holding Cao Hongyao tightly, but was held back in her palm by her also sweaty little hand.
As the captain of the female guard, Yue Jie, who was even awkwardly back, also stood under the porch and whispered a report: "The lady has been giving birth since noon, and it has been going on for several hours. I only see blood and not the baby. I can see it. The breath is getting weaker, and the female doctors dare not be good at specialists, and only wait for Wang Shang to reply, do you take some preservation measures?"
Hearing this, Cao Hongyao couldn't help showing some empathy, compassion, and worry, because after walking along the road, she didn't know what the so-called preservation measures were. Among them was the cruel choice between protecting the adult and the child in the abdomen; when she saw that she just wanted to say something, Zhou Huaian said decisively:
"Naturally, under the means of all-out treatment, the protection of adults is given priority..."
"Kings!"
Suddenly, many people in the room were a little stunned. Then there are people who want to continue to persuade them to say, "The king's heir is important", "It's about the great cause", and "Long-term stability" and other reasons; but Zhou Huaian said with solemn expression on his face:
"Isn't what I said is not clear enough, give priority to protecting your lord..."
"Kings!"
"If the child is gone, I can continue to rebirth. If the person is gone, it will be a hundred! Since she has already worked hard for me to conceive children, is she going to take her life for nothing? This is my order, and I will execute it immediately..."
Zhou Huaian continued to sternly said:
"Langjun!!!"
At this moment, Cao Hongyao was a little inexplicably grateful and touched the softness of his heart. He couldn't help being a little bit ungrateful, and he just wanted to find some kind of inexplicable comfort.
"I will obey orders..."
Hearing the words from the left and right, he spread out in a hurry. Then Zhou Huaian just hugged Cao Hongyao quietly, sat down on the edge of the corridor and watched the faint setting sun to the west without saying a word, feeling the painful neighing inside each other and the throbbing body temperature amidst the interlaced comforting sounds. Heartbeat.
Suddenly, an exceptionally strange and piercing cry, as if piercing the darkening sky, also pierced and torn the hearts of everyone in the courtyard, and all kinds of fears, fears and worries became a disease. Into the Yin Lai. Then I saw a female doctor wearing a white smock with a lot of dark red blood on the edge, leaning out hastily, and shouting to the waiting Zhou Huaian:
"Congratulations to the king, it was born..."
However, Zhou Huaian interrupted and said, "Can Zhang Clan make a good call?"
The female doctor who wanted to report couldn't help being stunned. Isn't it enough to ask if the man born is a woman? However, he responded with a more respectful voice: "Although the lady has had difficulty in giving birth and has stopped her breath several times, she is ultimately a body bone that has been trained in martial arts, and is stronger than ordinary people. It is still slow under the golden acupuncture treatment and the inclusion of salvia. I'm overwhelmed..."
"That's good.."
Cao Hongyao, who was snuggling in his arms, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At this time, another cry sounded in the inner room. Then I saw another female doctor in the same dress coming out and yelling with joy:
"Just now, another one came out... Congratulations to the king, but they have both children..."
Inside, the pregnant woman Zhang Yunqing, who was holding the last bit of energy and hearing this sentence, also seemed to let go of the last bit of persistence and perseverance after the endless and difficult trekking and struggle, and she wanted to stop there amidst a cry of exclamation. Sinking into the endless darkness. And then I don’t know how long it took, she was awakened by a certain sound again in a muddle, but it was a sucking action that squirmed on her chest:
"Doesn't the lady want to see her child with her own eyes..."
Her maid said to her with a gloomy voice:
And this sentence is like throwing a ray of light into the endless darkness, and stimulating the last anger and vitality in her body, trying hard to open her eyes to see the two small meats against her chest dimly. Tuan Tuan, suddenly an inexplicable plot called motherhood, but it made her tearful and uncontrollable.
"medicine.."
Suddenly, nothing was important anymore, and she didn't care at all. No matter how tired and weak from production made her sleepy and physically and mentally haggard, she still tried to make a hoarse voice seeking help. Because it was like the sentence that the man had specially confessed; she wanted to watch the children grow up under her lap, watch them marry a wife and have children; instead of handing it over to a strange mother, and gradually She was forgotten by her biological mother. (End of this chapter)