Bai Yi was just about to speak when Lan Xuan took out a White Jade Pendant with Flowing Clouds and Hundred Fortunes as evidence: "This is my cousin’s personal pendant."
Zhi Qin cried out: "Blood, the young lady is bleeding."
Bai Yi shouted loudly: "Quickly, call Female Doctor Ou over."
Female Doctor Ou heard Bai Yi’s shout and ca running over. After examining Mingzhu’s condition, she said grimly: "This is bad, the girl is going into early labor. Quickly, call the midwife over."
Bai Yi looked at Lan Xuan as if he were looking at a dead person: "Drag her down for and lock her in the woodshed."
Bai Yi struggled to contain his shock and anger, instructing soone to call for a midwife and at the sa ti sending soone to fetch the Imperial Physician.
Yueyao only found out in the evening that Mingzhu was going into labor. Yueyao asked in disbelief: "That’s impossible, it’s only been a little over seven months, how can she be giving birth today? Did sothing happen?"
The old nanny who arrived explained the situation with Lan Xuan being pregnant with Niu Yanghui’s child: "The young lady heard this and went into labor imdiately." Pregnant won shouldn’t get too emotional, as it can lead to trouble. Mingzhu was emotionally overwheld, which triggered her early labor.
Upon hearing this, Yueyao’s first reaction was disbelief: "Impossible! How could Niu Yanghui do such a thing?"
Xiang Wei, for once, didn’t speak sarcastically, but said coldly: "My lady, sothing’s definitely going on here." If Niu Yanghui had indeed gotten involved with Lan Xuan, Bai Yi would have known.
Yueyao felt reassured upon hearing this: "You an soone’s plotting against Mingzhu and Niu Yanghui?" Yueyao would rather believe soone was scheming against Niu Yanghui than believe he was fooling around and even got another woman pregnant.
Xiang Wei didn’t dare to make any guarantees, since the information she had was limited. She had faith in Bai Yi, but what if Bai Yi had been negligent? Therefore, she refrained from speaking too soon.
Yueyao didn’t dwell on it further and hurried to the Niu Mansion.
When Yueyao arrived at the Main Courtyard, she heard Mingzhu’s agonizing screams. The chilling cries sent a shiver down her spine.
Upon entering the courtyard, she saw Niu Yanghui standing outside the birthing room and asked: "What’s going on with Lan Xuan? Is she really pregnant with your child?" Yueyao really didn’t want to believe Niu Yanghui would do such a thing. If he couldn’t control himself because of Mingzhu’s pregnancy, with so many maids in the mansion, why go outside and find a woman with such poor appearance and temperant?
Niu Yanghui looked extrely displeased: "That’s not true. I was drunk that day and spent the night outside, but I didn’t do anything to wrong Mingzhu. As for the child, that’s pure fiction."
Rumor had it that Mingzhu was jealous and didn’t arrange chambermaids for Niu Yanghui during her pregnancy, which was unfair to Mingzhu. When Mingzhu got pregnant, Madam Ping had reminded her. However, Mingzhu had made it clear that if Niu Yanghui couldn’t control his desires and wanted a woman to relieve himself, she wouldn’t oppose it; but she wouldn’t go so far as to place a woman in her husband’s bed. As for Niu Yanghui, he would rather endure on his own than have maids enter his quarters. From childhood, he had witnessed Maternal Aunt Liu bullying Lady Niu, developing an extre aversion towards concubines.
Yueyao felt reassured, believing Niu Yanghui’s words because, at this critical mont, there was no need for Niu Yanghui to lie.
Yueyao didn’t leave because she hadn’t given birth herself yet. Although she was married, it wouldn’t be appropriate for her to enter the birthing room, so she stayed in the courtyard.
It wasn’t until late into the night that the child still hadn’t been born. Xiang Wei ca over and said: "My lady, you should go back and rest; it doesn’t look like it will happen anyti soon."
Yueyao smiled wryly: "Your evening dicine hasn’t been taken yet; go back and take your dicine! Also, inform Master that I won’t be coming back today."
Xiang Wei considered for a mont and nodded: "Alright."
Mingzhu was in a breech position, experiencing a difficult labor. Two days and nights passed without the baby being born. Luo Shao rushed over upon hearing the news.
Luo Shao coldly asked Niu Yanghui, "I heard that a woman claid she was pregnant with your child and that’s why Mingzhu went into early labor. Is that true?"
Yueyao watched Luo Shao with that deanor; if Niu Yanghui said it was true, he might actually kill Niu Yanghui on the spot.
Niu Yanghui clenched his fists and said, "It’s not true. Soone is trying to harm and Mingzhu."
The coldness in Luo Shao’s eyes subsided slightly: "Where is that person?" Anyone daring to sche against his sister had better be prepared to die. Luo Shao sent his guard to interrogate Lan Xuan and waited in the courtyard himself.
Yueyao had no doubt about Luo Shao’s thods. In the past, when Ning Lixuan deceived Mingzhu, Luo Shao’s influence suppressed Duke Ning’s Mansion so severely that they couldn’t breathe, leaving the Duke Mansion an empty shell even now.
After an hour, Luo Shao’s guard returned and handed the interrogation docunts to Luo Shao. Luo Shao simply said: "Arrest all these people for interrogation." He wouldn’t let any involved persons go.
By afternoon, the worst situation arose. Mingzhu was exhausted, having no strength left, and the child was still not born. At that mont, the midwife ca out and asked Niu Yanghui to make a choice between saving the mother or the child.
Yueyao, who had only gone ho for a brief rest during these two days, felt faint upon hearing this. She whispered, "How could this be? It can’t be, Mingzhu will surely be fine."
Without hesitation, Niu Yanghui said: "Save the mother." If the child is lost, they could have another, but Mingzhu couldn’t be hard.
Left Chancellor Niu glanced at Luo Shao and dared not speak again.
Xiang Wei stepped forward and said: "I have a thod that might work. Let try it!"
Before Niu Yanghui and Luo Shao could respond, Mingzhu urged Xiang Wei: "Hurry, go in, quickly go in." Whatever the thod, they had to give it a try.
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