As Wu Lingru turned to leave, even Tiao Hong let out a sneer, "People from their Ning Prince's manor, all the same! They look powerful, but inside they've got nothing."
Indeed!
Song Chaoyu turned her head and looked in the direction of the side courtyard. "How is Song Yanjiao?"
As she walked towards the side courtyard, she heard Song Yanjiao's pained cries.
The sound echoed through the side courtyard, causing Song Chaoyu to involuntarily stroke her own lower abdomen, fearing if she would also experience such pain when giving birth in the future.
At the same time, a midwife, her hands stained with blood, hurried towards Song Chaoyu. "Princess Chang, it's not going well! The birth is difficult!"
Her anxious appearance made Song Chaoyu frown. "What happened? Why is the birth difficult?"
The midwife explained, "Giving birth at seven months of pregnancy is inherently a dangerous matter. However, we often say in the folk tradition, 'Seven live, eight die,' so we don't know if it has reached the point of being unviable. It's just that Princess Ning's body is not well!"
She wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve. "Princess Ning was a thin person before. After becoming pregnant, she overindulged in tonics and gained weight rapidly. The princess is fat, and the baby is also large. Everything is crammed into such a body, making it naturally difficult to give birth now! I fear... I fear special measures will be needed!"
This was problematic!
Song Chaoyu frowned and sternly asked the midwife, "What special measures?! You must not cause a death in my Chang Prince's manor!"
"No, no, no!"
The midwife quickly waved her hands. "Of course, we cannot cause a death. However, the amniotic fluid has broken, and if the baby cannot be born, it will likely suffocate in Princess Ning's womb. Now, there is only one method that can ensure the baby is born and also save Princess Ning's life!"
She always failed to explain clearly, making Song Chaoyu increasingly anxious. "What method, tell me!"
The midwife swallowed a mouthful of saliva before cautiously saying, "We can only... cut open Princess Ning's birth canal and then take out the baby. If we delay any longer, I fear both mother and child will be lost!"
Such a method made Song Chaoyu gasp. "Is there no other way?! Can that part of a woman be cut open just like that?"
The midwife shook her head and then looked behind Song Chaoyu. "There are no other methods. Otherwise, both mother and child will be in danger!"
At the same time, from behind Song Chaoyu, Prince Ning Mu Hansu's voice suddenly rang out. "What do you mean both mother and child are in danger? Cut what open? They cannot be in danger! Especially the child cannot be in danger!"
He was here so quickly?
Song Chaoyu turned her head and indeed saw Mu Hansu, who was walking with hurried steps and a furrowed brow.
It was likely that when Wu Lingru arrived earlier, he was already outside the manor, otherwise, he wouldn't have arrived so quickly.
However, Song Chaoyu did not expose him, only seeing that the urgency in his brows did not seem fake.
Seeing that the main party had finally arrived, the midwife breathed a sigh of relief and repeated what she had said to Song Chaoyu to Mu Hansu.
Song Chaoyu thought that for such a major matter, Mu Hansu would at least need to consider it further before making a decision.
Unexpectedly, Mu Hansu simply placed his hands behind his back, paced a couple of times, and then looked at the midwife with certainty. "Cut!"
"What?!"
The midwife did not expect Mu Hansu to make a decision so quickly. Her eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at him.
However, Mu Hansu's eyes glared at the midwife as if with anger. "I said, cut, didn't you hear me?! Didn't you say that if it's not cut, both the child and the mother will be in trouble? Since that's the case, then cut!"
"Alright, alright!"
There was no time to delay. The midwife had received the answer she needed and did not hesitate further, running towards the side courtyard.
Song Chaoyu, however, frowned and involuntarily looked at Mu Hansu. "Do you know that with one cut of the scissors, her life hereafter will be ruined. You won't touch a woman who has been cut like this again, will you?"
Mu Hansu had to admit that Song Chaoyu understood him quite well.
"Yes."
He also admitted it frankly in front of Song Chaoyu, even seeming a bit dismissive. "But even if it wasn't cut, I wouldn't touch her again. Look, both of us are pregnant, but what has she become? If she had even half of your self-restraint, perhaps I wouldn't have reached this point with her."
Song Yanjiao indeed did not behave well, but was Mu Hansu himself perfect?
Song Chaoyu let out another cold laugh. "That's no longer my concern. In any case... it's your Ning Prince's manor's business. Our Chang Prince's manor has done what it should, and there are no regrets."
"Thank you."
This time, Mu Hansu clasped his hands in a polite bow towards Song Chaoyu. "If it weren't for you, perhaps her child wouldn't have been born today. In my Ning Prince's manor, there isn't a single person who doesn't give me trouble! The matter of Wu Side Consort speaking about An Xiehua earlier was not my instruction. Princess Ning is carrying my child, how could I possibly put her in danger?"
After speaking, he looked at Song Chaoyu with a touch of emotion. "Sometimes, I truly envy Prince Chang! He is fortunate and truly happy to have married such a capable princess as you, who manages everything in the Chang Prince's manor so meticulously!"
Song Chaoyu believed his words about not wanting the child to be in danger to the end.
As for the rest...
Song Chaoyu sneered. "I suppose if I were in the Ning Prince's manor, it might not be the same as in the Chang Prince's manor. Your Highness Prince Ning need not envy others. Perhaps in Prince Chang's heart, he is envying your fortune of having women in your embrace every day!"
"Ah—"
While they were talking, Song Yanjiao's pained cries were heard again from the inner room. "What are you doing, what are you doing?! What are you doing with scissors?! No, no! Don't touch me! I'm not giving birth! I won't give birth to this child, is that okay?! Get away from me, no one touch me!"
"Ah—"
However, her thoughts could no longer influence anything at this moment.
The moment the scissors cut, Song Yanjiao's cry was heart-wrenching, making Song Chaoyu's whole body break out in a cold sweat.
Prince Ning Mu Hansu, waiting outside, let out another cold snort, his tone filled with extreme dissatisfaction towards Song Yanjiao. "Look. Even at this point, she only thinks of herself and not the child. If it weren't for the fact that she has been elevating her pregnancy these past few days, demanding whatever she wants, eating whatever she wants without restraint, would she have ended up in this situation today? It's all her own doing!"
These two spouses are truly beyond reproach!
Song Chaoyu sneered and shook her head, no longer willing to say another word to Mu Hansu.
"Waa—"
After a moment of silence, the cry of a baby finally echoed from the room—
In Prince Ning's eyes, a joy that had never been seen before erupted.
He happily stepped forward. "She's born, she's born! Is it a young prince?! Can she give this king a young prince?!"
Prince Ning rubbed his hands and stepped forward with an expectant look.
However, at this moment, the midwife was suddenly driven out by Song Yanjiao's head maid. "Go, go, go, you go out first! You used scissors on our Princess just now, don't touch our young prince again!"
The maid naturally saw Prince Ning, but she glared at Mu Hansu unhappily before turning and entering the room.
Mu Hansu, who was in a joyful mood, was not angry.
Instead, the midwife turned helplessly and spread her hands towards Song Chaoyu. "Princess Ning doesn't trust us, saying we are all outsiders, and only kept her own people inside."