I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With
Chapter 809 - Chapter 809 Twins

Chapter 809: Twins Chapter 809: Twins Editor: Atlas Studios Mu Yangling instantly clutched Qi Haoran’s hand tightly.

“No, you mustn’t use medicine.” Qi Haoran patted her back comfortingly and said in a low voice, “Fine, we won’t use that.” He turned around and instructed Spring, “Invite Imperial Physician Wang in.” Compared to the midwives, Qi Haoran trusted Imperial Physician Wang more.

Moreover, the imperial physician’s ability was not something the midwives could compare to.

As expected, after hearing the midwife’s guess, Imperial Physician Wang pondered for a moment before grabbing Mu Yangling’s hand to take her pulse carefully.

Seeing that he looked troubled, Qi Haoran dismissed everyone in the room, leaving only Spring and Mama Wang.

“If you have any difficulties, tell me as soon as possible.

If you hide things from me like the midwives did, don’t blame me for disregarding His Majesty’s face.” Imperial Physician Wang hurriedly said, “Reporting to Your Highness, I boldly request to feel Her Highness’s fetus position.” After Imperial Physician Wang finished speaking, his face turned a little pale as he explained, “I’ve always been in charge of checking Her Highness’s pulse.

Logically speaking, if it’s conjoined twins, it’s impossible for there to be no clues at all.

However, to confirm the exact condition of the fetuses, I can’t just rely on checking her pulse.

Hence this bold request.” Qi Haoran snorted and glared at Mama Wang and Spring.

“No one is allowed to tell anyone about what happened today.” For women, giving birth was like stepping into the gates of hell.

In addition to the inherent risk of giving birth, part of the danger was due to the difficulty of diagnosing the pregnant woman’s condition.

Even if it was a wealthy family, it was impossible for a male doctor to enter the delivery room.

Most of the time, they would ask a female physician to take her pulse to diagnose her condition.

Then, from outside, the doctor would prescribe medicine or apply acupuncture.

However, the four fundamental methods for diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine are to make observations, listen to breathing, ask about symptoms and take the pulse.

Asking about symptoms and taking the pulse were the last two.

As most of the female physicians were not as proficient in medicine, they were not as skilled at reading the patient’s pulse.

Naturally, it would be better if a doctor did the entire diagnosis by himself.

Not to mention, there were also the other two methodsaEUR”making observations and listening to breathing.

As a result, many female patients lost their lives because of this delay.

Weren’t the families of those female patients and patients aware of all these?

They naturally knew that, but for the sake of a woman’s reputation and chastity, they would rather die than let the doctor see a woman’s bare skin, let alone touch the fetus.

If Imperial Physician Wang dared to suggest this in the palace, he would probably be dragged away and beheaded by the guards before he could finish speaking.

It was only because Imperial Physician Wang had worked for Qi Haoran for a few years and knew how deeply he loved the Princess Consort that he dared to suggest this.

Otherwise, he would rather pretend to be muddle-headed.

Seeing that the Prince agreed, Imperial Physician Wang heaved a sigh of relief.

He slowly lifted the cloth covering the Princess Consort’s body and reached under her clothes to touch her round belly.

Unlike the midwives’ heavy hands, Imperial Physician Wang only gently pressed a few key points.

Mu Yangling did not feel any pain, but the child in her stomach suddenly kicked her waist and abdomen.

Mu Yangling was overjoyed.

The child had not moved just now, making her extremely worried.

Now that she could feel the fetus move again, she almost cried tears of joy.

Imperial Physician Wang also heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, “Your Highness, it’s not a case of conjoined twins.

The two babies are simply lying facing each other.

I’ll insert the needle first to shift the position of one child before coaxing the other one to come out first.

It’ll be much easier after that.” Qi Haoran’s eyes lit up and he asked, “What do we need to prepare?” “I have to brew a set of medicine for Her Highness.” Imperial Physician Wang knew that the Princess Consort’s amniotic fluid had almost run out and there was only a little left in her body.

He had to speed up, or else the babies might suffocate in her womb.

