Chapter 295: Chapter 172: Everyone Shouts in Unison! "Boss!

Just as Lu Yuan was chatting with his wife.

A servant from the mansion KNOCK KNOCK KNOCKed on Lu Yuan’s door.

"Young Master, it seems Madam Zhao is about to give birth."

Hearing the servant’s words from outside, Lu Yuan shot right up.

’Aunt Zhao is going into labor!’

Su Liyan also hurried to her feet and draped an outer coat over him.

Lu Yuan left his room and hurried toward Aunt Zhao’s chambers.

Su Liyan, on the other hand, picked up Bengbeng, planning to leave the child with her own mother for a little while.

She wanted to go take a look too.

From a distance, Lu Yuan saw Gu Ziye waiting by the doorway.

Gu Ziye had been staying at the Zhao Mansion lately and was getting along harmoniously with everyone in the household.

She had long since grown accustomed to living at the Zhao Mansion.

Yuan, Liyan, and the two aunts all treated her very well.

On normal days, they often took her out for food and fun.

A young girl’s heart is a simple thing.

Gu Ziye was easy to please. Coming from a wealthy family, she never had to worry about her livelihood. Wasn’t coming out here all about having fun, eating, and drinking?

Seeing Lu Yuan hurrying over, Gu Ziye bounced on her feet, waving her hand and shouting, "Yuan~"

"Yuan~ Aunt Zhao’s about to give birth, but the midwife won’t let us go in and watch." After she finished, she craned her neck to peek into the room.

Gu Ziye had certainly never seen a woman give birth before.

There were many rules in the Imperial Capital.

When a consort gave birth, only an Imperial Physician and maids were allowed inside to attend to her. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

It wasn’t customary for even the Grand Ancestor Emperor himself to go in and watch.

It would lead to criticism, with people gossiping about which consort the Emperor was favoring and which he was neglecting.

These were all things an Emperor had to be mindful of.

This was a first for Gu Ziye, so her curiosity was bursting at the seams.

She asked Lu Yuan, who was also waiting outside, "Yuan~ Tell me, how can a baby that big possibly come out?"

As she spoke, Gu Ziye drew a large circle in the air with her hands.

Lu Yuan understood her vivid description immediately.

"You’re still young. Why are you asking so many questions about this?" Lu Yuan lightly tapped Yue’Er’s head.

Gu Ziye retorted defiantly, "What’s wrong with that? Can’t I be curious?"

Lu Yuan said, "When it’s time for you to know, you’ll understand naturally."

Lu Yuan and Gu Ziye exchanged a few more words.

After leaving Bengbeng with her mother, Su Liyan also ran over.

The three of them waited outside the room.

A servant had said that Madam Zhao’s pains had come on suddenly.

Lu Yuan had estimated a few days prior that Aunt Zhao would be due any day.

So, he had made preparations long ago.

They had several sets of birthing supplies prepared.

He had even hired three midwives, who had been staying at the Zhao Mansion for the past few days.

This was to prevent a situation where she might suddenly go into labor with the midwives still on their way...

Although Lu Yuan was skilled in medicine, he couldn’t help with the actual delivery.

Giving birth was something a woman had to do herself.

’If I go into the room,’ Lu Yuan thought, ’I’m afraid gossips would start spreading rumors everywhere. Rumors like, "The young master of the Zhao Mansion delivered Madam Zhao’s baby." As the stories spread, they would twist and change into who knows what. They’d make up wild stories, maybe even claim I had my eye on the Zhao Mansion’s fortune and conspired with the Black Widow to kill her husband. After all, wasn’t Aunt Zhao’s "Black Widow" moniker the result of those very same kinds of rumors?’

It had been Lu Yuan who later cleared up those rumors.

Anyone who knew them well understood the relationship between "Aunt Zhao" and the "young master."

They were merely titles they used for one another.

In reality, both Aunt Zhao and Aunt Song were Lu Yuan’s wives.

Inside the room, Aunt Zhao’s cries were loud and powerful.

The three of them stood outside the room, listening to the commotion within.

This was the first time Gu Ziye had ever heard Aunt Zhao scream so desperately in pain, but she didn’t dare ask anything.

"The baby’s here! The baby’s here..."

Lu Yuan’s group hadn’t been waiting outside for long when they heard the midwife’s voice ring out from the room.

’Was it that fast?’ Lu Yuan wondered. ’How long have we even been standing here?’

Lu Yuan pulled aside a maid from the mansion and asked, "When did Aunt Zhao’s pains start?"

The maid replied, "Young Master, Madam Zhao only started feeling abdominal pains ten minutes ago. That’s when we called the midwives."

After hearing the maid’s account, Lu Yuan let her go back to her duties.

Su Liyan was also surprised. She tugged on Lu Yuan and asked, "Let’s go in and see Aunt Zhao."

Snapping back to his senses, Lu Yuan said, "Right, right..."

After Lu Yuan’s group entered the room, they saw Aunt Zhao lying exhausted on the kang bed.

Beads of sweat covered Aunt Zhao’s face, dripping onto the kang bed from time to time.

The head of the bed was fine, but the foot was soaked through. A large wet patch had drenched the quilt and sheets.

Lu Yuan stepped forward and took Aunt Zhao’s right hand. "Aunt Zhao, you went through so much."

"I’m just overjoyed that I could bear a child for my darling."

Su Liyan and Gu Ziye stood behind Lu Yuan, looking at Aunt Zhao with concern.

Su Liyan quietly took a new quilt from the bedside cabinet, intending to swap it with the damp one.

Aunt Zhao had only just given birth, and the group had rushed in so quickly that the maids hadn’t even had time to clean up.

Aunt Zhao waved her left hand, trying to stop Su Liyan. "Don’t, don’t. I can’t have you doing this for me."

While helping Aunt Zhao, Su Liyan replied, "Aunt Zhao, we’re all family. Why are you being so polite with me?"

Standing nearby, Gu Ziye also pitched in to help Su Liyan where she could.

Gu Ziye was from the Imperial Capital but had no aristocratic airs whatsoever, which was one of the things Lu Yuan admired about her.

Many children from noble families would have covered their mouths and run far away at the sight of such a damp scene, with its faint smell of blood.

Seeing that she couldn’t stop them, Aunt Zhao relented and lay back, allowing the others to take care of her.

Aunt Zhao squeezed Lu Yuan’s hand and said, "They’re such good girls. Our darling is truly blessed to have such wonderful women by his side."