Chapter 347 Mother and child are safe
It was already midnight. In modern times there might still be many night owls out there at this time, but in ancient times it was not far from dawn and was the quietest time.

Everyone was feeling a little tired by this time, including Ye Jiayao. She wanted to sleep but didn't dare to. Qiao was still in agony, and her life or death was uncertain. How could she rest?

So he asked the kitchen to prepare some food to encourage everyone and keep them motivated.

Ye Jiayao went into the delivery room to see Qiao twice and cheered her up. To be honest, she didn't dare to go into the delivery room. The strong smell of blood, Qiao's pale face and sweat on her forehead scared her. She shuddered at the thought that she might have to go through such pain one day.

I didn't dare to stay for long, so I comforted him a few words and then left. Xiangtao brought some red dates, peanuts, longans and lotus seeds soup, which was meant to wish for a son to be born soon. Each person got a bowl and it was distributed.

Originally, these things were done by Zhou Xingjia, but Ye Jiayao was wary of Zhou Xingjia, so she asked Xiangtao to do it instead.

Ask Xiang Tao: "Have you sent it to the Third Young Master and the First Young Master Qiao?"

Xiang Tao replied: "It has been brought over."

"What about the eldest master?"

Xiang Tao hesitated and said in a low voice: "The eldest young master has already sent someone to the kitchen to ask for food."

Ye Jiayao was furious. After all, he was a scumbag and heartless. Everyone was worried about him, but he was the only one who could eat and sleep like nothing happened. He didn't learn his lesson even after being beaten up by the eldest young master of the Qiao family.

Hopeless.

Ye Jiayao asked Fang Mama to bring something in for Qiao to see if she could eat. Everyone was working hard, but Qiao was the hardest working. The kitchen stewed ginseng soup for Qiao, but Qiao could only drink two sips and couldn't finish it, so she changed to holding a ginseng slice in her mouth.

Seeing that everyone had their drink, Ye Jiayao sat down and drank slowly.

Halfway through drinking, he suddenly remembered a few things and hurriedly called Qiao Xi.

"Qiao Xi, go find Steward Zhong and Steward Zhao right away. I really forgot about the things I mentioned earlier, and you didn't even remember to remind me. These are all important matters, and we need to do them right away..."

He muttered to himself, "I don't know if it's too late."

Qiao Xi looked at the anxious Second Young Madam and wanted to laugh but couldn't, feeling very distressed.

"Don't worry, Madam Second Young Master. I have already informed Steward Zhong and Steward Zhao, and they have already gone to do it."

Uh, Ye Jiayao looked at Qiao Xi unexpectedly and smiled for a while: "You did a good job on this."

Qiao Xi said awkwardly: "No matter how capable the Second Young Madam is, she only has one head and two hands. I can't help you with anything else, but I will never forget what the Second Young Madam has asked me to do."

Ye Jiayao said with emotion: "Luckily I have you and Xiangtao, otherwise I would be too busy even if I had three heads and six arms."

Thinking about it, there are still many capable people around me, but the scene is not big enough. Qiao Xi and Xiang Tao are almost at the age to get married, and Yingtao and the others are too young to stand on their own. Alas... I am facing a shortage of manpower again.

"I've seen the end, Madam, please try harder, the baby will be out soon..." The midwife's surprised voice came from the inner room.

Everyone immediately perked up, and Ye Jiayao also became excited. Lin Kun's family happened to come out, and Ye Jiayao went up to them and asked, "Is it almost time?"

Lin Kunjia smiled and said, "It's almost done. I'll go get the wet nurse to wait for you now."

Ye Jiayao was delighted: "Go quickly, there are also clothes for the baby, swaddling clothes and so on, he needs to be wrapped warmly."

She remembered that nowadays, premature babies have to be placed in incubators.

"Second Young Madam, these are all ready."

"Is the pigeon soup ready? The eldest young lady will definitely be hungry after giving birth."

"It's simmering steadily! You can serve it anytime."

Lin Kun's wife saw that the Second Young Madam was so happy, as if she was going to be a mother. She was still staying up here till late at night and was so dedicated. The lady had made the right choice in handing the family over to the Second Young Madam.

Lin Kun's family lifted the cotton curtain and went out. Ye Jiayao glanced and saw two little heads peeking out, so she walked over.

"It's already so late, why aren't you going to bed? Don't think you can be lazy just because the Imperial College is on holiday." Ye Jiayao deliberately sternly threatened.

Chun Guo smiled and was not afraid of her at all. In fact, the second sister-in-law was the easiest to talk to.

"Everyone is awake. I also want to wait for my nephew to be born."

Minrui was not so bold. He respected and feared his cousin and kept pulling at Chunguo's clothes.

"Not yet. Go to sleep first and come back tomorrow. Minrui, take Chun Guo away."

Minrui is a good and obedient child, so Ye Jiayao gave the task to Minrui.

Minrui uttered a cry and dragged Chunguo away.

Chun Guo was still howling all the way... I want to see my little nephew.

Ye Jiayao burst out laughing. She was just a little kid, and a little nephew at that!

After sending the two little devils away, Ye Jiayao asked Hongxiu to call the eldest young master over. The child was about to be born, and it was time for him, the cheap father, to show up.

After the joy, Ye Jiayao started to get nervous again. She paced back and forth outside, with the handkerchief in her hand crumpled into a knot.

