Capítulo 1676: Chapter 1651: Speculation
Ms. Cui’s condition has stabilized, and only then did Manbao wash her hands clean and step out. Yang Heshu, who had been waiting outside, imdiately approached and asked, “How is everything?”
Manbao replied, “Mother and child are temporarily safe.”
She smiled and said, “There was quite a bit of blood loss, but fortunately it wasn’t a hemorrhage. I’ll stay here for one more night and check by noon tomorrow. If everything is controlled, I’ll leave a prescription. Scholarly Senior Brother, you can also ask Doctor Tao from Jishi Hall to take a look.”
Yang Heshu breathed a slight sigh of relief and asked, “Would you like sothing to eat?”
“No need, I’m not hungry right now. Please have the girl prepare the side room for to rest.”
Yang Heshu, not standing on ceremony, turned and instructed the servants to prepare it.
The nannies had just brought out the bedding from the birthing room and Ms. Cui’s clothes. Upon hearing this, they turned around to prepare the side room for Manbao. Seeing this, Manbao imdiately said, “Don’t trouble them. Just have one of the little maids bring a quilt for . Isn’t there a couch in the side room?”
Yang Heshu gave her a curious glance, nodded slightly, and instructed the nannies to leave. He had a little maid bring a new quilt for Manbao.
Manbao secretly let out a sigh of relief.
Yang Heshu continued looking toward the room with a concerned gaze. “The child…”
“Oh, the child is in the room. Would you like to take a look, Scholarly Senior Brother?”
Yang Heshu was about to follow her to see when the Marquise suddenly interjected, “That’s not proper. The birthing room is unclean, and it’s considered unlucky for n to enter.”
Only then did Manbao notice the Marquise standing to the side. After a mont’s pause, she hurriedly gave her respects. She had co to the Yang Residence several tis and t the Marquis and other young masters and misses, but she had never t the Marquise, so she didn’t react imdiately.
Manbao said to Yang Heshu, “If Scholarly Senior Brother wishes to see, why not wait outside the door? I’ll bring him to the door for you to see.”
Since it was his own son, Yang Heshu was eager to see him, so after weighing it, he nodded.
Manbao then went inside and picked up the child, who had clenched his little fists and was sleeping soundly on the soft bed. Evidently, after all that commotion, he was tired too.
Manbao brought him to the door for Yang Heshu to see.
It wasn’t Yang Heshu’s first ti seeing a baby. Not only Tang He’s child, but also his several younger brothers at ho; he had seen them when they were born.
But looking at them then, he didn’t feel much, quite different from looking at this red-cheeked little child in front of him.
Yang Heshu gently pressed the swaddle with his finger but didn’t dare touch his face. Seeing him sleeping soundly, Yang Heshu lowered his voice and asked, “Will the inducing dicine affect him?”
Manbao said, “There will be so effects, but the prescription I left earlier is relatively mild, so it shouldn’t be a big issue. The child is young and might be a bit harder to manage.”
“Harder to manage?”
Manbao explained, “If he’s uncomfortable, he’ll cry and fuss. That dicine… it’s not strong like tiger-wolf dicine, so its impact shouldn’t be significant. He might just fuss for a few days and be fine.”
Having never taken care of a child, Yang Heshu didn’t quite grasp this.
He inspected his son’s face closely and noticed a bruise on his head. He asked, “Why is this bruised? Was it because his mother fell…”
“No,” Manbao had already ford a suspicion and was sowhat certain. She lowered her voice and said, “It’s either from the pressure or the midwives’ pressing just now…” She recounted how earlier Ms. Cui’s cervix was slow to open, and the midwives had applied hard pressure on the abdon.
Yang Heshu stood in shock for a mont, then looked at the child in her arms and asked softly, “Is she okay?”
After a mont’s thought, Manbao said, “She’s sowhat injured; let’s see tomorrow. But I feel like she’s also hurt emotionally.”
She continued, “I’ve heard from Doctor Tao that so won, after a traumatic first childbirth, are reluctant to have more children. Scholarly Senior Brother, you should comfort your scholarly sister-in-law later.”
Yang Heshu nodded slightly.
Actually, Manbao hadn’t said everything. While studying dical texts at Chongwen Pavilion, she had discussed human lifespan with Director Xiao and other imperial doctors. Occasionally, the Ministry of Revenue did statistical surveys on population and average lifespan across regions.
During such discussions, they couldn’t help but ntion that so young won, though initially healthy, succumbed to depression after childbirth.
Having worked as a doctor among the common folk, Imperial Doctor Liu suspected that the decline in these won’s health might relate to their first childbirth experience.
If the first childbirth was too difficult, even won who loved children might resist pregnancy again. Although Director Xiao and others found this notion hard to believe, they couldn’t deny its existence.
Manbao, of course, was very sure about it, having understood this branch to so degree. It was sowhat related to Yin Huo’s illness.
However, when she ntioned it, Director Xiao and the others felt she was exaggerating won’s fragility and didn’t quite believe her analysis.
Manbao had thought at the ti: You all used to think Yin Huo was fragile too, but isn’t he doing just fine now?
It turns out it wasn’t him being fragile, nor were those won, but rather you all were being narrow-minded.
Naturally, she didn’t want such a good-looking Scholarly Senior Brother Yang to beco narrow-minded, so she emphasized the matter by a notch. To help him understand, she added, “It’s hard to manage one’s heart and emotions. Even if one says they’re not afraid outwardly and tells themselves they’re fine, at night in dreams, fear creeps in nonetheless. Sotis, while sitting or walking, unease lurks.”
Yang Heshu shifted his gaze from his son, looked at her, and asked, “Are you still afraid of last year’s assassination attempt? Or was it because of the fall you took in spring?”
Manbao: …
She straightforwardly replied, “Both.”
Yang Heshu nodded, seemingly deep in thought, and said, “I understand, I’ll comfort her.”
The two leaned against the door, one inside, one outside. From afar, the atmosphere seed quite harmonious, appearing intimate in so way. The Marquise, having sent the two midwives to eat and rest, turned and saw the pair speaking closely by the door, couldn’t help but squint her eyes.
She, holding the hand of the maid Daya, lightly asked, “Why is our master so close with this Young Lady Zhou?”
Daya whispered, “I heard that when the master was the county magistrate in Luojiang County, he already knew her. When she first arrived in the capital, the master even wrote to the marquis for her protection.”
The Marquise smiled knowingly and said, “Our master is indeed charming, and Ms. Cui trusts this little doctor. Hopefully, he won’t end up inviting a wolf into the house.”
Daya pressed her lips together and didn’t speak.
The Marquise cast a sidelong glance at her and said, “Am I right? With our master’s face, probably no woman could resist his charm, eh?”
Daya’s face instantly reddened as she lowered her head, not daring to speak.
The Marquise snorted coldly and said to her, “Go to the kitchen again and have a bowl of cubilose porridge prepared for Imperial Doctor Zhou. Even though she said she’s not hungry, we shouldn’t lack courtesy.”
Little did they know, at this mont, Manbao was peeking over from Yang Heshu’s arm and lowering her voice, asking him mysteriously, “Scholarly Senior Brother, why did scholarly sister-in-law fall? Was it her doing?”
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