RPAGF Chapter 312: Sister in Danger
Chapter 312: Sister in Danger
Everyone couldn't see what was going on in the delivery room, they could only hear some subtle noises. The eldest lady was much calmer than Zhao Fangyu, but she was holding Zhao Fangyu's hand tightly with one hand, with such force that the place where their skin met turned white.
Zhao Fangyu felt a little pain, but in such a tense atmosphere, she did not speak. Instead, like the eldest lady, she quietly stared in the direction of the delivery room. In addition, she stared at everyone in the yard, even if it was just a maid standing by the door, she would look at her carefully and remember the other person's face before she stopped.
After all, the Song family is not a blessed place. Even if Song Bai and Zhao Fangjin are in love, they don't know how many risks a woman in the backyard has to go through when giving birth.
Moreover, among the people in the Song Mansion, especially Song Runcheng and her protective mother, these two people need to be paid the most attention, and Zhao Fangyu also keeps an extra close eye on them.
After all, these two people are not smart. Their only advantage is that they are relatively obedient. But there is no guarantee that someone will not notice how stupid they are and deliberately use them to plot against Zhao Fangjin.
Gradually, suppressed cries of pain could be heard from the delivery room from time to time. Xiao Cui's mother reminded Zhao Fangjin not to waste her energy shouting, and to save her energy for later persuasion.
Song Bai comforted Shu Jie'er, who was about to cry, for a while. Song Runcheng sat in the armchair in a daze. The eldest lady of the Song family stared at the door of the delivery room. The pair of eyes that were similar to Song Bai's were shining brightly, and she wished she could stare out a big grandson from the door for her.
The clouds in the sky gathered and dispersed, and the beautiful blue was little by little dyed by the glow of the sunset, until the glow of the sunset filled the entire sky and a faint shadow appeared just above the bright moon, and then the cry of a baby was finally heard.
Mother Cui was watching over Zhao Fangjin. Mother Cui took the baby from the midwife, gently washed it, and quickly wrapped the soft baby in a blanket.
Outside the delivery room, when everyone saw Mother Cui coming out, everyone in the yard focused their attention on the package in her arms. Mother Cui ignored the anxious eyes of the Song family's eldest lady and turned to Song Baifu: "My son-in-law is very happy, it's a healthy little boy!"
As soon as these words came out, the eldest lady of the Song family clapped her hands and stamped her feet in joy. However, before she could be happy, the next moment, the clear sound of porcelain breaking came from the delivery room, and Xiao Cui's mother sang: "Bitch! How dare you murder the master?!"
Everyone's heart was in their throat for a moment, especially the eldest lady and Zhao Fangyu, who immediately rushed in holding up their skirts, forgetting to let go of each other's hands.
By the time they realized it, a fine layer of sweat had formed on the palms of both of them.
There was still a strong smell of blood in the delivery room, and a ceramic incense burner was knocked over on the ground next to it. Zhao Fangjin was unconscious and drowsy, with his eyes half closed, as if he still didn't understand what was going on.
When Zhao Fangyu saw the broken ceramic fragments in front of the bed, he immediately lowered the curtain, opened the window, and asked someone to move the screen over to block the wind.
Zhao Fangyu didn't know the process of childbirth, but even those who watched TV dramas in the 21st century knew that after a woman gave birth, incense would be burned in the room to cover up the unpleasant smell in the delivery room. When the smell was no longer unbearable, it was time for parents, husband, mother-in-law and the like to come and visit.
At this moment, in the delivery room, only the incense burner was knocked over. It must be that someone had tampered with the spices.
Zhao Fangyu quickly opened the window to ventilate and get rid of the problematic incense, fearing that he would be a step too late and the incense would cause any harm to Zhao Fangjin.
Song Runcheng was glared at by Zhao Fangyu, and she was bewildered and moved the screen over with the eldest lady. Only after she moved the screen did she react and looked at her hands in a daze. Why... why did she listen to Zhao Fangyu so much?
There were so many maids outside, why did Zhao Fangyu stare at her?
Song Runcheng was still confused, but the eldest lady over there had quickly pulled the quilt over her, tucked in the corners, and smoothed her hair and tidied her appearance.
There was a ready-made female doctor at home, who came in directly to take Zhao Fangjin's pulse.
Song Bai held Shu Jie'er in his arms, his eyes fixed on Zhao Fangjin. As soon as he entered the room, he saw that Zhao Fangjin looked extremely abnormal, as if he had lost seven spirits and three souls.
When the female doctor took Song Bai's pulse and everyone held their breath, Song Bai felt as if he had come back to his senses for a moment.
The female doctor frowned for a moment, but without having time to explain, she quickly took out the silver needle and asked the person to leave.
No matter how you look at it, this doesn't look like nothing is happening.
Even though he had not seen many women giving birth, he knew that allowing a female doctor to use silver needles to prick the acupuncture points during childbirth was extremely dangerous.
