Chapter 1675: Chapter 1613: Birth Approaching
The senior doctor was quickly carried here. Indeed, the guard sent to relay the message found him slow, so he directly carried the doctor on his shoulder with one hand, holding the medicine chest in the other, and used Qinggong to return.
"Is this how you invite a doctor?" The senior doctor was half-scared to death, breathless, and grumbled indignantly.
"Doctor, saving lives is crucial," Purple Jade said apologetically.
The senior doctor calmed his breath and said, "The birth of a child is a matter of fate and the natural cycle. How can mere mortals like us change it?"
Despite his words, he followed them into the room to check Madam Zhouâs pulse. Seeing she was awake, he asked a few questions, which Madam Zhou replied to in a trembling voice.
"D-Doctor, is my child about to be born?" Madam Zhou asked, clutching her belly.
"Youâre about to be a mother, donât you have a sense of whether youâre about to give birth?" The senior doctor said irritably, "Youâve been a mother before. Donât panic at such times. Otherwise, what will you do when itâs really time to give birth? Youâll end up scaring yourself and wonât be able to give birth smoothly."
Madam Zhou wanted to cry but had no tears.
She was truly nervous, having seen blood, and now her belly was intermittently hurting. She wasnât sure whether she was about to give birth, it was different from when she birthed Wufu.
Moreover, the child wasnât full-term yet, she was both worried and afraid, fearing something might be wrong with the child.
The senior doctor stopped questioning her and instead questioned the two midwives. Judging by their experience, it seemed very likely that the child was indeed about to be born.
"Iâll prescribe a remedy first, it can stop the spotting and ease the pain, and nourish as well. If it doesnât work, then prepare to move to the labor room," the senior doctor said, stroking his white beard.
"Please prescribe the remedy immediately, whatever herbs you need, just name them, even if theyâre expensive, we can get them," Purple Jade said hurriedly.
The senior doctor cast a sidelong glance at her, "Can you produce hundred-year-old ginseng?"
"Well..."
Seeing her hesitate, the senior doctor snorted, about to make a sarcastic remark when he heard her say, "We donât have hundred-year-old ginseng in our mansion right now, but we do have a five-hundred-year-old one. If itâs definitely needed, weâll have to wait for the hundred-year-old one. What do you think?"
Purple Jade looked at him earnestly, and the senior doctor twitched his mouth twice, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "Five hundred years old?"
Seeing her nod, the senior doctor calmed down again, he had forgotten, this was County Magistrate Ruifuâs Mansion, the achievements of that lord seemed extraordinary, just like the guard earlier, carrying him and flying... no, running so fast, was he even a normal person?
The senior doctor said no more, wrote the prescription, and handed it to Purple Jade, saying, "Since thereâs five-hundred-year-old ginseng, prepare it, in case thereâs not enough strength during labor."
"Certainly. Thank you, Doctor, for staying at our mansion these two days," Purple Jade added.
"Then you need to inform my clinic, so they wonât worry something happened to me."
"Of course," Purple Jade instructed someone to lead the senior doctor to rest, then sent a trusted Hidden Guard to gather herbs and went to Madam Zhouâs room.
Madam Zhouâs face was anxious, leaning against the welcoming pillow, repeatedly touching her belly.
"Madam, you need to relax. Being too tense, in case you really have to give birth, wonât be good for you," Purple Jade advised.
Madam Zhou forced a smile, saying, "Where has Wufu reached?"
Purple Jade was silent for a moment, then said, "I will send a message immediately, asking the girl to hurry."
Madam Zhou nodded, with Wufu around, she would feel more at ease. Unconsciously, she already regarded Wufu as her backbone, even for giving birth.
She thought of Madam Luâs venomous words, gritted her teeth with hatred, and her belly ached again.