Qiao Xi thought the Second Young Madam was worried about the First Young Madam, so she advised, "The midwives there are the most experienced, and there is also an imperial physician in charge, so the First Young Madam will be fine."

Ye Jiayao was silent. This was not what she was worried about! Premature babies have a low survival rate. What if they can't be raised? It would be a bigger blow to Qiao's family if they were disappointed.

"Second Young Madam, Second Young Madam." Xiang Tao rushed in. "Second Young Madam, Butler Zhong has invited a pediatrician, and he's here."

Ye Jiayao's eyes lit up and she hurried out to meet him.

The doctor that Butler Zhong invited was a female doctor who was over thirty years old and looked tired and exhausted.

Butler Zhong explained, "This is Doctor Jiang. He is out on a medical visit today. I have been waiting until now to invite him over."

Ye Jiayao nodded approvingly, saying that Butler Zhong was reliable.

"As for the wet nurse, someone has already taken care of it. I believe there will be news tomorrow."

Ye Jiayao said: "You should go and rest first. You have worked hard today."

Butler Zhong had completed his mission, and his old bones were indeed a little exhausted, so he stopped being pretentious and went downstairs to rest.

Ye Jiayao then said to Doctor Jiang, "Doctor Jiang, I'm so sorry. It's already late at night and I still asked you to come here. This is really a special situation."

Doctor Jiang said calmly, "It is the duty of a doctor to cure illnesses and save lives. Madam, please don't be polite. Butler Zhong has already told me the general situation on the way. To be honest, I have treated several premature babies, some successfully and some failed. We have to wait until the baby is born to see everything. I can't guarantee it."

After hearing what Doctor Jiang said, Ye Jiayao felt that Doctor Jiang was a man of real ability and medical ethics. He was not exaggerated or hypocritical, but very honest and worthy of trust and respect.

"Also, what my madam said about staying in the mansion for three months, I can't do that. I'm a doctor and I have a lot of patients, many of whom I have to see regularly. I can only stay here for half a month at most. If the child cannot be cured in half a month, then there is no cure. If the child is cured, I can come here regularly to see him in the future." Doctor Jiang said seriously.

Originally, according to Ye Jiayao, it would be best if the doctor could stay in the mansion to deal with emergencies at any time, but she was willing to trust Doctor Jiang and wanted to hire such a person.

"Okay, then I'll have to trouble Doctor Jiang. The baby hasn't been born yet, but it will be soon. Doctor Jiang, please wait for a while, or you can take a rest first and I'll send someone to call you." Ye Jiayao said.

"No, I'll wait. After the baby comes out, I have to give him a comprehensive check-up first." Doctor Jiang said responsibly.

"Well, you come with me."

Ye Jiayao brought Doctor Jiang to Qiao's house.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw that the people inside had serious expressions.

Ye Jiayao's heart sank and she asked Qiao Xi, "What's wrong?"

Qiao Xi said: "The baby was born, but there was no crying. The imperial physician has already gone in."

Doctor Jiang said, "I'll go take a look."

Mother Fang hurriedly brought Doctor Jiang in. Ye Jiayao was worried, so she followed him in.

The imperial physician was seen holding the child upside down and patting the soles of the child's feet.

The child's body was black and purple, and he was so small, probably weighing only four or five pounds. Ye Jiayao was really worried that the imperial physician would break the child's legs by lifting him like that.

The imperial physician tapped the child several times, but the child did not respond.

Doctor Jiang opened the medicine box, took out a set of needles, pulled out a thin silver needle and put it on the candle flame to heat it, saying: "Put the child down, I will try."

The imperial physician was a skilled doctor, but he had little knowledge of pediatrics and could not think of a good solution. He originally wanted to use silver needles, but the child was so young... so he did not dare to try it.

Since someone was willing to give it a try, the imperial physician put the child down. Doctor Jiang walked over, looked at the child's face, and said, "Everyone move away."

It’s not that she was afraid that others would learn her medical skills, but she was afraid that the child’s relatives would feel sad when seeing the acupuncture.

Everyone took a few steps back upon hearing this.

Ye Jiayao only saw Doctor Jiang lift up the child's foot and insert a needle into it quickly and fiercely.

Then it was the other foot, and he slowly twisted the silver needle, suddenly pulled out the silver needle, lifted the child up, and snapped it a few times.

"Wa..." A cry that was not very loud sounded like nature's sound to everyone.

The huge rock that was weighing on everyone's heart fell to the ground with a clang.

"The child is crying, crying, it's all right now." Mother Fang cried with joy.

Everyone was very excited. Ye Jiayao grabbed Qiao Xi's arm. Qiao Xi was hurt by her pinch, but she endured it. The Second Young Lady was too happy.

"Qiao Xi, hurry up, inform the eldest young master, the third young master, and the eldest young master of the Qiao family, go quickly..."

Ye Jiayao urged happily, with tears in her eyes, and walked to Qiao's bed, saying softly: "Sister-in-law, you are so amazing, it's a boy."

Qiao smiled weakly: "I'm sorry to have made you worry."

"As long as everything is fine, everything will go smoothly after this."

"Don't talk too much to the woman in labor. What she needs most right now is rest." A clear and gentle voice sounded.

It was Doctor Jiang. Her expression was always calm and her tone was always steady.

The doctor's words must be listened to. Ye Jiayao smiled and said to Qiao: "Then you should rest first. We can talk again after you have recovered your spirits."

(End of this chapter)