Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 724: Big or Small?

It was late at night, but the lights in Chunhe Palace were still bright.

In the inner palace where the fertility talisman was hung, the woman's screams of pain had been going on for several hours. The maids carrying water basins, hammers, and basins of vinegar and charcoal kept coming in and out, but they still couldn't wait for the cry of the baby.

Although no one dared to tell the truth, everyone knew that since the birth at noon until now, the Crown Princess has probably met a woman's death gate - dystocia.

Except for those who were pregnant, almost all the members of the Ming Dynasty royal family gathered here, their faces full of anxiety, as anxious as a nest of ants on a hot pot.

Empress Ma and Concubine Hu were praying to gods and worshiping Buddha in the Buddhist hall. Boss Zhu was pacing back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back. His Royal Highnesses, the fourth, seventh and eighth, gathered around the prince to soothe his eldest brother's restless mood.

The fifth and sixth elders were gathered in the corner with several imperial doctors, discussing something with serious expressions.

The first test that Lao Wu, the imperial doctor and minister, encountered when he took office was that his sister-in-law had a difficult childbirth. This was really unlucky.On the contrary, Jin Yuanzheng, the former Imperial Hospital Chief, who had been renamed as the Young Master of the Imperial Medical Temple, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

This was still a time when he was responsible, and the Crown Princess had some shortcomings. He and the imperial doctor who specifically diagnosed and treated her would definitely be killed and buried with the emperor.

Therefore, we must fully support His Royal Highness King Zhou as the minister of the temple. At least the emperor will not kill his own son to vent his anger...

Not only Jin Shaoqing, but also several imperial doctors present thought so, because by now, the 'Zouma Sanzi Prescription' and 'Rabbit Brain Enhancing Powder' for inducing labor, and the 'Buddha's Hand Powder' for midwifery had all been used. Even radical methods such as acupuncture of the fetus and moxibustion of the little toe of the mother's foot are used...

But the fetus is stuck in the cervix and cannot come out. What can I do in vain?
Judging from their many years of experience and the internal situation, all efforts are in vain now, and the final decision of 'maintaining a big or small' is about to come.

To protect the fetus, it means to smash the fetus' head with tools and then take out the stillborn fetus...

Preservation of the baby means taking the baby by caesarean section.Of course, given the current medical conditions, even if the mother does not die on the spot, she will die from subsequent wound infection.

So no matter which way you choose, the result will be cruel.But if she doesn't choose, the Crown Princess may inevitably end up with one dead person and two dead people.

Of course, no one would say this prematurely.The doctors still have to pretend to be trying to think of a solution until that moment comes...

In fact, most of their minds are now empty, and they even have the leisure to wonder, why is His Royal Highness the King of Chu always listening?Even if he is representing the family, the prince should be here to listen. What does it mean that his brother-in-law is here to listen so seriously?

Fortunately, Lao Liu didn't know what these old guys were thinking, otherwise they would have to be rewarded with a big competition bag each.

He was just worried now.

Because historically, Crown Princess Chang passed away twelve days after giving birth to her second son. She was only 24 years old...

Zhu Zhen wanted to avoid this tragedy as much as possible.

Not only because he was a friend of the sisters-in-law, but also because the death of the Crown Princess had such a profound impact——

If the Crown Princess was still alive, then Xiongying's custody would not have fallen into the hands of the Lu family, and it is very likely that she would not have died inexplicably two years later...

To put it bluntly, even if Xiongying is still not saved, as long as the sister-in-law is alive, the Lu family will never have the possibility of ascending to the throne, and the flat-headed Zhu Yunwen will not be able to become the legitimate son.

Even if the father still wants to establish a grandson in the future, he will only establish Zhu Yunxi who is born now, and will not establish Zhu Yunwen as a weakling.

Therefore, we must do everything possible to save my sister-in-law, mother and son.This is related to the future of the entire country!
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Since last year, Lao Liu has been secretly thinking about countermeasures, and even wanted to try a caesarean section.

To this end, he found imperial physicians and female medical officers who were skilled in obstetrics and gynecology, and asked them about the feasibility of caesarean section.The good news is that doctors in this era are no strangers to caesarean section and some have even done it themselves.But the bad news is that almost without exception, the women who had caesarean sections died...

Zhu Zhen compared the medical conditions of later generations and speculated that the reason was probably that there was no knowledge of human anatomy in this era; there was no good anesthesia technology; there was no effective suturing and hemostasis technology; there was no blood transfusion technology, and there was not even the awareness and method of disinfection and sterilization... This It's just an intraoperative problem.

Basically, it is a miracle that the mother can survive the operation, not to mention the inevitable severe infection, sepsis, and septic shock after the operation.

He listed the problems one by one, and then found to his dismay that only a small part of them, such as disinfection and sterilization, could be solved immediately.Most problems require a long period of exploration and experimentation before they can be solved.

There are also currently unsolved problems such as fighting serious infections...

In the end, he came to the conclusion that even if he did his best in all aspects, the probability of his sister-in-law surviving a cesarean section was only one percent.

Although there is still a [-]% hope, we have to give it a try, but when it comes to that point, we can only treat it as a dead horse.

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While he was thinking wildly, he saw Ning, the female medical officer in charge of delivering the baby, walking out of bed exhausted.

Suddenly a pin drop could be heard in the hall, and everyone stopped talking and stared at the solemn-looking female medical officer.

The female medical officer walked up to the prince, knelt down and choked with sobs: "Prince, my wife's condition is already very bad, and we can't delay it any longer."

"What do you mean?" The prince's voice was trembling.

"We need to make a decision, whether to protect the elder or the younger..." Ning said with difficulty.

Queen Ma had just walked out of the Buddhist hall. When she heard this, she swayed, and Concubine Hu on the side quickly supported her.

"Fart, I want to protect everything!" The prince immediately shouted with a pale face.

"I have tried all my methods, but to no avail. If this continues, the empress will most likely lose one to two lives." Ning said in a trembling voice.

"You're talking nonsense!" The prince slammed the table.

"Boss, calm down." At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "As a prince, you must keep calm at all times!"

"Dad, I, I..." The prince was in a state of confusion, but he managed to calm down and said: "I want to protect my safety..."

"No, we have to keep him young." Zhu Yuanzhang said flatly: "That is our grandson, who dares to hurt his life!"

"Zhu Chongba, what are you talking about?" Empress Ma said at this time: "The child can be born again, but if the mother is gone, the child is gone forever!"

"You can still marry again..." Zhu Yuanzhang muttered in a low voice.

"Stop talking nonsense!" Queen Ma glared and was about to start a quarrel with him.

"Don't worry, there is still a way!" At this time, Lao Wu suddenly said loudly: "We still have a trick we haven't come up with yet!"

"Really?" Everyone looked at Lao Wu, the first imperial doctor of the Ming Dynasty, who seemed to be the life-saving straw for the whole family...

(End of this chapter)