He wrote down the prescription and handed it to Spring so that she could immediately brew it and bring it in.

He also took out a silver needle and bowed apologetically to Mu Yangling.

“Your Highness, please pardon me.” It was naturally impossible for him to insert the needle through her clothes.

He admitted that he didn’t have the ability to distinguish acupoints through clothing, so he could only lift Mu Yangling’s clothes.

Fortunately, the Prince was beside him, and only a small area of skin had to be exposed.

Otherwise, despite his old age and firm mentality, his hands would perhaps tremble.

After he inserted all the needles and Spring brewed the medicine, Imperial Physician Wang hurriedly pulled out a few needles and asked Mu Yangling to quickly drink the medicine.

Seeing that she had finished drinking, he injected a few more needles, and this time Mu Yangling felt a sharp pain in her stomach.

One part of her stomach protruded as if a child had turned over inside.

Overjoyed to see this, Imperial Physician Wang removed the needles.

Then, he retreated to the side and said, “Your Highness, it’s done.

Quickly call the midwives in.” Spring hurriedly went out to call the three midwives in.

Just as Imperial Physician Wang was about to leave, Qi Haoran looked at him and said, “Stay behind so that if anything happens to the Princess Consort and the children, you can help as soon as possible.” Imperial Physician Wang stood behind a curtain in fear.

He lowered his head and wished that he could turn invisible so that no one could see him.

One of the midwives had already begun to teach Mu Yangling how to regulate her breathing.

Her cervix had already opened up previously, so it was much easier to have it open up again now.

Perhaps it was because the two children had really shifted away from each other, but this time, the delivery went exceptionally smoothly.

Mu Yangling had only exerted her strength twice when the midwife shouted happily, “I can see the baby’s head!

Your Highness, you have to work harder!” Qi Haoran grabbed her hand tightly and hugged her as he whispered into her ear, “You can do it, you can definitely do it!” Mu Yangling held her breath and exerted force.

Just then, a cry of surprise came from the room, and Mama Wang shouted happily, “Your Highness, it’s a young master!” A midwife carefully took the child and wiped away the filth from his mouth and nose.

When she gently patted the baby’s butt, the baby in her arms let out a kitten-like cry.

Everyone heaved a sigh of relief when they heard this cry.

They hurriedly handed the child to a midwife to cleanse the baby.

Meanwhile, the other two quickly got someone to pour a bowl of ginseng soup for Mu Yangling, not forgetting about the remaining baby in Mu Yangling’s stomach.

Seeing that there was no movement in Mu Yangling’s stomach, Qi Haoran looked at Imperial Physician Wang.

With his head lowered, Imperial Physician Wang didn’t catch Qi Haoran’s look, so Spring hurriedly tugged at his sleeve.

Right away, Imperial Physician Wang went forward to take her pulse before saying, “We need to wait for a while.” The baby in her stomach seemed to be taking a breather.

After waiting for about seven to eight minutes, Mu Yangling’s stomach started to hurt again, and this baby came out even more quickly than the previous one.

Mu Yangling merely had to exert strength once when he came out on his own, born 15 minutes later than his older brother.

“Your Highnesses, this is also a young master.

Congratulations, Your Highnesses!” The room was filled with congratulations.

When the midwives saw that the child looked fine and didn’t appear like he had suffocated, they closed their eyes and whimpered twice.

After washing him clean, they placed him beside his older twin.

They realized that not only did the two children look identical, but they were also the same size.

They were slightly smaller than ordinary newborns who were carried to full term.

After weighing them according to tradition, they realized that one of the brothers weighed four catties and four taels, while the other weighed four catties and two taels.

It was no wonder the Princess Consort couldn’t give birth to them earlier on with them hugging each other.

Although Qi Haoran was anxious to see his sons, he was more worried about Mu Yangling.

This was because Mu Yangling had fallen asleep without even looking at the babies.

Qi Haoran hurriedly asked Imperial Physician Wang to take her pulse and heaved a sigh of relief when he found out that she’d merely fallen asleep due to exhaustion.