Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 548 - 546

Chapter 548: 546

The quick-thinking maid rushed off to inform the old lady and the general’s wife.

Li Mingfang hesitated for a moment, but still followed inside. No one had the time to stop her now.

Ming Jingya’s stomach was in agony, and blood was already starting to flow from her lower body. But she knew that she couldn’t panic at this time. The child in her belly was relying on her to save him, "Yingqi, go get the pill that the lady of Rui’an county gave me."

Upon hearing these words, Yingqi ran off to fetch them.

After taking the pill, Ming Jingya was now in pain to the point where her back was soaked with sweat. However, she needed to address her immediate needs first. With difficulty, she mustered all her strength to say: "Mrs. Lin, please help me to the bathroom. Yingqi, arrange for someone from Marquis Shengping Mansion to invite the lady from Rui’an county over. Also, send someone to get Doctor Luo and inform the old lady, my mother, and the heir."

Li Mingfang looked at Mrs. Lin carrying Ming Jingya and for the first time, she had a new understanding of Ming Jingya.

This girl was very calm even in the face of such an incident. She didn’t cry out of fear, she wasn’t flustered, instead, she organized everything in such an orderly way. It was no wonder Di Shaowei was so devoted to her. Such a woman would easily win affection, wouldn’t she?

At this thought, Li Mingfang couldn’t help but reveal a bitter smile. With her kind of temperament, probably only a few men would fancy her. At the very least, the person she loved didn’t like her and it was not certain that Di Shaowei would ever like her as much as he liked Ming Jingya and treat her well.

Li Mingfang shook her head, she shouldn’t think about it now. The Third Prince wasn’t that bad. When Ming Jun was injured this time, didn’t the Third Prince send a lot of medicinal herbs immediately? She comforted herself.

Seeing that there was nothing for her to do here and given the situation, it was impossible to ask Shaowei for the medicine now. Just as Li Mingfang was about to turn around and leave, she remembered what Ming Jingya had said and turned to look at the small white jade bottle on the table.

She couldn’t resist walking over, picking up the bottle and shaking it lightly. Inside, there was still one pill.

Her heart was pounding. She looked around and saw that there was no one around as all the maids had gone to fetch people. She quickly opened the bottle, and the strong aroma of the medicine wafted out. She would not forget this smell.

This was a pill that could revive the dead! If Ming Jun took this pill, he would definitely recover much faster.

At that moment, she heard footsteps. It must be Mrs. Lin carrying Ming Jingya coming back.

Li Mingfang did not even have time to struggle. She did something she would have never thought she would do in her lifetime.

She quickly took out a handkerchief, poured the pill onto it, wrapped it up, hid it in her bosom, and then returned the white jade bottle to its original place.

Just after Li Mingfang had done all this, Mrs. Lin carried Ming Jingya out. Ming Jingya was surprised to see Li Mingfang still there, but she was too pained to greet her. She had to conserve every bit of her strength to give birth to the baby. Now, she didn’t even want to spare the strength to speak.

Li Mingfang felt that something was burning her chest, the heat was so intense that she feared it would be discovered. She could not afford to stay any longer, and said, "Miss Ming, I will take my leave now."

Ming Jingya nodded her head slightly.

Seeing that her clothes were also soaked and knowing that she didn’t have the strength to speak, Li Mingfang turned and left.

Just as Li Mingfang left, the general’s wife rushed in with two midwives and two female doctors.

Seeing the large patch of blood on Ming Jingya’s goose-yellow skirt, she was almost frightened into passing out.

"Quickly, check if the lady is about to give birth," the general’s wife practically pushed the midwives over.

"Quick, prepare lots of boiling water, the more, the better," one of the midwives immediately said.

The doctors quickly stepped forward to take Ming Jingya’s pulse, while the midwife moved in closer to inspect.

"All of you, please leave! We are about to deliver the baby."

Ming Jingya said to the general’s wife, who was obviously worried: "Mother, don’t worry, I will give birth to the baby safely!"

Xiao’er had said that in case of a difficult labor, a cesarean section could be performed.

Xiao’er had also said that when giving birth, it was best not to scream. If you scream too loudly, you won’t have enough energy to give birth. So, even though she was in so much pain that she felt like dying, she did not dare to yell out loud. She had to make sure that her baby was safe and sound!

"Good child, your mother is not worried, and you should also not worry! I will go out right away, and you and the child will definitely be fine!" The general’s wife’s eyes turned red, she quickly lowered her head because she didn’t want Ming Jingya to worry about her. She turned around and walked out hurriedly.

Mrs. Di arrived at this point and seeing the general’s wife pacing anxiously in the courtyard, she quickly asked: "What happened to Jingya? How did she fall?"

"I haven’t had a chance to ask yet," the general’s wife’s eyes rimmed red as she shook her head. She hadn’t even had time to question what had happened, because when she heard that Ming Jingya fell and her stomach was hurting, she immediately went to fetch the midwife and doctors who had just moved into the mansion a couple of days ago.

Fortunately, she had invited the midwife in advance to stay in the mansion. Otherwise, if she had to find one suddenly, she didn’t know how long it would have delayed. At the time, everyone thought there was still plenty of time and it wouldn’t be too late to invite them next month. Fortunately, she had invited them earlier!

Mrs. Di saw her with red eyes, and the worry hanging in her heart grew more intense. She had never seen her daughter-in-law with red eyes in all these years. Was Jingya in a difficult situation? The thought made Mrs. Di’s face turn a few shades paler.

People her age have been through a lot of ups and downs, but some things aren’t necessarily easier to handle just because they’ve been through them before.

As the proverb goes, "Seven up, eight down,"... Mrs. Di thought to this point and hurriedly shook her head – it would be fine, nothing would go wrong!

When the General’s wife saw that Mrs. Di’s face was extremely pale, knowing that she was giving Mrs. Di the wrong impression because of her appearance, she quickly said: "Mother, do not worry, Jingya said just now, she will give birth to the baby safely. She didn’t want us to worry."

"This child..." How did it turn out that she was the one comforting them? Mrs. Di’s eyes turned red when she heard these words.

Sometimes, when children are obedient and sensible and do not fuss, it makes them even more endearing.

Di Junya also hurried over upon hearing the news. She came forward, took Mrs. Di’s hand, and asked, "Grandmother, is my sister-in-law all right?"

"It’s fine, there’s no need to worry," though Mrs. Di’s hand trembled a bit, she still reassured her.

Remembering that there might be a bucket of bloody water carried out in a while, which might shock this young niece, the General’s wife promptly said: "Junya, go find your big brother and bring him back home. His wife is about to give birth, he should come home quickly!"

"Hasn’t anyone been sent to inform my brother yet? I’ll go immediately!" As soon as Di Junya heard this, she ran off immediately without any hesitation.

Time slowly passed...

From inside the delivery room, only the occasional voice of the midwife could be heard. The general’s wife was extremely worried and couldn’t help but pace back and forth.

Mrs. Di was also deeply worried.