When Song Bai thought that Zhao Fangjin's life was in danger because of giving birth to a child, he couldn't help but feel extremely angry.
His Song family had always been loyal and honest people, but now, because of a marriage, troubles have been brewing in the family one after another.
First the cousin, then the servant, and now, Zhao Fangjin almost got killed when giving birth to a child!
Those people in the court are really after power, they don't care about their dignity at all, and they can even murder women while they are giving birth...
Song Bai knew that Zhao Fangjin's accident must have been caused by someone in the court. Otherwise, Zhao Fangjin, a woman in the inner house, would never offend a lady at a banquet away from home, which would cause the lady to risk her husband's entire family and try every means to harm Zhao Fangjin.
The only person who could do this could be his enemy in the court.
Song Bai held Shu Jie'er in his arms and bowed deeply to the eldest lady and Zhao Fangyu: "I am sorry to trouble you, mother-in-law and princess. If the family is not well managed, disaster will occur. This is the root of the disaster for our Song family."
"I must give an explanation to my mother-in-law and the princess for what happened today."
Then he strode out of the garden with Shu Jie'er in his arms, taking the old Minister Song with him.
But in a moment, the only people left in the room were Zhao Fangjin, the first lady, and Mrs. Song and her daughter.
Song Runcheng was originally a little confused. He didn't expect that someone would attack Zhao Fangjin while she was giving birth. For a moment, he couldn't stop feeling scared.
She was afraid of who had done such a despicable thing, and she was also afraid that this would eventually fall upon her and make Zhao Fangyu and the eldest lady of the Zhao family hate her.
Things are different now. If she is involved in such a serious matter, even her mother will not be able to save her.
The female doctor quickly gave Zhao Fangjin acupuncture. Silver needles pierced into Zhao Fangjin's body one by one. Zhao Fangjin was in a daze and wanted to grab the eldest lady's hand in pain, but the eldest lady held him down with her backhand.
The eldest lady turned her head to the side with a calm look in her eyes, and even the somewhat flustered female doctor calmed down.
"If my daughter is safe today, the Zhao family will reward her with a huge sum of gold."
The female doctor knew that she would be rewarded if she cured the disease, but she didn’t expect the reward... to be so high.
Even the imperial physician in the palace cannot earn a thousand gold in his lifetime!
For a moment, he became more cautious. He was cautious to begin with, and now he was three times more meticulous. He wanted to use all the means he could.
Silver needles continued to pierce Zhao Fangjin's body. The curtain was opened, and the maids brought in several layers of screens to block the wind tightly.
Zhao Fangjin was already unconscious. There was a constant smell of blood coming from the bed. Zhao Fangyu couldn't tell whether it was the blood from before or the blood from now.
Zhao Fangjin's face turned pale with pain after the silver needles pierced his acupuncture points. Mother Cui took the young boy who had just come out and asked the wet nurse to feed him. Only then did Zhao Fangyu call Nongbo and Xingzhi who were outside the door and replace Mother Cui, who had been detaining the little maidservant without making her speak.
"It's all thanks to Xiao Cui's mother..."
If it wasn't for Xiao Cui's mother finding out in time, I'm afraid that after the birth, everyone would be the most relaxed, busy asking for rewards from their masters, and would not pay attention to a small maid who came to clean Zhao Fangjin.
The reason she didn't change just now was because everyone was there, and she was a junior, so it was not appropriate for her to stand out and compete with others. Now the eldest lady's people were too busy, and the Song family had problems again. If she came out at this time, it would not be considered an offense.
Zhao Fangjin was dazed and shouting in pain, he couldn't open his eyes, and his forehead was covered with sweat. Zhao Fangyu took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat off Zhao Fangjin's forehead bit by bit.
Zhao Fangjin was in so much pain that he felt like he was going to die. All the blood in his body seemed to be drained out, and he couldn't stop feeling cold. The pain was so severe, but even moving was a luxury...
Zhao Fangjin fainted from the pain, but soon woke up again, over and over again. Zhao Fangyu and the eldest lady couldn't help but tear up when seeing this.
Zhao Fangyu endured it for several times, but finally, after Zhao Fangjin fainted from the pain again, tears suddenly fell from his eyes.
In the Zhao family, even a broken skin was a big deal for Zhao Fangjin. She had only been married for a few years, but now she had been secretly harmed to this extent...
In this world, if the people that Zhao Fangyu cares about are ranked, Zhao Fangjin would be ranked second.
The elder sister who taught her to discipline servants and protected her when she was young, now lies on the bed dying...
After a cup of tea, the female doctor stopped what she was doing and said to the eldest lady, "Young lady must have come into contact with blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing herbs during childbirth, which is why she has this sign of hemorrhage."
The doctor's words made the four people in the room feel very nervous.
Mizuying lowered her head, looking calm, but in fact she had already taken the incense ashes on the ground and the broken pieces of the teacup on Zhao Fangjin's bed. The tea spilled on the ground and could not be retrieved, but she was smart and used her handkerchief to soak up the tea on the ground as evidence.
The female doctor raised her sleeve and wiped the sweat from her forehead. The reward of one thousand gold coins was almost certain.
The female doctor walked to the window, sniffed the things on the tray, and frowned.
As if he didn't believe it, he reached out and picked up a little bit of incense ash, spread it evenly on his palm, and stood in front of the window to carefully examine it.
"There's something wrong with this spice and this water."
"These two things, when used alone, are not harmful."
"But this water has been boiled with peach kernels and turmeric. Peach kernels can invigorate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, while turmeric can break up blood circulation and promote qi circulation, and also has the effect of unblocking meridians. These two are herbs that can invigorate blood circulation and remove blood stasis. When the two are boiled in water, the water will have medicinal effects."
"Fortunately, the young lady never used this water, otherwise even the gods could not save her. What's even more vicious is that a small amount of Yuxiang was added to this spice, and the amount is so small that it is difficult to detect."
"This Yuxiang is not the ordinary Yuxiang used in the medicine shop. It is a strong Yuxiang that has been specially prepared and has extremely strong medicinal properties. The medicinal properties of this Yuxiang are almost ten times more concentrated than ordinary Yuxiang..."
No wonder after only a short moment of contact, Zhao Fangjin showed such obvious signs of hemorrhage.
Both of these things are aimed at human lives.
The female doctor was invited to the tea room next door to rest. Madam Song and the eldest lady looked at each other. Madam Song immediately said, "This matter has nothing to do with the Song family. Zhao is pregnant with our Song family's grandson. No one in the family will do anything to Zhao no matter what!"
Mrs. Song confessed first. The eldest lady tidied up Zhao Fangjin's messy hair and said, "Jin'er's problem happened to the Song family. She gave birth to your children and managed the household expenses. Now, even her pregnancy and childbirth are being plotted against..."
"When the Song and Zhao families got married, what did the Song family promise? How much has it fulfilled now? Does Madam Song still remember?"
Mrs. Song was speechless.
The eldest lady did not mention Shu Jie'er who was sent to Hewang Mansion to avoid disaster, nor did she mention the sudden medicine. She only asked, how much of the Song family's promises had been fulfilled?
Being aggressive at this time will only trample on the Song family's face. Tearing their relationship apart is just for momentary pleasure. It will make them feel better, but in the future, Zhao Fangjin will still have to be the daughter-in-law of the Song family, which will only make her feel uncomfortable.
Simply venting won't solve the problem.
Her daughter suffered so much in the Song family, and now that the Song family has a grandson, who will feel sorry for her daughter?
She was just a disappointed mother. She was disappointed that the Song family, although the top family in the Ministry of Personnel, could not protect their eldest son and daughter-in-law.
The Song family should be ashamed of this.
She wanted to use today's events to repay the Song family's debt to Zhao Fangjin.
The eldest lady's words made Song Runcheng, who was standing next to her, lower his head involuntarily.
At that time, the Song family and the Zhao family were well matched. Zhao Minshan was the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and was later promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. The marriage between the two families was a good marriage between the two surnames.
When Zhao Minshan fell, the Song family never lent a helping hand. Even though the Song family was trying to protect themselves, they also stood by and watched.
The Zhao family never asked the Song family for help, and no matter what, they never looked for Zhao Fangjin, which made it difficult for the Song family.
Such consideration was rewarded with the Song family's indifference to Zhao Fangjin.
"The Song family is sorry to Fang Jin. There will be no such thing as today in the future."
"If we had taken a step late today, the Song family would have been wiped out."
"Who is so vicious? I hope it's Madam Song who can help Fang Jin."
Zhao Fangyu said nothing, but wiped the sweat off Zhao Fangjin's face from time to time. Zhao Fangjin looked bad and occasionally shivered in pain.
"Go ask the doctor if he can light a charcoal basin. My elder sister said she's cold."
When Zhao Fangyu was wiping the sweat off her face, she heard Zhao Fangjin murmur something, and she happened to lower her head and heard it.
The eldest lady touched Zhao Fangjin's hand and rubbed her daughter's palm with heartache.
"How many people are eyeing the Song family, the eldest sister, and even Sister Shu? Does Madam Song know?"
The eldest lady did not pursue the matter because she represented the Zhao family. However, Zhao Fangyu was married now and had a very good relationship with Zhao Fangjin. If she asked a few more questions at this time, others would be unable to say anything.
She would say things that the eldest lady was not comfortable with, and she would take the lead in speaking out things that the eldest lady was not comfortable with.
"The Song family is in the Ministry of Personnel. The Zhao family dares not work on weekdays and just treats them as ordinary relatives. After all, the Song family's status is important and they cannot block the official careers of my brother-in-law and Minister Song. But if the family is not at peace, how can we cultivate ourselves, manage the family, govern the country and bring peace to the world?"